Jim_Writes
@jpwwrites.bsky.social
Ret Union Guy, Veteran, Ocean Surfer - explore reading novels. Author's Guild Member; The best mornings - advocate-educate-protect writers. Goals; First pass (prose refinement-Hemi Engine Writer.
The Editors Guild ( ITASE Union ) is backing a California bill offering up to 50% in tax incentives to bring post-production work back to the state ...
Capital One says Trump Organization accounts were closed after money laundering review. thehill.com/business/600...
Capital One says Trump Organization accounts were closed after money laundering review
Lawyers for Capital One on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by President Trump’s trust over its closing of Trump Organization-affiliated accounts years ago, saying it did s…
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Your inbox is overflowing. Your mailbox groans with catalogs. Your phone rings at dinner with robocalls. Blame the spammers, sure. But at a deeper level? It's all economics. 🧵 (newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/a-primer-o...)
A Primer on the Economics of Privacy
Your name is for sale. You ought to decide who to.
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Jobs, careers, are on the line - Stop this Merger, Judge. Billionaires usually get what they want. They get the government they want, the health care they want, and they break the laws they want, This case asks: Maybe not this time? newrepublic.com/article/2136...
There’s a Blue-Collar Hollywood—and the Paramount Merger Will Kill It
Hollywood isn’t all glamour. It’s thousands of line workers. And a Paramount takeover of Warner will make their lives even more precarious.
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No president has ever been more obsessed with being liked by celebrities, especially music stars, than Donald Trump. Suffice it to say, they have not returned the favor 🎵 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The 25 Best Anti-Trump Protest Songs
The best Trump protest songs: Bruce Springsteen, YG, and more
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Top homeland security official resigns, citing "brazen corruption," as well as the Trump Administration's "war on immigrants... war on feds... war on facts": www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
wired.com
Is Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal suddenly in trouble? In a Status roundtable, eight antitrust experts assess the mounting costs, legal risks, and ultimate prospects of the halted blockbuster merger. The story in @status.news www.status.news/p/paramount-...
Parsing Paramount's Pause
In a Status roundtable, eight antitrust experts assess the mounting costs, legal risks, and ultimate prospects of Paramount's blockbuster Warner Bros. Discovery deal.
status.news
Hoping all the AFL-CIO family and Guilds can pull together to stop the merger! I Spoke with friends at the Art Directors Guild and yes this merger is wrong if allowed to pass the WH grift processes. @sagaftra.org and all @aflcio.org families. Numbers matter in advocacy. Jim_Writes.
Great catching up with Edgar Salazar, at #SDCC. You know his art from many Marvel Films. My favorite (today) Venom. #ComicCon26. #SanDiego
🎵 Fearless - Pink Floyd - 2026 Everyday is the Right Day Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone 🎶 youtu.be/IkgaMFjo_lI?...
Pink Floyd - Fearless (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
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Dear Friend Jim, #Maine resident. His Documentary Film, Short Teaser & Highlights. " Water is Life." vimeo.com/1036387130?s...
Water Is Life: Short Documentary Film
This is "Water Is Life: Short Documentary Film" by Wilfong Works on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Should team owners speak to the media? Anonymous execs share their views www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
Should team owners speak to the media? Anonymous execs share their views
SBJ Publisher & Executive Editor Abe Madkour in his Sunday Forum from two weeks ago discussed Celtics owner Bill Chisholm’s meeting with the media, and that has in turn sparked a lot of feedback about...
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Comic Con 26 - Stopped by to say hello to famed Edgar Salazar, Comic Art. Artists giving attendees their best visions. I heard a lot of "BEEP-BEEP," attendees passing one another to get in line. Jim_Writes, easing through the crowds on a beautiful sunny day in #SanDiego 7/2026.
Caught up with an old friend from the LA union strike picket line at Comic Con. SAG-AFTRA Davy and Jim_Writes, Authors Guild, at Comic Con 26. Both events then and today, guaranteed swollen feet, to soak later!
Why did #tatebrothers meet with Texas Congressman Wesley Hunt in his office? Then attend a elite private club NEDS in DC prior to arrests in Fla. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818–June 28, 1889). America’s first female astronomer, who paved the way for women in science and became the first woman hired by the United States government for a “specilized non domestic skill” in her capacity as “Computer of Venus."
"Writers are always looking for ways to reexamine the human condition and put our identity not on trial but on examination through another lens. Aliens allow us to do that." #Writtenby vist.ly/5bwad
What Alien Movies Tell Us About Ourselves
The writers of the iconic sci-fi films Independence Day, Arrival, Men in Black, and more explain why alien stories have endured throughout cinematic history.
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10, §16 of Meditations (Staniforth translation): "Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius
We just won a court order stopping the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. while our lawsuit continues. We’re going to keep fighting to keep costs down for consumers, protect jobs, and stop this illegal merger.
@vetthevote.bsky.social Salutes.
Jim_Writes@jpwwrites.bsky.social · 2w agoElection Poll Volunteers, America runs on elections. Elections run on poll workers - www.vetthe.vote A national call for veterans and military families to serve as poll workers. How you can continue to serve. Vote. Volunteer. Support those who do.
Election Poll Volunteers, America runs on elections. Elections run on poll workers - www.vetthe.vote A national call for veterans and military families to serve as poll workers. How you can continue to serve. Vote. Volunteer. Support those who do.
Vet the Vote
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Word of the day - "Poltroon"- is a spiritless, utter coward. It is a slightly archaic or literary term used to describe someone who shows a shameful, contemptible lack of courage or bravery. The word originated in the 1520s poltrone, which originally meant a lazy idler. Or, sore loser ...
Top of the Mark, @jenpsaki.bsky.social and @ms.now . Nailed it.
MS NOW@ms.now · 3w ago@jenpsaki.bsky.social on Trump's speech: "We debated whether we would take even a minute of this speech because in the past he has used nearly every public speaking opportunity to spread lies and conspiracies, but we can't just pretend it isn't happening."
"No True Heroes Are Born From Lies." ... sourced from General Antiope, Wonder Woman Aunt. (2017).
Sidebar; Josh, Salutes. Updates; @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social
Jim_Writes@jpwwrites.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen your dear veteran buddy wins the Gold Metal in Archery while competing in the NATIONAL VETERANS WHEELCHAIR GAMES in Detroit. I smile, strike a humble salute as I plan a visit to his home and family! He won a total of 4 Gold Medals
