Manuel Royal
@manuel-royal.bsky.social
Writer (sf/fantasy/crime). Anti-Fascist. He/him.
Manuel Royal, like Tristram Shandy, was born with a broken nose. He lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia.
https://www.scriptrevolution.com/profiles/manuel-royal
Manuel Royal, like Tristram Shandy, was born with a broken nose. He lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia.
https://www.scriptrevolution.com/profiles/manuel-royal
Congrats, Mayor Mamdani!
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Congrats, Mayor Mamdani!
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My podcast is out now. Hope you like me talking about old anthology shows.
Our first episode on The Galaxy Being is now available.
It's on YouTube and multiple podcatcher apps.
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youtu.be/CneC-En9G4M?...
It's on YouTube and multiple podcatcher apps.
RSS: media.rss.com/the-sci-fright-zone/feed.xml
youtu.be/CneC-En9G4M?...
My Dinner With Alien (The Galaxy Being - The Outer Limits)
YouTube video by The Sci-Fright Zone
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
My podcast is out now. Hope you like me talking about old anthology shows.
1946 - 2026. May it be so. I hope he dies before July 4.
January 1, 2026 at 5:11 AM
1946 - 2026. May it be so. I hope he dies before July 4.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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Cross: And I just find it laughable that the party of the self-proclaimed pro-life people are celebrating cutting off funding to children…
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Cross: And I just find it laughable that the party of the self-proclaimed pro-life people are celebrating cutting off funding to children…
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Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
So, if one is paying money for a streaming service subscription called "Peacock Premium," mightn't one understandably assume that means, no ads?
Apparently, if you want ad-free, that's "Peacock Premium *Plus*".
Apparently, if you want ad-free, that's "Peacock Premium *Plus*".
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So, if one is paying money for a streaming service subscription called "Peacock Premium," mightn't one understandably assume that means, no ads?
Apparently, if you want ad-free, that's "Peacock Premium *Plus*".
Apparently, if you want ad-free, that's "Peacock Premium *Plus*".
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JWST saw a mind-vaporizingly huge gamma-ray burst explosion from a star when the Universe was just 1/16th its current age!
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JWST observed an immense gamma-ray burst from a very long time ago
An incredibly powerful explosion reached out to us from across the Universe
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
JWST saw a mind-vaporizingly huge gamma-ray burst explosion from a star when the Universe was just 1/16th its current age!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-obser...
[premium subbies only]
🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-obser...
[premium subbies only]
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This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
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reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Russia green lights Chinese invasion of Taiwan. MAGA listen up.
December 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Russia green lights Chinese invasion of Taiwan. MAGA listen up.
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Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
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HALLELUJAH!! Their attempt to brainwash the country into a Christofascist cult is backfiring.
‘The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.’
www.axios.com/2025/12/26/g...
‘The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.’
www.axios.com/2025/12/26/g...
The great unchurching of America
A seismic shift in religion is upon U.S.
www.axios.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
HALLELUJAH!! Their attempt to brainwash the country into a Christofascist cult is backfiring.
‘The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.’
www.axios.com/2025/12/26/g...
‘The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.’
www.axios.com/2025/12/26/g...
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I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me
Please don’t worry about me
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me
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A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.
December 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A 'Malignant Narcissist' is a severe personality type combining traits of NPD with antisocial features, marked by grandiosity, lack of empathy, manipulation, and aggression, often finding pleasure in others' suffering, exhibiting paranoia, and actively exploiting and harming people without remorse.
Every year, TCM does an In Memoriam montage better than the one at the Oscars.
December 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Every year, TCM does an In Memoriam montage better than the one at the Oscars.
We're in the last week of the first quarter of the century.
For better or worse, we are balls-deep in the 21st century.
Or vice-versa.
For better or worse, we are balls-deep in the 21st century.
Or vice-versa.
December 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We're in the last week of the first quarter of the century.
For better or worse, we are balls-deep in the 21st century.
Or vice-versa.
For better or worse, we are balls-deep in the 21st century.
Or vice-versa.
"Bugonia" was pretty wild. Nice to see a scene in the Fernbank.
Mentioning the movie to somebody else, I kept referring to Emma Stone as Emma Wood. Why does getting old have to include mixing up actor names?
Mentioning the movie to somebody else, I kept referring to Emma Stone as Emma Wood. Why does getting old have to include mixing up actor names?
December 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Bugonia" was pretty wild. Nice to see a scene in the Fernbank.
Mentioning the movie to somebody else, I kept referring to Emma Stone as Emma Wood. Why does getting old have to include mixing up actor names?
Mentioning the movie to somebody else, I kept referring to Emma Stone as Emma Wood. Why does getting old have to include mixing up actor names?
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Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
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To Prez, this remains one of best community notes of all time. To prove we can’t be beaten this idiot tweets a picture of 5 of our warships, 4 of which had been sunk. The remaining is probably now out of action.
I am surrounded by idiocy
I am surrounded by idiocy
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
To Prez, this remains one of best community notes of all time. To prove we can’t be beaten this idiot tweets a picture of 5 of our warships, 4 of which had been sunk. The remaining is probably now out of action.
I am surrounded by idiocy
I am surrounded by idiocy