Lauren Black

The crumbling bell tower of a brick building, once part of a state mental institution.

A crumbling brick facade with busted-out windows, once part of a state mental institution.

My annual “drop off a tax form at the town offices on Halloween and walk out to a sight from a horror movie” post.

Cathie Wood says humanoid robots will be the ‘biggest of all’ AI opportunities Ark Invest founder Cathie Wood on Tuesday singled out the potential for artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of humanoid robots.

Who decided that we have to live in the tech billionaires’ version of the future?

Because no.

I learned many years ago that there’s an unwritten rule that you can’t do a Halloween party AFTER Halloween. Even if Halloween is on a Friday like this year, you’d better get your Halloween activities in the weekend before. Come Nov. 1, everyone is costumed out and switching to holiday mode.

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I'm at AFF for the first time! Who do I know from here?! #ScriptSky

Seconded!!

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they simply do not make drugs strong enough for living through this timeline

It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.

Sound off!

Who is going to @austinfilmfest.bsky.social #AFF32 this year? I’ll be there for full conference and film fest!

Looking to meet fellow genre writers and filmmakers! #scriptsky #indiefilmmaker

I'm out and about at @austinfilmfest.bsky.social for the next few days. Drop me a line if you'd like to meet up and say hello in person!

#scriptsky #filmsky

A child dressed in all yellow writes the words “No Kings” in sharpie on a sign.

A sign laying on the grass reads “REBELLIONS ARE BUILT ON HOPE” in stenciled letters with a child’s stick figure drawing of a girl in a yellow dress.

No Kings.

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

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Anybody out there lookin' for a script swap? I prefer half-hour comedies (as that's what you'll get from me), but I'm open to other genres, too! First 3 takers. And... go!

Have you always wanted to attend one of my Chicago Screenwriter Meetups except you're in Los Angeles and not Chicago? Are we internet friends and you want to meet me irl?

I'll be at All Season Brewing Company from 7-10pm on Wednesday, October 29th! Come hang out with me!

There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer.

Not one.

To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.

That’s incredible! Congrats!!

Hey hey hey I'm gonna be in Los Angeles for the first time EVER from October 28th-30th. Thinking about setting up an internet-friends-screenwriter-hang-thing.

Advice on good spots to hole up in a corner and maybe 2 people stop by or maybe 10 people stop by and it's all chill?

WRITERS: the 2026 GREY LIST submission window will open Monday, Nov. 3!

INDUSTRY PROS: Sign up now for advanced access, giving you the first look at the projects and talent everyone will be talking about next year.

Use this link👉 lnkd.in/g-bYq7FM or scan the QR code!

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Pretty sure we are speeding toward a future in which humans only exist to do manual labor for the robots.

Congratulations!!

READ IT. LEARN IT. LIVE IT.

A Labubu bottle opener that looks like a piece of toast with a Labubu face popping out of a toaster with the word “Yummy.”

It’s super pretty! I wasn’t expecting them to be this nice. I have two very happy kids. They were also giving away bottle openers as a free gift with every purchase.

Two Labubus lie on a wicker table: Sisi, a peach-colored “Have a Seat” Labubu with closed eyes, and Luck, a “Big Into Energy” Labubu with pastel pink, purple and blue fur.

PopMart opened today in our mall so you know what that means…

My 4yo still calls them “Little Bubus” and it’s so cute I don’t want to correct her.

Today was the Mondayest of Fridays.

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(solemnly) You've had mail.

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

Crowds mingle among pop-up festival tents on a green in front of an abandoned brick building with the windows blown out.

I basically live in a CW show circa 2005 where there is a town festival every weekend, except instead of the town green, events are held on the grounds of an abandoned state mental institution.

Wow!! Congrats!!!