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The idea had crossed my mind, and the timeline of the "ancient artifact" lines up well enough. I'd also like to see the Romulan supernova addressed...

However, I'd actually prefer it to be handled by "Lower Decks", which is set in that rough timeframe.

Star Trek isn't Star Trek, but on occasion you may find that it's Star Trek.

No details about the format yet, as near as I can tell.

Interesting, isn't it? I saw a number of people making that same observation during one of the migration waves.

It's an interesting idea, but I wonder if the "Twitter-like" design of Mastodon is more appealing to brands than the "Reddit-like" design of Lemmy.

Yeah, I did think that was odd.

Hmm yeah it looks like they deleted it for some reason. I'll try to keep an eye out for whether it gets reposted.

I really don't get this. He doesn't resemble Jim Carrey at all, and he certainly doesn't act like him.

Per Memory Alpha,

In interviews the producers of Voyager have said they felt Locarno's actions in that episode made him "irredeemable". (TNG Season 5 DVD-special feature, Memorable Missions Year Five: "The First Duty")

It certainly would have been interesting to see what they did with her over time. I have my doubts that she ever would have become a very deep character, but I'm sure she would have had some decent episodes.

At the very least, they could have done more to explore her background in a more fulfilling way than they did with the episode featuring her sister.

Well, these were "very Short Treks", which were a different thing. Just a promotional gimmick, not genuine episodes the way the original Short Treks were.

The article is a little unclear, but it's very likely he was answering a question.

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This is...really good.

Automatic doors were invented in the 1930s.

"Flip phone"-style form factors were appearing in fiction in the 20s, and had started to appear in actual electronics by the 60s, albeit as full-sized telephones and radios.

The first stylus-friendly touchscreen became available in 1962, and the first patent for such a device was filed in 1946.

I'm hopeful that they fire up the hype machine as we get closer to the premiere date - you don't want to start too early.

But we'll see. There are many reasons not to have a lot of faith in the current Paramount regime.

I mean, it’s an Academy. So there are teachers, there are students – I am being so careful, but you know there are teachers, right?

Well, those spoilers probably got her fired...

in modern Trek they don’t have any ideals to aspire to

I disagree strongly with this, and can't see how anyone could watch the shows and draw that conclusion.

learning to not impose on other civilizations

And even this is the central conflict of many TNG episodes - it's a little more indirect, but the eternal question of "how do we navigate the Prime Directive" is essentially a conflict between the characters and Starfleet (it's their rule, after all).

The newer seasons seem to miss some of this especially on that professionalism front. The kind of “British stiff upper lip” stereotype.

This presumes that that sort of stoicism is particularly aspirational or healthy, and I don't think there's anything close to universal consensus on that one.

I think something that gets missed in discussions of "utopia" is that it's not real. Utopia is not attainable, because there is no universal definition of what that would look like. It exists as a dream of the future, but that's all.