Sarah Salcedo

May this implosion lead directly to their war crimes trials.

this should be the end of the Gavin Newsom 2028 discussion. the party has spoken, full stop

In the foreground, a script lays open next to a computer. In the background, a man in glasses works at his computer next to a sleeping black cat.

A sleeping black cat’s face dangles over a script that reads ‘THE LAST SETLIST ’

Film stuff with my sweethearts.

Orthogonal to the point, but Tolkien could really write, man

DO NOT LET ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS WALK AROUND THINKING THEIR CONSTITUENTS DON’T CARE

How the Hollywood Studio System Fell Apart | HISTORY Antitrust rulings dismantled Hollywood’s monopolies in the 1950s.

The collapse of the studio system must’ve been terrifying to go through, but better stuff emerged. The studio system was brutal on actors and crew.

No system built in human history is permanent. So when we look at film history and the way it rhymes, how do we build a better system that comes next?

Hollywood’s First Amendment Crusaders Are Back This Trumpian moment recalls the industry's infamous blacklist era. Fittingly, Jane Fonda has resurrected the Committee for the First Amendment.

One of the ways Hollywood survived all its past brushes with authoritarianism was through activism and organizing.

Encouragingly, Jane Fonda resurrected one of the tools that organized this activism, the Committee for the First Amendment, last October.

'Sex, Lies And Stardom': Exploitation In Howard Hughes' Hollywood Karina Longworth's new book, Seduction, tells the story of 10 women who had sexual relationships with Hughes. "These things have always happened and they were never talked about publicly," she says.

Apropos of nothing: a racist once bought a major studio. He persecuted actors who didn’t share his ultra-right views, tanking the studio with erratic leadership.

It did hurt Hollywood. So did the McCarthy era that followed. But the medium survived. Filmmakers persisted and found new ways forward.

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This is a genuinely terrible idea which would damage the night sky & thus our ability to explore space (& also to just have, y'know, darkness & uncluttered skies), & would drastically increase the likelihood of catastrophic cascading collisions of various human-made space objects (Kessler Syndrome).

Whole Foods AI stores were entirely Indians watching on video feeds and ringing you up. Waymos have live human support partially driving them. And the AI that has “Hollywood shaking in its boots” is…stock footage. With face replacement.

Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

"Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world."
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Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
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And he saw ghosts! It works!!

The constant AI ads tonight have all reeked of desperation, but this is just flat out funny.

The show would’ve needed to be an hourlong to fit in all my favs but I loved the ones he did. And the production design?! Epic. What a narrative it created (an actual couple getting married! the power outages! the Liam Conejo Ramos references!)

Oh and my team is winning. That’s happening too.

Strange what some folks understand as political. This was absolutely an explicitly political performance.

For more singing toilets tune into the Turning Point USA halftime show

My mom just asked if he took over the band when Cobain passed, so same.

“Magic is political.” Love this reporting by @erininthemorning.com / @transvestigations.bsky.social about what the MTG community and @tolariancommunitycollege.com are doing. www.erininthemorning.com/p/magic-the-...

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free them all

Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.

I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

This is Georgia Fort's website — the independent journalist also arrested today for covering the anti-ICE protest, along with Don Lemon. Donations to her page support her journalism — and I'm sure now her legal defense for doing that journalism.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.

Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.

All Black. All doing their jobs.

“👉👈 don’t do this thing that is already unconstitutional pwease”

(Calling my reps tmrw obv)

As ever, the folks who think a one-day shutdown/protest is performative and useless but that their yelling at folks on the internet about performativeness is valid and helpful, remain a treat.

The @badtimerecords.bsky.social tour rolled through the Vera Project in 2023 and it was epic. Grab one of the remaining tickets before they’re gone!!