Pete Conrad (@peteconradwriter.bsky.social)
Who is Nate Silver?
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
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Who is Nate Silver?
Pete Conrad (@peteconradwriter.bsky.social)
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
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My birthday, September 16th, is the most common.
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Grossed 111 million on a 2.5 million budget in 1981.
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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...
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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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Duh?
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I'd be totally cool with someone remaking Gargoyles from 1972. #scriptsky #horrorsky
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Needs flames. 👍
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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.
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I love playing this bassline! Don't see Paul with the Ric too much.
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That's a lot of actually.
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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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Appreciate the Police reference!
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Tell them I said hi.
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I don't know why Ashli Babbitt is trending, but fuck Ashli Babbit.
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In two weeks, I'll be... fifty-ate.
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Love that logline.
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We'll be living abroad NOT SOON ENOUGH.
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Fuiyoh
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The school shooting is already down to the 5th spot in trending topics.
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Lots.
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The SNL skit is required viewing.
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I forbade my students to use papyrus.
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Perhaps Democrat governors should preemptively deploy their own National Guard troops.
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Literally in with Mandalay now - finally - and it would be just my luck that everything comes crashing down now.
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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.
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Thanks!
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Thanks, Eric!
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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
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I love you, Titty Sprinkles.
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It's haboob season!
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As the great late lyricist Tom Petty once said, "The waiting is the hardest part. " #scriptsky
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Always wanted to be Tom Savini...
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The bolder, the better! Good luck with your journey!
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Are you gonna adapt one of your books?
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"when"
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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.
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Following, fellow bassist.
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Now this is a good tune. #killingjoke youtu.be/TnpwuRlXbhk?...
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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.
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Well, perhaps you'll like the third layer down and you can stop there. 😀
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I'm 57 but have lived in seven decades.
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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.
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Of course they are. Kids are resilient. Adults, not so much.
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That would be devastating.
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Now we just need Quisp...
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Such a great doc! What they were saying 40+ years ago can still be said today.
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Ben Folds for the Cracker Barrel win. youtu.be/t6JA-4YgoCw?...
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IEP and 504 meetings are so much fun! 😐
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Staying out of jail.
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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...
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It's not the only move...
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can confirm
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Thanks, Dave!
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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."
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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.
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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...
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Greased lightnin'!
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Completed the second draft of my body horror script, Gaspar.
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Yeah, Marco Rubio, life in America kinda sucks for a lot of us. That's on people like you.
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Every 12 year old girl being r@ped prays to God.
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Well, I just followed you... :-)
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Culture can be such a wonderful, unifying thing.
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I guess you're just a horrible person. 😀
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I heard James Cagney... 😀
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Purty!
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I share the sentiment.
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Let's see the hands...
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Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher - is a great song, amiright?
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Up the ass.
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I live across the road from a cow farm...
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Haha! Finally, another dork like me.
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I see... 😀
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Cause it's a piece of dog shit.
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Yes, but it was on a 65 year mission. Am I being a dork?
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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.
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We're no longer a free society.
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@forbes.com playing both sides of the fence here on Bluesky. Why don't you fuck off.
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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?...
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Mid White.
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Authors need to accept that most criticism is advice.
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hee hee
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Has anyone seen my bedlam? I seem to have misplaced it.
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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?
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I quit.
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Yeah, those are the comments.
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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.