General question for anyone with genuine, studio experience: when is it OK to use the phrase "inspired by a true story?" Meaning, how far afield ft from the actual events can you go, and still make that connection?

Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell???? A banger cast to reboot THE 'BURBS!!! Kudos to @neilreynolds.bsky.social, Celeste Hughey, Seth McFarlane, and everyone involved!

@neilreynolds.bsky.social - Hello Sir! I'm Jacey Bokuniewicz's brother and I, too, worked at Greater Boston Stage. Nice to cyber-meet you.

This isn't about drugs. This isn't about human rights. This is about oil. This is about the Epstein files. This is about Jack Smith.

OK. I have a pilot that I wrote inspired by the hysterical @danagould.bsky.social My dream cast includes @davidkrumholtz.bsky.social , Ellie Kemper, @richardkind.bsky.social , and Rose Abdoo. Send good thoughts and all that other stuff to help me will this into existence!

Question for "the room": Beyond the true shit-show of the industry (and world) in general... How do we feel the market is for half-hour dramedies?

@jaketapper.bsky.social - whatever microscopic shreds of journalistic ethics you may have had left after the utterly despicable HIT PIECE you did on Joe Biden have been dissolved and blown into stay atoms with the unbearable ass-kissing, kid-glove toadying you are showing the vile TangerineTwat.

Hey all! Anyone interested in swapping scripts? I've got a half-hour dramedy that's in pretty good shape. But that's through my eyes and some fresh eyes might be able to see where I can tighten, raise the stakes, clarify character, etc. DM me here!

Hello #Scriptsky+ ! Looking to get some eyes ( and maybe some nominations - hint, hint) on my half-hour dramedy AMERICAN RUBBER for @thegreylist.bsky.social . 38 quick pages. DM me here!

FAZOOM! by @pezscreenwriting.bsky.social is a really fun animated fantasy screenplay! Very MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES meets ONWARD!

He's brutally honest & 100% right. We need to create a real plan to counter the destruction wrought by Project 2025 with actions to take, Executive Orders to issue, and legislation to enact ON DAY ONE AFTER THE REMOVAL OF THE CURRENT OCCUPIER OF THE WHITE HOUSE! www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cig...

@kaine.senate.gov , I appreciate your desire to help federal workers in your state. However, your vote will allow healthcare to be stripped from so many more of your constituents, especially those in the western and southwestern part of your state and across the nation. Please vote NO on cloture.

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

If you live outside a state/city & comment on what Dem in that state/city is acceptable to you - be circumspect. Dems, unlike the current GOP are rarely one-size-fits-all. Some areas will embrace a Socialist Dem, some a Centrist Dem. We actually ARE a big tent. And ANY Dem beats a Fascist.

@warren.senate.gov - can you please introduce legislation that gives people the right to their own body, facial features, and voice? And another which gives anyone whose work was used to train AI partial ownership of the resulting product. These are such important protections for all citizens.

The GOP rigged the system to pack the SCOTUS. This is why. Destroying the guardrails for protecting American citizens from Corporate malfeasance, repealing the rights of all non-white, non-cis citizens, and installing Autocracy.

Dems! We have primaries! Champion and vote for the candidate you want without abandon! This is your moment to persuade enough people in your party who the best candidate and their platform will best serve your district or state is! BUT IN THE GENERALS, VOTE THE FASCISTS/FASCIST ENABLERS OUT!

...I'm just so tired.

This is a FIVE ALARM FIRE!

Please read this thread by the always thoughtful and insightful @okbjgm.bsky.social . He beautifully lays out some of the most glaringly inhuman dangers of LLMs, as well as the ENORMOUS environmental damages they cause.

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece. It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out. 1/2

Informational Autocracy The New Authoritarianism. Control the media, control the narrative. Control the narrative, control elections. Watch this dense but brilliant explanation by @perezbrenna.bsky.social . It is beyond important that we get this. WATCH IT! youtu.be/Muhn_rwT_Rk?...

Hey All, Give a few bucks to make some art hit the stage! Satu is an awesome writer, so do yourself a favor and be part of bringing her latest creation to life!

"(L)ike all authoritarian regimes, America’s autocracy is being run by malevolent incompetents." Paul Krugman

So well said!

This is horrifying. Another call to remove oversight and protections. Can't imagine why the GOP (and Hegseth in particular) would want to make it harder for racists and misogynists to be held to account and punished... (hint: look up the definition of Fascism)

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

If you do one thing today, PLEASE watch this video from Threads by Charles McBryde. It defines Fascism and explains why Conservatives/The Right Wing are susceptible to the process of Fascism. And that's what it is - a process of political radicalization. www.threads.com/@melaniehenr...

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

I could not agree more.

RIP Robert Redford An absolute force in Hollywood as an actor, director, producer, and champion of independent film voices. Don't worry about the cliff, Sundance. Butch is already at the bottom waiting to catch you.

Anyone else sceptical that the March 2024 - March 2025 job numbers were revised down 911,000 jobs RIGHT AFTER the TangerineTwat fired the respected head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics???

Ok. Let's try this once again for those who missed it during the 2016 and the 2024 elections: 1) DURING PRIMARIES: Vote, campaign, post, and argue strongly for the candidate you want to win. 2) DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION: VOTE DEMOCRAT - REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS - OR WE END UP WITH FASCISM!

I have very mixed emotions...my 13 y.o. daughter started creating a playlist with NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED, ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, and Beck's LOSER. I asked what it's for and she said "For when the #SaffronFascist kicks it."

I've been talking about this since April. A huge, general strike where NOTHING gets done, NOTHING gets bought other than groceries, NO ONE goes to work other than essential workers (hospital/police/fire dept/schools). And we don't budge until these fascists are gone. Period.

Reach out to @okbjgm.bsky.social about his garage sale...maybe some rare SEAQUEST DSV swag!..maybe even a life size Darwin the dolphin robot!..maybe not...

Just got home from JAWS on the big screen with our 13 y.o. daughter. Verdict...Big thumbs up! She loved the shark p.o.v., the pacing, the liberal use of humor, and the race to the finish. Quote: "Quint was insanely obsessed with being the one to kill the shark. Definitely his downfall" Smart kid.

Although I have felt I am howling into the void more acutely than usual, I am dragging my ego/id/psyche begrudgingly back to things I can control. Anyone care to join me?

Guaranteed to be some SUPER cool swag - DM @okbjgm.bsky.social !

Exactly right. Thank God someone is actually saying it.

I saw the clip of the guy in DC throw the sandwich at officers. DON'T! It's a waste of a sandwich and gives them cause to arrest. Bring a snack, and from a respectful distance - point and laugh at them. Fascists/authoritarians HATE being laughed at. Video yourself and others doing it and post it.

The Felon is preparing to deploy the Nation Guard in D.C. claiming the city is overrun by crime. Violent crime in the District is at a 30-year low. Conversely, corruption is at a 251 year high. This is him solidifying his location to quash any and all resistance. WE ARE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL!!!

THIS! Get the facts right! "Collusion" was found between Russia and the Trump campaign in Mueller probe (200 pages of it!) AND Senate's own report. But Collusion isn't a crime. Conspiracy is. And they were unable to prove Conspiracy only due to destruction of evidence and uncooperative witnesses.

Good journalism is factual: Tariffs on EU imports aren't paid by the EU nor by European companies. They're paid by the US company importing the goods with costs USUALLY passes on to consumers. Fact: Not partisan. Not political. Reporting otherwise is lying or propaganda. More examples, please!

Wow. We are a nation led by ideological cretins. The USA has just pulled itself out of UNESCO - The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. (Add HEAVY sarcasm) And why would we possibly want to be part of THAT organization...

@danagould.bsky.social, saw this and thought of you immediately! Source: MassLive search.app/gpqyx

Dear mainstream media, Articles where you repeat statements whose ONLY SOURCE is a 34-time convicted felon who lies almost constantly are NOT reporting - THEY'RE PROPAGANDA!

A thought on two of my least favorite but most helpful parts of screenwriting - outlining and loglines: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." ...Albert Einstein

Thought of you, @audacityofdespair.bsky.social .