L. M. Davis

I *cannot* fucking stress this enough:

The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.

If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.

The Words of the Week - Aug. 1 Dictionary lookups from weather, politics, and advertising

These are your words of the week

eugenics
derecho
persona non grata
endangerment
hypergamy
absquatulate
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

US-backed Israeli forces and private contractors have put in place a flawed, militarized aid distribution system in Gaza, turning aid distributions into regular bloodbaths.

What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid? Immigration law can be tricky, but here's what you should know.

Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents. While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⬇️

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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Thousands Of Writers Sign WGA Open Letter Slamming Trump’s “Unprecedented, Authoritarian Assault” On Free Press More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild have signed the union's open letter decrying the Trump administration's "recent threats to the free press."

“More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America West and East have signed the union’s open letter decrying the Trump administration’s ‘recent threats to the free press.’” #WGAStrong deadline.com/2025/08/trum...

Right. Burn it down with absolutely no plan of what to build in the ashes--even though they've had decades and decades to come up with one.

The planless/burn it down folks are the ones that are certain they will survive the fire. Do they care about anyone else?

Happy Alabama Slamma Day to those who celebrate

Of course the economy is collapsing. That's the damn plan.

It's important to note here that we're not just talking about faculty & university staff. 100s of U.S. colleges are in towns or small cities where they form the major industry & lifeblood of the community. Loss of students -> loss of rent $, restaurant $, bars, bookstores, gaming stores...

Space Unicorn!

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

Ok, so this went nowhere. I guess there aren't a lot of philosophers on Bluesky.

Don't know if this will work, but I'll
give it a try:

Philosopher Bluesky: what kinds of problems/questions would you discuss in an advanced ethics course?

Go ahead, little brother!

Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There “Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.

pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life

w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...

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I be trying my best not to hate it here, but I'm not sure my best is up to the task.

a woman wearing glasses and red lipstick says " look at yourself " Alt: a woman wearing glasses and red lipstick says " look at yourself "

Everyone looking at everyone else to "DO SOMETHING!"

How about

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The misogynoir is breathtaking. Just, fucking, breathtaking.

What We’d Lose Without Public Radio

an incredibly earnest and apolitical post for Vogue about what we lose if (when?) we lose public radio
www.vogue.com/article/what...

More of this from ever corner, but also pressure and support campaigns for institutions that have not made decisions yet.

Big donors and alumni can call institutions with pledges of support to help offset the losses.

External scholars can send "Friends of" sorts of letters.

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Like, I honestly don't know how they keep their faces straight unless the above is, in fact, true.

See what I did there? 😄

These folks have drowned in the kool aid and come back to life as brainless zombies who only consume kool aid.

Horror Streamer Shudder Built a Decade of Growth By Prioritizing Bold Filmmakers Over Trends and Algorithms: ‘Programmed for People Who Love the Genre’ The team behind horror streamer Shudder focuses on supporting filmmakers over obsessing over trends and algorithms.

variety.com/2025/film/fe...

Crime rates, incarceration rates. Everything is down over the last 25 years. That's why they need new ways to criminalize.

Also, for sure, let's introduce robot technology into an industry that Black women both dominate and make reasonable livings from.

They're not even hiding their hand anymore.

Even alumni, who in the abstract bitch and moan about their institutions, understand that capitulation to fascists diminishes the institutional brand nationally and globally.

They'd probably give just to protect their bragging rights. 😅