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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · Dec 11

Hi, I’m Cameo, an Emmy-winning filmmaker and advocate for arts and community. I directed Real Artists, and co-founded the COVEN Film Fest. On the boards of The Roxie, BAYCAT, SF Bee-Cause, and KWMR. Nerd about Immersive, Star Wars, Ergodic Lit, Fine Dining, Ostension, Ritual, Play, & Liminality.

In the Kitchen of Alinea with Chef Achatz and some friends.

A large crew of people including me, CCH Pounder, and Wallace Shawn.

A group of Star Wars nerds I call Space Fam plus a wookie, D3-09, and SK-620.

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 1h

1991 me, in my bedroom. Please admire the TSR Dragonlance calendar behind me and my BUM sweatshirt. That shirt underneath? Custom tie-dyed Space Camp T-Shirt. I was just that cool.

A young woman in a room with dark mismatched furniture wears a BUM equipment oversized sweatshirt, bike shorts, and a red white and blue tie dye t-shirt. She wears a pink ribbon in her hair, and appears to be smiling. The room is filled with fantasy decorations

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Joshua Earle, but spookier @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · 12h

I always caution people to append the phrase "in mice" at the end of any miraculous medicine story since we can make mice do, basically, anything biologically.

This is different. While it is a study in mice, the mechanism has little to do with mice's uniquely malleable biology.

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.

This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.

www.umass.edu/news/article...

UMass Amherst Researchers Create Nanoparticle Vaccine That Prevents Cancer in Mice | UMass Amherst

The vaccine also proves highly effective at preventing cancer’s deadly spread.

www.umass.edu

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 12h

Ha! No worries! I‘m glad you were offline and hopefully enjoying life! <3

Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 12h

Oh gosh. I am so sorry. That sounds mostly miserable. I hope you have a delightful movie or book to enjoy on your flight. I’ve been watching Casablanca on my longer flights, lately. It’s a constant joy.

Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 13h

This is incredible! Check out how these Vaux’s Swifts funnel into a decommissioned chimney!

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14h

Imagine being illegally deployed to Portland and not being able to go watch this because you live in shame and bird fans would run you out of their neighborhood.

📸 @devonfredericksen.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/reel/DPMtSdj...

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16d

Alright I went with the foreground I took with this shot. A car driving in front of me, 60 second exposure. The final version is a little darker and foreboding than the first one, but I think that fits the vibe of the shot more.

Incredible psyched to be able to get this 33 miles from SF.

Plains and a fence with the light of a car driving by below the milky way

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 21d

Tonight's Milky Way taken from Point Reyes, California. The frames were taken about 33 miles, as the pelican flies, from San francisco. Light the curvature of the Earth is weird!

The Milky Way vertically with some orange and yellow tints at the bottom. These are four 60 second exposures edited in Lightroom and Stitched together on my phone comma so there's definitely a better version on my laptop if I ever release it

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 13h

I’m rarely completely gobsmacked. But I just saw some completely bonkaroo-razzle-dazzle-wowie-zowie photos of some truly inspired mediumship from 1920s that… well. Yeah. Had to rewrite an entire act of my biopic to make sure I cover that because… Wow. Just Wow. Some people really commit to the bit.

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KWMR West Marin Community Radio @kwmrradio.bsky.social · 17h

We got lucky today at Parachute Days…

Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 18h

Attention San Francisco Bay Area: Don’t let today’s sunshine fool you. Monday is going to be the stormiest day since last winter, with thunderstorms capable of generating rainfall rates up to a half inch per hour. Afternoon looks wettest. Clear your gutters and drains in the meantime! #CAwx

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 1d

Do it. Do it right now. Stop reading this. Go and open another browser tab and pre-order Phil’s book.

Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 1d

Pre-order your copy of @ABRAMSbooks’ The Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series) today! Featuring artwork from all 24 episodes, plus extensive interviews with creator Tony Gilroy, star Diego Luna, Emmy-winning production designer Luke Hull, and many more! (May 19, 2026)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 17h

Hey @westmarinfeed.bsky.social - can I get some loving reskeets on these posts? ❤️

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 17h

Some rock stars posing before heading into the #ParachuteDays x @kwmrradio.bsky.social fundraiser! And check out this groovy poster! Who made it? Just found out the amazing wooden stage was designed and built by local artist Gabe Korty. Does it need a home at my place after tonight? 👀

Two men stand in front of a banner advertising KWMR. They look decidedly cool.

A groovy 1960s inspired poster advertising it says: parachute days space X KWMR
present a fundraiser for KWMR community Radio. George – ISH Jones – like
mariachi Lobos
De Elsie Allen high school
good friends
Sunday, October 12 2 to 7 PM
Toby’s feed barn Point Reyes.
With DJ Barbarella at the old western 8 PM.

Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 18h

Everybody’s coming out to the @kwmrradio.bsky.social fundraiser today from 2-7! Come hand w/ your neighbors & listen to amazing music while supporting our local radio station. We lost all of our federal funding so we’re relying on all of you to help. Keep our community safe and thriving.

A handsome couple stands beside their baby bassinet, wearing cowboy hats and smiles. Don’t you wanna hang out with these people?

Two older white gentlemen, stand and pose for the camera. One is wearing a KWMR T-shirt. They both have smiles on their face and are excited for the proceedings to start. Won’t you join us?

The key WMR stage is set for music and evening activities. Large yellow letter spelling out KWMR sit in front of the stage. The stage itself is made of wood and symbolizes our beautiful hills and the sun. Wooden chairs are set up in front of the stage. Ready for some music?

The key WMR 10 has tickets for oysters for sale that you can buy with Apple Pay and they’re also selling drinks. Come and support your community.

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 18h

Hey #WestMarin - Come down to Toby’s, support @kwmrradio.bsky.social’s fundraiser, eat great food, enjoy music, find community with your neighbors on this perfect autumn day- we miss you! kwmr.org/post/17799

The KWMbar has drinks for sale and friendly local bartenders.

Hog Island is slinging oysters. A picture of two people wearing aprons, holding tools and standing in front of a box full of ice and oysters.

A menu of delicious tacos made from our local taco truck, but is now a taco tent. People stand in line at a register, waiting to order their delicious lunch.

A wide array of delicious pizza is being made to order. Good prices. Two people stand at the table. They appear to be children, but their faces are obscured.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 2d

More stellar reporting from @heatherknightsf.bsky.social

Not just the facts but the way she sets the scene & background details to get into the nuances of this apparent surprising MAGA turn — which Benioff now suggests was in his heart all along.

Must read ⬇️

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 2d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 2d

We had a full house! Amazing turnout of all my friends and neighbors. Can’t wait to do it again.

A bunch of locals watching The Fog together.

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 2d

Sitting with my neighbors in the Dance Palace- looking forward to going home when the place looks like this:

Golden light leaking out into a foggy forest

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KWMR West Marin Community Radio @kwmrradio.bsky.social · 3d

**Location Change** Due to the potential for rain and heavy, er, fog… this film is moving to the Dance Palace Church Space! Come at 6 for hot cocoa and a pre-show reel!

KWMR West Marin Community Radio @kwmrradio.bsky.social · 13d

It's Movie Night, Friday, Oct. 10! Filmed in and around West Marin and Inverness, The Fog is one of John Carpenter's most haunting works... and little has changed since it was filmed! Join us at St. Columba's Inverness ampitheater; doors at 6pm, film at 7! www.youtube.com/shorts/PfcZ1...

Movie Night in Inverness! Fri. Oct 10 / Doors at 6pm — Bring your blankets and flashlights!

YouTube video by KWMR West Marin Community Radio

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 2d

Spending the next ten days at the cabin in #WestMarin and I couldn’t be more delighted. This is my favorite place in the world. Here is a photo from Sky Trail In the evening.

The sun peeks out between two fir trees in a misty forest.

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Cameo Wood 🔛 Pagecraft 🔛 Stowe Story Lab @cameowood.com · 3d

Last moment of the night!

Daniel handler aka Lemony Snickett on stage auctioning off art from Mrs.Dalloway amidst a sweetly decorated gala

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 5d

if you were to teach a class on the pre/history of AI in terms of key concepts ideas, what would they be? the mind/body problem? abstraction vs materialism? history of the database? automation?

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