A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex

“there are some things in our society and some things in our world to which i am proud to be maladjusted, and i call upon all men of good will to be maladjusted to these things until the good society is realized…”

one of my showrunners asked me to make a short film about what i was writing when i was twelve for a mentorship project... here's what i came up with:

will some billionaire do us the public service of gifting this asshole a private post climate apocalypse sex bunker, or a seat on the space ark, or whatever it is that’s keeping his leaden ass on the grift so that he finally gets out of the way?

New essay! "I Am Insecure About My Character(s)" by Javier Grillo–Marxuach! buff.ly/qFwcSuy

Choose 25 of your favorite storylines/events. One per day for 25 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. Day 13: Annihilation

the dictionaries of the future will illustrate the definition of a cargo cult with a picture of american democracy.

we are not only post truth. we are post lies. they know it’s bullshit. we know it’s bullshit. they know we know they know. this is the american soviet: words exist only for modern news organizations and future historians doomed by institutional duty to impose reason and method on cruelty and greed.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #TheWitcher #LiamHemsworth ‘The Witcher’ Is Finally Letting This Character Join the Action, and It's a Game-Changer for the Netflix Series

One of my fave writers & nerds wrote an awesome piece about his process re: character & plot. Even as he describes his plot-first approach, ultimately plot serves character in service of theme. So really, "theme-first" is the jam. What are we trying to SAY? #ScriptSky #LatinSky #writing

Returning to this from my digression into a related topic yesterday — the process Javi describes here is *very* similar to my own, and as usual he provides valuable insights. And if you’re as well versed in his work as I am, you know how HIGHLY effective this approach can be.

Republicans (shrieking): STOP OPPRESSING CHRISTIANS WE ARE SO PERSECUTED WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRAY IN PUBLIC WITHOUT YOUR SCORN Also Republicans:

Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.

This essay was so affirming for someone who usually thinks of story first and only then can ask -- as Javi so succinctly puts it -- "what sort of character needs this plot?"

Imagine the kind of greedy shit bag you’d have to be to fight this hard to make sure children starve.

as a fellow plot starter, i loved this!

I also begin with plot. This is an excellent essay about where writers begin. #WriterSky

having a fulminant case of adhd and the executive function of a toaster from the 1950s is a real drag when you are also fastidiously neat and want everything in its place.

It is not, in fact, smart, they're betting they take the House and the ACA will be a dead issue in 2026, but this deal undermines their ability to take the House. And with the gerrymandering, they may not anyway. The current Democratic leadership just doesn't have the steel for this time in history.

“People are forced to attempt to sleep for days or sometimes weeks on plastic chairs or on the filthy concrete floor ... They are denied sufficient food and water. They cannot shower, they are denied soap, hygiene items, and menstrual products, and they have no way to clean themselves.”

I identified with so much of this because I often started with Plot, which frequently is painted as a no-no in screenwriting circles. This is a great guide to how to use that plot based approach to GET you to a character-focus. Sometimes I've gone there, other times I should have. Read this.

ETTD - EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

one of the reasons zohran’s speech was so hopeful and inspiring was that he spoke to his constituents like adults capable or reason and accountability using language the demonstrated his respect for our intellect. how we say what we say matters and often signifies as much if not more.

fuck the supreme court’s majority and its villains gallery of sellouts, cop-outs, and turned-outs. what a shit show of political apparatchiks and lickspittles collecting their thirty pieces of gold.

i want to counter program this with a show called “aspirational smart people talk intelligently about shit that actually matters in a way that elevates us all”. deadline.com/2025/11/nate...

Post you from a different era. i call this my “jack black period”

"By doing things voters wanted, he set unrealistic expectations. Soon, voters will expect ALL politicians to represent their interests. Then where will we be?"

Genocide and mass death are Elon Musk’s product, not some silly hood ornament or exploding rockets extraction of sensitive data from government databases to identify targets for mass deportation. He has earned lasting torment.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

perhaps, but it will make a handy visual guide as to who to indict.

Elon did this under Felon47's blessing.

the possibility that democracy might just have it within its organism the capacity to generate the white blood cells needed to cure a malignancy of this magnitude is the single most hopeful thought i have allowed myself to think in years.

i’m really proud of this essay and am going to keep reposting it ad nauseum! (as if there’s any need to ad more nauseum - THANK YOU I’M HERE ALL WEEK!)

is this about that email from that prince?

ICYMI, Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Part 1 also features essays by Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Mari Ness; poetry by Somto Ihezue & Romie Stott; Caroline M. Yoachim interviewing Eleanna Castroianni; and Paul Lewin’s Mushroom Mother of Us All as the cover! buff.ly/yEqnVQ3

MAGA Catholics pick a side. Your etetnal salvation depends on it. Pope Leo. “Jesus says very clearly: At the end of the world, we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him, and welcome him, or not?” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

hey #screenwriting #screenwriter who writes #tv and #film - have you ever wondered how a great writer creates unforgettable characters? ME TOO! sadly, all you get is my latest essay in which i break down how i cope with what i see as my weakest suit! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-am...

My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’

Man alive. The contrast between the courage of voters and the absolute cowardice of Democratic leadership is just undeniable and the story of the moment. The question is which will win out in the end and that question just got a whole lot louder.

The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.

EXPEDITIOUSLY AT LOUD VOLUME

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

TURN THE VOLUME UP

There are so many things to love about this victory, but Mark just pointed out the absolute best thing: sincerity and skill wiped out cash advantages

not so much recently because i have kids and very little time for recreational reading… but i have not only read fanfic in the past I HAVE ALSO WRITTEN FANFIC!* *some claim i write witcher fanfic, dark crystal fanfic, shannara fanfic, and xena fanfic for a living www.tumblr.com/okbjgm/42008...

So far election night USA seems to be a real referendum on “normal people are already sick of this shit”