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N. H. Cohen • (she/her)
@nhcohen.bsky.social
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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There are many forms of attribution to me on the web— including IMDb and the PAGE awards themselves.

AI still got it wrong.

Why? How can it make mistakes this simple?

And how many people believe errors like this told to them so confidently?

2/3
PAGE award webpage listing me as the winner correctly Imdb webpage listing me as the writer correctly
May 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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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
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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
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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
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Holy Cow!

Thank you, Santa Barbara Screenplay Awards, for this amazing feedback on my dark comedy pilot MOTIVATED.

R. Jackson, wherever you are, I owe you a drink! 🍹

#scriptsky+ #filmsky #scriptsky #screenwriters
Final Comments This pilot episode is a bold, high-wire act—threading needle-fine irony through the bloated balloon of self-help culture while crafting a disturbing character study. Its genre- bending mix of black comedy and psychological thriller is both inventive and commercially appealing. The tonal control is outstanding, the characters memorably off- kilter, and the writing consistently sharp. With minor tightening, this concept could easily sustain a serialized season or limited series. The juxtaposition of Seelie’s hopeful narcissism with Neil’s moral collapse delivers not only laughs but genuine suspense, holding a mirror up to the culture of performative authenticity. With continued care and tonal discipline, this could be a breakout property Motivated TV Script · Comedy · 34 Pages A wannabe motivational speaker in a downward spiral takes her last stab at stardom and unwittingly inspires a sweet serial killer to chase his dreams. (a dark comedy à la BARRY) Nic Cohen
April 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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“Hallucination”

It’s an untruth told confidently. It’s a lie.

This is being used in schools.

#AI #Gemini
From Gemini FAQ: What is a Hallucination? You might have heard that AI technology like Gemini can sometimes hallucinate. That’s a strange term, but it basically just means that Gemini sometimes gets things wrong or says things that aren’t true. These hallucinations can sound real, and Gemini might even say them confidently. What do AI hallucinations look like? AI hallucinations, or this made up info, could be things like: Made up facts. “Cats are actually canines—like dogs.” (That’s not true! They’re felines.) Made up people. “The first person to walk on Mars was Sundar Pichai.” (No human has been to Mars yet!) Statistics. “47% of all statistics are made up.” (No one could know that!) Or any type of info really!
February 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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So cool that Google not only knows Gemini lies, but it also knows it lies to children.

Gemini is used in schools.
From Gemini FAQ: “Remember to use your best judgement Gemini is not a doctor, lawyer, or a professional. It can help you learn how things work, but don’t rely on it for advice. If you need help or something doesn't seem right, talk to a trusted adult.”
February 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Please consider signing the HRC petition on removing Trans leaders from Stonewall.

Only 7k away from 100,000 names!

act.hrc.org/page/166189/...

#TransRights #Trans #pride #HRC
We're 7,276 away from our goal of 100,000 actions! Help us reach 100,000 actions for LGBTQ+ equality in Trump's first 100 days. 92,724 have signed. Take action: No STONEWALL without trans and queer people. The National Park Service has removed "transgender" and "TQ+" from LGBTQ+ mentions and content on the Stonewall National Monument webpage. This is our history. We must protect it.
February 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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My 2025 mood
Meme: A hot pink Barbie car with a white guinea pig behind the wheel with hot pink sunglasses on her forehead, eyes open and words: “the horrors persist, but so do I”
February 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A brilliant piece in @theguardian.com on a father of AI on the difference between people & AI.
Calculation vs. judgment.

AI should never create stories of the human experience or do anything beyond forms of calculation because it has no judgment or perspective.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Text from The Guardian: “For Weizenbaum, judgment involves choices that are guided by values. These values are acquired through the course of our life experience and are necessarily qualitative: they cannot be captured in code. Calculation, by contrast, is quantitative. It uses a technical calculus to arrive at a decision. Computers are only capable of calculation, not judgment. This is because they are not human, which is to say, they do not have a human history – they were not born to mothers, they did not have a childhood, they do not inhabit human bodies or possess a human psyche with a human unconscious – and so do not have the basis from which to form values. And that would be fine, if we confined computers to tasks that only required calculation. But thanks in large part to a successful ideological campaign waged by what he called the “artificial intelligentsia”, people increasingly saw humans and computers as interchangeable. As a result, computers had been given authority over matters in which they had no competence. (It would be a “monstrous obscenity”, Weizenbaum wrote, to let a computer perform the functions of a judge in a legal setting or a psychiatrist in a clinical one.)”
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Everytime I open this app I get a burst of joy so unlike that other place.

We must defend Bluesky against the oligarchs at all costs 🦋🔪
A meme from Brooklyn 99 of a woman detective holding a cute golden retriever puppy and words “I’ve only known Arlo for a day, but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself” with added meme words of ME and BLUESKY over the picture.
January 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Me, too!
Still from the Last Jedi of Kylo Ren yelling “more!” — a meme
January 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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I’m either the luckiest or the unluckiest draw—
it remains to be seen
Scrabble tiles in holder: W R C Q Z V K
January 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I’d like to introduce you to our New Year’s apple pie.

Quite tasty and was gluten-free & vegan so our food sensitive folks could enjoy ✌️.
A close up of a tasty-looking apple pie in a blue ceramic pie dish
January 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Evil cookie planning dirty deeds 😈
December 25, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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Why yes, that is a spider fascinator on my head. I’m so glad you asked ☺️.

*Heroes & Villains nightmare before Xmas party Friday the 13th
Smiling woman in glasses in a dark green velvet suit wearing a black sparkly spider with long legs on a headband A Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and a black and white theme and Nightmare before Christmas ornaments
December 14, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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We have so much to despair about and it's easy to get mired down, but I think it's also important to remember:

Dogs in sweaters

In a cold world, there's a lot of love & care in people still to keep their doggos warm. There's something touching about that.

www.thefoggydog.com/cdn/shop/fil...
A very happy, good boy golden doodle doggo wearing a striped sweater in green, dark orange and pink looking very happy.
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 PM