Michael 🖖🏻💙🎶🎨🇵🇸🐈
@michaelangie.bsky.social
Bookish, arty, science loving leftist Trekkie, partner, cat daddy, invisibly disabled, woke, European. “Big Starfleet Nerd is an accurate description.” He/him.
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Laura was the One: Trauma and Transcendence in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
CONTENT WARNING / TRIGGER WARNING: This review discusses themes of sexual assault, incest and murder, though it doesn’t include graphic de...
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So here’s my latest labour of love, a piece on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, one of my favourite films. Inevitably it’s subjective (I sobbed at the end of my recent rewatch!), but I don’t mind that & am quite happy with it. 🙂 beyondthatnextstar.blogspot.com/2025/06/laur... #TwinPeaks #DavidLynch
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I got to spend the last 20-plus hours celebrating the 21st anniversary of the release of "Awakening" on Nov. 26, 2004 by walking around Tokyo for a day, and now I get to celebrate it again for another full day as I land back in California after a few weeks on the road. #PewPew #FiredThePhasers
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I got to spend the last 20-plus hours celebrating the 21st anniversary of the release of "Awakening" on Nov. 26, 2004 by walking around Tokyo for a day, and now I get to celebrate it again for another full day as I land back in California after a few weeks on the road. #PewPew #FiredThePhasers
Frank Sinatra (1954), by Milton Greene
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Frank Sinatra (1954), by Milton Greene
Meadow Landscape on Walcheren, by Emile Claus
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Meadow Landscape on Walcheren, by Emile Claus
Chan Marshall (Cat Power), New York (July 28, 2003), by Richard Avedon
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Chan Marshall (Cat Power), New York (July 28, 2003), by Richard Avedon
Charlotte Stribling AKA ‘Fabulous' does stretching exercises between modelling appearances at the Abyssinian Church. Harlem, New York City, USA. (1950)
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Charlotte Stribling AKA ‘Fabulous' does stretching exercises between modelling appearances at the Abyssinian Church. Harlem, New York City, USA. (1950)
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#ArtistFaveLP
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
3: Hazey Jane II www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBn...
Melodically such an original song! The opening verse isn’t repeated at all, & the ending is varied just enough that it feels almost like a new tune. And those final words are a killer!
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
3: Hazey Jane II www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBn...
Melodically such an original song! The opening verse isn’t repeated at all, & the ending is varied just enough that it feels almost like a new tune. And those final words are a killer!
Hazey Jane II
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
3: Hazey Jane II www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBn...
Melodically such an original song! The opening verse isn’t repeated at all, & the ending is varied just enough that it feels almost like a new tune. And those final words are a killer!
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
3: Hazey Jane II www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBn...
Melodically such an original song! The opening verse isn’t repeated at all, & the ending is varied just enough that it feels almost like a new tune. And those final words are a killer!
The lunar module of Apollo 9 (March 1969) on a test flight in Earth orbit, photographed from the command module.
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The lunar module of Apollo 9 (March 1969) on a test flight in Earth orbit, photographed from the command module.
Watching this wonderful - indeed unique - cold open again, I suddenly realised why Rachel Robinson was considered for the role of Ezri Dax. When she bursts out with, “and then I wished I hadn’t read them at all!”, & checks herself with embarrassment… It’s such an Ezri thing! 🥰 #StarTrekDS9
This music by Dennis McCarthy is uniquely, beautifully heartbreaking, perfectly setting the tone of the episode. Not only is it a quiet lament for all that’s been lost (& will be lost), it somehow suggests to me that a sort of culmination has been reached. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN6o...
My Father Died.
YouTube video by Mike Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Watching this wonderful - indeed unique - cold open again, I suddenly realised why Rachel Robinson was considered for the role of Ezri Dax. When she bursts out with, “and then I wished I hadn’t read them at all!”, & checks herself with embarrassment… It’s such an Ezri thing! 🥰 #StarTrekDS9
At the Top, Simplon Pass (1911), by John Singer Sargent
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
At the Top, Simplon Pass (1911), by John Singer Sargent
The Beach at Ambleteuse at Low Tide (1900), by Théo van Rysselberghe
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Beach at Ambleteuse at Low Tide (1900), by Théo van Rysselberghe
Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in Reno, Nevada, during the filming of The Misfits (1960), by Inge Morath
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in Reno, Nevada, during the filming of The Misfits (1960), by Inge Morath
The portal of Rouen cathedral in the morning light (1894), by Claude Monet
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The portal of Rouen cathedral in the morning light (1894), by Claude Monet
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This music by Dennis McCarthy is uniquely, beautifully heartbreaking, perfectly setting the tone of the episode. Not only is it a quiet lament for all that’s been lost (& will be lost), it somehow suggests to me that a sort of culmination has been reached. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN6o...
My Father Died.
YouTube video by Mike Johnson
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This music by Dennis McCarthy is uniquely, beautifully heartbreaking, perfectly setting the tone of the episode. Not only is it a quiet lament for all that’s been lost (& will be lost), it somehow suggests to me that a sort of culmination has been reached. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN6o...
This paper was obviously a bit too technical for me, but even as a layperson I wasn’t surprised by the conclusions. The ability to clap to a beat is surely a bit different from being able to compose the Ninth Symphony!
With sequencing of Hitler's DNA making headlines, time for a reminder: analysing a polygenic score from a dead historically-significant figure won't give new insights into that person's behaviour. In a brief paper last year, we used Beethoven's genome to directly illustrate the fallacies involved.🧪👇
Notes from Beethoven’s genome
Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven
with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.
www.cell.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This paper was obviously a bit too technical for me, but even as a layperson I wasn’t surprised by the conclusions. The ability to clap to a beat is surely a bit different from being able to compose the Ninth Symphony!
“It really is a good replica. The aroma's starting to grow on me. For a moment there I almost forgot that it wasn't the real thing, but only for a moment.”
Vreenak, scrutinising the replicated Romulan ale as closely as he will the Cardassian data rod! #StarTrekDS9
Vreenak, scrutinising the replicated Romulan ale as closely as he will the Cardassian data rod! #StarTrekDS9
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“It really is a good replica. The aroma's starting to grow on me. For a moment there I almost forgot that it wasn't the real thing, but only for a moment.”
Vreenak, scrutinising the replicated Romulan ale as closely as he will the Cardassian data rod! #StarTrekDS9
Vreenak, scrutinising the replicated Romulan ale as closely as he will the Cardassian data rod! #StarTrekDS9
#ArtistFaveLP
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
Northern Sky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBk...
How is this lovely song only at Number 4 in my list?
Because there are three songs I love even more!
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
Northern Sky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBk...
How is this lovely song only at Number 4 in my list?
Because there are three songs I love even more!
Northern Sky
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
Northern Sky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBk...
How is this lovely song only at Number 4 in my list?
Because there are three songs I love even more!
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1971)
#MusicChallenge
Northern Sky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBk...
How is this lovely song only at Number 4 in my list?
Because there are three songs I love even more!
(1/3) Realised tonight that these three Swear Trek GIFs in my collection…
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
(1/3) Realised tonight that these three Swear Trek GIFs in my collection…
A crescent Uranus, photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986, with image processing by @jpmajor.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A crescent Uranus, photographed by Voyager 2 in 1986, with image processing by @jpmajor.bsky.social
Good grief, “critics”! They make me want to love something I probably wouldn’t love, just to be contrary!
I wish they’d be just a little more hesitant about hating things that people who actually *make* art have made the effort to create.
I wish they’d be just a little more hesitant about hating things that people who actually *make* art have made the effort to create.
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good grief, “critics”! They make me want to love something I probably wouldn’t love, just to be contrary!
I wish they’d be just a little more hesitant about hating things that people who actually *make* art have made the effort to create.
I wish they’d be just a little more hesitant about hating things that people who actually *make* art have made the effort to create.
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On the Origin of Species was published on this day in 1859.
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Opening Lines - On the Origin of Species - BBC Sounds
John Yorke investigates Charles Darwin’s world-changing book On The Origin of Species.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
On the Origin of Species was published on this day in 1859.
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It really did change the world, and the way much of humanity views our place in nature.
I spoke to Radio 4's Opening Lines about it's importance -- both to science, and to me on a personal level
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Introduce yourself with a spaceship that can do this! #StarTrekDiscovery
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Introduce yourself with a spaceship that can do this! #StarTrekDiscovery
It’s incredible to me that recorded sound has existed for so long now that we can hear Beethoven’s music being played halfway in time between Beethoven & us.
Through all the crackling static, this is exalted music, cosmic & intimate at the same time. ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHk3...
Through all the crackling static, this is exalted music, cosmic & intimate at the same time. ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHk3...
Lener String Quartet_Beethoven :Quartet No.15 op.132 -3rd mov.
YouTube video by uchukyoku1
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It’s incredible to me that recorded sound has existed for so long now that we can hear Beethoven’s music being played halfway in time between Beethoven & us.
Through all the crackling static, this is exalted music, cosmic & intimate at the same time. ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHk3...
Through all the crackling static, this is exalted music, cosmic & intimate at the same time. ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHk3...
Introduce yourself with a spaceship who’s a person.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Introduce yourself with a spaceship who’s a person.
Four portraits of Audrey Hepburn (1951), by Milton Greene
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Four portraits of Audrey Hepburn (1951), by Milton Greene