I think there is value in the concept of a government-operated “social media” website that’s open for public comment on laws, policies, etc, and requires proof of occupancy in order to participate.

But government “identity verification” to participate on the internet at large is tyranny.

One of these days I’ll set one of those redirect extensions…

It plays fine for me without being logged in (desktop not mobile), but I did have to click “x” on the login popup. Can’t browse the profile or anything else, though. But yes, Imginn is great. Highly recommended.

I’m going to pretend this never happened.

In an alternate universe somewhere, they created a real comic we could all purchase immediately and this episode was the surprise reveal.

Though I wish we would have saw her, Discovery name drop!

Even if we don’t see any of the cast, it would be SO badass to see Disco pop in and save the day during a space battle for a moment then just pop back out.

Oh I see what you mean, yes absolutely with you. That said, if she truly has a “trauma causing thing she can’t control” …he’s going to need to establish some clear boundaries…

Me struggling how to link to the creator’s original source without exposing Lemmy users to Meta.

I’m with you. It seems at least in part it was AI. The shoulder is shadowed but the sunglasses are giving off a (double?) glint?

I didn’t love the basic setup - using a derelict ship that people died on as a training ground didn’t really sit well with me - but it was a decent story in that setting.

To me it gave “this is the best we can afford right now” vibes. They clearly can afford better, but that was my impression of the message they were trying to send.

Woke nonsense.

Roddenberry 22:47: And the GENE spake unto the heavens, saying, “Let no craft wander uboldly, nor let any nacelle drift apart from its wing."

You know I was a liberal until they force detached nacelles down our throats.

Kidding obviously, but I am right there with you 😂

EDIT: For the record I loved the Disco S1 Klingons and they never should have wussed out with those but I can live with it.

I thought SNW did a really good job establishing all of the characters in a short season. But SFA is somehow doing even better.

After the first appearance I thought he was going to be a lovable scamp, like Harry Mudd or Quark. But MAN.

Paul Giamatti and Holly Hunter were just absolutely amazing this episode.

Couldn’t agree more. Just absolutely riveting scene with little else going on besides his angry ranting and her micro-expressions. So many layers to both of their performances.

I’m with nearly all your other observations too. Even the Kyle Jay Den thing manages to feel natural and awkward in a wholesome realistic way for a character who has had all of ten seconds of screen time.

Yes [Caleb’s] an ass at first as the defenses instinctively trigger

This is the only part I’m not sure I fully agree with you on. I think Caleb’s reaction to having his childhood trauma brought up against is will during a time he is supposed to be feeling safe being vulnerable is completely understandable. “She can’t help it” isn’t an excuse in my book. BUT they both handled it maturely later with cool heads and that’s what matters. He is definitely going to think she’s a badass (maybe because that scene was maybe one of the most badass moments we’ve ever seen on Star Trek).

Oddly enough the Sisko impression is one of the best I’ve ever seen

I loved this episode, it was really funny to hear “normal” people navigating getting an instance up and running, but they did without too much trouble. They also have 7K monthly active users since creating it, which is a great infusion of fresh blood to the fediverse.

Good for him. In the history books there’s going to be an asterisk next to the results this year.

Yeah good points there, and I certainly didn’t mean to imply ads were historically better on the whole. Ads from a a century ago also featured a significantly greater amount of flat out lying about their products, especially when it came to medicines and “tonics”.

But even if we accept that their honesty has improved (dubious) I do think advertising today has become more intrusive, and the function of advertising is today is more about disrupting our focus than it ever has been.

100% agree

It doesn’t have decent anything yet but it’ll get there eventually. The voice chat is actually one of it’s stronger points IMO.