Screenwriter/Storyteller/Journalist/Red Sox fan/DEMOCRAT (Frivolous, Roast of Paul Hogan, Avon Ladies of the Amazon, The Replacements, Desperate Housewives, Ms., Pipeline Artists, Southbay, etc.) Full of equal parts: Creativity, sarcasm, and iced coffee.
Witch-hunt 21st Century Edition: As the party sees its grip on the nation threatened, it lashes out like a cornered animal. HUAC 2.0, but full of countless and dangerous idiots instead of one McCarthy. Devastating to anyone who thinks we are a democratic nation with thoughtful leaders.
PoliticoBREAKING: Former Covid czar Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right at the Senate hearing on the pandemic.
We destroyed Irans military then had to go back to fighting the non existent military but had to stop because we were using too many expensive missiles attacking the not-military because we weren’t flying over the country with no military because their non military was still a threat to our planes.
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models. n.pr/4vM0L1r
Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement rulingSome say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.n.pr
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the ScenesLearn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.www.propublica.org
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f... This nails it. And note his first in a list of motivations. We can marry it to better impulses -- even some of the best -- but any writer who won't admit they're trying to bring the best tale to the campfire just to show they fucking can is full of shit.
Why I Write | The Orwell Foundation"What I have most wanted to do throughout the past ten years is to make political writing into an art. My starting point is always a feeling of partisanship, a sense of injustice."www.orwellfoundation.comJohn ScalziI suspect most writers have that one authority figure who was snide about their writing, allowing that writer to be fueled by spite for years if not decades. My version was the creative writing prof who was dismissive about science fiction. I sent him a copy of Old Man's War when it was published.
How can one determine if something is a lie? Donald Trump is speaking. (I’m still not convinced he types his tweets/“truths” with his stubby little fingers on a cell phone. His team has had enough time to capture his vulgar, offensive, all caps tirades.
House DemocratsIt’s been nearly five months of Trump’s reckless and costly war with Iran. And there’s still no end in sight. Donald Trump said no new forever wars. HE LIED.
I’m well aware that democracy is on the ropes at the moment, but perhaps there’s some way for the two parties to get together for this obviously abuse of our basic civil rights: @aoc.bsky.social @schiff.senate.gov @adamkinzinger.substack.com @reptedlieu.bsky.social Please read the article.
Scholar: Federal privacy law needed for sensitive consumer data when companies go bankrupt – News Bureaunews.illinois.edu
