I hope that Lower Decks goes on to be as un-killable as Futurama.

Near perfect summary.

I just want to tack on that Tawny Newsome looks destined to be Trek’s next Jonathan Frakes - dipping in and out of Trek projects and leaving entertainment excellence in her wake.

(P.S. Dear Tawny and Jonathan, please don’t have done anything deeply horrible to someone while I composed this. Thanks.)

I want Miles x Bashir to be cannon so bad.

Miles x Bashir is canon. It’s just the exact details that are left to the imagination.

That is so speciesist that i’m reporting you to Humanoid Resources.

I miss that department before it was just Odo disguised as the table.

Bashir sighs with relief that nobody’s caught on

He’s just fascinated with frontier medicine!

Gay assassin spy with daddy issues who is also an excellent tailor.

Many of these points are merely allegetions.

But one time it wasn’t Jeffery Combs.

Edit: I looked it up - it was Jeffery Combs, that time, too. Nevermind.

What happens in Quark’s holosuite stays in Quark’s holosuite, for a very reasonable privacy surcharge.

Edit: Now I’m thinking about how even an imagined obnoxious behavior by Quark is still somehow dramatically more ethical than average corporate policies in 2025…I need to go sit down.

True. But what about as an over the top art exhibit?

Yeah. I just mention it because I’ve generally just used VNC myself; and wondered what the fuss with fancier tools was about.

But then I realized home Internet has getting worse for some folks, and so folks might be using a service to get VPN-ed together, or whatever.

But he made up for all that by breaking the chronological prime directive, losing control of his ship to mutineers, and allowing his racism to nearly start a war with the Klingon empire.

So really, who are we to judge.

I could do the same analysis for Admiral Janeway, but I’m afraid she would shoot me, Tuvix me, or write me out of history.

The “or some such” was pretty wild.

I’m also a big VNC fan, but I imagine RustDesk is solving for CGNAT better? I’m not aware of anything in VNC that solves CGNAT being a PITA.

I’m pretty sure this is the real reason my taste for spicy food advanced so far after I became a parent.

It’s nice to have a snack that the kid won’t loot and empty.

Archie is an idiot, here.

Yes. And the awkward social situation is when they ask what I’m wearing, but I didn’t pay any attention to the brand of the urinal mat.

I don’t want that to happen again, so now I’m careful to take note of the urinal mat branding.

I always figured the ending was to get the episode to air at all during the era. Like it wasn’t obviously pro-tranistion, because no official protagonist transitioned or loved someone who did. :(

I’m thankful that Trek has managed stronger message with actual protagonists, since.

Of course, it must have also been to ensure the sacred expectations of television networks that episodes can air in any order because nothing meaningful changes.

Except there’s no non-wildcard Republican candidate.

They’ve cracked the formula for telling their voter base that this time will be different and anti-establishment.

While the Democrats have solved for how to exhaust their voter base patience. (Bombing innocent people in other countries.)

Approval based voting is the only way the Democratic party remains a player in American politics.

How does this compare to first past the post? Does it make any difference in outcomes?

Yes. It may be the only chance American Democrats have of winning any future elections.

The next wildcard candidate will attract a bunch of votes, while a Democrat who stands for shitty compeomises could still get a “better than the other asshole” approval vote.

Tagging is essentially the same as removing and not a compromise in my book.

Come check out Mastodon sometime, where we also tag movie spoilers, politics, mentions of any medical condition, and eye contact.

There’s nothing wrong with eye contact. It makes some people really uncomfortable. So we tag it so that they can filter it.