HCMarks
@hcmarks.bsky.social
✍️ Author, CABINET OF CURIOSITIES out now from St. Martin’s Press
🎬 Classic film host on Mometu app
🕚 Classic film/Old Hollywood historian on TikTok @lobbyintros
🔗 More at linktr.ee/hcmarks
🎬 Classic film host on Mometu app
🕚 Classic film/Old Hollywood historian on TikTok @lobbyintros
🔗 More at linktr.ee/hcmarks
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HCMarks
@hcmarks.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Cabinet of Curiosities
Become captivated by tales of wonderful, astounding, and downright bizarre people, places, and things throughout history. Perfect for trivia aficionados, his...
us.macmillan.com
MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY!!! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Pick up your copy of Cabinet of Curiosities wherever fine books are sold! #author #writer #books
Pick up your copy of Cabinet of Curiosities wherever fine books are sold! #author #writer #books
The creativity was done already by the people who made what the AI is using to “create” its derivative garbage.
I get the knee-jerk reaction against generative AI, especially with how much of it gets wrapped up in the whole Silicon Valley tech-bro culture.
But I fear we’re seriously missing the mark in writing it off entirely like this. There’s a ton of creativity happening with advanced prompt engineering.
But I fear we’re seriously missing the mark in writing it off entirely like this. There’s a ton of creativity happening with advanced prompt engineering.
I get why techbros and their ilk like gen-AI: artists and writers to them are just an obstacle to be bypassed. But I'll never get an author/artist/musician who uses it. "I want to be a writer." No you don't. You fetishize ideas but hate the work. You don't respect the craft or its practitioners.
March 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The creativity was done already by the people who made what the AI is using to “create” its derivative garbage.
Just got a call from another real estate scammer looking to buy our house. I told them $3 million.
They hung up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They hung up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
March 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Just got a call from another real estate scammer looking to buy our house. I told them $3 million.
They hung up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They hung up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Leo Laporte should probably throw in the towel at this point. I’ve never seen someone fall so far from becoming a champion of tech to an out-of-touch curmudgeon. “CES is pointless.” “Wicked was a terrible movie.” “I’m on a show about Apple, but don’t think anything Apple does is worthwhile.”
January 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Leo Laporte should probably throw in the towel at this point. I’ve never seen someone fall so far from becoming a champion of tech to an out-of-touch curmudgeon. “CES is pointless.” “Wicked was a terrible movie.” “I’m on a show about Apple, but don’t think anything Apple does is worthwhile.”
Is there a tool, AI or otherwise, that would allow me to upload a diagram of a room in my house with all the furniture placements and measurements and then tell it: “Rearrange this room in a way to maximize space/efficiency?”
December 12, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Is there a tool, AI or otherwise, that would allow me to upload a diagram of a room in my house with all the furniture placements and measurements and then tell it: “Rearrange this room in a way to maximize space/efficiency?”
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How do we have 800 of these articles and none contend with the fundamental issue which is rich liberals don’t want to fund left media, they want to fund liberal media which is bloodless and partisan, by definition. GOP courts its extremes, liberals discipline theirs.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...
Republicans Built an Ecosystem of Influencers. Some Democrats Want One, Too.
Democrats were badly outflanked online in the election, and progressive influencers are now trying to create networks to be a left-wing answer to Turning Point USA.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:56 PM
How do we have 800 of these articles and none contend with the fundamental issue which is rich liberals don’t want to fund left media, they want to fund liberal media which is bloodless and partisan, by definition. GOP courts its extremes, liberals discipline theirs.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...
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impressive Bill Gates was the subject of a brutal NYT report about how he met multiple times with post-conviction Jeffrey Epstein, his wife of 27yrs divorced him over it, then he produced some Netflix hagiographies of himself, gave $50 million to the Harris campaign and everyone just forgot about it
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
impressive Bill Gates was the subject of a brutal NYT report about how he met multiple times with post-conviction Jeffrey Epstein, his wife of 27yrs divorced him over it, then he produced some Netflix hagiographies of himself, gave $50 million to the Harris campaign and everyone just forgot about it
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Lovely time had at @moviehistories.bsky.social film club with a POV noir caper. Was not expecting the gimmick to sustain itself Montgomery as director nails it fairly well!
Another fab outing with fine film pals!
Another fab outing with fine film pals!
November 24, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Lovely time had at @moviehistories.bsky.social film club with a POV noir caper. Was not expecting the gimmick to sustain itself Montgomery as director nails it fairly well!
Another fab outing with fine film pals!
Another fab outing with fine film pals!
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I've decided to hawk the book and the game once and precisely once this entire holiday season, so I figured I'd get in a head start before you're all inundated, and today's the day.
Dog not included.
Dog not included.
November 24, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I've decided to hawk the book and the game once and precisely once this entire holiday season, so I figured I'd get in a head start before you're all inundated, and today's the day.
Dog not included.
Dog not included.
500 words down this morning in the WIP. Haven't written fiction in so long. Felt good. #amwriting
November 21, 2024 at 3:22 PM
500 words down this morning in the WIP. Haven't written fiction in so long. Felt good. #amwriting
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The fact that we're boiling the oceans faster than ever expressly for the purpose of making this is probably the most fitting end to humanity.
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The fact that we're boiling the oceans faster than ever expressly for the purpose of making this is probably the most fitting end to humanity.
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My thing is, if they’re not even willing to speak up to defend their own, what could we possibly expect them to do for anyone else?
Every Democrat that didn’t say something, which appears to be all of them, should be dead to you and me.
November 21, 2024 at 12:18 AM
My thing is, if they’re not even willing to speak up to defend their own, what could we possibly expect them to do for anyone else?
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it disgusts me the national democratic party barely pushes back at this attempt from the right to wind back LGBTQ rights decades after claiming to be the party of LGBTQ rights
November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
it disgusts me the national democratic party barely pushes back at this attempt from the right to wind back LGBTQ rights decades after claiming to be the party of LGBTQ rights
Just signed copies of CABINET OF CURIOSITIES at The Strand in NYC! Another dream fulfilled! 🥰✍️📖 #author #writer #booksky #writersky
November 20, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Just signed copies of CABINET OF CURIOSITIES at The Strand in NYC! Another dream fulfilled! 🥰✍️📖 #author #writer #booksky #writersky
Headed to @barnesandnoble.bsky.social in Union Square NYC to sign some books. If you’re local, come say hi!
November 20, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Headed to @barnesandnoble.bsky.social in Union Square NYC to sign some books. If you’re local, come say hi!
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Four social media platforms from now we’ll realize the problem was inside us the whole time
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Four social media platforms from now we’ll realize the problem was inside us the whole time
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Hi, I'm Erik. I'm a literary agent and one of the founders of @headwaterlit.bsky.social. I also host @printrunpodcast.bsky.social, a show about the publishing industry that, if you followed me because of that publishing starter pack, you will love. I do both these things with @lzats.bsky.social.
November 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm Erik. I'm a literary agent and one of the founders of @headwaterlit.bsky.social. I also host @printrunpodcast.bsky.social, a show about the publishing industry that, if you followed me because of that publishing starter pack, you will love. I do both these things with @lzats.bsky.social.
While it’s exciting to see this place grow, let’s temper expectations. Because until this place becomes a hub for live/breaking news, it won’t be the “town square” we’re all hoping for.
November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
While it’s exciting to see this place grow, let’s temper expectations. Because until this place becomes a hub for live/breaking news, it won’t be the “town square” we’re all hoping for.
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I’m giving away a 4K UHD / Blu-ray edition of Criterion’s stunning I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE / THE SEVENTH VICTIM
All you have to do it LIKE this, REPOST, and FOLLOW
The winner will be chosen at random on 5th Dec! To enter twice, sign up at at Patreon via the link in the bio!
Good luck!
All you have to do it LIKE this, REPOST, and FOLLOW
The winner will be chosen at random on 5th Dec! To enter twice, sign up at at Patreon via the link in the bio!
Good luck!
November 16, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I’m giving away a 4K UHD / Blu-ray edition of Criterion’s stunning I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE / THE SEVENTH VICTIM
All you have to do it LIKE this, REPOST, and FOLLOW
The winner will be chosen at random on 5th Dec! To enter twice, sign up at at Patreon via the link in the bio!
Good luck!
All you have to do it LIKE this, REPOST, and FOLLOW
The winner will be chosen at random on 5th Dec! To enter twice, sign up at at Patreon via the link in the bio!
Good luck!
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James Cagney didn’t just do Yankee Doodle Dandy because he wanted to. It was because he HAD to, in an increasingly hostile, anti-Communist Hollywood www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYNvJWSq/
#hollywood #blacklist
#hollywood #blacklist
#stitch with @Lakeshore Public Media James Cagney almost didn’t do Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), but the growing opposition to Communism in Hollywood forced his hand. #blacklist #Hollywood #history #jam...
TikTok video by Let’s All Go To the Lobby 🎥⭐️
www.tiktok.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:20 PM
James Cagney didn’t just do Yankee Doodle Dandy because he wanted to. It was because he HAD to, in an increasingly hostile, anti-Communist Hollywood www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYNvJWSq/
#hollywood #blacklist
#hollywood #blacklist
So aside from writing books, I also run a successful TikTok channel called “Let’s All Go to the Lobby @lobbyintros.bsky.social,” where I talk classic film. It’s helped me land a side job as a classic film host - like the kind you might see on TCM. Mometu.com #booksky #filmsky #classicfilm
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
So aside from writing books, I also run a successful TikTok channel called “Let’s All Go to the Lobby @lobbyintros.bsky.social,” where I talk classic film. It’s helped me land a side job as a classic film host - like the kind you might see on TCM. Mometu.com #booksky #filmsky #classicfilm
Signed a bunch of copies of #cabinetofcuriositiesbook at the @barnesandnoble.bsky.social in Bridgewater, NJ today. Snag a copy today! Makes a great gift!
November 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Signed a bunch of copies of #cabinetofcuriositiesbook at the @barnesandnoble.bsky.social in Bridgewater, NJ today. Snag a copy today! Makes a great gift!
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US police will never be anything different than this.
Ever.
Ever.
November 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
US police will never be anything different than this.
Ever.
Ever.