Andrea Mann

As someone who travels around the uk a lot, I want Jenrick to know there are so many places that are ONLY white faces, he needs to go and tell them to integrate.

Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!

I’m old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matter…

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

“Your life matters, and you are here for a reason. And I just hope that that reason will become apparent as you live through your life. I want you to know that whether or not you find that role you’re supposed to play, your life does matter.” - Jane Goodall

Back to Graham Greene again for my #sundaysentence this week: "Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation."

Keir Starmer's Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a 'Darker Path' Towards a Reform Government The Prime Minister's condemnations of Reform's racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage's anti-migrant politics, argues Adam Bienkov

Once again Labour's strategy is to say that racism is terrible, and therefore we will defeat the racists by giving them almost everything they want
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A bunny helps two raccoons drag a trashbag away. The bunny has a black mask, like an old-timey burglar in a film. It is the dead of night on a grimy city street. A light shines on the three of them, from a flashlight or spotlight, surprising them all. The bunny and raccoon put their hands up: They've been caught!

Daily bunny no.3094 has been caught red-handed

give one movie another movie's title:

Hitch = The Lord of the Rings

Dust off that brown felt hat, Alice! 😄

Agreed

Absolutely no love lost for Michelle Mone, but I would be so pissed off if I was her

Yes, she took advantage of the VIP lane - but it was set up by MPs who have faced zero consequences

Hancock, Gove, Johnson et al should be in prison for misconduct in public office

Robe Wars.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!* 🍂🍁

*time to dust off your When Harry Met Sally fashions

Haha!!

September 30th/October 1st

Graham Linehan ruined his own life by walking down a path of hatred but forgetting to first become a billionaire writing beloved children’s books and THEN walking down a path of hatred

That nasty little voice telling you everyone else has it figured out while you're struggling? It visits every writer I know—even the ones with Emmy awards. Remember this: behind every "overnight success" is years of showing up, making connections, and battling self-doubt.
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It has never been more important to be creative and compassionate than right now.

These people are identity thieves, plain and simple. They’re literally objectifying women.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

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FX’s renewal of "English Teacher" sends a dangerous message FX's decision to look past allegations against Brian Jordan Alvarez signals a troubling disregard for survivors.

Even if you don’t watch the show English Teacher, hope you'll read this. This is about more than 1 show, 1 guy.

FX just renewed a show from a man facing allegations of assault. I have a LOT of questions about the implications not just for FX but for the whole industry www.salon.com/2025/02/12/f...

My 76 year old mother has learnt how to send emojis. This is las terrifying to me as when the velociraptor’s in Jurassic Park learned to use a door handle.

Haha, oh yes, we had a lot of that when applying second coats!

It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.

An Attic Landing Of One’s Own | Andrea Mann Why painting walls is like writing drafts – and why it’s progress, not perfection, that matters

So this summer was spent doing up a house 🙌 Some thoughts on pocket doors, progress over perfection, and why painting walls is like writing drafts... www.andreamann.com/blog/an-atti... #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #writing

a matador's goal is to avoid physical contact

i am begging screenwriters to stop using shitty AI generated stills to promote their spec scripts

if you can't afford to pay an artist to make you one, that's fine, but don't use a program that steals other artists' work to try to make your own work stand out

it's a huge double standard

Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit: