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motion picture sound post production maven. 7 MPSE golden reels for feature/effects and foley. MPEG. AMPAS. 📸. 🏴‍☠️LA/NYC https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593602/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 profile shot: Jack Brewer 1986 background: wolves, LA 2025 both by mwmitchell

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Saganism@sagan.bsky.social · 4d ago

"It's clear that there's a rampant dumbing down in progress in which not knowing things is considered a virtue. I don't throw my hands up in despair, but I do try to indicate that it's a very serious problem." - Carl Sagan

Sagan in a suit speaking on a microphone.
Anne C. Serling@anneserling.bsky.social · 3w ago

"When we so cheapen the concept of human life that we can be permissive to the occasional bomb or bullet, I think we've taken a giant step back into the Dark Ages. And I don't think there's a light at the end of that tunnel. " ~ Rod Serling

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Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Canciones” is one of her best. But even after all the money Linda made for her label, they hated the idea of a Spanish-language album. “You owe me this,” she said. “Canciones” was for years “the biggest-selling non-English language album in US history, going double platinum and earning a Grammy” ✨

How Linda Ronstadt fought — and won — a battle to release the Mexican 'songs of her father'

Linda Ronstadt wanted to honor her father's Mexican heritage with an album of Spanish folk songs. Her label put up a fight. Here's what happened next.

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Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy 80th birthday to a legend, a Mexican-American icon, and one of the greatest vocalists of all time, Miss Linda Ronstadt ✨

Album art- Linda Ronstadt’s Heart Like a Wheel
Matt Cameron@mattcameron.bsky.social · last mo.

as dismally expected, SCOTUS has signed off on discrimination against trans student athletes based on the court's own recent willful misinterpretation of "on the basis of sex" in Skrmetti--a case which fwiw I have to believe will go down as the Plessy v Ferguson of our times. Protect trans kids.

Third, the plaintiffs also argue that the States’ laws unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender individuals—specifically, biological males who identify as female. That argument, too, is unavailing. To begin, under this Court’s decision in Skrmetti, the laws do not classify based on gender identity or transgender status. 605 U. S., at 517. The laws classify on the basis of biological sex. By contrast, if a school had a co-ed sports team but prohibited all transgender individuals from participating on the team, that would be a distinct transgender classification and, unlike today’s cases, would presumably not be analyzed and justified as a classification based on biological sex. That said, even if the laws made a transgender or genderidentity classification, this Court “has not previously held” that intermediate or other heightened scrutiny applies to a transgender or gender-identity classification. Ibid.
August J. Pollak@augustjpollak.bsky.social · last mo.

Cannot stress enough what is happening at SCOTUS right now, and all of the legislation and hyperbole and rigamarole that preceded it, is all in the service of ruining the lives of about twenty people, most of whom are children.

Angry Staff Officer@pptsapper.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy 100th birthday to Cpl Melvin Kaminsky aka Mel Brooks - the Mensch of Mensches When speaking of his service with the 78th Infantry Division in WWII, he reportedly said, “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”

Mel Brooks in ODs sitting in the cab of a vehicle during WWII, looking like he’s really over this and ready to start some satire
mwm@mwmitchell.bsky.social · last mo.

Wrong. “We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.” -Willie Wonka I find it telling that they come for creativity first. Stick with summaries for the lazy, AI. Where’s the ecstatic joy of the process of creation in a prompt.

The Economist@economist.com · last mo.

Artificial intelligence has turned everyone into a creator. From music to literature, we tracked how the technology is changing different fields. Discover the full story. Register to read for free

barbisblue@barbisblue.bsky.social · last mo.

The Iranian team left a handwritten note in its locker room. It says its players came to the U.S. "with pride, competed with honor, and leave with dignity." In the next line, the team thanks LA for its hospitality. The note ends with "May peace, respect and friendship prevail among all nations."

Iran's soccer team leaves note in locker room thanking LA for hospitality

The Iranian soccer team left a handwritten note in its locker room thanking Los Angeles for its hospitality.

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