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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I know I should be a good boy and watch something new but, honestly, I’m hankering for a fresh rewatch of The Big Short tonight. That movie, over the last decade, has really become a warm blanket for me. I don’t know how considering the bleak subject matter, but I just love everything about it.
a man in a suit and tie is holding a piece of paper and saying " i can feel you judging me "
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is holding a piece of paper and saying " i can feel you judging me "
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December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I know I should be a good boy and watch something new but, honestly, I’m hankering for a fresh rewatch of The Big Short tonight. That movie, over the last decade, has really become a warm blanket for me. I don’t know how considering the bleak subject matter, but I just love everything about it.
Hi all! More Than Sex Ed, the non-profit org that I'm a teacher for, is raising $3,700 in 24 hours in honor of the 37 schools & community groups we served last year for #givingTuesday.
If you're able to donate, that would be amazing! All gifts are doubled. Link: www.ahfwad.org/site/TR/Even...
If you're able to donate, that would be amazing! All gifts are doubled. Link: www.ahfwad.org/site/TR/Even...
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hi all! More Than Sex Ed, the non-profit org that I'm a teacher for, is raising $3,700 in 24 hours in honor of the 37 schools & community groups we served last year for #givingTuesday.
If you're able to donate, that would be amazing! All gifts are doubled. Link: www.ahfwad.org/site/TR/Even...
If you're able to donate, that would be amazing! All gifts are doubled. Link: www.ahfwad.org/site/TR/Even...
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I am NOT quitting the industry and I’m absolutely not quitting writing but it’s hard to see where there’s a place for me when TV series are 6-15 episodes written by upper-levels who already know each other, studios are merging into mega-conglomerates, and indie financing doesn’t exist.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I am NOT quitting the industry and I’m absolutely not quitting writing but it’s hard to see where there’s a place for me when TV series are 6-15 episodes written by upper-levels who already know each other, studios are merging into mega-conglomerates, and indie financing doesn’t exist.
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
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“--it's not gasps and blood and falling about---that isn't what makes it death. It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all ---now you see him, now you don't, that the only thing that's real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back...”
--Tom Stoppard
--Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“--it's not gasps and blood and falling about---that isn't what makes it death. It's just a man failing to reappear, that's all ---now you see him, now you don't, that the only thing that's real: here one minute and gone the next and never coming back...”
--Tom Stoppard
--Tom Stoppard
ugh why is writing pilots so HARD
like seriously me & @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social have done this several times before
and still.
like seriously me & @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social have done this several times before
and still.
a man wearing a black jacket with the word wang li on the back
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November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
ugh why is writing pilots so HARD
like seriously me & @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social have done this several times before
and still.
like seriously me & @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social have done this several times before
and still.
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Everyone who orders from our bookstore gets a free whistle. Everybody! Even if all you order is a $2 used paperback, you get a whistle. It's the perfect accessory for the winter months. You know—because of all the ice.
If you're looking for something delightful and unexpected for that film, TV, or music lover in your life (who may in fact be you!) check out the recently opened, ever-growing MZS.press magazine section. It includes some vintage titles & recent special issues. mzs.press/Magazines-c1...
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Everyone who orders from our bookstore gets a free whistle. Everybody! Even if all you order is a $2 used paperback, you get a whistle. It's the perfect accessory for the winter months. You know—because of all the ice.
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Because I'm apparently a sheeple like everyone else, I'm giving 25% off all paid subscriptions from today until Sunday. I write about conspiracy theories, weird internet stuff, and rebuilding post-Eaton Fire. It's a big help!
Patreon.com/MikeRothschild
Patreon.com/MikeRothschild
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Documenting the Eaton Fire and its aftermath
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November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Because I'm apparently a sheeple like everyone else, I'm giving 25% off all paid subscriptions from today until Sunday. I write about conspiracy theories, weird internet stuff, and rebuilding post-Eaton Fire. It's a big help!
Patreon.com/MikeRothschild
Patreon.com/MikeRothschild
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Oh god. A sublime writer. R&G is perfection, Arcadia is exquisite, and Shakespeare in Love remains the best movie about WS ever made. Safe travels, Tom.
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Oh god. A sublime writer. R&G is perfection, Arcadia is exquisite, and Shakespeare in Love remains the best movie about WS ever made. Safe travels, Tom.
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Happy Thanksgiving, I'm grateful to be autistic, and she agrees with me.
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, I'm grateful to be autistic, and she agrees with me.
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From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
What are you top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Metafictional madness
Oh thank god finally got the time loop right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Metafictional madness
Oh thank god finally got the time loop right
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Quirky assassin romantic comedy
-Legal case about a piece of art
-Action movie but for the female gaze
-Modern Classics Adaptation with messy teens and a female lead
-Surprise! it’s gay!
-Quirky assassin romantic comedy
-Legal case about a piece of art
-Action movie but for the female gaze
-Modern Classics Adaptation with messy teens and a female lead
-Surprise! it’s gay!
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What are you top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Metafictional madness
Oh thank god finally got the time loop right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Time loop they can't quite get right
Metafictional madness
Oh thank god finally got the time loop right
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happy thanksgiving from therizinosaurus, the forbidden turkey 🦃 therizinosaurus was a pot-bellied, 5-tonne herbivore from late cretaceous mongolia, best-known for the scythe-like claws on its hands
(art by @kaek.bsky.social)
(art by @kaek.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
happy thanksgiving from therizinosaurus, the forbidden turkey 🦃 therizinosaurus was a pot-bellied, 5-tonne herbivore from late cretaceous mongolia, best-known for the scythe-like claws on its hands
(art by @kaek.bsky.social)
(art by @kaek.bsky.social)
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TOMORROW
Frog and Toad ate many cookies, one after another.
“You know, Toad,” said Frog, with his mouth full, “I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick.”
“You are right,” said Toad. “Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”
“You know, Toad,” said Frog, with his mouth full, “I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick.”
“You are right,” said Toad. “Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.”
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
TOMORROW
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I would be co-President 2/ @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social and I'm pretty sure we'd go for the following. For a start…
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I would be co-President 2/ @vivaciousvandal.bsky.social and I'm pretty sure we'd go for the following. For a start…
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
1) Galavant season 3.
2) @okbjgm.bsky.social 's The Middleman, season 2.
3) Agent Carter season 2.
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Frisky Dingo Season 3
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Frisky Dingo Season 3
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Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
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WRITER: Hello! I work very hard to craft diverting art and entertainment projects that I offer for sale; I do this so I can afford things like food and electricity.
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
WRITER: Hello! I work very hard to craft diverting art and entertainment projects that I offer for sale; I do this so I can afford things like food and electricity.
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
THIS FUCKIN GUY: Oh my GOD can you not simply divest yourself of the wage-justifying paradigm, you are so cringe
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.