Happy 2024 Birthday to Judy Klass!

Happy birthday to Judy Klass!

Judy Klass is a Star Trek novelist who pitched the story concept to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writers that Enabran Tain was Elim Garak’s father. Her idea was later used as part of DS9: “In Purgatory’s Shadow” and Klass received $1,000 for her pitch. (Voyages of Imagination)

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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: 9 A Call To Darkness” Review by Shastrix.com

Shastrix.com has added a new review for Michael Jan Friedman‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: 9 A Call To Darkness”:

A Call To Darkness, set in the second season of The Next Generation, sees the crew of the Enterprise seeking a missing Starfleet vessel – and following its trail to a world which read as if I was meant to know more about its history that I do. Four of the senior officers beam down – and immediately are cut off from the ship.

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Picard’s Academy #4”

Out today: “Star Trek: Picard’s Academy #4“, by Sam Maggs.

Time’s up! It’s Evasive Maneuvers exam day, the only shot Picard has at graduating early… and getting off Earth and far away from home. He’s as ready as he can be and actually feels like he can trust some of his group partners. But little does he know, their first test in space will bring an unexpected challenge-one the cadets would never find in their textbooks!

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New Star Trek Book: “Women On Trek Women: The Classic Series”

Women On Trek Women: The Classic Series by Colleen Egan Hillerup and Corinna Bechko and Denise Lhamon and Diana Robertson and Fiona Moore and Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Janeen O’Kerry and Janet Hetherington and Jo Duffy and Kelli Fitzpatrick and Laura E. Perez and Laura Ware and Lori Stephens and Lorraine Anderson and Madona Skaff and Meredith Peruzzi and Michelle Nielsen and Nancy A. Collins and Nancy Holder and Patricia A Jackson and Rich Handley and Rigel Ailur and Ruth Suehle and Sabrina Herman and Stacey Smith-Questionmark and Stephanie Gerk and Summer Brooks and Valentina Rossi has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Twenty-five women writers take on twenty-five classic Star Trek women characters for twenty-five in-depth essays. This IS the Final Frontier…and it’s Female.

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The War Room Episode 78 – John Jackson Miller

Tourist Falls to Death Off Cliff While Taking Selfies in New York State Park

She fell 70 feet to her death.

Plane from Texas drops off more than 300 migrants at Rockford airport; 8 buses heading to Chicago

Several migrant buses headed to Chicago Sunday morning after a plane from Texas carrying over 300 asylum-seekers landed in Rockford overnight.

This woman is building a tunnel under her house and documenting it. TikTok users have questions.

Kala, known on TikTok as “tunnel girl” or by her username @engineer.everything, said she decided to build the shelter to “challenge” herself.

Suspect arrested after breaking into judicial building in Denver after crash, holding security guard at gunpoint

An intruder shot out a window of the Ralph Carr Colorado Judicial Center, entered the building and held an unarmed security guard at gunpoint.

Trump Supporters Have a Meltdown After Green Day Slam ‘MAGA Agenda’ During New Year’s Show

The band changed the lyrics to their 2004 song “American Idiot” while performing on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest

Kim Davis must pay $260,000 legal fees over same-sex marriage license refusal

Former county clerk had disputed lawyers’ fees for Kentucky couple who won $100,000 damages

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Scorpius Run #4” Review by Trekcentral.net

Trekcentral.net has added a new review for Kirsten Beyer‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Scorpius Run #4”:

Can Captain Pike take back control of his ship? Can Zephyx, the leader of the elusive Scorpius region of space, be defeated once and for all? Will Aisla face any sort of consequence for their actions? Read on to find out!

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Star Trek Book Deals For January 2024 – 10 Books for $0.99 Each

This month’s ebook deals have landed with 10 books on sale for $0.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold:

Happy New Year!

From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy
Star Trek: 19 The Tears Of The Singers
Star Trek: 26 Pawns And Symbols
Star Trek: 27 Mindshadow
Star Trek: 77 Twilight’s End
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 1 Emissary
Star Trek: Enterprise: Daedalus
Star Trek: The Lost Era: Deny Thy Father
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification
Star Trek: Voyager: Mosaic

Another Day, Another Goodwill Star Trek Haul! #Shorts

“The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway” Review by Shastrix.com

Shastrix.com has added a new review for Una McCormack‘s “The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway”:

I’ve kind of ignored the autobiography series of Star Trek novels until now, because I’m generally a fan of the Pocket Books novel series, and these are published by Titan. However the lure of Una McCormack as the ‘editor’ drew me to get this, the Kathryn Janeway entry in the series.

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Happy 2023 Birthday to Susan Shwartz!

Happy birthday to Susan Shwartz!

Susan Shwartz is a novelist and short story writer. She and co-author Josepha Sherman have written several Star Trek books, mostly concerning Vulcans and their Romulan cousins.

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Happy 2023 Birthday to David A. McIntee!

Happy birthday to David A. McIntee!

David A. McIntee is a Scottish author. He is fairly well known in the United Kingdom for writing a number of Doctor Who novels and audio episodes.

In 2000, he wrote Delta Quadrant, a Star Trek: Voyager episode guide, for Virgin Books. This unofficial release caused issues with Pocket Books editor John Ordover, who scrapped a Voyager novel McIntee had sold to the publisher after seeing an advert for the publication.

In 2007, McIntee wrote the story “On the Spot” in the Pocket Books Star Trek: The Next Generation short story collection, The Sky’s the Limit. His short story “Reservoir Ferengi” features in the 2010 anthology, Seven Deadly Sins.

McIntee’s first full-length Star Trek novel, Indistinguishable from Magic, was released in 2011.

He has also contributed to various magazines, including Star Trek Communicator and Star Trek Magazine.

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2023 In Review

I told you about 118 books that were published this year (I should split out the comics and licensed / unlicensed stuff next year!), and 630 reviews from these great sites:

• aiptcomics.com
• borg.com
• podcasters.spotify.com
• redshirtsalwaysdie.com
• scifibulletin.com
• scifichick.com
• themindreels.com
• trekcentral.net
• trekmovie.com
• treknews.net
• warpfactortrek.com
• www.comicsbeat.com
• www.comicsonline.com
• www.comicsxf.com
• www.dailystartreknews.com
• www.positivelytrek.com
• www.scifipulse.net
• www.tgiokdi.com
• www.tor.com
• www.trek.fm
• www.trekbbs.com
• www.treklit.com
• www.womenatwarp.com

In the year 2023 there were 908 posts, with 5 comments.

2023 In Memoriam:

• Allan Asherman 1947-2023
• Tales of Syzpense #24 – RIP Keith Giffen

2023 Top Rated Posts:

Star Trek: The Next Generation: 4 Survivors

Star Trek: 13 The Wounded Sky

Star Trek Nation: An Englishman’s view of America

FCBD 2023 Star Trek Day of Blood #1

Star Trek: The Next Generation: 14 Exiles

Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection #180 Borg Cube

2023 was also a huge year for traffic with a 30% increase from 2022!

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country” Review by Shastrix.com

Shastrix.com has added a new review for John Jackson Miller‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country”:

The first Strange New Worlds book feels superficially like a lot of the old novels – with a planet of the week to visit and find out what’s going on, with a civilisation who appear to be from Earth’s history. In this way, it follows the pitch perfectly – a modern take on the original idea of Star Trek.

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Donald Trump blocked from Maine presidential ballot in 2024

The decision increases pressure on the Supreme Court to rule on his eligibility to run for the presidency.

“Star Trek #400” Review by Positivelytrek.com

Positivelytrek.com has added a new review for Chris Eliopoulos and Collin Kelly and Declan Shalvey and Jackson Lanzing and Mike Johnson and Wil Wheaton‘s “Star Trek #400”:

The Positively Trek Book Club returns! Dan and Brandi are kicking off a year of Star Trek comic catch-up with our thoughts on 2022’s Star Trek #400 from IDW, marking a landmark in publishing from the current Star Trek comic license holder!

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Maurice Broaddu, and Derek Tyler Attico

“Star Trek: Holo-ween #2” Review by Trekcentral.net

Trekcentral.net has added a new review for Christopher Sequeira‘s “Star Trek: Holo-ween #2”:

A Star Trek-themed spooky season celebration continues in Star Trek: Holo-Ween Issue #2, out now from IDW Publishing! Set in the middle of the golden era of The Next Generation, the series sees Captain Picard face off against Redjac. It’s an interesting choice for a villain, one that harkens back to the Original Series rematches from early TNG like “The Naked Now”. Thankfully so far this one’s been infinitely better, and writer Christopher Sequeira is more than up to the task.

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Happy 2023 Birthday to George Zebrowski!

Happy birthday to George Zebrowski!

George Zebrowski is a science fiction writer of over seventy short stories and forty books. He has authored a few Star Trek novels with his writing partner, Pamela Sargent.

He was born Jerzy Tadeus Zebrowski in Villach, Austria, of Polish descent and has lived in the USA since 1951. He continues to be interested in his Eastern European heritage, as evidence by his Beneath the Red Star: Studies on International Science Fiction, which collected his writings on SF behind the Iron Curtain.

He was part of the part of the earlier Clarion Science Fiction Writers’ Workshops. He has been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon and Nebula awards, and won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1999.

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⭐[4K] Zelda Ocarina of Time 25th anniversary X Ghibli: CASTLE TOWN – Unreal Engine 5

Argument over Christmas gifts turns deadly as 14-year-old kills sister: Authorities

Authorities say a Florida woman holding her 11-month-old son in a baby carrier was fatally shot by her 14-year-old brother while trying to defuse an argument over Christmas gifts he was having with their 15-year-old brother

Wooden Minigun

AC/DC : Thunderstruck (with no backing track)

This is why we can’t have nice things

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DEEP SPACE WAIFU

Discover your perfect WAIFU amidst explosions! This is a simple SUPER CASUAL strip ’em up action game, full of colors and women! Destroy alien colonies and do some CLOTH DAMAGE in giant women! Seek your path to the perfect date! Just remember – Girls will be watching.

A surprisingly competent bullet hell game with a lurid concept, but it fails to directly deliver on the lurid part of it’s promise, at least until you manually add an empty file to the installation directory to “patch” the nudity back into the game, This of course is obscene in how they hide their obscenity and is offensive that you’d have to go through all those hoops just to actually see what you paid to see.

I’d recommend it, just as long as you know you have to do some minor hacking to get what you want from the game. I played about 5 hours and was able to get all the achievements, of which there are 69 of them, giggity.

End of Year Mini Sale!

A couple books have gone on sale! Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 is $3.99 and The Director Should’ve Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade is now only $1.99.

“Star Trek: Discovery: Wonderlands” Review by Myconfinedspace.com

Myconfinedspace.com has added a new review for Una McCormack‘s “Star Trek: Discovery: Wonderlands”:

Starts off slow and in a manner that’s exceptionally similar to something that actually happened on the TV show, I think I need to rewatch season 4 in order to properly contextualize the meetings that Burnham has. I say it starts slow, but it definitely doesn’t stay that way, as this is more like a series of connected short stories about Burnham’s adventures in the far, far future, the depths of despair she fell to, and the struggles she faced without any of the mainstays of her previous life as a Commander in Starfleet. The final confrontation is telegraphed well enough that I wasn’t shocked when it happened, but it wasn’t so far out that I became impatient waiting for it to happen. If you’re a Disco fan, this is a great ‘fill in the blanks’ story written by one of the better Trek authors.

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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Battle Of Betazed” Review by Treklit.com

Treklit.com has added a new review for Charlotte Douglas and Susan Kearney‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Battle Of Betazed”:

In the 6th season episode of Deep Space Nine “In the Pale Moonlight,” it was decided to have the Dominion attack and capture a planet that would have a great deal of meaning to Star Trek fans. According to the writers, they wanted a world that a Trek character hailed from. Going through a number of possibilities, they eventually landed on the homeworld of TNG’s Counselor Deanna Troi: Betazed.

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‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans

Warnings that ‘slow-moving disaster’ in North America raises chances of fatal mad cow-type disease jumping species barrier

Star Trek Lower Decks By Ryan North Comic Review

“Star Trek: Defiant #10” Review by Dailystartreknews.com

Dailystartreknews.com has added a new review for Christopher Cantwell‘s “Star Trek: Defiant #10”:

As we dive into Star Trek: Defiant issue #10, things get pretty wild. Spock’s dealing with some trippy visions of Captain Pike, steering the crew toward Talos IV. But hold on tight because the story takes some unexpected detours, blurring the lines between what’s real and what’s just messing with our heads.

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Our annual reading of “A Very Klingon Khristmas”

Happy 2023 Birthday to Rick Berman!

Happy birthday to Rick Berman!

Richard Keith Berman is a veteran writer and producer of American television. He was the executive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991-1994) and co-creator of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise. He also produced and co-wrote four Star Trek films.

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“Making It So: A Memoir” Review by Trekmovie.com

Trekmovie.com has added a new review for Patrick Stewart‘s “Making It So: A Memoir”:

Patrick Stewart’s memoir Making It So is not a Star Trek book, and that’s a good thing. This rich, 443-page memoir takes you through the extraordinary life of an extraordinary man with delightful turns of phrase and stories that will break your heart as well as elevate you.

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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country” Review by Myconfinedspace.com

Myconfinedspace.com has added a new review for John Jackson Miller‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country”:

This is is one of the best Trek books that I’ve read in a while, with no offense intended towards the other ones that have come and gone. I’m somewhat surprised that I had such a great experience with it, as I recently read “Rogue Elements” and hated nearly everything about it, and both of them were by John Jackson Miller. I knew that I liked his writing though, as Rogue Elements wasn’t a poorly written book, I just thought the entire premise was ridiculous and it used some Trek elements that I’ve always thought were among the most silly in the franchise. Both books serve as quasi-sequels to television episodes, with Rogue Elements featuring the goofy mobsters first introduced in the original series episode “A Piece of the Action”, and High Country following up on some loose threads from Star Trek: Enterprise’s cowboy episode “North Star”.

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Unaccompanied 6-year-old child put on wrong Spirit Airlines flight | CNN

An unaccompanied 6-year-old child flying on Spirit Airlines to visit his grandmother in Fort Myers, Florida, was instead put on a flight to Orlando.

The History Of Giving Someone The Middle Finger

Happy 2023 Birthday to Nicholas Meyer!

Happy birthday to Nicholas Meyer!

Nicholas Meyer directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He wrote the screenplays for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek VI. Though never credited for his efforts, Meyer rewrote much of the screenplay for The Wrath of Khan by combining several elements from earlier drafts. He is also largely responsible for the nautical influence that pervades The Wrath of Khan and its sequels, from the military essence of the red-jacket uniforms to the more heated and dramatic character of the battle sequences.

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Happy 2023 Birthday to Tony Isabella!

Happy birthday to Tony Isabella!

Tony Isabella is a comic book and novel writer. He has worked on two Star Trek publications, both with Bob Ingersoll, who is also from Ohio. In addition to his Star Trek works, he is credited with the creation of the DC Comics characters “Black Goliath” and “Black Lightning”. He also worked for Marvel Comics, writing titles such as Captain America, Ghost Rider, and The Champions.

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“Star Trek: Lower Decks – Crew Handbook” Review by Dailystartreknews.com

Dailystartreknews.com has added a new review for Chris Farnell‘s “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Crew Handbook”:

is not just dialog and text but as mentioned previously, wonderful art, and as a MASSIVE comic book and animation fan it adds so much to the book in my eyes. As you read through from page to page and chapter to chapter there are dialog boxes from Captain Freeman, Lieutenant Junior Grade’s Becket Mariner, and Bradward Boimler which could be straight out of the show.

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“Star Trek: Defiant #8” Review by Dailystartreknews.com

Dailystartreknews.com has added a new review for Christopher Cantwell‘s “Star Trek: Defiant #8”:

RECAP & REVIEW: STAR TREK: DEFIANT’s Latest Issues Offer “A Nice Little Twist”

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Last Chance! Star Trek Book Deals For December 2023

You have until the 31st to grab December’s ebook deals with 11 books on sale for $0.99 each:
Star Trek: 13 The Wounded Sky
Star Trek: 23 Ishmael
Star Trek: 25 Dwellers In The Crucible
Star Trek: 80 The Joy Machine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Ascendance
Star Trek: Strangers From The Sky
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 13 The Eyes Of The Beholders
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 36 Into The Nebula
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 39 Rogue Saucer
Star Trek: The Next Generation: 7 Masks
Star Trek: The Original Series: Savage Trade

When you request Christmas music from a METAL bassist

Gov. Ron DeSantis said, if elected president, he would not allow courts to put Trump in prison – Florida Phoenix

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said if he were elected president, he would not allow the U.S. justice system to put former President Donald Trump in jail or prison. “The idea that we’re going to put an almost 80-year-old former president in prison – that’s not going to be good for this country,” DeSantis said, answering […]

Project 2025, if allowed, will cement America as a rightwing authoritarian state – Florida Phoenix

In 1970, as political activist Angela Davis languished in a jail cell for a crime she didn’t commit, acclaimed writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin warned her and us in an open letter “… If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own – which it is […]

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“the media gaslighting you”

I generally don’t post this guy since he went off the deep end, but I think this shows why he doesn’t show up on MCS these days.

If Trump Gets Unlimited Power He Won’t Be Giving It Up | George Santos Cashes In On Cameo

In Landmark Battle Over Free Speech, EFF Urges Supreme Court to Strike Down Texas and Florida Laws that Let States Dictate What Speech Social Media Sites Must Publish

WASHINGTON D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and five organizations defending free speech today urged the Supreme Court to strike down laws in Florida and Texas that let the states dictate certain speech social media sites must carry, violating the sites’ First Amendment rights to…

Joe Biden plans to ban logging in US old-growth forests in 2025

Move aims to protect millions of old-growth trees, which are better at storing carbon, but its outcome depends on 2024 election

Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit

The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees.

Joe Biden Pardons Federal Marijuana Possession Convictions

On Friday, President Joe Biden announced that he’s pardoning federal and D.C. marijuana possession convictions.

COMIXOLOGY, RIP

ComiXology, 2007-2023: With the official end of the Comixology app, a look back at its history and gradual decline

Mark Millar moves Millarworld to Dark Horse – and here’s what it means – UPDATED

Mark Millar’s 20 title-plus MIllarworld colelctino is moving to Dark Horse Comics and getting a ton of reprints….and five new titles in 2024.

IDW announces partnership with OMNIBUS Digital Comics App

The digital comics app has partnered with IDW to release titles from their main catalog and Top Shelf books.

China reveal new limits on game spending and rewards, wiping billions from Tencent and NetEase market value

Chinese regulators have announced far-reaching curbs on monetisation and reward systems for online games, in a move tha…

“Frozen Wishes” | Forever Skies OST | Tunes For The Apocalypse

Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote

Trump pressured two canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News.

200 Wheel Lego Vehicle

Inside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill

Republicans’ Project 2025 plan would leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion.

“Star Trek: 82 Mind Meld” Review by Themindreels.com

Themindreels.com has added a new review for John Vornholt‘s “Star Trek: 82 Mind Meld”:

Set shortly after the events of The Undiscovered Country, John Vornholt’s novel shoves Spock into the limelight on an adventure that pairs him with a young Vulcan girl named Teska, and is a precursor to his work in reunifying Vulcans and Romulans.

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“Star Trek: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko” Review by Trekcentral.net

Trekcentral.net has added a new review for Derek Tyler Attico‘s “Star Trek: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko”:

The (in this fan’s opinion) long overdue Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko is finally due to release on the 21st of November. Written by Derek Tyler Attico and published by Titan Books. This is the fifth book in Titan’s Star Trek ‘Autobiography series. Much like previous instalments this book chronicles and explores the life of one of Star Trek’s most iconic characters. Giving readers insight into the character’s thought processes while exploring how they came to be what we saw on screen.

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Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content

“We don’t think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away.”

“Carol of Ferrix” – STAR WARS Andor x Carol of the Bells (Christmas Piano Cover)

Rudy Giuliani Declares Himself Bankrupt

Rudy Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after being ordered to immediately begin paying two Georgia election workers $148 million in damages.

MOUSE Early Gameplay Trailer

The Jet Gas Blaster – Amazing Cardboard Craft

MAGA Convention to Nikki Haley: “F-ck Her!”

Steve Bannon attacked Nikki Haley at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, spurring conference attendees to launch into a profane chant.

Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material

The model is a massive part of the AI-ecosystem, used by Stable Diffusion and other major generative AI products. The removal follows discoveries made by Stanford researchers, who found thousands instances of suspected child sexual abuse material in the dataset.

7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.

Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle | Duke University School of Law

by Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 On January 1, 2024, after almost a century of copyright protection, Mickey Mouse, or at least a version of Mickey Mouse, will enter the public domain. The first movies in which the iconic mouse appeared – Steamboat Willie and the silent version of Plane Crazy­[1] – were made in 1928 and works from that year go into the public domain in the United States on New Year’s Day 2024.[2] The public domain has had some famous recent arrivals, but this is the most anticipated entry yet. Why?

Risk of penile fractures rises at Christmas, doctors find

Researchers suspect euphoria and intimacy of season may be behind spike in cases

Ex-Marine Sues Gov’t Over Its Demand He Take Down His ‘Fuck The Government’ Sign

To paraphrase Voltaire, I disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death the government’s right to prosecute you for what you say. That’s apparently the thought process in Ol…

Wizards of the Coast doubles down on generative AI stance, says artists are ‘what makes D&D great’

In the new 2024 Player’s Handbook, all of the core character classes in Dungeons & Dragons will get full-color illustrations like this one, which

Goofy’s Betrayal

“A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine (Cultural Geographies + Rewriting the Earth)” Review by Womenatwarp.com

Womenatwarp.com has added a new review for David K. Seitz‘s “A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine (Cultural Geographies + Rewriting the Earth)”:

In A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine, critical geographer David K. Seitz looks at the “black sheep” of the Star Trek family, using sets of episodes grouped by theme to analyze the socio-political dimensions of the series and explore why its messages remain so relevant today. And it’s one of my favorite academic books about Star Trek that I’ve read so far.

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STwN S2: Star Trek Too Many Tribbles!

Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off the state’s 2024 primary ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution

The ruling marks the first time a 14th Amendment challenge to Trump’s candidacy has been successful.

SOLSTICE – 5

Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling — and could lead to a brain drain

Wizards of the Coast was founded in Renton, Wash., in 1990. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) A new round of layoffs at Hasbro has impacted its

Sports Illustrated Owner Fires CEO, COO After Bungled ‘AI’ Adoption

Last month, Sports Illustrated found itself at the center of a firestorm after it was busted using fake computer-generated authors and (shitty) computer-generated content — without telling em…

We Regret to Inform You the Pizza-Crazed Conspiracy Theorists Are at It Again

Conspiracy theorists are convinced Etsy is a child pornography hub because of overpriced images of pizza.

The B-69s – Chop Suey! (System of a Down)

Black Student Suspended For Locs Fears Expulsion: ‘Can’t Believe I’m Going Through This’

A Texas school could expel the teen for his hair.

Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #10”

Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #10“, by Christopher Cantwell.

The Defiant crew makes way for its next bounty: Berlinghoff Rasmussen, infamous time-traveling thief and con man. Berlinghoff has escaped custody on Starbase 214 and has his sights set on tech from the forbidden planet and final resting place of Captain Christopher Pike, Talos IV. With top-secret orders from Starfleet, Worf and his crew are to intercept the target without being detected by anyone… including the Federation.

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Out Today: “Star Trek #15”

Out today: “Star Trek #15“, by Collin Kelly.

Prepared to do whatever it takes to make peace with the war-worshipping Tzenkethi and outmaneuver the Romulan Empire as their ally, Captain Sisko and his crew work alongside Tzenkethi warleader Kav’ka and Romulan Magistrex T’Galatheon to ready capitol defenses in preparation for the deadly Festival of Supremacy. But Sisko soon learns that Federation ideals won’t come naturally to the reptilian species that praises survival of the fittest over all. Can Sisko keep his crew alive, impress the Tzenkethi Autarch, and keep the Romulans from convincing warmongers that they reign supreme?

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Star Trek Silliness with “How Much for just the Planet”

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Crew Handbook”

Out today: “Star Trek: Lower Decks – Crew Handbook“, by Chris Farnell.

Join the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos as they seek out new life and travel where people may, or may not, have been before!

Based on the hit Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, Mariner, Boimler and all their friends offer advice and insider knowledge to new crewmembers. This hilarious and informative handbook will help you come to grips with the ship, your duties, and your fellow lower deckers, especially as they’ve generously left comments throughout.

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“Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film” Review by Treknews.net

Treknews.net has added a new review for John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto‘s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film”:

1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is widely considered one of — if not the — best of the franchise. The film combines a well-crafted script, a memorable villain, and engaging visuals to tell a story of revenge and dealing with life changes. Such a classic movie surely deserves a great behind-the-scenes account of its creation, and fans now have just the book to add to their collection: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The Making of the Classic Film.

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