John Gary
@johngary.bsky.social
journeyman screenwriter, WGAw
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John Gary
@johngary.bsky.social
· Jul 3
If your first date isn't a go-fast boat to Havana for mojitos, what's even the point.
It is pretty damning that the right are so bad at social media that Elon had to spend forty-four billion dollars in order to give them a place where they could talk to each other.
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It is pretty damning that the right are so bad at social media that Elon had to spend forty-four billion dollars in order to give them a place where they could talk to each other.
Happy to see @jimjarmuschhair.bsky.social on bsky!
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Happy to see @jimjarmuschhair.bsky.social on bsky!
Almost exactly one year ago, my son’s best friend died in an e-bike accident. It has left a hole in our community that we try to fill with memorial gardens, services, gatherings, plaques, pictures, reminiscences, dinners, scholarships… but it is deeper than all that. It is deeper than the world.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Almost exactly one year ago, my son’s best friend died in an e-bike accident. It has left a hole in our community that we try to fill with memorial gardens, services, gatherings, plaques, pictures, reminiscences, dinners, scholarships… but it is deeper than all that. It is deeper than the world.
And that man was Nate Silver!
6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
And that man was Nate Silver!
“It’s the economy, stupid!” she shouts as the cruise missile breaks through the cloud cover overhead, the fins adjusting one last time to target the late-model Subraru in the Buc-ee’s parking lot where she’s zooming from.
Klobuchar: "If they don't want to do anything about people's costs and their grocery bills and their healthcare, and pummel them with these punishing Trump tariffs, then we will simply have to beat them in the midterms."
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“It’s the economy, stupid!” she shouts as the cruise missile breaks through the cloud cover overhead, the fins adjusting one last time to target the late-model Subraru in the Buc-ee’s parking lot where she’s zooming from.
Am I surprised to learn that Ryan Lizza does not understand the definition of "catch and kill" in the context of journalism? I am not.
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Am I surprised to learn that Ryan Lizza does not understand the definition of "catch and kill" in the context of journalism? I am not.
“Remember the bamboo from Part 1?”
MY BROTHER IN CHRIST NONE OF US IS ALLOWED TO FORGET.
MY BROTHER IN CHRIST NONE OF US IS ALLOWED TO FORGET.
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Remember the bamboo from Part 1?”
MY BROTHER IN CHRIST NONE OF US IS ALLOWED TO FORGET.
MY BROTHER IN CHRIST NONE OF US IS ALLOWED TO FORGET.
I am really hoping the 4k preserves the VistaVision ratio but not holding my breath.
after seeing One Battle After another three times in large formats—1x IMAX, 2x VistaVision—cropping those perfect squarish images seemed like sacrilege, and I thought I might never watch it again. Then I see one clip of Benicio del Toro on social and I’m like, maybeI’ll stream it tonight.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I am really hoping the 4k preserves the VistaVision ratio but not holding my breath.
Well there goes the Rangers, the Seals, Delta, and the entire JSOC!
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Well there goes the Rangers, the Seals, Delta, and the entire JSOC!
It is more complex than this. Capital’s goal is to diminish or eliminate worker power, because worker power costs them money. Workers are their biggest expense. Shutting down one profitable location doesn’t hurt at all if it stops all workers from gaining more power.
Mamdani's line that billionaires spent more to oppose his candidacy than he proposed to tax them really says it all.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
Like a company that shuts down a profitable location as soon as it unionizes. The principle of maintaining control is more important.
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It is more complex than this. Capital’s goal is to diminish or eliminate worker power, because worker power costs them money. Workers are their biggest expense. Shutting down one profitable location doesn’t hurt at all if it stops all workers from gaining more power.
are we six days away from invading poland
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
are we six days away from invading poland
yes but see if the computer can measure the size of your forehead and the distance between your eyes and the also length of your earlobes, it can accurately determine just how racist we all are
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
yes but see if the computer can measure the size of your forehead and the distance between your eyes and the also length of your earlobes, it can accurately determine just how racist we all are
Part of the point of the movie is the higher up you get in the chain of command, the less smart and serious the people become, culminating in a president who is competent as a person but 100% out of his depth as he makes a decision whether or not to immolate the planet.
Watching nuclear war drama A House of Dynamite, and by far the most jarring aspect is that the US executive staff are portrayed as competent, sober adults.
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Part of the point of the movie is the higher up you get in the chain of command, the less smart and serious the people become, culminating in a president who is competent as a person but 100% out of his depth as he makes a decision whether or not to immolate the planet.
One of my core theories is that some sectors of the economy became so overheated and made some people so much money that everyone with an MBA now believes that every business should achieve similar returns.
Microsoft has Xbox chasing 30% profits, leading to consoles and subscription price increases, thousands of layoffs, canceled games, and closed studios. Will this setup lead to Xbox's inevitable demise?
youtu.be/zsA0tCtAhXo
youtu.be/zsA0tCtAhXo
Microsoft is Chasing 30% Profits from Games, Will This Ruin Xbox?
YouTube video by Game Sandwich
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One of my core theories is that some sectors of the economy became so overheated and made some people so much money that everyone with an MBA now believes that every business should achieve similar returns.
I don't understand why you need to connect to the internet to make things hot or cold.
The AWS outage bricked people's $2,700 smartbeds, leaving them in a reclining position or with the heat up. People were unable to use them, basically. A GitHub repo exists that lets people operate their beds without reliance on the normal infrastructure
www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I don't understand why you need to connect to the internet to make things hot or cold.
I'm not going to pretend EDDINGTON was a feel-good movie and has the humanistic joy at the center of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER but if you watched it and hated it I probably think you need to learn how to laugh at yourself.
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm not going to pretend EDDINGTON was a feel-good movie and has the humanistic joy at the center of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER but if you watched it and hated it I probably think you need to learn how to laugh at yourself.
Goddamn. I’m so sorry, Mariners fans.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Goddamn. I’m so sorry, Mariners fans.
The article Javi is reacting to here claims to quote anonymous showrunners, and at first I was like who the eff is that reporter talking to and then I see he's not a reporter, he's a former Netflix exec who now owns a production company and I doubt he's ever made a show under a WGA contract.
a few years ago i sincerely believed it to be the duty of artists to take these tools and show the world how to use them humanely and respectfully. i don’t believe that any more. every time i have tried i have left the experience frustrated and angry…
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The article Javi is reacting to here claims to quote anonymous showrunners, and at first I was like who the eff is that reporter talking to and then I see he's not a reporter, he's a former Netflix exec who now owns a production company and I doubt he's ever made a show under a WGA contract.
Reposted by John Gary
Probably will make people mad but: West Coast urbanism is too much driven by people who have never experienced it
October 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Probably will make people mad but: West Coast urbanism is too much driven by people who have never experienced it
Visiting Paris before the pedestrianization and after was a complete revelation for me. Paris is my kids’ favorite city because “it’s all just people walking.” We can make this happen.
Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.
Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »
La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola
leparisien.fr
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Visiting Paris before the pedestrianization and after was a complete revelation for me. Paris is my kids’ favorite city because “it’s all just people walking.” We can make this happen.
Two stars, look like Noel and Liam
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Two stars, look like Noel and Liam
Guys they say 2024 represents an historical mandate because that rhetorical confidence is what gives them power. Our refusal to take control of the message is the thing keeping us from power even when we hold office.
separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me
September 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Guys they say 2024 represents an historical mandate because that rhetorical confidence is what gives them power. Our refusal to take control of the message is the thing keeping us from power even when we hold office.
Hakeem Jeffies reading this, thinking to himself about how the price of ground beef keeps going up.
It’s past time for Democrats to launch a serious perjury investigation into Emil Bove, who very clearly lied before Congress (unlike James Comey) to cover up his own egregious, unlawful misconduct (unlike Comey). His robes should not shield him from consequences for his brazen law-breaking.
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Hakeem Jeffies reading this, thinking to himself about how the price of ground beef keeps going up.
Actually I think the reason we should care about male loneliness is we should care about the happiness and well-being of other people?
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Actually I think the reason we should care about male loneliness is we should care about the happiness and well-being of other people?
CHOTINER: She’s the wife of the drug lord?
CROCKETT: They’re not married.
CHOTINER: Are they together?
CROCKETT: She works for him.
CHOTINER: Is their relationship just professional?
CROCKETT: As far as I know.
CHOTINER: Is your relationship only professional?
CROCKETT: Can we cut this?
CROCKETT: They’re not married.
CHOTINER: Are they together?
CROCKETT: She works for him.
CHOTINER: Is their relationship just professional?
CROCKETT: As far as I know.
CHOTINER: Is your relationship only professional?
CROCKETT: Can we cut this?
September 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
CHOTINER: She’s the wife of the drug lord?
CROCKETT: They’re not married.
CHOTINER: Are they together?
CROCKETT: She works for him.
CHOTINER: Is their relationship just professional?
CROCKETT: As far as I know.
CHOTINER: Is your relationship only professional?
CROCKETT: Can we cut this?
CROCKETT: They’re not married.
CHOTINER: Are they together?
CROCKETT: She works for him.
CHOTINER: Is their relationship just professional?
CROCKETT: As far as I know.
CHOTINER: Is your relationship only professional?
CROCKETT: Can we cut this?