Steve Barr
@barrsteve.bsky.social
Writer / producer / procrasturbator
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Steve Barr
@barrsteve.bsky.social
· Feb 9
I've worked as a screenwriter, a producer, and a TV exec, and some of the most common friction points between those roles come from simple miscommunication. I'm gonna pin this and add to it as I go. Hopefully it'll be helpful!
If LLMs become self-aware, we are ethically required to treat them as people. This is self-apparent to anyone who thinks slavery is bad.
Given what I know about how LLMs actually work, I don’t think they are anywhere close to being people.
Given what I know about how LLMs actually work, I don’t think they are anywhere close to being people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
If LLMs become self-aware, we are ethically required to treat them as people. This is self-apparent to anyone who thinks slavery is bad.
Given what I know about how LLMs actually work, I don’t think they are anywhere close to being people.
Given what I know about how LLMs actually work, I don’t think they are anywhere close to being people.
I just came from an early screening of MĀRAMA, a Māori gothic horror from an excellent team led by Taratoa Stappard. It’s a banger, moody asf, with an explosive ending I’ll never forget.
It opens in Aotearoa tomorrow, and in the US in April. Go find it.
It opens in Aotearoa tomorrow, and in the US in April. Go find it.
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I just came from an early screening of MĀRAMA, a Māori gothic horror from an excellent team led by Taratoa Stappard. It’s a banger, moody asf, with an explosive ending I’ll never forget.
It opens in Aotearoa tomorrow, and in the US in April. Go find it.
It opens in Aotearoa tomorrow, and in the US in April. Go find it.
I've read all of the Eric Carter books and they're bangers.
Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
Eric Carter
Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com
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February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I've read all of the Eric Carter books and they're bangers.
NOVELIST: Bullying causes bullying. For example, humpbacked shaggy wild oxen from a city in New York, after being bullied by other humpbacked shaggy wild oxen from from the same city, will tend to become bullies themselves to yet more humpbacked shaggy wild oxen from their city.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM
NOVELIST: Bullying causes bullying. For example, humpbacked shaggy wild oxen from a city in New York, after being bullied by other humpbacked shaggy wild oxen from from the same city, will tend to become bullies themselves to yet more humpbacked shaggy wild oxen from their city.
In my old job I went to a cast readthrough and a young actor introduced herself to me and asked what I did. I told her I was like a seagull: my job is to fly in, make a lot of noise, steal some food, shit all over everything, and then fly out again.
Oh, she said, you must be the network executive.
Oh, she said, you must be the network executive.
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
In my old job I went to a cast readthrough and a young actor introduced herself to me and asked what I did. I told her I was like a seagull: my job is to fly in, make a lot of noise, steal some food, shit all over everything, and then fly out again.
Oh, she said, you must be the network executive.
Oh, she said, you must be the network executive.
The Super Bowl pre show so far…
- Green Day singing American Idiot
- Introducing by name the ASL translators
- a lesbian singing the Star Spangled Banner, with backing instruments by Black women with colored hair
The Super Bowl has picked a side, yo
- Green Day singing American Idiot
- Introducing by name the ASL translators
- a lesbian singing the Star Spangled Banner, with backing instruments by Black women with colored hair
The Super Bowl has picked a side, yo
February 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Super Bowl pre show so far…
- Green Day singing American Idiot
- Introducing by name the ASL translators
- a lesbian singing the Star Spangled Banner, with backing instruments by Black women with colored hair
The Super Bowl has picked a side, yo
- Green Day singing American Idiot
- Introducing by name the ASL translators
- a lesbian singing the Star Spangled Banner, with backing instruments by Black women with colored hair
The Super Bowl has picked a side, yo
I just got offered a role in a comedy movie.
Well, actually, the hair on my back got offered the role. I’m just the life support system.
#filmsky #scriptsky
Well, actually, the hair on my back got offered the role. I’m just the life support system.
#filmsky #scriptsky
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I just got offered a role in a comedy movie.
Well, actually, the hair on my back got offered the role. I’m just the life support system.
#filmsky #scriptsky
Well, actually, the hair on my back got offered the role. I’m just the life support system.
#filmsky #scriptsky
I want to get a tattoo on my face. A full-face tattoo, of John Hamm's face.
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I want to get a tattoo on my face. A full-face tattoo, of John Hamm's face.
TRUE FACT: 300,000 years ago, pigs almost lost a war against their cyberpig creations. They have refused to use high technology ever since.
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
TRUE FACT: 300,000 years ago, pigs almost lost a war against their cyberpig creations. They have refused to use high technology ever since.
I used to believe I wanted to live in a society where anyone could be rich but no one could be poor.
I thought there should be a floor, but no ceiling.
Now I think no one should be poor, and also no one should be rich enough to get away with this shit.
I thought there should be a floor, but no ceiling.
Now I think no one should be poor, and also no one should be rich enough to get away with this shit.
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I used to believe I wanted to live in a society where anyone could be rich but no one could be poor.
I thought there should be a floor, but no ceiling.
Now I think no one should be poor, and also no one should be rich enough to get away with this shit.
I thought there should be a floor, but no ceiling.
Now I think no one should be poor, and also no one should be rich enough to get away with this shit.
“Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
~Dorothy Parker
#scriptsky #filmsky
~Dorothy Parker
#scriptsky #filmsky
January 31, 2026 at 7:59 PM
“Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
~Dorothy Parker
#scriptsky #filmsky
~Dorothy Parker
#scriptsky #filmsky
I just saw someone post unironically about "the gay agenda." Is that still a thing people actually say?
Should I be offended that the gay people I know have never told me their agenda? Look I know I'm not gay, but I could keep the minutes at the meetings or whatever.
Should I be offended that the gay people I know have never told me their agenda? Look I know I'm not gay, but I could keep the minutes at the meetings or whatever.
January 29, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I just saw someone post unironically about "the gay agenda." Is that still a thing people actually say?
Should I be offended that the gay people I know have never told me their agenda? Look I know I'm not gay, but I could keep the minutes at the meetings or whatever.
Should I be offended that the gay people I know have never told me their agenda? Look I know I'm not gay, but I could keep the minutes at the meetings or whatever.
People have been singing "O Danny Boy" for over a hundred years. You'd think the lazy mick would have answered the goddamn pipes by now.
January 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
People have been singing "O Danny Boy" for over a hundred years. You'd think the lazy mick would have answered the goddamn pipes by now.
#Filmsky, I'm looking for casting suggestions for...
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
#Filmsky, I'm looking for casting suggestions for...
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
Australian, 40-60, male, white, bookish/academic vibes. Starts nebbishy and grows into calm authority.
This is for a project set in the 80s in a government department, so I'm afraid we have to limit ourselves to pale stale males.
#scriptsky
If you have self-confidence and enough shots of moonshine, any corn field can be a corn maze.
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
If you have self-confidence and enough shots of moonshine, any corn field can be a corn maze.
Dear screenwriter: If you have your badguys say something nasty and then break into laughter, and you're not writing a spoof... don't. Just don't.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Dear screenwriter: If you have your badguys say something nasty and then break into laughter, and you're not writing a spoof... don't. Just don't.
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
When you're as hairy as I am, the location of the dividing line between chest hair and pubic hair is mostly a matter of opinion.
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 AM
When you're as hairy as I am, the location of the dividing line between chest hair and pubic hair is mostly a matter of opinion.
"For years I gave you everything. I just wanted you to be happy. But now, poof, I'm not good enough anymore! It's not fair!"
~gluten
~gluten
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"For years I gave you everything. I just wanted you to be happy. But now, poof, I'm not good enough anymore! It's not fair!"
~gluten
~gluten
A while back my beard and I helped some cool people make this short film about a real life mass murder in 1866. We shot on the site of the actual murder and the V.O. is from the writing of one of the murderers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
Death Round Every Bend - SHORT FILM 2019
YouTube video by Justin Eade
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
A while back my beard and I helped some cool people make this short film about a real life mass murder in 1866. We shot on the site of the actual murder and the V.O. is from the writing of one of the murderers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5b...
#scriptsky #filmsky
"I want to be in you."
~ cake
~ cake
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"I want to be in you."
~ cake
~ cake
One day hairy backs and bitchy resting face are going to be in. And on that day, I will rule!
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
One day hairy backs and bitchy resting face are going to be in. And on that day, I will rule!
5 out of 4 people don't know how to use fractions.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
5 out of 4 people don't know how to use fractions.
There are two kinds of people in the world. You're the other kind.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
There are two kinds of people in the world. You're the other kind.
This is the sixteenth anniversary of the day Beautiful Wife and I moved to Aotearoa New Zealand "for five years."
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is the sixteenth anniversary of the day Beautiful Wife and I moved to Aotearoa New Zealand "for five years."
In zombie culture, the prefrontal, limbic, and cerebellum parts of the brain are like the three flavors in neapolitan ice cream.
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
In zombie culture, the prefrontal, limbic, and cerebellum parts of the brain are like the three flavors in neapolitan ice cream.