> “Born out of these now-distant federal research projects, then,” Raden writes, “AI returns to the university as part of a broad effort to further corporatize universities, vocationalize higher-education instruc­tion, and diminish both research and research-based pedagogy.” If this somehow happens, AI will be so much more than just a nuisance. It will become an existential threat to the value of higher education as a whole.

https://www.aaup.org/issue/spring-2026/ai-nuisance

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Always love that reveal: Klingons to the rescue!

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After the planet full of androids in #IMudd, why would anyone be amazed at #Data?

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JAROK: Federation craft: Can I interest you in a brand new Lexus?

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Is it circus season already on the USS Enterprise?

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A fan poster for tonight's Star Trek The Next Generation episode, The Defector, tonight on H&I's All Star Trek.

Artist: Michael Schuh
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"One world's hero is another world's butcher."

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Riker flaunting his limited knowledge of the Romulan language.

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