The Showerhead (2024)

The Showerhead

The Showerhead. Director: Craig Tanner, South Africa, 99 minutes, English. It is not yet known when and on what platform it will be available. Documentary premiered on 27 July at the Durban International Film Festival (South Africa) about the career and influence of South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, aka Zapiro. The film focuses

Egyptian authorities accused of torturing cartoonist Ashraf Omar during his enforced disappearance

Acusan a las autoridades egipcias de torturar al viñetista Ashraf Omar durante su desaparición forzada

Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar was allegedly subjected to torture for long periods of time after being forcibly removed from his home without his whereabouts being revealed to his lawyers. According to The New Arab, during an appearance, held on 4 August by video conference, Omar's defence team demanded that their client be legally

33 Dutch cartoonists join protest campaign against VAT hike on newspapers and magazines

33 dibujantes holandeses se unen a la campaña de protesta contra la subida del IVA de periódicos y revistas

The first campaign cartoon is by Kwennie Cheng, a member of the Press and Print Foundation. Members of the Press & Print Foundation (Stichting Pers & Prent), a Dutch cartoonists' organisation that supports political artists and freedom of expression in the Netherlands, joined other media organisations to protest against a proposed tax increase

SWL, summer listening

Antena Megaloop MLA-30

Reception estimation according to the current antenna orientation (the map now needs to be updated to add Asia). I leave here a few recordings of night listening with this Megaloop antenna and this RTL-SDR receiver. Although I still hear almost nothing from North America, and even less from South America, the propagation, always

Jack Ahasteen: "My salary has not been adjusted since the 1970s".

Jack Ahasteen

This is an automatic scheduled summer post. Comments may remain in moderation. Although you may believe that this is an exceptional situation (it is only exceptional because of the inordinate number of years without a pay rise), I can assure you that it is a relatively common occurrence. The media tends to forget