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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 17h

When they say "you must embrace AI" it's cause they have a financial stake in it. They spent billions and their new business models are reliant on it. They don't want to lose their money. I can't wait for this bubble to pop.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 18h

For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.

How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline

Several of this year's notable movies, including, One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind humorously critique the political role of white men.

time.com

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 18h

When there's no drinking water and all the billionaires have left us to live in their underground bunkers, at least you can rant to the sky about woke and how you're an alpha male.

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 2d

No more brunches and panels. We need funding.

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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 4d

CBS was the network of Edward R Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Katie Couric…. all journalists who earned their spots through doing actual journalism for YEARS

And it’s now led by Bari Weiss who *checks notes* an opinion writer who was a book review editor

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss was named the editor-in-chief of CBS News, cementing the rightward shift of one of media's most storied newsrooms

Bari Weiss Named CBS News Editor-In-Chief, Solidifying Network's Rightward Shift

The network will also acquire her publication, The Free Press, for a hefty sum.

www.huffpost.com

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 6d

She’s perpetually stuck in high school and I fear her core fanbase is too. It’s why they have such a hard time with engaging in legit criticism of the work. It’s this constant woe is me, boys didn’t like me and I wasn't a popular girl schtick but it simply doesn’t work anymore. You're an adult now!

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 6d

www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 11d

The University of Chicago is now hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of fiction writing. apply.interfolio.com/174642

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apply.interfolio.com

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 17d

I think you guys are lying on Gen Z & this narrative they're not going to the movies. From what I gather, more & more of them are going to the theatre, especially to ones that show old films. And they're wanting more original films. I think studios should stop scapegoating them.

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 17d

If there's an WGAW Members on here, please remember that voting for new Board members end today at 12PM PST. And like Michele Mulroney said, it's one of the easiest and most impactful ways to participate in our union democracy.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17d

Trump just canceled this meeting

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18d

Trump is meeting with Schumer and Jeffries on Thursday, according to my colleague @igorbobic.bsky.social

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 18d

Aliens can do the funniest thing tomorrow during the "rapture."

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 18d

Before the rapture tomorrow, tell me you love me and also send me $20,000 to make my next film.

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Clara @thatclarafied.bsky.social · 18d

Because the one thing we do not have time and energy for is the condescension from people outside the US whose governments are headed down the same path.

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Clara @thatclarafied.bsky.social · 18d

As exciting as it is to see countries engage in protests/strikes, I resent the "why isn't America doing this" comments. Nepal has 30 million people and is 57k sq mi. Italy has 59 million people and is 116k sq mi. The US has 340 million people and 3.81 MILLION sq mi. The scale is not comparable.

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WIRED @wired.com · 18d

A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.

I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

www.wired.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18d

I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 18d

Building an online presence is such an antithesis to my core being. I can't wait to delete all this lol.

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 18d

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

It’s Never Been Harder to Get a Job in Hollywood

We talk to the actors, writers, directors and execs navigating an uncertain future.

www.bloomberg.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 20d

lol when we say listen to Black women, we mean ACTIVELY listen

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 22d

It’s on my list.

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danielle weisberg @danielleweisberg.bsky.social · 22d

he was literally just a guy

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · 22d

I need like an epic friends to lovers romance book to read right now. Please send recommendations.

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 22d

Literally fascism. Literally what the Nazis did with Horst Wessel.

Meet the Press @meetthepress.com · 22d

Possible slogans discussed include “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” There is talk of using Turning Point USA chapters as recruitment centers.

Military leaders consider recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk

Possible slogans discussed include “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” There is talk of using Turning Point USA chapters as recruitment centers.

nbcnews.to

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