KAJUGA
All of these have the through line of finance. Franco-English business, finance meetings. What was Hersch before candidate for President?
ELI
Wall Street exec?
KAJUGA
Yes. And Hersch is getting extra favour from our friends at Antics, why?
ELI
Because he's paying to be boosted?
#tamaraswhat
ELI
Hey, I was doing to eat that Danish.
KAJUGA
This Danish is Thailand. Cool it. Ok, what do you see?
Eli looks over the line of items on the table.
ELI
A perfectly good Danish going to waste.
KAJUGA
Forget the Danish. This bank card is Saerch.
Kajuga balances it on the coffee cup.
#tamaraswhat
KAJUGA
Boy are you green. Ok. This spoon's the Egyptian Finance Minister.
She places the spoon at one end of the table.
KAJUGA
This cup of terrible coffee is Hersch. And this, cozy France and England, or Et c'est la France et l'Angleterre douillettes. And this--
She takes Eli's Danish
#tamaraswhat
ELI
The Prime Minister here talking about peace.
Kajuga listens meditatively.
ELI
There was the financial meeting between Egypt and Thailand. Frances announcement of Franco-English trade language.
KAJUGA
And the posts were all over the place?
ELI
Yes. London, USA, Egypt , France.
#tamaraswhat
ELI
Well, the posts were from all over. Hersch was trending, in the USA.
KAJUGA
Was Hersch trending in America or was he trending?
ELI
Where else would he be trending?
KAJUGA
See? Your non-answer was the answer between the lines. Well don't stop now. Hersch was trending, and?
#tamaraswhat
INT. CAFE - DAY
Eli sits across from Kajuga.
ELI
I don't know what I'm looking for.
KAJUGA
The world is falling, and I have to be babysitting. Do you have any journalism in your blood. Read between the lines. What did they have you commenting on? Put your big boy brain on and think.
#tamaraswhat
Clevland slaps Eli's back and walks through the automatic doors. Eli follows shouldering off the lingering feel of Clevland's hand. Eli disappears down the hall. Clevland looks back.
LATER
Eli, VR headset on, punches the air. Drones of agents, do the same at their stations.
#tamaraswhat
INT. ANTICS OFFICES - GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Eli lifts his hand to be scanned. He straightens his head for a retina scan.
Clevland steps beside him and proceeds to be scanned.
ELI
I thought you worked the day side?
CLEVLAND
Day or night E, I've got you're back.
#tamaraswhat
CLEVLAND
The asset is asking questions about ethical algorithms in voting matters. I think this is a case of keep your enemies closer.
Delane balances a pen on another pen.
DELANE
I'm transferring all controls of the asset to you Clevland... but Visker, is the now in charge of you.
#tamaraswhat
From an eagle's eye view we reveal they are in a warehouse alone at a card table. Særch CEO rocks back and walks away.
The other man leans forward a tense, mulling moment.
EXT. SUDAN - NIGHT
Særch CEO clicks Bluetooth.
SÆRCH CEO
A go. Tack. Go.
He clicks the Bluetooth off.
#tamaraswhat
INT. UNDISCLOSED LOCATION - NIGHT
Black. A face slides in view. It's Særch CEO. Serious.
SÆRCH CEO
You know what you have to do, so, do it.
ANOTHER MAN'S HAND taps anxiously and then he rests both hands, interlocked in front of him.
OTHER MAN'S VOICE
This...
SÆRCH CEO
Is happening.
#tamaraswhat
*TRUMPET* And error code appears, "When commenting on Hersch #hersch must appear in comment. Try again."
ELI
Hersch is trending, but on what basis? Post.
*DING* The post goes live. The trend for Hersch increases one.
"DING* Replies flood in. The trend rises up 1mil, 2mil, 5mil.
#tamaraswhat
CLEVLAND
AIM only reports on algorithmic verifiable truth of what the people want to know about. Comment.
ELI
And those algorithms are based on?
CLEVLAND
Post interaction.
ELI
So I'm creating a cyclical algorithm.
CLEVLAND
That sounds oddly like a statement. You comment. Don't report.
#tamaraswhat
ELI
Where are the outliers?
CLEVLAND
Out... outliers. E, we comment on what's relevant to the world. No penny-annie posts.
ELI
If these are trending it seems the people already know what to think.
CLEVLAND
E, you're pushing.
ELI
Sorry. It's just--
CLEVLAND
Oow, never say it's just.
#tamaraswhat
Suddenly a virtual image of Clevland materializes beside Eli.
ELI
Whoa! Where'd you?
CLEVLAND
Having trouble getting started?
ELI
Um...
CLEVLAND
It's okay. So just choose one of these trending posts then you leave your editorial alla comment.
ELI
And these are the top posts?
#tamaraswhat
3 - USA - Notification "One day to Election. Democratic Leader, Hersch Trending 100mil posts."
4 - AFRICA - Reel "Africa flips switch on North Africa-South Asia trade agreement. Regulations effective 12 pm Universal Time."
Suddenly a virtual image of Clevland materializes beside Eli.
#tamaraswhat
#tamaraswhat, I just published a new post on my @buymeacoffee "A Retrospective on Seven Days of Creation: what 7 days of writing a screenplay online has yielded."
The next post you see'll be the first 55ish words of my new screenplay. #tamaraswhat, I'm using Social Media as my screenwriting platform. 1 post at a time, 1 post a day, 365 days until "FADE TO BLACK" on Dec 31, 2025. Read along, be entertained & inspired to achieve your goals!
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Tomorrow it starts -- New Year's Resolutions. I am one day away from 365 days of using Social Media as my screenwriting platform. Stick around with #tamaraswhat to be entertained and let's keep each other accountable to our #NewYearsGoals.
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An Bluesky post is an avg. of 55 words. The avg. screenplay is 20,000 words. That means it takes 1 Bluesky post a day for 364 days to write a feature. To prove it I will write you a movie 1 day at a time with live posts starting Jan 1st.
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