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Oh, NOOOOOOOOO!😩 Well, at least you got to enjoy the Con. I missed out completely.😡
In your Up & Downs, did U mention that the landing party didn't use their tricorders or phasers to get them out of the situation? Also, why would someone lift an unknown object to their face? No safety protocols?

@seanferrick.bsky.social Sean, did you happen to be at the Rio bar, when these three were giving Shot Service? I wish I could've been there! Imagine! LLAP🖖🏾

@johnchampion.bsky.social John, the photo of you, close up with a phaser in hand, reminds me of Kirk, in "The Cloud Minders", when he was under the influence of the Zenite gas.
"DIG! I said DIG!"
LLAP🖖🏾 Mark from NYC

I love talking with people that have inside knowledge of Trek. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend Vegas & meet you. It sure would be funny (not) if Batel becomes the reason The Gorn look different in TOS! (I think we would all hate that, actually) btw, Peck is awesome at screaming, isn't he?

@seanferrick.bsky.social Sean, interesting that Chapel was able to slap Spock hard, across the face without a second thought here, yet in TOS "A private little war," she had a very difficult time of it. As if she had never done it before...🤔
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin to Axios on Republican redistricting:

"If they're going to go nuclear in Texas, I'm going to go nuclear in other places. ... If they're proposing to rig the game, we're going to get in that game and fight." #AxiosLive

@larrynemecek.bsky.social Hi Larry! Just wanted to let you know that I am exponents2046 on youtube, in case I make reference to discussions we have there...🖖🏾

Twice the amount of episodes this week, twice the amount of fun!

Check out the Ups & Downs for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3Ep2: Wedding Bell Blues - tonight at 10:30pm BST

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #Spoilers

Fearless leader over here, doesn't believe Covid is a thing anymore. I suspect we will pay the cost for that eventually.

@cbryanjones.bsky.social Hi Chris! How are you & your family? Have you seen SNW new episodes yet?

@seanferrick.bsky.social 10 episodes a season, to tell allegorical stories of social issues, exposing who we are & could be if we get past things.
And we get Tally-Ho. 🙄
A galaxy-wide sandbox to play in, but they keep treading the same space. To boldly go where TOS has been before. Entertaining, but

@larrynemecek.bsky.social Larry, am I the only TOS fan that is bothered when SNW stretches, bends & sometimes breaks canon?
It just seems to me that the writers have a whole galaxy to play in, but they insist on playing in TOS' sandbox. I understand they like the built-in warm fuzzies, but...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Rebecca Romijn and Chistina Chong on gratitude, the five-year mission, and feeling lucky

Full interview dropping THIS SATURDAY on the TrekCulture YouTube channel!

#StarTrek #StarTrekSNW

@moviemantz.bsky.social Scott, when Shatner was on SNL & delivered the "Get a life..." line, later explaining he was simply "...recreating the evil Captain Kirk." Well, Mirror, Mirror is actually TOS episode 33, much closer to his claim of episode 37.
Just thought I'd point that out.
LLAP🖖🏾

@seanferrick.bsky.social (part 2) I don't enjoy when they dilute TOS stories. I wish that the writers had decided to use the rest of the universe to play in, instead of so much TOS' sandbox. Less chance to break/bend canon. It's difficult to expound on this, in this platform. But I still 💜 SNW.

@seanferrick.bsky.social Hi Sean! I always enjoy TrekCulture videos & I respect your opinion, but IDIC & so I have a different perspective on the finale decision of SNW. First, I truly enjoy SNW. As a TOS O.G., it's the closest to my TOS. While I don't mind updating some things (to be continued)

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@seanferrick.bsky.social Not that you asked for it, but here's a photo of Leonard Nimoy & myself. Spock helped get me through early shyness & alienation (as the only Latino kid for several grades in elementary school). I spoke w/Nimoy about it & about his Theater in my neighborhood, for over 15 mins

oh :( I just found out that Layla Sarakalo passed away this year, back in February. Her small scene in The One With The Whales is honestly a brilliant piece of comedy in a brilliantly comedic film.

If you know her story, you know it's a hoot! #StarTrek

memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Layla_S...

Forgetful of me. I also read in one of your supporters' comments that he was told that Shatner was visibly moved during a screening of the film, at the TOS set tour, in Ticonderoga, NY.
I have done the tour a number of times & recommend it, if you're ever in New York. About 4 hours north of NYC.

@seanferrick.bsky.social Sean, do you know if William Shatner has seen the OTOY films & what, if any reaction he had to the Kirk/Spock scene? If he hasn't seen them yet, I hope someone shows him up at Ticonderoga, NY, when he visits the TOS Set Tour again.
(I cried so joyously, having met both men)

So, lose a match & drop out now. But don't moan & complain.

Provisions Subject to a 60-Vote Byrd Rule Point of Order Energy and Natural Resources NEPA compliance. These provisions deem offshore oil and gas projects as automatically compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act, nullifying these projects' environmental review processes. (Subsection 102(b)(4) and Subsection 102(b)(5)) Offshore oil and gas leasing. This subsection requires leases to be issued to successful bidders within 90 days after the lease sale. (Subsection 102(b)(6)) Ambler Road. This section requires the Secretary of the Interior to permit construction of Ambler Road, a controversial mining road in Alaska. (Section 201) Mandatory public land sales. This section mandates the unprecedented sale of millions of acres of public land, including from both Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands. (Section 301)

Renewable energy fees. This subsection removes the Secretary of the Interior's discretion to reduce fees for solar and wind projects on Bureau of Land Management land. (Subsection 303(e)) Geothermal leasing and royalties. These sections require the Secretary of the Interior to hold yearly geothermal lease sales and purport to change how geothermal royalties are calculated. (Section 305 and Section 306) Natural gas exports and imports. This section creates a pay-to-play regime for natural gas exports, allowing natural gas exporters to pay a fee to have their project be deemed "in the public interest," which is a requirement for approval. (Section 401)

HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too.

This isn't over, but this is a huge win.

www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

One day at a time.

Im talking to you - you, who might be struggling with your sobriety, or your anxiety, or your mental health - or just struggling.

One day at a time.

You cant fix everything, all the time. Hold on to one thing.

One day at a time.

You are loved ❤️

@seanferrick.bsky.social Sean, do you feel that James Kirk's speech at the end of Arena, is diluted a lot, given that SNW has made the Gorn into monsters, not just misunderstood aggressors. They attack innocent ships & use passengers as incubators & food for their young.

New Warp Five! “Shacking Up to Save History” Matt Rushing and I discuss “Twilight,” the clever concept, its #Voyager origins + how it raises the stakes for the season. www.trek.fm/warp-five/261 #StarTrek #Enterprise #podcast 20th-anniversary #rewatch

@larrynemecek.bsky.social BTW, I STILL have my Inside Star Trek LP. (I don't have a record player, but I will always treasure that wonderful album & have memorized most of it)
Great interview with Moore!
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@larrynemecek.bsky.social Larry, if Saavik was Spock's daughter...
Then, in Star Trek 3, she & young Spock.....eeeeeew.
No.
Absolutely not.

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

Padilla says FBI agent, Guard member escorted him to Noem's briefing before removal "They opened the door for me," he said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said today a National Guard member and an FBI agent escorted him into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's briefing last week before he was forcibly removed.