Welcome, to Jurassi... uh,... to the Bridge, where we've spared no expense to splice together our thoughts on Michael Crichton's 1990 franchise-spawning classic Jurassic Park.

Before being swallowed by that chaos, we have an amazing Science-Fiction/Science Fact: brain-computer interface tech, and the potential for helping people cope with the effects of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. We're not quite at Neuromancer or The Matrix, but it's a start. How do we come up with all these great Sci-Fi/Fact stories, you ask? Well, like life, Kevin finds a way. Clever guy.

We also chew on what else we're Reading and Watching, wherein Lanterns are dimmed, then brightened; Sam gets cozy with Ode to the Half-Broken, Kevin finally embraces his inner romantasy fan with The Everlasting, and Tristan continues his Peter Watts bromance with Fold Catastrophes.

Then, we set phasers to fun and pop a Retinax 5 for a quick look back to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, one of the most influential, hotly debated, bridge-tastic sci-fi properties this side of the Neutral Zone. No matter if you prefer tea, coffee or Romulan Ale, we all dig going where no one has gone before. And if Trek is a little too cheesy for your liking, what better way to celebrate 60 years than with your very own official Communi-grater? Thank you Gene!

Stick around to hear trstn's pick for next month's book club... I already forgot what it is...

I think I need some ice cream.

LINK PARK:

• Michael Crichton: https://michaelcrichton.com/
• Simultaneous speech and gesture decoding for multimodal communication in paralysis: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02446-2
• Le Creuset Star Trek Collection: https://www.lecreuset.ca/en_CA/star-trek-collection

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