Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
#CoSoWriters I've posted a new article on my blog, "The Written Trek," about the first #StarTrek pilot episode, "The Cage." Lots of research went into this one. Hopefully you'll find some insights into arguably the most famous TV pilot in history.
www.thewrittentrek.com
"... canvassing insiders acknowledge that some level of fraud by canvassers takes place on virtually any effort in both parties."
We ran into this problem with a local recall back in 1995. Professional signature gatherers get paid by the signature, so they have the incentive to cheat. Although we turned in enough signatures, about 25%-30% of them turned out to be bogus.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-29-me-62639-story.html
From #NBCNews: Elon Musk's America PAC has backfired on him, as his "door-to-door" canvassers are not really knocking on doors, just faking canvas cards and submitting them so they get paid.
Once upon a time, I wrote free-lance for a UK magazine called #StarTrek Monthly. In June 1999, they published my article, "What is a Star Trek Story?" (They renamed it, "Amazing Stories.") I interviewed four Trek writers -- David Gerrold, Judy Burns, Ron Moore, and Brannon Braga.
This was 25 years ago, so it's interesting to look back at the Trek state-of-the-art at the time.
The PDF is at the link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zADZm2zLogDg9g88PBvShSkQ66r4ke-d/view
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin endorsed #Trump, which is weird, since Aldrin was one of the few astronauts back in 2010 who backed #Obama 's NewSpace plans to reform the agency. (So did Elon Musk.)
But Obama's NASA administrator Charlie Bolden has endorsed #HarrisWalz2024. So has former Teacher in Space Barbara Morgan.
From #NBCNews: The economy added twice as many jobs as forecast in October.
“Even amid hurricane recovery, job growth was strong in October,” ADP chief economist Nela Richardson said. “As we round out the year, hiring in the U.S. is proving to be robust and broadly resilient.”
Mainstream media: why this is bad news for #HarrisWalz2024 and good news for #Trump.
#Politics A group of #Trump supporters showed up yesterday at a Neptune Beach #Florida voting site to threaten #HarrisWalz2024 supporters with a machete. Police arrested the man with the machete.
Women's professional #Baseball league to launch in the northeast US in 2026.
#Politics The Gannett chain -- including #USAToday and #FloridaToday -- won't endorse a presidential candidate.
This follows the #LATimes and #WaPo declining to endorse a candidate.
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Sat Night is our last tour date of 2024;
so we're live-streaming from LA's Orpheum Theater!
W/special guests MarkHamill, Former President Martin Sheen, Future Senator Adam Schiff, & my dream AG, Glenn Kirschner,
@StephMillerShow @HalSparks
@frangeladuo
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Zombie Twitter is now far more favorable to Republicans than Democrats, with overall use down 30% from a year ago. The platform's worth is down 80% since Elon Musk took over.
#Politics Early voting numbers for #Florida and by county as of today ... As is typical, Democrats are voting by mail, Republicans are voting early at the precincts.
Here in Brevard County #SpaceCoast, about 40% of the ballots already have been cast.
Ballot drop boxes have been torched in California, Oregon, and Washington ... If you're voting by mail, my suggestion is you go to your local post office and either drop it off at the front desk or insert it through the mail slot, which is what I did.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ballot-boxes-set-fire-portland-vancouver-rcna177611
From #WaPo: Elon Musk worked illegally in the US after leaving his graduate studies program in California.
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022