Marc Hertel πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ––πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Pro-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ“πŸ‰

@sharkster1701.bsky.social

Currently stalled (ugh) self-published writer. Star Trek posts aplenty, some lefty politics (social democrat) & whatever the heck else occurs to me. No DMs.

By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social Β· 12h ago

Paramount has reportedly reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros

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Marc Hertel πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ––πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Pro-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ“πŸ‰@sharkster1701.bsky.social Β· 10h ago

Survive your Monday, #StarTrek friends! Empty space. Is it? Phased out of sensor range, a teenager asks, "Will I ever meet my father?" His mother, still an ethereal beauty, sighs. He'd have to accidentally get close and-- "Hang on!" Her eyes gleam as she sees Enterprise. #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekMemes

Screenshots cobbled together from #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekMovies, specifically II, VI and VII.
Arranged in two columns, the left column has a close-up of Kirk (first in the command chair of the A, then standing on the bridge of the B), the right one Sulu (various views of him at the helm). Each has their own dialogue.

Panel 1: Kirk: Second star to the right and straight on till morning...
Panel 2: Sulu: I wouldn't go that way if I were you, sir. You slept with that female there and never called her back...
Panel 3: Kirk: Okay... Second star to the left...
Panel 4: Sulu: Again, not a good place to go to, sir. Same reason...
Panel 5: Kirk (flabbergasted): Mr. Sulu, please take us somewhere I've never hooked up with anyone!
Panel 6: Sulu: Recommend we just cruise around in empty space, sir...

A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis. It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC. The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period. On display at Neues Museum Berlin. πŸ“· me 🏺

A flint figurine shaped like hartebeest. The objcet is brown and has a rough, chipped texture. It is mounted on a display with metal supports, casting a shadow that emphasizes its form.

US seems to be posturing for a large-scale attack, with intense Air Force activity near southern Iran. 7 US aerial refueling tankers are operating over Persian Gulf MQ-4C Triton conducted a reconnaissance flight Iranian media is reporting unidentified fighter jets over Bandar Abbas (unverified)

β€œThey're things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my Galactica/Buck taken away. I need my Galactica/Buck.”