‘Warnamount’ Merger Talk Confounds Investors And Industry: “Why Would Any Company Try To Catch A Falling Knife?” (deadline.com)
Merger Meeting?: WBD’s David Zaslav and Paramount Global’s Bob Bakish Sit Down To Talk Possible Deal, “Preliminary” Says Source (deadline.com)
2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
Flipboard Begins to Federate (medium.com)
NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Is Speaking Gibberish (gizmodo.com.au)
Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration (www.theverge.com)
Anyone can edit our wiki now (wiki.startrek.website)
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fediverse == federation? (moist.catsweat.com)
ive never quite enjoyed the term fediverse. i realized recently ive been utilizing 'fediverse' and 'federation' interchangeably to the point i made a thing, and didnt notice until after i posted it...
New image shows that lost ISS tool bag zipping around in Earth orbit (gizmodo.com)
Titmouse Foundation Partners With Warrior Art Camp To Advance Diverse Animation Talent Through Scholarship Program (deadline.com)
Titmouse, Inc. is, of course, the animation studio that produces “Lower Decks”.
David Tennant's 14th Doctor Will Make His TV Debut This Week (gizmodo.com)
‘Coyote Vs. Acme’: Warner Bros Setting Up Screenings For Streamers Of Axed Looney Tunes Film; Amazon A Prime Candidate – The Dish (deadline.com)
The film has been partially de-Zaslav’d.
Warner Bros. Discovery just canned another nearly finished film (www.theverge.com)
The Strike Is Over! SAG-AFTRA and Studios Reach Deal On New Three-Year Contract (deadline.com)
It still has to be ratified, but it sounds like everyone’s going to get back to work.
TIL of the band Holodeck Heart (holodeckheart.bandcamp.com)
Holodeck Heart is a Seattle and Portland based Indie-Queer-Star-Trek-Fan-Fiction Band led by the Queer/Trans duo Angeline (Fear Kittens, Vegan Seagull) and LeRok (The Waltz Invention, Lesbian Lover Duo aka BiSexual Boyfriend).
Studios Keep Actors' Strike Going by Pushing a Horrifying AI Deal (gizmodo.com)
SAG-AFTRA and Studios Achieve AI Breakthrough; More Negotiations Set For Later Tuesday (deadline.com)
LeVar Burton Has a New Podcast (www.nytimes.com)
StarTrek.website now has a wiki (and mission statement)! (wiki.startrek.website)
https://wiki.startrek.website/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/xFQnPBtcbdNjky6A-1-copy-2.jpg...
"This is a tremendous achievement" - Lemmy is sitting at ~36K active daily users across all instances (join-lemmy.org)
“Far Apart On Key Issues”: SAG-AFTRA Sets Halloween Talks With Studios – Update (deadline.com)
Doctor Who Reveals Anniversary Miniseries With Classic Stars (gizmodo.com)
Doctor Who's 60th Anniversary Celebrations Begin November 25 (gizmodo.com)
The three episodes will drop weekly starting Saturday, November 25, with the release of “The Star Beast,” followed by “Wild Blue Yonder” on December 2, and “The Giggle” on December 9. The special episodes will be the first as part of a major broadcasting deal between the BBC and Disney to stream exclusively outside...
Quantum Leap's Next Mission Uncovers an Unsolved Hollywood Mystery (gizmodo.com)
I’ve been meaning to make a QL post for a little while, and this is as good an excuse as any....