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Amazon would have no cohesive idea what to do with it, just like with MGM, and are also IMO the most likely to sell off the lot.

Netflix makes mostly awful movies. Buying Warner is admiting that (they’ve already been caving more and more lately on their quest to kill theatrical so I’m not worried as in the past they’d reduce Warner’s theatrical output.)

Apple’s been making high quality movies with good directors, so has Warner. Together they keep doing that but make fewer. Same with HBO and AppleTV. These work better as Coke and Pepsi.

Universal is a bigger theatrical player and I fear a combination with Universal cuts the number of releases in half like it basically did with Disney/Fox. Also Paramount Skydance probably puts Lassiter in charge of Warner Animation which would be interesting. (No hugs!)

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

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

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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.

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

Writers are constantly gaslit by business affairs (and even their own agents and managers) about how everyone at any specific level is only working for minimums…that’s never been true and never will be true and this guide provides up to date statistical proof of that.

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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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I hope you give me the chance to work on your behalf. Please reach out to me with any questions about the election, myself, or the guild in general. I want to hear from you! You can find my contact information at my website van.link

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Van Robichaux

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Goals (cont.) • Explain What’s Actually Going on in Plain Language • Reform the Discipline Process and Make It More Transparent • Relaunch the WGA Platform and Make It Useful Again • End If/Come Deals

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Goals I’ll work toward as Secretary-Treasurer: • Improve Member Communication • Provide Out-of-Work Members Assistance Finding Jobs • Organize New Areas (Vertical Dramas, Scripted YouTube) to Increase Covered Opportunities for Current Members (cont.)

I also want to make sure that, as the business models of the industry shift, we act nimbly as a guild to make sure the union and the members can be financially secure.

Writers who know me personally regularly reach out for help understanding their contracts, their WGA health insurance, and to hear my take on what the heck is actually going on in this business. I’d like to help the entire membership the way I help my friends.

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I’m running for guild office to ensure that members feel just as heard during this period of industry turbulence as they did during the strike. Solidarity is not something to rally for once every three years; it should be reflected in the support we feel from our union and each other all the time.

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We successfully navigated the strike but new challenges have emerged. During this uniquely difficult time in our industry, many WGA members feel hung out to dry—without a job, unsure of what to do, and uncertain about what changes in our industry mean for their futures or the future of their union.

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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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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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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…and a video of it in action in the lab.

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Here’s a rendering of the process…

The technology uses laser pulses of varying intensity and wavelength to encode the information into silica crystals. It is in the process of being commercialized but has yet to be functionally utilized outside of the lab…until Luther perfected it of course.

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It was developed by the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Center by Professor Peter Kazansky. (Pictured here with the entity?)

A middle aged white man wearing a white shirt, dark jacket and glasses stands in front of a background featuring a colorful, pixelated sphere the looks frighteningly similar to the circular undulating patterns of data used to represent the digital consciousness “the Entity” in the most recent Mission Impossible.

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The five dimensions are the three spatial dimensions (width, length, and height) plus two optical dimensions (polarization and intensity of light) which allows for high density storage.

A hand holds a small, transparent circular disc with a faint iridescent center against a black background, showcasing a 5D optical data storage medium.

Two fingers hold a transparent disc showing diagrams of DNA and text that reads "Preserving Human Genetic Code for Eternity," above a rectangle of encoded data, illustrating the application of 5D data storage for genetic information.

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

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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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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That’s why it’s important to email everyone you can. Email writers that like you. Email writers that barely know you. Email writers that you’ve disagreed with in the past. You might be surprised

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I’m encouraging members to read ALL the materials provided before voting which is the first step. I think many of the flaws of the process reveal themselves self evidently if people put in the work. I trust writers to make up their own minds, I don’t trust they know this is worth consideration due.

I was just commenting on that concern because I didn’t want to leave it hanging out there unresolved since I brought it up. As for sending the email at all…it’s certainty not what I would have done, especially in the context of a board opting to not follow the prescribed constitutional process.

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Okay it could be worded more clearly and could specify what the other charge is about but it does at least separate it out earlier in the email.

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Does anyone have the rest of this email? I like Rob but I hope he isn’t lumping all of the cases together as he seems to be from the excerpt. One case is about an inappropriate image posted on Facebook. I don’t think the fact we were on strike has anything to do with why that image was inappropriate