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Pete Conrad

@peteconradwriter.bsky.social

Author, screenwriter, bassist, retired educator, asshole. suicidalflower.com Author of Survival of the Sparrows. What are YOU gonna do when the United States is invaded? Cover photo is of me playing bass with Mike Peters of the Alarm. RIP

created January 16, 2025

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Who is Nate Silver?

1/9/2025, 9:47:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My high school Visual Arts students turned me on to Salad Fingers years ago, and we watched all of the episodes because @davidfirth.bsky.social, I was an awesome teacher. David is one of the finest creators of, well, you just have to experience it for yourselves. #horrorsky #scriptsky

1/9/2025, 6:12:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My birthday, September 16th, is the most common.

1/9/2025, 2:22:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Grossed 111 million on a 2.5 million budget in 1981.

1/9/2025, 2:10:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have always had trouble with plausibility in film. #scriptsky I could never write a scene that isn't plausible. youtube.com/shorts/5RyO7...

31/8/2025, 12:20:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 10:49:24 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not really a meme, but every two years I have a bunch of these signs made and I place them next to certain candidates.

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31/8/2025, 10:47:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Duh?

31/8/2025, 12:00:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'd be totally cool with someone remaking Gargoyles from 1972. #scriptsky #horrorsky

30/8/2025, 10:44:17 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Needs flames. 👍

30/8/2025, 11:37:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Serious question. Can the American people create a class-action lawsuit and sue the administration for the toxic environment they've created? Our collective mental heath is severely diminishing.

30/8/2025, 11:35:18 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love playing this bassline! Don't see Paul with the Ric too much.

30/8/2025, 11:24:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's a lot of actually.

30/8/2025, 11:19:16 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My current WIP. It's a coming of age comedy set in the 90s. First-page Friday. #scriptsky #screenwriting

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29/8/2025, 4:08:34 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Appreciate the Police reference!

29/8/2025, 4:05:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tell them I said hi.

28/8/2025, 6:07:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I don't know why Ashli Babbitt is trending, but fuck Ashli Babbit.

28/8/2025, 6:00:47 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In two weeks, I'll be... fifty-ate.

28/8/2025, 2:33:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love that logline.

28/8/2025, 2:22:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We'll be living abroad NOT SOON ENOUGH.

28/8/2025, 2:16:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuiyoh

28/8/2025, 10:43:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The school shooting is already down to the 5th spot in trending topics.

27/8/2025, 9:23:17 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lots.

27/8/2025, 4:42:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The SNL skit is required viewing.

26/8/2025, 8:37:02 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I forbade my students to use papyrus.

26/8/2025, 8:10:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Perhaps Democrat governors should preemptively deploy their own National Guard troops.

26/8/2025, 3:32:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Literally in with Mandalay now - finally - and it would be just my luck that everything comes crashing down now.

26/8/2025, 12:48:06 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When a fascist militia and foreign invaders seize control of America, elderly couple Winston and May Sparrow hide in a secret room inside their barn. But when their home becomes a base for nuclear-armed drones, they must rely on wit, courage, and community to prevent total nuclear proliferation.

26/8/2025, 12:46:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

26/8/2025, 12:22:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks, Eric!

26/8/2025, 12:07:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@networkisa.bsky.social I wanted to make sure that nobody has responded to my submissions on the ISA site, but I can't log in. Anybody else having difficulties? #scriptsky

26/8/2025, 11:15:42 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love you, Titty Sprinkles.

26/8/2025, 11:06:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's haboob season!

26/8/2025, 11:02:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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delicate pale purple flowers splattered with blood
26/8/2025, 10:01:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
25/8/2025, 10:00:14 PM | 16383 2712 | View on Bluesky | view

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As the great late lyricist Tom Petty once said, "The waiting is the hardest part. " #scriptsky

25/8/2025, 9:54:51 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Always wanted to be Tom Savini...

25/8/2025, 8:59:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The bolder, the better! Good luck with your journey!

25/8/2025, 3:12:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you gonna adapt one of your books?

25/8/2025, 3:05:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"when"

25/8/2025, 11:30:33 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My grandfather didn't get shot in the head storming Normandy to allow these motherfuckers to destroy our democracy. We need a drastic change. Uncomfortable, even.

25/8/2025, 11:29:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Following, fellow bassist.

25/8/2025, 11:28:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Current situation.

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24/8/2025, 10:12:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now this is a good tune. #killingjoke youtu.be/TnpwuRlXbhk?...

24/8/2025, 10:05:48 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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24/8/2025, 5:08:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At least my toes look good.

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24/8/2025, 4:41:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's quite the cottage industry. It's like script whack-a-mole. What I find most alarming is the lack of foresight, even from my ex-agent who was negative help to my career, despite having receipts: Blacklist 8 score. 4.5 Amazon rating. I'm finally being read by an actual producer at Mandalay.

24/8/2025, 3:52:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, perhaps you'll like the third layer down and you can stop there. 😀

24/8/2025, 11:57:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm 57 but have lived in seven decades.

24/8/2025, 11:17:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is there nothing we can do about this administration? Are our hands really that tied? I'm so fucking tired of this horseshit.

24/8/2025, 11:02:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course they are. Kids are resilient. Adults, not so much.

23/8/2025, 7:26:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That would be devastating.

23/8/2025, 7:24:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now we just need Quisp...

23/8/2025, 4:18:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Clash setlist from the 80s.

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22/8/2025, 4:10:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Such a great doc! What they were saying 40+ years ago can still be said today.

22/8/2025, 4:06:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ben Folds for the Cracker Barrel win. youtu.be/t6JA-4YgoCw?...

22/8/2025, 11:00:35 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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IEP and 504 meetings are so much fun! 😐

21/8/2025, 7:31:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Staying out of jail.

20/8/2025, 7:35:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I should be writing... but I haven't watched all of Uncle Roger's content yet. #scriptsky youtube.com/shorts/FW0fK...

20/8/2025, 1:53:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's not the only move...

20/8/2025, 10:37:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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can confirm

20/8/2025, 10:33:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks, Dave!

19/8/2025, 8:25:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love seeing my books in a library! #booksky #scriptsky

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19/8/2025, 3:41:59 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'd bet the four people killed in Madbury today was brought to us by the fine folks at Sig Sauer. "When you absolutely need to murder someone, trust Sig Sauer. We'll be here for you."

19/8/2025, 1:07:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When you're rewrite is completed, don't look at it for a minimum of three months. Work on something else.

19/8/2025, 11:18:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If you're still confused why maggots still follow 47, you need to watch / listen to this podcast. It will open your eyes. These people are nuts. Chad is a well-known author and screenwriter. HCR, I'm married to his cousin if you'd like an introduction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJMU...

19/8/2025, 11:15:24 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Greased lightnin'!

18/8/2025, 8:54:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Completed the second draft of my body horror script, Gaspar.

17/8/2025, 8:32:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, Marco Rubio, life in America kinda sucks for a lot of us. That's on people like you.

17/8/2025, 4:30:30 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Currently watching... oh my lord. #scriptsky #horror

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17/8/2025, 4:12:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every 12 year old girl being r@ped prays to God.

17/8/2025, 1:44:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well, I just followed you... :-)

17/8/2025, 12:27:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Culture can be such a wonderful, unifying thing.

17/8/2025, 10:25:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I guess you're just a horrible person. 😀

16/8/2025, 8:27:01 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I heard James Cagney... 😀

16/8/2025, 6:48:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Purty!

16/8/2025, 4:50:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I share the sentiment.

15/8/2025, 1:46:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let's see the hands...

15/8/2025, 1:33:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher - is a great song, amiright?

15/8/2025, 1:20:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Up the ass.

14/8/2025, 8:10:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I live across the road from a cow farm...

14/8/2025, 8:08:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Haha! Finally, another dork like me.

14/8/2025, 8:07:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I see... 😀

14/8/2025, 8:06:21 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cause it's a piece of dog shit.

14/8/2025, 7:59:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, but it was on a 65 year mission. Am I being a dork?

14/8/2025, 7:58:04 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ditto what you said. I turned to my wife and said, "so all this technology is supposed to have been developed in 30 years?" She didn't care. Timothy Olyphant is my man crush. He looks like a 57 year old Billy Idol in that makeup.

14/8/2025, 4:46:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We're no longer a free society.

14/8/2025, 12:46:09 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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@forbes.com playing both sides of the fence here on Bluesky. Why don't you fuck off.

14/8/2025, 11:24:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When's the articles of impeachment and/or 25th amendment gonna be filed? Or other ways? Hello? Is anyone listening? @democrats.org ???

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I'm so disinterested in this timeline that I'm spending more time in the 70s. youtu.be/InVXSfUXqdg?...

13/8/2025, 9:54:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mid White.

13/8/2025, 10:51:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Authors need to accept that most criticism is advice.

12/8/2025, 6:35:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hee hee

12/8/2025, 10:37:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Has anyone seen my bedlam? I seem to have misplaced it.

11/8/2025, 9:46:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We need to just fucking take them. @democrats.org need to walk into "that building" and take them. Stop asking. Stop playing by the rules. That's how we got here. Are there no Democrats willing to do this?

11/8/2025, 6:40:28 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I quit.

11/8/2025, 6:00:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, those are the comments.

11/8/2025, 4:47:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These are some older notes. I was able to refine all of this. The colors to the right denote comments or emojis.

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