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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon"

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  • Yeah, I can just about fill in the handwaving myself, but it still felt a bit too vague for me. I guess I've never really been sold on telepathy as part of the Star Trek universe, so the more they use it (and the more powerful and plot crucial it gets), the less I like it. Still, I can't deny that it is part of the universe, so maybe I should get over it.

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    Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x10 "Rubincon"

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  • Only thing that didn't work for me was the Caleb/Tarima telepathy working like a psychic airtag for Anisha. Needed more explanation than 'They have a connection,' IMO.

  • Annotations for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x010: “Rubincon”

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  • Graffiti’d on the wall in the Atrium are the words “Break. Burn. Build.” Other visible graffiti include “Liberation”, “Take Change” and “Never Again”.

    There's also 'Veni, vidi, vici, Venari', which is a modification of Julius Caesar's famous phrase meaning 'I came, I saw, I conquered'. With 'venari' added it could be translated as 'I came, I saw, I conquered, I hunted'. So, as well as being the name of the Venari Ral, it's also accurate for Nus Braka, who has indeed been hunting down Ake, and at this point in the episode seems to have effectively conquered the Federation.

    It's also thematically relevant to the title, as it was Caesar who crossed the Rubicon (on his way back from a different conquest), and made himself dictator of Rome, similar to what Nus Braka was trying to do in this episode.

    And Caesar also claimed to be acting in the name of the people, like Nus and many other dictators since!

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  • Wine works well for me on Manjaro. Once it's installed and run for the first time, it's been seamless. I think every now and then you might find a game that requires an additional patch to run.

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    what is the most violent, reprehensible, sociopathic way to tie your shoes?

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  • Free energy.

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    what is the most violent, reprehensible, sociopathic way to tie your shoes?

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  • Never again will I tie my shoes without suspecting I'm doing it wrong, somehow.

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  • Things really went downhill when violins stopped wearing little shoes.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x09 "300th Night"

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  • The market looked very familiar, I did think it might be the same place Worf carried out his Wednesday beheading!

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x09 "300th Night"

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  • Edited to add: I think I’m going to enjoy rewatching the scenes from the Ukeck market. I only caught a Ferengi or two at first glance, but there has to be other familiar aliens, right?

    There's a Lurian (Morn's species)!

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  • I think when they just said 'Yes, LLMs can steal your work'. That showed they don't even care about property rights, which is the one thing the right have always pretended was their raison d'être.

  • Head of Police Federation of England and Wales arrested on suspicion of corruption

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  • I guess well done for not doing that?

  • Most Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds

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  • Agreed, I've also seen and heard a lot of this attitude, going back decades now.

    In addition, I think that Islamophobia is very widespread in the UK, including among ethnic minority groups. Both white and non-white Islamophobes see anti-immigrant polices as partly or primarily a way to persecute Muslims and prevent more of them coming to the UK.

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    Head of Police Federation of England and Wales arrested on suspicion of corruption

    www.theguardian.com /uk-news/2026/mar/04/police-federation-of-england-and-wales-chief-executive-mukund-krishna-arrested

  • Annotations for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08: “The Life of the Stars”

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  • I thought it was interesting that the Doctor didn't want to mentor Sam after he was so enthusiastic about taking the same role for Seven of Nine. This episode gave a solid explanation!

  • Who's your favorite badmiral or captain crook?

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  • Yeah, the Admiral from this episode who kicks Riker in the head, though. That's my guy.

  • If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this?

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  • Even if you use open source software exclusively, the hardware you run it on was still manufactured under capitalism, the hardware it was built on was manufactured under capitalism, the electricity you're powering your hardware with was provided by capitalism, and the very economic system that allowed the devs to build and maintain the software... was capitalism.

    None of this is in capitalism's favour. That there's no getting away from it is, for Marxists, a key argument against it.

  • Why do you hate AI?

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  • I actually don't have a blanket hate of AI; it genuinely has some useful applications .

    Like you, though, I strongly resent software being installed on my machines without my permission. Not an anti-AI argument as such, granted.

    My problem with LLMs specifically is that they have been set up to use the labour of other people, without permission and without paying for that labour, which is plainly unethical.

  • If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this?

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  • I'm not a communist myself, but the last point is so fatuous that I think it's fair to conclude that anyone actually making it is not arguing in good faith.

    The first two, though, are completely valid arguments and you should respond to them by ceasing to describe yourself as a communist!

  • Thoughts on Kanar

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  • Oh shit, that's a good point, because it's drying her out.

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    More solar farms on the way after record renewables auction

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cp85n416n3vo
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    WordPress have added an 'Improve with AI' option to their 'new post' sidebar

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    Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan

    www.ft.com /content/2e88fca7-098f-4f53-864b-a12c1153777c
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    Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan

    www.ft.com /content/2e88fca7-098f-4f53-864b-a12c1153777c
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    2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2025/dec/22/2025-is-year-of-the-octopus-as-record-numbers-spotted-off-englands-south-coast
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    ‘The Employment Rights Bill is a massive step forward – but we’re not done delivering for working people’ – LabourList

    labourlist.org /2025/12/employment-rights-bull-passes-theres-more-to-come/
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    All the places where 30,000 new homes will be built with DLR extension

    www.newsshopper.co.uk /news/25702959.dlr-extension-deliver-30k-homes---will-go/
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    Chief of the Defence Staff speech: 'A new era for defence means our whole nation stepping up'

    www.gov.uk /government/speeches/chief-of-the-defence-staff-speech-15-december-2025
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    A vast oyster reef is about to transform the English coast

    www.positive.news /environment/a-vast-oyster-reef-is-about-to-transform-the-english-coast/
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    Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

    www.theguardian.com /society/2025/dec/02/rape-victims-england-wales-protected-serial-liar-trope-legal-shake-up
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    The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates

    bylinetimes.com /2025/12/02/the-reform-backed-far-right-street-patrols-coming-to-british-school-gates/
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    Nimby Watch: Nimbys hate your children

    capx.co /nimby-watch-nimbys-hate-your-children
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    Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2025/nov/25/dont-believe-nigel-farage-denials-targeted-me-for-being-jewish-and-it-hurt
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    ‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2025/nov/25/it-fully-changed-my-life-how-young-rewilders-transformed-a-farm-and-began-a-movement
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    'Palestine Action activist struck officer with sledgehammer', court hears

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/c79727zeqyvo
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    'It's Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media' Says Leader of the UK's Trade Union Movement

    bylinetimes.com /2025/11/14/its-time-for-a-debate-about-who-owns-our-media-says-leader-of-the-uks-trade-union-movement/
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    Resident doctors strikes: Everything you need to know

    leftfootforward.org /2025/11/resident-doctors-strikes-everything-you-need-to-know/