John Bickerstaff
Writer, sometimes
- The lionization of Gavin Newsom feels like if the whole fellowship died and Boromir had to take the ring to Mordor
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- Reposted by John BickerstaffThe real Best Picture winner in our hearts...
- 2024 Top 12 (with the caveat that I have not seen I’m Still Here)
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- Reposted by John BickerstaffI've seen people dismiss the Pornhub bans, sometimes couching their dismissal in an anti-porn stance. What I don't think they realize is that the people pushing this stuff conflate porn with LGBTQ people and sex education and are part of Project 2025 mashable.com/article/free...
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- Reposted by John BickerstaffThe Guild has launched a Writers Guild Member Fund with the ECF to provide grants for writers who have lost their home or been displaced by the wildfires. If you can support this effort, please consider donating. #WGAStrong give.entertainmentcommunity.org/site/Donatio...
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- Reposted by John BickerstaffThey’re banning TikTok not because it harvests data, the same way US social media does, but because they can’t influence it’s algorithm with congressional hearings or government contracts the way they do every other tech giant. That’s it.
- All of LA County getting a new evacuation alert on day three of this
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- Reposted by John BickerstaffWas LAFD defunded by $17.5 million? YES Some council offices and the mayor are now trying to cover for their disastrous budget by claiming that they approved new LAFD contracts, which happened 6 months AFTER they approved the FY24-25 budget, leading to services and 58 LAFD positions cut
- Reposted by John BickerstaffTo those not in LA, these fires are hitting an already breaking community. Many people being forced to evacuate were already stretched extremely thin due to the collapse of our industry. It’s not just celebrities. Please help however you can.
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- Ted Chiang (Arrival) said about AI super-intelligence: it’s already here, but not how you think. Our idea of “The Singularity” is a machine created by humans that we will lose control over and will act to ensure its own survival. But that technology was invented centuries ago. It’s a corporation.
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