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Joe Gold

@joetgold.bsky.social

Writer, filmmaker. Married by puppets. Desperate Acts of Magic http://vimeo.com/ondemand/desperateactsofmagic and Never Say Macbeth https://vimeo.com/ondemand/67035 interactive choose-your-own-adventure play, Shakespeare, Inc. https://youtu.be/nhnLXoH_uAk

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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.

21.09.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 (πŸŽ₯ @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

14.06.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15126    πŸ” 8414    πŸ’¬ 1437    πŸ“Œ 1539
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.

This is California.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

#FreeDavidEndRaids

09.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18888    πŸ” 5335    πŸ’¬ 366    πŸ“Œ 580

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.

07.06.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yes it is. Welcome.

10.05.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

29.04.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

24.04.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are we the only ones who do this (to prevent blanket stealing)?

23.03.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How Pete the Parakeet Gets Ready for the Oscars
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...

02.03.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We're not done yet | 18F

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

01.03.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 93516    πŸ” 31183    πŸ’¬ 3208    πŸ“Œ 1413
Shakespeare Inc., a hysterical new interactive "choose your own adventure" play
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.

23.02.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

16.02.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

16.02.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Valentine's Day Card from Pete the Parakeet
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?...

14.02.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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/...

08.02.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 16201    πŸ” 6189    πŸ’¬ 993    πŸ“Œ 513

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?

26.01.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

18.01.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

12.01.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

11.01.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4771    πŸ” 3152    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 47

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

07.01.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

01.01.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! Congrats!

21.12.2024 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

19.12.2024 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

good morning!

12.12.2024 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it really is so good.

12.12.2024 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the name of the courageous McDonalds employee who called the cops... Kamala Harris.

09.12.2024 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My mother has a talking parakeet. Sometimes it actually sounds smart, like it understands what it's saying. But then other times, it is clear it doesn't have a clue, and is just parroting back. I feel the EXACT same way about Chat GPT.

09.12.2024 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do it for the love of the craft of screenwriting. You are da bomb @adamlavis.bsky.social πŸ‘ŠπŸΎ

06.12.2024 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Sixth Sense! That's one...

04.12.2024 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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