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James Hamilton

@jameshamiltonwriter.com

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Wordclown. Head Writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld (Netflix) and Dogs In Space (Netflix). Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc series Murder for Dummies (watch free - murderfordummies.com). Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · Nov 12

I'd love to connect with more creatives on here, so: intro post!

I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | Official Teaser | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

www.youtube.com

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18d

Vance's most monumental achievement to date has been being told off by two popes in one year.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19d

Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25d

White House press conference: DO NOT TAKE TYLENOL!!! IT CAUSES AUTISM!!!

Actual letter to physicians: Pssst... there is no link. Acetaminophen is the safest over-the-counter alternative in pregnancy.

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 26d

Me if you ask me about a multitude of subjects.

kami @karekareo.bsky.social · 26d

some of my rough animation for #KnightsofGuinevere pilot, ft Frankie and Andi and some Things she had to say 🥸 Many thanks to Dana and Kofi for letting me have fun with this one! 🤸

#animation #officialwork

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 26d

The greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 26d

I will not link to it. I just want to reiterate that thousands of books have been banned by the right. And American Dirt sold millions of copies.

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 26d

#Lionsgate hoped to use AI to generate its movies and TV shows. Things haven’t quite gone to plan.
filmstories.co.uk/news/lionsga...

Lionsgate’s plan to use AI for films hasn’t quite worked out

Lionsgate hoped to use AI to generate its movies and TV shows, but things haven’t quite gone to plan.

filmstories.co.uk

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 26d

t's hot pynchon fall, where almost everyone in the news has a stupid name, the grift is on, and we're all either deteriorating from paranoia or seeing reality in all its firework against a night sky sharpness

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26d

everyone else in the admin over the last couple days: what are you talking about, there was no attempted government censorship, stop fearmongering

trump: I’m gonna sue them for putting kimmel back on the air

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26d

“I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 27d

well if freedom of speech didn't make you cancel your sub, a price increase might 🙄

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27d

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28d

The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.

Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 29d

A gender lens remains one of the best ways to understand far right authoritarian regimes. Male order is imposed through a family-like structure, with women subservient and children taught that fear is the price of belonging www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 29d

Feel free to borrow any of this language or concepts for your own AI statements. (Easy to copy text in the alt text.)

Just don't feed it to a Mechanical Turk, that's all I ask.

Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 29d

I teach history and philosophy courses primarily to kinesiology majors. Sometimes, they are writing intensive, sometimes less so.

These are the AI statements from 2 of my courses. (They all look similar but are tailored for each class.)

I appreciate having a department that supports this position.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29d

Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Sep 20

What a quick and simple way to completely undermine your reputation as a teaching and research institution.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Sep 19

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · Sep 20

if I can give a piece of "theory of change" advice: never never never make a purchasing decision to stay away from a brand for ethical reasons *without letting them know that's what you've done*.

they don't have a way to know otherwise. spend 5 minutes and send an email to the company.

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · Sep 20

this seems like sensible advice if you live in the US and want to do effective protest about Kimmel:

a post by Dan Satterfield.

OK, I keep getting asked about how to complain about Kimmel.
The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact?
1. See if you have a Sinclair or Nexstar station in your area.
2. Watch the local newscast tonight or sometime this week
3. Note the companies that bought TV adverts.
4. Call them and let them know you will boycott them until they quit supporting that media company.

Trust me. I worked in TV for 45 years. Nothing you do will have greater impact. Nothing.

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sexy ludovician @beardynoise.bsky.social · Sep 19

"Once you use ChatGPT, you don't want to think for yourself anymore"

THAT IS A TERRIFYING SENTENCE

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · Sep 18

imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality

Anderson felt her bio was authentically her even if it was written by a chatbot. “My bio is 100 percent in alignment with my true personality,” she told me. “I don’t have a filter. I’m very witty. I’m full of personality.” Nor did she think using ChatGPT reflected the “bare minimum energy” she loathed. “It took me an hour and change to drill down my bio to be that good,” she explained. “I had to edit it, edit it, edit it down. I have to keep talking to it.” On the other hand, she admits that ChatGPT has sapped her motivation to write a first draft of anything herself, even though she minored in writing in college and described herself as a “wordsmith.” “I’m gonna be honest with you: Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore,” she said.

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · Sep 18

Same, and very proud of it.

Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli13.bsky.social · Sep 18

I have *never* used ChatGPT. Not once.

I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Sep 18

This rules lmao

Shacknews @shacknews.com · Sep 18

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Sep 18

A fun thing to do if you can afford it is to give money to someone doing good work so that they both have more money, can do more work, and feel appreciated for doing the good work

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18

If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Sep 17

Some killings you're allowed to joke about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 17

Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 17

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?

PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?

KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Sep 17

Vance, Trump, and Bondi each said things yesterday that were horrifying on their own. Taken together, a very clear roadmap for the future emerges

Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent

"A Vast Domestic Terror Movement"

Trump Prepares to Dismantle the Left

www.bannedinyourstate.com

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · Sep 14

The fact that you are being manipulated does not absolve you of all personal culpability.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · Sep 14

I see a lot of “but people can’t control their views because of propaganda” in the wake of recent events, and while I get that people are not immune to propaganda, I also subscribe to the idea that people should use their fucking brains and not be easy marks

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