Greg "The Horror of Existence" Machlin
@gregmachlin.bsky.social
I write with VivaciousVandal. Won an Inevitable Fellowship for writers with disabilities. AFF Semifinalist 2025. Welcome to Bsky, or "Good Twitter," as I call it!
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Happy 11/11 #Scriptsky!
Even though 11:11 has passed, numerologists tell me you still have all day to make a wish that will almost certainly come true. So I want to know...
Other than getting paid to have your scripts made, what is the ONE thing you want to wish for in your Screenwriting career?
Even though 11:11 has passed, numerologists tell me you still have all day to make a wish that will almost certainly come true. So I want to know...
Other than getting paid to have your scripts made, what is the ONE thing you want to wish for in your Screenwriting career?
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy 11/11 #Scriptsky!
Even though 11:11 has passed, numerologists tell me you still have all day to make a wish that will almost certainly come true. So I want to know...
Other than getting paid to have your scripts made, what is the ONE thing you want to wish for in your Screenwriting career?
Even though 11:11 has passed, numerologists tell me you still have all day to make a wish that will almost certainly come true. So I want to know...
Other than getting paid to have your scripts made, what is the ONE thing you want to wish for in your Screenwriting career?
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Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
cc @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social who finally got me to play UNTITLED GOOSE GAME
this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
cc @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social who finally got me to play UNTITLED GOOSE GAME
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
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Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
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Oh! And GlaDOS but only when she was a potato.
a potato is being held up in a room with the words oh hi how are you holding up
ALT: a potato is being held up in a room with the words oh hi how are you holding up
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh! And GlaDOS but only when she was a potato.
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
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Me flirting
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Me flirting
@vivaciousvandal.bsky.social had a great idea for a YA mystery show and we‘ve been tag teaming on it. We finished the rough outline today.
Ive been riding an adrenaline buzz and had to tell SOMEONE.
Ive been riding an adrenaline buzz and had to tell SOMEONE.
a bald man in a car with the word witness written on his back
Alt: a bald man in goth makeup and eyeshadow driving in a car turns behind him and screams Witness!
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
@vivaciousvandal.bsky.social had a great idea for a YA mystery show and we‘ve been tag teaming on it. We finished the rough outline today.
Ive been riding an adrenaline buzz and had to tell SOMEONE.
Ive been riding an adrenaline buzz and had to tell SOMEONE.
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Miller's Crossing
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Miller's Crossing
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy
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explain how my two favorite Coen brothers films were their two biggest bombs. I didn't plan it that way.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
explain how my two favorite Coen brothers films were their two biggest bombs. I didn't plan it that way.
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I really want a show about Mon Mothma's post-war career as a major player in the New Republican government.
Make it West Wing, but also Star Wars, plus "hey we kinda need people to take a crash course on constitutional design, for no particular reason that needs to be addressed in the text."
Make it West Wing, but also Star Wars, plus "hey we kinda need people to take a crash course on constitutional design, for no particular reason that needs to be addressed in the text."
ironically what makes star wars stuff best is when it is 'something else, but also star wars'
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I really want a show about Mon Mothma's post-war career as a major player in the New Republican government.
Make it West Wing, but also Star Wars, plus "hey we kinda need people to take a crash course on constitutional design, for no particular reason that needs to be addressed in the text."
Make it West Wing, but also Star Wars, plus "hey we kinda need people to take a crash course on constitutional design, for no particular reason that needs to be addressed in the text."
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Reminder that Republicans don't really believe in religious liberty. Religion is a tool for enhancing their political power, and any expression of faith to the contrary must be suppressed.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reminder that Republicans don't really believe in religious liberty. Religion is a tool for enhancing their political power, and any expression of faith to the contrary must be suppressed.
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Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention, Pam Bondi.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention, Pam Bondi.
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Congratulations! You are being rescued. Please do not resist.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Congratulations! You are being rescued. Please do not resist.
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and it's a bummer and unfair that the police can just decide to refuse to follow the law, and that business associations etc will flood the zone with propaganda declaring any attempt at a better world a miserable failure
But you have to meet that shit head on and riposte. It can't be avoided.
But you have to meet that shit head on and riposte. It can't be avoided.
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
and it's a bummer and unfair that the police can just decide to refuse to follow the law, and that business associations etc will flood the zone with propaganda declaring any attempt at a better world a miserable failure
But you have to meet that shit head on and riposte. It can't be avoided.
But you have to meet that shit head on and riposte. It can't be avoided.
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Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
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Rude.
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Rude.
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Me: I'll go make the bed.
The bed:
The bed:
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Me: I'll go make the bed.
The bed:
The bed:
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I don't know who needs to get credit for this (Sterlin Harjo? Macon Blair?), but last night I watched what I think is one of the coolest music-related cameo scenes ever, while viewing Episode 5 ("This Land?) of the FX tv series "The Lowdown".
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don't know who needs to get credit for this (Sterlin Harjo? Macon Blair?), but last night I watched what I think is one of the coolest music-related cameo scenes ever, while viewing Episode 5 ("This Land?) of the FX tv series "The Lowdown".
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If you haven't watched the quirky, noirish, utterly entertaining "The Lowdown" but liked Harjo's earlier work ("Reservation Dogs"), or enjoyed "Fargo" (series or film), "Justified", "The Killing, S1", "Dark Winds", "True Detective, S1", etc. then give "The Lowdown" a look.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you haven't watched the quirky, noirish, utterly entertaining "The Lowdown" but liked Harjo's earlier work ("Reservation Dogs"), or enjoyed "Fargo" (series or film), "Justified", "The Killing, S1", "Dark Winds", "True Detective, S1", etc. then give "The Lowdown" a look.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
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And why exactly is the sex at birth, as opposed to their sex now, at all relevant to identifying, say, a fifty year old woman on DOCUMENTS THAT IDENTIFY HER.
I had blue eyes at birth. You know what my driver’s license says? Hazel. Because they changed, and one is useless for identifying me.
I had blue eyes at birth. You know what my driver’s license says? Hazel. Because they changed, and one is useless for identifying me.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
And why exactly is the sex at birth, as opposed to their sex now, at all relevant to identifying, say, a fifty year old woman on DOCUMENTS THAT IDENTIFY HER.
I had blue eyes at birth. You know what my driver’s license says? Hazel. Because they changed, and one is useless for identifying me.
I had blue eyes at birth. You know what my driver’s license says? Hazel. Because they changed, and one is useless for identifying me.
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People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
Okay, who told every exec to start using "white space" as their new buzzword?
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.