Duana Taha
@duanaelise.bsky.social
I exist in TV places. Creator of NEAR OR FAR, writer on THE NEXT STEP, SUREEALESTATE, DEGRASSI TNG. I wrote ‘The Name Therapist’. I have a lot of opinions on @Laineygossip. I’m disgruntled we’re all at a new school.
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[getting drinks with captain hook]
Me: so what’s up are you still in a blood feud with that boy
Hook: he’s not — we’ve been over this, he doesn’t age. I think he’s older than me
Me: I’m just fucking with you how’s Smee
Me: so what’s up are you still in a blood feud with that boy
Hook: he’s not — we’ve been over this, he doesn’t age. I think he’s older than me
Me: I’m just fucking with you how’s Smee
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
[getting drinks with captain hook]
Me: so what’s up are you still in a blood feud with that boy
Hook: he’s not — we’ve been over this, he doesn’t age. I think he’s older than me
Me: I’m just fucking with you how’s Smee
Me: so what’s up are you still in a blood feud with that boy
Hook: he’s not — we’ve been over this, he doesn’t age. I think he’s older than me
Me: I’m just fucking with you how’s Smee
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
Can someone point me to a piece about Mamdani’s signature font? I need to drink in 500-600 words about the colour choice, drop shadow, subconscious evoking of “Big”, etc.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Can someone point me to a piece about Mamdani’s signature font? I need to drink in 500-600 words about the colour choice, drop shadow, subconscious evoking of “Big”, etc.
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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Vlad Guerrero Jr, Hazel Mae, the city of Toronto, and a cameraman create an all-time baseball moment.
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Vlad Guerrero Jr, Hazel Mae, the city of Toronto, and a cameraman create an all-time baseball moment.
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
Never wanted to read a book more based on blurb alone.
when they tell you publishing is slow they mean S L O W
i've been working on this for five years and we sold it six months ago but now i get to announce to the world! i'm writing a book! never say the word "talent" around me if you don't want a whole ass dissertation!!!!!
i've been working on this for five years and we sold it six months ago but now i get to announce to the world! i'm writing a book! never say the word "talent" around me if you don't want a whole ass dissertation!!!!!
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Never wanted to read a book more based on blurb alone.
I mean this is a mirror I did not need
Give a writer a deadline, and it can be written in a day.
But *let* a writer set a deadline, and it will not be written for a lifetime.
But *let* a writer set a deadline, and it will not be written for a lifetime.
August 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I mean this is a mirror I did not need
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It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.
Two Israeli human rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza
It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It is the first time that Jewish-led organizations in Israel have made such accusations against the country during nearly 22 months of war.
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I used to be a producer on one of Canada’s flagship daily politics shows.
We choose the order of segments. The topics for panels. The guests.
When a topic leads those shows for days or weeks on end, it forces the government to act.
Use your power to end these horrors 💔
We choose the order of segments. The topics for panels. The guests.
When a topic leads those shows for days or weeks on end, it forces the government to act.
Use your power to end these horrors 💔
I wonder how different our world would be if Canadian media could muster the same outrage over the government’s inaction on the forced starvation in Gaza as we do for foreign interference and government debt levels…
Breaks my heart, truly. These are choices.
Breaks my heart, truly. These are choices.
July 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I used to be a producer on one of Canada’s flagship daily politics shows.
We choose the order of segments. The topics for panels. The guests.
When a topic leads those shows for days or weeks on end, it forces the government to act.
Use your power to end these horrors 💔
We choose the order of segments. The topics for panels. The guests.
When a topic leads those shows for days or weeks on end, it forces the government to act.
Use your power to end these horrors 💔
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Bet the Marines and National Guard would disperse faster if we asked them to read our spec scripts.
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bet the Marines and National Guard would disperse faster if we asked them to read our spec scripts.
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You know what to do…
June 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
You know what to do…
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I keep picturing Kurt Loder struggling to make himself say these words on MTV News in 1995 and instead he just gets up and jumps out the window
JOLENE, a canned cold brew from Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis and ‘Survivor’ contestant Shane Powers, will be carried at Live Nation amphitheaters
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May 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I keep picturing Kurt Loder struggling to make himself say these words on MTV News in 1995 and instead he just gets up and jumps out the window
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“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
April 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
I’ve never been prouder. These are hilarious, and also a pretty accurate representation of what happens if you tell an Egyptian person you’ve had enough food, thanks
Some of you have never seen all the angry panda commercials (actually a brilliant campaign for Egypt's Panda Cheese) and honestly especially these days there's no downside in getting you better educated on this particular matter
Top 7 Panda Cheese Commercials
YouTube video by Chingate esta... 😎🤪
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I’ve never been prouder. These are hilarious, and also a pretty accurate representation of what happens if you tell an Egyptian person you’ve had enough food, thanks
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It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story
April 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story
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Kudos to the student journalists at The Tufts Daily, who crashed a last-minute issue of the paper to cover the outrageous arrest and detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk:
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The Tufts Daily - Thursday, March 27, 2025 by The Tufts Daily - Issuu
issuu.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kudos to the student journalists at The Tufts Daily, who crashed a last-minute issue of the paper to cover the outrageous arrest and detention of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk:
issuu.com/tuftsdaily/d...
issuu.com/tuftsdaily/d...
Look I know we all have a lot to worry about but I would be remiss if I did not point out that NYT Strands is… struggling.
March 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Look I know we all have a lot to worry about but I would be remiss if I did not point out that NYT Strands is… struggling.
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Tell me again about how the current administration hates identity politics.
March 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tell me again about how the current administration hates identity politics.
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The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
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Demi Moore losing to Mikey Madison should be a post-credits scene to The Substance.
March 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Demi Moore losing to Mikey Madison should be a post-credits scene to The Substance.