Mike Roe
@mikeroe.net
Wrote The 30 Rock Book. Journalist. Screenwriter. Formerly w/ TheWrap, LAist (NPR/KPCC), LateNighter.
Read my book, come talk screenwriting or spirituality or comics w/ me. 👋🏽
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Read my book, come talk screenwriting or spirituality or comics w/ me. 👋🏽
More Mike: linktr.ee/mikeroe
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Mike Roe
@mikeroe.net
· Feb 21
Town Says Aloha To A Hawaii-Set ‘Goodfellas’ Meets ‘The Departed:’ Scorsese, DiCaprio, Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt Top Crime Drama Package
Martin Scorsese is directing a Hawaii-set crime drama that will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
deadline.com
Curious about The Rock's just announced Hawaiian mafia movie idea?
Then check out the TV pilot script for THE PEOPLE'S KINGDOM written by me & @kroe.bsky.social! (DMs open!)
This story is personal—my uncle was in the Hawaiian mob. He was killed. We dug deep to tell a story inspired by his POV.
Then check out the TV pilot script for THE PEOPLE'S KINGDOM written by me & @kroe.bsky.social! (DMs open!)
This story is personal—my uncle was in the Hawaiian mob. He was killed. We dug deep to tell a story inspired by his POV.
I was going to respond to a tweet by saying their claim sounded like an extrovert thing
but then realized that's what everything in the world sounds like
but then realized that's what everything in the world sounds like
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I was going to respond to a tweet by saying their claim sounded like an extrovert thing
but then realized that's what everything in the world sounds like
but then realized that's what everything in the world sounds like
Fact I discovered from American Revolution Ep. 3: Rahway, NJ used to be “Spanktown.”
NY Times, 1897:
“The Rahway of to-day is what was known in the last century as Spanktown, the name having been given because an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her.”
😳
NY Times, 1897:
“The Rahway of to-day is what was known in the last century as Spanktown, the name having been given because an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her.”
😳
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Fact I discovered from American Revolution Ep. 3: Rahway, NJ used to be “Spanktown.”
NY Times, 1897:
“The Rahway of to-day is what was known in the last century as Spanktown, the name having been given because an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her.”
😳
NY Times, 1897:
“The Rahway of to-day is what was known in the last century as Spanktown, the name having been given because an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her.”
😳
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Hey you DUMB MOON, it’s MORNING.
The decline in public moon education 🤦♂️
The decline in public moon education 🤦♂️
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hey you DUMB MOON, it’s MORNING.
The decline in public moon education 🤦♂️
The decline in public moon education 🤦♂️
I was selected for the Resilent Artist Project at Fuller Seminary; excited to be spending the weekend kicking things off with my fellow artists at a retreat, exploring my own craft of screenwriting with an artistic community/new friends. ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I was selected for the Resilent Artist Project at Fuller Seminary; excited to be spending the weekend kicking things off with my fellow artists at a retreat, exploring my own craft of screenwriting with an artistic community/new friends. ❤️
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Damn, I miss going to West Hollywood for Halloween! Always the best....
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Damn, I miss going to West Hollywood for Halloween! Always the best....
As someone whose family got food stamps when I was a kid, shoutout to everyone on SNAP and how scary it all feels right now.
November 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As someone whose family got food stamps when I was a kid, shoutout to everyone on SNAP and how scary it all feels right now.
Potted Library Plant's To-Do List:
⬜️ Stay low enough to brush people's heads
⬜️ Hide shameful truth that I'm plastic
⬜️ Remind everyone they could write outside if not for sunburn, no open spaces, mean insects, & pollution in our lungs
⬜️ Bully the smaller library potted plant
⬜️ Stay low enough to brush people's heads
⬜️ Hide shameful truth that I'm plastic
⬜️ Remind everyone they could write outside if not for sunburn, no open spaces, mean insects, & pollution in our lungs
⬜️ Bully the smaller library potted plant
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Potted Library Plant's To-Do List:
⬜️ Stay low enough to brush people's heads
⬜️ Hide shameful truth that I'm plastic
⬜️ Remind everyone they could write outside if not for sunburn, no open spaces, mean insects, & pollution in our lungs
⬜️ Bully the smaller library potted plant
⬜️ Stay low enough to brush people's heads
⬜️ Hide shameful truth that I'm plastic
⬜️ Remind everyone they could write outside if not for sunburn, no open spaces, mean insects, & pollution in our lungs
⬜️ Bully the smaller library potted plant
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I love that a lot of Gen Z musicians don't seem to have been introduced to the dichotomies that defined previous generations of music. Like no one ever told them you're not "supposed to" like both Bruce Springsteen and Steely Dan and so they're making these absolutely inexplicable musical chimeras.
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I love that a lot of Gen Z musicians don't seem to have been introduced to the dichotomies that defined previous generations of music. Like no one ever told them you're not "supposed to" like both Bruce Springsteen and Steely Dan and so they're making these absolutely inexplicable musical chimeras.
Guy across the aisle spent the whole flight to Los Angeles watching Fox News.
Continuing to think solving 2025 media literacy is the most important thing we should all be working on.
Continuing to think solving 2025 media literacy is the most important thing we should all be working on.
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Guy across the aisle spent the whole flight to Los Angeles watching Fox News.
Continuing to think solving 2025 media literacy is the most important thing we should all be working on.
Continuing to think solving 2025 media literacy is the most important thing we should all be working on.
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1st listen Taylor Swift LOA Showgirl track ranking:
1. Actually Romantic
2. Life of a Showgirl Honey
3. Opalite Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Father Figure
6. Eldest Daughter
7. CANCELLED!
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Ruin the Friendship
10. Wi$h Li$t
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Honey
1. Actually Romantic
2. Life of a Showgirl Honey
3. Opalite Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Father Figure
6. Eldest Daughter
7. CANCELLED!
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Ruin the Friendship
10. Wi$h Li$t
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Honey
1st listen Taylor Swift LOA Showgirl track ranking:
1. Eldest Daughter
2. Honey
3. Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Actually Romantic
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. CANCELLED!
8. Life of a Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Opalite
10. Father Figure
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Elizabeth Taylor
1. Eldest Daughter
2. Honey
3. Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Actually Romantic
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. CANCELLED!
8. Life of a Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Opalite
10. Father Figure
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Elizabeth Taylor
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
1st listen Taylor Swift LOA Showgirl track ranking:
1. Actually Romantic
2. Life of a Showgirl Honey
3. Opalite Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Father Figure
6. Eldest Daughter
7. CANCELLED!
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Ruin the Friendship
10. Wi$h Li$t
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Honey
1. Actually Romantic
2. Life of a Showgirl Honey
3. Opalite Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Father Figure
6. Eldest Daughter
7. CANCELLED!
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Ruin the Friendship
10. Wi$h Li$t
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Honey
1st listen Taylor Swift LOA Showgirl track ranking:
1. Eldest Daughter
2. Honey
3. Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Actually Romantic
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. CANCELLED!
8. Life of a Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Opalite
10. Father Figure
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Elizabeth Taylor
1. Eldest Daughter
2. Honey
3. Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Actually Romantic
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. CANCELLED!
8. Life of a Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Opalite
10. Father Figure
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Elizabeth Taylor
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
1st listen Taylor Swift LOA Showgirl track ranking:
1. Eldest Daughter
2. Honey
3. Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Actually Romantic
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. CANCELLED!
8. Life of a Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Opalite
10. Father Figure
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Elizabeth Taylor
1. Eldest Daughter
2. Honey
3. Ruin the Friendship
4. Wood
5. Actually Romantic
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. CANCELLED!
8. Life of a Showgirl (ft. Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Opalite
10. Father Figure
11. The Fate of Ophelia
12. Elizabeth Taylor
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Virtually all the content on TikTok is posted on YT Shorts and Instagram Reels as well. TikTok has no long term connections, no networking lock-in effect. It’s the easiest social media to leave.
"I’m reminded of nothing so much as Rupert Murdoch and Fox’s catastrophic purchase of MySpace 20 years ago." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Why Do We Assume TrumpTok Will Succeed?
Oracle has no history of creating compelling consumer-facing products. Their ability to run the most addictive algorithm in social media is questionable.
prospect.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Virtually all the content on TikTok is posted on YT Shorts and Instagram Reels as well. TikTok has no long term connections, no networking lock-in effect. It’s the easiest social media to leave.
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treat every creative you meet like they are successful, fulfilled, and making a living at what they say they do. talk to everyone like they're a pro. don't assume they're struggling just because you don't know their work. this will change the tenor of your conversations.
September 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
treat every creative you meet like they are successful, fulfilled, and making a living at what they say they do. talk to everyone like they're a pro. don't assume they're struggling just because you don't know their work. this will change the tenor of your conversations.
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it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems
September 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems
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Charlie Kirk was killed by a Groyper, due to that group’s known hatred of his positions, and it’s as obvious as if his killer had “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles, but the @nytimes.com and others refuse to cover it that way because they don’t respect their colleagues who know this.
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Charlie Kirk was killed by a Groyper, due to that group’s known hatred of his positions, and it’s as obvious as if his killer had “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles, but the @nytimes.com and others refuse to cover it that way because they don’t respect their colleagues who know this.
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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I have been successfully covid-jabbed. Every time, I try to remember and recapture some of the elation of getting that very first shot, the way we thought the world was changing for the better.
September 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have been successfully covid-jabbed. Every time, I try to remember and recapture some of the elation of getting that very first shot, the way we thought the world was changing for the better.
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The first US-born leader of the Catholic church singled out the Tesla chief as an example of the kind of wealth he said was undermining 'the value of human life, of the family, of the value of society' on.ft.com/4653oC8
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The first US-born leader of the Catholic church singled out the Tesla chief as an example of the kind of wealth he said was undermining 'the value of human life, of the family, of the value of society' on.ft.com/4653oC8
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• HERE’S 8/10THS OF A MINUTE OF A SHOW
• TAKE A PILL TO STOP YOU WETTING YOURSELF
• I LIKE SANDWICHES
• EMMY OPENING MUSIC
• 42 SECONDS OF THE SHOW
• YOU NEED CAR INSURANCE
• THE EMMYS WILL CONTINUE
• YOU REALLY NEED CAR INSURANCE
• DID I MENTION SANDWICHES?
• TAKE A PILL TO STOP YOU WETTING YOURSELF
• I LIKE SANDWICHES
• EMMY OPENING MUSIC
• 42 SECONDS OF THE SHOW
• YOU NEED CAR INSURANCE
• THE EMMYS WILL CONTINUE
• YOU REALLY NEED CAR INSURANCE
• DID I MENTION SANDWICHES?
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
• HERE’S 8/10THS OF A MINUTE OF A SHOW
• TAKE A PILL TO STOP YOU WETTING YOURSELF
• I LIKE SANDWICHES
• EMMY OPENING MUSIC
• 42 SECONDS OF THE SHOW
• YOU NEED CAR INSURANCE
• THE EMMYS WILL CONTINUE
• YOU REALLY NEED CAR INSURANCE
• DID I MENTION SANDWICHES?
• TAKE A PILL TO STOP YOU WETTING YOURSELF
• I LIKE SANDWICHES
• EMMY OPENING MUSIC
• 42 SECONDS OF THE SHOW
• YOU NEED CAR INSURANCE
• THE EMMYS WILL CONTINUE
• YOU REALLY NEED CAR INSURANCE
• DID I MENTION SANDWICHES?
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this is the coolest food presentation i’ve ever seen
September 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
this is the coolest food presentation i’ve ever seen
