"The Human Made Mark is set to appear as an ident before a verified film and as a certified Trust Mark in the end credits, indicating that a project has not been made with the help of AI. The idea behind the initiative is to give audiences the opportunity to make a decision in their viewing habits."

The conflict in South Sudan has left the nation on the brink of a massive hunger crisis. For millions, aid can be the difference between life and death. We have a moral obligation to take immediate action and provide critical humanitarian aid. aje.news/vmf1pc

I'm not Michael B or Elmo, but if you ask me a question I'm more than happy to ask you one back. 😊 In fact, if you see this, tell me about your favorite sandwich!

"...it’s hard not to want to shake everyone and remind them that they are not each other’s enemy. The system is." - @prisblossom.bsky.social on the frustration (and fun) of watching Beef S2. latinamedia.co/beef-season-...

The beginnings of Christian nationalism date back decades. This is how the movement has evolved since the 1970s — and how it has become a powerful force in American politics today. (Published Oct. 2024)

We are open for submissions for our Mental Health poetry anthology until 30th May. Get sending! roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/

We caught up with 2026 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature winner Edwidge Danticat on the red carpet at the #PENLitAwards and later spoke to her about her achievement, the courage required to be a writer now, and her hopes for the future of free speech in the U.S. (1/2)

I also hate my smart TVs because they constantly glitch, freeze, etc. Sure, add a device so I can use my streaming services but otherwise just show me the channels and i’ll flip through.

I mean, he's not an engineer so—

“‘When are governments really going to enforce, raise the stakes on fines, ban the companies if necessary for not complying,’ she added.” Honestly why not both? Why not hold the companies to higher standards (and bigger penalties) AND fund creation of more third spaces, including digital ones?

It's that last part for me.

Anyone else frequently mentally calculate how many days, weeks, months it would take for you and your family to become unhoused if no one is able to find employment again? No? Just me?

I’ve been getting really hyper-focused on my writing and also researching for my book(s) and researching the publishing world in general. So that’s probably another step in the right direction, yeah? #writingcommunity

So I finally gave up trying to recover my Discord account and made a new one with a burner email. What do I need to learn about using it? Give me guidance, y’all.

If you see this, post a vampire who isn’t Dracula.

I read this story by Carmen Maria Machado today and it was as brilliant as the rest of her work and I need to be writing at that level and will lose sleep over it until it happens.

Do we have these in Denver? Elsewhere?

READ THE ROOM, AMY @amyklobuchar.com

Immigration enforcement is chilling Florida's K-12 enrollment The state's most recent estimate for K-12 enrollment dropped by more than 46,000 students. The report says it's most likely because of immigration policies.

A more serious issue on the topic of renovating a home. Apparently manufacturing quartz countertops is very dangerous. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...?

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Carlos and Maria are back and ready to help us start our new school for #refugees and #immigrants 🎭 English classes start in January and are free to all newcomer NYS residents 18+ DM me for more info or if you’re interested in volunteering with us!

Yikes.

Your first instinct will be to look away It's important that you do not

Sleep debt is seriously the worst.

Oof I get this and it’s hard when you struggle to retain memory.

Honestly good advice.

If you had to fill a room with things that inspire you, what would you bring into it?

Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr

Sorry, Bsky. I got hypnotized by Threads. Will try to be better about being here, where the ideas aren't copied and regurgitated for clicks.

This is illegal. Trump and Republicans shut the government down, and now they are resorting to unlawful threats to try and cover up their recklessness.

Rushed to the Farmer’s Market this morning because I thought it was the last day, but apparently there’s one more weekend! Also got TWO compliments on my Bikini Kill tee (including one from a lady I was very much not expecting such a compliment from—never judge a book!). Yay small wins!

“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.” - Federal Judge Karin Immergut granting a TRO keeping the National Guard out if Portland - for now. Immergut is a TRUMP APPOINTEE. www.opb.org/article/2025...

#MonsterTheEdGeinStory is more about the influence he had over cinema and pop culture than it is about getting any truth out about his life, it seems. It’s disturbing, gross at times, and yet as a fan of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho, I can’t stop watching.

Speaking in my unofficial role as the most official looking Taco Bell account here, everyone quit because work sucks and they don't pay enough

This is the very best use of the hipster homing beacon, though! I always use it for the same purpose. Love a proper latte requiring zero sugar because that’s just how good those beans are!

This from the latest issue of DUH! Quarterly

Windows & doors of ICE #Broadview are boarded up. So nobody can see in. No elected officials can get in to see people or assess the site, as is their right. It's actually not all that large a building. But I guess the important part is the roof, where the guys with guns hang out & DHS films #content

"After locking herself in the kitchen, Tilly's character prepares one thousand pancakes, a feat technically plausible but logistically absurd. Let’s break it down. Assume you cook two pancakes at a time on an electric griddle. Each batch takes three minutes. That’s 500 pancakes..."

I think what I'm saying is I would like Taylor to write a song as gutting as "Happiness" about the state of the world, but she's never pretended to be a songwriter focused on politics and the state of the world and that's probably okay. A LOT of artists don't actually talk about the world.

I’ll probably never like a TS album more than Folklore and Evermore. I like a few tracks off some of the others, but those (especially in the midst of early pandemic days) are what drew me in. That and her whole “let me rerelease my own version of albums to stick it to the man.” Ah well.

Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in ICE custody via @theguardian.com

Furloughed Department of Education workers’ out-of-office emails were changed to blame Democrats for the shutdown without their permission. Why is Trump resorting to such desperate, and likely illegal, tactics? Because he knows that he’s the one to blame for this shutdown.

Protesters were largely confined to either side of a road and every so often they would push at us onto the lawn of a local business. I did see several people thrown to the ground and taken away. To my eyes, these acts were pretty random and I did not see any protester be physically violent. At all.

I went to the protest this morning at ICE facility in Broadview. Some photos if you wanna follow along. My guess is that at its height there were 300-400 people there, all protesting the inhumane treatment & illegal kidnapping of our neighbors. #broadview #iceprotest #abolishice #broadviewprotest

My feed has been mostly reposting on the ground journalists covering the ICE raids in the Chicagoland area and the Broadview detention center.

Working on a story about AI toys. Anyone (parents especially) have any questions about these?