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Jim Picariello

@jimpicariello.bsky.social
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Public speaker on cults & mind control. Screenwriter/Director of Award-winning short films • Nicholl QF • Coverfly Top 20 in Family • Optioned • Blah blah blah… pro.imdb.com/name/nm5479028

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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 30/09/2026
You don’t think the left wing can use the same manipulation and mind-control techniques as the right? @jimpicariello.bsky.social here, and yes, I’m hacking Steve’s livestream again. Join me here today www.youtube.com/live/lezLEFP... at 2:00 PM EST.
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 24/06/2026
Authoritarians always make it about themselves! @jimpicariello.bsky.social here, & in today’s live, we’ll talk about mind control, hypnosis, cognitive dissonance, and why their BS seems to work so well... most of the time! Join me here youtube.com/live/R1Y0Zei... at 2:00pm EST today
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 10/06/2026
@jimpicariello.bsky.social  here & I'm hijacking Steve's livestream again today, Wednesday, June 10th at 2 PM EST. We had a great conversation last week & it got me thinking about a question many Americans are asking: why do people stay loyal to leaders, even when it’s not in their best interests?
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Trump's Sycophants, Suck Ups, and Yes Men
YouTube video by Cult Expert - Dr. Steven Hassan
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 03/06/2026
@jimpicariello.bsky.social here & I’m hijacking Steve’s live stream today at 2pm EST Last week, Steve & I talked about current events, and it got me thinking about the parallels between Trump and the technology Buddhist mind control cult that I was trapped in. And I have a lot to say about that!
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Cult Survivor Outlines SHOCKING Comparisons to Trump!
YouTube video by Cult Expert - Dr. Steven Hassan
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Ed Solomon @edsolomon.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If the mentalist was any good none of this would have happened
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 13/12/2025
A rom-com about cults? That’s the premise of The Cult of Us, a funny, dark & surprisingly educational film about how cults recruit, how people stay trapped, and how they break free. Watch the full video: youtu.be/x2r846Sgop8 @jimpicariello.bsky.social
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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 26/11/2025
My goal with this video is to support you in having a Thanksgiving that does not explode into confrontation or distance. If you want a deeper breakdown of what to avoid and what to do instead click here: stevenhassan.substack.com/p/5-phrases-... @jimpicariello.bsky.social
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
My dark comedy, half-hour, semi-finalist pilot, LOVE PSYCHO, has been chosen by @austinfilmfest.bsky.social for a live reading, this Friday 9am at the The Hideout Theatre!!! (more info below)
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
My dark comedy, half-hour TV pilot script LOVE PSYCHO is a Semifinalist at the wicked-awesome Austin Film Festival @austinfilmfest.bsky.social screenwriting competition! See you all soon!! #AFF2025
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Having a great time at the #TIFF50 Toronto International Film Festival industry conference! Who else is here!
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
If he's going to try to (ineffectively) distract us from the Epstein files, by opening up all of MLKs documents, maybe he'll get desperate and come clean with UFO stuff! I'm not even a UAP guy, but of course it would be cool to know.
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an ufo is flying in the night sky above a forest .
ALT: an ufo is flying in the night sky above a forest .
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I can't tell you how happy this makes me.
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‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ Original Red Bike Acquired by the Alamo
“The bike will be permanently displayed in the future Alamo Visitor Center and Museum, opening in Fall 2027,” the museum shared on Instagram.
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Michaela Watkins @michaelawatkins.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Colbert on air! sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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Keep Colbert on Air!
We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t...
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
When we used to play in the street, how did we first learn to yell, "CAR!!"?
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Just when you thought things couldn't get weirder, here come the vampires!
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Artificial blood that could work for all blood types in trials
Artificial blood could reduce preventable deaths in settings where limited supply costs millions of lives in low-income countries.
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💙🐶🚴🏻🏊‍♂️♊️ Victoria🌈💥☀️ @victoriaswimcycle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The Cult of Us - A Dark Rom-Com inspired by some real fucked-up shit. Coveryfly Top 1% screenplay. It's about a celibate spiritualist and his wildly promiscuous roommate who fall in love as they race to save each other from their respective cults. In development. #scriptsky #coverfly
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
With Coverfly, Nicholl, and everything else in flux, am I supposed to start using Stage 32? It took me 8 years to get them to stop emailing me!
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
When A President Isn’t A Criminal Propped Up By A Corrupt Supreme Court…
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I start every morning reading Heather Cox Richardson's daily news report, whose perspective as a historian is invaluable. As far as I'm concerned it's mandatory reading and today's is especially relevant. (@hcrichardson.bsky.social)
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April 29, 2025
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt popularized the idea that the first 100 days of a presidency established an administration’s direction.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Well now, that's just nitpicking.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This authoritarian state thing is going faster than I predicted. They're doing a great job for a bunch of morons.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Holy crap!
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
#lastofus Ep. 2 What?
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Ugh! Every frickin year, the #Cannes announcements tank my ever-so important IMDb score 🤬. Your's too?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Where is our humanity?
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Lee Jessup @leejessup.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
As the dust starts to settle on The Nicholl/The Black List situation, I took a deep dive with an update on the update ;) #screenwriting #scriptsky
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The Nicholl: An Update on an Update!
YouTube video by Lee Jessup
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
That's what happens when you put a bunch of boobs in charge. I'll have to keep abreast of this story.
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Hooters files for bankruptcy | CNN Business
Hooters — the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings — filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday. But the decades-old brand said i...
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
And yet, nothing surprises me anymore.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
RIP Nicholl Fellowship 🪦😭 Easy access to the highest regarded screenplay competition is over.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I think the bots are proliferating. Either that or left-wing quasi-political folks are just mass-following people. Relatively speaking, I'm barely political here. I want to talk screenplays and filmmaking, people!!!
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/03/2025
If federal workers aren’t allowed to work from home then Donold shouldn’t be allowed to work from Mar-A-Lago.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Facts! (I'm not trying to be hip by saying "facts". They're facts.)
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm making a feature film! What are your favorite directing and production resources? I love @everyshotapainting.bsky.social. Your suggestions don't have to have a Bluesky account. Thanks!
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Deleting my #Amazon account today! Has anyone else done it or about to do it too?
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Stressed about our future? Well, as a personal silver lining, I can look forward to 2026 when I can order from Denny's 55+ menu! 🤯🕺🏽😭
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
My wife and I are traveling to Portugal at the end of April. What are the odds that Europe won't let in Americans by then? I say 50:50.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Does anyone else suddenly realize, from time to time, that you're humming the same song, that plays in the back of your mind, without realizing it? Mine is Bingo Was His Name-O.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
JFK, Malcolm X, RFK, Martin Luther King... I'm not suggesting, encouraging, or hoping for anything. But how are every single one of them alive? People have been erased for less.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
When The Onion is truer than the news.
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Anyone else nerding it out watching the #SagAwards?
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I'm looking for my 1000th person to follow. Screenwriters and filmmakers, who is your favorite person on Bluesky? I want to follow them!
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Screenwriters, this is the medicine we all need nowadays.
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Jim Picariello @jimpicariello.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Highly recommend!
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God @thegodshow.com · 18/02/2025
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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