Mahyad Tousi

🧡Writer/Director/Producer, #REMOTEFilm, @thestarfishorg, @BoomGenStudios, @WGAEast, @MITvirtuality.

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

🚨 FINAL 24 HOURS 🚨

We’re $6,485 away to meet out goal by noon tomorrow, incl. my 8-year-old who raised $137 with a sidewalk sale. 🌿

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[H0piummm @h0piummm]

My friend @MahyadT has a Kickstarter going for his new film. Have a look and support! He's so close to his goal!!
https://t.co/iXcI15p7c2

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

Excited to be the August speaker at @NewYork_CM this Friday at the MAD, sharing my journey as a creative nomad and talking CURA.
Join the talk: https://t.co/xyx7aBxkJq

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[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

@NaomiAKlein @nytimes @ABAbook @fsgbooks Your best work yet. Thank you.

[Lee Mordechai @LeeMordechai]

1/ I’m an Israeli historian. My community is still too silent about the horrible war in Gaza. Over 8 months I’ve closely followed the war, reading >1000 articles and viewing >1000 videos/images of the war from all sides. My summary conclusions & full report are in the 🧵:

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

@elonmusk This incorrect characterization is indeed troubling if not irresponsible. But having just spent time with a small indigenous village newly connected via Starlink, I’ve seen the double-edged sword firsthand. The chief’s struggles are real. It’s also irresponsible not (CONT’D)

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

@elonmusk …to grapple with how infrastructure, whether roads or now the internet, hasn’t always been benign. Consider the grotesque deforestation along every road through the rainforest—roads built with good intentions but little thought to the unforeseen horrors they bring.

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

@elonmusk This incorrect characterization is indeed troubling if not irresponsible. But having just spent time with a small indigenous village newly connected via Starlink, I’ve seen the double-edged sword firsthand. The chief’s struggles are real. It’s also irresponsible not (CONT’D)

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

I wrote this on 10.15.24. Someone just sent it to me. It made me wonder how humanity once again finds Itself struggling to stop a tragedy that is so obviously and heinously wrong. What will it take? https://t.co/T7RUpKvDb8

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

Is Israel committing humanitarian crimes in Gaza? The Israeli gov’t strenuously denies it.

Aryeh Neier, a giant in the world of human rights who escaped Nazi Germany and later cofounder Human Rights Watch, says the answer is yes.

Our conversation from today’s GPS:

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

Open your eyes.

[H0piummm @h0piummm]

🎙️Have you listened to 'Proof of Culture' yet? Listen to Lady Phe0nix drop gems like the one below! Now live on all major podcasting platforms and coming soon to @ourZORA!
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cc: @theblkchain @proofofcult_pod

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Jeffrey Gettleman, the NYT correspondent who claimed with absolute confidence to have proven that Hamas employed "systematic sexual violence" on October 7, now says, "it's not my role" to provide evidence for the claims he published

First time I've heard a self-styled journalist attempt to minimize the importance of evidence, but understandable given the NYT already canceled a podcast episode about Gettleman's discredited article under internal pressure

[Variety @Variety]

Dakota Johnson says "it’s really f*cking bleak in this industry. It is majorly disheartening."

“The people who run streaming platforms don’t trust creative people or artists to know what’s going to work, and that is just going to make us implode. It’s really heartbreaking. It’s just f*cking so hard. It’s so hard to get anything made."

"Everyone who makes decisions is afraid. They want to do the safe thing, and the safe thing is really boring."

Read more here: https://t.co/L2p0rZegsc

[H0piummm @h0piummm]

Origin is a helluva film. All
praises due to @ava. And run @aunjanuejlt her things.

Go see this film!!

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

I’ve said this before. I’ll say it again. Change won’t come from inside. We need to stop wasting precious resources aimed at persuading industry behemoths and take the initiative to create new, external ecosystems that unlock new markets and outshine their failing models.

[Variety @Variety]

Major Studios' Pledges to Hire More Female Filmmakers and People of Color Were 'Performative,' Study Finds https://t.co/H4ABLp31zX

[Variety @Variety]

Major Studios' Pledges to Hire More Female Filmmakers and People of Color Were 'Performative,' Study Finds https://t.co/H4ABLp31zX

[Mahyad Tousi @MahyadT]

@JustineBateman Hi. They are being made but not widely available or advertised. I’d be happy to share a screener of the film Mika Rottenberg and I made. DM if you are interested.