Lou-Lou Mason
@louloumason.bsky.social
Storyteller. Multi-hat-wearing-hyphenate.
Director & Dramaturg Film & Theatre.
Communications Creative. 🏳️🌈 & 🧠🌶️
Yogi | Feminist | Burner | Witch
Director & Dramaturg Film & Theatre.
Communications Creative. 🏳️🌈 & 🧠🌶️
Yogi | Feminist | Burner | Witch
An absolute MUST READ for film, tv and writer folks.
‘This is why we can’t have nice things: the Hollywood edition’
harpers.org/archive/2024...
‘This is why we can’t have nice things: the Hollywood edition’
harpers.org/archive/2024...
The Life and Death of Hollywood, by Daniel Bessner
Film and television writers face an existential threat
harpers.org
April 16, 2024 at 9:32 PM
An absolute MUST READ for film, tv and writer folks.
‘This is why we can’t have nice things: the Hollywood edition’
harpers.org/archive/2024...
‘This is why we can’t have nice things: the Hollywood edition’
harpers.org/archive/2024...
Fucking gross. No doubt so they can sell stuff to AI companies who want to feed everyone’s creative to bots in the pursuit of abject artistic mediocrity.
Hard nope.
Hard nope.
Also from the article:
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant to HP a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, copy, store, transmit, modify, create derivative works of and display Your non-personal data for its business purposes.
The what now!?
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, You hereby grant to HP a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, copy, store, transmit, modify, create derivative works of and display Your non-personal data for its business purposes.
The what now!?
HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors
"Never own a printer again."
arstechnica.com
March 5, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Fucking gross. No doubt so they can sell stuff to AI companies who want to feed everyone’s creative to bots in the pursuit of abject artistic mediocrity.
Hard nope.
Hard nope.
FAFFS. Fucking Tories. 2p cut on NICS. Rich people get mere 450 back pa (drop in ocean) in turn no inflation beating wage increase for nurses who then visit food banks more, causing more damage to economy w lack of money in workers pockets who cant afford to spend anything. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
March 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM
FAFFS. Fucking Tories. 2p cut on NICS. Rich people get mere 450 back pa (drop in ocean) in turn no inflation beating wage increase for nurses who then visit food banks more, causing more damage to economy w lack of money in workers pockets who cant afford to spend anything. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
Boy Swallows Universe was EPIC. I bloody love Aussie TV output generally (its not just because i miss the place quite a bit) and that was a shining example of why.
February 27, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Boy Swallows Universe was EPIC. I bloody love Aussie TV output generally (its not just because i miss the place quite a bit) and that was a shining example of why.
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Whenever I do a talk/panel I always ask the moderator to make sure the first Q&A comes from a woman/fem-presenting person
That more than doubles the chance that other women will be asked, subsequently, whereas if the 1st is a man, men dominate the Q&A.
Mods are always surprised, but usually try it
That more than doubles the chance that other women will be asked, subsequently, whereas if the 1st is a man, men dominate the Q&A.
Mods are always surprised, but usually try it
New blog post time!
Thinking about that perennial menace of the conference scene - "It's not really a question, more of a comment..."
Some thoughts about original Reply Guy and how to deal with him:
Thinking about that perennial menace of the conference scene - "It's not really a question, more of a comment..."
Some thoughts about original Reply Guy and how to deal with him:
“It’s not really a question, more of a comment…” (A modest proposal for dealing with the original Reply Guys)
We've all met the original conference Reply Guys, but what can we do to make participation better for everyone?
loreandordure.com
February 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Whenever I do a talk/panel I always ask the moderator to make sure the first Q&A comes from a woman/fem-presenting person
That more than doubles the chance that other women will be asked, subsequently, whereas if the 1st is a man, men dominate the Q&A.
Mods are always surprised, but usually try it
That more than doubles the chance that other women will be asked, subsequently, whereas if the 1st is a man, men dominate the Q&A.
Mods are always surprised, but usually try it
Considering that January was 16371616181 days long, how in the giddy fuck is it Shrove Tuesday already??
February 13, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Considering that January was 16371616181 days long, how in the giddy fuck is it Shrove Tuesday already??
I am SO MEGA LATE to this party but Happy Valley is just TREMENDOUS isn’t it?
January 8, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I am SO MEGA LATE to this party but Happy Valley is just TREMENDOUS isn’t it?
Watched WandaVision all the way through for the 10th-ish time. Lord above, it’s so so amazing. The layers man. The layers. The best thing to come out of the MCU. I will not be taking questions at this time.
December 23, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Watched WandaVision all the way through for the 10th-ish time. Lord above, it’s so so amazing. The layers man. The layers. The best thing to come out of the MCU. I will not be taking questions at this time.
Living tree is indoors and decorated, finally! Bought this baby dwarf juniper 6 yrs ago. She lives in a pot, outside for 11 months of the year then bring her in her pot indoors for Yule. She was a third of this size when I bought her; this is probs as big as she will get. Sustainabilitree! 😍😂🎄
December 20, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Living tree is indoors and decorated, finally! Bought this baby dwarf juniper 6 yrs ago. She lives in a pot, outside for 11 months of the year then bring her in her pot indoors for Yule. She was a third of this size when I bought her; this is probs as big as she will get. Sustainabilitree! 😍😂🎄
@adamcsharp.bsky.social thought of you today! On Duolingo, it threw in a phrase unbeknownst… I translate literally… ‘Russian Mountains??? Are they skiing??’ Penny drops bc The Great featured the 1st rollercoaster. Invented at court of Catherine the Great. Can we have a list for rollercoasters pls? 😆
December 1, 2023 at 12:06 AM
@adamcsharp.bsky.social thought of you today! On Duolingo, it threw in a phrase unbeknownst… I translate literally… ‘Russian Mountains??? Are they skiing??’ Penny drops bc The Great featured the 1st rollercoaster. Invented at court of Catherine the Great. Can we have a list for rollercoasters pls? 😆
That John Lewis ad is HILARIOUS. 🤣
November 9, 2023 at 3:39 PM
That John Lewis ad is HILARIOUS. 🤣
When you have to drag your ass off the sofa to go into the attic to find your long black velvet cloak.
#WitchProblems
#WitchProblems
October 30, 2023 at 9:06 PM
When you have to drag your ass off the sofa to go into the attic to find your long black velvet cloak.
#WitchProblems
#WitchProblems
OMAFG anyone else watching the covid 19 enquiry coverage on @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social Martin Reynolds testimony is BREATHTAKING. A ‘shit list’??!! Dear lord.
Also welcome to Bluesky BBCNews. Nice to see decent MSM channels moving over here.
Also welcome to Bluesky BBCNews. Nice to see decent MSM channels moving over here.
October 30, 2023 at 11:31 AM
OMAFG anyone else watching the covid 19 enquiry coverage on @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social Martin Reynolds testimony is BREATHTAKING. A ‘shit list’??!! Dear lord.
Also welcome to Bluesky BBCNews. Nice to see decent MSM channels moving over here.
Also welcome to Bluesky BBCNews. Nice to see decent MSM channels moving over here.
@scientits.bsky.social do we need to formally move the leg washing debate to Bluesky?
October 19, 2023 at 6:42 AM
@scientits.bsky.social do we need to formally move the leg washing debate to Bluesky?
Welcome to Bluesky @jobreeze.bsky.social!!
October 10, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Welcome to Bluesky @jobreeze.bsky.social!!
Ok pre warning totally First World Problems skeet, but I think the most annoying thing about the death of Twitter is that I now can’t get ANY customer service at all from British Airways.
October 10, 2023 at 10:10 AM
Ok pre warning totally First World Problems skeet, but I think the most annoying thing about the death of Twitter is that I now can’t get ANY customer service at all from British Airways.
After four weeks solid coughing I cannot possibly see how there is ANY more crap left in my lungs but here we are.
(No I don’t have anything more sinister I have bronchitis and severe asthma and post Covid scarring and inhaled a desert full of dust from burning man pre rainfall).
(No I don’t have anything more sinister I have bronchitis and severe asthma and post Covid scarring and inhaled a desert full of dust from burning man pre rainfall).
October 9, 2023 at 8:50 PM
After four weeks solid coughing I cannot possibly see how there is ANY more crap left in my lungs but here we are.
(No I don’t have anything more sinister I have bronchitis and severe asthma and post Covid scarring and inhaled a desert full of dust from burning man pre rainfall).
(No I don’t have anything more sinister I have bronchitis and severe asthma and post Covid scarring and inhaled a desert full of dust from burning man pre rainfall).
Splitting a bottle of beer with my mate watching her down 90% of it and then handing me the dregs to finish … and I’m like: weird becks but ok.
Watching late-night low-budget films on Channel 4: weird FX but okay
*Seeing a billionaire’s imploded submarine from 2023 right beside the sunken Titanic from a whole century earlier* weird wrecks but ok
October 9, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Splitting a bottle of beer with my mate watching her down 90% of it and then handing me the dregs to finish … and I’m like: weird becks but ok.
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As Twitter dies trolls are looking at other media outlets to engage. Hide their replies. Then go to their profile and block them. Never engage. They will soon tire of their trolling if they get no response. Peace and Harmony prevails when we stick together.
October 7, 2023 at 3:53 PM
As Twitter dies trolls are looking at other media outlets to engage. Hide their replies. Then go to their profile and block them. Never engage. They will soon tire of their trolling if they get no response. Peace and Harmony prevails when we stick together.
Agh! there is NOTHING more irritating than an adaptation of a book to screen where some 70% of script ends up as narration VO of prose. I may as well get audio book. The basic rules of stage & screen: SHOW DON’T TELL.
October 7, 2023 at 8:20 PM
Agh! there is NOTHING more irritating than an adaptation of a book to screen where some 70% of script ends up as narration VO of prose. I may as well get audio book. The basic rules of stage & screen: SHOW DON’T TELL.
Annndddd yeah my decision to not go anywhere near any of these DNA companies seems pretty sound.
October 7, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Annndddd yeah my decision to not go anywhere near any of these DNA companies seems pretty sound.
Ok I’m REALLY enjoying Gen V.
Has all the teen high school deliciousness of Sex Education with the wanton violence of super heroes gone bad. What is not to love?
Has all the teen high school deliciousness of Sex Education with the wanton violence of super heroes gone bad. What is not to love?
October 6, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Ok I’m REALLY enjoying Gen V.
Has all the teen high school deliciousness of Sex Education with the wanton violence of super heroes gone bad. What is not to love?
Has all the teen high school deliciousness of Sex Education with the wanton violence of super heroes gone bad. What is not to love?
The lovely @sallyabbott.bsky.social has entered the chat!
October 6, 2023 at 3:31 PM
The lovely @sallyabbott.bsky.social has entered the chat!
Another thing I’m thinking about is now that I am connected with all these lovely writers & artists here is: would anyone be interested in using a Bluesky thread as a bit of a self-accountability check in thing? I’m finding it a challenge to hold myself to tasks recently…
October 6, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Another thing I’m thinking about is now that I am connected with all these lovely writers & artists here is: would anyone be interested in using a Bluesky thread as a bit of a self-accountability check in thing? I’m finding it a challenge to hold myself to tasks recently…
Well… how retro! It’s #FollowFriday ! Thanks to these lovely folks for making my first week on Bluesky so special!!
@theciscokidder.bsky.social
@futharkvillage.bsky.social
@gralefrit.bsky.social
@sararoseg.bsky.social
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
@annaruthjordan.bsky.social
#FF
@theciscokidder.bsky.social
@futharkvillage.bsky.social
@gralefrit.bsky.social
@sararoseg.bsky.social
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
@annaruthjordan.bsky.social
#FF
October 6, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Well… how retro! It’s #FollowFriday ! Thanks to these lovely folks for making my first week on Bluesky so special!!
@theciscokidder.bsky.social
@futharkvillage.bsky.social
@gralefrit.bsky.social
@sararoseg.bsky.social
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
@annaruthjordan.bsky.social
#FF
@theciscokidder.bsky.social
@futharkvillage.bsky.social
@gralefrit.bsky.social
@sararoseg.bsky.social
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
@annaruthjordan.bsky.social
#FF