she’d already made such a spectacle of herself. to engage in plagiarism— in academia of all places… and while under such scrutiny? for the life of me, I simply cannot fathom what could possibly have been going through this person’s mind when they made such fantastical lapses in judgement.
I see… I’ve read a little more about this. it seems to me now that she’s being put through rather a lot of scrutiny, perhaps more so even than many past Presidents of Harvard. They’re really putting her through the wringer.
It is nothing to do with him being gay. And it has everything to do with him filming himself having sex in a place where he shouldn’t be having sex, and then leaking it online. 
I didn’t even know he was gay until you mentioned it just now. It absolutely does not matter who you were fucking. It’s that you were fucking, recorded it, and it leaked. Shame on you. 
I’ve recently been looking through this unbelievably detailed list/history of the chairs appearing in all the different Trek series/movies. Thought you all might enjoy!
I always appreciated that Worf had bold taste in furniture and that it was appropriately abstract that it appeared “alien” in differentiation from the often banal Starfleet standard designs we saw everywhere that were also pretty cool but very repetitive and boring, neutral colors.
Aside from flashbacks or time travel, there’s always having Ezri do some sort of meditation/dream sequence/other Trill something-or-other wherein she encounters previous hosts, one being Jadzia. That’s happened a few times on DS9.
Well, they call it a blending of the minds in that TNG episode (“The Host”), but once Riker takes on the symbiote, he doesn’t retain much of himself at all. He’s all Odan (the Trill character). Riker is only able to host the symbiote briefly before becoming very ill. Once the new host arrives, they take on Odan’s personality completely. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
The Trill were obviously in a prototype stage for that episode, as they appeared without spots, and with forehead ridges instead.
Ezri did not do just fine. She struggled with it constantly, especially at first. No, the training was necessary. It was the exclusivity that was manufactured due to the extreme scarcity of the symbiotes. As it turned out, almost any Trill could join, but that would cause a massive rise in demand, so the Symbiosis Commission claimed only very few were compatible in order to keep demand suppressed and the symbiotes safe.
Don’t feel bad. You can just do what the rest of us do and watch it over and over again for the rest of your life. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched DS9, TNG, VOY, and TOS. Even ENT and TAS. dozens and dozens. I even put on episodes when I go to sleep as background noise.
DeSantis already is, and has been for months, running for president. The two of them debating now, especially on Fox, particularly for Newsom, seems like an absolutely idiotic move, which will be twisted by Fox greatly to his disadvantage.
So, again, I have to ask: why? DeSantis doesn’t need this, and it seems like a ridiculous waste of time for Newsom.
As the Shreveport Times reports, Republican John Raymond is running to represent the state’s reliably red House District 104. He previously ran two other unsuccessful bids for a Louisiana house seat in 2018 and 2019, touting his support for former President Donald Trump and his opposition to same-sex marriage....
How else can you grow up to be a tyrant if you weren’t subjected to a lifetime of soul-crushing physical and psychological abuse?
These people have to perpetuate the cycle of abuse by normalizing it. Otherwise they might have to - gasp! - admit everything they know is a ghastly lie!
Donald Trump’s lawyers finally filed their long-promised request for recusal on Monday afternoon, asking U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to disqualify herself from the former president’s Jan. 6 case. Trump faces criminal charges in the District of Columbia for his alleged role in the insurrection, and Chutkan, a Barack...
What we’re seeing is Trump running down a Kubrickian hallway that just leads him right back to where he started. It’s delicious. 
If it were just one trial or set of charges he was facing, it might succeed, but the sheer plurality has his resources strained to the point of breaking like a computer forced to compute too many complex equations and thereby slowed to a crawl, left defenseless.
The tragedy of Joe Biden is that people see his age, his frailty and his ailing poll numbers and they miss the bigger story. Which is that his has been a truly consequential presidency, even a transformational one. In less than three years, he has built a record that should unify US progressives, including those on the radical...
Let me know when we get universal healthcare, the federally protected right to abortion, equal pay across race and gender, federally protected rights for lgbtq folks, federal legalization for cannabis, and all the other things progressives have been demanding for decades…
Judge Robin Rosenberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014, swiftly dismissed a case challenging Trump’s candidacy just a week after the lawsuit was filed....
It may require that Trump first be convicted in at least one of these cases before such a challenge could actually proceed in court— or that a judge would have the guts to hear it.
Monday night, “The Beat with Ari Melber” on MSNBC rolled out another set of intriguing videos from “A Storm Foretold,” a Danish documentary that follows Donald Trump’s close aide and friend Roger Stone, both during the election and through the insurrection of January 6, 2021. Stone is an intriguing character in...
In recent days, there’s been rising discussion of how the Constitution should, in theory, block Trump from being eligible to run for president again. Multiple legal scholars have pointed out that the 14th Amendment bars people from running who have violated an oath of office previously, “either through overt insurrection or by giving aid or comfort to the Constitution’s enemies.” Notably, the Constitution does not require a formal court conviction on insurrection charges.
By any reasonable measure, of course, this applies to Trump. Even if he insulated himself from direct communication with people convicted of sedition, it’s indisputable that he gave aid and comfort, and continues to do so by championing them and promising them pardons. But, of course, the law is not a button you push that automatically turns the clear language on paper into enforcement in real life. Without a mechanism to enforce the law or the political will to enact it, Trump is coasting straight towards a spot on a ballot he should, by law, be barred from having.
Tom Morello - A Metalhead's Guide to 'Star Trek' ( youtu.be )
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archive link...
Walter Koenig was bitterly disappointed about his role in Star Trek VI ( redshirtsalwaysdie.com )
‘Trump Knows What He’s Doing’: The Creator of Godwin’s Law Says the Hitler Comparison Is Apt ( www.politico.com )
They made a new friend ( lemmy.world )
Senate aide out of job after purported sex tape apparently filmed in Senate hearing room | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Star Trek Resurgence Giveaway ( startrek.website )
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing fine and are well prepared for the winter holidays!...
An Iowa fight over a Satanic display reminds us: Republicans believe "free speech" is only for them ( www.salon.com )
didn't come to posting it lately, but these were in my advent calendar (9th-11th december) ( lemmy.world )
Cute bunnies for your feed ( media.mas.to )
One in five young Americans think the Holocaust is a myth ( www.economist.com )
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Smart kitty ( lemmy.world )
The chairs of Trek ( www.ex-astris-scientia.org )
I’ve recently been looking through this unbelievably detailed list/history of the chairs appearing in all the different Trek series/movies. Thought you all might enjoy!
Bowl of cats ( lemmy.world )
Happy Birthday Terry Farrell ( i.imgur.com )
To the Trill with the license to thrill, happy 60th birthday!
A touching quote from Nimoy's "I am Spock" book (1995) ( startrek.website )
I just finished DS9, and I'm sad to know that we'll never get anything like it again ( sh.itjust.works )
It was so good, I am sad to have finished it....
‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Finds New Home At Netflix After Paramount+ Cancellation ( deadline.com )
Squirrel takes banana bread from my hand ( tiblur.com )
Trump's 'corporate death penalty' explained: veteran Manhattan fraud prosecutors describe what's next ( www.businessinsider.com )
Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign and says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds ( apnews.com )
Fox News Announces a Newsom and DeSantis Debate in November ( www.nytimes.com )
Full article: imgur.com/a/zQgPuoQ
GOP candidate facing multiple child cruelty charges promises to protect kids from LGBTQ+ people ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
As the Shreveport Times reports, Republican John Raymond is running to represent the state’s reliably red House District 104. He previously ran two other unsuccessful bids for a Louisiana house seat in 2018 and 2019, touting his support for former President Donald Trump and his opposition to same-sex marriage....
A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn’t discrimination. ( apnews.com )
I was expecting something clearly offensive, like FUCK YOU shaved into his head, but nope....
Trump’s Ploy to Evade Punishment for Jan. 6 Is Coming Into Focus ( slate.com )
Donald Trump’s lawyers finally filed their long-promised request for recusal on Monday afternoon, asking U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to disqualify herself from the former president’s Jan. 6 case. Trump faces criminal charges in the District of Columbia for his alleged role in the insurrection, and Chutkan, a Barack...
Take another look at Joe Biden. His is the presidency progressives have been waiting for. ( www.theguardian.com )
The tragedy of Joe Biden is that people see his age, his frailty and his ailing poll numbers and they miss the bigger story. Which is that his has been a truly consequential presidency, even a transformational one. In less than three years, he has built a record that should unify US progressives, including those on the radical...
Trump scores major victory from Obama-appointed judge ( www.newsweek.com )
Judge Robin Rosenberg, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014, swiftly dismissed a case challenging Trump’s candidacy just a week after the lawsuit was filed....
Trek Celebrities Invite Fans To Join Them On The Picket Line For ‘United We Trek’ On Star Trek Day ( trekmovie.com )
Why were the TOS movies better than the TNG movies?
(Not including the reboot trilogy as that’s a different altogether topic)...
New Roger Stone video exposes how Trump and his lawyers faked distance from the Capitol riots ( www.salon.com )
Monday night, “The Beat with Ari Melber” on MSNBC rolled out another set of intriguing videos from “A Storm Foretold,” a Danish documentary that follows Donald Trump’s close aide and friend Roger Stone, both during the election and through the insurrection of January 6, 2021. Stone is an intriguing character in...