I just realized that, in the course of my professional screenwriting career, I have had scripts rejected by *both* Magnum PIs.

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

Current mood: trying to come up with a @missionrejected.bsky.social episode titled "Number One in Norway"

I got jump scared by our cat this morning and I don't want to hear anyone ever badmouth that trope again, that shit WORKS

Protip: when conversing with the author of the novel you've been tasked with adapting, never refer to a major character as "You know, whatshername"

From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

Sometimes writing is revisiting an older script and realizing you need to find a new punch line because the phrase 'Pope fucking Leo' just doesn't feel as funny as 'Pope fucking Francis' and it's probably got something to do with alliteration but wow this is a dumb job

"Goddamn it, Leo! You haven't made an arrest in months! I've had enough. Put your staff and mitre on my desk and get the hell out of here."

THE POPE IS WEAK ON CRIME! feels like the title of a spec that fits in the middle of the yearly Black List and gets released two years later under the title THE MAN IN THE HAT.

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

due to a rift in the space-time continuum, you can send exactly five words to 2016 CHICAGO POPE NETFLIX HAS ADS

There’s been a lot of fools in denial about how hard they got played in America, but there’s no bigger suckers and hypocrites than right wing Christians

Having mocked and insulted a billion Muslims on Tuesday, Trump attacked core beliefs of a billion Catholics today. And don’t forget his suggestion that any Jew who didn’t vote for him was an idiot. All in the days between the end of Ramadan, Passover, Easter and Orthodox Easter.

Once again, let us remember the cemeteries are full of irreplaceable men.

Agent wants me to get this 102 page stage play down to 70-80 pages. Been at it an hour. Down to 104 pages already.

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Losing my mind over this. I have a machine in my lap on which I can periodically toggle over from something else I'm doing on the machine to watch a SPACESHIP return from THE MOON. Earlier I could hear the SPACESHIP'S PEOPLE as they talked to other people LOCATED ON MY PLANET BUT VERY FAR FROM ME.

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

Today In 1947: Branch Rickey issues a historic press release: "The Brooklyn #Dodgers today purchased the contract of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson from the Montreal Royals. He will report immediately." #MLB #History

Watching them all really start to turn on each other

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

extremely bad time for an astronaut to find out he's a werewolf

90% of parenting young children in 2026 is just accepting that you're going to have 'Golden' in your head all day every day

Our winning short from the Smodcastle Cinemas 37 Hour Challenge is live on Kevin Smith's YouTube channel! NSFW. But it's a Kevin Smith challenge, so that *should* go without saying. :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkeh...

Look, I'm not gonna try and tell you the Gore Verbinski 'Lone Ranger' is a good movie, it's a colossal train wreck with enough structural and casting flaws to choke a white stallion, but goddammit there's one shot in the climactic train chase that's so great it almost redeems the whole enterprise

This is what social media is meant to be about.

He lived through slavery and did nothing. Good riddance.

This is, no joke, the best strategy for getting Dobbs overturned and Roe v Wade reinstated.

operator: 911, please state the nature of your emergency me: there’s a site i go to a lot that isn’t the best way to follow breaking news operator: is it a news site me: not really operator: why don’t you go to a news site me: i don’t know operator: jesus. ok. how many ambulances do you want me: 75

police lie, and have no duty to protect you

probably completely obvious but the reason Project Hail Mary is doing so well (apart from being very well made) is that it is all about problem-solving, cooperation, self-sacrifice, and forming deep relationships with those from far away. All values that people feel a desperate need for right now.

I should have been editing for the last half hour but I watched UConn come back from 19 points down to beat Duke instead and I've no regrets

hold my beer, hemingway

Rising Conservative Star Just Guy Wearing Nazi Armband And Crying https://theonion.com/rising-conservative-star-just-guy-wearing-nazi-armband-1849855062/

Not only is this a good episode, it's easily one of the three best titles we've come up with

An important thing to remember on Opening Day is that however your team did today, that is how they will do all year.

lmao

Update: if you're near Atlantic Highlands NJ, our short screes tonight through Sunday ahead of Project Hail Mary and the anniversary screenings of The Mummy Returns :) bsky.app/profile/john...

Seeing mock drafts change based on pro day clips

146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze. Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.

when you guys make me commissioner of baseball there wont be an “opening night” game (on netflix no less?!? jfc), there will only be opening day and every team will play their first game of the year on the same day and there will be televised games from noon-1 am et

Today's New Yorker cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers

Roses are red I'll delay no further

Our short film 'Desperately Seeking Alyssa' won the Smodcastle Cinemas 37 Hour Challenge! In addition to a Mooby statue, our short will stream on Kevin Smith's YouTube channel (Smodcastle is the theater he owns in Atlantic Highlands NJ) and will run in front of one feature at the theater for a week.

50 years ago today, Star Wars began filming

At the Smodcastle Cinemas 37 Hour Challenge screening. Semi-prettied up.

MLB: The all-time hits leader is banned for life for gambling on games. Also, MLB: MLB NAMES POLYMARKET EXCLUSIVE PREDICTION MARKET EXCHANGE PARTNER (Via press release in my inbox)