Wayne Shorter often composed with the TV news in the background. Why? “I need to know,” he said, “what I’m writing the antidote for.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Erazo also noted that tear gas was used at a time when parents were taking their kids to school and innocent bystanders were on their way to work. Details: lataco.com/westlake-hom... by @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Did not expect this first-round match-up to be this intense. Tomljanovic and Gauff battling to the end… #3rdset #womenstennis #USOpen2025

9/13 Communiversity Session - Abolition, Incarceration, and the Rule of Law (2 sessions 9/13 & 9/20) - Facilitated by the great Soffiyah Elijah Sign up! www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...

today is the 4th anniversary of launching my baby, blackfilmarchive.com 🫂 in celebration of this anniversary, i answer my most asked questions like “what is up with all the trauma in black film?” and “should sex be on screen?”

Not enjoying the commentary on this Monfils - Safiullin match at all @espn.com. Why are the commentators openly rooting for Safiullin? It’s weird. And smacks of both ageism and racism. Muted.

I’m from L.A. We did not feel freer with your jackboots in our city. I’m sure those in D.C. would agree. Get lost with this fascist propaganda.

Facts.

Me whenever I recommend Sinners and someone says, “but I don’t like horror movies…”

Not enjoying the commentary on this Monfils - Safiullin match at all @espn.com. Why are the commentators openly rooting for Safiullin? It’s weird. And smacks of both ageism and racism. Muted.

Can an indie filmmaker get a Repost?

What are the drug & alcohol needs of queer people in the UK? The Love Tank's new research - undertaken by @benvyle.bsky.social - highlights key action-for-change. www.thelovetank.info/news/dareport

Venus out there crushing those returns! #tennis #USOpen2025 #womenathletes #womenover40

When you say you’re offering screenwriters an “opportunity” but it’s just another pay-to-play. Sigh. #scriptsky #screenwritersky

How we act now will define the rest of our lives and generations to come.

Zarazua shows up and shows out! #risingstar #USOpen2025

LAST CALL for a Los Angeles legend: Cole's French Dip agent Derrick Moore is accepting offers to buy the joint through Monday, August 25. Pass it on to all your rich dreamer pals--even the ones you kind of hate. What kind of a second rate city are we if we can't Save Cole's?!

Is there any worse TV moment than the faux documentary episode of your fave drama? It just screams: We went over-budget and need a super cheap episode, stat.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."

I am once again asking you to knock on doors to win a city we can afford. zohranfornyc.com/events

The line that separates any of us from homelessness is unbelievably thin. Too thin to pass judgment on anyone doing whatever it takes to make it to tomorrow.

Press needs to stop repeating govt euphemism of “clearing homeless camps.” I’ve witnessed it in other cities: massive destruction of personal property. Not just bedrolls & tents; family photos, Bibles, meds. Times I’ve seen it people weren’t even given option to move their things.

In 30 minutes, we're going LIVE discussing what OpenAI's new GPT-5 model actually features, and what that means for you. Join us here: wrd.cm/3HnBKGR

What scripts or genres would you love to see more of on the #scripthive Database? Let us know in the comments what scripts you’re dying to see in the next script drop! 📝🐝 #screenplay #scripts discord.gg/screenwriting

New ICE data show that the court order banning profiling reduced ICE arrests in LA by 66%! In other words, ICE is effectively admitting that TWO THIRDS of LA arrests were unconstitutional profiling. Did they admit this to the court? NO! They lied to the courts...

“President Donald Trump has expanded his military campaign against the United States…” is the only way we knew how to start this piece.

Every corner of Los Angeles is united with our immigrant communities. This morning I stood with leaders from Westside to continue the call for an end to these discriminatory raids. They tried to divide us but L.A. is more unified than ever.

We need DC statehood NOW.

Today's New Yorker Daily @newyorker.com #trumponroof #whitehouse #epsteinfiles #DCcrimewave

I strongly recommend Jean Grae’s memoir In My Remaining Years. It’s thought-provoking, refreshingly blunt, and colorful. Listen to the audiobook, she reads it herself. General rule (for me): Go the audiobook route when a rapper reads their own memoir.

A small group of us is planning a craft fair fundraiser for Gaza on September 7. Some of you have already generously reached out to offer a craft to us to sell at the fundraiser. We now have a form with details for anyone who wants to contribute a craft: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - thank you.

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SAY NO TO WALLED GARDENS 🚫 EFF fights for your rights to privacy and free speech with 35+ years of expertise. From courtooms to codebases, we're protecting your future online. Support our work today! eff.org/vv

Homelessness is a policy failure, not a personal one.

🌕 Over my patreon, I post much longer stories and recipes, including Ermine and Sea Otter's Moon-viewing Rum and Coconut Cake! Perfect for this last great moon of summer! And there are over a thousand other tales and essays and receipts in the archives!🌕 www.patreon.com/posts/ermine...

American politicians exploring the possibility of using “preexisting laws” to keep the administration from breaking everything-

I'm thinking of getting rid of August altogether. It's served its purpose. We get it.

Don't set your cheese free. It will never come back, no matter how much you once loved each other.

TIL that Patrcia Neal was married to Roald Dahl. I’m pretty sure I was supposed to know this already. I’m pretty sure my team failed me on this one.

August 1, 1942 - August 9, 1995 🖤

Last 10 minutes of #LossLit for August!

For when you need facts.

Last 30 minutes of August’s #LossLit! Share a poem in a skeet. Hashtag it #Losslit. Hit Post! R/s poems with the hashtag!

Srsly? smh

Alright, y’all! Last hour of #LossLit! Sing us some poems…

"Juana" just started working under a UFW contract and said “Thank you, God bless you!” to the senior workers who helped finish filling up her leek boxes at the end of the harvest day. #WeFeedYou

We’re halfway through August #LossLit! I’m lonely! Where my poets at???