April Arcus
@aprilarcus.bsky.social
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
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Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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I agree with what Erin says here, but would add that Newsom's recent comment citing the age of 25 is especially scary, as that's well beyond centrist-sounding "fairness in sports" rhetoric – it is a hardcore anti-trans activist talking point! it's like he is actively consuming 4thwavenow/TERF posts
A really good (and scary) point from @erininthemorning.com... for trans rights, a President Gavin Newsom could be *more* harmful than a Republican would be.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transg...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transg...
August 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I agree with what Erin says here, but would add that Newsom's recent comment citing the age of 25 is especially scary, as that's well beyond centrist-sounding "fairness in sports" rhetoric – it is a hardcore anti-trans activist talking point! it's like he is actively consuming 4thwavenow/TERF posts
Transphobia, racism, and other hatreds are not occasionally inconvenient forces of nature that can be harnessed to do good work, like the wind and the tides. They are chain-reaction disasters, like a disintegrating ice sheet or a wildfire knocking on your neighbor's door.
Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
August 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Transphobia, racism, and other hatreds are not occasionally inconvenient forces of nature that can be harnessed to do good work, like the wind and the tides. They are chain-reaction disasters, like a disintegrating ice sheet or a wildfire knocking on your neighbor's door.
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Gavin Newsom is anti-trans and I will never, ever vote for him.
Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
August 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Gavin Newsom is anti-trans and I will never, ever vote for him.
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Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
August 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
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when the nice indie software begins telling you to "supercharge your productivity" and a sparkle icon appears
July 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
when the nice indie software begins telling you to "supercharge your productivity" and a sparkle icon appears
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so @oriana.bsky.social confirmed sarah mcbride played an integral role behind the scenes in stopping the medicaid care ban
thanks to a flood of calls and emails, she and a handful of cis allies in congress were able to get the momentum to strategize and stop the worst
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
thanks to a flood of calls and emails, she and a handful of cis allies in congress were able to get the momentum to strategize and stop the worst
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Inside the Democratic Effort to Kill the GOP’s Gender-Affirming Care Restriction in Reconciliation
Democrats are having a hard time figuring out how to message on trans issues — but they quietly killed a provision in the reconciliation bill that would have restricted access to gender-affirming care...
www.notus.org
July 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
so @oriana.bsky.social confirmed sarah mcbride played an integral role behind the scenes in stopping the medicaid care ban
thanks to a flood of calls and emails, she and a handful of cis allies in congress were able to get the momentum to strategize and stop the worst
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
thanks to a flood of calls and emails, she and a handful of cis allies in congress were able to get the momentum to strategize and stop the worst
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
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this is literally what all the calls were for. this is good. this is what we wanted.
i’d *love* every politician to be a self starter working in broad daylight to champion trans liberation, but a few thousand folks pressuring people in power to use it for good is what we have. i’m glad it worked.
i’d *love* every politician to be a self starter working in broad daylight to champion trans liberation, but a few thousand folks pressuring people in power to use it for good is what we have. i’m glad it worked.
so @oriana.bsky.social confirmed sarah mcbride played an integral role behind the scenes in stopping the medicaid care ban
thanks to a flood of calls and emails, she and a handful of cis allies in congress were able to get the momentum to strategize and stop the worst
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
thanks to a flood of calls and emails, she and a handful of cis allies in congress were able to get the momentum to strategize and stop the worst
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Inside the Democratic Effort to Kill the GOP’s Gender-Affirming Care Restriction in Reconciliation
Democrats are having a hard time figuring out how to message on trans issues — but they quietly killed a provision in the reconciliation bill that would have restricted access to gender-affirming care...
www.notus.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
this is literally what all the calls were for. this is good. this is what we wanted.
i’d *love* every politician to be a self starter working in broad daylight to champion trans liberation, but a few thousand folks pressuring people in power to use it for good is what we have. i’m glad it worked.
i’d *love* every politician to be a self starter working in broad daylight to champion trans liberation, but a few thousand folks pressuring people in power to use it for good is what we have. i’m glad it worked.
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I am sharing this
a) for (Ashkenazi) Jews, because you may find it.. illuminating
&
b) if any non-Jews see this I hope it will help you make sense of some things with MORE UNDERSTANDING and COMPASSION and not condescension. And to be mindful re: lanes with regards to this topic. Thank you.
a) for (Ashkenazi) Jews, because you may find it.. illuminating
&
b) if any non-Jews see this I hope it will help you make sense of some things with MORE UNDERSTANDING and COMPASSION and not condescension. And to be mindful re: lanes with regards to this topic. Thank you.
General 5 — Transcending Jewish Trauma
www.transcendingjewishtrauma.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am sharing this
a) for (Ashkenazi) Jews, because you may find it.. illuminating
&
b) if any non-Jews see this I hope it will help you make sense of some things with MORE UNDERSTANDING and COMPASSION and not condescension. And to be mindful re: lanes with regards to this topic. Thank you.
a) for (Ashkenazi) Jews, because you may find it.. illuminating
&
b) if any non-Jews see this I hope it will help you make sense of some things with MORE UNDERSTANDING and COMPASSION and not condescension. And to be mindful re: lanes with regards to this topic. Thank you.
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
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the nyt releasing an andrew sullivan op-ed that calls non-binary people a threat to the entire LGBT community as a whole on the anniversary of obergefell is just more evidence that you should never fucking cooperate with the NYT. Treat their reporters like cops.
June 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
the nyt releasing an andrew sullivan op-ed that calls non-binary people a threat to the entire LGBT community as a whole on the anniversary of obergefell is just more evidence that you should never fucking cooperate with the NYT. Treat their reporters like cops.
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NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.
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Anyway I keep trying to come up with something useful to say about how incredibly desperate the corporate media is to extinguish even the most basic, milquetoast speech against fascism, but I simply have nothing
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
June 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Anyway I keep trying to come up with something useful to say about how incredibly desperate the corporate media is to extinguish even the most basic, milquetoast speech against fascism, but I simply have nothing
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June 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I won't be around today to read the HHS "Gender Dysphoria Report", but here's my comprehensive 2023 essay, "Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental" (with over 100+ references) that will tell you everything that's wrong with it...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation…
NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…
juliaserano.medium.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I won't be around today to read the HHS "Gender Dysphoria Report", but here's my comprehensive 2023 essay, "Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental" (with over 100+ references) that will tell you everything that's wrong with it...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...
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“Giving up on Israel isn’t the answer. Offering the country’s leaders our wholesale support isn’t either. Rather, American Jews need to speak for our values.” Daniel Wittenberg on why he’s running on the Hatikvah Slate for the World Zionist Congress. 1/3
Speaking up for My Jewish Values: Why I am Running on the Hatikvah Slate in the World Zionist Congress - J Street
At this moment, it is essential that American Jews ask how we can help Israel live up to its own aspirations.
jstreet.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Giving up on Israel isn’t the answer. Offering the country’s leaders our wholesale support isn’t either. Rather, American Jews need to speak for our values.” Daniel Wittenberg on why he’s running on the Hatikvah Slate for the World Zionist Congress. 1/3
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There is no strict Constitutional prohibition against sending four-year-old cancer victims with American citizenship to die in Honduras. So it's hard to see what liberals are so upset about.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
April 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
There is no strict Constitutional prohibition against sending four-year-old cancer victims with American citizenship to die in Honduras. So it's hard to see what liberals are so upset about.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
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The assumption here is that “working class” is an aesthetic subgenre of white people rather than an economic category; my construction worker relative isn’t because she’s a lesbian with a women’s studies degree; the guy who owns the company is because he’s a white man who drives a truck
I never want to hear the phrase 'unify the country' ever again. Based on their policies and their voter demographics, Democrats *are* the party of the working class. We are not obligated to prove our virtue and authenticity to the psychos ruining the economy and disappearing people off the streets.
April 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The assumption here is that “working class” is an aesthetic subgenre of white people rather than an economic category; my construction worker relative isn’t because she’s a lesbian with a women’s studies degree; the guy who owns the company is because he’s a white man who drives a truck
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“are you wearing the—?”
“the habeas boots? the boots in which I carry all my habeas petitions just in case I get disappeared to the gulag in el salvador? yeah, yeah I am.”
“the habeas boots? the boots in which I carry all my habeas petitions just in case I get disappeared to the gulag in el salvador? yeah, yeah I am.”
a woman in a black jacket is walking down a hallway in a room .
Alt: a woman in a black jacket is walking down a hallway in a room, wearing a chic outfit, including a pair of thigh high Chanel boots.
Two women — one with red hair and one with blonde hair — stare at her in surprise.
It’s a scene from the movie “the devil wears Prada,” in which Andie gets a makeover and wears “the Chanel boots” for the first time
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
“are you wearing the—?”
“the habeas boots? the boots in which I carry all my habeas petitions just in case I get disappeared to the gulag in el salvador? yeah, yeah I am.”
“the habeas boots? the boots in which I carry all my habeas petitions just in case I get disappeared to the gulag in el salvador? yeah, yeah I am.”
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I will no longer consider them "centrists". From now on they are simply "mid"
March 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I will no longer consider them "centrists". From now on they are simply "mid"
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Lee Gelernt says it's "implausible" that they didn't believe they were bound by the statements Boasberg said in court, but even if they did, it was obvious that the only proper action was to go back to the court and seek clarification or turn the plane around and appeal.
March 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lee Gelernt says it's "implausible" that they didn't believe they were bound by the statements Boasberg said in court, but even if they did, it was obvious that the only proper action was to go back to the court and seek clarification or turn the plane around and appeal.
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DOJ is now arguing that this is a foreign policy issue and claims that the US would suffer if any TdA member weren't deported.
"I'm not calling into the question the government's foreign policy ... I'm just asking how you think my equitable powers do not attach to the plane ... ?"
"I'm not calling into the question the government's foreign policy ... I'm just asking how you think my equitable powers do not attach to the plane ... ?"
March 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
DOJ is now arguing that this is a foreign policy issue and claims that the US would suffer if any TdA member weren't deported.
"I'm not calling into the question the government's foreign policy ... I'm just asking how you think my equitable powers do not attach to the plane ... ?"
"I'm not calling into the question the government's foreign policy ... I'm just asking how you think my equitable powers do not attach to the plane ... ?"
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Boasberg again gets DOJ to confirm that they are arguing that because he didn't include every word of that language in the written order, they could simply ignore what he said.
DOJ lawyer says that's what his client has instructed him to argue. Boasberg is incredulous and keeps pushing back.
DOJ lawyer says that's what his client has instructed him to argue. Boasberg is incredulous and keeps pushing back.
March 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Boasberg again gets DOJ to confirm that they are arguing that because he didn't include every word of that language in the written order, they could simply ignore what he said.
DOJ lawyer says that's what his client has instructed him to argue. Boasberg is incredulous and keeps pushing back.
DOJ lawyer says that's what his client has instructed him to argue. Boasberg is incredulous and keeps pushing back.