A song for the #SAGAFTRA strike

wild that destroying an entire forest after being told for years that it would cause catastrophic flooding is causing catastrophic flooding. shocking.

Why are so many pedophiles also anti-abortion extremists?🤔 “Wagner chaired the anti-abortion committee Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama, working ‘with a variety of Republican lawmakers and rightwing organizations to raise money and garner sponsorship.’” news.yahoo.com/alabama-educat…

This applies to all artists! Take *aspiring* out of your vocabulary.

The ADHD urge to think “there’s a better way to do this” and feel compelled to figure out that new way immediately, no matter how long it takes.

Watch as AOC speaks to a crowd of demonstrators at the #ActorsStrike picket line in NYC today

Prime example of how A Listers and the top 1% of the industry can step up and show solidarity for both SAG and WGA.

Nailed it. “It’s as if the human race has received a terminal medical diagnosis and knows there is a cure, but has consciously decided not to save itself.” h/t chantzy theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

25 July 1931 | Czech Jewish woman, Rosalie Simon, was born in Kriva Velka. In May 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. Her father, mother, and brother were murdered in gas chambers. Rosalie survived. Today Rosalie turns 92. Join us & Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation in wishing her a happy birthday.

Bryan Cranston delivers a rousing speech addressed to Bob Iger at a SAG-AFTRA strike rally in Times Square: "We will not allow you to take our dignity. We are union through and through all the way to the end." bit.ly/3Y5P1rs

As Hollywood executives claim they can't afford to pay actors better wages, they're also spending lavishly on AI, with Netflix offering $900,000 for a single AI product manager. 87% of actors earn under $26k — the cutoff to qualify for health insurance theintercept.com/2023/07/25/str…

Normalize asking “what kind of pain are you experiencing” instead of “what’s WRONG WITH YOU?” This tweak can save a life.

the ADHD urge to chug a bunch of water at once because you just realized you haven’t had any all day

the worst thing about the strike is that the studios are saying and doing the most reprehensible things about and towards the writers and actors and then everyone is just supposed to go back to work for them after this knowing how horrible they’ve been treated like it’s very 😕

Richard Pryor talks about why media executives censored his shows, to blunt his message of working class unity, and how maintaining racism to keep people divided is intrinsic to capitalism

Prickly puffs

The thing that no one ever talks about or mentions regarding the UK is the cheese and I will just never understand it. They really have the best cheddar in the world and it’s just a casual secret for some reason.

Okay, if #blackphone is a love letter to 70s kids (stand by that assertion), #BlackPhone2 is a love letter to classic horror films (80s especially). Absolute delight, and that young cast is still something special. C. Robert Cargill and Mason Thames. knocked it out of the park.

Is this thing on? Is anyone cool still here?