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Author of THE CLOSE ENCOUNTERS MAN, Writer for STAR TREK: TNG & DS9, including "WHO MOURNS FOR MORN?" Variety's 33rd greatest Star Trek episode.

Atlanta
Joined April 2009
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BREAKING: Alaska's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski just endorsed Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins for Alaska governor. This is a major coup against her own party. Let's go!
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🚨BREAKING: The attorney general says it’s a “possibility” that he will go to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary, for the Trump administration’s crusade to take control of state voter rolls. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
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Never thought I'd see the day. Popular Mechanics. Slow disclosure happening.
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This one's making the rounds, and for good reason. What a picture! 📸 Todd Heisler
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The Fourth of July is about celebrating the big, bold, inclusive experiment that is our American democracy. And it has always been an experiment. Our democracy has never been guaranteed, which means we can’t take it for granted. We need to keep fighting for it, keep improving it, and keep making sure it reflects the better angels of our nature instead of the worst. That, more than anything, is what America is all about.
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TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 FELONY COUNTS
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Replying to @AMAZlNGNATURE
Here is the unedited video xitter.gq/ROSNAD0R/status/179231…
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Here’s Sunday night’s story on UFOs, what we know, what we don’t know and where pelicans fall on the fuck/marry/kill spectrum. youtu.be/zRdhoYqCAQg
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Replying to @MvonRen
You guys should read @markoconnell_1 book. Hynek was the man.
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There’s no new episode this week! But we still have current events. From 10 years ago. This Sunday we’ll be dropping all of season 1 for free on YouTube! Seasons 2-8 to come, whenever we don’t have a new episode. Trust us, some of this is still completely relevant. Some.
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Is anything missing from these robots?
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Coming tomorrow 🔥
#ufotwitter UFOs on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver tomorrow. Over a year in the works, finally coming out.
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#ufotwitter UFOs on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver tomorrow. Over a year in the works, finally coming out.
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Here’s a link bypassing the paywall for the Hynek article👇 If you want more Hynek, I strongly recommend @markoconnell_1’s excellent biography “The Close Encounters Man.” It was the 2nd book on this topic I ever read, and it remains one of my favorites. web.archive.org/web/20240402…
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In the annals of scientific history, few figures shine as brightly as Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century German astronomer whose groundbreaking work revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. 1/ #CelestialMotion #MyFavoriteScientist #Science #Kepler
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I prepared a post for each day of the Robertson panel. So be sure to check the next few days for daily coverage of the panel discussions. Day 1 below: #ufotwitter #ufohistory
#ufotwitter #ufohistory Today in UFO History - The Robertson Panel January 14, 1953 — 1/9:30 a.m. The opening meeting of the Robertson Panel convenes in the OSI conference room at CIA Building “M” in Washington, D.C. Present are scientists Howard P. Robertson, Samuel A. Goudsmit
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