Wow…

"The groundbreaking AI proposal that they gave us yesterday...they proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get paid for one day's pay, and their company should own that scan, their image, their likeness, and to be able to use it for the rest of eternity in any project they want, with no consent and no compensation,"

https://mashable.com/article/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-streaming?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3exv6bQVcX3MNOvnOLvjZMRrpJWkvjLniEZaIbLhSO1518vDuDLJxKoZI_aem_AVbLNlAoPv0w_1ZoOiLbmt-LehUkOBkG-7byv5ONsCMxz0cZFweg4duhLamjTVIRqYY&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

I joined SAG in 1959, a member for 64 years.

In 1960, Ronald Reagan led the call for an actor’s strike. He riled up a meeting at the Hollywood Palladium shouting “Strike, strike, strike!”

I voted for the actors’ strike authorization this June and support the WGA.

We're in solidarity.

Looks like they're at it again, which calls for a song...
(original version by @VeryBadLlama)

🎵
I’m a bitch
I’m an orca
Sinkin’ yachts
Off Majorca
I’m a mammal
I’m a whale
Capsize you with my tail
Sink your boats
Eat the rich
Or else I’ll feed ya to the fish
And then I’ll teach the other whales to do the same
🎵

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/orca-rams-into-yacht-near-scotland-behavior-may-be-spreading-180982429/

Can't resist laughing at this.

#punny
#funny

Something to bear in mind when repeating the Pentagon’s claims of minuscule dud rates with American cluster bombs:

“Advocates who have warned against using cluster munitions say the claimed lower dud rates are the result of testing in idealized and unrealistic conditions that don’t account for real-world scenarios. The Army’s artillery manuals have said even the military’s own dud rates can increase depending on the angle of impact and type of terrain in which they fall.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/06/biden-cluster-bombs-ukraine/