Mike Okuda

Happy (belated) birthday to the irrepressible BarBara Luna!

“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner

We had both, thank you!

Hanging out with TNG/DS9/Voyager cinematographer Jonathan West on Star Trek: The Cruise.

LCARS-themed elevator graphics onboard the Starship Adventure of the Seas for Star Trek: The Cruise.

Dinner with Michael and Marion Westmore last Thursday, the last evening of the Star Trek cruise.

I genuinely cannot get over him launching a war from his house in Palm Beach.

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Yesterday: A brilliant rainbow lights up the sky.

Land The Shuttlecraft Galileo The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour needs your help building a Landing Bay for the full size original series shuttlecraft - Galileo

The original Shuttlecraft Galileo is coming in for a landing at the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga! Please join me in supporting the building of a new display, so we can all experience this piece of Roddenberry’s future. @ProjectGalileo7 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lan...

Help America. Some of you know a Navajo man was taken last week by ICE in AZ. We can’t accept this & need to fight back by electing more Native Americans to office. Please donate to @formerpreznez.bsky.social for Congress in #AZ02 He would be the first tribal leader elected to Congress. ✊🏽

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take do...

BREAKING: Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice.

Susan Collins decides to support the SAVE America Act months after Maine voted 64-36% to reject a voter ID measure

We can’t believe that today is 8 years that we’ve been without our beautiful daughter.   Please consider donating to our cause orangeribbonsforjaime.org/donate/%22

ICE Melts in the Minneapolis Winter Now it’s time to abolish the agency and impeach Kristi Noem.

Getting ICE out of Minneapolis isn’t enough, says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar:

“We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.”

What Parkland is Still Teaching America Eight Years Later Eight years after the Parkland shooting, survivors and families reveal the long‑term cost of gun violence and what America still hasn’t learned.

For most people, February 14 is Valentine’s Day. In Parkland, it’s the day everything changed — a date marked by loss, resilience, and a community that refused to break. Eight years later, Parkland still has something to teach America about remembrance and responsibility. I wrote about it here:

Black and white portrait of a young girl with curly hair, looking directly at the camera.

14 February 1937 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sara Frederika Beppie Bilderbeek, was born in Zuilen.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.

Excellent editorial on the EPA decision to revoke the endangerment finding on greenhouse gases.

Charges Against Man Shot by ICE Are Dropped as Official Story Falls Apart

The “latest instance of the Department of Homeland Security providing an account of a shooting that later proved questionable or outright wrong.”

🎁 article👇🏼

I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.

YouTube video by BrianTrek Land the Shuttlecraft Galileo - Coming Soon

The original Shuttlecraft Galileo is coming to the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga! Check out the announcement for the new display being built at the Tour. Kickstarter launches tomorrow! @ProjectGalileo7 youtu.be/HX4b2j3Wi0I

"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." -Spider Robinson in The Callahan Chronicals

The SAVE Act Is A Poll Tax

Voters suddenly would need costly passports or burdensome birth certificates just to register again.

- Millions of citizens don't have either.

- A Hurdle For Low Income Americans

That is voter suppression. 🚫🗳️

#HandsOffHerVote

AOC Has Iconic Clapback After Trump Gripes That He Didn't Understand Bad Bunny's Halftime Show

No lies detected.

Watch The Muppet Show A Muppety Call to Action

K.M. Eggleston's call to action on The Muppet Show: kmeggleston.substack.com/p/watch-the-...