Do my fellow #scriptsky horror fiends know about the Tubi x Black List Horror initiative? If you have a horror script that's ready-- go for it! The deadline is 6/1, but there are 100 fee waivers available, so if you need the extra support don't wait too long.

This. Don't give them an inch. All they should ever hear from you is 'Fuck you. Make me.'

Starmer has taken the same tired old rhetoric from Sunak, Johnson et al and in many cases gone even further with anti-immigration, anti+asylum policies. None if it actually helps anyone. It costs a fortune, all to fuel far-right and dehumanise vulnerable groups. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Some rare good news. Lower minimum rates based on age has always been a betrayal of the notion that equal work is worth equal pay - and has made it even harder for young people to find their feet in a system that is rigged against them in many ways.

Excellent article. In general, whenever you see an anti-trans policy, you can assume it is also going to screw over cis-women. Opposing anti-trans nonsense is about solidarity - and it's also about self-interest: we have common enemies who take joy in diminishing our lives.

We officially have our first ‘audience choice’ award!! The SENSE OF EMERGENCY team wants to thank all of the wonderful people of Sonoma for voting our film a festival favorite at the 2026 Sonoma International Film Festival!! CC: @madelinedown.com @lukebarnett.bsky.social #filmsky #scriptsky

I've been out of the contest/fellowship game for a while and a lot has changed, but @humanitasprize.bsky.social is still an opportunity I feel great about recommending to everyone on #scriptsky Deadline: 4/6/26 I never received a fellowship, but as a finalist I was invited to go to the... (1/2)

I used to work as a data analyst on NHS data (for The Health And Social Care Information Centre). As you can imagine, it includes really sensitive health information. Palantir should never have been allowed anywhere near NHS data - just gross irresponsibility.

"Breast ironing is gender-based violence. It is an act performed on girls’ bodies without their consent, causing lasting physical harm, because those girls’ bodies were considered dangerous. Because their developing breasts were read as invitations to assault" bktitanji.substack.com/p/the-girls-...

And you thought rail replacement services were bad...

This is account for the new AI nonsense. @attie.ai I'd guess it's training off the firehose, so it'll still access your stuff there. But there's no harm in signalling your distaste by blocking it here. Why not send it to the top of the pops? #scriptsky

"Watering down" Labour's hostile anti-immigration policies is akin to someone saying they removed most of the rat poison from a cake mix so it is fine to eat. When policies are so thoroughly toxic they need scrapping and the Home Secretary who pushed them needs firing. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

And.... this is why it's a really important thing to have redundancy built into your social networks... Looks like it might be time to up sticks again soon depending where this goes. #scriptsky

Do not listen to people who tell you protesting doesn’t matter. If protesting didn’t matter they wouldn’t be freaking the fuck out every time we do it. See you out there. Be safe.

This also shows up the disingenuous nature of Labour's bogus "safe routes" using work and study visas, which will take a year and a half at least for people to reach UK. Not to mention that this "crackdown on abuse" also includes trapping even Chevening Scholars in situations of extreme persecution.

It’s #NoKings Day! And it’s already begun in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 SIGN: “Trump is a global, moral hazard” 👏 @50501movement.bsky.social (🎥 Democrats Abroad Australia)

This nonsense seems like a damn good reason to have no further interest in the Olympics. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Reminder that the acute phase of Covid is not the only thing worth avoiding. Viruses have form for long-term illnesses: Chickenpox --> Shingles; HPV --> Cervical/Oral cancer - etc. There already seems to be an association between Covid infection and accelerated progression of Parkinson's disease.

Would be terrible if everyone started doing this...

Eye-watering

It almost beats finding a lambing ring in the saveloy.

This! If this is you, then you need to re-evaluate. Gavin's just another glib shit-gibbon.

This looks like one for Australian screenwriters to have on their radar - going to have a read. A UBI would be brilliant - it's reaped big dividends in Ireland The consultation closes 24 May 11.59pm #scriptsky

Essential reading. What's particularly sickening (I mean it's all sickening) are the policy changes that apply retrospectively. These break trust and steal any sense of security people had. Those subjected to it never forget which party decided they were easy targets for extortion.

Since screenwriting often (always?) requires research, this article seems pretty useful. #scriptsky

This is charming - love it!

The answer is 'Yes - it was real' - and the headline shouldn't be posed as a question, but this is another example of why you should never trust an LLM as a source for factual information. Faked atrocities aren't new, so it's not surprising an LLM would screw up - but the consequences aren't fake.

Hello! Studied medieval musicology at UMich - ended up doing (hopefully useful) things with data before landing my first screenwriting gig (still thrilled!) I focus on thriller features (veering into drama/horror/other stuff) and look on in awe at all the folks who can write comedy. #ScriptSky

It's about police corruption rather than who's considered expendable, but there's a quote from Terry Pratchett's NIGHT WATCH that feels relevant here.

In case you didn't know, N95s or better (so not cloth or surgical masks) protect the wearer even when no one else is masking! There are studies! Also I've been the only one masking in most situations over the last 3 years and haven't gotten sick once. I promise it works!

Never entirely outsource your own brain is a good motto to live by.

UK screenwriters, this is also open to you. #ScriptSlyUK #ScriptSky 👇

Essential reading. One of the things that defines a government is how it behaves when the spotlight is turned off. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks Shore - just sending this to the #scriptlibrary

A cleansing fire is definitely a better metaphor.

Abolish the Home Office

Essential reading. Among those I know who consistently wear respirators, Covid infection counts range between 0 and 1. They work - and you should keep your boosters current too. Remember all that 'immunity deficit' stuff? Basically, if it sounds comforting, it was probably a lie.

Check out the list, along with my dark thriller REUNIFICATION on #TheStuntList! 👀 #Scriptsky

I seem to have structure on the brain lately, especially when it comes to screenplays. And I think the reason why has something to do with the relationship between expectations and surprise. #scriptsky artofcharts.com/2026/03/10/s...

On the one hand it would be excellent to see the back of this plane-crash of a Prime Minister, but on the other, if he stays in, National are sure to lose the next election... Decisions, decisions...

Matt is a great writer and has never been anything but nice to me in our interactions, a person who can offer him nothing but conversations about movies online.

Do younger people know about the huge effort that was put into decreasing the % of smokers. Education campaigns in print, on TV, in schools, new restrictions/enforcement, labeling, a soupçon of public shaming, changes in how smoking was depicted, etc. Might guide us in anti-anti-vax efforts.

One of the things I'm really enjoying about Cairn (the game) is it's not-so-subtle (and it doesn't need to be) anti-colonialist take. As you're doing death-defying climbs up Kami, you pass through villages and schoolrooms - because what's death-defying to you was just 'home' to someone else.

THE TRUMAN SHOW meets 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas' in @hamrobotham.bsky.social 's JUST WAIT 'TIL YOU'RE DEAD. A striking, memorable look at complicity in a town where performing just the right amount of niceness is a matter of life and death. Brilliant stuff! #SpecScriptShoutout #Scriptsky

This is Labour doing this. And if one of these children who are being criminalised for in a family seeking protection dies during or after their refoulement - as is likely - their blood will be on Labour's hands. The parents of the Labour MPs supporting this must be so ashamed of their children.

The latest announcement from the Home Secretary follows a path of previous governments in creating ever harsher and more hostile asylum policies. What were once designed to provide protection and now created to prevent people getting it. There needs to be a change, with a focus back on protection.

If you are a doctor or a nurse, the Minimum Income Requirement doesn't allow your foreign national spouse to live with you in this country

They don't model what other people are thinking because they think they're the main character. They're solipsists in the shallow U.S. exceptionalism sense: sincerely thinking (a la Albright) that they stand taller and see further. They're as wrong about that as a very, very wrong person can be.

This is really good news in a week where good news feels thin on the ground.