Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

Teachers at Ohio’s largest school district voted Sunday to go on strike for better learning and teaching conditions, just days before school is scheduled to start, according to the teachers’ union.

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A timeline recording only some of the many disasters happening in crypto, decentralized finance, NFTs, and other blockchain-based projects.

“If they were a corporation, the CEO would be fired,” a GOP consultant said of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, The Washington Post reported.

In interviews and at public town halls, more than two dozen current and former employees…

An interview with Kate Mangino

A Yellowstone employee spotted a shoe with part of a foot in it, forcing the temporary closure of one section of the national park.

Alone Together: A DS9 Companion: With Alexander Siddig, Andrew Robinson, Shana Collier, Cirroc Lofton. Set 25 years after the events of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Alone Together follows Dr. Julian Bashir as he goes to visit his old friend Elim Garak on Cardassia, and uncovers a dark secret in the process. Released all the Read the full article…

TrekCentral is passing on the information that there are now two upcoming Star Trek: Prodigy books, “Star Trek: Prodigy: A Dangerous Trade” by Cassandra Rose Clarke and “Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova” by Robb Pearlman. There’s no covers yet, but we have synopsises! Star Trek: Prodigy: A Dangerous Trade While traveling through the Delta Quadrant, the Read the full article…

Good Morning, Vietnam: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom. T. Tran, Chintara Sukapatana. In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam. My journey back through Robin’s movies have landed me at Read the full article…

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man, of course, is king. Anyone that’s seen Idiocracy knows this story pretty well: a man frozen in time is awoken in the far future and learned that the idiots have inherited the Earth because the smart people were too busy being smart while the dumb people Read the full article…

Ron DeSantis removed the Hillsborough county state attorney, Andrew Warren, for refusing to enforce an abortion ban. Now he’s being sued.

Weisselberg on Thursday admitted to all 15 felonies that prosecutors accused him of.

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The league, long known for focusing on voter registration and other fundamentals, became more willing to speak boldly during the Trump era. Now, some on the right are portraying it as a tool of the radical left.

Such an initiative would require a 200-fold increase over current space-lift capacity.

A newly discovered crater off the coast of West Africa was likely caused by an asteroid more than 400 meters wide that hit the Earth around the same time as the space rock that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction.

EXCLUSIVE: A 28-year-old Georgia woman went to a chiropractor in June to relieve neck tightness after studying for her chemistry finals. Her life changed 20 minutes later, her mother tells Sheila Flynn

“People were sort of freaked out,” a Debmar-Mercury executive said about a speech Williams gave to her staff last year

Jordan Elsass will not be returning for the third season of “Superman & Lois.” In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Warner Bros. Television cited “personal reasons?… Via

Another Trump lawyer is a former OAN anchor who pushed election conspiracy theories that got the network sued.

The Trump Organization’s money man has agreed that, if called, he’ll testify against Trump’s companies

Visual effects studios are struggling to keep up with the demands that companies like Marvel place on their budget and their artists. Via

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was increasingly open on Wednesday about considering a 2024 presidential campaign after soundly losing a Republican primary to a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump .

The Lost Daughter: Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. With Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris. A woman’s beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past. A slow meandering movie with horror creeping around every scene with no ultimate pay off. There’s something to be said about Read the full article…

Day Shift: Directed by J.J. Perry. With Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Meagan Good. A hard-working, blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 8-year-old daughter. His mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires. This Read the full article…

I baked some eggs, it went surprisingly well, just 350 degrees for 30ish minutes, then an ice bath for a couple minutes, and they were easily peeled. Made this to go with some chicken over the weekend, it turned out pretty ok. Cat 1/6: Charlotte I voted in the 2022 primaries for the 2022 election! Read the full article…

The Old Man: Created by Robert Levine, Jonathan E. Steinberg. With Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, E.J. Bonilla, Bill Heck. A former CIA officer who’s living off the grid finds himself on the run from people who want to kill him. FX continues to be a gold mine of amazing content, this time with Jeff Bridges Read the full article…

Lucasfilm announced that IMAX will be showcasing the feature film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and exclusive, special footage from “Andor,”   Via

Hellbound: Directed by Aaron Norris. With Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels, Christopher Neame, Sheree J. Wilson. Two Chicago cops (Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels) investigate a murder until they encounter an ancient demon. There’s a lot to unpack with this relatively unremarkable film. First up is that it’s directed by Aaron Norris, who is Chuck Norris’s younger Read the full article…

Ico: Directed by Fumito Ueda. With Kazuhiro Shindou, Rieko Takahashi, Misa Watanabe. On a distant island, there is a legend that anyone born with horns will bring about calamity. When such a boy is locked away in a fortress, he must work together with a girl named Yorda to flee before they can be claimed Read the full article…

Gov. Tom Wolf called the practice of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity “junk science.”

After more than a year of debate, Biden’s sweeping infrastructure bill is became law — albeit a significantly smaller version of his Build Back Better plan.

Wyoming Congresswoman’s place on the Jan. 6 committee essentially excommunicated her from the GOP

Atheists are brainwashed by the scientific method a new study shows.

I need your help to support the site, we’ve been kicked out of yet another advertising system, then the next one I picked was doing some truly horrendous redirects, popups, and popunders and that shit just doesn’t fly with me.  So, for the time being, the site is going to be supported solely by the Read the full article…

Yep, it’s Tuesday. A check of my blog tells me it’s been a little over a month or so since my last entry in this stuttering, staggering, “irregularly recurring” feature that’s little more than an excuse for me to babble on a bit about some bit or bob of Star Trek fandom. Via

Welcome to Me: Directed by Shira Piven. With Kristen Wiig, Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini, Joan Cusack. When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show. For nearly the entire movie I was asking myself, is the studio shooting this show taking advantage of Klieg or Read the full article…

Melissa Navia, who plays Lt. Erica Ortegas on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, on returning for season two after a devastating, unthinkable loss. Via

The Southern Baptist Convention says it’s under investigation by the Department of Justice for its mishandling of sexual abuse cases.

The 2022 Dragon Award Nominees have been released and two Star Trek books are included: Star Trek: Coda: Oblivion’s Gate by David Mack Star Trek: Picard: Rogue Elements by John Jackson Miller Via

The Hays, Kansas school board finally voted to repeal its anti-Satanism dress code policy after a Satanist mother called it discriminatory

Six Days, Seven Nights star dies from injuries she sustained in fiery Los Angeles crash earlier this month

The Sandman: Created by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, Allan Heinberg. With Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong. Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment. Dare I say it, but this adaptation of the much loved comic book Read the full article…

Beach umbrellas have a spiked end to help push them into the sand and their wide canopy allows them to get caught up in a strong wind if they’re not anchored properly.

The search warrant and property receipt from Monday’s FBI search of former President Trump’s Florida home have been unsealed by a federal judge. Trump said Thursday he encouraged the release.

Thomas Robertson, of Rocky Mount, was sentenced Thursday to 87 months in prison for obstructing the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6.

A law enforcement standoff with a man who attempted to breach the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati on Thursday has ended with the suspect dead, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.