Fantasy filmmaker. Autistic Minnesotan. Proud Farmer-Laborite Socialist trying to do some good. Founder of @BattlemageFilms.
Duluth (he/him)
Joined August 2008
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Hey all! Reminder that my debut feature film, Gleahan and the Knaves of Industry, is available in a bunch of places!
An opportunistic jerk joins the quest of a delusional man who thinks he lives in a fantasy world. They team up and fight crime. Fun stuff!
battlemagefilms.com/gleahan
One thing you can count on Ken for is that he'll ALWAYS go to bat for the party's duly endorsed / nominated candidate.
Make no mistake: There is only one choice in the Michigan U.S. Senate race, and it’s Abdul El-Sayed.
ALT A black graphic with white text reading, "Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin: Haley Stevens’ disappointing decision to endorse Mike Rogers, a Trump ally who would join Republican efforts to sell out working families, is a betrayal of the values of the Democratic Party. At a moment when Democrats are united in fighting for Michigan families and standing up to Trump’s agenda, we reject these efforts to sow division within our party. We will not allow last-minute political stunts to derail our momentum and we will triple down on our efforts to elect Abdul El-Sayed on Tuesday."
Sam Altman literally wants people to download RAM, one of the oldest Trojan horse scams on the web.
Ridiculous.
OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization tomshardware.com/tech-indust…
I settled with my landlord a little over a year ago, then I got a lucky break and moved out.
Don't leave repairs up to the courts like I had to. Duluth won Right-To-Repair a couple months after I settled this lawsuit.
St. Paul can have this relief too. Get out there and VOTE!
NEW TODAY: With the help of @DanSuitor, my brother and I just filed a settlement with the St. Louis County Court to end a lawsuit against our landlord, Bob Swanson. /🧵
Obama's endorsement is a fine pull but it doesn't hold a candle to Talking Directly With The People You Want To Vote For You.
Amy, I know you have the capacity. Just knock some regular people's doors. Please. I'm begging you. You don't have to make this so hard.
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I love my country, Minnesota. Natural beauty, multiculturalism, & bottomless solidarity. We got trans babes, Somali moms, church ladies, & average Joes looking out for each other.
Yes there is hardship & poverty. The cops & every mayor suck ass.
And I would die to protect it.
PSA: For the sake of our trans siblings, you need to stop caring about Harry Potter.
youtube.com/watch?v=69bYmZWE…
Listen. If the Vatican starts funding film production like it funded cathedrals a thousand years ago, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Sure, I may be Lutheran but the Catholic Church is way more chill about other denominations now and we're basically the same, right?
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
Like, if the Pope called a crusade on AI and drew the battle lines at "Art," I'd sign up for the front lines in a heartbeat.
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In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
This is entirely Too Much. We have to stop this.
David Ellison has shown an official graphic of everything Skydance will own after acquiring Warner Bros and Paramount.
Assets:
• TNT
• CBS
• CNN
• MTV
• TCM
• Showtime
• Adult Swim
• DC Studios
• Paramount+
• Nickelodeon
• HBO/HBO Max
• Comedy Central
• Cartoon Network
Film Rights:
• Star Trek
• Gremlins
• Beetlejuice
• DC Comics
• Tom & Jerry
• Harry Potter
• Citizen Kane
• Transformers
• A Quiet Place
• Looney Tunes
• The Conjuring
• Mortal Kombat
• Game of Thrones
• Dora The Explorer
• Mission Impossible
• The Lord of the Rings
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Dune 3 (distribution rights)
• Minecraft (distribution rights)
• MonsterVerse (distribution rights)
I'll believe it when I see it, Teddy. You don't have to wait for Kpop Demon Hunters 2 — just start releasing films theatrically right now!
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has promised that ‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS 2’ will receive a “a very broad theatrical release.”
(Source: thewrap.com/creative-content…)
It's fucked up that Minnesota filmmakers' only funding options are "scramble over the same two 5-figure grants" or "make your friends do it for free lol" when we have literal Fortune 500 companies based here who have chosen NOT to go Full Medici with a fraction of their wealth.
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We are now in the SENATE!
After another year of conversations around DC, we have gone bicameral. Steph and I are proud to announce the launch of the Senate Creators Caucus.
Washington is making increasingly consequential decisions about AI, social media, online safety, and the future of creative work. Creators, as the front lines of these issues, should be a voice in those conversations, but historically, we've fallen into the cracks of the system.
Now we have a seat at the table.
More to come soon!
ALT MatPat at a Senate Creators Caucus podium
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Democrats could spend a fraction of what they're sending to Ossoff, Talarico, and Sayed to tilt this race Blue.
Any guesses as to why they have all but abandoned Angie in terms of fundraising and media support? (rhetorical question. we all know why)
New - Florida statewide races
Senate
🔵 Angie Nixon 45%
🔴 Ashley Moody (Inc.) 45%
🟡 Other 3%
St. Pete Polls #C - LV - 9/17
