Sometimes people have bad years. While it’s always good to have gratitude, it is also okay not to pretend you had a list of accomplishments and wins if you didn’t. You are not bringing down the vibe if 2025, of all godforsaken years, was bad. You can have hope for the future and still be honest.

Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct? Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.

please be careful if you're driving tonight. I don't need to say "don't drink and drive" because nobody who follows me here is a freaking moron.

I found my film of choice tonight to leave 2025 behind. #FilmSky

Professors and teachers: Consider assigning your students some of the many AI-related suicide/murder court documents. I'm going to in my creative writing courses. This could be relevant material in any classroom in which you think AI is a factor. Which is to say, all of them.

#HorrorWritersChat I sure hope it’s anxiety. I’ll gladly get rid of it to make it through.

#HorrorWritersChat My entire reading list. Maybe I'll finally have time to finish them all in the afterlife.

#HorrorWritersChat The past would hurt, sure. But I think I’d be judged by the future: a single moment showing up just to tell me I messed everything up, without saying how or why. I think that kind of judgment would break me.

#HorrorWritersChat I’m Hugo, writer of psychological and supernatural horror. I’d probably haunt a cozy remote cabin in the woods — mostly to keep people away so I can enjoy my eternal rest.

Is there anything more iconic than Walken’s dance?

#Scriptsky one of the best things you can do to help improve/motivate your writing is to read more books. It’s not a 1:1 correlation but most of the best writers I’ve worked with are voracious readers. And I’d encourage you to mix up genres, fiction and non-fiction. Here’s a 🧵 on my favs of 2026. 🧵1

I don’t care what progress you made in your professional career in 2025. If your biggest accomplishment this year was just remaining hopeful in the current world we live in, I’m proud of you. #scriptsky

I just don’t know how you go around, asking stores for permission to simply take their goods without purchase. I just don’t see how that would work.

"What was your biggest impact on the Internet?" I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")

Female Rage Pushed to their breaking point, three women’s fury transforms them into monstrous beings, forcing them to navigate a terrifying new reality where their rage is both their strength and their destruction. #Screenpit #ho #fea #ISA #scriptsky #FeLe

NIGHT OF THE LIVING An outcast zombie and his undead pals embark on a perilous quest for a cure alongside a rebellious human pre-teen, facing a post-apocalyptic wasteland, bloodthirsty humans, and the most dangerous threat of all: feelings. Plus Phil Collins. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #ScreenPit #ScriptSky #Fea #HoCo

DUST ON DIRT - Thriller feature Dumped in a parched wilderness as prey by two sadistic Border Patrol officers, a determined young woman realises that to survive she must set a lethal trap – with herself as the bait. Nicholl QF, PAGE finalist. #screenpit #scriptsky #SeRe

THE JUDAS APOCALYPSE During WWII, a bookish archaeologist embarks on a perilous quest behind enemy lines to hunt for a long lost treasure that the church has zealously kept hidden for centuries Finalist, Barnstorm Fest Semifinalist - AFF #ScriptSky #ScreenPit #fea #ac #ad #IP #SeRe #40Up #ISA

UPSTAIRS A trauma-stricken sound editor, seeking refuge in a rundown apartment, becomes haunted by eerie footsteps from the supposedly vacant unit above her. #ScreenPit #Scriptsky #Fea #Ho #Su #My

For the night crowd: FERMENTATION A troubled biologist is drawn into a deadly espionage web when she is recruited by MI6 to track down a stolen bioweapon, forcing her to navigate a dangerous world of deception, betrayal, and revenge. #ScreenPit #Scriptsky #Fea #Th #My

When ordered to shackle 100 Nazi officers -- an act that will doom Allied POWs abroad -- a Canadian camp commander enforces the order his way: a three-day bare-knuckle battle for honour between 400 nazi officers and 40 Canadian guards. #Dr #Hi #Fea #ScreenPit

INSATIABLE When a law student’s pregnant girlfriend vanishes from a truck stop diner, the only thing more terrifying than her captor is the reason she was taken. THE VANISHING meets JEEPERS CREEPERS. #ScreenPit #Fea #Ho #ISA

EPOCH When an exploratory mission is stranded on the far side of the Sun, a detached Commander must learn to connect in order to save his crew from an alien virus turning them into monsters. The Thing meets Sunshine. #SFi #Ho #Th #Dr #Div #Pi #Re #CFin #ISA #SeRe #ScreenPit #ScriptSky #ScriptSky+

LAST LAUGH A woman placed in a high-tech prison where users can pay to tandem into prisoner's bodies for free rein must escape and exact revenge on her sister’s murderer: a powerful alt-right celebrity now in full control of her body for the duration of her sentence. #Th #Fea #ScreenPit

Somnom - A Nightmare On Elm Street Story (Feature) The Legend of Freddy Krueger has been buried and forgotten, until a true crime podcaster named Aubrey inadvertently wakes him from his slumber. Aubrey fears she's losing her mind as a deadly game of cat and mouse begins. #Screenpit #scriptsky

A woman unlucky in love gets a second chance with her HS crush after a botched love spell accidentally summons his animated severed head on her doorstep. Now she must find his missing body and the courage to tell him how she feels before she's arrested as a murder suspect. #RoCo #Fea #ScreenPit

COAL EYES ARE WATCHING - When “girl boss” Cord Howell travels back home for Christmas, attempts to connect with her aging mother are thwarted by the matriarch’s hostile behavior & a town-wide obsession with snowmen. Body snatching snowmen! #ScreenPit #SFi #Ho #Hldy #Fea #ISA #SeRe #WrWo #40Up

To avoid going to a home for adults with disabilities, a young man with Down syndrome tricks his sister into a trip through the South Island of New Zealand to find the rest of their family, and themselves. Austin Film Festival Finalist 2025 #screenpit

PAAN When their Colony ship is attacked by a space-faring pirate race called the Huuk, teen colonist Pete, his sister Wendy, and a ragtag group of kids, must stop the aliens and save humanity This ain't no fairytale #Dr #Fa #Ac #Ad #SFi #Fea #Div #40Up #4Q #YA #PG #Screenpit

THE CUL-DE-SAC A family struggling with trust issues is forced to take shelter in their home after a chemical bomb renders their cul-de-sac a toxic wasteland. They must learn to work together in order to survive as deadly forces close in on them. #screenpit #fea #th #isa

When their mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, a pair of siblings gamble on an experimental treatment designed to “fix” their estranged MAGA parents and bring the family together again. But things go wrong when the miracle drug has unintended, deadly consequences. #Ho #LBu #Fea #ScreenPit

The Devil's Cut A disgraced marine historian uncovers a pirate covenant beneath a ghost town, where blood, silver, and intent are tallied, and survival means paying the Devil’s cut. #Su #Th #Ho #Ac #Fea #PG13 #SeRe #ISA #CFin #40Up #screenpit #scriptsky Recent coverage report:

CAN YOU STAY LATE? Trapped in a corporate office after hours, a burned-out receptionist must survive a deadly zombie outbreak by battling her toxic coworkers as she fights her way down sixteen floors. Here’s what #BlackList had to say… #ScreenPit #Fea #Ho #AC #Co #Div #SeRe #scriptsky #WoWr

APPREHENSION A brilliant but unraveling med student fleeing into the wilderness stumbles upon a remote cabin, where his inner demons and external threats will blur the lines between reality and nightmare, forcing him to confront the root of his despair. #ScreenPit #ScriptSky #Fea #Ho #Th #Dr

DECEPTION A weary salvage crew investigates a derelict space station, only to uncover a malignant presence capable of bending reality, fracturing minds, and turning crewmates into monsters, forcing them to confront their own ghosts to survive. #ScreenPit #ScriptSky #Fea #Ho #SFi

Don't Blink When a group of unsuspecting teens discovers a mysterious Ouija board, it reveals an impossible warning and unleashes a sinister entity hellbent on enacting deadly consequences. Emmy-winning director attached! Let's bring this one to life! #ScreenPit #Ho #Fea #WrDis #SeRe #scriptsky

FAR AS THE CROW FLIES - Thriller feature When two American drifters take jobs at a remote Australian orchard, they must find the wits, strength – and will – to survive their murderous employer and his wannabe son. #screenpit #scriptsky

FERMENTATION A troubled biologist is drawn into a deadly espionage web when she is recruited by MI6 to track down a stolen bioweapon, forcing her to navigate a dangerous world of deception, betrayal, and revenge. #ScreenPit #Scriptsky #Fea #Th #My

UPSTAIRS A trauma-stricken sound editor, seeking refuge in a rundown apartment, becomes haunted by eerie footsteps from the supposedly vacant unit above her. #ScreenPit #Scriptsky #Fea #Ho #Su #My

Writing is solitary, but we are not. We're family, kinda. #5AMWritersClub #scriptsky

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DUNE AND DUNER

This is that 10/90 split economists keep talking about. If you make >$150k a year (top 10% of Americans), everything is AWESOME. If you make less than that, you are struggling to even engage meaningfully in the economy. The collapse has escaped the balance sheets and is visible to the naked eye now.

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

Even on a cold winter night Denmark has 100% coverage of electricity by wind energy. 4GW of offshore wind projects are in the making in the coming few years. 1GW in a year. Denmark plans to be a net exporter of green energy in the form of electricity, hydrogen and electro fuels in 2030

Post a random fact about yourself: I never got Covid. I’ve been in contact with people who contracted it throughout the pandemic, I have had tests to develop nasal anxiety about it, and they were all negative.

New in PN: Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down "The truly devoted will still open their wallets to buy lifetime supplies of Trump Bronzer for Men, Trump Blast Energy Drink, & Trump Adult Diapers. But his name should not adorn anything official, anything representing our country & its govt"