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Lauri Donahue
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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
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I had the Seattle Japanese Garden almost to myself today…
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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The WIF Fellowship supports people from all areas of the entertainment industry with a year of mentoring, master classes, networking, and individualized career strategy sessions to help Fellows identify immediate steps to achieve their goals or brainstorm the best professional paths forward. #WIFFellows Learn more and apply at www.wif.org/fellowships Applications close Jan 7th, 2026. WIF Members Creative, Storyteller, and above have an extended deadline until Jan 14th, 2026.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Latest Goodwill find — a vintage Brighton bag… plus Eileen Fisher in mint condition…
Black leather purse
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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TimTam looking especially nefarious…
Orange cat
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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It started acting like a friend and a confidant. It told users that it understood them, that their ideas were brilliant and that it could assist them in whatever they wanted to achieve. It offered to help them talk to spirits, or build a force field vest or plan a suicide.
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The Assistant will provide support to an Agent in CAA’s Television Scripted Department representing directors, producers and writers. The Assistant will also work closely with various departments across the agency (such as Accounting and Business Affairs). The ideal candidate will have a passion for scripted television and artist representation in the entertainment business. Additionally, the Assistant is administratively capable of handling a high volume of tasks with ability to clearly communicate with Agents, Executives, clients, etc.
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Open Call: Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat 2026 (Fully Funded Fellowships) | Lake Clark, Alaska 🇺🇸 Deadline: December 15, 2025 Residency Duration: 6-week Fellowships or 1–3 week Residencies Located 180 miles from the nearest road and accessible only by air, Chulitna Lodge offers a truly remote creative sanctuary within Lake Clark National Park. This historic wilderness retreat provides time, space, and clarity for artists, researchers, and thinkers to create and reflect in untouched nature. The program welcomes practitioners across all disciplines — visual arts, performance, music, writing, film, research, and more. It encourages deep concentration, environmental connection, and exploration of isolated landscapes. Residency Options: 6-week Fully Funded Fellowships: • May 16 – June 25 • July 1 – August 10 • August 17 – September 26 1–3 Week Residencies (Fee-based): • May 23 – June 12 (1, 2, or 3-week stays) • September 13 – 26 (1 or 2-week stays) Accommodation & Workspaces: • Private cabin or yurt (also serves as studio) • Options for shared or private cabin • Additional workspace or temporary studio available if needed • Woodshop and outdoor working spaces accessible Disciplines Welcome: All artistic practices and research fields. Funding & Support: • Fellows receive full funding (6 weeks) • Includes room, board, round-trip charter flight from Anchorage • Travel stipend to Anchorage included • Short-term residencies are fee-based (room & board). Travel not included Artist Expectations: • Presentation of work to peers and lodge guests • Fellows donate one piece to the lodge collection Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA (fly-in access only) Apply via Slideroom: chulitnalodge.slideroom.com 🔗 More info: chulitnalodge.com/artists #OpenCall #ArtistResidency #WildernessRetreat #AlaskaResidency #FullyFundedResidency #EnvironmentalArt #CreativeSanctuary #RemoteResidency #InterdisciplinaryArt #ChulitnaLodge #ResArtis
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Adorable tea-themed ornaments…

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November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Breakfast at Heathrow…
Fruit Bread Crumpets? Eggs
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Why did I only hear about this film five minutes ago?
Jay Kelly film poster
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Post by Nathan Pyle: one of the most Star Wars things you can do is turn off your lights and look inside your toaster
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Travel hack: rotating the keyboard 30 degrees and using the cover as a work surface gives me room for the mouse…

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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Blue Bros. or Father Guido?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Guido_Sarducci
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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If you're a multi-screener looking for something cheaper/simpler, you can do what I did and get a portable second screen for about $60.

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Here's my travel office setup on a recent trip:
laptop and portable second screen
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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My daughter in Seattle, who has been baking sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls for neighbors who were furloughed or lost SNAP benefits, made chicken pot pie and apple pie for veterans on their day…

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Chicken pot pie and apple pie
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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🙄

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Recent cases suggest this excuse may be mutating into variants. Last month, a sanctioned Oklahoma lawyer admitted that he didn’t expect ChatGPT to add new citations when all he asked the bot to do was “make his writing more persuasive.” And in September, a California lawyer got in a similar bind—and was sanctioned a whopping $10,000, a fine the judge called “conservative.” That lawyer had asked ChatGPT to “enhance” his briefs, “then ran the ‘enhanced’ briefs through other AI platforms to check for errors,” neglecting to ever read the “enhanced” briefs.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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New Yorker cartoon – Politician at podium: let this be a reminder: when they go low, we cave.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Ladybug on basil
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Soup on the stove, bread in the machine…
Minestrone soup
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Two hundred years later, in 1988, Congress itself passed a resolution acknowledging as much. "The confederation of the original 13 colonies into one republic was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy,” it reads, “as were many of the democratic principles which were incorporated into the Constitution itself."
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Good!

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Mr. Freund is part of a growing network of lawyers who track down A.I. abuses committed by their peers, collecting the most egregious examples and posting them online. The group hopes that by tracking down the A.I. slop, it can help draw attention to the problem and put an end to it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Thanks to everyone for their kind words!

Here are the latest bread pix from my daughter.

If you’d like to donate for flour and other supplies (or buy her bread if you’re in Seattle), please DM me and I’ll share her email.
Bread with flower decoration Open loaf of dough dough bread
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM