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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

Spooky Season! 👻🎃

Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

As we head towards the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek we start our look at past people and moments that helped shape the franchise, starting with the great Susan Oliver from #TheCage and #TheMenagerie …

YESTERDAY’S ENTERPRISE: A Look Back At Susan Oliver

Star Trek’s original “damsel in distress” was anything but

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings protests showed up not only in big cities but also the smallest towns across the country today ….

‘Protests In Every Town’: Strength of ‘No Kings’ Is Geographical Reach

Turnout against Trump not limited to the nation’s big cities

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

The new #Trump directive seeks to criminalize peaceful #protest like #NoKings and stifle #dissent and the #FirstAmendment

Yet it’s getting very little news coverage ….

#antifa
#authoritarianism
#nspm7
#indivisible
#freespeech

Trump Directive Seeks To Outlaw Legal Protest in the US

Order with wide implications is getting little mainstream coverage

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 6d

#Paramount should be doing a better job with #StarTrek #fandom especially with all that money from #Skydance and #DavidEllison

They couldn’t even manage to keep the panel from #NYCC2025 online ….

#NYCC

Memo To Paramount: Care, Feeding of Fandom Isn’t Rocket Science

This new, financially amped studio should be so much better at supporting a love of Star Trek

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 14d

Their makeup setting spray is really good. I’ve used it for years

Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 20d

Did you know that there’s a #StarTrek #tributeband, they’re called @thebeverlycrushers.bsky.social

We profile them ahead of their show in #SanFrancisco ….

‘Combining The Two Great Loves Of My Life — Trek And Music’

Band shares their love of Star Trek in a most unique way

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 22d

#Republican Speaker #MikeJohnson is blocking the immediate swearing in of the new #Arizona #congresswoman #AdelitaGrijalva because she would be the final crucial vote to force the release of the #Epsteinfiles …

#Trump
#Epstein

MIKE JOHNSON BLOCKS GRIJALVA’S SWEARING-IN

Speaker’s delay rumored to be over the Epstein files

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 23d

#AIslop has invaded the #StarTrek franchise ….

#AI
#artificialintelligence

Attack Of The AI Slop

Artificially generated Star Trek content — sometimes very questionable — is proliferating online

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 27d

Journalist @hunterw.bsky.social and #WaPo columnist @shadihamid.bsky.social squared off on the continued relevance of #Twitter vs #BlueSky ….

‘Twitter Involves Actively Supporting … An Extremist Political Project’

Relevance of the former Twitter vs other platforms debated

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 28d

Done, and done!

Notice from Hulu confirming my cancellation of my Hulu account over taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · 28d

A massive and growing #boycott has begun hurting #Disney over their decision to pull @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social off the air under threat from the #Trump administration and the head of the #FCC, #BrendanCarr …

‘We Would Miss The First Amendment A Whole Lot More’

Disney feels it in backlash against Kimmel cancellation

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 18

Not a huge fan of corporatist Neera Tanden but even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes …

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 18

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 11

#Corporatemedia is sanitizing the #racism and #extremism of #CharlieKirk in the ongoing coverage of his murder ….

‘Hateful Thoughts Becoming Hateful Words Become Hateful Actions’

Corporate media doing its best to sanitize Charlie Kirk’s abhorrent views

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 10

@repdwightevans.bsky.social called out remarks in which #DonaldTrump appeared to make light of #domesticviolence …

#crime

‘Domestic Violence Is A Crime’: Congressman Calls Out Trump Comments

President appears to minimize spousal abuse

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hopefully #StarTrekKhan is successful and leads to more original #StarTrek audio productions like those in the #DoctorWho universe ….

Hopefully, ‘Khan’ Opens Floodgates to Much More Audio Star Trek Storytelling

“Doctor Who” audio productions have been flourishing for years

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sure, she’s shitty but isn’t that 2015 calling, looking for her or something???

Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Trump used a #military #flyover to try to #silence survivors of #JeffreyEpstein as these women participated in a press briefing on #capitolhill ….

#EpsteinFiles

‘He Protects Perpetrators’: Trump Tries Literally Silencing Epstein Victims

Military flyover interrupts Capitol Hill press conference

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 1

A #federalcourt has blocked a #Trump attempt to #deport hundreds of unaccompanied #migrant #children to #Guatamala …

#ICE
#massdeportation
#ruleoflaw
#immigration

‘In The Dead of Night’: Federal Court Blocks Deportation of Hundreds of Kids

Trump administration wanted to fly unaccompanied minors to Guatemala

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 1

What all the hottest anti fascists are wearing this year …

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 28

@mayorfrey.com has spoken out in defense of the #transgender community after #Trump and #MAGA supporters tried to use the #schoolshooting tragedy in #Minneapolis as a means to scapegoat #trans Americans …

‘Opportunity To Villainize Our Trans Community’: Right Turns Shooting Into Hate Spree

Most US mass shootings committed by cisgender, white men

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 27

#Trump is increasingly open about his #authoritarianism and outing himself as a full-on #dictator ….

‘I’d Rather Have A Dictator’: Trump’s Been Outing Himself A Lot Lately

President is working overtime to normalize his authoritarianism

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 26

Attorney and former FTC commissioner @bedoyausa.bsky.social makes the important distinction that #Trump has not fired #Fed member #LisaCook …

‘The President Has Not Fired Lisa Cook’: Trump’s Assault on the Independent Fed

Letter from the White House is only an attempt at dismissing board member

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 26

In an impassioned speech in #Chicago @govpritzker.illinois.gov debunked #Trump rhetoric as a #crime fighter, pointing out all the ways Trump has actually undermined #lawenforcement and #publicsafety ….

‘Trump Is Defunding the Police’: Illinois Governor Debunks Crime Rhetoric

Pritzker turns criticism that’s been aimed at Democrats back on the hardline Republican

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Janet From Another Planet @janetinbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 26

@govwesmoore.bsky.social got on social media today to clown on #DonaldTrump over an outlandish story #Trump told claiming Moore told Trump that he was the “greatest president” of Moore’s lifetime ….

#lol

Maryland’s Democratic Governor LOLs At Trump

Republican claims Moore told him he was the “greatest president” of his lifetime

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