Profile avatar
johnaugust.bsky.social
Screenwriter, mostly. Also Highland and Scriptnotes.
153 posts 6,340 followers 59 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 29 Comments 21

i patched a first wave of fixes & improvements :) Play Birdigo! #steamnextfest store.steampowered.com/news/app/326...

submitted 3 hours ago • 2 comments

[when a musical has an overture] Yay! I miss these. [three minutes into it] Am I dead? Is this hell?

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Added a bunch of new feathers to Birdigo today. It’s fun being able to update so quickly! store.steampowered.com/app/3264170/...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Ali’s describing our new game Birdigo, not cocaine. store.steampowered.com/app/3264170/...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Birdigo is a cute deckbuilding word game I made with @toboggan.work. Take a look! It’s on Steam right now → store.steampowered.com/app/3264170/...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

So I ordered a 21 year old film magazine from Japan, because I love Sofia Coppola and Lost in Translation. I wonder if it would interest @johnaugust.bsky.social to see the Japanese language ads for Big Fish, including what appears to be a fold out Big Fish-themed Game of Life.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

May you live long enough to hear new covers of songs from your first movie. youtu.be/q39PZjSO6iA?...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

On today’s Scriptnotes, we welcome back psychotherapist Dennis Palumbo to discuss writing while (gestures around in all directions). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

We say “washer-dryer” when referring to both, but never “washer” for just the washing machine. Any other examples of things like that?

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

Increasingly, America’s rich and powerful—like Trump and Musk—use defamation suits not to win but to inflict ruinous expense and suffering on the defendants and solicit attention, support, and fundraising for themselves. This is a grave threat to free speech. @kenwhite.bsky.social

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things

submitted 17 days ago • 158 comments

Welcome aboard!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I'll probably be writing some new version of Big Fish the rest of my life, and that's okay! playbill.com/article/patr...

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

Why yes that is Highland in the teaser for the latest season of Righteous Gemstones!

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

Cardiovascular disease mortality has declined in many countries over the past decades. For example, US cardiovascular disease death rates have declined 4x since 1950.

submitted 35 days ago • 191 comments

This week on Scriptnotes, I’m joined by Jesse Eisenberg, the talented actor/writer/director desperate to write headlines for The Onion. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

submitted 36 days ago • 8 comments

This is the GOP’s long con on full display.

submitted 39 days ago • 921 comments

Crowd-pleasing! Sure, there are stereotypes, but ultimately just shows how deep down we’re all *family*. Paul Rudnick already writing.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

This thread: 🧑‍🍳💋

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Love these live-streamed fire briefings on YouTube. Just the info you want. Perfect complement to Watch Duty. www.youtube.com/live/Rggj3Y6...

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

My friend @johnaugust.bsky.social put a version of this on a t-shirt years ago cottonbureau.com/p/U3PVZB/shi...

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Daughter pointed out that the TV in the kitchen is only turned on for bad news. January 6, the LA fires, etc. It’s our real-time horror screen.

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

Los Angeles Times photographer Wally Skalij spent the night along Pacific Coast Highway documenting the tragedy. www.latimes.com/california/l...

submitted 50 days ago • 19 comments

Very thankful for the hard work of the firefighters under terrible conditions, and for the firefighters coming in now from out of state.

submitted 50 days ago • 284 comments

Cameras don’t really capture it, but the sky in LA is the color of the sink when you wash out paint brushes.

submitted 50 days ago • 12 comments

Headed to France? My very smart husband did a great explainer on logistics and what’s new in 2025. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

;tldr We shouldn't panic about AI, but it's worth paying more attention to what's happening — and how fast it's moving. johnaugust.com/2025/somethi...

submitted 52 days ago • 9 comments

Fascinated by impact of EV chargers on small-town businesses. Inyokern, California is basically a ghost town, but has a busy fast-food restaurant primarily because of the adjacent Tesla and Rivian chargers.

submitted 53 days ago • 5 comments

Great write-up on the works that became public domain on January 1st, and how they can be used. web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments