cass.forest @cityboundforest@computerfairi.es

To be clear, “The [#sagaftra] Interim Agreement is not a waiver… it is a #contract that includes all terms & conditions for producers looking to employ our members on their specific independent productions… If the AMPTP continues to refuse to bargain, our strategy denies them the ability to freely make their own original productions, allowing everyone other than the AMPTP to produce content with our members.” » https://www.sagaftra.org/message-about-interim-agreement

#SAGAFTRAstrike #actors

please set your body font to ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif if you absolutely have to use a pyramid of fallbacks

do not explicitly name ANY fonts

also, the CSS generic font names got extended a while back. you can now use system-ui, ui-sans-serif, ui-serif, and ui-monospace to request various system fonts, allowing you to honor your users' font preferences with no effort

every time i see some shit like -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Noto Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji" i Scream

apropos of nothing, irregular reminder to replace fonts.google.com or fonts.googleapis.com with fonts.bunny.net anywhere that you use it

it's a drop-in replacement that is privacy-respecting and isn't fucking google

i generally prefer to embed my own fonts and trim them down to just characters i need, but this is markedly better than staying on google and requires basically no effort

seems like things are going good over at Reddit where the company (led by its CEO “spez”) just launched its open pixel art canvas known as r/Place while users protest against recent Twitter-like API changes that killed third-party apps

Facebook helped fascists hunt down a woman who got an abortion and you clowns still wanna federate with them.

There are several ways to support professional #actors during the #sagaftra strike:

* volunteer » https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/stand-with-us
* donate to the Community Entertainment Fund » https://entertainmentcommunity.org
* post in support » https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/social-toolkit
* join a picket line » https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/picket-schedule-locations

Thank you for your support. 🪧

I was fortunate to participate in today’s #sagaftra rally in #Boston. It was encouraging to march with a couple hundred #actors — about 6% of the New England membership — in support of this industry we genuinely love. Here is the complete segment on today’s events from which this screen capture is taken » https://www.wcvb.com/article/new-england-sag-aftra-rally-boston-common/44593341

Professional #actors want to do the work for which we are most highly skilled and trained, and receive a fair, negotiated compensation that allows us to qualify for health insurance, support ourselves and our families, and which accounts for cost of living and economic inflation. We seek fair valuation of our contributed skills and talents in the #film and #TV entertainment enjoyed by so many.

Truth and honesty in business is the most effective means to achieve an end that is worthwhile and beneficial to all parties involved in contractual agreements. The recently expired #sagaftra TV/Theatrical contract was finalized before (or just at the start of) the Coronavirus pandemic and no longer reflects the paradigm that is this new, inflated economy in which we are trying to exist, and in which significant portions of entertainment are consumed on streaming platforms.

What is needed is truth in data:
* what the actual subscribership volumes are for each streaming platform;
* the associated revenue attributed to the subscriber volumes by platform and by country;
* the viewership data of these subscribers by platform and by episode/film. All of these data already exist and are known to production companies — but are not made available to #sagaftra

As reference, the Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) gross profit for the 12 month period ending 31 Mar 2023 is $15,476,000,000—that’s $15.476 billion—a 101.63% increase YoY. In Moody’s estimate, $600,000,000—$600 million—is one twenty-fifth WBD gross profits, alone. $600 M does not seem a heavy burden for production entities which make billions per annum and which, sadly, have not bargained fairly or transparently. » https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/WBD/warner-bros-discovery/gross-profit

Neil Begley, a debt analyst for Moody’s, wrote 17 Jul, “this standstill could be a relatively long strike” Further, “we estimate an agreement incr. compensation under new collective bargaining agreements will ultimately cost Moody’s-rated companies an additional $450 M to $600 M a year for each year of a new 3-year contract for all 3 guilds (DGA, WGA & #sagaftra)” » https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-strike-wall-street-analysts-assess-losers-costs-1235535871/

**CALLING ALL FRIENDS, ADVOCATES, AND ACTIVISTS** A leaked e-mail from a Texas Department of Protective Safety trooper documents the remarkably cruel measures Governor Greg Abbott has instituted at the border to deter crossings. These include hidden razor wire traps, the withholding of water even in extreme heat, and orders to push migrants—including children and infants—back into the Rio Grande where they might drown. The sight of razor wire to corral innocent human beings has echoes for me personally, when similar wire surrounded the Japanese American internment camps of my youth. We cannot let Governor Greg Abbott get away with this. I'm calling on you, my friends, advocates and activists, to help put a stop to this by signing the petition demanding the Biden Administration puts an end to these inhumane practices against migrants in Texas.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/806/513/820/?TAP=2430&source_id=TexasMigrants

Mastodon is great, the only thing I miss on this app is quote posts. I know they have a bad rap bc of Twitter, but every major social network has this functionality for a reason (Tumblr, LinkedIn, Facebook, IG). As a journalist, I’d love to add commentary and amplify great info, build on ppl’s points, etc. You just can’t do that the same wait with replies! Is there any chance we might get them on here?

Tell me something you love about the fedi.

I'll go first. I love the pics you all post under the #Bloomscrolling hashtag.

I think the world would be a better place if all people made the effort of figuring out how to argue against their own opinion about anything of importance. Understanding the opposite view deeply so to be able to communicate better with people we disagree with, and have basic respect to them even if we deeply disagree

Stop blaming strikes for economic damage. Strikes are a logical response to overreach and greed from corporations and the wealthy. If there is resulting economic damage, look to those who drove the workers to strike in the first instance.