is there anything more 2025-coded than “white” being the pantone color of the year

Vote for our "Tesla Regret Syndrome" ad in the #teslatakedownawards! teslatakedown.com/awards

@thecinechick.bsky.social directed and we co-wrote this piece, narrated by @alexwinter.com and created by a fantastic group of Seattle filmmakers. Was a pleasure to help support a cause I feel strongly about as a former Tesla owner, as well as a lot of fun to joyfully resist with great creatives!

Just a couple of the America-hating extremists at #nokings in Seattle.

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

#NoKings Miami!

My new film YEAR OF THE FOX comes out 8/1 in LA and 8/19 on digital platforms everywhere! Check out the new trailer & our illustrated poster! #yearofthefox🦊

Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..” @niemanreports.org #Hellsite niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Once a country starts committing heinous human rights violations, it just gets easier & easier to commit more & more. People get desensitized to it & become comfortable dehumanizing others. I’m so worried about the United States & the depths to which we have fallen.

My brain is breaking a little. The Cato Institute us saying ICE is going too far

This is horrifying.

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

Proud to stand up and be counted today among the hordes of Americans who are SO OVER this incessant assault on our country. #nokings ❌👑

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

Here is Senator Alex Padilla's entire full statement after being detained by Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security. Like he said, if they're doing this to a sitting Senator, imagine what they're doing to other people. Unconscionable.

Check out this interview @laceyleavittgray.bsky.social & I did with @knkx.org about #teslaregretsyndrome, which aired last night during All Things Considered. 📻 @troublemakers.bsky.social @alexwinter.com

Not a great Earth Day for Elon... #teslaregretsyndrome

"This is America for you."

TRS signal boost from @geekwire.com ... #teslaregretsyndrome #troublemakers

Thanks for the spotlight @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Proud of this little act of resistance inspired by #seattletroublemakers and made with care in Seattle by an all-volunteer cast & crew. Big thanks to @alexwinter.com for the most excellent narration! And @laceyleavittgray.bsky.social for asking me to direct! 🙏 #teslaregretsyndrome #crewtopia

This just keeps getting better. 😍 "Is there...a deep and abiding sense of dread that accompanies every moment? Are you worried that you're enabling the fall of democracy?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOv... #teslaregretsyndrome #trs #TeslaTakedown #Tesla #elonmusk #MuskMustFall

Last night, @maddow.msnbc.com boldly broke the untold story of the epidemic of TRS, and the proven new treatment that’s changing lives across the nation! #TeslaTakedown #TRS #MuskMustFall youtu.be/0zTzDP1dffk

"The family that pickets together stickets together!"I think they said that on an episode of Family Ties once and they were correct. Beautiful day to be out with loved ones and thousands of kindred spirits standing up for democracy. #resist

If you can’t physically protest today, then be sure to amplify and share protest videos online, or drive past protesters and honk to show your support if you can! We need to flood the internet with protest footage, of both big and small events. We can’t count on the media to cover it.

The administration's response to the Signal debacle is just suffused with contempt for their own voters. Just an endless belief that the people who support them can be tricked into believing the laziest misdirection imaginable.

View From the Floor is featured in the @nytimes.com today! So happy and grateful to be able share it on such a vast platform!

Clearest proof yet that the Trump admin uses "DEI" to mean "nonwhite people doing something impressive and getting credit." Navajo Code Talkers made a big difference in WWII. The Axis had more trouble translating their language than cracking codes. And it's not like the Navajo owed the US anything.

Someone was saying (rightly, I think) that many Americans may not realize they rely on "Medicaid." In Alaska, it's called DenaliCare. In Colorado, Health First. In Hawaii, Medquest. In Connecticut, HuskyCare, etc. Remind your communities that all of these are Medicaid—and the GOP is gunning for it.

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

It went from they can troll everything to they control everything.

Thank you Gevin Booth!

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

This is vile.

My hubby's book, The Birth of Seattle Rap, comes out TODAY! Get your copy wherever you buy books! (And if you're a journalist who wants to chat with Ben about this previously untold history, I double as his publicist so hit me up!)

Kind words on my hubby's book, coming out Feb 4th! Pre-order here:

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Talking with #cinemafemme about the freedom of animation, the influence of Lynn Shelton, and reaching wide audiences with stories of disability.

"VIEW FROM THE FLOOR doesn’t just expose the harmful side of the entertainment industry, it asks viewers to reconsider what true appreciation looks like." - Gina DeRyke, @disabilitybelongs.bsky.social #viewfromthefloor

Thank you, Sundance! Had an incredible time premiering VIEW FROM THE FLOOR in Park City this week! Don't know about us? Check out our website: www.viewfromthefloormovie.com

The 1st thing I had to see was Mindie Lind & @thecinechick.bsky.social's "View From the Floor," the most delightful 6 mins you could spend at Sundance. The animated short (in the Doc Shorts program) is a tantalizing taste of a feature in the works for nearly a decade moveablefest.com/megan-griffi...

Love this write up on VIEW FROM THE FLOOR from the always thoughtful and lovely @stephensaito.bsky.social for #MoveableFest. If you're at #sundance2025, come see the film and say hey!

So proud of my husband whose first book, "The Birth of Seattle Rap," will be released on Feb 4th! 📖❤️🎤

VIEW FROM THE FLOOR, the short film I made with Mindie Lind will be having its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Can't wait to share this first little taste of our feature (currently in progress) with the world! #sundancefilmfestival festival.sundance.org/program/film...

Oh hey Bluesky... I didn't see you there.