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Sam Ferguson

@samkferguson.bsky.social

Writing TV & Film at ???. Rep: @katiebattcock01 @CBTheatreFilmTV Brit List 2023 Ex-Development Executive at Motive Pictures Artem Volkov of @podsontour He / Him

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Sam Ferguson@samkferguson.bsky.social · 4d ago

Holy shit. Can't believe I didn't know this but it makes so much sense. So cool to be living in the end-times of capitalism where industries crumble at the whims of billionaire fail-sons.

Sean Morrow@snmrrw.bsky.social · 5d ago

Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:

Sam Ferguson@samkferguson.bsky.social · last mo.

Growing up we got told all about the 'banality' of evil. You don't have to *look* like a bad guy to be evil, evil is the guy on your street who turns in their neighbour to the secret police, etc. But nobody warned me about the STUPIDITY of evil. It's the stupidity that makes me feel like giving up

Phil McDuff@mcduff.bsky.social · last mo.

Important to recognise that "legitimate concerns" is performative, not descriptive. People are not saying "you are justified in being concerned about this real problem." They are saying "these are the things we are prepared to treat as legitimate."

Polly Pallister-Wilkins@pollypw.bsky.social · last mo.

When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns.

Sam Ferguson@samkferguson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It always comes back to this. People not understanding the difference between freedom of speech and freedom from consequences. You can have whatever insane, bullshit beliefs you like, but if you share them outside the WhatsApp group people are allowed to tell you to fuck off in response.

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Also helpful in the current context. If you have people openly saying that they are quite consciously setting their own careers on fire, fully understanding what the consequences will be, then how much sympathy are we affording them when their careers do in fact catch fire and burn to a cinder?

Phil McDuff@mcduff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The wild thing about this is that, at root, this is every opinion in the UK. Me, my friends and family are real people and we should be treated with kindness and respect. Everyone else is a grifting fake taking money out of my pocket and using up resources that should be mine.

Gift@giftmacher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Absolutely peak British media this, "I the deserving, you the fucking pig people". Say what you like about Marie Antoinette, she at least thought the poor should have cake. Weapons grade amounts of self regard and misanthropy

Screen shot of Julie Burchill with the headline "I deserve every penny of my PIP – most people don’t" and the sub "Julie Burchill: I spend my PIP on the expensive business of being disabled".
Sam Ferguson@samkferguson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In the end it boils down to an accusation of plagiarism from a racist against a black professor, who was found innocent of those charges. That professor was then hounded to death for... reasons? Also, the framing of 'self defined race realist' is outrageous. You have to be better than this, BBC.

Screenshot of BBC news article about the death of Professor Arday, noting that the accusation of misconduct was dismissed after being brought against him by a racist who was fired for being racist.
Chris Ward@chrisward.de · 2mo ago

The reason I've gone more left in recent years is that I previously accepted that we simply couldn't afford decent cheap housing, heavily subsidised transport, a universal basic income, etc. Then in 20 years in politics I saw what we actually could afford. And it's a lot. It's just never for you.

Sam Ferguson@samkferguson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I work in TV. It's nearly impossible to find a gig that doesn't end up compromising your values... But: if you're working on HP you have blood on your hands. Directly. The work you're doing is funding lawsuits against *Amnesty International* and trans folk everywhere. So if that's you: Fuck you.