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News Pushing Daisies Bryan Fuller Keeps Teasing Pushing Daisies Season 3 The facts were these: everybody wants this. By Molly Templeton | Published on December 5, 2025 Screenshot: ABC Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: ABC We will (almost) never be sad when Bryan Fuller says he wants to revisit one of his beloved previous TV series—which he’s been doing a lot, lately. He was talking about making more Hannibal—and now he’s discussing Pushing Daisies. He recently told The Mary Sue, “Well, we’re working on a Season 3, and the whole cast wants to come back. And, we’ve got a whole story. We’re trying to do another season this year.” This is not the first time Fuller has suggested there is more to the story of Ned the Piemaker (Lee Pace). Last month Fuller told ComicBook that he would “absolutely” return to the land of Pushing Daisies: “We have a season three pitch, and the entire cast wants to come back, and we’re hoping we get to return to them. We just have to find somebody who wants to make it.” And there’s the catch, right? A network or a streamer has to be willing to pick up the show. This should be a no-brainer: Fuller is a mastermind; his series were all cancelled too soon—but that was (mostly) in the pre-streaming era, when you had to catch the dang things on network TV or buy the DVDs when they came out (or, eventually, watch them on streaming platforms). Viewership is different now. It feels like the right time. Actually it feels like there should be a streaming platform that just puts out Bryan Fuller series and movies. Can someone with very deep pockets make that happen? Pushing Daisies, the story of a man named Ned who can revive the dead with a touch—and uses this power to solve mysteries—was nearly universally beloved. It won Emmys. Its second season has the coveted perfect Rotten Tomatoes score. The Fulleresque blend of mystery, romance, and quirk was never more precisely honed. The cast was incredible—along with Pace, it starred Anna Friel as Chuck, the love interest Ned can never touch; Kristin Chenoweth as Olive, who pines for Ned; Chi McBride as the beautifully named Emerson Cod, a detective who joins forces with Ned; and Swoosie Kurtz and Ellen Greene as Chuck’s quirky and loving aunts. Pace himself is also on board. He told TV Insider that Fuller has given him the scoop on what a season three would look like: “Bryan Fuller is one of the most creative people I’ve ever met, and he’s told me where he sees it going,” he said, continuing, “I obviously can’t say that here, but it’s so fun and so wild. And then, the story between Ned and Chuck is such an interesting love affair.” Everybody wants this. Hey, universe, can you make something nice happen? You can currently watch the existing seasons of Pushing Daisies on HBO Max. [end-mark] The post Bryan Fuller Keeps Teasing <i>Pushing Daisies</i> Season 3 appeared first on Reactor.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Alaska is advancing plans for a far-reaching redesign of its myAlaska digital identity system, one that would weave “Agentic Artificial Intelligence” and digital payment functions into a unified platform capable of acting on behalf of residents. A Request for Information issued by the Department of Administration’s Office of Information Technology describes a system where AI software could automatically handle government transactions, submit applications, and manage personal data, provided the user has granted consent. We obtained a copy of the Request For Information here. What once functioned as a simple login for applying to the Permanent Fund Dividend or signing state forms could soon evolve into a centralized mechanism managing identity, services, and money flows under one digital roof. The plan imagines AI modules that can read documents, fill out forms, verify eligibility, and even initiate tokenized payments. That would mean large portions of personal interaction with government agencies could occur through a machine acting as a proxy for the citizen. While the proposal emphasizes efficiency, it also suggests a major change in how the state and its contractors might handle sensitive data. The RFI describes an ambitious technical vision but provides a limited public explanation of how deeply such agentic AI systems could access, process, or store personal information once integrated with legacy databases. Even with explicit consent requirements, the architecture could concentrate extraordinary amounts of behavioral and biometric data within a single government-managed platform. Security standards are invoked throughout the RFI, including compliance with NIST controls, detailed audit trails, adversarial testing, explainability tools, and human override features. Yet those guardrails depend heavily on policy enforcement and oversight mechanisms that remain undefined. The inclusion of biometric authentication, such as facial and fingerprint verification, introduces another layer of sensitive data collection, one that historically has proven difficult to keep insulated from breaches and misuse. A later phase of the program extends the system into digital payments and verifiable credentials, including mobile driver’s licenses, professional certificates, hunting and fishing permits, and tokenized prepaid balances. Those functions would be based on W3C Verifiable Credentials and ISO 18013-5, the same standards shaping national mobile ID programs. This alignment suggests Alaska’s move is not isolated but part of a broader US trend toward interoperable digital identity frameworks. Observers concerned with privacy warn that such systems could evolve into a permanent, cross-agency tracking infrastructure. The state’s document also calls for voice navigation, multi-language interfaces, and a new user experience designed to cover as many as 300 separate government services in one app. Framed as modernization, the initiative nonetheless highlights an unresolved question: who truly controls a citizen’s digital identity once government and AI systems mediate nearly every transaction? Once deployed, an AI that can act “on behalf” of a person also becomes capable of learning their patterns, predicting their needs, and operating continuously within government databases. Once Alaska’s system moves forward, it will join a growing roster of governments weaving digital ID into the core of civic and online life. Across Europe, Canada, and Australia, digital identity frameworks are increasingly framed as gateways to public and private services, while emerging proposals in the United States hint at a future where identity verification might become routine for accessing even basic online platforms. These projects often promise efficiency, but their cumulative effect is to normalize constant identification, replacing the open, pseudonymous nature of the early internet with a model where every interaction begins with proving who you are. The argument for security is persuasive to policymakers, yet it leaves unresolved how citizens can meaningfully opt out. Once digital identity becomes the default mechanism for accessing financial systems, healthcare, or even social media, “consent” risks turning into a formality rather than a choice. The result could be a tiered digital environment, one for the verified and another for those excluded, whether by principle or circumstance. That change raises not only data protection concerns but also fundamental questions about freedom of expression and association online and elsewhere. Linking AI-driven automation to identity infrastructure magnifies these risks. A system that can act “on behalf” of a person is also capable of observing and predicting their decisions. When that capacity exists inside government networks, the boundary between service provision and behavioral monitoring becomes precariously thin. Even with audit logs and human override functions, once such systems are embedded, reversing or limiting their reach is exceedingly difficult. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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