Taryn O’Neill

Me too! Do you have a favorite film(s) that showcase more hopeful futures?

Future Vision XPRIZE Win $2M+ depicting a hopeful and optimistic vision of the future with a sci-fi sizzle. Show the world a future worth building.

For years I’ve argued we need more “protopian” future stories on screen, not just dystopias.

Finally someone with clout and connections is putting money towards it. Check out the announcement for Peter Diamandis’ $3.5M Future Vision XPRIZE. Let's GOOO 🚀🌎
futurevisionxprize.com
#filmmaking #scifi

Took me long enough, but finally jumped into The Broken Earth trilogy. @nkjemisin.bsky.social is brilliant- this storyworld is riveting and has so much to teach. (And love reading how @philplait.bsky.social and a NASA meetup were original influences 🪐 )

The New Scratch How is anyone who writes making any money right now?

“We are living through a moment where the labor of writers is being exploited to create rapacious technologies that make everything stupider, exponentially hasten the demise of the planet’s ecosystems, and prop up fascists and dictators worldwide.”

Enter SCRATCH www.talkscratch.com/the-new-scra...

I chopped my hair AND Netflix pulled out the WBD deal.
#crazytimes #hollywood

A low angle photo of two palm trees at night with the crescent moon and planets and stars behind them

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." —Buddha

I want to be @astrokatie.com when I grow up.

...If the big tech CEOs and the govt. tell me to eradicate poverty, hunger, disease, climate breakdown... okay great. But they aren't. They talk about innovation & efficiencies. And putting ads in your chatbot apps. Market economics solves everything? I'm so disappointed.

Watching the Eric Dane message that he left his daughters, thinking on disease, inequality and hunger at a time where 600 billion dollars will be spent on AI infrastructure next year. For what? Seriously. FOR WHAT?...

The venerable monks’ 2300 mile 108 day walk for peace has had such a profound impact on me, and I know I’m not alone. My heart is full that they have reached D.C now garnering world wide attention, and hope for their message to be felt far and wide. Stay safe.

WestJet won’t fly to 10 U.S. cities this summer amid ‘notable’ travel decline | Globalnews.ca WestJet says several routes to U.S. cities are being suspended for summer 2026 as fewer Canadians are travelling south of the border.

16 routes suspended this summer due to drop in demand. it’s hard to fathom the cross border damage this admin has done in just a year. globalnews.ca/news/1166119...

Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis

Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

Such an incredible 17 days for my hometown. I didn't know you were such a seminal part of it.

Why we need more older female role models at work Aging men are cast as mentors, leaders, or lovers; aging women are quietly written out, unless they conform to unrealistic beauty standards.

"When women in their 50s or 60s are made visible, it is often on the condition that they look 10 or 20 years younger..." Vital article by Laetitia Vitaud - w/ research from @geenadavisorg.bsky.social. www.fastcompany.com/91480383/why...

Once Thought To Support Neurons, Astrocytes Turn Out To Be in Charge | Quanta Magazine New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest that neuron-only brain models, such as connectomes, leave out a crucial…

While neurons engage in short-range, rapid-fire signaling, astrocytes monitor higher-level network activity. When vertebrate animals are startled, for instance, astrocytes trigger the brain to switch into a dramatically different state.

Good night, #FlowerReport.

Thank you for encouraging
different ways of seeing life.

Dream well.

Alt text would have been:

On the end of a stem is a bead of water. Refracted, upside down within the bead is a bright pink and white wild radish flower, that can also be seen, blurred, beyond.

The 5 myths that make us quit before we get good These cultural lies make normal struggle feel like failure. A habit of experimentation makes it feel like progress.

A helpful article: bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/the-5-myth...

I just locked picture + VFX on my short. I have worked 16 -22 hour days since getting this job on Dec 1. No days off. (Only worked for 3 hours on Xmas). I have 3 days for sound mix and score and color, plus finalizing BTS deliverables and a trailer. The most intense gig of my life.
Worth it. 🎬🌀

Sci-Art like this brings me joy: aeon.co/videos/groun...

Happy birthday to David Bowie, who would’ve been 79 today. There are few artists who have had the impact on me that he has!

If you’re interested about what you can also learn from his life and work, I wrote this on the subject: colehaddon.substack.com/p/an-artists...

Nanoparticle therapy reprograms tumor immune cells to attack cancer from within Within tumors in the human body, there are immune cells (macrophages) capable of fighting cancer, but they have been unable to perform their roles properly due to suppression by the tumor. A KAIST res...

Good news for #2026: Researchers in South Korea are developing a new therapeutic approach that directly converts immune cells inside tumors into anticancer cell therapies.
#innovation #medicine #future
phys.org/news/2026-01...

Harnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating American figure skater Andrew Torgashev was at an invitation-only camp organized by U.S. Figure Skating not long ago, a chance for elite athletes preparing for the high-level Grand Prix season to work...

As a former figure skater now futurist tech nerd, this news hits home. #toepick
techxplore.com/news/2025-12...

AXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 30, 2025.

What… is… happening…

I love Nov nights in LA at dusk walking my dog.

Heard someone practicing the piano. The clinks of dishes as people made dinner.

it felt… human. ❤️
#LosAngeles

‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’ — New York Magazine AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?

AI should also be known as the Apprentice Infiltrator.
apple.news/A6Ax0m-c4SnS...

My jaw is still on the floor.

Holiday spending imperiled by gloomy consumer climate | LinkedIn Shoppers are pulling back on concerns over inflation and an uncertain job market, which could hit retailers during the busy holiday shopping season.

This seems more apt: www.linkedin.com/news/story/h...

This is one of my very favorite pieces about how you can bring yourself and your unique skills to the climate crisis. It’s by @maryannaise.bsky.social and it lifts me up every time I read it.

Painting of three sitting black cats facing forwards in a row, one larger than the others, created in a naive or simple child-like style, the sits sit in a green garden with tulip flowers and under branches full of blossom

'Three black cats' by Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist #WomensArt #FridayFeeling