My calls with my cat's pet health insurance are always 1,000x more pleasant than my own health insurance. They even ended the call by saying, "Please hug your fur baby for us." 🥺 Butters is fine! He might have urine crystals. Cat tax attached.

Reminder: This AAJA-LA x @lapressclub.bsky.social freelancing event I helped organize is THIS THURSDAY! We're almost at capacity. 🤯 RSVP link below. Read more from one of our speakers, UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki, in her newsletter: thereportedessay.substack.com/p/fellowship...

Mallory Carra@mallorycarra.com · 2w ago

One of my passions is helping people learn about the business of freelancing, so I was excited to help organize this event with AAJA-LA & @lapressclub.bsky.social Featuring UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki & Robert Lopez, McGraw fellow 🍕 & 🧋 provided. RSVP: lapressclub.wufoo.com/forms/zzspwh...

Being the finance lead for rascal the last year has been a gradually worsening job, only because I have to be the bearer of bad news each month as the global economy gets worse and worse. If you want Rascal to continue to exist for years to come, we need your support

Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d ago

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

Reminder: This AAJA-LA x @lapressclub.bsky.social freelancing event I helped organize is THIS THURSDAY! We're almost at capacity. 🤯 RSVP link below. Read more from one of our speakers, UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki, in her newsletter: thereportedessay.substack.com/p/fellowship...

Mallory Carra@mallorycarra.com · 2w ago

One of my passions is helping people learn about the business of freelancing, so I was excited to help organize this event with AAJA-LA & @lapressclub.bsky.social Featuring UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki & Robert Lopez, McGraw fellow 🍕 & 🧋 provided. RSVP: lapressclub.wufoo.com/forms/zzspwh...

I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Excited that SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY is introducing a new generation to TV on the Radio's "Wolf Like Me," an old favorite and a Millennial classic. (This isn't a spoiler; the song kicks off the movie.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZl-...

Wolf Like Me

YouTube video by TV On The Radio - Topic

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No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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A friend of mine asked me to text her photos of my recent crafts, so why not post them here, too? The more the horrors persist, the more intricate my crafting becomes. Because some folks requested it on IG, I'm doing a limited run of the bagel plate: www.instagram.com/p/DbV6AVbFLPs/ #craftsky

I am unbelievably touched that @dropout.tv titled my @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy episode “A Duty of Care”

I’m overwhelmed today, but I want to circle back in a while to share the links to everyone & everything I cited. More soon.

A Duty of Care (with Dr. Emily Friedman) - Season 7 - Dropout

Dr. Emily Friedman joins Brennan to discuss the history of actual play and the best gaming system. Content Warning: Misophonia (Crunching) - [throughout 54:37-1:01:03]

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I have a bunch of laid off/still unemployed media friends who I text layoff news back and forth with, mourning that it's come to this. And that's why I've been spending the summer getting certifications (yes, plural) in other/adjacent industries.

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · last wk.

I am so tired of witnessing media layoffs and publications just throwing away amazing talent as this career becomes less and less sustainable and growing numbers of people are pushed out. All for shareholder profits.

Nolan still isn't good at writing women, but even he agrees you should never trust the “nice guy” because he’s actually a sniveling coward who hides behind a pole when things get real. And Agamemnon was pretty much Darth Vader.

imagining a four-hour cut of the Odyssey that is exactly the same except for 67 additional minutes of Robert Pattinson cowering behind a pillar and yelling the names of different weapons

As Nolan intended.

"They know this is TV, right??" a CBS News senior staffer texted me about this news. "I hate it here," another CBS reporter said.

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault

A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."

thehandbasket.co

Want to kickstart your career as a freelance journalist or go independent, but you’re not sure where to start? Learn about the basics of the business side of freelancing and how to fund your independent journalism through fellowships and grants. @lapressclub.bsky.social

One of my passions is helping people learn about the business of freelancing, so I was excited to help organize this event with AAJA-LA & @lapressclub.bsky.social Featuring UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki & Robert Lopez, McGraw fellow 🍕 & 🧋 provided. RSVP: lapressclub.wufoo.com/forms/zzspwh...

When I started freelancing over 12 years ago, I was clueless and, since then, I pledged to help others learn about freelancing, mentoring students and new freelancers. Every year, I teach a Freelancing 101 workshop at USC Annenberg, but I'm grateful to do an event like this outside of my home base!

*taps mic* hi, okay, but Christopher Nolan's best film remains Memento. That is all, thank you

One of my passions is helping people learn about the business of freelancing, so I was excited to help organize this event with AAJA-LA & @lapressclub.bsky.social Featuring UC Irvine Prof. Erika Hayasaki & Robert Lopez, McGraw fellow 🍕 & 🧋 provided. RSVP: lapressclub.wufoo.com/forms/zzspwh...

Alas, it's the part of July where the halcyon days of summer feel finite and Fall feels all too soon. (My syllabi are due.)

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

insane how there isn’t a single industry where being good at your job does anything for you variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

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Apparently the Vampire Lestat had a discussion about Degrassi & I just have to accept that Louis watched Jimmy get shot in the Anne Rice extended universe.

“There are different archipelagos of the fandom, but what unifies each and every one of them is that they are very responsive to calls to action from the people who are there watching and feeling that they’re in community with,” said @friede.bsky.social, an English professor at Auburn University.

D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’

Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

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It brings us so much hope and inspiration to see other TTRPG groups across the country activating their communities in the spirit of resistance as well. Keep fighting the good fight out there and stay tuned for news this fall about C4 2027!!! (2/2)

We had a great convo with @mallorycarra.com about turning concerns into opportunity. The Chicago Charity Con Crawl brought our community together in ways we'd only dared to dream, in support of an organization making a real impact on the lives of our neighbors right here in the city. (1/2)

Mallory Carra@mallorycarra.com · 3w ago

My latest for @theguardian.com: I got to dive into the impressive and passionate resistance movement within the D&D and TTRPG community, featuring THE @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @dsa.la @criticalrole.bsky.social @9thlevelgames.bsky.social @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social @twicerolledtales.bsky.social

If I had a nickel for every time I was quoted in a mainstream article about TTRPGs, I would have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's pretty neat that it's happened twice. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’

Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

theguardian.com

At the Lord of the Rings 25th anniversary concert last night, a woman screamed “Whew!” during a close-up of Aragorn and somehow it wasn’t me (I thought it, though). Great seeing it on the big screen and with an orchestra!

Paying D&D and interviewing folks in the TTRPG community made me get very introspective about my former life in improv and UCB. A nerdy personal essay on going from improv to D&D and teaching in between: medium.com/@MalloryCarr...

Improv & Dungeons & Dragons

From The Harold backline to rolling for initiative, it’s always worth opening up your world.

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