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People are (understandably) upset about the fact that Bluesky won’t ban Jesse Signal. Signal has been criticized for his weird/hateful views/writings on trans people: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/waffles-eat-bluesky/.
But the controversy also underlines ongoing tensions between the company and some of its most vocal users. It’s a tension that could be seen last month in skeptical responses to the company’s updated community guidelines, and in recurring complaints that Bluesky has been too quick to ban Palestinian and trans users, while offering leniency to big accounts like Singal’s.
I never really watched TOS (except a few clips here and there) and I was positively surprised by this episode! Cool sci-fi story (love a doppelganger infiltration) and good pacing!
I adore the plant monster puppet that was so clearly just a hand in a glove with plant/flower stuff glued to it.
There is an actual RFC for “IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service” that was released on April fools day 1999.
There are some fantastic diagrams in there:
I can recommend the Janeway autobiography by Una McCormack! She also wrote the Spock autobiography.
Listening to this episode, I remembered how I just never could warm up to Malcom Reed. I couldn’t stand him across the whole 4 seasons.
It’s not Keating’s fault, the performance is fine. It’s just the character that bums me out.
w/r/t this episode‘s drunk Shimoda: I couldn’t believe that there actually is a mouse pointer in the LCARS displays but here it is:
The hearing powers of pan flute music are unmatched.
Was that Patton Oswalt as a Vulcan? Maybe he’s Sybok! And Rhys Darby looks like he could be playing Trelane.
Trelane
Trelane was a puckish, juvenile Q. The son of Q, he was encountered by the crew of the USS Enterprise in both 2261 and 2267, albeit in disguise during the 2261 meeting. (TOS: "The Squire of Gothos", SNW: "Wedding Bell Blues") The two encounters with Trelane implies he enjoys the high culture of the 18th century Europe of Earth, such as employing a foppish mannerism and speech, styled his hair with mutton chop and pompadour, and dressed in Earth fashion of that era; during 2261 encounter, he...
From the new(ish) Star Trek shows I really liked Lower Decks and mostly liked Strange New Worlds and the last season of Picard (you can watch that season on its own, especially if you’ve watched TNG).
I have mixed feelings about Enterprise, but would recommend it as well. It’s only 5 seasons, so …
TV has also changed a lot since the TNG-era, so if you like the vibe of those shows, I’d recommend checking out other sci-fi shows from that time.
All of that is highly subjective of course.
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