Editorials
EDITORIAL: It’s Time, Yet Again, to Support Screenwriters
It would of course be an exaggeration to say the debate over screenwriter contracts is as common as the debates over abortion or guns. But here in Los Angeles, the topic sure comes up quite frequently. The current work agreement, which was only a three-year deal, is set to expire on May 1, and on Monday we learned that the members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to authorize a strike with nearly 98 percent of members votes.
We Applaud West Hollywood’s Drag Laureate Program
If some of the nation’s more reactionary Republican governors are to be believed, one of the greatest threats to children in the United States right now is drag shows. You read that correctly. The thought would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. Because we all know that not only are drag shows not a threat to children, nor an indicator of how they will identify as they mature, but they are also hardly the last stop for the extreme right-wing that is more and more emboldened in the MAGA era.
ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence is Really Scary!
You may have heard about new artificial intelligence software that can generate content with the prompting of a few keywords. Well, ChatGPT, which launched last November, certainly scares the heck out of us. Initially invented as a search engine to answer questions, ChatGPT can generate whole articles of content with a suggestion of what one is looking for.
Take Redistricting Out of the Hands of the L.A. City Council
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-2 to oppose a piece of state legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 52, by L.A.’s own Maria Elena Durazo, which would give the state legislature the authority to establish and Independent Redistricting Commission for the City of L.A. Those 11 Councilmembers should be embarrassed.
EDITORIAL: It’s Time, Yet Again, to Support Screenwriters
It would of course be an exaggeration to say the debate over screenwriter contracts is as common as the debates over abortion or guns. But here in Los Angeles, the topic sure comes up quite frequently. The current work agreement, which was only a three-year deal, is set to expire on May 1, and on Monday we learned that the members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to authorize a strike with nearly 98 percent of members votes.
We Applaud West Hollywood’s Drag Laureate Program
If some of the nation’s more reactionary Republican governors are to be believed, one of the greatest threats to children in the United States right now is drag shows. You read that correctly. The thought would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. Because we all know that not only are drag shows not a threat to children, nor an indicator of how they will identify as they mature, but they are also hardly the last stop for the extreme right-wing that is more and more emboldened in the MAGA era.
ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence is Really Scary!
You may have heard about new artificial intelligence software that can generate content with the prompting of a few keywords. Well, ChatGPT, which launched last November, certainly scares the heck out of us. Initially invented as a search engine to answer questions, ChatGPT can generate whole articles of content with a suggestion of what one is looking for.
Take Redistricting Out of the Hands of the L.A. City Council
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-2 to oppose a piece of state legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 52, by L.A.’s own Maria Elena Durazo, which would give the state legislature the authority to establish and Independent Redistricting Commission for the City of L.A. Those 11 Councilmembers should be embarrassed.
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