TurkeyBQ
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I blog about pop culture, living with disability, and more. Read at https://www.tbqtalks.com. She/her. (aka The Brat Queen aka TBQ, accept no substitutes)
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Hollywood Guilds Make Historic Push to Unionize YouTube Content Studio Theorist Media (Exclusive)
Hollywood Guilds Make Historic Push to Unionize YouTube Content Studio Theorist Media (Exclusive)
In 2025, many Hollywood unions are facing existential questions about how to survive in a rapidly changing media environment. As film and television studios consolidate and cut costs, opportunities are diminishing for organized labor in traditional Hollywood — while the balance of power in entertainment is shifting toward predominantly non-union spaces like YouTube and TikTok.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hollywood Guilds Make Historic Push to Unionize YouTube Content Studio Theorist Media (Exclusive)
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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Hey, that's me!
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hey, that's me!
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I've set up both Pinterest Pins and social media posts for my new Christmas collection, which were the last items on the to do list for launching that thing.
I... don't know what to do with myself now.
(I know, I know, start working on the next thing!)
I... don't know what to do with myself now.
(I know, I know, start working on the next thing!)
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I've set up both Pinterest Pins and social media posts for my new Christmas collection, which were the last items on the to do list for launching that thing.
I... don't know what to do with myself now.
(I know, I know, start working on the next thing!)
I... don't know what to do with myself now.
(I know, I know, start working on the next thing!)
One thing I learned working with rich people is that they not only lie and cheat but they assume everyone else does too. They had no capacity to understand that, legality aside, some people actually have morals. Seeing people in Epstein's orbit do the same thing surprises me not at all.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One thing I learned working with rich people is that they not only lie and cheat but they assume everyone else does too. They had no capacity to understand that, legality aside, some people actually have morals. Seeing people in Epstein's orbit do the same thing surprises me not at all.
Give it up for JD managing to *not* say "slaves" which you know is exactly what he meant.
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Give it up for JD managing to *not* say "slaves" which you know is exactly what he meant.
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Can’t emphasize how much this is true. Your ability to generate attention is your most marketable skill as a writer, for better or worse. Especially right now. If you hate someone but keep sharing their articles, the people who employ them look at that and go “hey, they’re always in the convo”
if you hate the writer, do not share the writer's articles. people clicking on the articles is how the writer gets paid. "how do THEY still have a job in journalism, when so many talented people are being laid of?!" you, because of you. you are why.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Can’t emphasize how much this is true. Your ability to generate attention is your most marketable skill as a writer, for better or worse. Especially right now. If you hate someone but keep sharing their articles, the people who employ them look at that and go “hey, they’re always in the convo”
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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People pitching audience-created generative AI:
“You know what’s wrong with fan fiction? It’s not causing enough horrific climate damage. We’ve fixed that.”
“You know what’s wrong with fan fiction? It’s not causing enough horrific climate damage. We’ve fixed that.”
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
People pitching audience-created generative AI:
“You know what’s wrong with fan fiction? It’s not causing enough horrific climate damage. We’ve fixed that.”
“You know what’s wrong with fan fiction? It’s not causing enough horrific climate damage. We’ve fixed that.”
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It's not just that he's a pedophile, he was the least popular pedophile
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's not just that he's a pedophile, he was the least popular pedophile
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Tapping the sign: "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."—Alice Wong in the Introduction to Disability Visibility
I find myself increasingly wondering how able bodied people appear to believe that being disabled is"easy."
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Tapping the sign: "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."—Alice Wong in the Introduction to Disability Visibility
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November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Long live the Daily News!
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Long live the Daily News!
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Finished uploading all my pins for my Christmas collection. Wooo! Go me!
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Finished uploading all my pins for my Christmas collection. Wooo! Go me!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Too cloudy? Too sleepy? Too lazy to go outside?
I have a solution for you. Aurora webcams.
I have a solution for you. Aurora webcams.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Too cloudy? Too sleepy? Too lazy to go outside?
I have a solution for you. Aurora webcams.
I have a solution for you. Aurora webcams.
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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Anyone out there fluent in Klingon?
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Anyone out there fluent in Klingon?
Saw someone defend seeing Tom Felton in Cursed Child with "Oh like if Dan and Emma were in it you wouldn't go!" Like hmm, what's the reason Dan and Emma wouldn't be caught dead in a JK Terfling production again? Such a mystery.
a man with curly hair and glasses is standing in a room with other people
Alt: Dan Radcliffe as Weird Al Yankovic saying "Hard pass!"
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Saw someone defend seeing Tom Felton in Cursed Child with "Oh like if Dan and Emma were in it you wouldn't go!" Like hmm, what's the reason Dan and Emma wouldn't be caught dead in a JK Terfling production again? Such a mystery.
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Great question: we (the show) have got a podcast called Have I Got News For Your Ears which we'll keep doing while the show is down. Not the same thing w/o Roy & Amber but you've got the lovely Jodi Lennon and pasty Jim Biederman to make up for it.
@michaelianblack.bsky.social my beautiful wife is asking me how we’re supposed to get through the release of the Epstein files with no new HIGNFY until 2026
do we just FaceTime with you and Amber and Roy or what
our cats can be your teammates, they’re both good at lie-curious
do we just FaceTime with you and Amber and Roy or what
our cats can be your teammates, they’re both good at lie-curious
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Great question: we (the show) have got a podcast called Have I Got News For Your Ears which we'll keep doing while the show is down. Not the same thing w/o Roy & Amber but you've got the lovely Jodi Lennon and pasty Jim Biederman to make up for it.
I do appreciate how many people were trying to use secret decoder rings on this to be like "Well if you scramble the letters you find an ancient Greek word which suggests Trump may have known..." and meanwhile Epstein's actual emails were all "HOW ABOUT THAT RAPING OF CHILDREN TRUMP AND I DO, HUH?"
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I do appreciate how many people were trying to use secret decoder rings on this to be like "Well if you scramble the letters you find an ancient Greek word which suggests Trump may have known..." and meanwhile Epstein's actual emails were all "HOW ABOUT THAT RAPING OF CHILDREN TRUMP AND I DO, HUH?"
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
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Define: Kara Swisher
You will never go broke pretending to fight the power while going to the powerful set's cocktail parties & fluffing their egos a lot. There's a whole subcategory of "journalism" that consists of telling the very rich what they want to hear. (Irony! The rich don't actually respect those who do this.)
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Define: Kara Swisher
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Yes, even if Substack wasn’t shot through with Nazis, it’s a bad model. That it is shot through with Nazi makes it a VERY bad model.
“Pay journalists directly for their work” is the same hyper-capitalist model as Uber, but even more ill equipped to address the need it exploits. See: Substack.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Yes, even if Substack wasn’t shot through with Nazis, it’s a bad model. That it is shot through with Nazi makes it a VERY bad model.