Monthly Archives: April 2019
The videogame industry takes in more money than Hollywood

— but even though making games can be a job people dream about doing, the working conditions can be rough, as a recent New York Times op-ed details. “Crunching” is a common practice in the industry, where people are required to put in ultra-long hours in the weeks surrounding a game release. And it’s not just highly-paid engineers either — game testers and customer support staff are also expected to work in these intense bursts, with little money to show for it.
Meanwhile, CEO salaries in the tens of million dollars, which is why videogame workers have begun to come together in groups like Game Workers Unite to find another way forward where workers can pursue their creative passions, live their dream of working in the gaming industry — and get paid for it.
workingwa.org
1974 – The Judiciary committee subpoenas U.S. President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry.
“On April 11, the Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena for 42 additional tapes of conversations which it contended were necessary for its investigation.
1972 – The U.S. and the Soviet Union joined with 70 other nations in signing an agreement banning biological warfare.
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the development, production and stockpiling of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction, was opened for signature on 10 April 1972. The BWC entered into force on 26 March 1975.
Biological Weapons – UNODA
https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/bio/

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