watch the Wachowski sisters’ Speed Racer movie

Being pro-union 🫡

When things slow down as an actor and you panic with finding meaning and joy in the process without the external validation of booking: return to the "why." Why are you doing this? I didn't do this for money. I did it for love. Where is that love coming from? My reasons have changed over the years

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

No one chooses to be disabled or chronically ill. It’s not a moral failing. People blame the disabled because it makes them feel morally superior. They can tell themselves it’ll never happen to them. It can happen to anyone. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.

Yesterday I was struggling on a work call for 90 minutes so I coped by sneaking Namari icons into the work slack on my break... How many more characters can I sneak in....

My wife had a single line in Kung Fu Panda 17 years ago and still gets checks every few months. Most are way smaller than this, but devs get $0 even though the games we work on will likely be sold for 10+ years soooo yeah.

While I dipped my toe into game Localization this year, I pulled very intentionally out of TV. Haven't worked on a TV adaptation since September. And what do you know I'm starting to be able to pay attention to media again I guess watching TV for 6-8hrs every day for work isn't healthy

Remember that being an Ally requires action that matches your words.

Furthermore, every time you de-prioritize a trans actor because of that identity (keeping them out of roles because you're worried they're too "political"), you've discriminated against that actor. Period.

In preparation for the upcoming rain, this shelter desperately needs old towels and blankets. If you’re decluttering or wanting to help, please kindly donate to Harbor Shelter in San Pedro. Thank you and be safe✨

I'm going into 2026 praying that I will not end it homeless. I lost so much in 2025, and I would not change a thing. My head is clearer than it's been in years, and I feel more in line with who I am as a person. But the work I lost myself in abused me and threw me away when I cost too much.

Merry Christmas

Three years after this photo was taken, I would perform as Shrek in front of this very cart for $8/hr. This was how I earned SAG Eligibility in 2008, but I would not become a member until booking The Snow Queen in 2012.

Translators work hard to make sure that the translated words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc, not only convey the author's meaning, but also the author's *style.* Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.

tapping the sign

Please, I am begging you, do not tell AI to translate for you. Do not just use a translate button on languages you can't read. Please ask a human being to help you. Machine translations are often close enough on a sentence level but that is NOT good enough for anything you take seriously.

Gamedev unions are the "find out" part of "fuck around and find out."

Okay I did watch this movie for the first time while vaccine sick on the couch yesterday and first of all, the movie should have ended with Nicole Kidman saying "I want to fuck a shitton of men and laugh at you" and Tom Cruise saying "damn bitch that sounds hot I'm in"

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com

Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie if you're not a fuckin coward

If nothing else, the similarities of Japanese and te reo phonemes have made it much easier for me to pick up and pronounce vocabulary in the latter.

"A Simple Re:Quest" is out now as part of #WinterVNJam! Its narrative peaks on Dec 21st, so today's a great day to play! I'm so proud of this team and incredibly psyched to have gotten to collaborate with both new + familiar folks! ☺️ jettbarker.itch.io/a-simple-req... #visualnovel #vndev #indiedev

Twenty years on and I still think this is the most breathtaking sequence ever put in a videogame. Testament to the fact that scale and awe are not virtues of graphical horsepower alone

Remembering and celebrating the late, great Carrie Fisher with this still-brilliant piece of art by @lindsayvanekart.bsky.social (Prints of which you can still order from Lindsay's site)...

These days, I don't care much about how much I personally like a person. Someone can be a good person and not be one that I personally vibe with. But if they're a straight shooter and we can have a conversation that isn't rooted in fear, I can respect someone even if I don't agree with them.

It should be noted that after every queer writer in the industry has been told that queer stories are too risky for mainstream media rn, the two biggest shows at the end of 2025 have queer protagonist

Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.

Merry Christmas!! If you see this, please use the link below to leave a public comment on the proposed anti-trans bills: www.leejamiller.com/episodes/202... Please also leave a public comment on proposed deep sea mining in the Marianas: linktr.ee/plsr?utm_sou... Thank you 🧡

Finally, his Ha finally matches his Ka

AI could never make art on the level of my Hunger Games remake youtu.be/UBZQ8YHmHls?...

Have a good Christmas night’s sleep, guys <3

I'm not 55 years old or a woman but I sure as fuck am gonna talk about menopause like one so I got this for christmas

IT'S TIME

After starting the new job I've started walking 2-3 miles every weekday to build up more stamina. Kinda wild to see it's added up to 64.5 miles. My record so far is (not a joke) 69.69 miles. I'm shaping up to beat that pretty significantly if I stay on track!

Yesterday and today are my first paid days off since 2009 and I've been thinking a lot about how much I've struggled since then. How much I've gained, but what I had to sacrifice to get it.

...was like taking all my food, my mortgage, everything away from me and still trying to find a way to make it work. But after asking for raises multiple times and being very politely ignored, I still have to cut my food consumption and I can't pay my mortgage anyway. So what's the point?

Merry Christmas. This year has been one of immense loss for me, and despite my best efforts, I am still an Aurora of feelings--flickering rage, joy, devastation, grief, and above all IMMENSE RELIEF that I am no longer victimizing myself by working production in the dubbing industry.

Dubbing will continue to stagnate until serious time and consideration is given to the pattern of severe undercutting that is prevalent in the industry. Budgets are getting slashed on workers who were already expected to cut corners with low pay. Adapters and translators are your backbone.

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🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

I created a Blue Sky starter pack of all the game worker unions across the world. There are a lot of us now! Give them a follow, they're all great! 4/ go.bsky.app/PNcLPFU

Our feral foster Pepper has lived with us for 2 years, 2 months. Last night, he came up to me on the couch, headbutted me, and curled up on my chest. I gave him some scritches. For the first time since he moved in, he purred because he was happy.

It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.

shut the fuck up. they've had 50 years to catch up and won't pay workers the compensation we're worth. don't piss me off.

I do think it’s important to note that this interview was clearly pre recorded, so at the latest we’re talking yesterday. He talks openly about losing the civil case against Lionbridge in the interview. But retroactively people are trying to insist he hid that detail. He clearly isn’t hiding it.

Welp, time to delete Fortnite. I've been playing it pretty regularly since they added Naruto, and I get they want to print money, but I can't enjoy a game that licensed H*rry P*tter. Being able to use the bathroom in peace is more important to me than a video game.

He just said that he received paperwork that suggested Mihoyo would have the right to do whatever they want with his voice over work, and that he would have no right to sue them for whatever they used it for.