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Mike McMahan

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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 and Odd Jobs are both coming soon.

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No money for healthcare for working class Americans, whose suffering and death they do not care about.

Just billions toward reckless and unnecessary wars at home and abroad

10.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

I sometimes worry that too many people think being a good critic means being a self-righteous dick about every little thing and I think far too many miss the point that you can't critique anything if you don't know how to love something.

10.03.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 3538 πŸ” 601 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 134

how thinking about lower decks got me feeling

09.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 209 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Ours better be about experiencing bij.

10.03.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 222 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s a visually confusing guy.

10.03.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes β€œfake”

10.03.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He looks real dumb and IS real dumb.

10.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Somebody do this!

10.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A bad cat splayed outside a child’s bedroom door.

A bad cat splayed outside a child’s bedroom door.

β€œWhat keeps waking up the child?”

10.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

This looks like a Team America puppet.

09.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Narrowband Technosignature Search Toward the Hycean Candidate K2-18b Using the VLA and MeerKAT K2-18b, a sub-Neptune exoplanet located in the habitable zone of its host star, has emerged as an important target for atmospheric characterization and assessments of potential habitability. Motivated...

These authors went looking for technosignatures around (in)famous exoplanet K2-18b with 2 of the world's best radio interferometers. They found none, but cool work and great to highlight that these searches are happening. arxiv.org/abs/2602.09553 πŸ”­

09.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hoppers was funny and good weird. I endorse.

09.03.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.03.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fanart of T'Lyn from Star Trek: Lower Decks. 

Left: T'Lyn on a Vulcan ship, with her Vulcan grey and white crew uniform. She is standing with her left arm behind her back and doing a Vulcan salute with her right hand.

Top Right:  T'Lyn rearranging the pieces on a 3D chess board and looking sideways conspiratorially. She is in the Cerritos' nar and in her Starfleet uniform.

Bottom Right: T'Lyn wielding a Larpa while on Orion, wearing her yellow Orion outfit, looking hella angry.

Fanart of T'Lyn from Star Trek: Lower Decks. Left: T'Lyn on a Vulcan ship, with her Vulcan grey and white crew uniform. She is standing with her left arm behind her back and doing a Vulcan salute with her right hand. Top Right: T'Lyn rearranging the pieces on a 3D chess board and looking sideways conspiratorially. She is in the Cerritos' nar and in her Starfleet uniform. Bottom Right: T'Lyn wielding a Larpa while on Orion, wearing her yellow Orion outfit, looking hella angry.

Happy International Women's Day from my fav out of control Vulcan. πŸ––
#StarTrek #StarTrekLowerDecks #lowerdecks #T'lyn

08.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 645 πŸ” 166 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5
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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

08.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 38933 πŸ” 6864 πŸ’¬ 442 πŸ“Œ 163

"If you draw a moral line mere days into this war, you won’t have to do years of soul-searching to figure out what was obvious from the start."

09.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
photo of an illustration in my journal showing Mariner from Star Trek Lower Decks. the text says "Mariner from Memory, 7 March 2026."

photo of an illustration in my journal showing Mariner from Star Trek Lower Decks. the text says "Mariner from Memory, 7 March 2026."

relaxing at a coffee shop. the wife is studying French, I'm doodling. Mariner from Memory. took me a bit to get there but I think she turned out well.✌🏻

08.03.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 255 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.

08.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 3152 πŸ” 1008 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 43

holy absolute fuck

08.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 9286 πŸ” 6066 πŸ’¬ 606 πŸ“Œ 1536
a t shirt that says protect trans kids with wolverine in pink and blue by A.L. kaplan

a t shirt that says protect trans kids with wolverine in pink and blue by A.L. kaplan

LOOK WHAT I GOT

07.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 2698 πŸ” 472 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 26

It’s true. I’m a hero.

07.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This makes me so happy! We begged Shannon to go to a convention, she’s so talented and kind and has a whole life outside of Trek helping people in need. I can’t believe she’s never been to one of these, everyone please make sure she feels the love.πŸ––

07.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 315 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

too woke

06.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

blocked

06.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrote her a nice letter about coming back for an episode, what it was about, and lucked out that she liked the show. I think that’s how it went!

06.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Three panel comic. Panel 1: the set of that modern internet dating show with the balloons (not sure what it’s called but I’m seeing clips constantly). The host stands in front of a lineup of woman holding red balloons. She says to the eligible bachelor out of frame, β€œtell these ladies about yourself.” Panel 2: the eligible bachelor is a moose. He says, β€œso basically I’m a moose.” Panel 3: all but one woman pops their balloon, signaling their disinterest.

Three panel comic. Panel 1: the set of that modern internet dating show with the balloons (not sure what it’s called but I’m seeing clips constantly). The host stands in front of a lineup of woman holding red balloons. She says to the eligible bachelor out of frame, β€œtell these ladies about yourself.” Panel 2: the eligible bachelor is a moose. He says, β€œso basically I’m a moose.” Panel 3: all but one woman pops their balloon, signaling their disinterest.

06.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 2942 πŸ” 369 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 5
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Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

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06.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 1457 πŸ” 802 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 75

She’s also very nice and cool!

06.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

At least the font is too small and off center.

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