Every exec after reading my dark comedy pilot that’s based on my wild ass family trauma: “Wow, this is a fantastic script! But also… hoe, is you good????”

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

Quick reminder that #DEI initiatives were not put in place to ensure lower-qualified minorities could get hired instead of more highly-qualified white people, it was put in place to ensure lower-qualified white people were not hired instead of more highly-qualified minorities.

Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

Some good news: California’s power plants burned 40% less fossil fuel for electricity last year compared to 2023, with battery storage doubled. “Every major renewable—geothermal, hydro, wind, solar in particular, even offshore wind—is lower cost than fossil fuels” grist.org/energy/calif...

This season of MO on Netflix is excellent. So so good. Love the 🇵🇸 storytelling that Mo and Ramy are doing. And through comedy? *chef’s kiss* Studies have shown that audiences build more empathy w/fictional characters than they do with real people. Film and TV are so important.

transition has been mostly DIY and community-organized since forever. when you're ready, figure out what you can offer and what you need. talk in real life, use signal, get creative, don't get caught. they can't break us in a way that matters!!!! I love you.

You never needed government approval to be trans. This won't stop us either.

Pritzker: "Let me assure you, the state of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have." He then repeats a line he first used in his public comments following the election last November: "If you come for my people, you come through me." #twill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans.

If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.

2024 was WILD and it all started with a shout out from @kyrajones.bsky.social that landed me on Velvet Pulp from @ashlazer.bsky.social and the folks at the Stunt List, which then lead to Joey partnering with them and marketing my pilot TITS UP to my (now) rep at Heroes and Villains. ⚡️

It should prob be remembered that “birthright citizenship” was the product of the abolitionist mvt, which understood that no person of color would be safe from deportation or bondage if their citizenship could be questioned or taken away

This *might* be the year I finally try doing standup. The hoes been begging for years, and I’m tired of waiting for Hollywood to decide niggas can be funny onscreen again. You gon get these jokes, damn it!!

This is VERY important for anyone you know affected by the Los Angeles fires who is currently raising funds on GoFundMe: FEMA does not cover expenses already paid for by other sources. So be careful with how you word your fundraisers—this has affected people who survived other natural disasters.

My wife and I are floored by the level of support from our community after these fires. We are going to be OK. If you want to support those affected by the wildfires in Altadena, please signal boost these displaced families and donate if you can: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

For folks with school age kids affected by the Eaton Fire

When the bubble pops, and it will, you’re not just looking at a few Johnny-come-lately companies shuttering. This is a load-bearing delusion. The entire tech industry is fucked because they all bought in, every VC firm bought in, investors have everything in it. They need to make you like it.

As some people return to the structures spared from Los Angeles wildfires, experts warn that they should be careful of the air inside and especially cautious when cleaning up.

A fun thing you can do is pop onto Zillow, look at all rentals in a random chunk of the greater LA area, sort by recently changed, then check every price increase to see if it was more than 10%. If there's no obvious changes (didn't go from unfurnished to furnished) then report it for price gouging.

Price gouging (increase of more than 10%) during a natural disaster is ILLEGAL in California. If you see a shitty real estate listing, REPORT IT. www.kqed.org/news/1202130...

Extorting people in need is evil

🔊 PSA for nondisabled people 🔊 It's time to step the FUCK up if you wanna be an ally. ASL interpretation is being targeted by right wing cry baby douchebags. Shut this shit down when you see it. SPEAK UP. This barrage of ASL hate is heavier than usual.

Now this, this is looting. Ain’t nobody gonna be arrested for it either.

I can go back to LA and breathe poison air, or I can stay with my parents and starve to death because they keep forgetting I have a gluten sensitivity. I have lost 5 lbs in 5 days 😭

Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

Thanks for sharing that Chicago crime is trending downward. It would be great to see reporting that includes environmental trends and community investment as contributing factors—not just the police.

Instructions on how to support them docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hi!! I’m now just $35 away from my $500 fundraising goal for tomorrow. Who wants to be the one to get me there? Even just a $10 would be so helpful!

I’m on the board of Mezcla Media Collective, a nonprofit for women & nonbinary filmmakers of color, and we’re fundraising for Giving Tuesday! I’m specifically raising $500 of that goal. If you can donate, select my name under “Credit a Team & Member.” Even just $10 helps! givebutter.com/8yVhzH

Happy Annual Lighting of the 405 Christmas Lights!

I need this app to be just a liiittle more unhinged. Not to toxic, fascist levels like The Bad Place. But tell me a 32-thread story about how your roommate got your baby mama and sister pregnant at the same time.

A new report details both an epidemic of fatal violence and discriminatory legislation against trans Americans. While many fear a Trump administration will only further threaten trans lives, these orgs are fighting back. ⤵️

SCREENWRITER AXIOMS FOR PITCHING Relax, they want to you do well. Don't pitch every scene. Detailed Act 1, summarize Act 2, bring it all together in end. They'll sched an hour. Pitch is 25. Rest is preamble and Qs after. Memorize, read, riff... doesn't matter. Just be confident and passionate.

HERE WE GO!!! I had the honor of working Phantom Four, along with @megfitz89.bsky.social & showrunner Saladin Ahmed on the DC podcast #BatmanUnburied season 2. Colman Domingo voices Batman! Trailer’s up on Spotify NOW! Drops 11/26! Can’t wait for y’all to hear this! #ScreenwritingSky #ScriptSky

Rep Jasmine Crockett bringing the fire.

THE MS. PAT SHOW is so damn good! If we’re gonna be entering a new era of multi-cam sitcoms cuz these studios are being cheap, let more of them be daring, raunchy, and smart like this one. And let BET stop hiding their gems! BIGGER was also amazing 😭

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0

I think y’all are confused in my comments bc maybe you don’t follow me on Twitter. But I’m well aware you can have jokes in a drama. I am intentionally making it humorous. But my comedy writing is VERY joke dense. I’m talking 6+ jokes per page. That doesn’t work in a drama, y’all!!

Using my script to give my hometown the love it deserves

"Rolling over whenever conservatives whipped up a new crime panic did not reward Democratic candidates. It instead taught voters that Republicans’ racist, dubious, and malicious narratives about crime were the only ones that mattered."

I was JUST thinking about this today. Y'all, see below for info on getting bystander intervention training. We're gonna need it.

I’m trying to write a drama pilot right now and it’s hard bc I just wanna be funny so bad!! I keep seeing places where I can put a 🔥 joke, then have to remember that Hollywood hates joy right now 😔