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Jordan Harper
@jordanharper.bsky.social
Edgar-winning author of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA and LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS. A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE will drop April 2026.

The film version of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN is out now.
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In preparation for my new novel A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE dropping this April, I'm starting this thread to catalog my work:
Michael Mann AMERICAN TABLOID
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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#Noirvember podcast - Talked with Mike White and Andrew Nette about John Boorman, Richard Stark/Donald Westlake and Lee Marvin for this @projectionbooth.bsky.social episode on POINT BLANK www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2021/11/epis...
@pulpcurry.bsky.social
Episode 546: Point Blank (1967)
Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at John Boorman’s POINT BLANK. Released in 1967, the film was based on the 1962 novel by Donald Westlake.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When you’re scrolling fast it’s easy to mistake the POINT BLANK poster for the DISORDERLIES poster
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I wrote a piece on my favorite American crime writer—and some of my favorite crime films—for the new issue of THIS IS @cine-matographe.bsky.social. There are a few copies left on the @vinsyn.bsky.social website, which will be live on Black Friday.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Hey WGAW chums, check the email, the invite for the Artificial Intelligence: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities panel, by the Education Committee and with myself and a few others, is live. Dec 3, RSVP if interested, we're doing virtual so we can make it as accessible as possible.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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(when my book makes a list) haha fucking check THIS out. perfect meritocracy....very cool. vERy cool.
(when my book is not on the list) i'm sick of the industry picking winners and losers. how are you even ranking ART, first of all,
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Black Mirror doesn’t have shit on your local DA
So we’re just experimenting with AI in criminal cases huh
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Here's my conversation with Jason Wilson about how the richest man on the planet is using his racist LLM to build and even more racist Wikipedia competitor.

This is episode 253 of the podcast, IYKYK.

open.spotify.com/episode/3jkq...
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Once again the real world is providing a grade A promotional plan for the new @jordanharper.bsky.social novel.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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hey Los Angeles, are you mayor-curious? check out @cartermoon.bsky.social's new substack about why he's all in for Rae Huang in 2026! ☀️

(FYI, Carter is part of the genius behind @raeforla.bsky.social's lit campaign launch video!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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HEADS UP: The owner of YIPEE-KAI YAI MOVIEGOER, who is releasing a bunch of Albert Pyun films, has angrily called and threatened someone who criticized one of their releases for using AI.

www.reddit.com/r/boutiquebl...
[Mature Content] From the boutiquebluray community on Reddit: Disturbing follow-up to Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Video's release of Albert Pyun's Road to Hell
Posted by xenago - 456 votes and 200 comments
www.reddit.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
folks can get mad that the aesthetic totality of a song can conquer the literal meaning of the lyrics but thems is facts. People scoffed at the conservative capture of Born in the USA but affect is affect, yo.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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You Are Witnessing A Great Becoming, Charlie Brown
October 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Was just talking to a friend about how perfect a thing the novel WINTER'S BONE is and as fine and good a thing the film is the book is so much richer and weirder
I never read any of Woodrell's novels. I probably should considering. This is the first I've ever heard of TOMATO RED. Had to look it up.

My favorite mispronunciation of French in Missouri is the tiny town of Bois D'Arc and everyone calls it "Bo Dark."
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Why even make movies if Udo Kier isn't around to be in them? This sucks man, RIP
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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This is the most damning thing you could say
The most ascendant version of America is, unfortunately, in Dallas. I went there to see our future.
Part one: The megachurch.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part One: The Lord of Plano.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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"One thing I should make clear, though, is that I’m not a jerk. I don’t have to have my way. I’ll do this in a Kia Forte too."
I Like to Almost Kill People by Driving Past Them at 125 mph in My Modified Honda Accord
Everyone’s got their thing. For some, it’s baking. Others, gardening. Me? I like to take a modified Honda Accord, drive over 100 mph, and swerve be...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The real lesson here is: there's a lid for every pot.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I guess RFK being into pissplay isn't that strange but I could have gone my life without knowing it
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Go read Tom Piccirilli
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM