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Michelle Moy
@michellemoy.bsky.social
· Oct 16
📢 Calling All Documentary Workers!
This DPA-hosted Town Hall is an open forum for doc workers, organizers, and community leaders to reflect on the state of our industry and explore the role that unionization and collective action could play in shaping a more sustainable future.
This DPA-hosted Town Hall is an open forum for doc workers, organizers, and community leaders to reflect on the state of our industry and explore the role that unionization and collective action could play in shaping a more sustainable future.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Co-hosted my first big zoom event earlier tonight around labor organizing in documentary and felt like a kid again hoping someone would show up to the party. Out of 300+ registrants we had 120+ show up! 🥹 Happy to say that it was a successful event and I hope it was valuable to all who attended.
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Co-hosted my first big zoom event earlier tonight around labor organizing in documentary and felt like a kid again hoping someone would show up to the party. Out of 300+ registrants we had 120+ show up! 🥹 Happy to say that it was a successful event and I hope it was valuable to all who attended.
📢 Calling All Documentary Workers!
This DPA-hosted Town Hall is an open forum for doc workers, organizers, and community leaders to reflect on the state of our industry and explore the role that unionization and collective action could play in shaping a more sustainable future.
This DPA-hosted Town Hall is an open forum for doc workers, organizers, and community leaders to reflect on the state of our industry and explore the role that unionization and collective action could play in shaping a more sustainable future.
October 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
📢 Calling All Documentary Workers!
This DPA-hosted Town Hall is an open forum for doc workers, organizers, and community leaders to reflect on the state of our industry and explore the role that unionization and collective action could play in shaping a more sustainable future.
This DPA-hosted Town Hall is an open forum for doc workers, organizers, and community leaders to reflect on the state of our industry and explore the role that unionization and collective action could play in shaping a more sustainable future.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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shoutout to readers who don’t write, non-musicians who go to every show, art fans who can’t draw, theatre fans who’d never dream of auditioning, movie fans who’d drop a camera
art is life and participation doesn’t require creation
art is life and participation doesn’t require creation
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
shoutout to readers who don’t write, non-musicians who go to every show, art fans who can’t draw, theatre fans who’d never dream of auditioning, movie fans who’d drop a camera
art is life and participation doesn’t require creation
art is life and participation doesn’t require creation
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Black people actually did call all of this, so did Indigenous people. White people just thought we were exaggerating because you were fine with the violence toward communities that you thought wouldn't include you. But the thru line from eugenics, bleach, and Ivermectin to here was incredibly clear
This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Black people actually did call all of this, so did Indigenous people. White people just thought we were exaggerating because you were fine with the violence toward communities that you thought wouldn't include you. But the thru line from eugenics, bleach, and Ivermectin to here was incredibly clear
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Yesterday was a much needed reset day, so I went to finally watch Sinners at the Grand Lake Theater for the 70mm IMAX + bc it was one of Ryan Coogler's hometown spots, only to find out they don't play that format on Wednesdays 😭. Still a great time had. So good! Need to rewatch ♥️
June 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday was a much needed reset day, so I went to finally watch Sinners at the Grand Lake Theater for the 70mm IMAX + bc it was one of Ryan Coogler's hometown spots, only to find out they don't play that format on Wednesdays 😭. Still a great time had. So good! Need to rewatch ♥️
The Ethics Resource Library is live today! And rolling out at Tribeca, DC/DOX, and then on to Bentonville Film Festival.
Access the library here:
www.docproducers.org/erl
Access the library here:
www.docproducers.org/erl
Ethics Resource Library
Welcome to your Single, Searchable, Library for Ethical Inquiry..
www.docproducers.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Ethics Resource Library is live today! And rolling out at Tribeca, DC/DOX, and then on to Bentonville Film Festival.
Access the library here:
www.docproducers.org/erl
Access the library here:
www.docproducers.org/erl
I'm so proud of my fellow doc producers who've worked tirelessly on this Ethics Resource Library! 📚 A much needed free resource for those at any level on their documentary filmmaking journey.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Documentary Producers Alliance Launches Ethics Resource Library
The searchable database is meant to help filmmakers ethically respond to challenges in all stages of production.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm so proud of my fellow doc producers who've worked tirelessly on this Ethics Resource Library! 📚 A much needed free resource for those at any level on their documentary filmmaking journey.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Grrr this timeline... One minute you're finding out the U.S. Copyright Office's report is siding with creators on generative AI and the next you learn the director was fired days after it coming out. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Grrr this timeline... One minute you're finding out the U.S. Copyright Office's report is siding with creators on generative AI and the next you learn the director was fired days after it coming out. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...
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The US Copyright Office has released part three of their report on Copyright and AI. It's written in very understandable language, including for the technical parts.
Strongly recommended reading!
copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
Strongly recommended reading!
copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
copyright.gov
May 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The US Copyright Office has released part three of their report on Copyright and AI. It's written in very understandable language, including for the technical parts.
Strongly recommended reading!
copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
Strongly recommended reading!
copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Make sure you are buying from an independent shop. If you have a local place near ya, please go visit for your purchase if you can. And if you can't, here's an online rec: Bookshop.org 📚
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
April 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Make sure you are buying from an independent shop. If you have a local place near ya, please go visit for your purchase if you can. And if you can't, here's an online rec: Bookshop.org 📚
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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
“'This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted... like our museums, our historical societies, our public libraries, our academic libraries — just a lot of people that keep information free and accessible and online.'
For individual grantees, the situation is dire."
For individual grantees, the situation is dire."
‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding
‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding
The NEH had $17.8 million in active grants to Bay Area humanities projects.
sfstandard.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“'This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted... like our museums, our historical societies, our public libraries, our academic libraries — just a lot of people that keep information free and accessible and online.'
For individual grantees, the situation is dire."
For individual grantees, the situation is dire."
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A thing press institutions REALLY need to internalize is that 1000x more people will see the headline than read the article. If the headline leaves a false impression, but the article sets it straight, it doesn’t matter. You are spreading misinformation.
The framing from legacy media on the Ms Rachel stuff is insane. Nowhere do they say that these are baseless claims, or that what she said (every child's life is precious and worthy) is not "Hamas propaganda." If u didn't know the background to this story and saw this post, you'd believe their smear
April 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A thing press institutions REALLY need to internalize is that 1000x more people will see the headline than read the article. If the headline leaves a false impression, but the article sets it straight, it doesn’t matter. You are spreading misinformation.
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If you thought COVID sucked, wait until the next one
Wait until our gains on HIV start to reverse
Wait for it because people are going to die
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
Wait until our gains on HIV start to reverse
Wait for it because people are going to die
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you thought COVID sucked, wait until the next one
Wait until our gains on HIV start to reverse
Wait for it because people are going to die
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
Wait until our gains on HIV start to reverse
Wait for it because people are going to die
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...
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How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
Can We Trust Our Government to Safeguard Vital Research Data? Meet the Digital Archivists Battling to Keep Information Accessible!
Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets
spectrum.ieee.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
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Cory Booker can stand a lot longer than I can.
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cory Booker can stand a lot longer than I can.
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What I will say is that I don’t trust the judgement of anyone who doesn’t recognize what is happening as an escalation and an escalation where people are being harmed and are going to be harmed
March 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What I will say is that I don’t trust the judgement of anyone who doesn’t recognize what is happening as an escalation and an escalation where people are being harmed and are going to be harmed
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NEW: Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others —...
propub.li
March 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NEW: Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.
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