James R Kirk
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James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?English
0·2 hours agoThe “this specific person (who happens to be a woman and black but that has nothing to do with it I swear) must be punished for being a naughty bad girl” fantasies always make me super uncomfortable BUT it’s nice to see someone not calling Burhnam an overly perfect Mary Sue for once.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?English
0·3 hours agoLPT just buy a Ring doorbell instead
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?English
0·3 hours agoI’d also like to highlight that the Federation is never described in-universe as a Utopia (the only example that comes to mind is Pelia sarcastically describing Earth specifically as a “no money, socialist utopia”).
Since the TOS days the messaging has always kinda been that “Utopia” is about the journey more than the destination.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?English
0·3 hours agoWell written. Earth’s utopia seems to exist (or not) as is relevant to the plot at hand. But if there is one thing Star Trek drills into it’s messaging over and over and over again, it’s that the work, the brutally difficult work to get one centimeter closer to that “impossible” utopia is what motivates starfleet.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?English
0·3 hours agoHonestly, all of the new bucket of frequently parroted opinions only make sense if you don’t pay attention. I saw one recently calling SFA “edgy teenage drama with bullying”. “Edgy” is the furthest thing from what SFA is. It’s the biggest let’s-work-together-and-support-our-friends piece of media I might have ever seen. It’s comfort food.
I have to assume these people go straight from the ragebait youtubers to reddit/lemmy comments without ever stopping to watch the show.
EDIT: omg there’s literally someone in this thread calling it “dark and edgy”.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•What's your preferred version to watch Deep Space Nine? Is AI upscale worth it?English
0·18 hours agoThe upscaled version you’ll find online is not good. The best way is to find the least compressed DVD version you can. It looks great.
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x05 "Series Acclimation Mil"English
0·19 hours agoIf the performance was even the slightest bit off an appearance like could have easily come off like nostalgia-bait, but it truly felt like this was SAM’s episode and he was a hologram in a history computer.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Youlag (v4.2.0): Modernize FreshRSS for viewing YouTube and articles, now with DeArrow support to combat clickbaitEnglish
1·1 day agoLast time I looked into it something wasn’t working right about it, or maybe it was just more complicated than I wanted but maybe I’ll give it another go…
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Youlag (v4.2.0): Modernize FreshRSS for viewing YouTube and articles, now with DeArrow support to combat clickbaitEnglish
4·18 hours agoCan FreshRSS auto-download YouTube videos with SponsorBlock? That could be a game changer…
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Linux@lemmy.ml•Coworker wants to try Linux with gaming, Bazzite or Mint?English
1·1 day agoIt was about a year ago so maybe it’s improved since then. One specific hiccup I recall with Mint that I didn’t have with Bazzite was getting acceleration in a browser. I’m certainly not recommending Nvidia users avoid Mint!
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Trill Symbiont LifespansEnglish
0·2 days agoThis is the content I come here for 🖖/5
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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•I Love SideloadingEnglish
121·2 days agoI agree with this. It’s installing an app. Installing a program to a computer you own should never be considered “unofficial”!
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•In Another Thread about ‘D S 9’ & Challenged Characters, I Came-Up with This Why This Series Not Happened Yet, & Thus An Idea for A Brandnew ‘Star Trek’ SeriesEnglish
0·2 days agoI was hoping that’s what something like the Section 312 movie might be about since genetically altered people seem to be the only true “outcasts” in the Federation (at lease on paper).
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Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x05 "Series Acclimation Mil"English
0·2 days agoAn excellent episode and would easily have been my favorite for the season if not for “Vox in Excelso”.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Is Home Assistant the recommended default for smart homes?English
24·3 days agoAs others have said, you can run Home Assistant on anything if you want to just test it out. Their own hardware is a great choice though.
But to answer your broader question, yes. Home Assistant is the choice. It works better with literally everything else out there.
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Political Memes@lemmy.ca•this feels deeply personal to PetersonEnglish
17·3 days agoThat’s the business model sadly.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Two snowy roads in New York. One exposed to traffic and one not. English
102·3 days agoAnywhere you see piles of snow it should be turned into pedestrian only space (since it’s obvious the cars don’t need it)
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Android@lemdro.id•Fairphone 6 review: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting AndroidEnglish
3·4 days agoBeen looking forward to this one. Might finally be time to switch over. I wish there was a Graphene build for it.













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