In a crowded Ten Forward, Will Riker stands in the middle of the room playing his trombone. To the right is Zoot of the Electric Mayhem playing along on saxophone. Beverly Crusher is standing just behind Riker looking impressed. A man in civilian clothing is just behind her looking like he is very much enjoying the entertainment. Geordi La Forge is standing to the far right, arms crossed as he listens to the duo.

Day 179 of inserting a Muppet into a Star Trek screenshot

#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG
#TheMuppets #ElectricMayhem

Me, in front of Books of Wonder, with a sign if our book signing event.

Is this real life!?

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#Illustration ＃一次創作

Happy birthday to Herman Zimmerman, the Art Director and Production Designer who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, and six Trek movies. He co-designed some of Trek's most famous sets.

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This is a good thing!

Burst out laughing.

unburden

Voice actors fight to save their livelihoods and local cultures from Hollywood’s AI push Voice AI tools are quickly replacing voice-over and dubbing artists, raising concerns not only about jobs but also loss of cultural relevance in non-English-speaking nations.

While international markets generate two-thirds of Hollywood’s revenue, voice actors in countries like Brazil and India are fighting AI tools that could "annihilate" their work restofworld.org/2026/ai-voice-actors-hol...

"My stories can speak to readers who feel uncertain about themselves" - #WitchHatAtelier author Kamome Shirahama in a recent interview with UNESCO on her influences, how women play a prominent role in the modern day manga industry, and more!

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Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

「レモンソルトの魔女の庭」

📚We're now available on the shelves in Windsor, Connecticut by way of the fine folks at HOUSE OF BOOKS & GAMES: www.houseofbooksandgames.com 👈

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Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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Of all the subjects to be blocked over... 🤦

I might have forgotten to post Akkalas girlfriend here.... Made her in 2024 but I have not been fully happy with her design yet..

It's definitely been time for happier media consumption. Pleasant stories and joy ftw.

In this reality Fred is the stand-in for Goku and Barney is his Krillin and in a previous post I made someone mentioned replacing KAMEHAMEHA with YABBA DABBA DOO and now I’m laughing all over again

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet:

Our cat Charles, meditating in the garden yesterday, whilst baked on strong Jamaican weed.

You're right about Jim being the St Hubbins character in the band (www.tom-cox.com/jim/) but really it's Charles who takes the Nigel role.

A Lone Tree hydrant flushing through a trumpet valve in the dark. Backlit by Helga, my Serious Truck. Photo 2019, but I still need to replace the burnt out middle clearance light on Helga's cab.

Had almost forgotten about that one time the water plant got smoked by lightening and I had to flush hydrants.

Almost.

Thanks to everyone sharing kind words and your own stories of loss and hope.

I’m eternally grateful for the time I had with her and for the science that will give more time to others.

She made me feel so loved, and all I wish for everyone in the world is to feel the same.

I am not interested in being a person on Instagram, doing collaborative posts with people or filming myself talking to the camera. I want to be a person who fucks off away from the noise and works hard and writes better and better books for the rest of his life and then dies. Why is that not ok?

Good morning lovelies, we had Gourmet for breakfast! Yummy! Pawhugs and headbumps from Binx 🦋🐈🇸🇪🫂🦋

God fucking damnit

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Have a Beautiful CaturDogDay

Another reminder to get off as many Google services as possible.

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