Still buzzing with yesterday's energy. Standing-room only in the conference hall, and overflowing out into the lobby. 3.5 hours, 4 separate panels of experts, and a public comment line that stretched out the door. Don't mess with California's creatives!

🚨URGENT🚨 ** If you live in the U.S. and want to have laws that regulate A.I. please read this, submit an online comment ASAP, and share! **

SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY! (12/08/2025) Stanford Paul Brest Hall - 10am RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists #AB412 #March2Testify

Important please share with your artist and creative friends in the SF Bay Area! 12/8 at 10 am on the Stanford campus, the next legislative hearing for AB 412, the AI copyright transparency bill. Submit a public comment, in person, in support of everyone's right to copyright. RSVP: bit.ly/44lRMsX

We are going to need a lot of poetry, art, satire, and music to get us through these next few years. Heart-rending, earth-breaking, soul-ripping, human made and human lived. Hug your loved ones, embrace your neighbors, stand for your communities and your values. Never get down on your knees.

A walk outdoors with no chatter crowding your mental space is better than an hour in the gym with the TVs blasting

Hey BlueSky! Word's out that US states will retain their authority to regulate AI. Senate just voted 99-1 against a ban on AI regulation that had been included in the OBBB (One Big Beautiful Bill). Nice to see something done right. Huge thanks to Senator Blackburn! apnews.com/article/cong...

Proud of you SF Bay Area for a string of peaceful protests up and down the peninsula. Exhilarating and heartwarming to walk in community with all of you! All colors, all ages, all faiths. 🙏🏽

This is real and it is raw. Courage, that is. May we all hold the line on our own floors.

I just called my House Member, and BOTH of my US Senators ... Call them to tell them UNEQUIVOCALLY NO on the State AI Regulation Ban. No joke, we are going to have to repeatedly call these guys. Do it every morning while you’re having your breakfast. Easy peasy! 5calls.org/issue/ai-reg...

Time to take your daily dose of the red pill. Call your Senators and representatives... esp. bc they may not know this provision on banning AI regulations for an entire decade has been quietly introduced into the Budget Reconciliation bill. Yet another issue to repost the hell out of.

Copyright is breaking down in front of our eyes. The people charged with protecting our right to benefit from the creation of our own works are being fired. Don't scroll past this. Lean in strong and fight for copyright. Spread the word to all your creator friends. Call your reps!

These changes to T&C's are always "quiet." Our response should be LOUD. Use your voice not just to act, or sing, or do spoken word. Use it to stand up for your creators' rights! Thank you @stardustbluepr.com for keeping us informed.

Inspiring to be part of the journey of this critical legislation on AI copyright transparency… and to get our young people involved in civic life. @bauerkahan.bsky.social @digelsrud.bsky.social

Narcissism is like microplastics. It's pervasive, relentless, harmful to human well-being, produced from toxic sources deep underground, and it breaks down in full sunlight. Reduce, refuse, and replace! But please don't recycle and definitely do not reuse.

To enjoy the full length of this path, and to feel the burn in our muscles as we walk, especially the parts with an incline, because that is how we grow to be seasoned travelers. Lovely to walk along with all of you #writers here. 🖋️. 2/2

The path we writers travel is a long and winding one, dotted with flowers and brambles and rocky outcrops and the worn out shoes of writers who’d passed through before us… but this is precisely the point. 1/2

We know everything About everyone Everywhere All at once Too much Yet not enough No more mystery No more wonder No more solitude Anywhere

Watch a future leader at work. Humble, bright, quietly determined. He could teach a thing or two to "leaders" easily 3x his age. Thank you Michael Gold for the interview.

You know the most painful, ironic thing about the El Salvador situation is? “el salvador” means “the savior” in Spanish. 💔

This is what a critically endangered Red Wolf looks like. If we work together, we can save them 🐺 nywolf.org

Hard times create strong men and women. Strong men and women create stability and prosperity. Stability and prosperity create comfortable men and women. Comfortable men and women create hard times. Rinse and repeat.

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

Please take a few mins to read this. Your wellbeing might depend on it. open.substack.com/pub/danielpi...

I love BlueSky. I really do. Feels like a breath of fresh air. Like Substack too, and a few other places. But taken together, social media sucks up a lot of time. Time you can’t reel back once gone. If you're a creator, it's especially important to watch your social media diet. Don’t overdose.

How do you reconcile the words of great wisdom from writers of great renown, with their rather unwise personal behavior behind closed doors? Does their failing in one arena taint their achievement in another?

Writers don't let their writer friends use generative AI to illustrate their essays and articles. Artists don't let their artist friends listen to AI generated music while painting. Musicians don't let their musician friends read AI generated novels. Create responsibly.

Podcast interviews can be so much fun—if they're led by the right interviewer. If it feels like a conversation btwn friends, you know you've got a good thing going. We talk about my journey from Central Europe to the US, my path from Hollywood to high tech, and my life's purpose as a storyteller.

History cannot be erased. Reality cannot be erased. People cannot be erased. We can choose our sources of truth. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

"We have all become the horseshoe crab, bled for its noble blood." Poetic observations on this Brazen New World we're living in. themuse.substack.com/p/brazen-new...

I'd rather watch "Servant of the People" than "The Apprentice." How about you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEvj...

And no one, not even the literal KING of Britain, asked President Zelenskyy why he's not wearing a suit.

Much more than democracy is dying, in broad daylight. But what this abhorrent spectacle does, for the leader of a small and brave European nation, is quite the opposite of what they probably hoped. We see you, Ukraine.

The true sound of silence... 👏 👏 👏

Wise words from a wise woman.

🧵 Print this date on your forehead, creators! Tues. February 25 is the deadline to submit your comments to the UK's special Consultation on Copyright and AI. Writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers—anyone who creates or cares @ protecting our creators' rights, this concerns you. More info follows:

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

Trust without transparency is blind.

Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth like never before. Like your literal life depended on it. Like your Brown and Black brothers' and sisters' lives depended on it. 'Cause they do. No one is going to tell us to stop honoring the people of this nation.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social on lessons history has taught us about resisting authoritarianism.

Save the date! Sat Feb 1, the AI Safety Awareness Foundation is hosting live workshops on AI forecasting & safety. 20 US locations including Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Portland, LA, SF, Minneapolis, Boston, Philly, Raleigh and Waterloo (CAN): aisafetyawarenessfoundation.org/workshops/us...

No words except "you happy now??" to all the vested interests that kept up the fossil fuel charade for decades. Apocalyptic scenarios are being normalized in front of our eyes. Please be safe anyone in the LA area. Horrific doesn't begin to describe this. @stardustbluepr.com @bigbaderik.bsky.social

Reason #144 to love #Arcane League of Legends: leadership is committed to art and the artists, not AI. It's "art first", says Pascal Charrue of Fortiche, the studio that created the stunning world of Arcane. themuse.substack.com/p/raindrops-...

Sometimes, we mothers know what to name our children. We may not always know why, but we know. 🦋 @jay.bsky.team

Musicians, actors & other creators continue to sign the Statement on AI Training. Hugely grateful to Stephen Fry, Hugh Bonneville, Kate Bush, and the many other new signatories to the statement, which rejects training gen AI on creative work without a license. Sign here: aitrainingstatement.org 🧵

Have you been BlueSky-roasted? If not, what're ye waitin' for?? Here's where you do it: blueskyroast.com. And here's mine—especially love the "Real You" bit: (Props to @vwarheit.bsky.social for the tip!)

Thank you to @flakphoto.news for putting together this list of #Writers here on #BlueSky. Please take a look and follow as your heart pleases! 🦋 🖋️ 📄 bsky.app/profile/did:...

Pardon the pun but... the first Raindrop just dropped! Short musings, insights, and observations in the world of #Art, #Music, #Writing, and #Film. Recommend to leave your umbrella at home ☔ — and please drench some of your friends! themuse.substack.com/p/raindrops-...

Yes, I'm grateful for what Life has given me. For my family, friends, colleagues, past present and future. But I'm even more grateful for those voices who are peeling back the foggy curtains of myth muddying our complicated history. 🙏 to @kathleenduval.bsky.social & @charlescmann.bsky.social