exactly. we’re more than happy to back up the money truck if you demonstrate true talent, such as sacrificing the HBO brand to put Dr. Pimple Popper alongside I May Destroy You on an unusable streaming platform pointlessly called Max

Just to clarify:

The “writer is a person” language in our new WGA contract is not just a platitude.

It has a huge impact on who gets paid and how much, and it protects writers from being paid to “rewrite” AI nonsense for a fraction of the fair rate.

Alright, a few takeaways from the 6 hours I spent on zoom today in the membership meeting w/ Duncan and the captains meeting w/ NegCom:

1) We were never gonna completely stop Ai. We were almost never gonna get ANY protections from it whatsoever, but now... 🧵

Michigan baptist church youth leader, Jonathan Russell, has been arrested for sexually abusing multiple children he met through his church.

When it comes to AI protections, SAG-AFTRA isn’t just fighting to protect their lowest-paid members.

They’re fighting to protect every performer in their union — and thousands of other jobs in the entertainment industry.🧵 hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

All you need to know about Tyler Perry’s union activity

Tough shit.

Coming soon to a 2nd Trump term near you

In a clear rejection of Biden's presidency, Kentucky voters have reelected Democratic governor Andy Beshear.

The political experience of the Biden era for Democrats is: extended periods of intense anxiety about terrible polling, occasionally punctuated by strangely positive election nights. And then the cycle repeats.

It is not lost on anyone how many offensive, violent, and racist things people regularly hear members of Congress say, yet virtually the only one that gets censured for her political speech also happens to be the only Palestinian American.

It does not reflect well. At all.

10,000-plus Palestinians killed, including 4,000-plus kids, and the U.S. House of Representatives is busy censuring… the only Palestinian-American member. Can’t make this stuff up.

The people who laughed when we said they had to vote for Hillary or we would lose Roe are now laughing when we say they have to vote for Biden or we'll lose literally everything.

Surely now, 2024 Democrats are gonna run on abortion protections, right? Right?

Mike Johnson built a legal career in Louisiana opposing the basic civil rights and civil liberties of the LGBTQ+ community. Last fall, he introduced a national Don’t Say Gay Law. Voting for him as Speaker is despicable.

possibly the craziest fight in DC history

Why is the DC media still talking about how 7 or 8 Democrats should have voted for McCarthy instead of talking about how 7 or 8 Republicans should vote for Jeffries?

Oh, that's right, it's because the media NEVER REQUIRES REPUBLICANS TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN ASSHOLES

'The requisite for Republican leadership is serving delusion—that Trump won in 2020, that the Republicans did not lose in 2022. Fail at that and you’re out,' writes David Frum.

Read more: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

A remarkable new study gets to the genetic core of #autism showing a complex interaction of 46 genes in a developing fetus is key.
No, #vaccines didn't do it. This is in utero, inherited.
Yes, this could potentially lead to treatments.
washingtonpost.com/science/2023/1…