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Top 3 episodes (all series) for a newbie
  • Happy to help! I would love it if you report back, we used to get 100 "How do I get a friend into Trek" posts/day on /r/StarTrek but very few follow ups on if it stuck!

  • Top 3 episodes (all series) for a newbie
  • "Data's Day" is actually a pretty great one to get someone into TNG, it's fun, but most importantly, Data is essentially walking around introducing all of the main characters to the audience.

    I typically recommend starting with TNG in general (I used to say because it was "modern" 😭) as it naturally leads into DS9 and VOY. That said if your friend doesn't typically watch older shows but is open to them, then just starting with SNW or ENT is an excellent intro to the rest of Trek.

  • The late 70s Trek series we never got to see 🥹
  • Big fan of that design but even more of Disco (Season 1 that is)

  • The late 70s Trek series we never got to see 🥹
  • I thought this was going to be a video essay on Star Trek Phase II but I was pleasantly surprised Smiling

  • U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
  • It doesn't meet the definition of "developing nation" either.

  • U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
  • To be clear- this is just your personal "vibe" and not an actual fact, because the term "third world country" literally means a country that is not aligned with the US or USSR. If you meant "developing nation" that term also has a definition the US does not meet.

  • U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
  • Is this just your vibes or do you have a source? Because I just checked the website of the organization this article is referencing and it says no such thing.

  • U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
  • First of all, that's not what "Economic Freedom" means in the context of democracy, but more importantly "economic freedom" is not even a factor in the methodology used by the group this article is citing.

  • There are teenagers on the fediverse.
  • I know this comment is satire (well done... I think) but I want you to it hurt me deep in my bones.

    Cheers

    I'm clearly not paying enough for a therapist.

  • Honestly, it's just nice to have someone to talk to
  • Plot twist: the kidnapper loves Star Trek but takes the opposite "Dear Doctor" position as you.

  • There are teenagers on the fediverse.
  • Then moderators make many stupid rules to try to increase quality and overmoderation takes hold

    This is so true. One of the best decisions I made during my tenure as mod of /r/StarTrek was changing the rules to be spirt-based instead of language-based. People will literally try to lawyer their way around the language of any rule, and it leads to mod burnout when they are getting drawn into rules-debates when it's obvious the person is just trying to get around the spirit of the community's purpose.

    For example we had a rule that was literally just "be nice". There's no wriggling around that because it's not some legal text. If someone is ""concerned"" about a request to "be nice" or "be honest", they are not someone we wanted to be around anyway. These are discussion communities, not civil society, not everyone has a right to participate in every single one of them.

    As you said the beauty of the fediverse is that each instance can have it's own preferred method of discussion.

  • Created a new Ask community, !ask@lemm.ee
  • 99.99% of the time you see the phrase "power tripping admins" it means "Someone asked me to follow the rules".

  • CherryTree Introduces Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Inspired "IYKYK" Raktajino Mug
  • It's very practical if you're somewhere without inertial dampeners.

  • Rising thread in r/memes: a user deletes their account and a top comment/reply is "I hope this is a trend" and "Lemmy is a good place to go" (UPDATE: Removed by mods)
  • The Fediverse (and FOSS in general) is inherently (radically) political simply by the nature of it's construction and organization. That said I think it's important to stress to new users that one's experience can be curated to the degree that normal social media cannot.

    Until someone open-sources TikToks algorithm, the Fediverse cannot compete on entertainment value, what it competes on is quality and intentionality. I think it's important we put that talking point front and center. We don't need to convince the users who just want to scroll memes (even though this post is literall r/memes haha).

  • Hey Reddit, how's it going? Reddit:
  • My least favorite fun fact is that Reddit forced the KiA mod to reopen after they went private calling it a "cancer".

    I was a mod at the time and Reddit always told us we had an extreme degree of editorial independence (hence the justification for allowing r/jailbait, /greatawakening, r/coontown etc) but that event made me consider for the first time that exposing normies to propaganda might not just be a side-effect, but a core function of the company.

  • CEO of Brave rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros
  • Urban dictionary says it's a term that refers to when an undercover government agent fails to blend in with whoever they're trying to blend in with.

  • Tumblr to join the fediverse
    techcrunch.com Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch

    Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse -- the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub

    Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch
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    Reddit @lemmy.ml Corgana @startrek.website
    arstechnica.com Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says

    How will Reddit generate content for paid-for subreddits?

    Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says
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    Sam Whited on Mastodon: "I gave myself a dedicated "Picard" button that I can reach over and hit any time a company tries to make me use their new LLM."
    social.coop Sam Whited (@sam@social.coop)

    Attached: 1 video I gave myself a dedicated "Picard" button that I can reach over and hit any time a company tries to make me use their new LLM. #StarTrek #TNG

    Sam Whited (@sam@social.coop)
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    Forbes: ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media
    www.forbes.com ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media

    As major platforms face mounting scrutiny over content moderation and user privacy, a developer's vision for ethical social media draws support

    ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media

    Very cool to see this topic in a place like Forbes, IMO.

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    If you begin the Voyager episode "Spirit Folk" at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight.
    mastodon.social Star Trek Minus Context (@nocontexttrek@mastodon.social)

    Attached: 1 image If you begin #StarTrek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on #NewYearsEve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in our very dumb annual tradition and start 2025 off on the right hoof.

    Star Trek Minus Context (@nocontexttrek@mastodon.social)

    From @nocontexttrek@mastodon.social

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    www.mcsweeneys.net The Starfleet Gazette Will Not Be Endorsing a Candidate for President of the United Federation of Planets

    “After the Washington Post announced it would not endorse a presidential candidate in this year’s election or in the future, its billionaire owner ...

    The Starfleet Gazette Will Not Be Endorsing a Candidate for President of the United Federation of Planets

    "Sure, The Borg have been a bit of a problem. Their tendency toward mass assimilation and the stripping of individuality and personal freedom doesn’t exactly jibe with our idea of what makes a great leader. But let’s be honest. Kathryn Janeway hasn’t been perfect."

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    Corgana Corgana @startrek.website

    /r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021

    Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website

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