Erika Lippoldt
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Erika Lippoldt
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TV writer-producer (Sweet Tooth, Star Trek: Discovery). Bird nerd.
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Literally no one told me Season 3 of Sweet Tooth received *14* Children's & Family Emmy nominations yesterday!!! It remains one of my favorite writers rooms I've been a part of 🦌
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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My writing partner @gryphonmetal.bsky.social and I are so damn proud of our contributions in this film 💖🇰🇷🫡 Hope Hollywood learns the right lessons and greenlights more ORIGINAL stories.
‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ is the #1 movie at the domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $18M

It is Netflix’s first ever film to become #1 at the box office.
August 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Working in Hollywood feels like treading on quicksand these days BUT sometimes you get to work on cool projects with even cooler people. Huge congrats to directors @maggiekang.bsky.social & Chris Appelhans and the whole team over at SPA on the release of KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, now streaming on Netflix!
June 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I strongly echo everything in this article and would just add: what is even the point of engineering these animals, other than for the PR stunt.
May 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Everything about this "dire wolf de-extinction" stinks of a cheap PR stunt and is emblematic of why we can't rely for a second on tech bros to address climate change and conservation in any meaningful way.
April 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Colossal Bioscience did not revive dire wolves, despite a sensationalist Time Magazine cover story.

Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.
Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution
www.scientificamerican.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Took a moment to step outside and watch Mars reappear from behind the full Wolf moon (aka lunar occultation of Mars)!
January 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Put together a spreadsheet of Hollywood #crew fundraisers for crew members affected by the #LAFires. If you can give, please do. If you can't, please share! Our crews have had a horrible 5 years, and to start off 2025 with this level of destruction is unimaginable.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Fundraisers for Hollywood Crew Members Affected by LA Fires
docs.google.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well, fuck.
November 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End was the perfect show to binge while sick and resting at home (but maybe I watched it too quickly...) Wonderful animation, worldbuilding, emotional turns. My only complaint is some of the humor felt out of place.

Hat tip to @extspace.bsky.social for the rec!
Anime Frieren GIF
ALT: Anime Frieren GIF
media.tenor.com
June 17, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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I wrote a little essay about what birding has done for me in the very short time since I became a birder.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/o...
Opinion | When I Became a Birder, Almost Everything Else Fell Into Place
To find the birds, you have to know them.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2024 at 2:21 PM
How am I just now learning that Devery Jacobs was also a writer (and director) on Reservation Dogs? And that she wrote the wonderful S3 episode where Elora meets her dad? So much talent in one person!!
December 14, 2023 at 1:13 AM