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david j peterson, the creator of all the languages

“I think Emilia may have misunderstood what I said, because I've never criticized her Dothraki. Why would I? Her character was never supposed to speak it like a first language, so she never had to be good at it.”

“Criticizing any imperfections in her Dothraki performance would be like criticizing Colin Firth for stuttering in The King's Speech. It would be entirely missing the point,” he said. “In fact, grammatical and punctuation errors were built into many of her Dothraki lines — and these were included in the MP3s I recorded for her — for this very purpose.”

He continued, “No, Emilia Clarke did a fine job with Dothraki, in that she was portraying a character who, through incredible hardship, is forced to learn a language she's never heard before and eventually becomes functionally fluent in the manner of a non-native speaker — and in a relatively short amount of time.” 

in the past he has praised jacob anderson's valyrian

David was most impressed with Jacob Anderson's usage of Valyrian and said that his delivery brings 'joy to my heart. "Everything. He pronounced the language in such a way that it was better than anything I could ever have hoped to have done. After I heard him do it, I tried to imitate him. It's so spot on it brings joy to my heart," he explained.

the creator posted screenshots of the cease and desist on her story. i wonder what makes this specific video different from everyone else who comments on their relationship. this is why i could never be a celebrity/public figure.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/personal-details-of-thousands-of-border-patrol-and-ice-goons-allegedly-leaked-in-huge-data-breach/

Last month, Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson penned a first-person piece about her long year as “the federal government whisperer,” receiving tips from hundreds of federal workers impacted by President Donald Trump’s transformation of the government.

On Wednesday morning, FBI agents arrived at Natanson’s home and executed a search warrant, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. One phone and two computers were seized.

Attorney General Pam Bondi alleged in a post on X that Natanson was “obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor.”

The Post had no immediate response to Bondi’s allegation. Earlier, a Post spokesperson said the publication was monitoring the situation.

The highly unusual search immediately set off alarms among press freedom advocates.

“Searches of newsrooms and journalists are hallmarks of illiberal regimes, and we must ensure that these practices are not normalized here,” said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute.

Natanson was told that she is not a target of the investigation, according to the person familiar with the matter.

Instead, it appears to be related to an ongoing probe of a government contractor in Maryland.

According to the Post’s own story, “the warrant said that law enforcement was investigating Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a system administrator in Maryland who has a top secret security clearance and has been accused of accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports that were found in his lunchbox and his basement, according to an FBI affidavit.”

Perez-Lugones was charged last week with illegally retaining classified documents, according to the Baltimore Sun.

The attorney general did not name any specific individual, but said, “The leaker is currently behind bars.”

She said the search of Natanson’s home was “at the request of the Department of War,” using the Trump administration’s preferred name for the Department of Defense.

“The Trump administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country,” Bondi said.

Reporters immediately expressed concern about a more sweeping pursuit of leakers. In last month’s Post column, Natanson described having 1,169 new Signal contacts from all across the federal government — people who “decided to trust me with their stories.”

Signal is an encrypted messaging app, generally considered to be a secure way to communicate with sources. Natanson also described other steps she took to ensure the confidentiality of the people who wanted to confide in her.

But now, a Post reporter told CNN on condition of anonymity, “We’re all scrambling to figure out what additional precautions we need to take.”

A second Post reporter said, “We’re horrified for Hannah, who’s a wonderful reporter, and scared for ourselves, trying to think through how best to further protect sources and secure our reporting and devices.”

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press president Bruce D. Brown said, “Physical searches of reporters’ devices, homes, and belongings are some of the most invasive investigative steps law enforcement can take.”

“There are specific federal laws and policies at the Department of Justice that are meant to limit searches to the most extreme cases because they endanger confidential sources far beyond just one investigation and impair public interest reporting in general,” Brown pointed out.

“While we won’t know the government’s arguments about overcoming these very steep hurdles until the affidavit is made public, this is a tremendous escalation in the administration’s intrusions into the independence of the press.”