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N. H. Cohen • (she/her)
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Nice lady writing bad things 😈
Spec features in development LGBTQ+proud mom x3 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✡️
Rep: Heroes & Villains Ent.
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The Writers Lab '22
PAGE Silver Medal winner ‘23
Finalist: AFF 29 & CineStory ‘22
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N. H. Cohen • (she/her) @nhcohen.bsky.social · Nov 6
Next election, 2 of my 3 kids will vote. They care about the environment, racial & gender equality, LGBTQ & trans rights, and stopping war. Kids are gonna save the world. It’s terrifically sad we’ve put them in this position. Fascists and oligarchs… get scared. You can’t outrun the future ✌️
Three older kids on an overlook of beautiful Fall trees. Words: “Next election, two out of my three kids will vote. They care about the environment, racial & gender equality, LGBTQ & trans rights, and stopping war. They resent corporate goons and “late-stage capitalism” (their words) stepping on the majority of us to fatten profits and their billions. Kids are gonna save the world. It’s terrifically sad we’ve put them in this position. Thank goodness for them. Fascists and oligarchs… get scared. You can’t outrun the future ✌️
nhcohen.bsky.social
No kings!
Only sleigh queens 💅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Two folks, a mom and kiddo, one in mask, with T-shirts “unapologetically pro-democracy” and MeidasTouch on black shirt Three folks, a mom & dad and kiddo, in black MeidasTouch shirts at a rally A “1776” bronze monument of settlers and protesters seated around at no-Kings rally No Kings rally in downtown Leesburg with protests signs
October 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Oh hey!! Hi! I’ve been off for a bit, but would like to mention— I’m incredibly honored to be an #AFF32 Finalist for my Black Mirror Teleplay spec Newer Model!

I’ll be in Austin next week, hope to see some #Filmsky #Scriptsky folk there! :)
Laurels for Script Competition Finalist at Austin Film Fest 2025 Text: Black Mirror: Newer Model. Logline: Fearing her tech-genius husband will replace her with a younger woman, a fragile mother becomes obsessed with preserving her youth by any means possible. “the Substance meets Stepford Wives,” with a twist. Drama Teleplay Spec Finalists: Black Mirror: Newer Model by Nic Cohen The White Lotus: Call to Prayer by Jeffrey Schick Yellowjackets: Thicker than Water by Cynthia He
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
nhcohen.bsky.social
What an honor to be among the TV drama teleplay specs as a Semifinalist at AFF!

Only five of us and the finals still to be announced. 😅

Thrilled to see so many other pals on the SF & Second Rounder list! 💪👏

#AFF #Scriptsky #Filmsky
#Scriptsky+ #AustinFilmFest
Austin Film Fest 2025 Semifinalist Laurels 2025 image AFF website text: DRAMA TELEPLAY SPEC BLACK MIRROR: NEWER MODEL by Nic Cohen Bridgerton: Look Back, Don’t Stare by Haley Rice Slow Horses “Ghosts of Berlin” by Anthony Philips The White Lotus: Call to Prayer by Jeffrey Schick Yellowjackets: Thicker than Water by Cynthia He
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Someone better tell Ben that lion prides are matriarchal and female lions do 90% of the hunting and leadership.

Lions also scavenge.

Oh wait, he doesn’t believe in “science,” “facts” or “the truth.”
Website from Lion Recovery Fund with image of a female Lion and cub and the text “Like elephants, lion prides are matriarchal. Making up the core of a pride, female lions execute decisions and coordination in order to ensure the survival of their pride. The lionesses, well-renowned for their hunting, have to rely on synchronized efforts to catch their prey as most of their prey is small and can outrun them. Lionesses are the primary hunters, whereas male lions only contribute to less than 10% of hunts. With the pressure of having to secure food for the entire pride, lionesses coordinate to ambush their prey, usually by pursuing and pushing it into the rest of the pride.” Kenya Wild Parks Website and text: The Truth Behind the “King” Despite their noble image, lions are opportunists. They are formidable hunters, no doubt, capable of taking down large prey such as zebras, wildebeests, and even buffalo. But hunting requires energy, coordination, and risk. Injuries sustained during hunts can be fatal. Therefore, when the chance arises to feast without exerting effort—or risk—lions are more than happy to accept it. Contrary to popular belief, scavenging is not a fallback behavior or a sign of weakness. It’s a smart survival strategy, especially in the wild, where energy conservation can be the difference between life and death. Lions vs. Hyenas: The Real Scavengers? Hyenas have long been tagged as “nature’s primary scavengers,” often portrayed in media as cowardly freeloaders who feed off the hard work of other predators. However, this stereotype doesn’t tell the whole story. Studies and field observations reveal that hyenas are actually excellent hunters in their own right. They are capable of coordinated pack hunts, and in many cases, they make their own kills more frequently than they scavenge.
September 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Hozier with my kiddo was incredible! The magical voice of wizard king live! He was political in the best way— the rising numbers of money spent on war and deaths was during “Eat your young.” He wore a daisy for peace and was a uniter. (Free Palestine).
Shows the power of art to change the world.
Happy mom in glasses with kiddo smiling with peace sign fingers in restaurant before concert Hozier concert dark, tons of people, a screen above him reads: Lockheed Martin share price going up and up and 2010 Hozier on stage with band big lighted sign says Global Military Spending 2020 and $1,713,282,765,974 going up and up Hozier playing guitar and singing on stage with a close up of him in denim jacket with daisy pin for peace
September 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Amazing news! My dark comedy pilot MOTIVATED was just selected by Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards via FilmFreeway.com!

MOTIVATED: A wannabe motivational speaker in a downward spiral takes her last stab at stardom and unintentionally inspires a lonely serial killer to chase his dreams.
Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
FilmFreeway.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
North Korea did it better.

Imagine failing at fascist dictator in front of the world— to the sound of a wonky grocery cart
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 15
Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.
June 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Hey, some nice news: My sci-fi feature Artemis One is a Drama Semifinalist at Filmmatic Screenplay Awards.

Has anyone gone to their Sundance networking event?
Is it worth the trip?

#scriptsky #scriptsky+ #filmsky #screenwriting
Some generic laurels generated by Film Freeway (which feels a little sketch but I’m rolling with it)
June 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Help your local pollinators this summer! 🐝🦋🌸

Love this idea for wildflowers: take a spice shaker of native seeds on your walk to spread on bare patches.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them
From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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adwills.bsky.social
Good morning✌️🍀
a skeleton sitting in a hot spring, drinking, laughing, enjoying itself with a mountain in the background. the image is captioned "Kill the part of you that cringes at yourself for being passionate and excited about the things you care about. Playing it cool and being lowkey are overrated."
June 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
once again I must tap my own sign
@clairewillett honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion 6:00 PM • Aug 12, 2020
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
Maybe selling-out space to one unstable fascist billionaire wasn’t a good idea after all?

He can go full Bond villain & hold the world hostage.
bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · Jun 5
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
For some reason this comes to mind today 🌝
Meme: actor Alan Tudyk from Firefly making 2 plastic dinosaurs fight and words: curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal
June 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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nhcohen.bsky.social
This rolling pin was brought over from Russia by my hubs great-grandmother. She was 16 and fleeing persecution of the Jews; her remaining family was killed. Now her great-great grandkids make blueberry pie each July 4th and honor the women who came before. Immigrants made America great, not hate.
A hand-hewn rolling pin on rolled out dough next to a delicious looking blueberry pie in progress
July 4, 2023 at 6:30 PM
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nhcohen.bsky.social
My son just asked if Frankenstein is a zombie and now I’m having an existential crisis 🤯
July 4, 2023 at 2:21 AM
nhcohen.bsky.social
If anything could ever get me to buy a pair of crocs, it’s the rainbow 🌈

Happy Pride!
June 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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thornsperfected.bsky.social
Reskeet to save someone’s fucking life
June 24, 2023 at 4:52 AM
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notyournyx.bsky.social
Always 💖

Don't make me tap the sign
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
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sternbergh.bsky.social
one drum I will always bang: culture—books, art, music, drama—is not a distraction or diversion. It is, I’d argue, a more important and enduring product of human society than political shifts. MOBY DICK was written in 1851 and is a more essential human event than anything related to Millard Fillmore
November 7, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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michellema.bsky.social
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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abigaillarson.com
weekend vibe
Lionel Balestrieri 1910 "Decadent" by Ramon Casas 1899 Emma Sparre 1890 "After Breakfast" by Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi 1890
March 9, 2024 at 1:07 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
AI lies.

AI said someone else wrote my script and won a prize for it.

Who do I complain to?
Who corrects it?

1/3
#filmsky #scriptsky+
An AI search result that says “He also received the Silver Prize for his screenplay Always We Begin Again in the same contest. (A lie)
May 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
nhcohen.bsky.social
My post-CineStory ritual: tacos in the hotel room, silent and still on that writing retreat high.

What a place, what a community 🙂‍↔️

#CineStory #filmsky+
Some delicious looking tacos, chips and a beer, immunity drink, and mask facials and bath bombs cause you may have retreated too hard 😅
May 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
nhcohen.bsky.social
My “window seat” into L.A. 🌝

(Aisle 17, never again)
There’s no window there. Just the solid taupe wall of the plane. They sold a window seat with no window
May 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM