Come see the original screen-used model of the U.S.S. Enterprise at the Roddenberry Archive room at #STLV. Lost for several decades, it was recently recovered and restored, ready to be shared with Star Trek fans all over the world.

This. Computer opponents in video games? Vital. Spell check? Actually great. Autocomplete? Pretty fine. Grammar check? Meh, but harmless. AI Summaries? Die in a fire. Gen AI? Fuck all the way off. Thought-destroying, idea-erasing chatbots that will happily talk you into delusion? Literal evil.

Gold Coast not doing anything to fight its reputation as a 4th rate off-the-Strip throwback casino. Here we have a cigarette vending machine, something I haven’t seen in the wild since the 80s. And the casino level smells exactly how you’d imagine it. But it’s across the street from STLV so…

The Roddenberries in Vik’s Lounge #STLV #TrekToVegas

Preview night at STLV is rockin’.

Babylon 5 is now free on YouTube! There’s a great subplot about the rise of fascism back on Earth. I thought it was overblown in the 90s, but it could have been ripped out of today’s headlines. Some of the best writing in science fiction television.

Nome@nome.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hey, you ever heard me (constantly) going on about Babylon 5? It's starting to air, in its entirety, on YouTube.

A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes (via LAist).

Edison equipment caused deadly Eaton Fire, LA County Fire investigators conclude

A new report says arcing from electrical equipment owned by the utility sparked the January 2025 fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

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Trek’ed to Vegas this morning on a 7AM flight. Come by the Roddenberry Archive’s exhibit at STLV tomorrow through Sunday and say hello.

I'm going to be at STLV this weekend! Specifically at the 60 Years of Star Trek Showrunners panel on the main stage. SAT 8/8 @ 12:45. A roundtable about how Star Trek has evolved w/ Brannon Braga, Ron Moore, Terry Matalas, Michelle Paradise, Mike McMahan, Andre Bormanis and Kevin & Dan Hageman.

To everyone going to STLV this weekend... you're all smelly poopyheads... Nah, not really. Have a good time everyone! 200 guests??? I'd be bankrupt! Have fun! And I'm not jealous... Okay, maybe a little.

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🏙Single Day Badges Now on Sale!!!🌉 Looking to attend #AnimeLA22 for just one day? You can get your single day badges starting today!!! Be sure to visit animelosangeles.org/registration to get your badge today! 🏕

Just did a release for the Mesh2Motion app. Open source alternative to Mixamo 🎉 #gamedev #blender - New Horse Rig + 13 animations - Offline Desktop Application - 40+ Human Animations added Check out the full release 12 notes with all changes: mesh2motion.org/news Try it out: app.mesh2motion.org

FYI if you didn't know Big Finish tends to cast their audio dramas with the actual actors from shows they have licenses for (Doctor Who, Torchwood, spinoffs). Chase Masterson @chasemasterson.bsky.social (STAR TREK etc) has an audio series; a great actress and a GEM of a person who runs a nonprofit.

Big Finish Insider@bigfinish.bsky.social · 3d ago

☀️ EXTENDED FOR 24 HOURS at bgfn.sh/scs26 (please click through to each release to see the discounted collector's edition CD price). Offers end no later than 23:59 (UK time) on 03 August 2026.

fuck webp. all my homies hate webp

when people say that a film didn't use CGI what they mean is that the CGI was done well

Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈@shaneanderson.bsky.social · 4d ago

THE FALL has 9x3D artists credited in the 54-person VFX team. Fuck off with this "Allergic to CGI" claptrap

We’re down to the wire… the hotel reservations deadline for #LAconV is August 4, 2026. If you want to be close to all of the action we suggest you act now and book your room. Wonderful options are still available at the Anaheim Marriott with our reduced rate: www.lacon.org/venue/marriott

Lost in Space season 3 theme from 1967, composed by a youngish up and coming composer named John Williams. youtu.be/Tp1bEpmmGMs?...

[Intro] Lost in Space - Season 3

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Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl@tvfanaticgirl.bsky.social · 4d ago

Share a TV show you love with a catchy theme song/intro. 📺🎶 My choice: Charmed ✨️

STLV next week is gonna be so miserable for everybody who’s not staying in the Rio and has to move between hotels. Including me, ugh.

Joe Adalian@tvmojoe.bsky.social · 4d ago

Almost 7 p.m. and it's still 115 degrees in my part of the Las Vegas Valley-- hotter than Phoenix, which is not normal (though not unprecedented.) I am so ready for fall and brisk 90 degree days...

Hamfest 2026 is ONE WEEK away! 📍Mullingar Showgrounds(N91 HXH0) 🆓Free entry, parking & Sat night camping 📅 Sat noon - 6pm | Sun 10am - 4pm 🥳 20 clubs + ComReg presentation (Sat) + 15 traders (Sun rally) 🚗Enter via L5706 Culleen Beg - follow the signs. #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk

Irelands' First Ever Hamfest - The Irish Radio Transmitters Society Event - September 2025

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All due respect to Matte Cibic, but for $39K it should come looking like this and bring you booze from all of time and space.

swirlOsquirrel@swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 4d ago

#ObjectsOfTheDay: The Siona Lacquered Bar Unit is a statement piece designed by Matte Cibic, and comes crafted for fridge insertion with a polished lacquered wood structure in a sophisticated Blu Notte finish. Each are crafted individually by hand, for a mere $39k. 🙂

My yearly subscription for Creative Cloud is this month - they've removed my online school as an approved "education" discount and shit AI into everything. I downgraded to just Photoshop, and am considering getting rid of that. Fuck #Adobe, fuck subscription models.

“Elvis has left the building”. It’s what I said on the company PA system right before I walked out to my car for the last time leaving Stargate after 12 years.

CNBC Make It@cnbcmakeit.cnbc.com · 5d ago

Use this 5-word phrase to quit your job, but leave on good terms

The Greatest Matching Band in the History of the Universe…plus the L.A. Phil. 1812 Overture. Hollywood Bowl.

Discover the #visualeffects of #SpiderNoir by #barnstormvfx. With 450 shots spanning eight episodes, the team crafted environments, CG trains, period set extensions, and the striking effects behind Megawatt's powers: https://www.artofvfx.com/spider-noir-barnstorm-vfx-brings-1930s-new-york-to-life/

Ok but when does the Yamato resurface?

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 6d ago

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

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From stormy oceans and digital environments to fire and subtle invisible effects, discover the #VFX behind #WidowsBay. VFX Supervisor Brian Drewes shares the creative process behind the work of #ZeroVFX, #ZoicStudios, and #RakeVFX in our interview, complete with exclusive before & after images:

Widow’s Bay: Brian Drewes - Production VFX Supervisor - The Art of VFX

Production VFX Supervisor Brian Drewes discusses the invisible visual effects created by Zero VFX, Zoic Studios and Rake VFX for Widow's Bay in this exclusive interview with before & after images.

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After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last wk.

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

Pixar receives a $26.2 Million Tax credit to keep film jobs in CA, and immediately lays off 10% of its work force, after making over a billion from Toy Story 5, the highest-grossing film of 2026.

Pixar's Layoffs Came Days After Receiving a $26 Million Tax Credit. So I Wrote California Officials.

State tax incentives should create and retain jobs for Californians, not subsidize corporate layoffs.

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The correct answer is Apple, they are killing it with their sci-fi shows. Home runs with all of them. 2nd choice: whatever production company made the Chinese drama Pursuit of Jade. Exquisite production values plus they did a 40 episode season. They aren’t doing streamer 8 or 10 episode seasons.

Admiral Funnest Frontier Prime 🏴‍☠️🖖@deckslower.bsky.social · last wk.

If Paramount is forced to sell Star Trek who would you prefer to buy?