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Ricky Manning

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TV (mostly sci-fi) writer/producer (Farscape, ST:TNG, &c.); consultant; instructor @ UCLA Extension & ifs filmschule köln. WGA+WGC. He/his. Avatar by Arne Ratermanis.

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My theory was that the Translator Microbes were invented by Mormons, but this never became canon.

09.02.2026 06:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Scapers, if you will: a warm welcome to a new arrival!

09.02.2026 06:13 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Wait till you get to Ben Mendelsohn!

09.02.2026 06:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Yuja Wang, Thomas Adès, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic stand before sitting down to give us an absolutely KILLER Prokofiev Piano Concerto #2 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Yuja Wang, Thomas Adès, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic stand before sitting down to give us an absolutely KILLER Prokofiev Piano Concerto #2 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès sit at a piano and look intently at some sheet music they're about to attempt to play together. Members of the LA Philharmonic look on, smiling.

Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès sit at a piano and look intently at some sheet music they're about to attempt to play together. Members of the LA Philharmonic look on, smiling.

Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès frown and fight for piano bench space while performing a four-handed encore.

Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès frown and fight for piano bench space while performing a four-handed encore.

Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès continue to frown and fight for piano bench space while performing a four-handed encore.

Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès continue to frown and fight for piano bench space while performing a four-handed encore.

There are worse ways to spend a Saturday afternoon than hearing some pianer moosic at Disney Hall.

09.02.2026 06:05 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Super Bowl is chock full of AI ads and, from the bottom of my heart, I hope every single company humoring this shit goes bankrupt in glorious fashion, and that the marketing firms responsible for pitching this fuck-awful slop spends the rest of their miserable days fighting off lawsuits.

09.02.2026 00:46 — 👍 1372    🔁 428    💬 12    📌 5

No Kings includes Draft Kings

08.02.2026 23:49 — 👍 25695    🔁 6043    💬 183    📌 110

I'm sure it will; I just miss the lovely title alliteration you had going!

08.02.2026 21:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Book 1: Baby's Breath
Book 2: Fallen Feathers
Book 3:
... After the Child?
and not
... Post Partum?

08.02.2026 20:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Top Ten Other Ways Farscape’s Last Episode Could’ve Ended Back in 2003, Farscape aired its last* episode, “Bad Timing.” SPOILERS TO FOLLOW: The episode, written by the sadistic genius David Kemper, concluded, shall we say, not very well for ou…

Could've been worse... froonium.com?p=1193

06.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ida Lupino sitting in an easy chair reading a script while a bunch of dudes stand around and wait for her to tell them what to do.

Ida Lupino sitting in an easy chair reading a script while a bunch of dudes stand around and wait for her to tell them what to do.

Ida Lupino directing THE TWILIGHT ZONE in 1963.

Not like a boss, but an actual boss. #BOTD #TVSky

05.02.2026 02:36 — 👍 126    🔁 39    💬 5    📌 2

Thanks for the reminder! Cheryl & I need to catch that (because CATS!!!) before it leaves in 2 weeks.

05.02.2026 05:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype

04.02.2026 18:11 — 👍 3639    🔁 767    💬 80    📌 28
panel with bezos and zuck in trumpian orange face, holding up bags of money for trump, bezos is saying "I'm slowly strangling the life out of that stupid newspaper I own"

panel with bezos and zuck in trumpian orange face, holding up bags of money for trump, bezos is saying "I'm slowly strangling the life out of that stupid newspaper I own"

When I showed this panel to the extremely mainstream audience for the Berryman Award ceremony, there were audible gasps from the side of the room with the Washington Post table.

22.07.2025 19:19 — 👍 2069    🔁 397    💬 45    📌 1

The Washington Ghost

04.02.2026 14:49 — 👍 70    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 0
Farscape vidcap: Crichton, seated on floor in foreground, looks up at Scorpius, who (in agreement with the subtitle [Scorpius applauds]) is applauding.

Farscape vidcap: Crichton, seated on floor in foreground, looks up at Scorpius, who (in agreement with the subtitle [Scorpius applauds]) is applauding.

04.02.2026 06:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Farscape's also (free and ad-free) on kanopy.com!

04.02.2026 01:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thus, in sum, furthermore

FUCK NEIL GAIMAN INTO THE SUN

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

03.02.2026 01:46 — 👍 417    🔁 39    💬 1    📌 1
Farscape's Zhaan, saying "Is that wise?"

Farscape's Zhaan, saying "Is that wise?"

03.02.2026 01:52 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,

02.02.2026 18:54 — 👍 5404    🔁 844    💬 301    📌 67

Just one more thing the miserable idiot took over, slapped his name on, and drove out of business in record time.

01.02.2026 23:46 — 👍 513    🔁 109    💬 14    📌 4

Well, in fairness, “Negative, I am a meat popsicle" DOES sound like a line of Farscape dialog we (probably Justin Monjo) might've wrote.

31.01.2026 00:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

30.01.2026 19:47 — 👍 15579    🔁 3042    💬 260    📌 141

He was named after Truman, therefore he's Harry S Hole.

29.01.2026 04:44 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Hole Story: A Deep Dive

29.01.2026 04:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It shouldn't be on Netflix; it should be on Holu.

29.01.2026 04:15 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"He takes a holistic approach to crime-solving."

29.01.2026 04:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There's no truth like THE HOLE TRUTH

29.01.2026 04:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What is a Shaft if not a very long Hole

29.01.2026 04:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

...my wife, Gloria. But call her Glory.

29.01.2026 03:59 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Bookshop.org is SIX today. 🥳

In these six years, we’ve raised over $44 MILLION for local bookstores—and we have all of YOU to thank for that.

Thank you for loving and supporting indie bookstores as much as we do.

28.01.2026 16:21 — 👍 558    🔁 99    💬 8    📌 9

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