James Hamilton
@jameshamiltonwriter.com
Emmy nominated wordclown. Head Writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld (Netflix) and Dogs In Space (Netflix).
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
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I'd love to connect with more creatives on here, so: intro post!
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
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Wake Up Dead Man is such a delight. I’m so grateful these clever, funny, emotional movies exist. Josh O’Conner is incredible in it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Wake Up Dead Man is such a delight. I’m so grateful these clever, funny, emotional movies exist. Josh O’Conner is incredible in it.
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I made Murder for Dummies with my comedy group Casual Violence. It's the culmination of everything we learned from fifteen years (!) of making comedy together.
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
Murder For Dummies | a horror comedy web series
Murder for Dummies is a horror-comedy murder mystery series, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. Who killed the world's best loved ventriloquist? Knives Out meets Garth Marenghi's Darkpla...
murderfordummies.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I made Murder for Dummies with my comedy group Casual Violence. It's the culmination of everything we learned from fifteen years (!) of making comedy together.
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
It's Garth Marenghi meets Agatha Christie; it's spooky and silly and thrilling and *free*. All we want is for YOU to find it and enjoy it!
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Murder for Dummies was a three year labour of love - my friends and I collaborated to make an entire TV show all by ourselves, and released it online this time last year, completely free.
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
Murder For Dummies - Series Trailer
YouTube video by Casual Violence
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Murder for Dummies was a three year labour of love - my friends and I collaborated to make an entire TV show all by ourselves, and released it online this time last year, completely free.
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
Here's the trailer if you're, for some reason, still on the fence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQm2...
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If the new Knives Out has given you a hunger for more murder mysteries, this is the show for you!
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
Murder for Dummies -- Episode 01: Victim
YouTube video by Casual Violence
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If the new Knives Out has given you a hunger for more murder mysteries, this is the show for you!
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
It's a six episode horror-comedy whodunnit, cunningly disguised as a true crime documentary. I'm pretty sure @rianjohnson.bsky.social would love it.
youtu.be/9wD6ndC_8hI?...
Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here's the ultimate Black Friday deal: for a limited time only*, all six episodes of the MULTI AWARD WINNING comedy series I made with my friends are available to watch... completely free!
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
Go to murderfordummies.com or the YouTube link below! 👇
*all our time is limited, death comes for us all
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“I bought this house when it was only 300k and now it’s worth 2m, why should I have to leave because I can’t afford a tax???” - so you’re saying you’ve made over a million quid in profit off a house just by it existing and you’re now complaining that’s getting taxed a bit
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“I bought this house when it was only 300k and now it’s worth 2m, why should I have to leave because I can’t afford a tax???” - so you’re saying you’ve made over a million quid in profit off a house just by it existing and you’re now complaining that’s getting taxed a bit
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
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Using an LLM for ideation is nonsense. When I'm writing I'm organizing my thoughts -- the mental clarity is the product, not the text. What's the point of hallucinating an approximation of that vestigial document?
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Using an LLM for ideation is nonsense. When I'm writing I'm organizing my thoughts -- the mental clarity is the product, not the text. What's the point of hallucinating an approximation of that vestigial document?
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And once you've watched (or rewatched!) Jentry... check out Murder for Dummies! It's the six episode horror-comedy murder-mystery mock-doc I made with my friends, and released last year!
We've won several film festival awards this year! It's all free on YouTube! Give it a go! 👇
We've won several film festival awards this year! It's all free on YouTube! Give it a go! 👇
Murder for Dummies -- Episode 01: Victim
YouTube video by Casual Violence
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And once you've watched (or rewatched!) Jentry... check out Murder for Dummies! It's the six episode horror-comedy murder-mystery mock-doc I made with my friends, and released last year!
We've won several film festival awards this year! It's all free on YouTube! Give it a go! 👇
We've won several film festival awards this year! It's all free on YouTube! Give it a go! 👇
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In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
I'd love to connect with more creatives on here, so: intro post!
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
This is a great thread. I have always felt that the “just write your spec!” advice is bad. It’s not just the current climate - I think it’s been this way for at least ten years, if not longer.
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is a great thread. I have always felt that the “just write your spec!” advice is bad. It’s not just the current climate - I think it’s been this way for at least ten years, if not longer.
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This whole thread! The fear-based mentality of the studios has trickled down to writers and it’s leaving the industry in a bad way when the next generation won’t be trained enough to make the bangers it needs to sustain itself.
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This whole thread! The fear-based mentality of the studios has trickled down to writers and it’s leaving the industry in a bad way when the next generation won’t be trained enough to make the bangers it needs to sustain itself.
In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
I'd love to connect with more creatives on here, so: intro post!
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Someone today said I should raise my rate now that I've been nominated for an Emmy and I had to explain to them that my entire industry is running on fumes and dysfunction
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Someone today said I should raise my rate now that I've been nominated for an Emmy and I had to explain to them that my entire industry is running on fumes and dysfunction
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Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
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OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
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Every clip I've watched has been more insane than the last - this one's particularly remarkable because when asked "why do you think there's been more excitement around this meeting" Trump responds with a long monologue about how great and remarkable ZOHRAN is - not one single word about himself.
I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Every clip I've watched has been more insane than the last - this one's particularly remarkable because when asked "why do you think there's been more excitement around this meeting" Trump responds with a long monologue about how great and remarkable ZOHRAN is - not one single word about himself.