Yes. Lets get it regulated in Ontario. actratoronto.com/uncategorize...

“Indistinguishable from real humans,” proclaims HeyGen, an AI tool that creates avatars from photos and video. In this video Alistair Hepburn, Executive Director of ACTRA Toronto demonstrates this technology, which is frighteningly easy to access and use and proliferating more every day.

*Everyone in Toronto right now "Something something Silent Hill"

Time to link my all-time favorite article on medical racism, "No, You're Not Imagining It." cheryllynneaton.tumblr.com/post/6425320...

Tomorrow I'm a guest on D20 Live's charity Stream! See you there!

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #nsfw #censorship #canpoli @acvalens.net

plz keep calling them I know it feels good or whatever to be like "this is a bigger problem at the top!!!!" but you hafta start at the avenues you can actually do something about. keep calling until no news outlet can ignore this or brush it aside as over. write letters if you must

Kneel before THE GOD OF ICE CREAM! THE MIGHTY GELATOCUS! 🍦 #TorontoComedy #CharacterComedy

I challenge all conventions to echo GalaxyCon's new policy. Each Artist Alley or booth spot granted to a genAI slop peddler is being being taken away from a working artist. And smart con-runners know it's artists who make them what they are.

I wish there was more Jellystone!

Nelvana, one of Canada’s most biggest animation studios has reportedly shut down after 54 years. (1974-2025). Workers are saying the studio has closed down its doors last Friday.

YALL UP? We got an official time!! youtu.be/oMke8X0f7RM?...

Labour Day is just a week away! Come and march with us on September 1st and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our sibling unions at the annual Labour Day Parade. Please see your recent Member email for registration details!

Bell is set up at FanEx Toronto with a Booth that generates AI photos of people. Feel free to call up bell to cancel your services if you wanna prove a point about how much that shit sucks

Read the consultation guide and proposal, and how to submit your comments: actratoronto.com/uncategorize... Submitting your comments is simple, and your responses will not be shared outside of the Ministry of Labour. But don't delay–the deadline to comment is August 22, 2025!

⁠As an ACTRA Toronto Member, your feedback can shape a fair, transparent and accountable system. ⁠We believe talent‑agency regulation should centre performers’ rights and provide clear, enforceable standards. ⁠ ⁠

Hear from ACTRA Toronto Councillor Asante Tracey about why Members should speak up and share their thoughts with the Ontario government in its talent agencies regulation consultation. youtube.com/shorts/mAevL...

🚨 FINAL GROCERY RUN 🚨 GALEN’S GROCER Tonight at 9 PM Comedy Bar Danforth Some seats remain - grab a friend, grab a ticket, and come witness: 🤍 A man’s journey to be loved
🥩 No-name meat used as a weapon 🧼 Emotional clean-up in every aisle TICKETS HERE: comedybar.ca/shows/Galens...

The thing I love about watching Twisted Metal as a Torontonian is at any moment you could be watching and then go, "Oh shit! I know that person" or "I saw them do an improv/clownprov set."

Since this was announced, I’ve been grappling with how the only way a public library anime club could watch crunchyroll is if they flew together on Delta. Oh, and despite striking this massive deal, a ton of people got fired.

Once again, to all of my Canadian followers, this is INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL here. No private company can discriminate against LGBT content in any way. It is enshrined in federal law. Call and ask stripe why they're breaking Canadian hate crime laws. Call your local NDP or Liberal party rep and ask them.

Oh look more authoritarian bullshit trying to weasel itself into our lives. Be loud and make them know we don't want any of this.

The Ontario government is considering new rules to regulate talent agents—rules that could directly affect how performers are paid, protected, and supported. Your feedback is very important! See your recent Member email to read the consultation guide and proposal, and how to submit your comments.

Galen's Grocer, the Award-Winning #Toronto Fringe play returns for one more show THIS THURSDAY!! 📍 Comedy Bar Danforth 📆 August 14th 🕘 9pm Tickets below 🔽🎟 #TheaTO #TorontoTheatre

Hello Shoppers 🛒, The Award-Winning #TorontoFringe show 'Galen's Grocer' is coming back for ONE MORE SHOW! 📍 Comedy Bar Danforth! 🕘 August 14th at 9pm! 🎟 comedybar.ca/shows/Galens... #TheaTO #FringeTO

Don’t. Do not. Do literally anything other than this. See a licensed therapist. Get a plant. Volunteer at an animal shelter. Shitpost 24 hours a day on Bluesky. Anything but this.

For those represented by Talent Agencies in #Ontario Right now, in Ontario, anyone can call themselves a talent agent. There are no rules about how they handle your money, how much they can charge you, or what happens if they don’t pay you on time, or at all. mailchi.mp/actratoronto...

An info-graph regarding this post: #Twitch #VSky #MeltTheICE #NoICE

Hello Shoppers 🛒, The Award-Winning #TorontoFringe show 'Galen's Grocer' is coming back for ONE MORE SHOW! 📍 Comedy Bar Danforth! 🕘 August 14th at 9pm! 🎟 comedybar.ca/shows/Galens... #TheaTO #FringeTO

One thing that doing creative work teaches you is that ideas are worth nothing. Anybody can have an idea. In a writers room you have to come up with a hundred ideas a day, and most of those don’t make the page. It’s the work of making something that gives it value. The patina of humanity.

Hello, Canada After a successful, sold-out, award winning run at Toronto Fringe, we decided to do ONE MORE SHOW! Info I'm comments below 👇

Let’s change gears. Do some good Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

"This yes-man attitude has been the basis of recent criticism that AI chatbots are feeding into mental health crises, especially in cases where the chatbots go along with people’s delusions." Read more ⤵️

"In covering these pages for months, I have learned that a single person can operate dozens or hundreds of pages and can keep them filled up with content, and so having something occasionally go viral can be enough to make the entire endeavor financially viable."

Aaaaaand that's a wrap on Galen's Grocer! Getting to stage manage/tech this show was so much fun! Thank you to the cast and crew for welcoming me into your fantastic show! Thank you for giving us a stage, @toronto-fringe.bsky.social See you next year :)

Galen's Grocer won a Patrons Pick at Toronto Fringe 2025! Which meeeeans... WE'VE GOT A SHOW ON SUNDAY! 6:45PM! fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/...

Galen's Grocer got a critics pick in the @thestar.com 🌟 #FringeTO #TOFringe

There's been overnight break-ins 2 nights in a row @ Alumnae Theatre. Venue & #FringeTO companies performing there have had 1000's of $ worth of equipment stolen. I hear an assistance fund is planned (through @fringe-toronto.bsky.social ?), but in the meantime, buy ALL their merch. #TheaTO #ComedyTO

I've been hired to stage manage 'Galen's Grocer' for this years Toronto Fringe. #FringeTO A few shows are sold out, so you better hurry and grab those tix! More info below⬇️

I'll be performing at the legendary Rivoli this Sunday at 8pm! Tix below

yea honestly reading this for myself this really doesnt come off as "game devs should start using genAI for large-scale games", more "games are getting too big and unsustainable to make and to keep it up theyre gonna have to resort to shit like genAI". not advocacy but lament for the state of things

Remember when Nintendo said they had no interest in Gen AI? How many companies have publicly said they have no interest in using it for games only to then turn around and do it. It’s why our laws and contacts have to protect artists and not rely on them keeping their word

SAG-AFTRA and the AFL-CIO have called on senators to remove a dangerous provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would ban states from passing or enforcing laws protecting workers from the threats A.I. poses to their rights, jobs and safety. aflcio.org/press/releas...

In response to today's heartbreaking U.S. v. Skrmetti decision, Lambda Legal and @aclu.org are gathering in D.C. and NYC to show that #TransRights are not up for debate! 🏳️‍⚧️ 📅 Wednesday, June 18 🕒 D.C. | 3 p.m. | SCOTUS steps 🕒 NYC | 5 p.m. | Union Square 📍RSVP: www.mobilize.us/lambdalegal/

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

The "let them fight" gif has been doing lots of heavy lifting recently.