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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Uber price was $60 on my phone but $120 on my wife’s and I’m a feminist but it still stings.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’d rather Paramount buy Warner than Universal I’d rather Netflix buy Warner than Amazon/Apple

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

at the Some Kings protest chanting: “Any Monarch but Trump!”

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Some mixed news: I did not win the election for WGA Secretary-Treasurer but I did win the estate sale auction for Larry King's 1988 Cable Ace Award for Best Talk Show.

Van’s face reflected in an award trophy with a wooden base and a mirror finished spade. A small plaque reads NINTH ANNUAL ACE WINNER Talk Show Series Larry King Live CNN

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The most useful page on the WGA website.

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Edward James Almost @ed-james-almost.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I have no idea how many people this will reach, but Van has always been a solid #WGA choice. If you have any say in the election process, please consider him. He legitimately cares about writers and the industry as a whole.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The 2023 WGA Strike was a difficult experience for all members, but also marked a high point in member solidarity & guild communication. When the strike ended, that communication stopped completely—and as a result, I’ve watched us grow more disconnected & allow our hard-earned solidarity to wither.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

WGA CANDIDATES NIGHT is tonight at the WGA THEATER (not the headquarters). Please consider attending if you’re a member. You’ll get to hear from all the people who want to run your union (including me). Wednesday, Sept 3 6:00 p.m. Writers Guild Theater 135 S. Doheny Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90211

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The Mission Impossible 5D Optical Data Drive sounds silly but for what it’s worth, that’s the real name for a real storage technology.

Screen grab of Mission Impossible Final Reckoning. Willaim Doneloe holds a glowing cuboid and looks at it. Subtitles show him say “It’s a 5D optical data drive.”

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The Mission Impossible 5D Optical Data Drive sounds silly but for what it’s worth, that’s the real name for a real storage technology.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Glad to see him out of DC and back to doing what he does best, crashing his exploding spaceships.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

It’s actually very simple: HBO is the real life astronaut that inspired the HBO Max toy.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Fellow WGA members: I thoroughly urge you to read *both* the materials released by the Guild and individually released statements by Accused Members before making your choice on penalizations.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I volunteered to help an autistic writer involved in one of the WGA disciplinary appeals currently before the membership. The sloppy, unprofessional way the guild handled itself during the process was very embarrassing to me as a member.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Van Robichaux Norms Hotcake Pile, 2025 Social Media Post

A warmly lit, shallow-focus photo of a fresh stack of golden pancakes on a plate at Norms Diner on La Cienega, resting beside the griddle amid a bustling kitchen scene

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

L.A. has the most insane gas price spread. Same side of the street, same brand of gas, but about 1000 yards north…$1.20 cheaper!?

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

my (positive) review of A Complete Unknown: “Jesus Christ, musicians take themselves way too seriously, they’re almost as annoying as music fans.”

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Seeing the Accountant 2 with the boys opening night

movie selection chart with every other seat empty

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They Might Be Jordan @jordumb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

"Santa is the most famous person in the world"

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

With studios abandoning DEI initiatives, what will agents & managers tell white clients who still can’t get work?! Anyone remember what their go to excuse was back in the 80s and 90s?

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

My main man Mitch ready for action

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

¥1,000,000,000 idea: AL PACHINKO

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Fun video my wife’s iPhone made of the old show I used to do with my pal Mitch

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Minion huh? Well he’s got the hat for it, besides that brand a chaos’ll fit right in here in the patch. Don’t matter to me if somebody used to run with a villain—what kinda men you think I’ve worked for? Ain’t been heroes…tell you that much.

Landman on the phone hiring Tim the Minion to work the patch

Tim the Minion excited to start a new career in petroleum mineral rights management.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

My dream job right now is probably Severance. (Not writing for the show, I mean a job staring at numbers on a weird computer all day and never remembering work.)

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Just sold a pilot to Watch Duty!

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

2024 was one of the better recent movie years. A few I enjoyed a lot: Trap Megalopolis Challengers Juror #2 The Beekeeper Roadhouse The People’s Joker Civil War Twisters (4DX) Conclave

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

There’s a few hours left to record & release a viral Thanksgiving Kendrick parody, “Gobble Up” just giving everyone a heads up

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

When the strike is long over & the time comes to negotiate an individual deal on a project, it will serve you well to remember how incompetent & incapable the people controlling the money at these companies are. They need you. Know your worth.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

The current goal of studio PR is to make WGA members & the town believe we’ve won & if we turn down any offer now, we’re greedy fools. Back in reality, the WGA will calmly make logical, rational moves—appropriate & normal for resolving a labor action—as they’ve done all along.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

The WGA strike is at a critical point. Our leverage & power have cumulatively built every day. Studios will make concessions previously claimed impossible, but not without testing our resolve. They’ll offer the minimum we might accept to guard the max they’re willing to give. 🧵

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 22/07/2023

I’m running for the WGA Board of Directors. I want to ENFORCE OUR GAINS, AUTOMATE COLLECTION OF LATE PAY, use BIG DATA ANALYSIS to locate underpayments, BAN IF/COME DEALS, and SUPPORT OUR SISTER UNIONS. 🧵

Van Robichaux
For Board Of Directors
In last year's WA election I was the only candidate to bring up Artificial Intelligence. I'm thrilled the strike will give us the opportunity to negotiate Al protections, but for Al-just like late pay, free work, and other abuses-enforcing the terms is as important as what's in the contract.

Van Robichaux photo from his WGA Candidate site.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

Okay I guess it’s back to this.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

As a WGA member, full on solidarity with actors. Speaking just for myself, I believe deepfakes and “AI” and voice synthesis poses an even greater existential threat to actors than to writers. And what’s happening to recurring roles is similar to what we’re facing in the plague of mini rooms.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 22/05/2023

You could build generative AI models with just public domain & licensed material. The major AI companies intentionally choose to not do that. Instead they use people’s work w/o permission because they recognize the value that work adds & hope to extract it for free. It’s art laundering.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 18/05/2023

Do I use my 1 invite to get Bug Mane on Bluesky?

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 18/05/2023

So you want AI to write scripts? Careful what you wish for…

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 14/05/2023

Absolutely losing my shit that there is a Van Solidarity Front in the WGA picket, this is amazing.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 12/05/2023

Back at it today with my pops. Vans United.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 09/05/2023

Are there any brands posting on Bluesky? (aside from me of course)

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 09/05/2023

On the WGA picket line with my dad Van. He's lawyer now but he paid for law school working as a Teamster in the 70s.

Two Vans picketing at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

Here’s how screenwriting currently works. After months of free pitching on dozens of jobs, you finally sign a contract to get paid to write a film script. You‘ll be paid half when you start & half when you deliver the script. It’s due 12 weeks later. Seems pretty simple except…

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

I’ve been using GPT-3 since the private beta in 2020 and I’m 99% sure I’m the only produced screenwriter that’s true for. Here’s my thread about why I’m not worried about AI scabs taking our jobs during the WGA strike (this time).

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

An article is going around claiming Hollywood studios have a plan to use AI to write screenplays during the writers strike. This is mostly anti-strike propaganda meant to discourage writers, but I certainly believe it’s something they’d like to do. For now it’s a hollow threat for a few reasons…

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

I cannot stress enough how grateful I am for the incredible support of the Teamsters leadership and their drivers who have steadfastly been refusing to cross writers’ picket lines.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

The WGA has released their proposals and what the steamers and studios offered in return and so many screenwriters and even producers are txting each other cry laughing over this especially their offer of ‘meetings to educate about writers free work concerns’

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Van @vanthebrand.bsky.social · 02/05/2023

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