Writersky is talking about writers and ages again, so it bears repeating: there is no expiration date on writers except for death. Up until your last day, you can be writing, you can be published, you can be produced, you can sell. There's no "Too late." Only you can decide when your done.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

NOW: More than 98% of #Costco shareholders have just rejected an anti-DEI measure The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group: "The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

Propaganda. Name it whenever you witness it. Especially now. Document it, name it, share it.

As promised, updated scripts here for HR 9495, which will be headed back to the floor around Wednesday. Yes, this is the bill that gives the Sec. Treasury powers to strip non-profits of their C3 status. 1. For House members, 2. For Senators, 3. For New Yorkers to call Schumer. Please call.

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Unfortunately, this seem an apt time to share: A group of historians annotated sections of Project 2025, contextualizing and commenting on its plans to undermine environmental protections, exacerbate inequalities, and burn, burn, burn more fossil fuels. #envhist 🌎

As someone who grew up with a bully for a father, this is absolutely true and very insightful: "Part of how they make you obey is by making obedience seem peaceful, while resistance is violence. But really, either choice is about violence, one way or another.”

“By fewer than 20,000 votes across five or six districts.”

"Despair is the privilege of those who can afford it." - Nishant Shah

To my fellow dude creatives: The war on women people said wasn’t happening is fucking happening out in the open. The culture war is raging, but WE ARE THE CULTURE. Follow women creatives. Promote women. Produce their work. Hire them for your projects and rooms. Women can’t win this one alone.

As long as SAG-AFTRA is still on strike the work’s not done. Standing in solidarity with our actor siblings ✊🏾

Hell yeah! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

They tried to trick us into negotiating with ourselves. We held together and didn’t let it work. So now, they’re sitting down to negotiate with themselves — as they should. It’s way past time for studios to get serious and make a fair deal. deadline.com/2023/08/holl...