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A Star Trek-themed video from the Abortion Support Network in England – in which it appeals for donations.

The group has been helping to provide information, financial assistance and accommodation to women from Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man who have to travel to England for a safe and legal abortion since 2009.

For more information and to donate to the ASN, visit here

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Australian video artist Nick ‘Pogo’ Bertke’s personal tribute (yes, that’s him throughout) to the musical ouevre of Star Trek TNG’s science officer and captain. To wit:

Data & Picard is my tribute to one of the greatest TV series of all time. It is an original track featuring the voices of Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander Data (Brent Spiner), accompanied by a music video I shot entirely in my living room with a green screen and lights. The track opens with the Klingon Victory Song, followed by a remix of Data singing Che Gelida Manina in the episode ‘In Theory’. This episode was the first ever to be directed by Patrick Stewart and I didn’t realize this until after the track was finished.

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Risky Business by Mick Cassidy

Paul Ryan writes:

To boldly go where no Irish artist has gone before… or have they? A good friend [Dubliner Mick Cassidy, currently a character designer for Family Guy] has been selected to showcase his talents at the Star Trek, 50 Artists, 50 Years exhibition in the US, and I thought it deserved a bit of recognition this side of the Atlantic.

Episodes, anyone?

50 Artists, 50 Years – Mick Cassidy (Star Trek)

Thanks Kieran NYC

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Further to Ryan Tubridy’s attack on Star Trek-watching, bedsit dwellers allegedly picking on children and celebrities online.

Ronan at Star Trek Eire fumes:

Ah now Ryan! I’ve met you at a Star Wars convention so you obviously have time for a bit of sci-fi. Your remark probably won’t go down well with Star Trek fans. It does imply that we’re all lonesome lads on social media.

Have you interviewed Patrick Stewart Ryan? Please tell him your opinions about Star Trek fans. He once objected when an interviewer described Trekkies as “weird”, calling it a “silly thing to say”. Stewart added, “How many do you know personally? You couldn’t be more wrong.”

Isaac Asimov described us: “Trekkies are intelligent, interested, involved people with whom it is a pleasure to be, in any numbers. Why else would they have been involved in Star Trek, an intelligent, interested, and involved show?”

Maybe in some crazy way you’re just angling for a role in the new Star Trek series out in 2017? ;)

Tubridy Cries Havoc and let Slip the Dogs of War (StarTrekEire)

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Oh yes.

A new iteration of the Star Trek TV franchise to be produced by Alex Kutzman (who co-wrote the 2009 film reboot with JJ Abrams) of which CBS president David Stapf sez:

There is no better time to give ‘Star Trek’ fans a new series than on the heels of the original show’s 50th anniversary celebration. …Everyone here has great respect for this storied franchise, and we’re excited to launch its next television chapter in the creative mind and skilled hands of Alex Kurtzman, someone who knows this world and its audience intimately.

New ‘Star Trek’ Series to Air on CBS All Access in 2017 (Variety)

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