Gene

Gene

@gsanta5.bsky.social

Astronomy, entomology, history, arachnology, dark fiction, Paganism, cats, environmentalism, psychotronic movies. Please no DMs. (🚫MAGA🚫) Ee'd Plebnista!

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I'm stunned. I don't even know what to say right now. All I can say is rest in peace, Walter Koenig. 😔 🖖 #TOSSatNight

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

It must be noted he felt art should be affordable, even for those with just a few bits to their name. His roll as an art purchaser for Sears was a big part of that. John or Jane Doe could purchase fine art curated by Vincent Price! He was appalled when the right-wing nuts attacked the NEA.

Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

VINCENT PRICE — who left us 33yrs ago today, aged 82 — was not only a successful and much beloved Hollywood Actor but also a serious student and collector of Art, an in demand art consultant (for Sears, Roebuck & Co) as well President of the art council at UCLA.

Watching MSNOW, and their pushing of the need for Democrats to appeal to "moderates". An editorial by Rahm Emanuel figuring prominently. During the rise of the Tea Party or MAGA, I don't recall any pundits begging Republucans to embrace moderation.

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I disavow the Dominion, the Borg Collective, the Terran Empire, the Ferengi Commerce Authority, the Pah-Wraiths, the House of Duras, the crew of the Botany Bay, the Orion Syndicate, Section 31, the Tal Shiar, and Dr Chaotica.

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TCM has a future at Skydance, which is good news. And it will be part of the film group, which suggests a similar structure to its niche at Warner Bros Discovery after Scorsese, Spielberg and PTA saved it from Zaslav's cost-cutting. In the short term, all is well. But deadline.com/2026/10/turn...

deadline.comTurner Classic Movies To Sit Within Skydance Film GroupDeadline understands that the channel, will be rub by Skydance Motion Picture Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein.

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The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.

Something very dangerous has happened to the Republican mind. We are on the precipice of a Rwanda situation.

News to Remember@moments2remember.link

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES stood on a stage and said: “Let ’em take out Los Angeles. Let ’em take out San Diego.” And people CHEERED. I’m sorry, but what the actual fuck are we doing?

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.

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64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

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In 1956 the late great PETER CUSHING invited a film crew into his Kensington home to show off his hobby — painting miniature toy soldiers, and playing with them in the rules set down by fellow toy soldier hobbyist H.G. Wells.

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In 1973 Singer, Songwriter & Actor - PAUL WILLIAMS - stopped by The Tonight Show fresh from the set of ‘Battle For The Planet Of The Apes’ to sing “Here’s That Rainy Day”. One of the funniest most surreal moments in the show’s history.

Great example of FAFO. What an asshat. "We don't need New York, OK..." I hope there's a follow up when his business goes belly-up. "It's just me and my two kids". What a surprise.

“Boss, love the work, big fan, but I need this Strait of Hormuz thing wrapped by Friday."

Striped fishing spider, Dolomedes scriptus. Near Newburgh NY, at edge of pond. Fairly common, often found near streams and ponds. #arachnids #spiders #SpiderLove

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The World Beneath Our Feet: The Hidden Life of Soil and Why It Matters to Us All by Frank Ashwood Soil ecologist Ashwood offers an insight into this world, the life w/in it & its importance in making our existence possible & how we can play a part in protecting it for future generations #Booksky

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i guess they can track a woman across 5 states who's trying to get reproductive care but a semi full of beer is basically a romulan cloaking device

Thank goodness for all the horror and film fans who keep the memory of this multi-talented man alive. Also thanx go to his daughter, Victoria Price.

DoctorTheopolis@drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social

In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde. The show was condemned by anti-gay activist Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance.”

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Canadian actor James Doohan was shot six times on D Day. A cigarette case saved him but he lost his right middle finger which he would conceal with a flesh colored glove. So don’t let anyone tell u Canada has no military.

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As plant-based alternatives increasingly outperform animal products in all relevant domains, the question for food companies is no longer whether they can sell them. It is whether continuing to produce animal products still makes sense when superior alternatives exist — and will only get better.

veganhorizon.substack.comVegan Burgers Just Beat Beef in Germany’s Most Respected Consumer TestThe “vegan is expensive and tastes bad” argument has had a rough time lately

Why the huge concentration of Flock cameras in Newburgh, NY? Oh yeah, crime. But similar surrounding cities only have a fraction of these. Who voted for this?

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Trump: tariffs don’t raise prices MAGA: yeah! tariffs don’t raise prices, dumb libs Trump: I’m going to suspend tariffs on imported beef to lower prices MAGA: suspending tariffs will lower prices, dumb libs