Mark 2000 Farinas
@mark2000.bsky.social
Bay Area artist and animator. Comics, sketches, and articles about Star Trek and Sci-Fi. Co-Host of Ship Full of Jerks podcast.
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Mark 2000 Farinas
@mark2000.bsky.social
· Jul 13
Time to glue parts together starting with the engines. I first needed to thread through the wires for the running lights. Then I soldered red and green lighting 2mm tower LEDs in place. They’re clear when unlit. I did this for maximum brightness. Clear paint blocks some light.
“Dick Laurent is dead.”
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Dick Laurent is dead.”
Been in LA for like five minutes before running into one of these fuckers.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Been in LA for like five minutes before running into one of these fuckers.
I wonder what it would be like to be John Malkovich buying scented candles.
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I wonder what it would be like to be John Malkovich buying scented candles.
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You heard our review of the 2025 movie "Weapons", but what did Madisynn think of it?
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You heard our review of the 2025 movie "Weapons", but what did Madisynn think of it?
Rick Berman was really uncomfortable with a robot that fucks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Rick Berman was really uncomfortable with a robot that fucks.
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#SNW Four and a Half Vulcans polarized fans before it even aired. We compare its views on genetic determinism and multi cultural heritage to that of the Superman franchise. Who does the “torn between two worlds” theme better?
4.5 Vulcans and One Superman
Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 11/18/2025 · 1h 10m
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November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#SNW Four and a Half Vulcans polarized fans before it even aired. We compare its views on genetic determinism and multi cultural heritage to that of the Superman franchise. Who does the “torn between two worlds” theme better?
An AI system that’s completely biased and hallucinates enemies because it’s based on the skewed world view of a mentally unhinged tech bro who peaked in his 20s? Sounds about right.
We’ve been warning ourselves about AI since the year I was born
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An AI system that’s completely biased and hallucinates enemies because it’s based on the skewed world view of a mentally unhinged tech bro who peaked in his 20s? Sounds about right.
Seems like there’s a lot of Discovery nostalgia going around lately. Its amazing how much the show evolved in five seasons. I made this a few weeks after the premier eight years ago. I miss those opening credits…
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Seems like there’s a lot of Discovery nostalgia going around lately. Its amazing how much the show evolved in five seasons. I made this a few weeks after the premier eight years ago. I miss those opening credits…
Spoiler: he hates that Picard, Riker, and Data didn’t have the same banter as Kirk, Spock and McCoy. But they did. At least in s01, and especially in s02. We‘ve just sort of erased that from our memory. Gene liked playful antagonism and @melindas.bsky.social wrote TNG dialogue better than anyone.
The man behind Star Trek: The Next Generation's Commander Riker didn't love one thing about his popular Star Trek spinoff. Find out what it was.
William Riker Actor Jonathan Frakes Has One Issue With Star Trek: The Next Generation - TVLine
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November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Spoiler: he hates that Picard, Riker, and Data didn’t have the same banter as Kirk, Spock and McCoy. But they did. At least in s01, and especially in s02. We‘ve just sort of erased that from our memory. Gene liked playful antagonism and @melindas.bsky.social wrote TNG dialogue better than anyone.
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#SNW documentary style episode “What is Starfleet” is less Ken Burns and more Project Veritas. We talk its journalistic merits as well as what side of a conflict should be scrutinize more. Then our discussion of the 2025 film Weapons goes from addiction to school shootings to… the housing crisis?
What is Starfleet — Weapons or Explorers?
Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 11/11/2025 · 1h 17m
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#SNW documentary style episode “What is Starfleet” is less Ken Burns and more Project Veritas. We talk its journalistic merits as well as what side of a conflict should be scrutinize more. Then our discussion of the 2025 film Weapons goes from addiction to school shootings to… the housing crisis?
When the creature started reciting Percy Shelley’s Ozymandias I lolled.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When the creature started reciting Percy Shelley’s Ozymandias I lolled.
The Enterprise crew as bud vases.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Enterprise crew as bud vases.
Kirk and Picard need to be switched on the Nerd/Jock axis. Picard won all the runner’s medals, played pool, and started fights in bars. Kirk was a book worm who played chess, was considered grimly serious, and was regularly harassed by a bully.
I came with this at 3 am while feverish.
I will not be answering any questions.
I will not be answering any questions.
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Kirk and Picard need to be switched on the Nerd/Jock axis. Picard won all the runner’s medals, played pool, and started fights in bars. Kirk was a book worm who played chess, was considered grimly serious, and was regularly harassed by a bully.
The Nothing is AI. Every time someone prompts, part of Fantasia dies.
Here's that extended scene from The Neverending Story (mit bessere Leistung, imho): www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOgG...
Neverending Story Gmork Scene Extended
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Nothing is AI. Every time someone prompts, part of Fantasia dies.
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I love these renders of that early TNG bridge concept by Tadeo D'Oria. @rekkert.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
This style of bridge also featured in the “The Word of God” webcomic by @mark2000.bsky.social and @ryanthomasriddle.com
These ‘roads not taken’ designs are always so fascinating to me. /2
This style of bridge also featured in the “The Word of God” webcomic by @mark2000.bsky.social and @ryanthomasriddle.com
These ‘roads not taken’ designs are always so fascinating to me. /2
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I love these renders of that early TNG bridge concept by Tadeo D'Oria. @rekkert.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
This style of bridge also featured in the “The Word of God” webcomic by @mark2000.bsky.social and @ryanthomasriddle.com
These ‘roads not taken’ designs are always so fascinating to me. /2
This style of bridge also featured in the “The Word of God” webcomic by @mark2000.bsky.social and @ryanthomasriddle.com
These ‘roads not taken’ designs are always so fascinating to me. /2
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The Naked Whenever
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Naked Whenever
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Our latest episode tries to figure out what “empathy for the enemy“ means for Captain Pike in the best JT Kirk story since TOS in #SNW “The Sehlat Who Ate its Tail”. Then it’s erotic ghost story time as Beverly Crusher explores being an spectrosexual in TNG’s classic bodice ripping romp, Sub Rosa!
The Sehlat Who Lit the Sex Candle
Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 11/04/2025 · 56m
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November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our latest episode tries to figure out what “empathy for the enemy“ means for Captain Pike in the best JT Kirk story since TOS in #SNW “The Sehlat Who Ate its Tail”. Then it’s erotic ghost story time as Beverly Crusher explores being an spectrosexual in TNG’s classic bodice ripping romp, Sub Rosa!
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TK Bellows wears an interesting and anachronistic pair of glasses in “A Space Adventure Hour”. They’re S9 frames, also known as “birth control frames”. From 1990 to 2012 they were standard military issue to navy and army recruits. Saddam Hussein was given a pair when he was captured in 2003.
November 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
TK Bellows wears an interesting and anachronistic pair of glasses in “A Space Adventure Hour”. They’re S9 frames, also known as “birth control frames”. From 1990 to 2012 they were standard military issue to navy and army recruits. Saddam Hussein was given a pair when he was captured in 2003.
The Lorelei Signal is probably based on one of no less than two femdom synopses in Roddenberry’s 1964 pitch document “Star Trek Is…” called “The Venus Planet”. #tossatnight #tassatnight
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The Lorelei Signal is probably based on one of no less than two femdom synopses in Roddenberry’s 1964 pitch document “Star Trek Is…” called “The Venus Planet”. #tossatnight #tassatnight
Here's something I noticed on my rewatch of "Shuttle to Kenfori". The Klingon transmission ↖️ uses and old fan made alphabet created by Geoffrey Mandel for the "U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual" published in 1980 ↗️ instead of "pIqaD"↙️ which has been the official Klingon alphabet since TMP.↘️
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here's something I noticed on my rewatch of "Shuttle to Kenfori". The Klingon transmission ↖️ uses and old fan made alphabet created by Geoffrey Mandel for the "U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual" published in 1980 ↗️ instead of "pIqaD"↙️ which has been the official Klingon alphabet since TMP.↘️
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Anyone else notice Christina Chong talks into the bottom of her communicator like a smartphone in speaker phone mode? ↖️↗️ Ethan Peck ↙️ and Celia Rose Gooding ↘️ hold it the traditional way.
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Anyone else notice Christina Chong talks into the bottom of her communicator like a smartphone in speaker phone mode? ↖️↗️ Ethan Peck ↙️ and Celia Rose Gooding ↘️ hold it the traditional way.
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For some reason #SNW “Through the Lens of Time“ gave us the giggles. Is Roger Korby the worst archeologist ever? Is Ensign Gamble the ultimate rookie cop? After we contain ourselves we talk about Star Trek as a genre leaping format and if Strange New Worlds has been succeeding at that tradition.
Roger Korby and Through The Lens of Time
Podcast Episode · Ship Full of Jerks · 10/29/2025 · 37m
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October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For some reason #SNW “Through the Lens of Time“ gave us the giggles. Is Roger Korby the worst archeologist ever? Is Ensign Gamble the ultimate rookie cop? After we contain ourselves we talk about Star Trek as a genre leaping format and if Strange New Worlds has been succeeding at that tradition.
Hey! No one told me President Roslin was in Sneakers!
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Hey! No one told me President Roslin was in Sneakers!
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Once again for those who don’t know, but “The WOMEN!” saved STAR TREK from obscurity. Not once, but several times, and started the first conventions. #StarTrek
www.womansworld.com/entertainmen...
www.womansworld.com/entertainmen...
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Once again for those who don’t know, but “The WOMEN!” saved STAR TREK from obscurity. Not once, but several times, and started the first conventions. #StarTrek
www.womansworld.com/entertainmen...
www.womansworld.com/entertainmen...