This was a fun chat!

It seems like no one ever talks about the first animals in space. It wasn’t a dog. It wasn’t a monkey. It was fruit flies on an American V-2 rocket launched in 1946!

🚨 SCREENWRITERS & PRODUCERS 🚨 Every year, I speak with many young writers who ask me questions. One of them is inevitably… “What makes a good pilot?” So I ask you… What is a GREAT TV pilot you’ve watched or read from the last decade you’d recommend studying?

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Thinking about a window in time when, due to 20 episode seasons of #StarTrekProdigy… And my access to the other series as a producer… And given I’d seen every episode of every other Star Trek show ever… It briefly meant I’d seen more Star Trek than anyone else on Earth.

Good morning.

Happy Star Trek Day.

FYI: The new COVID booster is now available at pharmacies like CVS, no questions asked. Even under 65, you still qualify if you have at least one underlying “risk condition” like… Asthma, depression, weight, blood pressure, etc… Many states have even looser guidelines. Most qualify. Good luck!

I realized I haven’t posted here in a while! That takes care of that.

"Are we fallen angels who didn't want to believe that nothing is nothing and so were born to lose our loved ones and dear friends one by one and finally our own life, to see it proved?" - Jack Kerouac, “The Dharma Bums” (1958)

Whenever someone asks, “What have you been reading lately…?”

Never have I shown such self-restraint.

@goodaaron.bsky.social and @brothershageman.bsky.social I was told by Bonnie Gordon to tag you and show you my #TrekToOrlando Prodigy costume. You can’t see the Protostar tshirt, of course… 🖖🏻

If you like Star Trek games, consider picking this one up. It features all the original actors in a brand new story, set between episodes episodes 10 and 11 of #StarTrekProdigy… … and it’s currently 95% off on the XBox store! #StarTrek

It’s honestly a bit of a bummer when I receive an email from someone with aspirations of being a writer… that rather obviously was written in part or entirely by AI. It really doesn’t help their cause the way they think it does, I’m afraid.

It's shipwrecked Chakotay from #StarTrekProdigy #StarTrek #STLV

Had a wonderful time today at the Wings of Fire #FanWingFest at “Once Upon a Time” Bookstore in Glendale! So lovely to meet so many excited readers who can’t wait for our new animated series.

A big HBD to our trek daddy, @goodaaron.bsky.social !! 🥳🥳 LLAP! 🖖

Happy Birthday to our friend @goodaaron.bsky.social! Writer, executive producer, and one of the brilliant minds behind Star Trek: Prodigy! 🚀🖖 Thanks for boldly taking us (and the crew of the Protostar) to new worlds. Have an amazing day, Aaron! 🎉 #StarTrekProdigy #HappyBirthday

Hope everyone is having a great time at STLV. Please send any and all #StarTrekProdigy related images or cosplays my way!

All my life, the purpose and utility of the Arts and Humanities have been questioned. This moment in time, the cultural precipice we stand on the edge of — it is precisely why. Now we will need them most. Hold them tightly. The tempest cannot take them if you don’t let go.

It is important to stay vigilant about the horrors and injustices of the world and seek the levers of change. It is also important to seek joy wherever you possibly can — it is difficult to dig a well if you are dying of thirst.

👀 🖖 #StarTrek #StarTrekProdigy

Following this week's Star Trek I've been writing about the complex relationship between Trek and its parodies, with input from @scalzi.com, @goodaaron.bsky.social, @paulcornell.bsky.social, Murderbot designer Sue Chan and William Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes! www.denofgeek.com/tv/a-space-a...

They’ve come a long way. 👀 🖖 #StarfleetAcademy #StarTrekProdigy

Holy moly! Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova is on sale until July 31 for $3.24 Canadian! That must be like negative $1 American! store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/star...

@goodaaron.bsky.social Pre-release pic of the Dauntless! :D

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I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly. Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent. You can sign up at the link below! www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

I can confirm this soap smells fantastic.

“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect… … like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.” - Jonathan Swift, “The Examiner” (1710 A.D.)

Thank you Television Critics Association for nominating STAR TREK: PRODIGY in the category of “Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming”! Congratulations to everyone on our crew. 🖖 variety.com/2025/tv/news...

“Both the longest-lived and the shortest-lived lose an equal amount of time, because the present is the only thing one can lose, since that is all one has and no one can lose what he does not have.” - Marcus Aurelius, “Meditations”, ~170 A.D.

Wow, this was one year ago? #StarTrek masterminds @goodaaron.bsky.social @billwearsties.bsky.social Michelle Paradise @mikemcmahan.bsky.social @bradwinters.bsky.social together at @jessiegender.bsky.social's screening.

The Stoics referred to “hegemonikon” — or the ‘command center’ of our mind’s rational faculties, as necessary in mitigating the effects of external stimuli on our emotions and inner life. This was a reference to the prefrontal cortex 2,000 years ago… right?

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On today's #GreatestTrek, @goodaaron.bsky.social finally reveals what we’ve all been dying to know: just what exactly holds up Murf’s head blob? Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatesttrek #startrekprodigy #startrek #friendsofdesoto #fods

Currently at the doctor.

Despite many caveats, this may be a glimmer of promising news. apple.news/AZQcCYZgTQ9y...

Writing advice shared by the Paris Review on IG. #scriptsky

HOP ON THE PHONE, OREGON!! www.orartswatch.org/oregons-sen-...

Star Trek. The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings. Dune.

I have a joke about Charon, but I can’t quite Styx the landing.

“People go looking for fire using a lighted lamp; if they only realized the lamp itself was fire, they’d be able to cook their rice much sooner.” - “The Gateless Gate” by Wumen Hukai (1183-1260 C.E.)

Has anyone done a comparative analysis of Mencius’ “sprouts of virtue” to Aristotelian virtue ethics? Because it seems to me that Mencius arrived at the exact same ideas as Aristotle, even if they would’ve had absolutely no contact in the 4th century BCE.

Just opened up my copy of Octavia Butler’s PARABLE OF THE SOWER today. Huh.