Joe Gold

Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.

One week from tonight, Sunday, Feb 1st at 7pm at Pacific Resident Theatre, 705 1/2 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. I'll be having a free reading of my new play "The Mahj Squad," a 90-minute comedy about four women playing mahjong. No reservations needed. Just come on by.

Thanks! And Happy New Year to you and Crystal!

I now have a student version of my interactive "Choose Your Own Adventure" Shakespeare comedy, "Shakespeare, Inc.". If any high schools (or colleges) are interested, let me know. Cast size 10 to 21 actors. Run-time 65-70 minutes, depending on audience choices. This story map will give you sense:

On the same week that the fungus TR-4 hit Ecuador, my comedy screenplay, Banana, made the semifinals of the Austin Film Festival. Logline: When a woman struggling with miscarriages discovers she can communicate with a banana, she travels to Ecuador to save the banana's children from a deadly fungus.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

This is the spirit of Los Angeles.

This is California.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

#FreeDavidEndRaids

It's the same thing in indie film. There are plenty of people making $100,000 no-budget movies, but when someone makes a a $5M film, they call it a small film, and they're not wrong, when you compare it to the giant studio films.

yes it is. Welcome.

Did you check Fiverr? I have author friends who have gotten decent book cover illustrations that way.

I think we should have a drinking game - drink every time Hegseth screws up. He can play, too.

Are we the only ones who do this (to prevent blanket stealing)?

YouTube video by PeteTheParakeet How Pete the Parakeet Gets Ready for the Oscars

My mother's talking bird getting ready for the Oscars www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQZ...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

YouTube video by Joe Gold Shakespeare Inc., a hysterical new interactive "choose your own adventure" play

Any theatres ready to take on the challenge of Shakespeare, Inc., my choose-your-own-adventure Shakespeare comedy? I can DM a link to the workshop production we did last year. Here's a trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhnL... And an interactive teaser: player.stornaway.io/watch/376498d5.

I don't say that to be negative - but just to confirm your statement to enjoy the journey.

Based on people I know who have had significant success in screenwriting, that 2nd graph looks very optimistic.

YouTube video by PeteTheParakeet A Valentine's Day Card from Pete the Parakeet

Happy Valentine's Day from my mother's talking parakeet:
youtu.be/7-Ui4ArWywQ?...

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Do I have any contacts with connections to high school or junior high drama or English teachers in the Los Angeles area, especially the westside?

Enjoying the shit out of Susan Seidelman's memoir "Desperately Seeking Something" - about her amazing career making movies. It's quite inspiring. Listening to the audiobook with my wife and filmmaking partner, Tammy Caplan. I sent Susan a script back in 2008 and she was super nice and supportive.

I was listening to the Wednesday podcast (recorded before the fires) while the fires were burning, and you had said something about how everything seemed to going towards Pasadena, and I was thinking - oh boy, that's for sure. Very sorry about the chaos of your last couple weeks.

hi on January 10 at around 9 pm, someone stole this backpack and a laptop bag out of my car while I was loading up to evacuate from the LA fires. whoever took it please return the sentimental items, particularly a bag with handwritten notes from my parents and my dads lord of the rings books

Can I have a few more writer followers to keep us with the recent avalanche of internet strippers who've discovered me?

Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone finds rewarding artistic work in 2025! Keep reinventing yourself, learning new things, spend time with people you love, have a sense of humor, and don't stress about things that are out of your control. I'm obviously talking to myself with all of this.

Nice! Congrats!

I'm amazed to see that some very successful people actually don't have that many followers here yet, so I want to take the opportunity to tell @markduplass.bsky.social and @jayduplass.bsky.social how much of an inspiration they've been to me and my career. "The cavalry isn't coming" is my mantra.

good morning!

it really is so good.