Dale Drummond
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Dale Drummond
@daledrumm
VFX and Animation Guy



Coming soon…my 1-on-1 chat with Dexter Lawrence II #WhoDey


Antitrust Division acting chief Omeed Assefi, who signed a widely-panned deal which resolved the DOJ monopoly claims against @LiveNation & @Ticketmaster (thereby pulling out of the trial just one week into testimony), had this to say after today’s verdict:



We believe this transaction will be harmful to exhibition, consumers and the entire entertainment eco-system,” O’Leary said. “Further concentrating marketplace power in the hands of a smaller group of distributors that dictate the terms, windows, scheduling, screen-placement of movies and access to historic film catalogs will have a real and lasting impact on Main Street and millions of movie fans around the world.” hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

they’re shutting down avatar studios cause of y’all any minute now

When an industry is being consolidated by a handful of powerful companies, there is an overwhelming dynamic of *fear* -- as in, If I speak out, will I get work in this town again? A thousand people have now popped that bubble, paving the way for everyone else to oppose this deal.



Very cool seeing the wave of empty tankers heading to the US to pick up some desperately needed crude for Hormuz-starved markets. All the tankers on the map below are empty VLCCs (~2 million barrel capacity each) currently heading for the US Gulf Coast.



This is the scary phase of AI — a model deemed so powerful that its full release into the wild could unleash untold catastrophe. 🚨Based on our conversations with government and private-sector officials briefed on Mythos, this isn't hyperbole. It's reality. axios.com/2026/04/08/ant…














