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The Pointlessness of the SAG Strike 2023
In recent weeks, the entertainment industry has been rocked by news of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike in 2023. While the actors involved in the strike have their reasons and concerns, it's essential to critically examine whether this strike is truly necessary or if it might be, in fact, quite pointless.
Economic Impact: One of the most immediate consequences of the SAG strike is the significant economic impact it has on the industry. Thousands of jobs, from actors to crew members, are being affected. Production companies are losing millions of dollars every day the strike continues. Given the economic hardships that many people have faced in recent times, including the COVID-19 pandemic, one must question the wisdom of causing further financial strain on the industry and its workers.
Demands and Priorities: The demands put forth by the striking actors are not unreasonable. However, one could argue that these demands might not be the top priority in a world grappling with more pressing issues. With global crises like climate change, social justice, and healthcare disparities, is a higher salary for already well-paid actors truly the most critical concern? Many people struggle to make ends meet, and it's hard to sympathize fully with actors making exorbitant salaries, especially when so many others are struggling.
Timing: The timing of the SAG strike is questionable, at best. It's happening in an era when the industry is still recovering from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people in the entertainment business are just getting back on their feet after months of uncertainty and unemployment. Striking now seems insensitive to the plight of others in the industry.
Alternative Solutions: Are strikes the only way to resolve disputes and negotiate better terms? In an industry that thrives on creativity and innovation, one would hope for more imaginative and collaborative solutions. Negotiation and dialogue could lead to more mutually beneficial outcomes without causing widespread disruption and financial loss.
Public Perception: Lastly, it's worth considering the public perception of the strike. In an age where people are increasingly disillusioned with celebrities and their lavish lifestyles, a strike like this may only further alienate the audience. The entertainment industry depends on the support and admiration of the public, and a strike that seems self-serving could harm its reputation.
In conclusion, while the actors participating in the SAG strike 2023 may have legitimate concerns, it's crucial to weigh the impact of their actions on the broader industry and society as a whole. In a world facing numerous pressing issues, this strike may indeed appear pointless to many, given its economic consequences and the perceived priorities of those involved. Perhaps there are more constructive ways to address the concerns of actors and create a fairer and more equitable entertainment industry.
#SAG Strike#Entertainment Industry#Actor's Demands#Economic Impact#COVID-19 Pandemic#Social Justice#Healthcare Disparities#Industry Recovery#Negotiation#Creative Solutions#Public Perception#Celebrity Lifestyle#Labor Disputes#Media Attention#Film and Television#Union Protests#Hollywood#Contract Negotiations#Workers' Rights#Economic Consequences#today on tumblr#deep thoughts
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Girl Born with Elephant Trunk Deformity Inspires Many with Her Journey
In a remarkable tale of resilience and hope, a young girl born with a rare deformity resembling an elephant’s trunk is winning hearts around the world. The girl, named Anya, was born with a unique condition that affects her facial features, particularly her nose, which has developed into a structure similar to that of an elephant’s trunk. Anya’s family first noticed the unusual feature shortly…
#Awareness#Beauty standards#Community support#courage#Elephant trunk deformity#Genetic mutation#girl#hope#Individuality#Inspiration#Media attention#news24h#Positive outlook#resilience#Self-acceptance#Supportive environment
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Review: You Belong with Me
Synopsis: International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a charming, hilarious, and heartfelt new novel about a woman adjusting to life in the spotlight when she begins a relationship with a famous actor, in this highly anticipated follow-up to Who’s That Girl. She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him? Edie found true love. And on Christmas day, he’s knocking at her…
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#Amazon#Avon Books#Avon Romance#Bestselling Author#book review#Chick Lit#contemporary#dating#doubts#entertaining#fun#Goodreads#Gossip#hilarious#Hollywood actor#media attention#Mhairi McFarlane#miscommunication#must read book#new#New Release#novel#recommended#Relationships#romance#sweet#Women&039;s Fiction#You Belong with Me
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The Bronx Zoo has just released Flaco's necropsy results.
He was not thriving, as the people championing the ideal of "freedom" claimed.
He was poisoned.
He was sick.
He was suffering.
"Freedom" would have eventually killed him. A building just happened to do it first.
"Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023. Onlookers reported that Flaco had flown into a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 23, 2024, and acute trauma was found at necropsy. Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists determined that in addition to the traumatic injuries, Flaco had two significant underlying conditions. He had a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons that had become part of his diet, and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City. These factors would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building. The identified herpesvirus can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey including owls infected by eating pigeons. This virus has been previously found in New York City pigeons and owls. In Flaco’s case, the viral infection caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow, and brain. No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed. Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors—infectious disease, toxin exposures, and traumatic injuries—that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting."
The naturalistic fallacy kills animals in horrible ways. The romanticism of what humans want to think of as a "free, wild, pure life" cannot be allowed supplant the reality of injury, sickness, and death. Releasing captive animals (or keeping them from being recaptured) because it's "better" for them to suffer untethered than live a healthy, safe, captive life is inhumane and horrific.
Flaco's life didn't have to end in pain, sickness, and suffering.
Flaco's death didn't have to be tragic.
But once the idea of "freedom" entered the chat, Flaco's fate was unavoidable.
#flaco#tw animal death#tw animal sickness#better dead than fed is a horrific mindset#zoo animal welfare#screenshot feat the WCS's inability to remember to remove their editorial template from highly sensitive press releases round 2#colored text#people who loved the ideal of him more than the reality of him#congrats#you killed this owl#I'm still so mad that people who wanted him to stay loose got all sorts of media attention for the elegies they wrote when he died
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The Skeptical Perspective: UFO Believers and Media Attention
https://headlinehorizon.com/Science/Air%20%26%20Space/1060
Renowned author and documentarian, Brian Dunning, shares his scathing critique of UFO believers and their reliance on media attention rather than scientific investigation.
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Lesbians should start using the battle axe, or “Labrys” as a symbol of empowerment again
#take back the axe#my carabiner post brought it to my attention that a lot of people associate the battle axe with terfs#I thought we were past that but I guess not#I think the axe is such a meaningful symbol that can represent and empower all lesbians#illustration#art#lesbian#lesbian art#butch#procreate#butch lesbian#artists on tumblr#butch4butch#battle axe#labrys#ink art#mixed media#pride month#lgbt#typography#lesbian pride#transgender pride#trans pride
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Danny, burnout and exhausted of being the basically only one who can fight ghosts but still gets villainized and hated by the people he saved, decides he's done.
Because he's 14 he runs to another city, one where his parents and GIW cannot willy dilly do whatever they want. Yes, he runs to Gotham. Without telling anyone.
At Gotham, he ultilizes his intelligence in making fake ID and studies at a normal if a bit run down Gotham high school, not the fancy one where Tim or Damian is studying because 1) he's trying to lay low and 2) he hates the rich. He uses an old abadoned fire station as his home.
It's all fine and dandy. He doesn't need to intervene much since there are plenty of vigilantes in this city and he's free to just...focus. On himself, his education.
Meanwhile, Amity Park is literally and metaphorically under fire with his absence.
#why not more fics of danny going not my prob anymore#he retires from being a hero and a fenton#and his mental health improves somewhat#while at amity park vlad is regretting since he is the mayor and ghost attack complaints are getting longer#eventually this somehow gets the justice league's attention#and social media explodes#danny looks up from his coke and goes eh you poor unfortunate souls#and goes back to his homework#dpxdc#dcxdp
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Haaaave you seen what happened with the NABJ Dumpy interview? WHO thought this would be a good idea? The Harris campaign must be setting off fireworks right how. I am just stunned his team A. let him do this in the first place and B. LET HIM STAY UP THERRE FOR SO LONG AND KEEP SAYING STUPID SHIT. Holy fuck.
Jesus rollerskating Christ. I took a peek at the Tweetymachine and this was just a sample of what popped up:
So let's recap, he was an hour late because he didn't want to be fact-checked in real time, he was booed onstage, he was supposed to talk for an hour and was yanked after 34 minutes (in the middle of a question about Project 2025, not-coincidentally), he rambled and insulted black people in front of the National Association of Black Journalists, insulted Kamala yet again, questioned whether she was "actually" black (they want to do Obama birtherism so bad they just can't help themselves), denigrated a black female reporter who actually asked him tough questions, and.... got this for it, I guess. Wow.
Good luck, Donnie Dumptruck!
#jcams88#ask#politics for ts#the giant orange monster#and where are all the op-eds and media campaigns to push HIM out/force him to step aside?#i'll wait#(and wait and wait and wait)#i repeat: wow#he wasn't content with vance getting all the terrible headlines i guess#needed moar attention
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Caitvi Scenes: 28/? ↳ Vi checks out Caitlyn her favorite cupcake 👀
#OK my favorite one has to be the second one because she doesnt do it once but TWICE vi what u doin LMAO but cait is indeed very distracting#and then the last one is so funny bc this is such a serious council meeting but shes like mmm 🍑 and vis like oops i have to pay attention#caitvi#arcane#arcaneedit#wlwedit#animationedit#vi arcane#arcane vi#caitlyn kiramman#caitlyn arcane#arcane caitlyn#vi#vi x caitlyn#caitlyn x vi#piltover's finest#media: arcane#type: gif#arcane league of legends#league of legends arcane#caitlyn#this is for user visbluehairedcupcake because their post gave me an idea tysm#anyways i dont blame vi one bit but all i ask is for cait to check vi out in s2 hehe
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Nepo Babies: Advantage or Disadvantage?
Have you heard of nepo babies? This is the current label given to children of famous parents, coined from the word nepotism. Career success, or lack thereof, should have more to do with work ethic and attitude, not whether or not you got a leg up from your famous parents’ name and/or connections. Whether their parents’ status has any effect on the success of those currently labeled as nepo…
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Sounds like Asheville NC is another Maui 🤔
#pay attention#educate yourselves#educate yourself#knowledge is power#reeducate yourselves#reeducate yourself#think about it#think for yourselves#think for yourself#do your homework#do some research#do your own research#ask yourself questions#question everything#ashville north carolina#where is the media#government corruption
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Just saw someone get pissy because "people in Gotham would have PTSD from Red Hood killing their family members just for being criminals".
Are you fucking stupid? I'm not joking do you have a brain eating parasite lodged in your skull?
When he's written correctly he's explicitly only targeting the people at the top. The crime lords, people who lace their drugs, traffickers, rogues. He isn't just breaking the necks of random crooks. We're talking about a kid who grew up stealing to survive, whose father died doing crimes to provide for them.
To call Jason being compassionate for small scale criminals and not a trigger happy psycho "fanon" or a "headcanon" puts your literacy into question at best and makes you look like an asshole at worst, especially when you put it in the main tag and don't bother to put it in the "Anti Jason Todd" or "Jason Todd critical" or "Jason Todd salt" or even "Jason Todd bashing". See that collection of easily blockable tags so I don't have to see your utter fucking nonsense on my dash?
They also said they don't think Jason cares about crime prevention at all and was just an angsty teen rebelling. Like tell me you didn't even fucking read Under the Red Hood without telling me.
#dc#jason todd#Vague posting on top of blocking because this actually really pissed me off#Either gain media literacy or tag your shit right#to be fair OP did tag it correctly#but the dip shit who reblogged it from them didn't#so I still ended up seeing it#people keep reducing Jason to seeking Bruce's attention and it's actually starting to make me tweek because it ignores every other aspect#of his character and as a narrative device to point out the faults in Bruce's morals#if you guys could quit choking on Bruce's dick long enough to use your brain that would be lovely
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hmmmmgrhhf thinking bout crowley and childhood trauma and abandonment and rage again
#me (a traumatized queer with mommy issues): wow this show is so fucking relatable. why isn’t it getting more attention in the media??#sorry for the pixelly quality it is one in the morning and I cannot find better resolution images#good omens#crowley#ineffable husbands#good omens 2#aziraphale#aziracrow#go2#ineffable lovers#ineffable wives#good omens season 2#on childhood trauma#gomens#gomens 2#tw: mention of trauma#david tennant#aziraphale x crowley#crowley x aziraphale#on rage#angel!crowley#anthony j crowley
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"Jonny 'I don't write happy endings' Sims" this, "Jonny sits in his castle of screams and tortures characters" that - every story that man has put out into the universe is three raccoons called Hope, Humanity and Love wrapped up in a trenchcoat of horror and his writing gives me hope that us humans aren't completely doomed maybe.
Try to change my mind, but you can't!
#jonny sims#the magnus archives is a podcast distributed by rusty quill and is single-handedly powering my will to live#when you think you're signing up for horror media#and instead you get gut-wrenching stories of the power of love#something something#the indomitable human spirit#shitpost#question mark?#the mechanisms#ouatis#udad#hnoc#tbi#tma podcast#family business#thirteen storeys#attention ali
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