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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

WGAW Writers! Voting for BOD & Officers starts today (you’ll get an email from Votenet Solutions ~10am PT) and closes 9/23/25 @ 12pm PT. I’m running for re-election to the Board. If you missed Candidates Night last night, here’s a version of my speech (edited to fit BlueSky limit). In solidarity.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

If this, uh, service doesn’t — in the words of a mentor who gave me my start with a freelance episode and then promotion from writers assistant to staff writer — “beat you to death with your own dream,” then it can’t be called “showrunner.” I don’t make the rules! The fucking audacity.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Celebrating a huge win today. In 2022, the @writersguildwest health plan added infertility benefits that, due to the need for a medical diagnosis, wound up being inaccessible to many LGBTQ+ and single WGAW members.

The first of three screenshots of an email from the Writers Guild of America West to members describing an expansion of access to the union’s infertility benefits to LGBTQ+ and single members, as well as the addition of some pre-surrogacy services.

The second of three screenshots of an email from the Writers Guild of America West to members describing an expansion of access to the union’s infertility benefits to LGBTQ+ and single members, as well as the addition of some pre-surrogacy services.

The last of three screenshots of an email from the Writers Guild of America West to members describing an expansion of access to the union’s infertility benefits to LGBTQ+ and single members, as well as the addition of some pre-surrogacy services.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 27/07/2025

Supposedly after pretending it was about money they're just openly talking in meetings about how they'll trash contracts and fire comedians for the absolutely unprescedented act of... making fun of the president on a late night talk show. Dictator shit.

While the studio audience – and many viewers - clearly agreed with the eloquent sentiment, the show’s bosses did not. Now it looks like Colbert may not even make it to the end of the series next year, as, according to journalist Rob Shuter, there have been words had with Colbert, and they have come “very close” to pulling him off-air. After reportedly calling a emergency meeting the morning after Cobert’s show aired, two senior executives reportedly said:

“He's daring us to fire him. And honestly? We’re close to doing it. He’s been warned. What he said was unacceptable. There are real consequences this time.”

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Mostly off of social media these days (because this is the bad place), but somehow it’s WGAW election season again. Members, please read my platform at the link. It’s been an honor to serve this membership. I’d be thrilled if you would endorse me for reelection! elections.wga.org/2025/rob-for...

A screenshot of a Writers Guild of America West Board of Directors candidate website featuring a currently serving member seeking reelection, a white male with close cropped hair on the sides wearing a dusty pink suit with a floral mesh undershirt, arms crossed in front, with a gold necklace, dark purple nail polish, a watch, and a stack of engagement ring and wedding band

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Booking flights now requires me to select my gender, Male or Female, and honestly this travel app yelling at me to choose a gender makes me want to use he/they pronouns more - because I’ve been evaluating my gender identity (TBH, I feel he/him ~95% of the time), but also to say fuck you to this shit

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Akilla Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Has there ever been a NYT opinion piece admonishing right wingers to stop snubbing their non-conservative/straight/cis/etc family? Why is it *always* on the left to accept right wingers?

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This is exactly right. Also, during the Biden administration, the owners of the tech sector experienced the beginning of meaningful anti-monopoly regulations from the federal government. They went fascist to crack down on worker power and destroy regulations. Classic move!

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Drove by the federal building in West Los Angeles… on a quiet, overcast Sunday morning… and there are still armed forces guarding it like it’s a FOB in a war zone. What a pathetic, fascistic waste of taxpayer dollars.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The clearly AI-powered dubbing on @wowpresentsplus.bsky.social’s newly released international Drag Races seasons (All Stars France and Brazil S2) would be terrible enough. But the app doesn’t give subscribers an option to choose the original language audio and subtitles! Don’t force this 💩 on us.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

New headshots courtesy of my wildly talented writer-director friend Jeff Perreca (who is not on BlueSky, unfortunately!)

A man with his arms crossed wearing a blush pink suit and a floral mesh undershirt, a gold necklace, and purple nail polish, from the waist up

A man wearing a dark blue Henley under a textured light blue bomber jacket and a gold necklace, from the shoulders up

A man seated wearing a red leather jacket over a patterned white polo and camel jeans, with a smile on one side of his face

A man holding his textured red blazer with black tuxedo lapel open to reveal a white v-neck undershirt, on a dark background, from the torso up

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Collective action is a right. Protest is a right. David Huerta, SEIU California President, was injured + detained for standing with workers. The WGAW stands with him—and with all unions defending our rights. #FreeDavidHuerta #Solidarity #WGAStrong

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I’ve been posting liberal-politics-invading-gymbro-space videos on TT. The funniest thing just unintentionally happened on my profile…

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

71% of Jews voted for Kamala Harris. Why? Because Jews can smell fascism a mile away & know that fascism never works out well for us. Trump’s administration includes straight up antisemites. They keep trying to elect antisemite Holocaust-deniers in Europe. 🧵

theatlantic.com

Trump’s Jewish Cover Story

The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

This is crazy. ALSO I’m now wondering, based on our ages, if Pete was in the Multi-Linear Calculus class I took at Princeton University when I was a junior in the local public high school and had passed out of all our math courses (hi! I became a writer!) I mean, he absolutely wasn’t, but.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Beginning to smell a lot like stagflation… 🫠

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

“Bloodless, if the left allows it to be.” - Heritage Foundation President

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Super great we’re working on that universal safety net so that people can surv- oh dang

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I don’t believe in gatekeeping or purity tests, but also if you generate AI slop in the style of Studio Ghibli, you clearly don’t understand or respect anything that Miyazaki was going for, and you should be barred from ever watching or referencing his works. He called AI “an insult to life itself.”

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Over a dozen states have eased child labor laws. I wrote an episode on this of S3 of #LeverageRedemption but had to focus on local (but still true) abuses because overthrowing multiple state govs. is out of our scope.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

is that bad? Seems bad

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Looks like the graphic interface in a sci-fi movie showing a pathogen spread

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

It’s difficult to overstate how asinine this is. mRNA vaccines have been the most revolutionary development of vaccinology in this century and are uniquely well suited to address many limitations that other vaccine technologies cannot (e.g., CD8 T cell responses in immunocompromised people).

kffhealthnews.org

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Meet your voters where they are

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

it’s also giving Hoover bc 🍊🤦🏻‍♂️ sucks

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Friends I’ve never been more attracted to a graphic.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/03/2025

When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism

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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I read Schumer’s reasoning. I understand the immediate politics, and the optics concerns, especially considering HOW BAD DEMOCRATS SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN AT MESSAGING AND AT BEING BELIEVED. It’s still appeasement, and proof of not fighting with every available tool. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown. We Must Not Give Them One.

A government shutdown would lead to real pain for the American people.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/03/2025

"By rejecting passivity, Sanders is also doing more to actually put Republicans—who’ve recently been ordered to abandon town halls in the wake of mounting anger from their own voters—under pressure."

newrepublic.com

Bernie Sanders Is Showing Democrats How It’s Done

The Vermont senator is taking his anti-Trump tour to red America—and it’s a smash hit.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Why yes I was able to, in my formative years, experience the trio of perfection that was Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy 6, and Chrono Trigger, why do you ask

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The only thing I regret about this is not saying USED car dealership

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

They could have just voted for Harris and given the money to charity and taken the tax deduction 🤷‍♀️

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

1) I recently had an unsettling conversation that the Khalil arrest, the cis woman hassled by cops in the Walmart bathroom, the Hispanic Trump voters detained by ICE who thought “but they were only going after criminals” made more relevant.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The only positive thing I will probably ever say about AI: Grok is only wrong 94% of the time? An improvement over its owner.

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Rob Forman @robsforman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

look, don’t blame me, I don’t want to make an 🍑 of myself on the internet but dire times, etc

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