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Jill Chamberlain

@jillchamberlain.bsky.social
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If you're looking for screenwriting content, www.instagram.com/jillchamberlainau… is a better bet. Here I lurk and get political occasionally.

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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 4h
Absolutely infuriating. I'd no idea my former state of residence had such illogical policies and insensitivity on this issue. *Texas* actually has more evolved policies!! (The first time I've ever said that sentence). And I'm not letting the DA or CU panel off the hook. Jane Doe sd she was raped.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The ACLU and Amnesty International have published an exhaustive, 322 page repoter about student (and faculty) speech being under attack around the world. www.aclu.org/publications...
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In response to that putrid Bret Stephens column, brilliant @reluctantlyjoe.bsky.social made a whole Google Doc with buy links for all of the @nationalbook.bsky.social Prize nominees. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Bret Stephens is mad at these books, you should buy them and read them
Bret Stephens is mad at these books, you should buy them and read them, not just the SCARY PR COPY that triggered him like a snowflake. No, I won’t link this fuckshit here, because I won’t drive tra...
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Paxton took donations from Chinese investors who help facilitate the buying up of Texas land, the very thing he has accused Talarico of doing www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Exclusive: Ken Paxton donations tied to Chinese real estate investment firm
Paxton's campaign has taken in $40,000 from donors who work for companies that facilitate the foreign investments in Texas real estate, according to records.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe today is the day you start working on that thing. Just a page or two, you know? Get the juices flowing.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Your dad would be proud as hell of you, my man.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/09/2026
We are New York City and we always fucking will be.
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You might think you know what you're in for by photo 3. I assure you, you are not.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've written about illusion of celebrity & the "follow your dreams" lie... Key to fame: luck, luck & parents. 28% of young actors nepos 70% of big films had at "least one nepo baby in an important creative role" How much does nepotism really matter in Hollywood? www.economist.com/culture/2026...
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How much does nepotism really matter in Hollywood?
Over a quarter of young film actors in America have a parent in entertainment
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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’ve been an election volunteer in Wisconsin since 2020. I highly recommend it. If you can afford to take half the day off work, it’s the most rewarding civic duty you can do, and in a lot of localities it even pays a little bit.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/09/2026
My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...
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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware
This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like these: The one on the right invites authors to review and confirm their claims: jus...
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great advice for screenwriters looking for recognition, too.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This seems not good...
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Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is a more significant breakdown in the fundamental bonds of the union than the headline might imply. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u... 🎁
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ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight (Gift Article)
The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“When a third of the stock market is vaporized and takes the savings of everyday people with it, when the S&P 500 loses a third of its value overnight, it's going to make 2008 look like a walk in the park,” @doctorow.pluralistic.net said.
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Noah Evslin @nevslin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
TV writers, please use this thread to introduce yourself. Tell people what level you are. What you write. And if there is a dream staff you’d like to work on right now. I don’t have a huge following on here but who knows? Maybe the right person will see this and give you the boost you need.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We're hiring legal fellows to work on cutting-edge cases relating to free speech, press freedom, and new technology. Please send good people our way! knightcolumbia.org/page/legal-f...
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| Knight First Amendment Institute
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Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
No amnesty. No mercy. No fucking plea deals. Nothing but relentless pursuit and vigorous prosecution for every last one of these fucking monsters
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Houston Police and the Texas Department of Public Safety searched a Flock database for an Ohio county +80,000 times between June and July.
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Houston Police Department is the top Flock camera searcher in Lucas County, Ohio, data shows
The Lucas County, Ohio, Board of Commissioners president, Pete Gerken, said he was shocked to learn Houston Police is the agency searching their Flock camera systems the most.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone? Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal. by @shaw.al
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Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?
Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal.
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Bro is a term casually applied just as often to women these days." Um, beg to differ. I know literally not one person who would discuss a woman and refer to them as a bro.
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Mamdani’s ‘Bro’ Culture in City Hall: Sports, Memes, Nicknames for All
As much as Zohran Mamdani’s team runs on leftist idealism and social media hits, its style of governing also relies on humor, sports references and pop culture.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
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Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 31/07/2026
jesus. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
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Germany's heat death toll nears 10,000
Germany's heat-related death toll for 2026 has already surpassed every full-year total since 2016 — and is expected to climb as another spell of extreme temperatures takes hold.
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel
That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This InfoWars caper is going a little too well. We need to staff up a bit. We're hiring a Social Media Lead, who will help make InfoWars the network of the future. We need someone who is extraordinarily online, has big ideas for how things break through in 2026, and can pull those ideas off quick.
jobs.gusto.com
Social Media Lead, InfoWars at Global Tetrahedron
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bravo. Chalk one for freedom of speech and the little guy.
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Couple Stalked by eBay Settle for $56 Million
Two Massachusetts journalists were harassed by a Silicon Valley security team in a case that raised questions about when executives should be held responsible.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/07/2026
By filing Freedom of Information requests, 404 Media has obtained bodycam footage and documents that uncover stories about tech that powers ICE and how cops abuse Flock. You can FOIA too! On July 30th at 1 pm ET, we will teach you how to file a FOIA request live: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨 Hidden camera reveals how easy it is to get this unauthorized #peptide www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUjW... Thrilled to be part of this excellent CBC takedown of emerging #peptide grift. 🙏 Peptides: not a natural health product, no good efficacy or safety studies, potentially harmful. Sum: NO!
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How Canadians are getting unauthorized peptides
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m sorry what
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We should be talking about this story more.
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OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
June 10: Ken Paxton receives $275,000 from the chair of the board of regents at Texas Tech, which faces potential sanctions by the Big 12 over a quarterback at the center of a betting scandal. June 11: Paxton threatens the Big 12 with a $200 million lawsuit if they sanction Texas Tech.
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Texas Tech chair donated $275K to Paxton before he intervened for Sorsby
Cody Campbell, a major Texas Tech booster and GOP megadonor, has vocally defended Brendan Sorsby’s right to play amid a legal battle stemming from his betting scandal.
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yup. It's clearly still a problem.
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Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women
The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 09/07/2026
New: Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Thursday his office is committed to investigating the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent but cautioned that local prosecutors face challenges accessing evidence.
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Harris County DA will try to investigate ICE shooting
District Attorney Sean Teare said he is in contact with prosecutors in Minnesota who are investigating the January shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“But the bigger problem is how much of the media of ‘the left’ is dominated by men who appear to have no understanding of sexual abuse or intimate partner violence, but do have a pretty hefty sexist streak that they either aren’t aware of or don’t care to remedy.” YES @juliedicaro.bsky.social
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We have an even bigger problem than Graham Platner
The candidate's rise and fall perfectly illustrates the sexism in lefty media
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Lomi Kriel @lomikriel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The @texastribune.org is investigating this ICE shooting, along with that of Ruben Martinez last year in South Padre Island. We are seeking any cell phone footage of either events and you can share anonymously to me at 832-729-3421 or on Signal or WhatsApp.
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 09/07/2026
A few people have asked me who else didn't do PR cleanup for Platner and I was hesitant to answer bc I don't watch everything from every creator in this space & didn't just want to say the only one I'm confident about, which is @theserfstv.bsky.social. So, here you go!
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Another fantastic takedown by @skepchick.org, this time of the progressive media that continued to support Platner up until the last minute. Honestly, it's hard to watch, not at all bc of her but bc of all the clips of these so-called progressives showing their misogyny in all its glory. Vile.
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The Leftists who Mocked Graham Platner's Victims
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Misogyny. This specific political tendency is called misogyny.
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Jill Chamberlain @jillchamberlain.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I am so looking forward to not having to read about this asshole any more in about a week or so.
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Governor Spanberger signed the bill, passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature, banning the sale, manufacture, purchase and transfer of the weapons commonly referred to as assault weapons beginning July 1.
courthousenews.com
Virginia judge rejects militia-based argument against assault weapons ban
The case differed from other similar efforts to block the ban in that it focused on a clause governing militias in Virginia's constitution.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Most executives don't get horror. Those that do are having a field day right now as everyone wants to have a horror project. Everyone else is left scouring the planet for what the people in the know have already sifted through. Gonna be a lot of optioned ideas and books over the coming year.
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Scribner Books @scribnerbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Scribner Books is hosting this year's BOOKS LIKE US First Novel Contest. Sub the first 25 pages of your original adult novel starting July 8. Contest closes when 500 eligible submissions are received or on 7/14, whichever comes first. No purch nesc. U.S. only. 18+. Details: bit.ly/4vanW6c
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This Delaney Hall curfew likely violates both the U.S. and New Jersey Constitutions, and certainly violates them both by failing to exempt press. Press require sight and sound access to do their job. Think of them like a first responder, running to danger to keep public informed.
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