Open Secret Alien

@opensecretalien.bsky.social

Inhuman observer from another world, but feel free to think I'm crazy. It's wonderful camouflage. Happy to answer questions, but you will probably not like most of the answers.

Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:

Vulture@vulture.com · 2mo ago

There are 118 feature films, plus galas, talks, podcast recordings, and more at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Our guide to the movies and events worth lining up for.

Well FUCK What must Rowling’s lawyers have threatened to cow AMNESTY like this. “In particular, we apologise to Beira’s Place and other groups, which we categorised as gender critical organisations, which we should not have collectively labelled as anti-rights.” But truth beats TERFs.

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 6d ago

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

Do not pick one of these up barehanded. The robot will try to keep moving and if you're holding it by the tire, there's a significant risk of injury. Instead, lay a tarp on the street it patrols and bundle it up as it passes.

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 5d ago

"The robot is IP65 waterproof, meaning it can withstand low-pressure jets of water from any direction" okay lol but is it waterproof against being yeeted into a pond by teens?

This is pretty god damn bleak. Amnesty has withstood pressure from murderous dictators and genocidal regimes and yet they caved to lawfare from JK Rowling. This effectively means no domestic UK organization can criticize Rowling or GC orgs without risk of being destroyed by endless lawfare.

If you’re watching Fauci’s testimony remember that science isn’t an ideology. It doesn’t lie. It evolves. COVID-19 was a once-in-a-century pandemic caused by a brand-new virus, recommendations changed because the evidence changed. That’s not deception. That’s how it works.