Lauri Donahue
@lauridonahue.bsky.social
Screenwriter
Entertainment/tech/IP attorney
Former Sr. Counsel, Motion Picture Association
Occasional journalist
History nerd
Lauri's List of screenwriting fellowships, labs, etc.: https://tinyurl.com/spmfzxfh
Website/blog: https://lauridonahue.com
Entertainment/tech/IP attorney
Former Sr. Counsel, Motion Picture Association
Occasional journalist
History nerd
Lauri's List of screenwriting fellowships, labs, etc.: https://tinyurl.com/spmfzxfh
Website/blog: https://lauridonahue.com
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Lauri Donahue
@lauridonahue.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Here's my calendar of 160+ of the most worthwhile screenwriting fellowships, labs, grants, contests, and other opportunities, updated for 2025.
33 are new to the list this year.
96 are FREE.
lauridonahue.com/resources/a-...
#screenwriting #scriptsky
33 are new to the list this year.
96 are FREE.
lauridonahue.com/resources/a-...
#screenwriting #scriptsky
Got a nice shot of the Space Needle from the Chihuly Garden…
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Got a nice shot of the Space Needle from the Chihuly Garden…
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Chihuly Museum, Seattle
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Chihuly Museum, Seattle
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Harvard gets its research funding back through defiance and lawsuits.
Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored
As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...
www.insidehighered.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Harvard gets its research funding back through defiance and lawsuits.
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
A misty morning in Oxford 🌫️
📷 Instagram | Spiralling_Oxford
📷 Instagram | Spiralling_Oxford
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A misty morning in Oxford 🌫️
📷 Instagram | Spiralling_Oxford
📷 Instagram | Spiralling_Oxford
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Seattle – University Village
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Seattle – University Village
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Airbus, announcing a major recall, says a recent incident involving an A320-family aircraft revealed that solar flares may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. www.reuters.com/business/aero...
Airbus issues major A320 recall, threatening widespread global disruption
Europe's Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and sparking disruption worldwide.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Airbus, announcing a major recall, says a recent incident involving an A320-family aircraft revealed that solar flares may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. www.reuters.com/business/aero...
🙄
Are your kids glued to their screens? For just under $8,000, your teenager can live in a college dorm for four weeks with no tech access.
The first week is rough, but eventually the kids relearn how to spend time offline, said the camp’s executive director.
The first week is rough, but eventually the kids relearn how to spend time offline, said the camp’s executive director.
Frazzled parents turn to screen-time coaches, $8,000 detox camps to rein in kids’ tech
Parents trying to raise their kids in a tech-saturated world are getting overwhelmed with the amount of work and fighting it takes to protect kids, which can be a full-time job.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🙄
😱
Airbus on Friday urged airlines to immediately address a software problem that could affect flight controls on thousands of its airplanes. The European airplane maker said a recent incident had shown that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”
Airbus Orders Software Update for A320 Jets
The European airplane maker said a recent incident had shown that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
😱
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Freedom isn't the absence of taxes. Freedom is the absence of fear.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Freedom isn't the absence of taxes. Freedom is the absence of fear.
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Literally every person I know who has expertise in something tells me the AI in their field is shit
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Literally every person I know who has expertise in something tells me the AI in their field is shit
Kubota Garden, Seattle
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kubota Garden, Seattle
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Suuuuuuper interesting.
And somewhat economically/financially terrifying.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
And somewhat economically/financially terrifying.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
AI Can Cook the Entire Market Now
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...
www.bloomberg.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Suuuuuuper interesting.
And somewhat economically/financially terrifying.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
And somewhat economically/financially terrifying.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
TIL:
CAPTCHA =
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAPTCHA =
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
a white background with a text that says enter the text to prove you are not a robot
ALT: a white background with a text that says enter the text to prove you are not a robot
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
TIL:
CAPTCHA =
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAPTCHA =
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Found a pristine hardback of this in a Seattle used bookstore for half the price of used on Amazon...
www.amazon.com/Art-Fiction-...
www.amazon.com/Art-Fiction-...
The Art of Fiction
The Art of Fiction [Lodge, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Art of Fiction
www.amazon.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Found a pristine hardback of this in a Seattle used bookstore for half the price of used on Amazon...
www.amazon.com/Art-Fiction-...
www.amazon.com/Art-Fiction-...
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
AXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 30, 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
AXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 30, 2025.
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
This is what happened after the final shot in Prince of Darkness
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is what happened after the final shot in Prince of Darkness
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
Shop our new JDCA merch today – and order soon to get items in time for Hanukkah!
These new designs are the perfect gifts for you and the proud Jewish Dems in your life, including those Swifties who may have “a latke going on at the moment.”
Check it out at jdcamerch.com.
These new designs are the perfect gifts for you and the proud Jewish Dems in your life, including those Swifties who may have “a latke going on at the moment.”
Check it out at jdcamerch.com.
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jdcamerch.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Shop our new JDCA merch today – and order soon to get items in time for Hanukkah!
These new designs are the perfect gifts for you and the proud Jewish Dems in your life, including those Swifties who may have “a latke going on at the moment.”
Check it out at jdcamerch.com.
These new designs are the perfect gifts for you and the proud Jewish Dems in your life, including those Swifties who may have “a latke going on at the moment.”
Check it out at jdcamerch.com.
My favorite small business notebooks are on sale…
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My favorite small business notebooks are on sale…
Reposted by Lauri Donahue
"On Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter," Richard Coolidge writes in this column.
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
Column: This Black Friday, do something different. Get outdoors
This year on Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter.
to.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"On Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter," Richard Coolidge writes in this column.
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD