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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 12h

Crucible McCoy is unbelievably good.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 12h

You have one job, streaming app: stay logged in on my fucking TV.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Anybody else up for a little Butlerian Jihad about now?

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Did you know there are lyrics to the Star Trek theme??!?!?!” Why yes I did because when I was 13 years old I bought and read a book titled The Making of Star Trek.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

(Honestly, I don’t know the back of my hand all that well)

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life the image is of a weathered wooden park bench with a bronze plaque on it that reads: Lucy Davies 1975 - ? Not dead yet Just loves the bench

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You never know what you might find in a box in the back of your closet. A STUNNING artifact, amirite?

Phaser from my old Mego Star Trek action figures.

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

60 years ago today, Fred Steiner recorded the partial scores to the Star Trek episodes "Balance of Terror, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?," and "The Corbomite Maneuver." The cello version of the main and end titles were also recorded as well as library cues by Joseph Mullendore. Busy day! #TOSMusic

Sound report from September 20, 1966. On this reel they recorded the revised end and main titles as well as music from "Balance of Terror" and "What Are Little Girls Made Of." You can see which cues were recorded to this tape and which takes were selected.

Shows Directed by Vincent McEveety, James Goldstone and Joseph Sargent
Shows Written by Paul Schneider, Robert Bloch and Jerry Sohl

Starring
William Shatner (Kirk)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock)
DeForest Kelley (McCoy)
George Takei (Sulu)
James Doohan (Scotty)
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
Grace Lee Whitney (Rand)
Majel Barrett (Chapel)
Mark Lenard (Romulan Commander)
Ted Cassidy (Ruk)
Clint Howard (Balok)

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No wonder he resigned in disgrace.

Old newspaper with headline “Earthmen to Find Life on Planets by 2000, Says Nixon”

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can’t believe how excited I was to see a gas station advertising $3.99, so of course swerved in to fill up. Thanks a lot, President Butthole.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And so it’s come to this - I couldn’t be bothered to bend over and pick up the shiny dime I spied in the parking lot.

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

find me the sasquatch you cowards

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Imagine my shock this morning when the cybertruck guy drove like a total butthole.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AI can not hug you. Or install your new toilet. Or fix that rattle in your car. Or frame a house or hang and mud and sand Sheetrock. But it can solve some math problems and further ruin the customer service experience, so there’s that I guess.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And I mean replace as in repair your toilet.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oof. Yeah, doesn’t sound like something I’d dig.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’ll tell you right now, friends, AI will never replace your toilet fill valve.

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Edge of Etiquette" has dropped out of Ed Sheeran's tour.

Kirk Thatcher as "Punk on Bus" in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. He is riding on a bus while blasting the song "I Hate You" on his radio and giving the finger to Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy).

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s 106 light years to earth, we got a full tank of dilithium crystals, half a bottle of romulan ale, we’re in a dark nebula, and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.

Leonard Nimoy looking absolutely BADASS in sunglasses.

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

George Conway: "Trump is everything we teach our children not to be. He's the lowest of the low." Rock bottom has a new basement. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I am 100% pro Scott! You were the lucky person at the top of my feed to help me along with the thing I was logging on to say anyway!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024. We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I am not sure what is worse, the president blatantly trying to buy votes, or the smooth brained knuckle draggers who will fall for it.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I guess I’m the only one who has no real idea who Nathan Fielder is so this whole thing seems like a big so what. I don’t know why I’m supposed to be so intrigued by this movie. Also I guess I use the word So too much.

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

60 years ago today, Sol Kaplan recorded the score to the Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within." #TOSMusic

Sound report from September 14, 1966 for the Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within." You can see which cues were recorded to this tape and which takes were selected.

Directed by Leo Penn (Sean's dad!)
Written by Richard Matheson

Starring
William Shatner (Kirk)
William Shatner (evil Kirk)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock)
DeForest Kelley (McCoy)
George Takei (Sulu)
Grace Lee Whitney (Rand)

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Seriously, how am I able to accidentally bite the living hell out of the inside of my own mouth while eating. INTELLIGENT DESIGN MY ASS

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This guy is walking around the grocery store intentionally squeaking his tennis shoes on the floor as he walks, yet I’M the one who’d be arrested if I stabbed him. What a world.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That is my biggest pet peeve with audiobooks. Look it up, don’t just guess!

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am Procrastimaxxing and, yes, I am crushing it.

A man literally doing nothing more than daydreaming.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Look, everything is the worst right now. But. I’m currently listening to Lapti Nek and it is of course bringing me some serious 1983 joy. There is still joy to be found in this broken world. Go and do likewise, friends. And before anyone says anything, I got your Jedi Rocks RIGHT HERE.

static.klipy.com

Star Wars Max Rebo Band Performance

Alt: Star Wars Max Rebo Band Performance

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Carl @listeningtofilm.net · 02/09/2026

The lighting in Star Trek III isn’t talked about enough.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And now Quadrophenia (LP spinning on my Hi Fi)

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today I’m gonna finish up all my little Columbos.

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today’s soundtrack so far: Tubular Bells (side 1 only, duh), Brubeck’s Time Out, Oscar Peterson’s West Side Story, Hilary Hahn’s Bach concertos, Yuja Wang’s Rachmaninov collection, Star Trek-The Motion Picture #HailJerry, Johnny Cash American IV, Dolly Parton Little Sparrow.

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

60 years ago today, Alexander Courage recorded the score to the Star Trek episode "The Naked Time." #TOSMusic

Sound report from August 31, 1966 for the Star Trek episode "The Naked Time." You can see which cues were recorded to this tape and what the selected takes are.

Directed by Marc Daniels
Written by John D.F. Black

Starring
William Shatner (Kirk)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock)
DeForest Kelley (McCoy)
James Doohan (Scotty)
George Takei (Sulu)
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
Grace Lee Whitney (Rand)
Majel Barrett (Chapel)

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,

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Neil S. Bulk @nsbulk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

60 years ago today, Alexander Courage recorded the score to the Star Trek episode "The Man Trap." This was also when the "electric violin" version of the main and end titles was recorded. #TOSMusic

Sound report from August 19, 1966. This shows the cues recorded on the tape. You can also see which takes were selected.

Directed by Marc Daniels
Written by George Clayton Johnson

Starring
William Shatner (Kirk)
Leonard Nimoy (Spock)
DeForest Kelley (McCoy)
George Takei (Sulu)
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
Grace Lee Whitney (Rand)

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Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Don’t shoot the messenger, but the eighties are back. Again.

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