Laura Shamas

Forced AI/LLM's are absolutely an important part of the current fascist project and I'm stunned that so many people are so cavalier about that.

Thank you for pointing this out. It’s a good sign! We have no need for online defeatism!

She was great!

#ChristmasinConnecticut
Interesting to compare Yardley to Scrooge.

I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there.

Things are changing. Especially in red states.

Scrooge also says at the end of “Christmas Carol” that he will double Bob Cratchett’s salary. #TCMParty #Yardley

Personally I am not conquered.

WCK opened a new large-capacity Field Kitchen in North Gaza—our 2nd in the north and 6th across Gaza. Our network now serves 650,000+ hot meals and bakes nearly 500,000 loaves daily. The new kitchen alone can produce up to 150,000 meals a day. #ChefsForGaza

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican after long journey | CBC News A delegation from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and four First Nations youth accompanied 62 the cultural items on a flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Montreal.

“Today is another important step, but it’s far from the end,” Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said at a news conference in Montreal on Saturday. “It’s only the beginning and we won’t rest until all our artifacts are home."

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We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...

George Clooney, who does a great job in it, sure has to run a lot in JAY KELLY. (Metaphor alert.) What a career retrospective/life retrospective/entertainment industry retrospective film. I think the last line of the movie sums it all up. #nospoilers

Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:

#FrankGehry was in the audience when I went to a season-opening @laphil.bsky.social performance at the splendid Disney concert hall -- I think it was last year -- and at the end of the concert, audience members spotted Gehry and started chanting, "Thank you, Frank! Thank you, Frank!"

Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!

I really enjoyed WAKE UP DEAD MAN! 🎥 #evesapple

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes. New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.

So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
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Same.

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Currently reading Joyce Vance’s book GIVING UP IS UNFORGIVABLE (starting Chapter 3), and the message about protecting the 🇺🇸 Constitution is a big part of it!

I worked for Frank Gehry. Because of him, I went to The Simpsons Halloween party, had a key to the Disney Concert Hall, met amazing artists. Frank was wonderful to me. When I left his office, he said you'll do big things, just try to stay out of politics. Sorry, Frank. Your memory is a blessing ❤️

Architect Frank Gehry dead at 96 Gehry was known for his experimental metallic designs.

Architect Frank Gehry dead at 96

Please do not take medical advice from this administration. Listen to the actual experts.

The world’s largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers. Industry workers along with the public are already impacted by only a few powerful companies maintaining tight control over what consumers can watch on television, on streaming, and in theaters. This merger must be blocked.

Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

Supporting Supreme Court expansion is pretty close to a litmus test for me for a 2028 Democratic candidate.

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.

The Committee for the First Amendment was formed to fight for our right to free expression. A WBD merger puts it at risk. Read more from @JaneFonda on @theankler.

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He’s dreaming of our nuclear codes.

Unfortunately, the public will probably end up seeing this horrible video. Remember this.