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Mike McMahan

@mikemcmahan.bsky.social

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Creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, co creator of Solar Opposites. My mom tells people I still write Rick & Morty. Golden Axe coming to Comedy Central.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 11d

Five seasons of Solar Opposites are now available to watch on Netflix!

A Netflix ad for Solar Opposites featuring an animated alien family on a glowing rainbow road in a sci-fi roller coaster cart.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Bleeding Cool @bleedingcool.com · 12h

Returning for its final run on October 13th, here's a look at "The Wall" trailer for Hulu and EPs Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel's Solar Opposites Season 6. / #SolarOpposites

Returning on October 13th, here's a look at "The Wall" trailer for EPs Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel's Hulu's Solar Opposites Season 6.

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io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 17h

The 'Solar Opposites' Aliens Are Couch Potato Queens in a New Season 6 Clip

Laziness rules (until it really, really doesn't) in the final season of Hulu's sci-fi animated series, arriving October 13.

gizmodo.com

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 2d

Omg

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jazzi🐣 @foodcu-be.bsky.social · 17h

when the decks are lower

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Does any stadium in the world get nervous faster than Wrigley Field?

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

Fanhome announces new additions to its line of die-cast Star Trek starships that will be available at the 2025 New York Comic Con.

• U.S.S. Cerritos NCC-75567 (Lower Decks, $85.00)
• U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (TOS, $85.00)

Both ships are produced in an XL size (11-12 inches).

a computer generated image of a stadium with a few lights on

Alt: a computer generated image of a stadium with a few lights on

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1d

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

Just watched something burning in the sky- a fireball trailing a plume of fire. Anyone know what just plummeted over Los Angeles? It snuffed out after about twenty seconds.

Fireball streaking across the sky in L.A.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

Are you in heaven?!?

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This is ST AF

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

I dare say, Suh.

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 2d

There are two Mark Twains here tonight at Trek Triv.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

Rick as a shrimp stuck in a dimension of shrimp nazis.

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 3d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 2d

Another beautiful Burbank morning.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 1 Droideka looking out at space.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 3d

Vigilante is so funny this season.

Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 4d

“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 4d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 28d

I had no idea that the phrase “Back to the old drawing board” comes from this Peter Arno cartoon from March 1st 1941’s New Yorker. It’s rather splendid to be able to date the birth of what would become part of everyday speech with such precision.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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