Anna Jane Joyner
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Story advocate. Earth enthusiast. Dog lover. Comms nerd. Preacher’s daughter. Founder & CEO of @goodenergystory . Co-host of @nplhpodcast
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We've been working on this Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change for the past year - but in a lot of ways, I've been working on it my whole life. I don't have words to express how grateful for & proud I am of this project and team. ✨
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Not sure where this came from - but it’s hella true.
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"I don't want to know what I can do to reduce my estimated 0.00000005 percent of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions. I want to know what Big Oil is going to do to phase out the 73 percent of greenhouse gas emissions that they empower"
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I’m wide awake but am not sure what to do about it. I’ve voted, donated, and campaigned for senate + presidential candidates my whole adult life. I’ve worked on climate change for two decades. I’ve been to countless rallies and marches. And we’re still here - so wtf do we do now?
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I just got a call from
@ewarren
's South Alabama organizer and it warms my heart so much when Dems organize in the Deep South.
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"I don't know what word in the English language, I can't find one, applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly over stuffed pockets. The word "evil" doesn't begin to approach it" - Noam Chomsky
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As someone who’s been terrified and working on climate change for 15 years now, it gives me zero satisfaction that everyone else is catching up because shit is hitting the fan like we always knew it would. It’s every bit as terrifying as I was afraid it would be.
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Not a fan of the monarchy or Kate Middleton (how they treated Meghan Markle was abhorrent) - but the most photographed woman in the world has been missing 5+ months & this family/institution has a terrible history of abusing women. That’s why I care & why everyone should care.
Someone made a comment about us, "overreacting," about
#KateMiddleton
.
The UK monarchy literally let one princess die in front of us, & another be driven to the brink of suicide.
I don't regret a single one of our actions, bc they were completely appropriate.
AND...1/2
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"Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion – which is always a deadly mix. Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform...
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AND THEY SAID CLIMATE MOVIES WOULDN'T SELL. 💅
Adam McKay’s
#DontLookUp
starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio has recorded the biggest week of views in Netflix history with more than 152 million hours streamed.
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Circle up, friends. A quick word.
Under no circumstance is it ok to sacrifice the lives of the vulnerable (read: elderly and/or immunocompromised) for the economy. Not to mention, any of us since any of us could get this virus and die.
That is a straight-up evil plan.
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As a climate comms strategist, my official take on
#DontLookUp
:
Until you figure out how to make an entertaining climate story + get gazillions of people to watch & think a/b it (even if some missed the metaphor - millions didn't), lay off those who did - it's a gift to us all.
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Just a quick little reminder: the economy exists for the wellbeing of humans. If humans are suffering or dying to preserve said economy it isn't working.
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“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
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Just out of curiosity, how many climate activists (or just appropriately alarmed human beings) have felt like they're going crazy for being really worried about climate change while everyone else lives their lives like they live on some other planet?
Today my therapist told me:
"I don't think you're crazy for being super worried & anxious about climate change. I think everyone else is crazy for not being more worried & anxious about it."
And it was one of the proudest moments of my life.
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief.
Do justly now.
Love mercy now.
Walk humbly now.
You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
- From the Talmud
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"Hope has two beautiful daughters - Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." - St. Augustine
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From now on, I refuse to call it "human" caused climate change. Hereafter, it shall be known as: "old white men who are fossil fuel execs and/or cowardly, corrupt gov't officials" caused climate change.
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Something on my heart and mind right now. Not enough, but a start:
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From a dear friend I grew up with whose an oil exec:
“Im getting out of oil. I dont want my legacy to my grandchildren to be the destruction of the planet. Im sorry for what fossil fuels have done.”
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What's your fave way of saying ____ the climate crisis?
I don't like "solve" or "fix" b/c you can't solve or fix it for the millions of people - and many places - already harmed.
I don't like "combat" or "fight" b/c military language feels gross to me.
Other ideas?
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Over the course of my 15 years working on climate + 7 years living on the Gulf Coast, I've had some pretty intense bouts of climate anxiety + depression. Def had some srsly unhealthy coping mechanisms for awhile there, but here are a few things that do help me:
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This will probs get me in trouble, but I detest this strategy - and it's extremely harmful to our climate efforts. Taylor Swift is one of the most beloved, powerful, wealth, successful women in the world. When people think of her they think of joy, community, beauty, even awe.
me when taylor swift is one of my favorite lyricists of all time, i have a mirrorball tattoo, i was top 0.5% of spotify listeners in 2022 but she is also a literal climate terrorist and a billionaire and blatantly does not care about either of those things
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The scariest thing: it's only going to get worse over the next few decades. We can't change that.
What can we do?
1. Get rid of fossil fuels to keep our kids from inheriting a veritable hellscape.
2. Change our societies to better take care of each other.
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“even the people who feel most strongly about climate change on some level can’t quite bring themselves to believe in it.”
I think about this all the time.
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The climate movement could learn A LOT about the importance of vibes, messaging, messengers, comms, & storytelling from this campaign. They’re not shying away from this being about life vs death, but they’re doing it in a joyful way, and giving them a picture of another future.
.
@Tim_Walz
is a PSA for white folks, older folks, men, rural dwellers, and others: You don’t need to be afraid of the future.
We can all thrive together, and have fun.
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🧵 Someone recently asked me if I had advice for people like me with parents who are evangelicals and brainwashed by dangerous conspiracy theories. Here's what I came up with! Maybe it will help you if you likewise find yourself in this position.
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In a horrible turn of irony, two dear friends and climate compatriots had to evacuate from climate disasters this week:
@amywestervelt
from the hell fires ravaging her home in Northern Cali, &
@MaryHeglar
from our beloved New Orleans. I fucking hate climate change.
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"I believe I got under an attack, and I succumbed to temptation, and I made very bad choices”
One of the most insidious aspects of Charismatic Christianity is blaming an external evil force for the terrible choices they knowingly made to exploit their power and harm others.
Chris Reed, who recently resigned as CEO of Morningstar Ministries, is attributing his recently revealed sexual misconduct to being “under attack.” The statement comes after TRR reported allegations that he engaged in misconduct with a former student.
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Been saying this forever… now the data confirms it. Lay off policing people’s emotions on climate - it’s 💯 appropriate to feel distress (and rage, heartbreak, fear, anxiety.. all the feels). Humans are complex, we can be distressed and still fight like hell.
Well, well, well. According to email I received today from
@YaleClimateComm
(you should subscribe!), it turns out that Americans who feel "climate distress" are MORE likely to take ACTION compared to those who do not report any distress.
Can we please stop concern-trolling now?
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The perfection of Dolly Parton premiering a (damn good) song about climate change at the Academy Of Country Music Awards (in Texas!) while literally wearing a dress of the world on fire is just...
(no words).
What an absolute icon, goddess, and badass.
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An old friend just said verbatim: “you can’t save the world.”
I said: “I’m going to die trying.”
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HOLY SHIT.
Duke Energy Corp. intends to close the rest of its coal plants by 2035 and more than double its renewable capacity by 2030 as part of a massive — and expensive — clean energy push.
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I honestly think this is a major contributing factor to the growing climate mental health crisis.
I don't think we talk enough about how surreal it is for the planet to be on fire, everyone knows it's on fire, but the people in power can't be bothered to do anything meaningful about it
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Just a little history reminder: The religious right aka white evangelical voting block formed around support for segregation (aka racism), not against abortion.
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This line is chilling:
"When I say we are now heading toward a best-case outcome, this is what I mean."
-
@dwallacewells
in
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“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
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”
@GretaThunberg
made me realize that my desire to calm is the stuff of childish fantasy; anxiety is the mature response.” -
@FranklinFoer
This made me feel better, oddly.
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"For one thing,
@GretaThunberg
's history with climate depression—she has described these feelings as having been, at one point in time, debilitating—is familiar to a lot of people." Certainly true for me!
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One of my best friends is in the icu with covid. She just turned 40 and has 3 teenage boys. Please pray for her.
And get the fucking vaccine if you haven’t yet. Even if you’re young and healthy (she is/was).
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Today my therapist told me:
"I don't think you're crazy for being super worried & anxious about climate change. I think everyone else is crazy for not being more worried & anxious about it."
And it was one of the proudest moments of my life.
I had a PT appointment today & our conversation about climate change went like this: 1) this is fucking scary 2) we can do something about it 3) there are too many sell outs in elected office 4) we need a stronger state & federal senate
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Who are the best climate storytellers (in any genre)? Who are your fave experts on climate storytelling? What are your fave resources on climate storytelling? If there was a playbook of sorts for climate storytelling (for narrative/ fiction) - what would you want to see in it?
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Indeed we do.
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“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something is worth doing no matter how it turns out.”
— Václav Havel
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Ok, I've been holding off on commenting on the Franzen
@NewYorker
piece because I have mixed feels - some of which may be controversial - but I've been thinking about climate comms for 15 years now - so I do have some thoughts on it:
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Introduced my sisters to
@nlyonne
's masterpiece
@RussianDoll
this weekend. After 4 watches of the whole season, it's still my favorite TV show ever.
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I don’t care if you liked
@dontlookupfilm
or not (I loved it) - all of us should celebrate a climate- inspired / focused film getting nominated for 4
#oscars
DLU’s huge success opens the doors for many more climate stories from Hollywood. And that’s a big win for all of us.
“We really did have everything, didn’t we?” Congrats to
#DontLookUp
on being nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Editing! 🌎☄️
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This is beyond a doubt the most compelling & thorough article + argument for climate storytelling in scripted TV / film that I've ever read - thank you for exploring this critical topic
@beccawarner
&
@BBCNews
(and for the
@goodenergystory
shout outs!)
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It really sucks that every few days I'm like: hmm wonder what crazy, racist shit my evangelical megachurch father posted recently? And then I look, and it's always there.
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Once again, why I only fly
@Delta
A Delta flight was ready for takeoff but two passengers refused to wear a mask. So they went back to the gate, removed them from the plane, then took off.
#YesWeCanAgain
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Manchin is Catholic. Has anyone tried to get Pope Francis to call him?
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"More and better facts will not catalyze this sociocultural tipping point, but more and better stories might.” - Dr. Peter Kalmus aka
@ClimateHuman
#DontLookUp
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RANT.
It is 💯 normal for people who are just waking up to the severity of the climate crisis to feel despair and doom. It's also normal if you've been working at it for years (ie yours truly).
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but your climate anxiety is merited and ok.
"Climate anxiety – like climate depression or rage – isn’t a pathology. It’s a reasonable and healthy response to an existential threat...
The first step is to acknowledge the validity of these feelings."
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Y’ALL Dolly’s new song is about climate change - and it’s fucking 🔥
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Regardless of whether or not you like
@BetoORourke
, the fact that a major presidential candidate from an oil state is coming out this strong on climate - and calling on TX to transition off fossil fuels is a BFD, IMHO.
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Making a movie about scientists studying worsening monster tornadoes who never mention the climate crisis is... a choice. It’s not "preaching" to acknowledge the world we all live in. Ignoring it sends a clear message too.
#Twisters
@Twistersmovie
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We evacuated to higher ground. All the pups, humans, and our kitty are safe. Water is already higher than I’ve ever seen it and high tide isn’t until 9am. Pretty scary stuff but we’re ok. Not sure our house will be, though.
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The most powerful political ad I’ve ever seen:
The
#ClimateCrisis
poses a threat unlike any in human history. It’s a catastrophe of our own creation—but it doesn’t have to end this way. We can choose a different path.
Watch & share our new video:
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"Hope is “a white concept"... You’re supposed to have the courage first, then the action, then you have the hope. But white people put hope at the front. Their insistence on hope for all of these years has led to exactly where? Nowhere.” -
@MaryHeglar
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From a friend who is married to a German re: the debate last night:
“Every German I know said wow this is Hitler stuff.”
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The most maddening, evil, and heartbreaking thing about this is that the US created much of the turmoil Central Americans are experiencing that's leading to the migrant crisis via political intervention, propped up wars, illegal drug demand, and climate change.
BREAKING: Trump administration moves to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in escalation of battle to tamp down number of people crossing U.S.-Mexico border.
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'This event is completely unprecedented and upended our expectations about the Antarctic climate system,’ one expert said'
It’s 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted.
Seems bad.
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“The realities of climate change alongside governmental failures to act are chronic, long term and potentially inescapable stressors; conditions in which mental health problems will worsen.”
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Shout to all my fellow climate warriors. We've been wrestling with a huge horror show for years - and it often creates a lot of anxiety, uncertainty, heartbreak, frustration and fear. When you overlay a global pandemic, that's just a lot of trauma to process. Be kind to yourself.
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"Sometimes the most hopeful thing we can do is to look directly at the darkness. I don't think you're crazy - it's the world that's insane." -
@Dickinson
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Then I expect swift and transformational action on climate ASAP.
Science will always be at the forefront of my administration.
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One of the most powerful cognitive effects that tv/film can have is making us feel seen - less alone, less crazy. Millions of people are freaking out ab the climate crisis - but weren’t seeing that on screen.
#DontLookUp
is an exhale of catharsis. 🙏🏻
@davidsirota
&
@GhostPanther
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“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” —Alice Walker
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@AOC
@amazon
@Nextdoor
@BankofAmerica
needs to stop funding oil exploration in the Arctic Refuge - land that is sacred to the Gwich'in - it's a reckless, racist effort that would wipe out food security and an important indigenous culture - not to mention exacerbate climate change.
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This super pisses me off. FIRST - some of us don't want to move away from our homes. My family has been here on the Bama coast over a century and it's heaven (when it's not hurricane-ing). SECOND - many of my neighbors don't have the $$ to move - or even evacuate in some cases.
"Why can't they just move away from a hurricane region?"
Some of you were raised in healthy upper middle class homes and only discovered poverty is a thing during your sophomore sociology class at Oberlin or wherever the fuck and it shows.
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"Being alive right now means rethinking boundaries, pushing on the walls of your imagination. It means feeling around in this world for another one."
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All big societal changes - every single one - felt impossible, until it was done. It is some privileged and dangerous bullshit to give up fighting when we still have a chance at averting the worst impacts of climate change - and saving millions of lives.
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Amazing gig opportunity!
@netflix
is hiring an impact campaigner to study and grow the impact of climate and sustainability-related content:
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.
@PeteButtigieg
just called climate change A SIN.
I don't usually love "sin" language - but I couldn't agree more on this one.
#ClimateTownHall
Also - Episcopalians ftw
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“Oppressed and marginalized people have developed traditions of resilience out of necessity...They know that protecting joy and hope is the ultimate resistance to domination.”
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“TV Shows Are Starting to Reference Climate Change In Plots and Dialogue”
💙
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I've had two Trumpy aunts call me in the past 24 hours and tell me to basically back the fuck off when it comes to politics. HOW DARE I JUDGE THEIR CHARACTER BASED ON WHO THEY VOTE FOR. Well, guess what, fam. If you vote for a racist, sexist authoritarian I will judge you.
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This takes a lot of courage in the Deep South. Proud of these kids.
Ole Miss football team walked out of practice today to fight against racial injustice and police brutality.
They protested underneath the Confederate statue at the Oxford Square.
(via
@Local24Jalyn
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What a week to be on a panel with Secretary
@HillaryClinton
!!!
I hope Hillary Clinton is taking a moment tonight to drink some champagne.
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Randomly turned on
@NPR
to a brilliant interview with
@MichaelEMann
- savoring how even a few years ago it would’ve been unheard of to randomly turn on the radio and head an in-depth conversation on climate change. We’re making progress, friends. Just need to make it way faster.
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This poem by
@TheAmandaGorman
is why art, poetry, and story is so critical to our country and lives and planet. It gives voice to feelings. I helps us to see ourselves and our way forward. It gives us courage.
#InaugurationDay
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Why did my 22 year old self choose a career that quite literally involves staring existential terror in the face every damn day?
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A weird, hard part of climate activism and my life: your parents - in this case, my father - whose biological role is to protect you - fighting for the dark side and diminishing my life's work as nonsense - which is simply to protect this beautiful, precious world and life.
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On behalf of humanity, I would like to personally thank the members and leadership of
@WGAWest
@WGAEast
&
@sagaftra
for valiantly & brilliantly fighting for & WINNING the first legally-binding AI protections. May it be a precedent that paves the way for all creatives and workers.
In a contract valued at over one billion dollars, we have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope that includes "above-pattern" minimum compensation increases, unprecedented provisions for consent and compensation that will protect members from the threat of AI,...
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#DontLookUp
replaces 'Emily in Paris' as the
#1
Netflix title worldwide on Christmas weekend.
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