Aaron Bossig
@aaronbossig.bsky.social
Hungry Trilobyte, Trekkie, MSTie, believer in good people
Writer for TrekMovie.com, StarTrek.com and this other thing I'll tell you about later.
Podcast link: www.linktr.ee/HungryTrilobyte
Writer for TrekMovie.com, StarTrek.com and this other thing I'll tell you about later.
Podcast link: www.linktr.ee/HungryTrilobyte
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Hungry Trilobyte #218 - Braxton Cosby Returns!
YouTube video by Hungry Trilobyte
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Braxton Cosby has written a historical fiction novel AND a comic fantasy novel about the same real-life mystery man: Yasuke in 16th century Japan!
(YouTube Link, see next skeet for audio versions)
youtu.be/m_Uh4Sd_c8o
(YouTube Link, see next skeet for audio versions)
youtu.be/m_Uh4Sd_c8o
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Seeing my dear friend and past Shorty and Promax Award-winning collaborator @drerinmac.bsky.social in a Star Trek: Voyager comic inexpressibly warms my soul.
👏👏👏 @tillybridges.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social et al.
👏👏👏 @tillybridges.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social et al.
February 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Seeing my dear friend and past Shorty and Promax Award-winning collaborator @drerinmac.bsky.social in a Star Trek: Voyager comic inexpressibly warms my soul.
👏👏👏 @tillybridges.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social et al.
👏👏👏 @tillybridges.bsky.social @heatherantos.bsky.social et al.
It’s 2026, and due to circumstances beyond my control, I need to specify that this is a joke.
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
It’s 2026, and due to circumstances beyond my control, I need to specify that this is a joke.
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
Motion Smoothing is a useless feature added onto otherwise great TVs. It is a feature that is often enabled by default and the option to turn it off deliberately obfuscated. It is my contention that Motion Smoothing was a PsyOp to prepare the public for AI. In this essay, I will…
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Motion Smoothing is a useless feature added onto otherwise great TVs. It is a feature that is often enabled by default and the option to turn it off deliberately obfuscated. It is my contention that Motion Smoothing was a PsyOp to prepare the public for AI. In this essay, I will…
Official Soylent Green Water Pistol, because nothing brings out summer fun like cannibalism!!
February 17, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Official Soylent Green Water Pistol, because nothing brings out summer fun like cannibalism!!
“When I was a kid, we didn’t wear seatbelts, we jumped off the big slides, and we drank from the hose!!!”
*Students want to walk out of school to protest ICE*
“That… is DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE!!!”
*Students want to walk out of school to protest ICE*
“That… is DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE!!!”
February 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
“When I was a kid, we didn’t wear seatbelts, we jumped off the big slides, and we drank from the hose!!!”
*Students want to walk out of school to protest ICE*
“That… is DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE!!!”
*Students want to walk out of school to protest ICE*
“That… is DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE!!!”
I want to wish safe travels and happy voyages to all my STTC friends who are packed and ready to go this week.
It’s not my year to join you, but you’ll see me again!
It’s not my year to join you, but you’ll see me again!
February 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I want to wish safe travels and happy voyages to all my STTC friends who are packed and ready to go this week.
It’s not my year to join you, but you’ll see me again!
It’s not my year to join you, but you’ll see me again!
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…Thank God for Puppet Shows
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
…Thank God for Puppet Shows
Yellowstone National Park, late 1960s - 8mm Film Reel
youtu.be/esueraA0Jtk
youtu.be/esueraA0Jtk
Yellowstone National Park, late 1960s - 8mm Film Reel
YouTube video by Hungry Trilobyte
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Yellowstone National Park, late 1960s - 8mm Film Reel
youtu.be/esueraA0Jtk
youtu.be/esueraA0Jtk
Website: "Before we admit you to the billing department, we need to make sure it's you."
Me: "I'm literally the only person on the planet who gives a damn if this bill gets paid, so you can be pretty sure it's me."
Me: "I'm literally the only person on the planet who gives a damn if this bill gets paid, so you can be pretty sure it's me."
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Website: "Before we admit you to the billing department, we need to make sure it's you."
Me: "I'm literally the only person on the planet who gives a damn if this bill gets paid, so you can be pretty sure it's me."
Me: "I'm literally the only person on the planet who gives a damn if this bill gets paid, so you can be pretty sure it's me."
Braxton Cosby has written a historical fiction novel AND a comic fantasy novel about the same real-life mystery man: Yasuke in 16th century Japan!
(YouTube Link, see next skeet for audio versions)
youtu.be/m_Uh4Sd_c8o
(YouTube Link, see next skeet for audio versions)
youtu.be/m_Uh4Sd_c8o
Hungry Trilobyte #218 - Braxton Cosby Returns!
YouTube video by Hungry Trilobyte
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Braxton Cosby has written a historical fiction novel AND a comic fantasy novel about the same real-life mystery man: Yasuke in 16th century Japan!
(YouTube Link, see next skeet for audio versions)
youtu.be/m_Uh4Sd_c8o
(YouTube Link, see next skeet for audio versions)
youtu.be/m_Uh4Sd_c8o
If you're not old enough to remember this, let me explain what this photo sounds like:
"Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!"
"Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!"
A post elsewhere suggested that today (February 9th) is the anniversary of KB Toys closing its doors for the last time (in 2009). In recognition, I share this old post: blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com/2008/12/kb-t...
February 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
If you're not old enough to remember this, let me explain what this photo sounds like:
"Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!"
"Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!"
"JIMBOB'S TOTALLY REAL EXPERT-HUMAN-WRITTEN GUIDE TO CLEANING YOUR GAZORNINPLAT!"
This website will tell you how to clean your gazorninplat, first telling you that you need to clean your gazorninplat, and that a guide like this will help you do that. 1/
This website will tell you how to clean your gazorninplat, first telling you that you need to clean your gazorninplat, and that a guide like this will help you do that. 1/
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"JIMBOB'S TOTALLY REAL EXPERT-HUMAN-WRITTEN GUIDE TO CLEANING YOUR GAZORNINPLAT!"
This website will tell you how to clean your gazorninplat, first telling you that you need to clean your gazorninplat, and that a guide like this will help you do that. 1/
This website will tell you how to clean your gazorninplat, first telling you that you need to clean your gazorninplat, and that a guide like this will help you do that. 1/
I still stand by this post 100%.
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I still stand by this post 100%.
If you haven’t seen Xanadu, you are depriving yourself of cinematic magic.
Working and taking a second to marvel at this clip from Xanadu www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSB...
Xanadu | Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly's '80s/'40s Hybrid E.L.O. Roller Disco
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
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February 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
If you haven’t seen Xanadu, you are depriving yourself of cinematic magic.
Apparently it was possible to get paid to stand in a penguin enclosure and wear a Starfleet uniform, and all I can say is I'M SUPER PISSED AT MY HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR!!
To promote TMP, San Diego held a fashion show to showcase the costumes
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Apparently it was possible to get paid to stand in a penguin enclosure and wear a Starfleet uniform, and all I can say is I'M SUPER PISSED AT MY HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELOR!!
My producer would like you to watch for a new podcast episode this Sunday.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My producer would like you to watch for a new podcast episode this Sunday.
Subscribe here: www.linktr.ee/hungrytrilobyte
Subscribe here: www.linktr.ee/hungrytrilobyte
There is a literal market for “minimalist” products and I can’t be the only person mad about this
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
There is a literal market for “minimalist” products and I can’t be the only person mad about this
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So excited to announce IDW's brand new CRIME imprint launching this year!
Huge thanks to @forbes.com for making the grand reveal.
Which book are you most excited for?
www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Huge thanks to @forbes.com for making the grand reveal.
Which book are you most excited for?
www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
IDW Publishing Is Betting Crime Will Pay With Launch Of New Imprint
IDW Crime will feature thrillers, mysteries, true crime and contemporary takes on classic genre tropes.
www.forbes.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
So excited to announce IDW's brand new CRIME imprint launching this year!
Huge thanks to @forbes.com for making the grand reveal.
Which book are you most excited for?
www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
Huge thanks to @forbes.com for making the grand reveal.
Which book are you most excited for?
www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...
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It's the only problem, in everything. Worse people in places where they can make everything worse.
We all need better people
We all need better people
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It's the only problem, in everything. Worse people in places where they can make everything worse.
We all need better people
We all need better people
I have an “office supplies” problem.
a man in a karate uniform says supplies in front of a group of men
Alt: a man in a karate uniform says supplies in front of a group of men
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February 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I have an “office supplies” problem.
Pretty sure there was supposed to be a fondue pot on the end
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Pretty sure there was supposed to be a fondue pot on the end
I do remember being a kid an seeing Statler and Waldorf bringing the Muppet Babies pizza, claiming they didn’t like it.
5yo me was like “Of course they don’t like pizza. Only the grouchiest of old people could dislike pizza.”
5yo me was like “Of course they don’t like pizza. Only the grouchiest of old people could dislike pizza.”
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I do remember being a kid an seeing Statler and Waldorf bringing the Muppet Babies pizza, claiming they didn’t like it.
5yo me was like “Of course they don’t like pizza. Only the grouchiest of old people could dislike pizza.”
5yo me was like “Of course they don’t like pizza. Only the grouchiest of old people could dislike pizza.”
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On this day in 1998 - The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Far Beyond The Stars" directed by Avery Brooks (Benjamin Sisko) premiered.
Rather than try and find a single quote, clip, thought...
I'm just gonna post the whole episode because it's that damn special. (1/15)
Rather than try and find a single quote, clip, thought...
I'm just gonna post the whole episode because it's that damn special. (1/15)
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
On this day in 1998 - The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Far Beyond The Stars" directed by Avery Brooks (Benjamin Sisko) premiered.
Rather than try and find a single quote, clip, thought...
I'm just gonna post the whole episode because it's that damn special. (1/15)
Rather than try and find a single quote, clip, thought...
I'm just gonna post the whole episode because it's that damn special. (1/15)
In my travels, I’ve somehow acquired two Guinan action figures… one of which has two left hands.
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In my travels, I’ve somehow acquired two Guinan action figures… one of which has two left hands.
