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Thomas Sieben
@thomassieben.bsky.social
Writer/ Director
KIDNAPPING STELLA, PREY, HOME SWEET HOME.
Berlin based
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Bought the new Pynchon in hardcover today, at our local indie bookseller, fulfilling two promises to self. Read the first few pages while waiting for our lunch sandwiches to be toasted in a nearby patisserie, immediately getting that in-for-a-good-read feeling.
October 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Alright, let's do it. Here's a little prospective reader's guide to every Thomas Pynchon novel. We'll take them in order of publication. This might be a long thread. Buckle up! 1/x
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
July 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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If you read nothing else today, read this. Naomi Klein deftly summarizes the whole ballgame.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything'
The ‘Shock Doctrine’ author explains the dark logic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s path of destruction and why billionaire oligarchs are so angry.
www.rollingstone.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Happy Birthday to the one and only.
Shadow Ticket, Pynchon's ninth novel, will be released on October 7, 2025.

Happy Birthday to #ThomasPynchon, who turns 88 today!

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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Sinners dropping just 6% in its second weekend merits a much bigger headline than its $48 million opening. It is actual box-office news--news as in "This never happens." Just a giant thing, for Ryan Coogler and for the future of original material.
April 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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SCREENWRITING AXIOMS DURING PRODUCTION

This is work not a vacation

Be kind to the crew. They're working harder than you are

Great acting looks easy. It isn't!

Sleep when you can

Stay calm and positive. You can handle anything

No one knows the script better than you

Be open. You'll find magic!
SCREENWRITING AXOIMS FOR A LONG CAREER:

Underpromise, overdeliver.

Don't turn in a 1st draft, it should be at least the 5th.

Don't act emotionally to notes. Digest then respond.

The studio / producers are your partners not your enemy.

Your next job is determined by how you did on your last.
April 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?
February 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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2 awesome thinkers discuss current flooding the zone tactics
"Mehdi, I think we get it! It's a lot!"

Naomi Klein had to interrupt me on 'Unshocked' after I went on a rant about all the crazy stuff Trump has "overwhelmed" us with in just 10 days!

Naomi, author of 'The Shock Doctrine', unpacked Trump's 'Shock & Awe' strategy.

Watch/share/subscribe:
‘It’s All About Shock and Awe’: Trump’s Plan to Distract, Overwhelm, and Deplete
Naomi and Mehdi break down the far-right’s 'traitorous' plan to burn it all down.
zeteo.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
lol
Deepseek could be an extinction-level event for some venture capital firms," per Axios
January 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
good stuff!
Because it's never a bad time to post my How to Make a Horror Movie Crash Course
January 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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As the U.S. shifts into a volatile political landscape targeting critical thinking, I want to share an important reminder to the #booksky community:

The only way to preserve literature is by collecting physical copies.

I know, Kindle users, it sucks—but your digital copy can be deleted any time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
wie ich von X zu bluesky wechsel
January 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM