Love this. Tattoo it on my forehead.

And You Will Know Us by the Airborne Spread

From the yacht clubs to the Botox clinics, from the ultra-exclusive brothels to the post-apocalyptic luxury bunkers…listen closely and you’ll hear them cheering for their emancipation and hard-won justice. Congrats to the underserved community of centi-millionaires and billionaires. 🥹

If I were a sociology professor in Florida I would start using this idiotic memo as my syllabus. Let irony, sarcasm, inference, dialogue, and the implacable nature of reality do the rest.

New from me: It's time to get rid of networked cameras. buttondown.com/creativegood... I feel strongly about this piece, so here's a thread - 1/

When he didn't die in Vietnam (tragically), I like to think Joan jammed her golden pen through Greg's brain about fifty or sixty times and just told everyone they got divorced. 🙂

i can’t stop laughing

What movie made you exclaim… “THIS IS CINEMA!” m.youtube.com/watch?v=A64r...

I’d like to embrace Kevin and validate his feelings, but February has drained the life from my body and I cant even lift an arm to high-five. Maybe we’ll just share a beleaguered gaze into the mist.

February is the Lars von Trier of months.

barkeep, can i get another activity placemat over here please? (sliding a fifty across the bar) and keep those crayons comin'

The system won't collapse because the ruling class will go to extraordinary lengths to protect its own. This is class warfare. The more of them that are implicated, the more ironclad their solidarity will be.

Seems likely, and this obscure 80s gem kicks ass. m.youtube.com/watch?v=tqED...

go off jack white

All Americans have oppositional defiant disorder to some degree. Sometimes it‘s horrible, but it can be wonderful. If this happened on Election Day, I believe we’d see the biggest turnout since 1876, driven by the incandescent rage of America’s collective consciousness.

Native Texans like me will tell you that a Democrat winning handily in Tarrant County is like…what if King Charles announced he was abdicating the throne at 77 to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a UFC champion? Mouthing “what the fuck?” while smiling, for once, is nice.

the people at the top have been exposed. now we watch as the whole system comes crumbling down. i said, now we watch as the whole system comes crumbling down *kicks system* stupid system. start crumbling

2046. i work as moose at cro-magic. a survival fantasy camp for the eat anythings. they hunt me for sport. sometimes they forget the game and talk to me. i like it. at night in my hut under the IH35 ruins I chew juniper leaves to make a poultice for my wounds. pres chalamet jr is on the jumbo prawn.

When I saw Requiem for a Dream in the theater it was so viscerally upsetting, I had to leave my seat and go vomit (especially the “ass to ass” scene with my childhood heroine). With all his films I get the feeling that Aronofsky gets off on our disgust and distress. AI is the nihilist’s medium.

My husband laughs at me for opening boxes like the Wolfman, just tearing into shit. But that only happens after a full minute or two of calmly failing to open it neatly. We’re all going to die one day! Stop stealing my life!

Reminds me of that Francis Bacon tryptych of a man dying on the toilet in three upsetting stages.

Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room

My inner conspiracy theorist wonders if Alamo’s CEO and board of directors are deliberately killing the brand and tanking the business for some kind of golden parachute payoff before filing for bankruptcy. Are they stunningly stupid or rapacious? But if I‘m emperor, I‘ll just outlaw smartphones.

How do you write when the world is falling apart? Seeing my screenplay become a film was so motivating. My new one is pure, wild fun. When I sit my ass down and focus, I slip into my story like a favorite old t-shirt. But this relentless news of atrocities is like psychic Super Glue. You? #scriptsky

David Lynch should be here with us, making another movie. What a grievous cosmic error.

One of the ripples caused by ICE’s horrific actions is the need for people to open their houses to pets of victims of abductions. Please consider helping my friend raise money to take care of some of these pets!

Made a lil quiz — guess the movie based on its opening shot www.polygon.com/movie-franch...

If I see the “tell me you’re a ____ without telling me” reply template one more time I‘ll devote my life to an elaborate Monte Cristo-esque revenge plot to destroy every server farm and data center and smartphone on the planet. Deliberate unoriginality corrodes your beautiful, singular soul.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Mathematicians, please help me: I’ve probably clicked “delete and block sender” on five thousand fundraising texts. When do I reach the end of the phone numbers? Thanks in advance.

Happy national screenwriters day! My husband asked how I’ll celebrate. “Sitting quietly at my computer, building worlds so unlikely to be enjoyed by anyone else that I’d rather try to calculate the end of pi than envision the possibility of selling my pilot. And I’ll love every second.” #scriptsky

I’ve been watching Wolf Hall, which is SO great (Claire Foy as Boleyn: wow), and marveling at Mark Rylance. Especially after seeing him in Bones and All! What a genius chameleon. THEN I looked up old photos of him and, I mean, yowza? Does anyone know where I can read a Wolf Hall script? #scriptsky

Fascinating and mysterious that the Epstein files turned out to be hundreds of pages of depictions of the monolith.

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls

Public Domain Day 2026 is almost here. On January 1, works from 1930—including Miss Marple, Animal Crackers, and The Little Engine That Could—enter the U.S. public domain. Expect celebration, confusion, and at least one Betty Boop slasher film. Sorry in advance. copyrightlately.com/public-domai...

Just when you think you‘ve seen it all posting-wise, it’s all well-trodden ground...this happens. And for a brief, flickering moment of pure joy, your fantasy of carpet bombing every server farm on earth seems like a bit much.

Jackie Brown is his best film imo because it’s an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, which distinguishes it from Tarantino’s typical teenage mind palace pastiche. His dialogue’s fun but it has no emotional weight. He has no theory of mind. Flashy simulacra, no depth or curiosity (JB excluded).

Any screenwriter who doesn’t say, “I’d use my absolute power to force Hollywood to produce my best screenplay” is really missing out on a delightful fantasy that gets increasingly baroque the longer you sip your tea while staring out your home’s largest window.

In a recurring dream I suddenly remember I know how to fly. It’s easy. Confidence is key. My hands cup the air like water to push off the ground, then I propel my body up and forward. For some reason I never fly higher than a rooftop, but the delight of weightless play is, for me, just like writing.

“Dasha fired by Gersh.” You bolt awake on the banks of the Danube. You are not online. It is 1241 CE and you are Batu Khan. Western Civilization must not come to pass.

I like how you get to learn about new parts of your body, things you’ve never heard of, because they suck ass now.

this is what my entire timeline looks like right now

We gotta get my man Venjent to sample this broad’s rage for a new jungle track. 🔥 m.youtube.com/watch?v=h90j...

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Hey, fellow #AFF folks, welcome to Austin! Can’t wait to meet you offline (derelict poster here). If you need any advice on the city, I’m a native Austinite. Gotcha covered. It’s a bummer about The Driskill but Stephen F Austin‘s terrace has a fun French Quarter vibe. Check out the Cloak Room too.

I read the extraordinary screenplay for #AftertheHunt (no hyperbole) by Nora Garrett and I’m mystified by the film’s negative reviews. There are differences between script and film (natch) but the meta-conversation on our contemporary moral panopticon is thunderous on the page and screen. #scriptsky