Laura Shapiro
@psychopompink.bsky.social
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Nothing to see here: Just a CIA trained killer from an elite unit travels from Washington State to DC to shoot random National Guard troops at a random train station on Thanksgiving Eve. Even MAGA has to know this smells rotten.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nothing to see here: Just a CIA trained killer from an elite unit travels from Washington State to DC to shoot random National Guard troops at a random train station on Thanksgiving Eve. Even MAGA has to know this smells rotten.
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Trump signed the Epstein bill because Pam bondi already deleted anything bad about Trump. Period.
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trump signed the Epstein bill because Pam bondi already deleted anything bad about Trump. Period.
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If I hear "the showrunner is only hiring his friends" ONE MORE TIME
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If I hear "the showrunner is only hiring his friends" ONE MORE TIME
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Only one single person — the hero filming — took any sort of action. Everybody else just keeps walking, pretending not to see a screaming woman being dragged away. This is so incredibly Nazi Germany.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Only one single person — the hero filming — took any sort of action. Everybody else just keeps walking, pretending not to see a screaming woman being dragged away. This is so incredibly Nazi Germany.
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WGA Members and Aspiring Writers:
Please beware of a link circulating for a “WGA TV Career Launch ScriptFest.” This is NOT affiliated with the WGA and could be a scam. Do not give them your money.
Please beware of a link circulating for a “WGA TV Career Launch ScriptFest.” This is NOT affiliated with the WGA and could be a scam. Do not give them your money.
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
WGA Members and Aspiring Writers:
Please beware of a link circulating for a “WGA TV Career Launch ScriptFest.” This is NOT affiliated with the WGA and could be a scam. Do not give them your money.
Please beware of a link circulating for a “WGA TV Career Launch ScriptFest.” This is NOT affiliated with the WGA and could be a scam. Do not give them your money.
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I am consistently baffled by people who claim to be anti-fascist but they use AI avatars or banner art.
Generative AI is a fascist tool. Period. Look at who's paying for it. Look at who's pushing it. Look at what they want you to use it for. It is anti-human.
Do fucking better.
Generative AI is a fascist tool. Period. Look at who's paying for it. Look at who's pushing it. Look at what they want you to use it for. It is anti-human.
Do fucking better.
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I am consistently baffled by people who claim to be anti-fascist but they use AI avatars or banner art.
Generative AI is a fascist tool. Period. Look at who's paying for it. Look at who's pushing it. Look at what they want you to use it for. It is anti-human.
Do fucking better.
Generative AI is a fascist tool. Period. Look at who's paying for it. Look at who's pushing it. Look at what they want you to use it for. It is anti-human.
Do fucking better.
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My new piece for @thenation.com: Jane Fonda bringing back the Committee for the First Amendment is both an inspiring and cautionary tale of history, hardball politics, and bottom lines.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
History’s Lessons for the Second Committee for the First Amendment
Jane Fonda is reviving the Hollywood advocacy group to meet the high-stakes challenges to free expression in the Trump era.
www.thenation.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My new piece for @thenation.com: Jane Fonda bringing back the Committee for the First Amendment is both an inspiring and cautionary tale of history, hardball politics, and bottom lines.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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Barbie called it.
August 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Barbie called it.
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Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
August 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can folks do me a favor?
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January.
I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am.
I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics.
Here’s two favorite set photos.
Repost? I am in the wilderness.
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These LA tenants saw some utility fees double. So they went on strike.
The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
These LA tenants saw some utility fees double. So they went on strike
The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.
lapublicpress.org
August 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
These LA tenants saw some utility fees double. So they went on strike.
The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago.
lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...
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Many #screenwriters don't understand what the truth is, about Park Chan-Wook & Don McKellar being kicked out of the WGA for what was apparently minor post-production work (permitted by the DGA). The WGA board is very punishing. Read the whole article. #scriptsky #moviesky variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Park Chan-wook Can Keep Writing Despite WGA Expulsion: ‘No Impact on Employability’
Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar were kicked out of the Writers Guild of America, but the expulsion has little practical impact.
variety.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Many #screenwriters don't understand what the truth is, about Park Chan-Wook & Don McKellar being kicked out of the WGA for what was apparently minor post-production work (permitted by the DGA). The WGA board is very punishing. Read the whole article. #scriptsky #moviesky variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Newsom v. Trump begins tomorrow, Aug. 11, as a 3-day bench trial. For the first time in U.S. history, a court will decide whether a president violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using military forces as domestic law enforcement.
Here are the key facts: (🧵1/9)
Here are the key facts: (🧵1/9)
August 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Newsom v. Trump begins tomorrow, Aug. 11, as a 3-day bench trial. For the first time in U.S. history, a court will decide whether a president violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using military forces as domestic law enforcement.
Here are the key facts: (🧵1/9)
Here are the key facts: (🧵1/9)
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Remembering Tove Jansson on her birthday 🎂
With a Moomintroll doll in Helsinki
📷 Lehtikuva, 1954
"If I could live it all over again, I'd do it completely differently. But I won't say how."
With a Moomintroll doll in Helsinki
📷 Lehtikuva, 1954
"If I could live it all over again, I'd do it completely differently. But I won't say how."
August 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Remembering Tove Jansson on her birthday 🎂
With a Moomintroll doll in Helsinki
📷 Lehtikuva, 1954
"If I could live it all over again, I'd do it completely differently. But I won't say how."
With a Moomintroll doll in Helsinki
📷 Lehtikuva, 1954
"If I could live it all over again, I'd do it completely differently. But I won't say how."
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Good morning. Some thoughts about last night:
It’s a shocking thing when media get brutalized by the state, for a number of reasons, but it often shifts the spotlight off the thing we were out there to cover in the first place.
My evening started like this yesterday: a lively, fun march thru DTLA
It’s a shocking thing when media get brutalized by the state, for a number of reasons, but it often shifts the spotlight off the thing we were out there to cover in the first place.
My evening started like this yesterday: a lively, fun march thru DTLA
Got some folks honking at the intersection, and cheering from the sidewalk. March heading into downtown now.
August 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Good morning. Some thoughts about last night:
It’s a shocking thing when media get brutalized by the state, for a number of reasons, but it often shifts the spotlight off the thing we were out there to cover in the first place.
My evening started like this yesterday: a lively, fun march thru DTLA
It’s a shocking thing when media get brutalized by the state, for a number of reasons, but it often shifts the spotlight off the thing we were out there to cover in the first place.
My evening started like this yesterday: a lively, fun march thru DTLA
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The unions. DGA. WGA. SAG. IATSE. We need to stand up for the jobs of those in the adjacent unions. No AI to replace actors. No AI to replace crew. No AI writing in scripts. No AI to replace VFX artists. AI tools only and only tools that facilitate jobs, not replace them. Together we can do this.
What kind of moves will stop it?
August 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The unions. DGA. WGA. SAG. IATSE. We need to stand up for the jobs of those in the adjacent unions. No AI to replace actors. No AI to replace crew. No AI writing in scripts. No AI to replace VFX artists. AI tools only and only tools that facilitate jobs, not replace them. Together we can do this.
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I *cannot* fucking stress this enough:
The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.
If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.
The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.
If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.
August 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I *cannot* fucking stress this enough:
The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.
If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.
The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.
If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I'm in the LA Times today, speaking more about how AI is both useless for artists and yet still a threat to workers because of foolish studios chasing technology off a cliff www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
As AI changes how movies are made, Hollywood crews ask: What’s left for us?
AI is supplying powerful new tools at a fraction of the cost, forcing below-the-line artists to wonder if the future of filmmaking has a place for them.
www.latimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm in the LA Times today, speaking more about how AI is both useless for artists and yet still a threat to workers because of foolish studios chasing technology off a cliff www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
Time is of the essence
This would require a special election
The article says California Attorney General would need 3 months to facilitate a special election
Let's go Governor Newsom
Time is of the essence
This would require a special election
The article says California Attorney General would need 3 months to facilitate a special election
Let's go Governor Newsom
Newsom faces a tight timeline to redistrict California. Here are the roadblocks
California lawmakers would have to act quickly to get a measure on the ballot. But many won’t even say where they stand.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
Time is of the essence
This would require a special election
The article says California Attorney General would need 3 months to facilitate a special election
Let's go Governor Newsom
Time is of the essence
This would require a special election
The article says California Attorney General would need 3 months to facilitate a special election
Let's go Governor Newsom
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THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH MY PARTY.
I don't give a damn if former Trump voters "admit" we were right. All they have to do is realize that they can't pay their bills and they don't like masked thugs arresting people.
No finger-wagging. No "we told you so." Let's just win - and save our country.
I don't give a damn if former Trump voters "admit" we were right. All they have to do is realize that they can't pay their bills and they don't like masked thugs arresting people.
No finger-wagging. No "we told you so." Let's just win - and save our country.
My God.
This hit so hard.
Because you know what they're going to choose.
And it makes you feel like, as a species, we may be irredeemable. So many of us find just doing the basic decent thing an utter impossibility.
This hit so hard.
Because you know what they're going to choose.
And it makes you feel like, as a species, we may be irredeemable. So many of us find just doing the basic decent thing an utter impossibility.
July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH MY PARTY.
I don't give a damn if former Trump voters "admit" we were right. All they have to do is realize that they can't pay their bills and they don't like masked thugs arresting people.
No finger-wagging. No "we told you so." Let's just win - and save our country.
I don't give a damn if former Trump voters "admit" we were right. All they have to do is realize that they can't pay their bills and they don't like masked thugs arresting people.
No finger-wagging. No "we told you so." Let's just win - and save our country.