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HarperCollins Strike Update

For the full breakdown of what’s been going on since November, read here.

January 20, 2023

It’s been over FIFTY days. The strike is still ongoing. Harper has yet to even speak to the union.

Union members are still scraping on their second and third hustles (which most entry-level publishing people have) and donations to the strike fund. The union has set up a hardship fund (here’s the post about it on their official Instagram, for verification) so no more fiddling with checks or Venmo.

If you can donate, please do.

And whether you can or can’t, please do still share.

I saw this Plympton-animated film at the Woodstock Animation festival. It has all the things I love in it -- Tim Curry and Bowie and Lou Reed and Hedwig, and discovering yourself. So I'm posting it for all the people who will love it to discover and tell their friends about.

“[Keanu] Reeves said a recent conversation about “The Matrix” with a 15-year-old put things into a terrifying perspective. The actor explained to the teenager that his character, Neo, is fighting for what’s real. The teenager scoffed and said, “Who cares if it’s real?” “People are growing up with these tools: We’re listening to music already that’s made by AI in the style of Nirvana, there’s NFT digital art,” Reeves said. “It’s cool, like, Look what the cute machines can make! But there’s a corporatocracy behind it that’s looking to control those things. Culturally, socially, we’re gonna be confronted by the value of real, or the non-value. And then what’s going to be pushed on us? What’s going to be presented to us?” “It’s this sensorium. It’s spectacle. And it’s a system of control and manipulation,” Reeves continued. “We’re on our knees looking at cave walls and seeing the projections, and we’re not having the chance to look behind us.””

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Keanu Reeves Slams Deepfakes, Film Contract Prevents Digital Edits - Variety

If Legends fans can rally to hire a fucking plane to try to get a show renewed, we should be able to rally for the things that the people who made that show actually care about.

One of the reasons I love Tala so much is that she cares about EVERYTHING so hard. And what’s going on in Iran is something really personal for her that she’s posting about constantly.

Can we rally for the Iranian women and girls who are dying for their basic human rights, please? The most it costs is a stamp but even just liking the posts on insta would be something. Can we rally for Tala? For Zari?

I have a very small impact on all my social media sites so please share.

Instagram

Zan, Zendegi, Azadi on Instagram: "Posted @withrepost • @talaashe In solidarity with the women and girls in Iran, I’m sending a lock of my h

Zan, Zendegi, Azadi shared a post on Instagram: "Posted @withrepost • @talaashe In solidarity with the women and girls in Iran, I’m sending

Instagram

Zan, Zendegi, Azadi on Instagram: "Posted @withrepost • @brandonjrouth In solidarity with the women and girls in Iran, I’m sending a lock of

Zan, Zendegi, Azadi shared a post on Instagram: "Posted @withrepost • @brandonjrouth In solidarity with the women and girls in Iran, I’m sen

(Also nobody should trust Brandon with scissors.)

Schoolgirls in Iran in protest against the regime sticking their middle fingers to Khomeini and Khamenei

I was riding the train back home from an exhausting day at work. I haven’t been wearing the compulsory hijab for months and today was no exception. At some point I stood on my tiptoes to see the station sign outside. There were two young men standing next to me, talking to each other. One facing me and the other with his back to me. Our eyes met for the briefest moment before I looked away.

I had taken my glasses off because my eyes were so tired and I was staring blearily at nothing when the guy facing me held his phone in front of my face. He was showing me a pic of a white background with some words on it. I tried to read the words with my poor sight. Thankfully the font was big enough for me to read the words. ‘چقد کیوتی تو’ (you’re so cute). I smiled. I found this simple, silent act so nice and kind. We didn’t exchange one word for the rest of the ride. He probably shows that pic to everyone who’s not wearing hijab and is fighting against the oppressive Islamic regime. Whatever the intent, the gesture warmed my heart and I felt slightly less alone.

Torchwood is like. What if a sitcom was evil. In the parallel evil universe Torchwood is just a normal sitcom