It feels like there was an era of prestige television where the present-day-mayor/flashback-superhero/interwoven-interdimensional-storyline format from the comics would've gone down well.

Extremely well put. The more my account grows, the more folk expect they can simultaneously condescend to me and also demand that I be kind, gentle, and generous. A stranger just tried to lecture me on how I worded my response to *an apology.*

the quality of each star trek show is directly proportional to how often you see the characters engaging in hobbies

The tumblr post about RMS Carpathia reminded me of one of my favorite paintings ive ever done of an ocean liner

hey friends! this is a common question but a good, warm-fuzzy one:

who are your ride or die, auto-buy authors? who have you read everything by, who's new releases do you get really excited for?

lrt i think my favorite factoid about the "PIRACY. IT'S A CRIME." ads is that the typeface used in them was a pirated version of a commercial use typeface. piracy for me but not for thee ig lol

The degree to which Butler was a literal prophet with this series is astonishing.

“ferry to the boatless” is an exceptional phrase

When a person loses 1 sense the others are heightened. That's why people who have no sense of humor have an amazing sense of self-importance.

mods are asleep post camera falling out of plane and landing in a pig pen to be licked by a pig

I love the first episode where you can tell Sisko hates the absolute fuck out of Picard for killing his wife while Borgified and I think it struck such a clear note about what DS9 would be: it would embrace the open mindedness and dream of utopia while also showing the damage of actual life

The extent to which I miss a Deep Space Nine, 26-episode level of excess, wherein Nog inveigles O'Brien in a classic escalating-chain-of-deals episode involving Sisko's desk - IN THE BACKGROUND OF A PLOT INTRODUCING THE DISEASE RAVAGING THE GREAT LINK OF THE CHANGELINGS - that was a time to be alive

Witsec Handler: Look, they MIGHT have tracked you down, we're not sure yet, but maybe start foreshadowing that you'll die in a motorcycle accident - without a helmet, so its plausibly closed-casket.

Incredible footage from a United Airlines flight of the Artemis II launch.

I was holding out for the big dude and he did NOT disappoint:)

In Irish publishing, you could make the bestseller list every year and never make minimum wage.

#SpeirGorm

In return for information about the thieves, Crimestoppers are offering a large bounty.

It's a Kiki's kind of weekend

I heard there was
a secret cord
that David kept
in his cable hoard
but he can never find it
when he needs it

Who's down for a game of Wisest Wizard? 🍻🤪

I need people to understand that Paralympians are just as elite as Olympians.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

I know soft people love the emotional resonance of Up, Toy Story, Coco, Finding Nemo, Turning Red, and Monsters Inc. but I'm Pete Docter here to tell you the reason people love Pixar is because of the chase scenes

Picard: It's a computer simulation of thoroughbred horse racing called Umamusume Pretty Derby. The program was quite popular in the 21st century.
Riker: Mm. 'Pretty' is accurate. That Goldship is quite something.
Picard: I hadn't noticed. I enjoy the simulation's tactical qualities.
Riker: Yes, sir.

Wonderful breakdown!!! The scariest part of these misrepresented stats is that they drive they idea that these beliefs are common and normal, which itself makes people more likely to align with them!!! It's a blight on every journalist who reported this uncritically

Data Explains the Role of the Second-In-Command YouTube video by April 5, 2063

whenever someone asks me for an example of masculinity that isn't toxic, I show them this scene

“in the new york fire department, there’s a special unit that fights fires in chicago”

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for