Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Hollis Beck

@hollisbeck.com

340 followers 1.3K following 200 posts

linktr.ee

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Feb 19

For posterity:

Hi! I'm a Dallas-based, remote-capable voice actor ready to tell great stories with YOU. With a warm, androgynous tone that fits well into grounded drama and high-energy comedy, I bring a unique flavor to your ADR, gaming, or pre-lay project.

vimeo.com/1046048979?s...

Hollis Beck Visual Reel 2024

This is "Hollis Beck Visual Reel 2024" by Hollis Beck on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

5 13

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · 1d

Before people come for me, this was followed by something like "and it's helping businesses improve productivity" but that does not make it better imho

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · 1d

Heard the most depressing piece of ad copy today for the (redacted) web builder while listening to a podcast:

"Say what you will about AI - it's here."

Is...is that really all you've got??

1 2

Reposted by Hollis Beck

The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 6d

This is why, more and more, I just can't muster up any desire to be a success in the mainstream art world. They want AI to make "content" for people who don't care.

I care about my art, and I want to give it to an audience who cares.

An audience i like and respect.

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 6d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

28 290 1.2K

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · 7d

You'll notice I haven't updated it in a bit - a new one is set for publication this weekend! If you subscribe it goes straight to your inbox and it's absolutely free

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · 7d

Every few months or so I try my best to treat social media like a professional responsibility and engage. So I'm probably not going completely AWOL anytime soon.

I post semi-monthly, and I write my real thoughts about new projects, upcoming performances, and often experimental short prose.

1 1

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · 7d

Hey all - I have not been posting on social media. It's because it feels BAD. This is not likely to change.

The most reliable way to see what I'm up to is my newsletter:

hollis-beck-acts.beehiiv.com

Hollis Beck Acts

hollis-beck-acts.beehiiv.com

1 4

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 9d

I think people who start social media platforms think they're going to get their cult of personality they rightfully deserve and then get upset when it's actually a social media platform

3 53 350

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14d

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you give a list of the prescriptions you take to a federal government that has directly targeted people with chronic illness, mental illness, disability, autism, etc, with the eugenic language of elimination and stated outright they’re everything wrong with the country.

Trump announces 'TrumpRx' website for pharmaceutical drugs after Pfizer deal

Trump said the move will help improve healthcare access for low-income Americans.

abcnews.go.com

14 890 1.7K

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 16d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

41 1.6K 2.6K

Reposted by Hollis Beck

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27d

As a matter of disclosure, please remember that I and many if not most creative folks have business dealings with one or more corporate entities who are navigating, delicately or, uh, otherwise, the fact the US government has been taken over by fascists, no, it's not great and also we have bills

10 120 1.1K

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Sep 11

Not you too, Wendy's!

Regional Wendy's restaurant signage with custom text that reads:
"Misfortune
Awaits
Lucky You"

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Sep 9

I had one newish pharmacy associate who was being very by-the-book about the eligibility questions but her manager told her to do whatever, wishing you all a similar experience.

1 1 8

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Sep 9

Hey Texas friends, getting my COVID vaccine at Walgreens was real simple - go do it! Didn't need to talk to my doctor or nothing.

2 40 100

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · Sep 4

It wasn’t the media it was my heart

JD Vance: If the media you consumed told you that Donald Trump was on his death bed because he didn't do a press conference for 3 days, imagine what else they're lying to you about.

51 120 2.1K

Reposted by Hollis Beck

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · Sep 2

i'm working on a piece about texas' movie incentive program - specifically how it applies to video games. would love to chat with a person who works in the industry who could help me understand what these kinds of incentives mean for game development !

3 18 76

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Sep 1

After a stressful move, the cat finally gets a sunbeam all to herself.

A tortoiseshell cat lies down in a patch of sun, back to the camera, surrounded by clutter.

2 6

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Pop Arena @poparena.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the 7th episode of Dirty Pair, "愛こそすべて命賭けます逃避行!!" or "Love Is Everything, Betting Their Lives on Elopement", one of the most overtly trans-positive episodes of anime of its era. This was the future they predicted for us in 1985. We can still get there.

55 2.6K 6.1K

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Aug 27

I don't usually make newsletters public, but I'm making an exception in light of a dam breaking where many of us are admitting America is now ruled by a dictator.

It's about the way grief was influencing my behavior, and trying to move toward acceptance.

www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter/i...

8 35 150

Reposted by Hollis Beck

AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · Aug 27

anyway the rules of karaoke are

1) no songs over 5 min, ideally under 4
2) no showtunes
3) no signing people up w/out consent
4) NO AMERICAN PIE (see rule 1)
5) NO SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT (see rules 4, 1)
6) NO DOWNERS UNLESS YOU CAN KILL IT (and if you don't know, there's your answer)

39 29 370

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Aug 23

Also... you know...the more obvious reason.

a video game character with the words game over in orange letters

ALT: a video game character with the words game over in orange letters

media.tenor.com

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Aug 23

*braces self*

Banjo-Kazooie.

I didn't like Clanker, he was too big and covered in boils, AND you had to dive into deep, dirty water to do anything cool in that level.

So I just never unlocked the golden feathers in my first playthrough, haha.

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · Aug 23

What was the first video game that scared you?

It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.

1 3

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Ennui Doofen @ennuidoofen.bsky.social · Aug 23

My mom's always been scared of lightning, but last week when it was really hot she lost electricity, then there was a huge flash of lightning & her power came back on.

Since then she's all, "I LOVE lightning!" & I'm like, "You don't love lightning, you love what you think lightning can do for you"

15 85 450

Hollis Beck @hollisbeck.com · Aug 22

You literally don't, do you know HOW MANY games are in my backlog right now?

1 2

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Encephalophagy 🎃 @encephalophagy.bsky.social · Aug 21

Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.

There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think. 🧵

9 96 510

Reposted by Hollis Beck

Reluctant Antagonist (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · Aug 21

😅

2 23 110