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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 9h

I also think it’s interesting how even when there’s much more asinine responses like Bill Burr’s or Louis C.K.’s, but people aren’t unilaterally eating this up just bc it’s better in comparison

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 9h

What they really didn’t think of is that it’s not just one side of the internet or ppl who are particularly knowledgeable about Saudi Arabia who they pissed off. Like I don’t think I’ve seen any side online come up with a defense for them outside of “but the money”

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 9h

The funniest part of this whole ordeal is how much comedians are showing their ass both in how easily they’re bought and in how transparent their attempts to wash their hands of it are. And I think it is bc they didn’t think ppl would notice or care.

Vulture @vulture.com · 12h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 11h

I don't trust any element of this ceasefire at all but if aid is being opened it's something we need to take opportunity of if you are able

Here's a link to the PCRF

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 14h

This isn’t trump “fucking up” to be clear. The violence is the point.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 22h

Blasts were heard and seen in Gaza from southern Israel, hours after Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of President Trump's plan to end a war in Gaza.

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 23h

Also it’s telling that he refers to film as “content creation”. Very producer take that sees it not as art but something to consume

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 23h

“Ethical generative AI” is an oxymoron

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1d

... devastation wrought by human avarice, the lengths power-hungry men will go to lord over the weak and vulnerable, would understand that.

But I think, end of the day, he–like every other liberal-to-leftist person enthused by gAI–might be too excited by the "potential" of gAI than its...

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1d

You know how we like to bandy about the fact someone can be perfectly knowledgeable and smart in one field, but make the mistake of applying it to all else in life? We see it with pundits all the time.

But this affects everyone regardless of their politics.

Miller sees this as egalitarian...

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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💀 Harrowben 💀 @theskeletonprior.bsky.social · 1d

If you are choosing tools with no regard for how they are made, and choosing them over your fellow creatives, I think maybe you should go fuck yourself.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah and Cameron definitely leans that way with his comments on the Lakota as a “dead end society”

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/cens... “freedom”

Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'

Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight t...

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

James Cameron 🤝 George Miller

Main message of their most popular films are that humans desecrate the earth for their own selfish purposes yet support ai that is so detrimental to the earth that ppl can’t even use water normally anymore

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

The equivalent of “well we cancelled wolfenstein bc we don’t want to offend skinheads”

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

This is like one of the only things I think that would get me to go out of my way to buy a new assassins creed lol (i say knowing I probably would like Yasuke from what I’ve heard)

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 1d

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 sci-fi horror hit PREY will hit theaters for the very first time this November as part of a double bill with PREDATOR: BADLANDS.

Dan Trachtenberg’s PREY Coming To Theaters With PREDATOR: BADLANDS Double Bill

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 sci-fi horror hit PREY will hit theaters for the very first time this November as part of a double bill with PREDATOR: BADLANDS.

dlvr.it

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t listen to audiobooks of some of his books bc I completely forget where we are after hearing 7 minutes of description of a medicine cabinet

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

*I mostly mean that if the idea of affirmation is hidden rather than clearly stated and brought up without cryptic language, then you should be wary rather than that there’s a checklist

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

I also think the very nature of intersectionality often means focusing on other aspects of inclusion also signifies being open and affirming

Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think it’s a checklist but more that it’s a red flag when churches hide it in the fine print so I do think saying open and affirming in a website is an example of a good sign as well as mentioning it when relevant.

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

Not to mention all the great deep diving into archives and helping keep underseen films alive even if just a little bit.

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

What I’m most proud of is starting my work with @saveydro.bsky.social and getting to do interviews with great directors like Talia Lugacy and Joe Dante, and other creators Ive been a longtime fan of like Fundie Fridays

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

Another example of why “Christian therapists” are sketchy as fuck www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Supreme Court skeptical of state bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids

The court heard arguments in a case brought by Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist in Colorado, who argues that the state's ban violates her First Amendment rights.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 1d

My new list of MPAA descriptions referring to nudity boxd.it/NbyCM

MPAA Descriptions - "Nudity"

Included are films which are described as including 'nudity', 'partial nudity', 'nude images', or 'nude scenes' in their MPAA ratings

boxd.it

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Sarah 🖤❤️ @scaredbisexual.bsky.social · 2d

Just continue to pay attention and support library workers esp since they are increasingly targeted in the legislature and by conservative groups, even facing daily harassment and threats. It’s esp prevalent in public libraries

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