V for Vendetta is real 🔨

Nunya business

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

This is correct. I attended the Supreme Court arguments. Trump DOJ argued alongside Bayer/Monsanto that because the EPA had already blessed glyphosate, no state government could require labels disclosing cancer risk. The EPA & DOJ in this instance was only there to protect Bayer.

[Matt Couch @RealMattCouch]

This is insane… the WNBA left the biggest name in their sport, Caitlin Clark off the 30 year anniversary poster.. yet put Angel Reese and others on it..

They have to rent out bigger arenas at away game cities because of Caitlin.. it’s like they want to destroy themselves..

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Stargate: Universe - The finale, "Gauntlet"

I assumed that "The Hunt" (Episode 2.16) was going to be my last script for Stargate: Universe’s second season, but when my writing partner, Paul, got busy producing "Common Descent" (Episode 2.17), the task of tackling the first draft of the finale fell to me. When I sat down to write "Gauntlet", I assumed we WERE coming back for a third season. Some may not have shared in my optimism (Paul had always been a “glass half full and its contents are probably undrinkable anyway” kind of guy), but I nevertheless approached the episode as a season finale and not a series finale.

Armed with the story beats we’d spun in the writers’ room (a creative effort spearheaded by series co-creator and longtime Stargate writer and showrunner Brad Wright), I fleshed out the narrative in outline form, received everyone’s notes, and got to work. By the time the first draft of "Gauntlet" was complete, Paul’s schedule had freed up and he was able to jump on the rewrite. After so many years of writing scripts separately, I suppose it was somehow fitting that our last script for the Stargate franchise would be a true collaboration - Paul, myself, and of course Brad the series architect.

Now, as I said, I was under the impression that we would be back for a third season. And I wasn’t the only one. When the ratings for the back half of the second season faltered, it was clear that we were in trouble. However, we did have a few things going for us.

For starters, after months of uncertainty, the studio had finally turned the corner and gained stability in the form of new management. I assumed that given the fact that Stargate was one of their biggest franchises (next to Bond), they would make a concerted effort to keep it alive. That meant not only brighter prospects for SGU, but renewed hope for the SG-1 and Atlantis movies, Stargate: Revolution and Stargate: Extinction.

Despite the show’s ratings, it wasn’t as if any of the network’s other shows were going gangbusters. In fact, the erosion of viewership across the board at the time suggested a definite trend. Fewer people were watching television live. They were DVR’ing and downloading – and, in the case of Stargate: Universe, apparently doing so A LOT. Not surprising given our audience was young and tech-savvy, the demographic most likely to DVR and download. Surely, I presumed, we would not be punished for having smart, forward-looking viewers.

Finally, there were reports from various sources that we WOULD be back for a third and final season. Yes, the series would end, but armed with this knowledge and with plenty of time to prepare and wrap up loose ends, we would be able to go out in grand style. I recall sitting in my office with actor Louis Ferreira (SGU’s Colonel Everett Young), discussing the great opportunity this would afford us to make some really bold creative decisions knowing these final 20 episodes would be our last!

After the episode aired, many fans expressed their satisfaction with series finale. Although there are a number of questions left unanswered, the consensus was that Gauntlet offered a bittersweet conclusion to our crew’s adventures. I don’t know if I totally agree, but I do recognize three scripted elements that certainly lent this episode a sense of closure.

The Goodbyes

One by one, the characters we’ve grown to know and love over the course of SGU’s two seasons bid farewell to one another (and, by extension, of course, the audience at home), until only our core trio remain. Then, it comes time for them to say goodbye as well, first Rush, then Young, leaving Eli (our viewer proxy) alone on the bridge heading into the unknown.

The Final Supper

Which, interestingly enough, wasn’t in my first draft or Paul’s pass. Well, not quite anyway. In the original script, the last supper sequence was a simple beat in a more expansive montage – no dialogue, just a shot of the crew enjoying their last meal together. It was changed at the suggestion of SyFy’s Erika Kennair who requested an actual scene, a moment for our characters to pause and reflect on where they’ve come from and where they were headed. In retrospect, a brilliant request. I wrote the speech, then handed it over to Paul who made a couple of tweaks (one of which was nixing Young’s toast: “To three years!” which, in story terms, referred to the best-case-scenario three year journey they’d be facing but, in my mind, was a reference to the show’s expected three year run).

I am especially fond of this scene because, at the end of the day, it really sums up what, for me, science fiction is all about - family. Whether it's the crew of the Enterprise, team SG-1, the Atlantis expedition, or the crew of the Destiny, they are all found family - and, for viewers at home, an extended family they would visit with every week. It was philosophy I applied to Dark Matter years later, crafting a show that, beyond the space opera, the action-adventure elements, the twists and turns and shocks and surprises, was really about another sci-fi family.

The Bookend Visuals

Paul added this, a call back to the opening moments of the series premiere. Nothing but stars, then – Destiny approaches camera. We CUT INSIDE and bear witness to Destiny’s awakening, PANNING UP the ship’s levels as its various chambers light up. In Gauntlet, it’s the same sequence in reverse. Destiny goes back to sleep as we PAN DOWN the ship’s levels, its various chambers going dark. We CUT OUTSIDE to the ship making the jump to FTL and then – nothing but stars.

Yes, I can see how many would view Gauntlet as an appropriate series ender but, as much as I love the episode, it still leaves me frustrated. More to the point, it leaves me frustrated knowing that, after 11+ years of resolving cliffhangers, this was the one time I wouldn’t be able to come up with the answers. That feeling of dissatisfaction would be revisited years later when my own series, Dark Matter, would be cut short.

Does Destiny make the jump to the other galaxy? How long does the journey take? Does Eli manage to fix the damaged pod(s) or find a way to extend the ship’s life support long enough to ensure his survival? Does T.J. find a cure for her ALS? Who does she get together with in the end, Young or Varro? Does Lisa ever regain her sight?

In the end, the answers are what you choose them to be. In those final moments, we fail to make the jump to FTL with Destiny and, after two years of following its journey, we are left behind to wonder. Maybe they do make the voyage in three years and our crew’s adventures will continue, only we won’t be privy to them. Maybe, sadly, they don’t make it and that final glimpse of Destiny was a true farewell. Or, maybe, Destiny is still out there, still journeying, its crew in stasis, destined to outlive all our questions.

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

Supergirl watching all the bad reviews and tanking DC 😂

[Byl Holte @SirBylHolte]

Maggie Gyllenhaal just cost Warner Bros from $66-$90 million with her massive flop "The Bride!"

So now they’re optioning the Rachel Kushner novel Creation Lake for her to write, develop, produce and direct.

Ana Noguiera just wrote what is being called the worst superhero movie of all time, “Supergirl”…

…so Warner’s is giving her “Wonder Woman” to destroy next.

Why?

Because “empowering women” has become more important than entertaining the masses.

More important than studio image and reputation.

More important than MAKING MONEY.

Critics are calling “Supergirl” worse than “The Marvels.”

Which begs the questions:

If female empowerment is LOSING them BILLIONS, why do they keep doing it - and where is the money coming from?

[Tom Renz @RenzTom]

“MAHA is furious — and the midterms are about to show it.” 🔥

We demanded accountability for the cancer-causing poisons harming our families.

Instead, Republicans pushed corporate immunity in farm bills.

This betrayal won’t be forgotten. It’s going to hit hard at the ballot box.

Our families’ health isn’t negotiable.

[Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod]

An adjacent steel frame skyscraper is sure to collapse any minute. Right?

[Tony Heller 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 @TonyClimate]

During June, 1934 - India was so hot that coconuts cracked in the heat.

https://t.co/I7evfFuCEI

[Jon Del Arroz | Sci-Fi And Fantasy @jondelarroz]

Holy crap Star Trek: Discovery actor Wilson Cruz called me a "racist and homophobic" and a "piece of shit" in a crazy Facebook rant.

I will have a really fun video tomorrow. Thank you, Wilson! You should fear me because I'm making science fiction great again.

[🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 @Real_RobN]

Here it is:

Joe Rogan goes into a state of shock:

“The Social Security number in the United States is used as a de facto national ID number—to get paid and to vote.”

Elon Musk exposes the real reason Democrats never removed the dead from the Social Security rolls: those identities were being used to send fraudulent payments to illegal aliens.

Eliminating those names would cut off payments across every other benefit program they’re funneling to illegal aliens.

@elonmusk: “What they forgot to mention is they’re getting fraudulent payments from every other government program. And that’s why the Dems were so opposed to turning off, to declaring someone dead who was dead, because it would stop all the other fraud from happening.”

“Widespread fraud—hundreds of billions of dollars—it’s mind-blowing.”

——————

Illegal aliens were issued Social Security numbers by the Biden–Harris terrorist administration:

• 270,425 in 2021
• 590,193 in 2022
• 964,163 in 2023
• 2,095,247 in 2024—on their way out the door. Yet they oppose national voter ID.

📝 By the way—they’re also linking ballots to the dead within their corrupt, filthy voter rolls. If you were around in 2020, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

At some point Caitlyn Clark has to stand up for herself and call out the racism involved. If she was a black star boosting everyone’s paycheck, they’d be treating her like a queen. Instead, because she’s white, she’s targeted with assaults on the court and insults off the court.

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

🤔

[Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit @drawandstrike]

@WallStreetApes

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Leaked recording of Xavier Becerra at HHS under Biden saying he was putting illegal migrant children “in an assembly line”

He clearly says the American people will be upset knowing how much Democrats were spending on children who shouldn’t even be here in America, and he’s instructing his staff to place them as quickly as they can without doing the proper checks

How is this guy not rotting in prison

“This is not the way you do an assembly line”

“We need to get discharges up — Every time we have to go to the Hill and explain why we're spending so much money when most people are struggling to spend a little bit of money for their kids on a daily basis, we try to explain how we're spending more than $1,000 a day for kids who may not even have the legal right to be here”

This is your reminder he was also called out in official testimony for placing children with sponsors using strip clubs as addresses

Arrest him

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

“Shame on the DOJ, shame on the Trump admin, and shame on the Supreme Court for letting chemical companies get away with injuring, maiming, and killing Americans with their products instead of just allowing normal market forces to protect us and our children.”
- Aaron Siri

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

Chelsea Clinton received $84M from USAID.

George Soros received $260M from USAID.

Thousands of North Carolinians spent last winter living in tents while it snowed on them. They got $750.

Democrats are perfectly fine with all of this.

[Sherri Unfiltered™ @FFT1776]

Why did Republican Governor Mike DeWine VETO legislation for voter ID?

🚨THE MASKS ARE COMING OFF!

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

"If you don’t believe in climate change, you’re a fckıng idiot... In the last 24 hours, we have now had 32 worldwide earthquakes."

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

TODAY it was confirmed George Soros is the largest Democrat donor for midterms, spending $102 million

Elon Musk warned everyone about George Soros, “Soros, he is I believe, the top contributor to the Democratic Party — He fundamentally hates humanity — He's doing things that erode the fabric of civilization”

I looked into it and found George Soros has been donating so much more than we realize

2018 Midterms: $20 million to Democrats (7th largest individual donor)

2020 Cycle: $28 million directly tracked through Democracy PAC. $81 million total spending, he also gave at least $500k directly to Jo Biden

2022 Midterms: Reports from $50 million (direct/PAC spending) to $128–170+ million total

2024 Cycle: $60 million from a Soros nonprofit in one infusion and related entities

2026 Midterms: $102 million confirmed as the largest individual donor so far this cycle

Rough 8 year total estimate is likely $300–500+ million in direct political spending on Democrats

This is foreign money. This is foreign election interference, how is this allowed to continue