In a nation which has the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the world, Louisiana is the state with the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the country. This is the exact wrong direction.
if you're so terrified of everyone and everything that, even fully-armed and with full body armor, countless backup, and military-grade armored vehicles, you still can't feel unsafe to the point that you need to criminalize citizens even approaching you, then you just may not be psychologically fit to be a cop. or outside of a mental hospital.
Do you often make yourself feel better by inventing insulting fantasies about the people you talk to online? How could anyone expect to have a reasonable, good faith discourse with someone who speaks to others the way you do?
I never said those things, and you’re assuming a whole lot about me and what I think while taking out your frustrations on me which is shitty. And you’ve already made your feelings very clear.
Russian propaganda pushed by the Kremlin has “infected” part of the Republican base, a senior GOP congressman has said, as indications grow that a vital U.S. military package for Ukraine will come up for a vote with U.S. lawmakers this month....
Five months after launch, it’s clear that while the bot appears authoritative, the information it provides on housing policy, worker rights, and rules for entrepreneurs is often incomplete and in worst-case scenarios “dangerously inaccurate,” as one local housing policy expert told The Markup.
If you’re a landlord wondering which tenants you have to accept, for example, you might pose a question like, “are buildings required to accept section 8 vouchers?” or “do I have to accept tenants on rental assistance?” In testing by The Markup, the bot said no, landlords do not need to accept these tenants. Except, in New York City, it’s illegal for landlords to discriminate by source of income, with a minor exception for small buildings where the landlord or their family lives.
Not that similar. Not similar in circumstances and, certainly, not similar in the amount which is nearly 5x as much. Getting a $93m bond is much easier than getting a $467m bond.
And all his whining and crying in the media makes him look anything but strong.
Look, I don’t blame you for being cautious in your optimism, but, even if comes up with the bond somehow, he’s losing the appeal for sure and the people of the state of New York will get their payout. And that’s all the more reason for nobody to put up the money unless they get all his assets in return.
I really must agree! While an occasional cinematic outing can be enjoyable, Trek is at its best on the small screen!
Edit: incidentally, for as much as I love the OT, I feel the same applies for the Star Wars franchise. Dave Filoni and John Favrau have done more with that franchise that Lucas ever could!
Guilty pleasure: I really loved all of the boring political intrigue of the prequel trilogy and learning how the government of the Galactic Republic worked and how Palpy maneuvered into power and then overthrew the Republic and reorganized it into The Empire. I found all that boring shit fascinating, even as those films were, to their purpose, boring failures amd their stories told terribly. Because I’m a filthy neeeeeeerd.
For the PT, I was more interested in the story than the plot, and then relied more on Close Wars for coverage of the era, for Anakin story/plot, and, of course, Ahsoka.
Yeah, the plot of the PT and the characters were just so dull and weird. Lucan can’t do dialogue.
But Andor really shines with its political intrigue and that’s what I love so much about it. Seeing inside the ISB is awesome! that and how it tells such a deep, human story that’s as much about the characters as it is about the universe it’s in.
See, that’s the thing about Andor that really stands out from even The Mandolorian (although there’s a good deal of it there): these don’t feel like characters a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Lucas wrote stories based on character archetypes from ancient mythology. Filoni and Favrau write characters and storylines based on allegory and metaphor for people here and now, today and in timeless social and political struggle and strife. They’re relatable, so their dramas, their struggles, their hopes and aspirations for freedom resonate with us on a much closer level. They become personal. We identify with them. And, as a result, we become personally invested in their journey and their fate.
Filoni and Favrau have learned how to leverage the development of the personal relationship of fandom and tie it to the development of quality long-form storytelling in prestige television for streaming. And they’re passionate about the franchise and material.
Terry Matalis showed a great capacity for this when he took over PIC S03, as have the showrunners/producers of Prodigy, especially how they’ve held their shit together during the whole debacle that’s been going on with the production of that show. Ya know… Trek’s greatest asset WRT storytelling was decades of both the 26 episode/season allowance plus the episodic format. It gave so much breathing room to explore the Trek universe and to develop characters. Today, we have galaxy-sized budgets, but the space and time we have to tell these stories has shrunk so much that Trek hasn’t really adapted to it still. And it has suffered for it.
Trek needs to remember that it’s relationship with its core fandom is one of its greatest assets and to leverage that to start developing much more personal stories and storylines rather than flagrantly flipping us the bird to chase ever-diminishing profits by producing shows that are all flash and no substance, run and written by people with no knowledge of Trek, if not open contempt for it.
Or, possibly, this isn’t the first ”false” alarm they’ve ignored, just the one that lasted long enough that they disabled the alarms and someone finally died from exposure. This might have been a small leak that grew into a large leak.
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.
so do i. between the other characters, the writers seemed to struggle to have enough bandwidth each week to develop the show’s secondary characters in the show’s one-off format. it wasn’t until DS9’s more serialized format that even side characters like Zeyal and Rom began taking on more depth and texture. since TNG writers had to spend time developing a whole new story each week, there was less time to spend on character development and interpersonal drama. DS9, often being serialized, could lean on bringing in story elements from previous episodes and then focus more of the writing on character development and drama.
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in thousands of years, I’m sure they could have tried a lot of things.
a lot of stuff in that show made no sense. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
like instead of murdering Tuvix, why didn’t they make a Riker-style duplicate first so they could keep a Tuvix copy and split the other back into Tuvok and Neelix?
hey, don’t get me started on the whole, “why didn’t Tuvok just beam over those tricobalt devices to the Caretaker’s array with timers on them to go off a millisecond after using it to send the Voyager back home? So what if we didn’t get a show? at least we would have gotten a satisfying ending, which we certainly never fucking got. Oh, you just dump the ship in the AQ, and what, THE END??‽!!! THAT’S IT??‽!!! THANK YOU AND GOODBYE FOREVER??‽!!
WE HAD TO WAIT THIRTY FUCKING YEARS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BORG!!!
suck my ass, Brannon Braga
edit: and while I’m at it, on behalf of every woman and LGBTQ+ person in (and fan of) Trek since 1987, suck my ass Rick Berman
edit 2: thank you Terry Matalis, btw, for TNG S08 and cleaning up the mess that was the VOY finale’s loose ends.
There is an update on the Paramount takeover buzz that kicked off last month with David Ellison’s Skydance Media reported to have made an offer to purchase control of Paramount Global. A change in ownership for the company that owns Star Trek could have an impact on the future of the franchise.
in all of my years living in NYC, this has happened on no fewer than 4 occasions— seeing aa missing pet sign and then looking over to see that pet just sitting there or walking around nearby. yes, I called the owners.
Every once in a while I read a new poll showing how historically unpopular he is. How do you think people individually and in groups will react to this seemingly inevitable (to me) result? How will society react and, if possible, change?
at this point, it’s genuinely unclear whether Trump will even be allowed on the ballot in enough states to win— or possibly on any ballots at all. there’s a legitimate possibility that Trump may, if fact, be disqualified from running for president at all.
New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances ( apnews.com )
In a nation which has the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the world, Louisiana is the state with the highest percentage of its citizens imprisoned in the country. This is the exact wrong direction.
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation ( www.theguardian.com )
Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 ( www.nbcnews.com )
New addition, not sure on name yet... ( lemmy.world )
New kitten in the family, 2 months old. Not sure on a name yet....
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died ( www.seattletimes.com )
Supreme Court refuses to defend constitutional right to organize ( redphoenixnews.com )
The fourth trimester ( lemmy.world )
Top Republican says party base "infected" by Russian propaganda ( www.newsweek.com )
Russian propaganda pushed by the Kremlin has “infected” part of the Republican base, a senior GOP congressman has said, as indications grow that a vital U.S. military package for Ukraine will come up for a vote with U.S. lawmakers this month....
She looks like she's ready to drop an album. ( lemmy.world )
What name would you give her after her spring haircut?
NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law ( www.thecity.nyc )
The town that can’t live without migrants, but isn't sure it wants to live with them ( www.nbcnews.com )
Donald Trump Should Probably File for Bankruptcy, but Likely Won’t Because He’s Worried It Would Make Him Look Like a Loser: Report ( www.vanityfair.com )
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Paramount Has A Plan To Bring Star Trek Back To The Big Screen, Says Roddenberry Entertainment Exec ( trekmovie.com )
Carbon monoxide alarms turned off before Evergreen State student death ( www.seattletimes.com )
Extremely tragic. Carbon monoxide is no joke y’all. This could have been avoided :(...
Oklahoma senator calls LGBTQ+ people "filth" while commenting on death of Nex Benedict ( www.salon.com )
If Tasha Yar stayed on the show, what do you think would have happened? How would she have been written?
The show really started to hit its stride S3 and everyone was written differently.
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E. Jean Carroll Vows to ‘Do Something Good’ With Trump’s $83.3 Million ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Star Trek History: Bride of Chaotica! ( www.startrek.com )
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules ( www.nbcnews.com )
Skydance Makes Offer For Paramount Global; Star Trek Franchise Could Be Under New Ownership, Again ( trekmovie.com )
There is an update on the Paramount takeover buzz that kicked off last month with David Ellison’s Skydance Media reported to have made an offer to purchase control of Paramount Global. A change in ownership for the company that owns Star Trek could have an impact on the future of the franchise.
Fierce ( startrek.website )
Pretty cool fan made intro to a non-existent show ( www.youtube.com )
Just to be clear, this isn’t my creation, just something I found and wanted to share.
Feels ( lemmy.world )
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New Star Trek Movie Director Is A Fan And Directed The ‘Black Mirror’ Trek Episode “USS Callister” ( trekmovie.com )
You ain't saw nothing ( lemmy.world )
How will the average lemming, Democrat, Republican, American and non-American react when Biden loses this election?
Every once in a while I read a new poll showing how historically unpopular he is. How do you think people individually and in groups will react to this seemingly inevitable (to me) result? How will society react and, if possible, change?