uncletravellingmatt

Biden is putting in places policies that might include family detention (keeping kids together with their parents, but detaining them for a period of time, instead of releasing them and telling them to appear for a court date later):

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/us/politics/biden-immigration-family-detention.html

The good news is that this isn't a plan for separating children from their parents, or for a kid's-only concentration camp. But the bad news is, for children taken from their parents while in US custody, the Biden administration has only succeeded in re-uniting 600 of them with their parents, while 1000 remain separated. At least, instead of cages in migrant detention centers, some are with extended family or friends, and some are in various state foster care programs now, but scattered over the country:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/hundreds-of-migrant-children-remain-separated-from-families-despite-push-to-reunite-them

Hey Phil -

I'm a huge fan of your work.

How is your company, Tippett Studio, dealing with the impact of subsidies (foreign governments giving the major film studios kickbacks or tax breaks if they do VFX work in other countries instead of making movies in the USA) on the VFX industry in California?

We've seen the article "Tippett Studio Chief on Layoffs: ‘Why the Hell Doesn’t California Do Something?’", but lacking matching subsidies in California, what's your next step?

Other than Starship Troopers II, any other plans to be involved in developing your own intellectual property instead of doing work for hire? Do you still love the Ringworld books?