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[wgastrikeunite @wgastrikeunite]

Feeling overwhelmed trying to keep up w/ posts, emails & the news regarding LA fire crisis resources & support? We got you. Visit https://t.co/98C1aq9qpS for consolidated support resources for entertainment workers & all affected. As well as for anyone seeking to help them!

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Paramount Refused to Air an Ad Criticizing Its Merger with Warner Bros.

commercial was submitted by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to run during Donald Trump’s UFC event. It criticized the $111b merger as a threat to the First Amendment.
https://t.co/5keVRyXLIO @wired

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Happy Pride, New York City!

[SEIU @SEIU]

We all want the same things—jobs that pay a living wage, access to affordable housing, and a brighter future for our children. That’s why we’re using this moment to win #UnionsForAll!

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

“It’s not just us. It’s happening to tons of artists.” Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard talks with Charlie Warzel about what happened when his band tried to take their catalog off the streaming platform: (From February) https://t.co/XEF0lYcYie

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Mike Mills: "Writing is an ongoing process of failure. Like a World War One infantry unit, I march forward each day, get shot down. You have to be comfortable failing seven hours out of ten. And you have to do those seven hours to get those other three.” #screenwriting

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and losing more and more major court battles.

Yet their profits and power look about as secure as ever. https://t.co/KcgWKH3kGF

[SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra]

Via @UnionPlus:
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Get a quote now! https://t.co/61WFB6My2q

[Food & Water Watch @foodandwater]

Another U.S. city just passed a moratorium on new data centers 🎉 The movement to stop these extractive facilities is only getting stronger – let’s keep it up! https://t.co/xtuYV33Jbe

[Reid Southen @Rahll]

AI is brain smoothing tech.

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Archival Producer Rochelle Widdowson Sounds Alarm About Potential Impact Of Paramount-WBD Merger: “It’s Heartbreaking” – Bentonville Film Festival https://t.co/C2YLFl5qEZ

[Reuters @Reuters]

Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school https://t.co/uIuTRh6XCk https://t.co/uIuTRh6XCk

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Big Tech will absolutely destroy our drinkable water supply to advance their AI products and increase their profits.

Just like the health insurance industry lets people die to increase their profits.

Just like Big Oil destroys the planet to increase their profits.

Just like military contractors donate millions to politicians to start wars to increase their profits.

Just like polluters poison our air to increase their profits.

Just like food manufacturers add poisons to our food to increase their profits.

Billionaire and trillionaire greed is killing us.

[Variety @Variety]

“Obsession” grossed $4.7 million on Friday, and should collect $14 million through the weekend. That would put the horror-thriller’s domestic earnings at $215 million, an astonishing feat considering the film was made for about $1 million. https://t.co/WaE9eU7fRU

[Roadmap Writers @roadmapwriters]

As part of our ongoing effort to champion industry advancement for creatives within the BIPOC community, we’re proud to announce the Screenwriters of Color Retreat Scholarship for our International Spring 2027 Retreat in Barbados 🏖️

Check it out in the commenr below!

[Cindy Begel @CindyBegel]

#newbies Check out Humanitas Presents "Industry 101". Their free TV/film workshops with TOP writers/prods are fantastic! Free too!
"Writers Room 101" June 24, 5-6:30. "Financing 101" June 29, 5-6:30
"Animation 101" Aug. TBA
On ZOOM. Hit link to register!
https://t.co/4vZmGfMGUo

[neil turkewitz @neilturkewitz]

“Big Tech’s ‘hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products—a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale.’”
@AGSNYT

[Freedom of the Press Foundation @FreedomofPress]

David Ellison won’t air criticism of himself, his company, or his buddy Trump.

This is bad for press freedom, bad for the public, and bad for Paramount.

Read our statement:
https://t.co/lHH29zeXnb

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

If you just found out your music is in AI datasets, please don’t listen to anyone who tells you it’s too late to act / it’s not worth defending your rights.

AI companies win by convincing you there’s nothing you can do to stop them.

You can:
- sue (there are ongoing class action lawsuits you can join)
- publicly tell AI companies & their employees that you object (their employees don’t actually want the world’s musicians to hate them)
- spread the word, tell your fans (public sentiment is the best way to keep AI companies in check)

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

"I've seen the erosion of our industry."

"This has been the most corrupt government in the history of this nation."

"The work is definitely leaving the United States because they don't want to pay for our health insurance."

Those are just some of the comments we heard in regard to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger as we concluded our Main Street vs the Merger tour in Atlanta.

More highlights👇

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

'Ironheart' & Netflix Lead Black Reel TV Awards Nominations; 'Abbott Elementary' Sets Bolts Record: Full List https://t.co/bdC3BMez7W