David Lawless
@davidlawless.bsky.social
Aspiring bon vivant. Director of Commercials / Narrative / Brand Films. Portland, London, Anywhere.
US: @kismet_artists
UK: The Visionaries
US: @kismet_artists
UK: The Visionaries
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Photographer Martin Parr just passed. If you don't know his work, the Guardian has a really nice introduction here.
h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social
h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social
Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures
A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Photographer Martin Parr just passed. If you don't know his work, the Guardian has a really nice introduction here.
h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social
h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social
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Happy birthday, Jonathan Swift. The great satirist was also Dean of the Anglican St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. He had wheels installed on his pulpit in order to be moved directly over any parishioner who fell asleep during one of Swift’s hours-long sermons.
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Happy birthday, Jonathan Swift. The great satirist was also Dean of the Anglican St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. He had wheels installed on his pulpit in order to be moved directly over any parishioner who fell asleep during one of Swift’s hours-long sermons.
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watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
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You can tell the campaign staff is good because you don't know any of their names.
watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You can tell the campaign staff is good because you don't know any of their names.
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(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??
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War ravaged Portland.
September 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
War ravaged Portland.
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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"Betting that this time, hinging the future of our industry on massive, monopolistic tech giants will work out is the most Lucy with the football thing I can imagine." www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.
www.404media.co
July 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Betting that this time, hinging the future of our industry on massive, monopolistic tech giants will work out is the most Lucy with the football thing I can imagine." www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
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I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working
working
July 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working
working
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I know everything is on fire but PLEASE contact your representatives about the selloff of public lands. It's a heartbreaking proposal that will destroy the soul of America.
Your favorite campgrounds, hiking trails, and forests could soon be up for auction
Republicans want to make 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale to housing developers.
grist.org
June 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I know everything is on fire but PLEASE contact your representatives about the selloff of public lands. It's a heartbreaking proposal that will destroy the soul of America.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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My god. 6 MILLION acres of public lands in Oregon, including the vast majority of our national forests, will be sold in a fire sale if the MAGA budget passes.
June 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
My god. 6 MILLION acres of public lands in Oregon, including the vast majority of our national forests, will be sold in a fire sale if the MAGA budget passes.
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"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...
www.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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I gave up trying to reform it. We've gotta build something bigger and better. The propaganda, the copaganda, the immigrant panic is too thoroughly embedded in institutional journalism. It's part of why it's dying. I stopped mourning this and started seeing opportunity. We can build something better.
June 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I gave up trying to reform it. We've gotta build something bigger and better. The propaganda, the copaganda, the immigrant panic is too thoroughly embedded in institutional journalism. It's part of why it's dying. I stopped mourning this and started seeing opportunity. We can build something better.
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This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...
prospect.org/justice/crie...
Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles
The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.
prospect.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...
prospect.org/justice/crie...
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“In-house teams, in particular, sit in a precarious spot. They live in the tension between big expectations and limited authority, a dynamic that becomes more difficult to navigate when the floor starts to shake.”
flip.it/_-Ur9t
flip.it/_-Ur9t
In-house agencies navigate a new phase of purpose and pressure
When the economy turns sour, marketers are the first in their businesses to taste it, especially the ones on in-house teams.
flip.it
May 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“In-house teams, in particular, sit in a precarious spot. They live in the tension between big expectations and limited authority, a dynamic that becomes more difficult to navigate when the floor starts to shake.”
flip.it/_-Ur9t
flip.it/_-Ur9t
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Editor: You get the pictures for the air traffic controller story?
Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked.
Editor: What
Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked.
Editor: What
May 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Editor: You get the pictures for the air traffic controller story?
Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked.
Editor: What
Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked.
Editor: What
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What are the 5 best Tom Waits songs?
If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).
If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).
May 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
What are the 5 best Tom Waits songs?
If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).
If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).
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lmao. every day, every time. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
May 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
lmao. every day, every time. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Hey! Press covering Trump!
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hey! Press covering Trump!
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies.
He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.”
Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.
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May 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security.
April 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security.