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Ricky Manning

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TV (mostly sci-fi) writer/producer (Farscape, ST:TNG, &c.); consultant; instructor @ UCLA Extension & ifs filmschule köln. WGA+WGC. He/his. Avatar by Arne Ratermanis.

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07.03.2026 00:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Comic book panel, I have no idea whence: Daredevil (red costume) is in midair, saying to a (cellphone?) "... Anything rare in the ingredients?" Next to him is a passing schoolbus; one of its occupants is looking at him through the window and saying "Look! It's red Batman!"

Comic book panel, I have no idea whence: Daredevil (red costume) is in midair, saying to a (cellphone?) "... Anything rare in the ingredients?" Next to him is a passing schoolbus; one of its occupants is looking at him through the window and saying "Look! It's red Batman!"

...the one who isn't red!

05.03.2026 02:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Error! A Haiku
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Table of Contents
Filed by the DOJ
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04.03.2026 02:39 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Season 3, but be careful what you wish for.

02.03.2026 06:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

bsky.app/profile/froo...

02.03.2026 06:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Justin Monjo's terrific script called for A loud shirt; director Ian Watson chose the specific garment...

02.03.2026 06:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Quite appeeling.

02.03.2026 05:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is right. And people hate to hear it, but Joe Biden’s single most important task was to Trump-proof the US.

His task was to destroy the Republican Party to punish them for Trump, salt the earth over them, and implement big structural reforms to stop future R minority extremism.
And he failed.

01.03.2026 15:23 👍 3577 🔁 772 💬 126 📌 64

I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere

28.02.2026 09:54 👍 3881 🔁 1927 💬 29 📌 26

Now that he’s started a war, I’ve completely forgotten that he’s a pedophile.

28.02.2026 12:31 👍 1343 🔁 310 💬 17 📌 7

I asked Patrick about it on Next Gen & he told me about the good news/bad news phone call he got from his agent.
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"They want you for a big BBC miniseries!
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BUT
it's just one scene!
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BUT
that scene is an eight-page two-hander between you and ALEC GUINNESS!
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BUT
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you don't say a word!"

27.02.2026 07:33 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Whoops, a LOTTA people did this! Blessings onya all.

26.02.2026 21:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Glad someone did this so I don't gotta. 🥂

26.02.2026 21:13 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A really nice fountain pen.

25.02.2026 16:13 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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24.02.2026 16:27 👍 356 🔁 101 💬 10 📌 7

Cheryl & I really miss that place. Mariachis, steaks, corn on the cob, strawberry Margaritas...

24.02.2026 04:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's not nice. Someone should tell both of them to knock it off.

23.02.2026 00:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rygel and Scorpius at a bar. Rygel speech balloon: "How dare you associate me with that orange loser grifter? Frelling outrageous!" Scorpius speech balloon: "I agree. You should sue."

Rygel and Scorpius at a bar. Rygel speech balloon: "How dare you associate me with that orange loser grifter? Frelling outrageous!" Scorpius speech balloon: "I agree. You should sue."

Truth.

21.02.2026 02:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Both shows are similarly Aussie-weird enough that I honestly think it could work!

21.02.2026 00:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

TAXI with Rygel as Louie, Stark as Jim, Crichton as Latka . . .

21.02.2026 00:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My answer is always the same.

21.02.2026 00:42 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, and 1) it would be GLORIOUS and 2) I would donate a kidney to co-write something with the amazing Kates (how sweet the sound). #Farscloch

21.02.2026 00:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Also, as we used to say at Next Gen, "Live long and rotate," accompanied by a Vulcan salute in which the middle finger rotates.

19.02.2026 19:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

many writers are good enough for me to pay them; no one is a good enough writer to get me to download the substack app

19.02.2026 15:24 👍 354 🔁 56 💬 4 📌 1

I guess my three main questions for a 2028 Dem presidential candidate would be

-Will you abolish ICE and prosecute everyone involved

-Will you prosecute Musk and the DOGE boys

-Will you expand SCOTUS with the aim of neutralizing all Roberts-era jurisprudence

19.02.2026 15:07 👍 1181 🔁 199 💬 36 📌 34
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L.A. TACO Investigative Journalism Fund By L.A. TACO

Today @lataco.bsky.social launched a fundraiser to help me start their investigative news desk. We're hoping to raise $25k to help pay for lab tests, analyze ICE data that the Daily Memo's been compiling + work with more freelancers. Been dreaming of this for years!

givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

18.02.2026 00:10 👍 371 🔁 226 💬 7 📌 10

bsky.app/profile/froo...

17.02.2026 22:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is my new favorite Farscape review. 💗

15.02.2026 00:22 👍 43 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

💗 🇦🇺

13.02.2026 21:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Valentine's day, folks. Here's my favorite story about the nerd and the honeypot.

13.02.2026 19:37 👍 178 🔁 76 💬 2 📌 10