docs: def get_queryset(self):
          """created the base queryset object for the serializer limited to users within the authors
          groups and having `is_staff`
  
          :return: `django.db.models.QuerySet`
          """
          author_filter = getattr(settings, "BULBS_AUTHOR_FILTER", {"is_staff": True})
          queryset = self.model.objects.filter(**author_filter).distinct()
          return queryset