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@scottblaszak.bsky.social
Writer of screenplays. Also McSweeneys, WNYC and Slate. Philadelphia. Enjoys the trainwreck that is college football. (Notre Dame)
https://scottblaszak.carrd.co/
https://scottblaszak.carrd.co/
he was a thought leader in the thoughtless space
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
he was a thought leader in the thoughtless space
I can never remember if DEFCON 1 or DEFCON 5 is the bad one.
And I work in the situation room .
And I work in the situation room .
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I can never remember if DEFCON 1 or DEFCON 5 is the bad one.
And I work in the situation room .
And I work in the situation room .
Flight attendant to coach screenwriters while closing the first class curtain: “Maybe if you’d worked on more commercial concepts earlier in your life, I wouldn’t have to do this.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Flight attendant to coach screenwriters while closing the first class curtain: “Maybe if you’d worked on more commercial concepts earlier in your life, I wouldn’t have to do this.”
Local screenwriter wraps caring about his screenplay.
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Local screenwriter wraps caring about his screenplay.
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
This fall, the horror film everyone’s been talking about. It’s SLIGHTLY MISPELLED MONSTER.
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This fall, the horror film everyone’s been talking about. It’s SLIGHTLY MISPELLED MONSTER.
working on a script that involves the NBA, the mafia, FBI investigations, and boatloads of fraud, and I was starting to think it was all getting a bit far fetched...
and then this morning happened.
and then this morning happened.
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
working on a script that involves the NBA, the mafia, FBI investigations, and boatloads of fraud, and I was starting to think it was all getting a bit far fetched...
and then this morning happened.
and then this morning happened.
And that's how the Toronto Rangers made it into my script.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And that's how the Toronto Rangers made it into my script.
If you had to be jailed, what cinematic universe would you want it done in?
September 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you had to be jailed, what cinematic universe would you want it done in?
Tony Gilroy says you get paid for like 4 days a year. Think I had one of these recently, but we won't know for a while.
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tony Gilroy says you get paid for like 4 days a year. Think I had one of these recently, but we won't know for a while.
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5a) ways peer critique can fuck you up:
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
July 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
5a) ways peer critique can fuck you up:
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
bring shame back
September 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
bring shame back
find someone who looks at you the way a billionaire looks at another billionaire embroiled in scandal.
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
Mark Cuban defends Clippers owner Steve Ballmer amid Kawhi Leonard allegations: 'Steve isn't that dumb'
Cuban pushed back on reports suggesting Leonard received $28 million for a 'no-show job'
www.cbssports.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
find someone who looks at you the way a billionaire looks at another billionaire embroiled in scandal.
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
listening to this as I avoid my outline and walk to the refrigerator for ice cream.
August 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
listening to this as I avoid my outline and walk to the refrigerator for ice cream.
These days if i read half a magazine i feel like a renaissance man
August 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
These days if i read half a magazine i feel like a renaissance man
drop kid at school and then resume podcast on whether we’re under marshall law
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
drop kid at school and then resume podcast on whether we’re under marshall law
Slowburn bodyhorror where the star gradually morphs physically until he’s identical to the film’s director.
August 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Slowburn bodyhorror where the star gradually morphs physically until he’s identical to the film’s director.
nuance overrated
August 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
nuance overrated
Jack White makes some points
August 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Jack White makes some points
I’m a bit of an expert on sports immorality & I just finished the Michigan Football Cheating report and even I'm impressed.
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’m a bit of an expert on sports immorality & I just finished the Michigan Football Cheating report and even I'm impressed.
is synthetic box office around the corner?
In polling world, “synthetic sampling” (using LLMs to replace human respondents) has been getting a lot of attention recently. Last wk, Ipsos announced a synthetic panel!
But does it actually work? Here’s a white paper I wrote: “Your Polls on ChatGPT”
report.verasight.io/synthetic-sa...
But does it actually work? Here’s a white paper I wrote: “Your Polls on ChatGPT”
report.verasight.io/synthetic-sa...
Synthetic Sampling Report | Verasight
A report on the challenges of "synthetic sampling" for public opinion polling.
report.verasight.io
August 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
is synthetic box office around the corner?
daughter starts kindergarten next week so we're watching some films together so she can hit the ground running
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
daughter starts kindergarten next week so we're watching some films together so she can hit the ground running
notable this ep was sponsored by Lucasfilm
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The Power and Peculiar Psychology of ‘Disney Adults’
Matt is joined by A.J. Wolfe, creator of the website Disney Food Blog and author of a new book, ‘Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture’. They dive into the “Disney a...
puck.news
August 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
notable this ep was sponsored by Lucasfilm
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puck.news/podcast_epis...
Cracks me up that both 1st and 2nd All-Time AP All-American punters are Iowa Hawkeyes
August 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Cracks me up that both 1st and 2nd All-Time AP All-American punters are Iowa Hawkeyes
He's just a boy, listening to a podcast, asking him to be in a parasocial relationship.
August 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He's just a boy, listening to a podcast, asking him to be in a parasocial relationship.