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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 · 9d

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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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 12h

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 · 12h

Are you in heaven?!?

Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 13h

This is ST AF

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 13h

I dare say, Suh.

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 14h

There are two Mark Twains here tonight at Trek Triv.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 19h

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

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

“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 · 1d

Another beautiful Burbank morning.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 1 Droideka looking out at space.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 1d

Vigilante is so funny this season.

Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 2d

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.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 26d

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 · 2d

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

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

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 · 3d

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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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! This run was great. So wholesome!

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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 4d

I went here and everyone knew Garak

Roadside sign that says "Climax Julian next right."

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 4d

This guy not wearing a mask makes him the bravest ICE agent and yet is still, like all of them, a pathetic bullying coward. Look at him grab Fuentes, who’s literally just standing there. Look at the hatred in his dumb face.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 5d

HEY CHICAGO WHAT DO YOU SAY

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 5d

I saw this cut at one of QT's theaters in Los Angeles and it rules. You gotta check it out if you can. www.polygon.com/quentin-tara...

Quentin Tarantino's two Kill Bill movies are finally hitting theaters as a single masterpiece

Quentin Tarantino’s iconic revenge saga Kill Bill is finally returning to theaters in the complete form he envisioned in December 2025

www.polygon.com

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 6d

When I was an assistant at Fox Studios I used to covet this poster that was up by the mailroom. “A Word Of Warning” is so good.

Teaser poster for the movie ALIEN with the tagline “a word of warning…”

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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 7d

STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS #3 is out today, and just everyone is getting killed horribly. We’re knee-deep now, y’all. And the villains just doubled.

@meganlevens.bsky.social continues to eviscerate hearts, minds, & bodies.

Colors: @charliekirchoff.com
Letters: @longtalljodie.com

Star Trek Red Shirts cover depicting a transporter accident between two unlikely souls, art by Chris Shehan.

Star Trek Red Shirts cover with a female red shirt officer screaming at the sight of a horrible transporter accident. Art by Suspiria Vilchez.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

Just saw this comment with regard to Pete Hegseth's love for fun socks.

I will tell you why fun socks are bad in a tailored outfit. 🧵

In a thread about Pete Hegseth's fun socks, I write: "If you're wearing tailored clothing (suits, sport coats, tailored trousers), the safe, conservative option is to wear over-the-calf socks in a color that matches your pants. So grey socks with grey pants, tan socks with tan pants. Additionally, solid navy will always work with anything except black suits or tuxedos, which call for black socks."

Then someone on Twitter replies: "I really hope you respond to this:

I cannot see any problem with men displaying individual taste and style through their socks in the same manner as they would through their tie and/or a pocket square.

Please explain why this is wrong."

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