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Writer, historian, cosplayer, Vermonter. Author of Cosplay: A History. Newsletter: https://www.andrewliptak.com

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Our next book! I designed the cover.

I’m really excited for this one. It’s really good.

11.03.2026 15:27 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This is also why engaging with comments is pointless, as is pretending that "outrage" as measured in comments is a useful metric. Yet all of the algorithms are still designed to measure engagement this way, and using these signals to serve you (mis) information.

10.03.2026 11:30 👍 128 🔁 32 💬 1 📌 0

Indeed. That’s where I first watched it.

09.03.2026 22:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spaced and Black Books are both pretty great!

09.03.2026 22:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Life on Mars (the UK version). Such a great show.

09.03.2026 22:19 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They usually do these casting announcements well after the production has ended or is well underway. You see it a lot with television.

09.03.2026 22:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is Firefly coming back? A return to the 'verse? Or something else?

Nathan Fillion has been filming short videos with his fellow cast members from Firefly, teasing some sort of announcement for March 15th, when they have a big panel at Awesome Con.

So, I'm going to engage in some wild speculation and run down some options. Here's what I came up with:

07.03.2026 16:28 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 1

Gah. *one of the

09.03.2026 16:28 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was also a lot of fun to drive! I took my grandmother for a ride and she was amazed at how quiet it was.

09.03.2026 15:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What are the stories that got away from me years ago was about how the bolt was a super boring car and how that was probably a good thing for it.

09.03.2026 15:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: Inside the Battle Over A.I. Warfare Podcast Episode · The Daily · March 9 · 28m

Listening to this, I’m sort of thinking of ideas for more Parker stories.

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09.03.2026 15:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, Jeff Hays did great.

09.03.2026 12:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 👍 5959 🔁 3451 💬 284 📌 234
Four soldiers carrying a stretcher

Four soldiers carrying a stretcher

Enjoyed the hell out of War Machine. A bunch of Ranger trainees are wrapping up their training when they’re attacked by an alien mech.

It’s functionally the same movie as Battle: LA, which is fine by me.

09.03.2026 02:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Pournelle, too. This is clearly inspired by their work there.

08.03.2026 21:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Book 5 of 2026: Dungeon Crawler Carl by @mattdinniman.bsky.social. Okay, I get the hype. This was a lot of fun to read.

08.03.2026 21:30 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

🤷🏻‍♂️

08.03.2026 01:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That feels like a safe bet.

07.03.2026 21:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Maybe stand up an animated show that is set alongside the original series so that you can tell some more planet of the week adventures.

07.03.2026 21:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If I were in charge, I would do a couple of things. Launch continuation that lasts for a couple of seasons that takes the characters to a good end along the way introduced new characters as a backdoor pilot and launch a companion series.

07.03.2026 21:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I would forgive them for getting my hopes up if this is all just tee-ing up a Serenity set.

07.03.2026 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I *have* thought that it would be good to follow a different set of characters around, sort of like how TNG picked up after TOS. But we'll see!

07.03.2026 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Agreed re: Whedon. I honestly don't think that he's going to be back. Baldwin, yeah.

I'm holding back judgement until I see something concrete about what their plans are. I'd be interested in seeing a continuation of the crew and where they're at.

07.03.2026 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm usually an optimist when it comes to these sorts of things, and I've settled into the "if they're bringing it back, maybe they'll learn from the stuff that hasn't aged well" mindset.

07.03.2026 20:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I've gotten a couple of really passive aggressive ones, usually along the lines of "Cosplay history. Wow, you really wrote about *that*, huh?" which just struck me as bizarre.

07.03.2026 20:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is Firefly coming back? A return to the 'verse? Or something else?

Nathan Fillion has been filming short videos with his fellow cast members from Firefly, teasing some sort of announcement for March 15th, when they have a big panel at Awesome Con.

So, I'm going to engage in some wild speculation and run down some options. Here's what I came up with:

07.03.2026 16:28 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 1

It’s such a cool place.

07.03.2026 12:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I do have a bunch of those.

06.03.2026 01:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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For the historical record UC Riverside's Special Collections & University Archives are digitizing Jay Kay Kline's vast collection of fandom photographs. It's a daunting and important project

.@ucriverside.bsky.social recently digitized thousands of pictures taken by Jay Kay Kline. It's a daunting and important project, and shines a great window into the world of fandom during the late 20th century.

I spoke with @dracopoullos.bsky.social about his work on it:

05.03.2026 15:59 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Grew up loving #2, but I've really been loving #3.

05.03.2026 16:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0