Lauri Donahue
@lauridonahue.bsky.social
Screenwriter
Entertainment/tech/IP attorney
Former Sr. Counsel, Motion Picture Association
Occasional journalist
History nerd
Lauri's List of screenwriting fellowships, labs, etc.: https://tinyurl.com/spmfzxfh
Website/blog: https://lauridonahue.com
Entertainment/tech/IP attorney
Former Sr. Counsel, Motion Picture Association
Occasional journalist
History nerd
Lauri's List of screenwriting fellowships, labs, etc.: https://tinyurl.com/spmfzxfh
Website/blog: https://lauridonahue.com
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Lauri Donahue
@lauridonahue.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Here's my calendar of 160+ of the most worthwhile screenwriting fellowships, labs, grants, contests, and other opportunities, updated for 2025.
33 are new to the list this year.
96 are FREE.
lauridonahue.com/resources/a-...
#screenwriting #scriptsky
33 are new to the list this year.
96 are FREE.
lauridonahue.com/resources/a-...
#screenwriting #scriptsky
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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witness! the holiday majesty that is the s. d. ireland holiday cement truck
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
witness! the holiday majesty that is the s. d. ireland holiday cement truck
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
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Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Good price on this pan if you want to stop using potentially hazardous non-stick coatings...
www.amazon.com/dp/B08CYD913...
www.amazon.com/dp/B08CYD913...
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📰 DNA analysis of saliva from 10,500-year-old birch tar 'gum' indicates it was chewed by a girl with brown hair and brown eyes.
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
📰 DNA analysis of saliva from 10,500-year-old birch tar 'gum' indicates it was chewed by a girl with brown hair and brown eyes.
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
This is Mandy. She has been told she has certain noodle-like qualities. Takes it as a compliment though, because everyone loves noodles. 13/10 (IG: spacecitysighthounds)
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is Mandy. She has been told she has certain noodle-like qualities. Takes it as a compliment though, because everyone loves noodles. 13/10 (IG: spacecitysighthounds)
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
The list of days when U.S. National Parks will be free to enter in 2026 has been announced.
But this time, the Trump Administration added a huge catch.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...
#travel #free #deal #discount #nationalparks
But this time, the Trump Administration added a huge catch.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...
#travel #free #deal #discount #nationalparks
The List of U.S. National Park Free Days for 2026
American national parks are free to enter on 10 days in 2026—but there's a new catch.
www.frommers.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The list of days when U.S. National Parks will be free to enter in 2026 has been announced.
But this time, the Trump Administration added a huge catch.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...
#travel #free #deal #discount #nationalparks
But this time, the Trump Administration added a huge catch.
www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...
#travel #free #deal #discount #nationalparks
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
Outsourcing gulags...
The New Yorker obtained memorandums that revealed that the U.S. had agreed to pay Eswatini more than $5 million, and Rwanda $7.5 million, in exchange for accepting foreign-national deportees. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/P__NVj
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Outsourcing gulags...
He likes movies and baseball and hates AI...
😍
😍
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
He likes movies and baseball and hates AI...
😍
😍
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
FWIW, when this all started, here was my first report.
The lesson of that day, it appears, still stands.
The lesson of that day, it appears, still stands.
Monday's lesson: Don't mess with librarians.
Ultimately, though, the question with Trump's effort to take over the Library of Congress could come down to whether Congress says, "Don't mess with Congress."
www.lawdork.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
FWIW, when this all started, here was my first report.
The lesson of that day, it appears, still stands.
The lesson of that day, it appears, still stands.
BREAKING: SCOTUS will not grant the Trump administration’s request to allow it to fire Shira Perlmutter, the director of the Copyright Office, at this time. It puts off any decision while the court is considering the other two firings cases. Perlmutter stays in office during that time.
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Beautiful series of images by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche from an 1888 book on the strange skies produced the world-over after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.⠀⠀
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Beautiful series of images by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche from an 1888 book on the strange skies produced the world-over after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.⠀⠀
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Eliot Jacobson: Arctic sea-ice extent current ranks 2nd lowest for the day since record began in 1979, and are on track to set a new daily record low in the next few days.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Eliot Jacobson: Arctic sea-ice extent current ranks 2nd lowest for the day since record began in 1979, and are on track to set a new daily record low in the next few days.
"Gradually, in turn, the AI technology would simply be regurgitating versions of its own previously produced material, as published online by the growing number of media outlets no longer engaged in much firsthand journalism."
www.timesofisrael.com/an-editors-f...
www.timesofisrael.com/an-editors-f...
An editor’s flawed human ramblings on AI, journalism and the disappearance of truth
We are at risk of losing our capacity to establish the facts of what is unfolding around us. And pretty soon, we may give up trying
www.timesofisrael.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Gradually, in turn, the AI technology would simply be regurgitating versions of its own previously produced material, as published online by the growing number of media outlets no longer engaged in much firsthand journalism."
www.timesofisrael.com/an-editors-f...
www.timesofisrael.com/an-editors-f...
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Reposted by Lauri Donahue
The negative environmental impact of AI use alone is enough to never use it. Most of us have issues with it destroying everything. Its also theft. Its dumbing down the population so quickly. Most of us are critical because of real issues.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The negative environmental impact of AI use alone is enough to never use it. Most of us have issues with it destroying everything. Its also theft. Its dumbing down the population so quickly. Most of us are critical because of real issues.
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
This isn't a foreign psy-op, and it's not the product of social media bots. It's a homegrown menace, and it's getting worse. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This isn't a foreign psy-op, and it's not the product of social media bots. It's a homegrown menace, and it's getting worse. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
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RFK, Jr. is both cruelly stigmatizing autistic Americans and encouraging pregnant women to increase the chances their children with be on the spectrum.
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
RFK, Jr. is both cruelly stigmatizing autistic Americans and encouraging pregnant women to increase the chances their children with be on the spectrum.
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Um. It’s on the government website
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Um. It’s on the government website
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Finally, we said:
"The real problem, of course, is that AI is being deployed now, without public accountability. No citizenry has elected these companies or their leaders. Yet executives helming today’s big AI firms have sought to assure the public that we should trust them."
"The real problem, of course, is that AI is being deployed now, without public accountability. No citizenry has elected these companies or their leaders. Yet executives helming today’s big AI firms have sought to assure the public that we should trust them."
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Finally, we said:
"The real problem, of course, is that AI is being deployed now, without public accountability. No citizenry has elected these companies or their leaders. Yet executives helming today’s big AI firms have sought to assure the public that we should trust them."
"The real problem, of course, is that AI is being deployed now, without public accountability. No citizenry has elected these companies or their leaders. Yet executives helming today’s big AI firms have sought to assure the public that we should trust them."
I had the Seattle Japanese Garden almost to myself today…
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I had the Seattle Japanese Garden almost to myself today…