Disney thought these guys would make a bad Star Wars movie (Hail Mary roundup)

I like how there is one (1) guy we all want to take photos in the movie theater https://t.co/jEeqiw7Bf2

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) March 22, 2026

Project Hail Mary on IMAX 70MM vs regular scope screens pic.twitter.com/ae3bDxALlK

— rohith kumar (@rohithklv) March 22, 2026

Had to get some PROJECT HAIL MARY / disheveled scientist drawings out of my system.

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— Annie Wu (@anniewu.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM

Turns out he's really fun to draw but I'm done now, I swear.

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— Annie Wu (@anniewu.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 1:24 PM

the attention to detail for rocky’s design is insane . what do you mean he has a wedding band and a family tartan pic.twitter.com/OfZip7qKJP

— lissy (@rylandsgrace) March 21, 2026

If anyone’s interested! https://t.co/jITvt8p5TZ pic.twitter.com/W3NcfsxeHI

— clare (@youngntragic) March 22, 2026

Lake Tahoe gets its electricity from a provider that will be servicing a data center instead

CalMatters:

A utility serving 49,000 Lake Tahoe customers has a little over a year to find a new source for 75% of its power.

Wild exchange early in this interview with Sam Kieth

Early in a long two-part interview about his career:

SK: I met my wife at ... an unusually young age. And, so, it probably wasn't until I was about 18 or 19 that I started to think seriously about trying to get into comics. From the time I met her — I was 15 and she was 30. I moved from my parents' home into her home, and lived with her, and kind of essentially grew up. There was no way I was really ready to jump into the comics field at 15-16 years old.

ST: What made you decide on a career in comics?

SK: I have to tell you, I admire your ability to stick to the subject matter after an answer like that. Usually most people are, "What kind of a freak are you?" after they hear that. "What the heck? What's the deal with that?"

ST: Well, my husband is 12 years older than I am, so ...

The story about him landing the Marvel Comics Presents job is pretty funny.  

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“Everything was fine and then Zendaya said to me just before we went on stage, ‘the vein in your forehead is REALLY, really popping out right now’ and I was like ‘wha-?’ and they’re like ‘AND GO!’” pic.twitter.com/3zWgkGr9f6

— kiuhhhh (@rbertpattinsn) March 20, 2026

Project Hail Mary 3D-printable figurine

There’s a really cool hidden gem on the official Project Hail Mary site. You can download a 3D model of the xenonite Grace sculpture and, if you’ve got a 3D printer, make your own mini Ryland for your desk ✨ pic.twitter.com/UgQLq71zuw

— Project Hail Mary Updates (@HailMaryLogs) March 21, 2026

Download link at the bottom right corner.

And here's instructions for sale to build this Lego Rocky ($3):

can’t get project hail mary off my brain, so i turned a ~$15 official LEGO set into a rocky space friend of my very own. fully jazz hands capable. build your own with instructions here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-256...

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— Jordan DeVries🔜Batuu West May 4 (@jordandevries.com) March 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM

Concept art of Cillian Murphy as Sark

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"Riverside County Sheriff [] who is a leading Republican candidate for governor, has seized more than 650,000 ballots from last November’s election"

LAT:

The sheriff said his investigators are looking into allegations by a local citizens group that “did their own audit” and found that the county’s tally was falsely inflated by more than 45,000 votes — a claim that local election officials have rejected.

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The unusual probe drew a sharp rebuke from California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, who said in a statement Friday that it is “unprecedented in both scope and scale” and appears “not to be based on facts or evidence.”