Akela Cooper
@akelacooper.bsky.social
Hollywood writer whose stuff you may have seen: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1, Luke Cage. Malignant. M3GAN. The Nun 2. The Boulet Bros. Holiday of Horrors (with a directing credit!). It's a pleasure scaring the shit outta you.
Pinned
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It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
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Fact-checking the Bad Bunny halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Fact-checking the Bad Bunny halftime show
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You know, it's a good time to be reminded that we all collectively have it in our power to simply pretend Jake Paul doesn't exist and act accordingly. That is a choice we can all make together.
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
You know, it's a good time to be reminded that we all collectively have it in our power to simply pretend Jake Paul doesn't exist and act accordingly. That is a choice we can all make together.
This has lead to a deeper question about character (probably what I was really struggling with) and what music they'd be listening to as they go about their job. And turns out, it's not oldies. It's Yacht Rock. Basic. Nonthreatening. Just like the character. 😆
Me: I'm gonna start writing at 10am sharp.
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This has lead to a deeper question about character (probably what I was really struggling with) and what music they'd be listening to as they go about their job. And turns out, it's not oldies. It's Yacht Rock. Basic. Nonthreatening. Just like the character. 😆
It doesn't help that I'm looking for an upbeat "oldies" song, but when I typed "oldies" into the Deezer search the lists it gave me were songs from the 90s and 80s instead of what I had intended--the 50s and 60s--and now I want to lie on the floor and lament the loss of my youth.
Me: I'm gonna start writing at 10am sharp.
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
It doesn't help that I'm looking for an upbeat "oldies" song, but when I typed "oldies" into the Deezer search the lists it gave me were songs from the 90s and 80s instead of what I had intended--the 50s and 60s--and now I want to lie on the floor and lament the loss of my youth.
Me: I'm gonna start writing at 10am sharp.
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Me: I'm gonna start writing at 10am sharp.
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
Me, at 10am sharp: I need a song to set the mood for this scene. *proceeds to spend 30 minutes looking for a song I think works*
The song has not been found. 😆
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The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Fuck this.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Fuck this.
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I watched Kid Rock's halftime show so you didn't have to.
I was hoping it would be entertainingly bad.
Instead it was just.....sad. He and TPUSA barely put in an effort.
www.salon.com/2026/02/09/k...
I was hoping it would be entertainingly bad.
Instead it was just.....sad. He and TPUSA barely put in an effort.
www.salon.com/2026/02/09/k...
Kid Rock's alternative Super Bowl halftime show was just boring
Turning Point USA's bid for cultural relevance — and more money — just couldn't compete with Bad Bunny
www.salon.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I watched Kid Rock's halftime show so you didn't have to.
I was hoping it would be entertainingly bad.
Instead it was just.....sad. He and TPUSA barely put in an effort.
www.salon.com/2026/02/09/k...
I was hoping it would be entertainingly bad.
Instead it was just.....sad. He and TPUSA barely put in an effort.
www.salon.com/2026/02/09/k...
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Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
The Triumph Of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican artist’s Super Bowl performance was a reclamation and a reminder that, after more than 500 years of colonization, seguimos aquí.
www.thecut.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
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Robert Kraft’s team losing the Super Bowl in humiliating fashion is, to date, the worst consequence suffered by any of the men in the Epstein files.
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Robert Kraft’s team losing the Super Bowl in humiliating fashion is, to date, the worst consequence suffered by any of the men in the Epstein files.
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Congress isn’t doing their job. The media isn’t doing their job. The Supreme Court isn’t doing their job. The military isn’t doing their job. The president surely isn’t doing his job.
It’s almost as if the United States government is conspiring against their citizens on purpose.
🤔
It’s almost as if the United States government is conspiring against their citizens on purpose.
🤔
February 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Congress isn’t doing their job. The media isn’t doing their job. The Supreme Court isn’t doing their job. The military isn’t doing their job. The president surely isn’t doing his job.
It’s almost as if the United States government is conspiring against their citizens on purpose.
🤔
It’s almost as if the United States government is conspiring against their citizens on purpose.
🤔
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Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.
Congrats to Cooper Kupp and Cooper Kupp alone.
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Congrats to Cooper Kupp and Cooper Kupp alone.
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The bushes were people because logistics.
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The bushes were people because logistics.
Fuck this Super Bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Fuck this Super Bowl.
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Bad Bunny for Vanity Fair in 2023:
“What I do, I do from my heart...I believe that every human being has the duty to have empathy for others, to help others, to respect them, to always try to contribute something to society, to bring a positive change.”
www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/0...
“What I do, I do from my heart...I believe that every human being has the duty to have empathy for others, to help others, to respect them, to always try to contribute something to society, to bring a positive change.”
www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/0...
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Bad Bunny for Vanity Fair in 2023:
“What I do, I do from my heart...I believe that every human being has the duty to have empathy for others, to help others, to respect them, to always try to contribute something to society, to bring a positive change.”
www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/0...
“What I do, I do from my heart...I believe that every human being has the duty to have empathy for others, to help others, to respect them, to always try to contribute something to society, to bring a positive change.”
www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/0...
Ad a Rams fan… fuck this Super Bowl
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Ad a Rams fan… fuck this Super Bowl
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This book was so damn good. Sooooo excited for this. #ProjectHailMary
Oh man, I can't wait for everyone to fall in love with Rocky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XN...
Project Hail Mary | Final Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 AM
This book was so damn good. Sooooo excited for this. #ProjectHailMary
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75% of all superbowl ads are like did you know white people existed in the past?
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
75% of all superbowl ads are like did you know white people existed in the past?
What’s funny about that Dunkin ad is that they knew it was terrible and set up another ad with the actors to prepare us for how bad it would be
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
What’s funny about that Dunkin ad is that they knew it was terrible and set up another ad with the actors to prepare us for how bad it would be
WHAT?!?
Universal commercial for Epic Universe featuring a kid afraid to ride the new roller coaster that killed a guy. Ad people are really embracing dark energy this year.
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
WHAT?!?
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Mercury, Messenger of the Gods, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th c, 📸 by @PhilEllsworth1
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Mercury, Messenger of the Gods, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th c, 📸 by @PhilEllsworth1