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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 5h

I just had a great authenticity read on my new TV pilot (two gay male leads) from Drew at Pride Reads! Insightful, practical & smart notes. If you need some expertise, he's the man you need.

His Pride Reads newsletter on writing queer characters is great too, and free to sign up for!

Pride Reads Drew @pridereads.bsky.social · Nov 17

Maybe a (re) intro is a good idea

I’m Drew💋
Aka Pride Reads

Sensitivity reader of scripts & novels, owner of PrideReads.co.uk, elder gay, ND & one of them he/theys

Screenwriter- written on h’oaks, currently pitching an lgbtq+ anthology series

Debut novel out March 2025

Expert milkshake maker

Picture of me, Drew. Pink hair, glitter on my face and a T-shirt that reads PROUD. ALSO, I am cute.

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 4h

#Scriptsky ? Anyone?

Rachel Esselle @rachelsl.bsky.social · 4h

WGA / Writer friends, does anyone know how I can reach @starleekine.bsky.social ?

Starlee was part of a TINY picket of 3 people that shut down Evil's production on May 5, 2023.

There was a video that went viral with 3.8 mil views, but it was posted by someone else. And I'm not on Twitter anymore.

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 6h

Story pitch: a billionaire's security detail dispose of him in the wake of an apocalypse and hide in his shelter. But it quickly becomes apparent that he was working on something much worse, and if they don't find a way to stop it the last remnants of humanity will come to an end ...

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 9h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 4h

I agree with this, “I WILL RESIDE IN MY ROBOT BUNKER WITH TOILET CARROTS TO SURVIVE THE WAR” is men’s version of “I want to live in a vintage farmhouse with all my female friends, we’ll raise goats and open a little knit ware and apothecary store”

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 4h

In another life, I wrote a whole novel about bunker building doomsday preppers and managed to interview several on background for research. My overwhelming conclusion is that they do it for fun. Because Diggy Diggy Holes.

🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 4h

PSA: The whole doomsday bunker fantasy is fortunately one of the most painfully obvious aspects of these billionaire's delusional views of reality. It's a self-propped up fantasy that I'm guessing people who build bunkers are getting well paid for. As is the "computer intelligence" takeover.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 4h

Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!

This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 4h

Great small organisation providing a community arts space, if you have some pennies to spare...

Help raise £7000 to support a creative art space – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to support a creative art space . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 5h

I just had a great authenticity read on my new TV pilot (two gay male leads) from Drew at Pride Reads! Insightful, practical & smart notes. If you need some expertise, he's the man you need.

His Pride Reads newsletter on writing queer characters is great too, and free to sign up for!

Pride Reads Drew @pridereads.bsky.social · Nov 17

Maybe a (re) intro is a good idea

I’m Drew💋
Aka Pride Reads

Sensitivity reader of scripts & novels, owner of PrideReads.co.uk, elder gay, ND & one of them he/theys

Screenwriter- written on h’oaks, currently pitching an lgbtq+ anthology series

Debut novel out March 2025

Expert milkshake maker

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 5h

Been talking to other local freelancers and it can be a bit of a solitary thing sometimes. So, since I help at a community co-op bookshop, this seemed like a good idea.

Fourth Friday of the month, come join us at @allgoodbookshop.co.uk (Turnpike Lane, London) for chat, advice and mutual support.

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 6h

Yaaaaay!

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Zee Zom @fnafilms.com · 6h

The sitcom I coproduced is being repeated on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm TONIGHT! CHOON IN!!!

Pink and blue graphic with a photo of a man and woman who are both half dressed. Tes reads:
BBC

TOM & LAUREN
ARE GOING OOT

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 9h

It’s invite-only, with limited places available. Email: [email protected] by 9pm tonight (Wed 15th Oct) to apply for access.

Please spread the word!

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 9h

Channel 5 is hosting a Digital Regional Press Screening & Q&A for new period drama, The Forsytes (from makers of Poldark).

It’s designed for hyperlocal and niche media, giving journalists outside London a chance to take part, see Ep 1 early & join a live Q&A with cast and writer Debbie Horsfield.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 9h

LAST MINUTE CALL for all regional journalists and independent TV & film press...

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Meghan Fitzmartin @megfitz89.bsky.social · 10h

I find headlines like this ridiculous, because it acts as if the TV industry didn’t train younger generations to prefer YouTube. When you cancel shows people love, when you don’t listen to audiences, and when you don’t invest in audience but rather cater to shareholders, the audience will leave.

The Hollywood Reporter Headline: YouTube just ate TV. It’s only getting started.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 1d

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 10h

Oct 15th - Twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” buy a rundown sawmill, and start transforming it into one hell of a juke joint

📽️📅 Sinners (2025)

4 Screenshots from the movie "Sinners" (2025): First, a black screen with the text "Clarksdale, Mississippi October 16, 1932." Second, an interior of a church with attendees in white clothing, a man stands silhouetted in the doorway with a cross visible above. Third, a black screen with the text "one day earlier." Fourth, two men in suits and hats stand beside a vintage car against a rustic building backdrop.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 11h

gonna be interesting when bits of people's porn chats start showing up on page 7 of the work slop report they generated and never bothered reading 🤔

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 11h

The brilliant #ISwear came to the screen on a tight budget - and that presented a hell of a challenge for its small sound team.
filmstories.co.uk/news/i-swear...

I Swear | The surprising challenge of the sound mix

The brilliant I Swear came to the screen on a tight budget - and that presented a hell of a challenge for the small sound team.

filmstories.co.uk

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fleezlow.bsky.social @fleezlow.bsky.social · 12h

Graham Linehan is the Miles Davis of getting mad at things that aren't real, the greatest to ever do it.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 13h

a skull full of soup.

cinesthetic. @TheCinesth.... 13h
Teaser trailer for 'AMADEUS' starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany has been released.

Graham Linehan @Glinner 7h
How would you like to see Amadeus again, except this time Mozart is black?
Me neither! Yet here it is!

Clara @Americana Mama79 6h
That guy is black?

Graham Linehan @Glinner 6h
Apparently not but the point rrrremains!

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 12h

Harsh 😂

‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?

Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 1d

I do not think non-members can respond, but the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is running a survey on trans-inclusion at competition level. Feel free to email the BMC with your thoughts: [email protected].

And check out this excellent article: www.ukclimbing.com/articles/fea...

FEATURE: Trans Climbers Welcome

Following the publication of my writing exploring the relationship between climbing and autism, I found myself thinking towards a companion piece about experiencing climbing through the lens of...

www.ukclimbing.com

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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 18h

#scriptsky #screenwriting

SO much AI-fanboy bullshit here, but this much is true:

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 1d

For those trying to buy our I Swear issue of Film Stories magazine and found it's sold out, we've just broken out the emergency boxes and put more on sale. Thank you for all your support...!

buff.ly/QlyPZB3

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

The Hebden Bridge I know was always a place for Riot Women

As Sally Wainwright brings the West Yorkshire town back to our screens, a fellow local writer returns home and reflects on how it’s changed since she was a child

www.theguardian.com

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