Serge Broom
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AI makes deep fakes even easier, and there's a new development that may make Hollywood join writers' fights against unauthorized use of IP www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
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February 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
AI makes deep fakes even easier, and there's a new development that may make Hollywood join writers' fights against unauthorized use of IP www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My final choice)
MurderBot... Season One... Episode 10... "The Perimeter"
Since one can't nominate a series' full season, I nominate its final episode.
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My final choice)
MurderBot... Season One... Episode 10... "The Perimeter"
Since one can't nominate a series' full season, I nominate its final episode.
February 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My final choice)
MurderBot... Season One... Episode 10... "The Perimeter"
Since one can't nominate a series' full season, I nominate its final episode.
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My final choice)
MurderBot... Season One... Episode 10... "The Perimeter"
Since one can't nominate a series' full season, I nominate its final episode.
TCM… Not one single presidentially themed movie in today’s schedule… It’s almost like they feel the same way I do about this year’s President’s Day.
February 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
TCM… Not one single presidentially themed movie in today’s schedule… It’s almost like they feel the same way I do about this year’s President’s Day.
Writing… The chapter’s last scene is half-written. And hopefully not half-baked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Writing… The chapter’s last scene is half-written. And hopefully not half-baked.
One thing I’ve noticed about Wyler’s “The Big Country” is how often two characters are having a conversation without words, but thru just a glance.
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The Big Country (1958) | Scene: Old Thunder
YouTube video by Wincy Studio
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February 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
One thing I’ve noticed about Wyler’s “The Big Country” is how often two characters are having a conversation without words, but thru just a glance.
youtu.be/pWcTEizBW74?...
youtu.be/pWcTEizBW74?...
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A romance cartoon for the @theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
A romance cartoon for the @theguardian.com
Reading and enjoying Madeleine Robins’ latest Regency mystery about Sarah Tolerance, agent of inquiry and swordmistress.
February 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Reading and enjoying Madeleine Robins’ latest Regency mystery about Sarah Tolerance, agent of inquiry and swordmistress.
I’m disappointed that nobody else has brought up this adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”.
youtu.be/BIMEPPZxzyg?...
Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights
YouTube video by Kvetch Hell
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February 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I’m disappointed that nobody else has brought up this adaptation of “Wuthering Heights”.
youtu.be/BIMEPPZxzyg?...
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 4th choice)
Strange New Worlds... Season 3... Episode 6... "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"
Kirk gets his first command when his captain is incapacited, and Kirk isn't yet the self-assured man we know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8z...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 4th choice)
Strange New Worlds... Season 3... Episode 6... "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"
Kirk gets his first command when his captain is incapacited, and Kirk isn't yet the self-assured man we know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8z...
Star Trek SNW - Enterprise Saves Cmdr. Kirk and The Farragut.....And offers assistance.
YouTube video by Pacer Shark
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February 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 4th choice)
Strange New Worlds... Season 3... Episode 6... "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"
Kirk gets his first command when his captain is incapacited, and Kirk isn't yet the self-assured man we know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8z...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 4th choice)
Strange New Worlds... Season 3... Episode 6... "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"
Kirk gets his first command when his captain is incapacited, and Kirk isn't yet the self-assured man we know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8z...
Across the Universe All You Need Is Love HD
YouTube video by Илья Хван
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 3rd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 7... "Announcement"
“It’s so easy to lose faith.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HelI...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 3rd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 7... "Announcement"
“It’s so easy to lose faith.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HelI...
Star Wars Andor 2025 Bix Takes Cassian to a Force Healer Scene 1080p
YouTube video by StarWars Clips
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February 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 3rd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 7... "Announcement"
“It’s so easy to lose faith.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HelI...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 3rd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 7... "Announcement"
“It’s so easy to lose faith.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HelI...
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 2nd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 10... "Make It Stop!"
youtu.be/mClrPkLFBu4?...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 2nd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 10... "Make It Stop!"
youtu.be/mClrPkLFBu4?...
Star Wars Andor 2025 Kleya Shuts off Luthen's Life Support System and he Dies Scene 1080p
YouTube video by StarWars Clips
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Hugo Award nominees...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 2nd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 10... "Make It Stop!"
youtu.be/mClrPkLFBu4?...
Dramatric Presentation - short form...
(My 2nd choice)
Andor... Season 2... Episode 10... "Make It Stop!"
youtu.be/mClrPkLFBu4?...
I don’t remember any episode of “little house on the Prairie” where any woman shot a puppy.
In 2021 the nyt described kristi noem as projecting a "rugged Great Plainswoman image" and lol those reporters are such hacks who haven't moved beyond 4 square blocks in nyc in 32 years
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I don’t remember any episode of “little house on the Prairie” where any woman shot a puppy.
Based on the dip my 401K’s value took today, even more so than yesterday, I suspect that business folks didn’t get a warm and fuzzy feeling from Bondi’s meeting with Congress.
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Based on the dip my 401K’s value took today, even more so than yesterday, I suspect that business folks didn’t get a warm and fuzzy feeling from Bondi’s meeting with Congress.
Writing… After I decided to call a character Eleanor, i looked up the name’s origin. It came from the Provençal name Aliénor. For a moment i considered using that name instead, but concluded that would be too in-the-nose since the character is half-alien.
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Writing… After I decided to call a character Eleanor, i looked up the name’s origin. It came from the Provençal name Aliénor. For a moment i considered using that name instead, but concluded that would be too in-the-nose since the character is half-alien.
I still think “The Right Stuff” should have won the Hugo for the dramatic presentation’s long form in 1984.
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The Right Stuff 1983 | John Glenn is launched into orbit aboard the Friendship 7 |
YouTube video by Binary Retro Clips
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February 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I still think “The Right Stuff” should have won the Hugo for the dramatic presentation’s long form in 1984.
youtu.be/Zg4FWP8dY1Q?...
youtu.be/Zg4FWP8dY1Q?...
Hugo Award nominees
Dramatric Presentation - short form
(1) Andor... S2:E9... "Welcome to the Rebellion"
"When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnE...
Dramatric Presentation - short form
(1) Andor... S2:E9... "Welcome to the Rebellion"
"When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnE...
Andor Season 2 | Mon Mothma’s Senate Speech | Now Streaming on Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
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February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Hugo Award nominees
Dramatric Presentation - short form
(1) Andor... S2:E9... "Welcome to the Rebellion"
"When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnE...
Dramatric Presentation - short form
(1) Andor... S2:E9... "Welcome to the Rebellion"
"When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnE...