Skip Navigation

User banner

Value Subtracted

@ ValueSubtracted @startrek.website

Posts
412
Comments
273
Joined
2 yr. ago

Mastodon

Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff

    Jump

  • I reject the framing of DEI as a "right buzzword." Don't let them co-opt it.

  • McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff

    Jump

  • Unless the story is completely fabricated, I don't see an angle here. If anything, the slant of the article is pro-DEI, which is...not what I would expect from American propaganda in 2025.

  • Hudson's Bay artifacts don't belong in private hands, should be handed to the public: Wab Kinew

    Jump

  • I would imagine the devil's in the details.

    Who's assessing the artifacts to make that determination?

  • McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff

    Jump

  • Relevance to this story? What's the grand conspiracy in this case?

  • McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff

    Jump

  • It's really not that complicated. If a typical organization is presented with two equally-qualified candidates, one of whom is a minority (of any kind, not just a racial minority), the organization will hire the non-minority candidate nearly every time. DEI policies exist to combat that sort of institutional bigotry.

  • P+ SpongeBob crossover ad

    Jump

  • For me, it's hard to top the Paramount+ ad from a few years ago that gave us this:

  • Sifting the Rubble After Rebel News Worked the Election Debate

    Jump

  • I think the only path forward is for journalists to get serious about defining and protecting their job. No government is going to step in to do it because of the optics, but many sectors have colleges that define and enforce standards of behaviour.

    It's time for journalists to step up and do the same.

  • Women are steadier leaders in times of crisis, but they are still being overlooked

    Jump

  • I don’t doubt that this is true on balance

  • Brookfield’s tax avoidance and corporate practices dog Carney campaign

    Jump

  • I know the questions keep coming up (and it's totally fair play), but...I don't have the impression that it's had any sort of impact on the electorate. Maybe I'm wrong.

  • Women are steadier leaders in times of crisis, but they are still being overlooked

    Jump

  • I don't doubt that this is true on balance, but the Danielle Smith jokes practically write themselves...

  • Conservatives say a suspicious document was made to sway prisoners against them. We looked into it

    Jump

  • Elections Canada announces record turnout on first day of advance voting

    Jump

  • Just the flexibility to get it done on your own terms, really.

  • Deleted

    Permanently Deleted

    Jump

  • I'm by no means defending this move (it's dumb and bad, just like...everything else the US government does these days), but they seem to be delegating the inspections to individual states.

    I assume at least some states will maintain good standards, and Canada will have to pay close attention to which states those are.

  • Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News

    Jump

  • All told, I was in line for about 90(!) minutes yesterday. That was at least partly the luck of the draw, though - my polling place had two polling stations open, and the other one had a line the fraction of the length of mine.

  • Canadian Election - Advanced Polling Days are starting - April 18 to April 21

    Jump

  • I'm standing in line at the polls right now, and all I can say is to be prepared for long lines.

  • 5 things federal party leaders keep getting wrong

    Jump

  • Is keep getting wrong the same as lying?

    Probably. But no journalistic outlet is going to call it "lying" without proof that the leaders don't sincerely believe what they're saying.

    And that sort of proof is hard to get.

  • EVERY Starfleet Uniform Ranked From Worst To Best- TrekCulture

    Jump

  • The video is 1 hour 14 minutes long.

    Absolute madness.

    Respect.

  • Post-leaders’ debate scrums cancelled due to security concerns

    Jump

  • From what I'm seeing on Mastodon, there was some kind of altercation between Ezra Levant and other reporters...

  • Special Preview — Inside the Star Trek: Red Alert Enterprise-D Experience at Universal Fan Fest Nights

    Jump