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@MikeRoe
Wrote The 30 Rock Book. ✍🏽 & Associate Editor for
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@LAist
. Writes TV drama w/ my ❤️
@semiprosaic
. Loves comics, big ideas, you. #aapi (Hawaiian) & 🇵🇷
WriterLos Angeles, CAlinktr.ee/mikeroeBorn August 24Joined July 2007
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Mike Roe (he/him)
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30 Rock is great! 30 Rock has some problematic elements! I wrote a book exploring the nuances of this show — great comedy means taking big swings — and I dove deep on where it fell short for Vanity Fair. Get your copy of The 30 Rock Book here: abramsbooks.com/product/30-roc #30Rock
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VANITY FAIR
@VanityFair
“It’s easy for a show like 30 Rock to punch down without even realizing that it’s punching”: The author of a new book about the series explores celebrating its triumphs without overlooking the troubling way it handled race. vntyfr.com/2n1no4g
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@MikeRoe
As someone who just started watching DS9 so that I could understand the Star Trek RPG I'm participating in, love this for my British compatriots:
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Dr Una McCormack
@unamccormack
The Guardian has discovered #StarTrekDS9 theguardian.com/culture/2022/n
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@MikeRoe
Also, a lot easier to experiment for folks who don’t have sensory issues/etc. Grew up in a home where, whenever I asked how to do something, I got told to figure it out myself. I taught myself a lot of things! Would’ve been nice to have grown up in a less messed up home 🤷🏽‍♂️ 💫
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Jess is on the Internet
@JessIsNotOK1
There is a privilege to being taught how to cook by your parents or at the very least empowered to use the kitchen, it's called "my parents weren't neglectful". People on this app will really take the most ungenerous reading of a tweet possible and congratulate themselves for it.
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@MikeRoe
Excited to see what pops up in this moment, if Twitter rises to the challenge, etc.
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Laurie Voss
@seldo
Seriously though: Facebook is a wasteland, Twitter in turmoil, Instagram has collapsed trying to be TikTok, and TikTok isn't a social network. If you wanted to start a social network, this would be the best time in 10 years to try that.
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Layne Morgan
@laynemorgan
I can't stop thinking about Kit Connor having no choice to come out and the pressure around art lately where everyone MUST be willing to rip their heart open and stick their labels on their foreheads to qualify for things. I've said it before and I'll say it again it's dangerous.
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Layne Morgan
@laynemorgan
Hope those of you that were fired up about my “we shouldn’t force actors to out themselves to play queer” and “actors are people too” takes have a real second thought today So sorry for the way this happened, Kit. I hope you are at least safe and have the support you need 💛
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Kit Connor
@kit_connor
back for a minute. i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye
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@MikeRoe
Watch for symptoms and test, AFF friends — and try to confirm with a PCR lab test, if possible. #AFF29
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Terri Kopp
@TerriKopp2it
Whelp, Covid finally got me. I got it at Austin Film Festival, despite my best efforts at masking. If you had contact with me, please take precautions and test yourself. (To be clear, I isolated myself as soon as I felt sick Saturday night. Tested negative until yesterday pm).
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@MikeRoe
AFF is Comic-Con for screenwriters, so if you’re Black and enjoy writing, check out this generous opportunity:
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Uzo Chijioke
@UzoTheCreator
Call me crazy for doing this as an emerging writer, but I'd love to sponsor a Conference Badge for another emerging Black screenwriter to attend next year's @austinfilmfest. Probably want no parts in screening the interest there, so if there's an org that would, much better 😆
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Mike Roe (he/him)
@MikeRoe
Wait, a mega-merger being blocked? What alternate America have I awoken in? It's Halloween — this is a Twilight Zone episode, isn't it? MY GLASSES!
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Variety
@Variety
A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s prospective purchase of Simon & Schuster. The merger would have united two of the country’s largest book publishers. bit.ly/3DsvcRc
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Mike Roe (he/him)
@MikeRoe
This was a great live for all the social nerds out here anxious about what’s going on w/ Twitter. Taylor and
@julesterpak
know the field; go follow them both to help you understand what’s coming next. (I’ve still got mixed feelings about ephemeral social, but watch for more!)
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@TaylorLorenz
JOIN ME AND @julesterpak chatting about Elon and Twitter on TikTok Live!!!!!!!!!!!!! tiktok.com/t/ZTR9V5gK3/
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@TaylorLorenz
If ur hosting an event, outline covid safety precautions early, clearly, and stick to them. We are still in a pandemic, long covid continues to disable millions, and thousands are still dying (many old and vulnerable) You should care about protecting them
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Fiona Lowenstein - THE LONG COVID SURVIVAL GUIDE
@fi_lowenstein
Replying to @GenePark @Matt_Levine_1 and 2 others
I would be happy if I never saw the sentence "these guidelines may change in response to evolving circumstances" ever again. it's the emptiest promise / another way to heighten anxieties for high-risk people who often need to plan ahead. also what are they waiting for lol...
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@TaylorLorenz
& asking for proof of vaxx alone is meaningless when it comes to covid safety. Vaccinated ppl can and do spread covid. It's pure theater to act like checking vaxx status alone keeps us safe. Masks, ventilation, on-site testing, etc are all effective layers
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Gene Park
@GenePark
Replying to @Matt_Levine_1 @TaylorLorenz and @ONA
yeah this doesn’t address anything and operates on early 2020 levels of assumptions about safety that seem childish in hindsight. All this says to me is that they prioritize comfort level over actual health and safety
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Phil Rosenthal
@phil_rosenthal
Charging for a check mark suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of who truly benefits from it. It may be an ego boost to the entity with the mark. But it is a reassurance to those who read the tweets. If it is to be sold and bought, it no longer has the same credibility.
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