Jason @jk@librem.one

NEW ARTICLE: Cartoonishly Evil CEO Is 'Very Disturbed' Screenwriters and Actors Expect to Be Paid Fairly for Their Work
 
Disney's Bob Iger took time away from a billionaires' conference to complain about how Hollywood's striking unions are being unrealistic.
 
Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/cartoonishly-evil-ceo-is-very-disturbed?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#WGAstrike #WGAstrong #WGA #sagaftra #sagaftrastrike #SAGstrike #unionstrong #Hollywood #Disney #screenwriting #screenwriter

'Screenwriting Tales: The F@cked-Up Amount of Free Work It Takes to (Not) Sell Something in Hollywood Today'
 
Or: that time a studio told me to spec a TV pilot for it even though I had an A-list actor attached to the project
 
"The Writers Guild of America is currently on strike, in part, because it’s impossible to build or sustain a career in a system as broken as this."
 
https://open.substack.com/pub/colehaddon/p/screenwriting-tales-the-fcked-up?r=1mimd1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#WGA #WGAstrong #WGAstrike #screenwriting #screenwriter #writing #writingcommunity #amwriting

80s blank cassette aesthetics are untouchable

Thank you for being here and being a part of growing the #fediverse the way we want it together.

"If cats could talk to cops, they wouldn't"
Sticker seen in Portland, Oregon

Thanks to efforts by volunteers Nosamu and bai0, the Internet Archive's flash emulation just jumped generations ahead.

Mute/Unmute works. The screen resizes based on the actual animation's information. And for a certain group who will flip their lid:

We can do multi-swf flash now!

A pile of previously "broken" flashes will join the collection this week.

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash

This is a short update on #MakerTube which got launched a week ago. It's a peertube video platform dedicated to #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy content creators.

Changes since last week:
+77 users
+96 video uploads

I call this a great start! I also got funding until end of August, thanks a lot to the donors!

If you like the idea of an independent video platform please consider making a #donation at https://liberapay.com/MakerTube
Every penny counts!

Find the site here https://makertube.net

🎶🐦🎺 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dawn-chorus-bird-puppets-jazz-george-wu

In the #shortfilm titled The #DawnChorus, a #jazz quintet celebrates avian #morning #song with “a mix of high-end style alongside playful #puppetry inspired by Alexander Calder, fingerbobs, and simple #automata.”

#video #birds #music #play #instruments

How to CIRCUIT BEND a Toy SOUNDBOX for a Modular Synthesizer
#synthesizer #synthdiy #modular #circuitbending #analog #peertube #makertube
https://makertube.net/w/pTMR1WkCzVG9NV9c14V2MA

You can buy my debut novel PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD on Kindle from Amazon UK for only 99p right now!

amzn.eu/d/2ES2ABc

#newbooks #newfiction #fiction #literaryfiction #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity #reading #nowreading

MakerTube is now open for public registrations! It's a #peertube video instance for makers, musician, artists and DIY content creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!

Join in https://makertube.net or any other instance and let's make peertube a place as great as Mastodon.

Please boost this post! Share your creations! Let's build alternatives that stay!

#peertube #makertube #diy #maker #artists #musicians #contentcreator #synthdiy