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Quick #scriptsky and #scriptskyuk question. Is the 'wrong kind of snow' joke still pretty much ubiquitous?. It was when I lived there (until 2015) - I'm assuming the trains are still crap enough that it's in use? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wro...

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The wrong type of snow - Wikipedia

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8h

To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 7h

Essential grim reading from one of my favourite posters. You cannot ask people to support political parties that want to erase their existence. And if you are in such a political party, I hope you're trying really hard to make them stay their hand. You'd better be *really* unpopular with them..

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 13h

It is incredibly telling, to me at least, how Cameron and May were more progressive on trans rights, and yet even those areas of recognition are being rolled back/completely destroyed by Labour, yet trans and non-binary individuals are ignored, talked over, and told to shut up and support Labour.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 20h

Don't support monsters is not a big ask.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 21h

Herein lies one of the biggest recurring, and escalating, issues with hostile anti-asylum policies, they don't tackle gangs. Instead they penalise the victims of gangs. It isn't the gangs piloting boats, it is normally people seeking asylum who are forced to by the gangs. inews.co.uk/news/represe...

inews.co.uk

I represented the pilot of a mega dinghy. Why Channel migrants are still arriving

Defence barrister Audrey Mogan has seen firsthand why new legislation is bound to fail

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 23h

Last Spring's gardening adventure was discovering that the garden had been hiding a nesting duck that hatched eight ducklings. This year it's a swarm of bees that arrived in the lemon tree this afternoon. The local bee sanctuary has been contacted!

Lemon tree in bright sunlight - with a decent-sized bee swarm forming a dark mass in the upper right.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This sounds like it has awesome potential - and in a weird way it reminds me of some of the fruit-fly control strategies that we use here in Australia (where we release sterile fruit flies, to act as decoys to curtail fruit fry outbreaks).

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Nate Federman @natefederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The new Big City Greens Halloween episode will drop on Disney+ this Wednesday, but if you can’t it, it’s on YouTube. The intro features an homage to Stephen King, who guest-stars in the episode. If you like (or don’t like) Widow’s Bay, you’ll like (or dislike) this!!! youtu.be/MjpVXi2VblA?...

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Big City Greens Halloween Full Episode! "Killer Kludge / Tricked" 🎃💚 | Disney Channel

YouTube video by Disney Channel Animation

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wtaf is she smoking and could she share with the rest of the class please? If only so the rest of the class as something to dull the nightmare that is Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary

Mahmood says Palestine Action proscription is needed to curb support for neo-Nazis

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fractals galore. Maths for the #gardening win. 🤗 (UQ campus)

A tall beige flower spike, progressively more pink towards the top.

Conical spirals of yellow flower buds that are starting to blossom from the bottom up.

A head of white flowers- something umbelliferous- silhouetted against the sky.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Been thinking about something that's both GLP-1 related and political. (CW: obesity) I think much of the moral panic around people using GLP-1s use to treat obesity, (including by left(ish) commentators), has a real eugenic stench to it.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

VOTE!!! CHIPS AND SALSA ARE AT STAKE!!!!

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Indeedy. Upskirting is vile.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And your Covid booster! (though maybe not all three on the same day). Shingles shots are absolutely worth getting: it's miserable and there's more of it about.

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Racism is mainstream

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Know a surgeon from the Pacific Islands or China, in public practice, who could benefit from financial support to attend the @racsurgeons.bsky.social Annual Scientific Congress in 2027? It's going to be a BIG meeting because it's the Centenary🎉. Info and application- www.surgeons.org/Resources/Me...

From left to right- RACS president Prof Owen Ung, 2026 recipient Dr Jugang Wu, me (in formal role as scholarship selection panellist), and generous scholarship sponsor Dr Simon Siu.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 03/10/2026

I implore all cis people to read this.

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Phoenix Black @phoenixblack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks @networkisa.bsky.social for the opportunity! MY SON IS A DRAGON: When a chaotic, grieving writer fosters a boy convinced he’s a dragon, the two must navigate loss, imagination, and identity to forge an unexpected family - with her movie star muse. Based on a true story.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As someone originally from N.Z. I feel like this post absolutely wins the interwebs today. 10/10. No notes.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

look I'm sorry but you called her "Buck the Sheep" and the song playing over the ad opens LOVING YOU, ISN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO I don't understand what they thought was going to happen youtu.be/B2cQW_MQRtQ?...

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Buck the System | Kiwibank

YouTube video by Kiwibank

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#scriptsky Do with this as you will :) I know how we all lurve LLMs. The podcast is currently being a good listen (and intelligible at 2x)

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“If you catch COVID-19 or another infection and work may be the cause, you can make a workers compensation claim without your manager's agreement. Your employer’s insurer decides whether to accept the claim.” #ASMOF

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Essential, sad and true reading. "the UK is not safe for any trans child. This Labour Government is the worst thing to have ever happened to trans children." I also want to say 'Welcome to Australia' I hope you, your daughter and your whole family flourish here.

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P. Thomas Johnson 🇨🇦🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 @ptomj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trans people are now fleeing the UK, when barely a decade ago it was being propped up as a safe haven for those who wanted to flee Trump's first term. Never forget: this was a conscious choice by successive UK governments, and they should never be forgiven for it.

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Janice NJ 🌈 🕊️ @janicenj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gannett Publishing, the company that owns USA Today, is shady AF. Gannett helped this Fascist movement big time by gobbling up countless local newspapers. They are not good people.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#scriptsky Since I'm sure some of us are NYC...

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every city with any remote claim to an artistic scene should be offering this. Way to go, NYC.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you're referring to some shitty thing being done in some place in the U.S. or the U.K. and you want to give it a cutesy suffix, appropriate choices include '-ton', '-ville', '-town' or '-land'. Something like that. Not '-istan'. Not unless you've really got to show your whole ass.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's 80's corporate raiding redux, but for IP.

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Chad Michael Ward @chadmichaelward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

FILMMAKERS, SCREENWRITERS, and BANDS! We all know AI sucks ass, so if you've got a movie, a screenplay, an album cover or any other poster-type needs, you're gonna want art made by human hands*. Let's talk about getting you set up with something wicked for your project! *It's me, I'm human hands.

Poster art for A STRANGE KIND OF CREATURE

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These are gorgeous! I occasionally get them visiting (they're a menace to strawberries).

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Producer, Jyoti Sarda, and our project THE COST OF CARE were invited to the 2026 Documentary Producer Lab and I couldn’t be more proud! Thank you @filmindependent.org !!

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

“It’s hard to admit this from a modern perspective, but historical fascism’s lust for violence didn’t make it repulsive but extremely attractive to a lot of German voters. And we are seeing similar things with the AfD today, where fantasies of violent retribution seem to be integral to campaign events on market squares…If the AfD is voted into power, one of the most highly advanced economies in the world could experience something similar to what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Every day my prediction that he’s not running as a Democrat gets a little truer

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Take Sam up on this! He gives thoughtful helpful notes!

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Jeremiah Lewis @minorfracas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So, I've co-written a rom-com (not my usual genre) and I'd love to get notes on it. Would anyone be interested in a script swap? I would be open to reading any genre, but I'd love for my reader to be a fan, if not a writer, of rom-coms. #scriptsky

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, I'm at sixes and sevens with the Blacklist for FAR AS THE CROW FLIES. Overall sixes. Sounds like I need to play more with information flow (which has been a bugbear in this - there's a tradeoff between tension and surprise), and perhaps untwirl Joe's moustache somewhat. #scriptsky

Overall
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Premise
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Plot
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Character
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Dialogue
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Setting
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Genre Horror,Action Thriller,Action & Adventure
Logline Desperate for visas and a change in their lives, four young Americans take jobs on
a remote farm in the Australian Outback, unaware that they are placing themselves
in the hands of a sadistic killer and his spiteful assistant.

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The eerie atmosphere and indelible imagery of films like MIDSOMMAR and PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK are electrified, in this script, with the tension of GET OUT and SCREAM. The visual style is slick, polished, and unforgettable, from the blisteringly hot scrubland where farmer Joe leaves his victims to their deaths, and the painfully-bright caravan where Crow and Tori find themselves trapped, to the visceral claustrophobia that they struggle to escape inside it, choking on acetone fumes, and the significance of a small black dot on the orange-tinted horizon of a velvet sky. As each of them is reduced to fighting for their lives, the script ratchets up the pressure-cooker intensity to a fever pitch, forcing androgynous goth Crow to expose their both metaphoric and literal scars, and Tori to confront the anxiety-inducing PTSD of a school shooting that has left her saddled with survivor’s guilt. From the moment Joe quietly chastises surrogate son Kyle for the type of people he has chosen to bring to the farm this time, the script plants an ominous seed of foreboding that boils
over into something far more harrowing, galloping toward a climactic showdown that brings both violence and cathartic release.

The gripping experience that plays out in this script is undeniably engaging, and the craftsmanship on the page is equally impressive. It might be interesting to consider whether there could be opportunities to delve just a little deeper into more of Joe's motivation, back story, and inner purpose, as a vehicle to bring just that much more insight and context into his treatment of his victims. Any opportunities to potentially preserve a little more of a sense of mystery for longer, in the first half of the story, might also create that much more intrigue and even more gut-punch twist moments as
characters like Crow and Tori begin to piece together what is going on at the same time as the audience. Beyond becoming waylaid in their caravan in the middle of the desert, one or two more evolutions, escalations, or layers to what is happening to the victims might also yield all the more color and variety as a means of shaking up the energy over the course of the middle segments of the
second act. Even if they have traditionally targeted loners, potentially expanding a little further on how Joe and Kyle have been getting away with their deadly behavior for as long as they have might also even further fortify the impact of their journey.

Prospects

This script deserves credit for crafting a visceral, immersive experience in a way that is riveting, leveraging palpable atmosphere and visuals to bring its story to life persuasively with a similar sense
of immediacy and texture. The bleak Australian outback becomes in many ways a character in and of itself, defining the tone and flavor of the film in a distinctive way with a recognizable look and feel.
Crow, in particular, offers an opportunity for a standout leading performance, in terms of talent, while Tori, Madison, Emma, Kyle, and Joe round out an ensemble of diverse and appealing voices to
attract cast. While potentially considering opportunities to lean even further into some of the intricacies, complexities, and elements of mystery and variety in the story might only broaden its appeal, it feels as though there is certainly an audience for a film like this one in the genre space, either in theaters or streaming on platforms like Netflix.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For those in England & Wales who don’t get them on the NHS: private flu & covid jabs are available from today. I’ve just had both at my local pharmacy. £115 for the pair. Yes, that’s expensive, but if you’re a freelancer & don’t get sick pay it’s probably a lot cheaper than taking time off.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This. So much this. And you definitely see it in some places where you'd have hoped people would have known and *been* better.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The one in one out scheme has been among some of the worst active anti-asylum policies in recent years, and it was all predictable, Among other things, it increased trafficking, caused untold mental and physical harm and led to deportations to unsafe countries. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

independent.co.uk

UK’s flagship one in, one out migrant exchange deal with France to end

The one in, one out deal is being wound down, after it returned around 1,400 people back to France

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It would be so nice if the US had a kind of hospital where you didn’t have to spend hours on your knees begging them to not kill your loved ones via negligence. We should make that kind.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Very excited to get to say this in a week of incredible ups and downs. But I’m thrilled to announce I’ve just signed with Keifer Ludwig at BookEnds Literary Agency, and apparently I write books now and someday soon you may read one!

Headline of an email that reads Re: Offer of Representation: Jessica Ellis

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WritingCommunity, describe your script poorly #ScriptSky DUST ON DIRT: A woman discovers an unexpected use for underwire bras.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My weirdest summer gig was translating and transcribing chants used in eleventh-century Italian nunneries. Feels like it was a different person who knew how to do that, but I guess it would come back.

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