Cory Marciel
@cmarciel.bsky.social
Writer, Documentary Assistant Editor
My good friend Roxie, who's turning 18 next month. She loves her heating pad and yowling like mad. She lives with my good friends, but we were roommates many years ago, along with her brother Rex (RIP)
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
My good friend Roxie, who's turning 18 next month. She loves her heating pad and yowling like mad. She lives with my good friends, but we were roommates many years ago, along with her brother Rex (RIP)
If you are interested in Klingons, Quark and Cyrano stories, or just need something to listen to while going on a run, please join Bryan and I on his great podcast @trekmarrykpod.bsky.social #podcast #trek #scriptsky
🖖NEW EPISODE🖖 Bryan and @cmarciel.bsky.social play Trek Marry Kill with the episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where Worf (begrudgingly) and Dax (excitedly) help Quark get laid as Love In A Vacuum Month continues.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
If you are interested in Klingons, Quark and Cyrano stories, or just need something to listen to while going on a run, please join Bryan and I on his great podcast @trekmarrykpod.bsky.social #podcast #trek #scriptsky
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After that Jurassic Park ad, I think it's time we put de-aging technology out of its misery. Holy cow.
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
After that Jurassic Park ad, I think it's time we put de-aging technology out of its misery. Holy cow.
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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The draconian cuts at the Washington Post could be called committing suicide by a once-great journalism institution that deserved trust and respect. But I think it should be seen as the owner of the Washington Post committing murder in service to Donald J. Trump.
February 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The draconian cuts at the Washington Post could be called committing suicide by a once-great journalism institution that deserved trust and respect. But I think it should be seen as the owner of the Washington Post committing murder in service to Donald J. Trump.
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Crying laughing better editing than most a24 horror movies
February 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Crying laughing better editing than most a24 horror movies
"How do you have patience for people who claim they love America, but clearly can't stand Americans?"
- Sydney Ellen Wade, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
It's a fantasy movie in many ways, about competence, intelligence, and goodness, depicting a White House myth that I can't believe in anymore...
- Sydney Ellen Wade, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
It's a fantasy movie in many ways, about competence, intelligence, and goodness, depicting a White House myth that I can't believe in anymore...
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 AM
"How do you have patience for people who claim they love America, but clearly can't stand Americans?"
- Sydney Ellen Wade, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
It's a fantasy movie in many ways, about competence, intelligence, and goodness, depicting a White House myth that I can't believe in anymore...
- Sydney Ellen Wade, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
It's a fantasy movie in many ways, about competence, intelligence, and goodness, depicting a White House myth that I can't believe in anymore...
Spent my afternoon revising a script from last year. I'm doing a pass on just the descriptions, incorporating style ideas I've gleaned from reading THE MARTIAN and CONAN.
This script is a very good idea, but is overwritten. Last time I worked on it, I was concussed by work. It hurts to look...
This script is a very good idea, but is overwritten. Last time I worked on it, I was concussed by work. It hurts to look...
February 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Spent my afternoon revising a script from last year. I'm doing a pass on just the descriptions, incorporating style ideas I've gleaned from reading THE MARTIAN and CONAN.
This script is a very good idea, but is overwritten. Last time I worked on it, I was concussed by work. It hurts to look...
This script is a very good idea, but is overwritten. Last time I worked on it, I was concussed by work. It hurts to look...
Great time at SEND HELP! A lady next to me struck up a convo after. She and her grandson had a great time. He had just read Lord of the Flies in his 8th grade class and appreciated the references. The 👀 gouge was "a little gory" for grandma, but she loved it.
@shannonandswift.bsky.social
@shannonandswift.bsky.social
Heading out to see SEND HELP. It's a packed theater. And, personally, I'm in the mood to see management tortured, so should be fun!
February 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Great time at SEND HELP! A lady next to me struck up a convo after. She and her grandson had a great time. He had just read Lord of the Flies in his 8th grade class and appreciated the references. The 👀 gouge was "a little gory" for grandma, but she loved it.
@shannonandswift.bsky.social
@shannonandswift.bsky.social
Heading out to see SEND HELP. It's a packed theater. And, personally, I'm in the mood to see management tortured, so should be fun!
February 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Heading out to see SEND HELP. It's a packed theater. And, personally, I'm in the mood to see management tortured, so should be fun!
In case this truly happens, I want to document that two days ago I was in a Starbucks and a guy struck up a conversation with me about the things he uses AI for and I said, "I'm very against it. I think it's all a big bubble and it's about to burst."
For those of you not playing along with the home game, half of the US economy in 2025 was AI investment and the building of data centers. All the big companies are investing in each other to make it look like infinite growth and everyone has been waiting for one company to blink. When that all stops
a close up of a man 's face with the word boom in orange letters
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word boom in orange letters
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January 31, 2026 at 2:24 AM
In case this truly happens, I want to document that two days ago I was in a Starbucks and a guy struck up a conversation with me about the things he uses AI for and I said, "I'm very against it. I think it's all a big bubble and it's about to burst."
This stinks.
January 30, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This stinks.
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Welcome John Carpenter's THE THING to the National Film Registry! bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393134...
John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ Has Been Added to the National Film Registry
John Carpenter‘s The Thing has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of this year’s 25 films to join the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to pre...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Welcome John Carpenter's THE THING to the National Film Registry! bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393134...
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Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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Instead of renting a hotel room for 2 hours I hear amorous couples are booking tickets to see MELANIA for complete privacy
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Instead of renting a hotel room for 2 hours I hear amorous couples are booking tickets to see MELANIA for complete privacy
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Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.
Schumer's entire political identity is to defend the status quo, not matter what that status quo is. The only solution possible in his mind is to tweak the status quo. Because, in his mind, the current situation is always better than change. It's pathetic.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Schumer's entire political identity is to defend the status quo, not matter what that status quo is. The only solution possible in his mind is to tweak the status quo. Because, in his mind, the current situation is always better than change. It's pathetic.
I finished a series of drafts on a feature script on Monday and sent it to my co-creator and a member of the screenwriting community for notes. It's been four months of work and I'm rewarding myself this morning by reading THE MARTIAN script before work. It's so brisk and sparse compared to...
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I finished a series of drafts on a feature script on Monday and sent it to my co-creator and a member of the screenwriting community for notes. It's been four months of work and I'm rewarding myself this morning by reading THE MARTIAN script before work. It's so brisk and sparse compared to...
This is fun because I have a lifelong fear of nuclear accidents/wars since I grew up during the Cold War in a town with a nuclear research laboratory (hello LLNL!) and you know these jerks used "AI" to "write" their new "regulations." Which is a lot of scare quotes but appropriate at this time.
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This is fun because I have a lifelong fear of nuclear accidents/wars since I grew up during the Cold War in a town with a nuclear research laboratory (hello LLNL!) and you know these jerks used "AI" to "write" their new "regulations." Which is a lot of scare quotes but appropriate at this time.
Make them famous so I can do what? Buy them a beer and pat them on the back?
These orange cultist dudes are so weird.
These orange cultist dudes are so weird.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Make them famous so I can do what? Buy them a beer and pat them on the back?
These orange cultist dudes are so weird.
These orange cultist dudes are so weird.
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
They're supposed to be the opposition! They should try, you know, opposing things!
The learned and practiced helplessness of Democratic leaders is going to get us all killed.
Q: Are you willing to use every lever of power including a government shutdown to stop what's happening here?
KLOBUCHAR: Right now we're focused on getting ICE out of the state. Of course we will use every lever, but I do remind people that Trump runs the WH and sadly also seems to run Congress
KLOBUCHAR: Right now we're focused on getting ICE out of the state. Of course we will use every lever, but I do remind people that Trump runs the WH and sadly also seems to run Congress
January 24, 2026 at 11:34 PM
They're supposed to be the opposition! They should try, you know, opposing things!
The learned and practiced helplessness of Democratic leaders is going to get us all killed.
Q: Are you willing to use every lever of power including a government shutdown to stop what's happening here?
KLOBUCHAR: Right now we're focused on getting ICE out of the state. Of course we will use every lever, but I do remind people that Trump runs the WH and sadly also seems to run Congress
KLOBUCHAR: Right now we're focused on getting ICE out of the state. Of course we will use every lever, but I do remind people that Trump runs the WH and sadly also seems to run Congress
January 24, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The learned and practiced helplessness of Democratic leaders is going to get us all killed.