Woman’s World has a rundown of the 19 episodes planned for Star Trek Phase II, the sequel series to the original Star Trek that in the end was canibalized for the the Motion Picture and some Next Generation episodes.
(Via https://kottke.org/26/01/0048142-the-lost-episodes-of-star)
Noted by Lx Leckford .Here’s a short article about women playing men on stage in the nineteenth century. Of course it was not a new phenomenon, since there were all-female troupes of players in the past as well as the all-male groups we associate with Shakespeare in particular. The engravings suggest they were having an interesting time devising costumes suitable for a woman that nevertheless signified a man.
(Via https://kottke.org/26/03/0048613-gender-play-in-nineteenth)
Noted by Lx Leckford .‘He’s broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity’. Macavity the Mystery Cat has been very busy. Even if you constrain him to crimes on the statue books in London in 1939 (when T. S. Eliot wrote the poem) that is a very big ask for one skinny cat. Even if they are played by Idris Elba.
Lovely landscape art by Maojin.Lee
(Via Post by @thecollectibles · 5 images)
Noted by Lx Leckford .Means of Production Xmas 2025 rave tape. Dark electronica with disconcerting lyrics and live videos in performance. Available as a cassette for playing in your car stereo as you whizz round the M25 looking for an address off a dodgy flier.
‘Love Letter’ by Rebeca Fleur (pen and ink drawing).
She sells prints (on Etsy) that come with a copy of the letter.
Photographs of birds adorn the Bird Photographer of the Year winners page.
(Via Bird Photographer of the Year for 2025)
Noted by Lx Leckford .In a world where increasingly we are bombarded with fake photos trying to look real, here are some real photos that look fake …
Happy Bi Visibility Day to those who observe!