Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Saw this beauty while running in Griffith Park. 120
Reposted by Manthony WritesJón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨ 116166668380
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 22/10/2025@heidihornbacher.bsky.social Look what I found at registration at AFF! 🥳 220
Reposted by Manthony WritesCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/10/2025David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike. (via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social) 246231923834
Reposted by Manthony WritesIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings 22918839028612
Reposted by Manthony WritesHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings 642339208245
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025True words in these times — “The most profound indication of a social malignancy… no sense of humor.” 010
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 12/10/2025We're really soaring here! Straight from the #BlackList, "There are great prospects for this writer..." Pigeons of Paradise has been described as SOLID, CLEVER, FOCUSED and UNIQUE. 000
Reposted by Manthony WritesDaniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 06/10/2025“And though generative A.I. was trained on the work of human creators, so were you: Every show you’ve watched, every script you’ve read, surely left its mark. You have no cause to apologize.” If I have to explain the flaw in this logic, you are too fucked to fix. 🖕 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/m...nytimes.comI’m a Screenwriter. Is It All Right if I Use A.I.? 35110
Reposted by Manthony WritesJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history. 1016253067550
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025My animated feature comedy script Pigeons of Paradise is a second rounder at Austin Film Fest. 🐦🤣📝 000
Reposted by Manthony WritesStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Hard to blame the Democrats for the shutdown when you're in charge of all 3 branches of government, plus the Supreme Court. 1405656885
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Tijuana Ricks and I started our monthlong residency at Hawai'i Volcano National Park! Mahalo, National Parks Arts Foundation! 🌺🌋🏝️✍️ So many great things to come! ☄️ 010
Reposted by Manthony WritesVic Hurtowy @vichurtowy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025True story bro. 599327279488
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Our half-hour comedy pilot, Painkillers, is a semifinalist for the Inroads Fellowship, Season 8! 🥳 🍹 Currently ranked in the top 3% of all scripts on Coverfly! 000
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Our half hour medical comedy, Painkillers, has advanced to the semifinals at Raindance Film Festival! 🥳 371
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2025This is what the world needs right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk 000
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Raindance quarterfinalist for Painkillers! 000
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Heading to SeriesFest 11 in Denver tomorrow! 🥳 Can’t wait! ✍️🎥🎬📺✍️ @seriesfest.bsky.social 000
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Emergency Is HereTrump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next. 000
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Time for a Civic Uprising www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat. 000
Reposted by Manthony WritesGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Where is our humanity? 17513338111172
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025IN MIDAIR - High above a whimpering dog and errant vacuum -- Dusty and Bunny reunite. They dance and twirl alonsgside other specks of dust set free -- a splendid ballet of ebb and flow. 000
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Rocky backs away with the ball -- drops it -- a single bark. Then -- A cloud of dust EJECTS. Rocky's face -- covered. Dusty shoots into the air -- soars -- free! ON THE WINDOWSILL - Bunny catches the wind, flies high into the air. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025EXT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS The tennis ball hits the vacuum -- switches from IN to OUT. Rocky tracks the bouncing ball -- tail wags -- set to pounce. The ball stops at the foot of the vacuum -- Rocky leaps -- paw hits the ON button -- the vacuum rumbles and shakes. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025ON THE WINDOWSILL - A gust of wind blows -- tennis ball rocks -- teeters. Bunny pushes with all her might -- it falls. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Specks of dust nod -- emphatic. FROM INSIDE THE VACUUM - Dusty clings to the side -- watches. A GIANT DUST BUNNY FORMS. Rocky cocks his head -- alarmed. The dust bunny pries open the window. The dust disperses -- gone. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025ON THE WINDOWSILL - Hands on her hips, Bunny searches -- mad. She looks from Rocky to the tennis ball. An idea forms. Fingers in her mouth -- she whistles. Rocky's ears perk up. Floating SPECKS OF DUST drift and settle on the windowsill. A layer of dust forms. Bunny motions towards the window. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025IN THE VACUUM - Dusty clings to the side of the dustbin -- looks out -- hands and face against the wall -- sees Bunny. Dusty's hands fall. His head droops -- forlorn. If dust could cry, he would -- trapped. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025A hand picks up the ball and places it on the windowsill. On his haunches, Rocky stares at the ball. The hand pets him. Footsteps. The door shuts. Rocky puts his head down -- disappointed. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025A light grows at the end of the tunnel -- POOF! Dusty flies out of the hose into the clear plastic dustbin. He spins at cyclonic speeds -- terrified. Muffled barks rise above the vacuum's roar. FROM THE WINDOWSILL - Bunny watches the woman step on the OFF switch. The vacuum stops. She sets aside. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025He can't hold on. He's sucked into a blur of spinning bristles -- a giant brush. IN THE VACUUM - Dusty's caught in the brush -- spun around -- light -- dark - - light -- dark -- then sucked into a black hole. Dusty hurtles through a winding tube -- tossed like a child in a waterslide tunnel. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025FROM THE WINDOWSILL - Bunny watches Rocky pounce on the ball, carry it to a corner. She looks back at Dusty -- relieved. ON THE RUG - The vacuum starts again -- Rocky drops the ball -- barks. Dusty clings to the rug -- pulled toward the light. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025ON THE RUG - Dusty searches for an air current -- frantic. Everything shakes. The vacuum rumbles in and out under the sofa -- light -- dark -- light -- closer. The vacuum stops. A HAND comes into frame -- dislodges the tennis ball -- tosses it to Rocky -- wary. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Dancing SPECKS OF DUST careen -- choppy -- flow disrupted. Dusty and Bunny struggle to hold on to each other. A JOLT OF AIR -- fingers slip -- reach for each other -- desperate. Bunny floats higher -- lands on the windowsill. Dusty spins -- drifts -- falls to the foot of the sofa. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS A WOMAN walks in, closes the window and plugs in the vacuum. Rocky stops chewing -- watches. Her foot hits the ON button. The vacuum roars to life. Rocky barks -- defensive -- tennis ball rolls under the sofa. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025They dance, twirl and float alongside other SPECKS OF DUST -- an aerial ballet flickering in the light -- breathtaking. Dusty and Bunny rise higher aglow in each others arms. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025ON THE WINDOWSILL - We ZOOM IN from rays of sunshine to the windowsill where two specks of dust, DUSTY and BUNNY, snuggle with affection. A gust of wind blows, lifting the two lovers into the air. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025TITLE: LIFE IN A VACUUM INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY ROCKY, a black mutt with white paws and muzzle, gnaws on a TENNIS BALL on a RUG at the foot of a SOFA. Dappled sunlight filters through an open window illuminating SPECKS OF DUST floating in the air. A VACUUM stands in the corner. 100
Manthony Writes @manthonywrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Maybe he found a word that rhymed with orange? 000
Reposted by Manthony WritesCarmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 29/03/2025When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public 6443397310783
Reposted by Manthony WritesCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States: Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom 18533863712248
Reposted by Manthony WritesScott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 27/03/2025John August: "A writer can always write. That’s one of the great luxuries we have: Words are cheap." #screenwriting #scriptsky 2254
