Trek fans have always understood the messaging and metaphors that the writers shared. Generally the idea that the world might have to protest in order to instigate change.

I hope with all my heart that change can happen without violence but when it comes to these very public and very big events … no one knows how they will turn out.

So it’s my wish that these events stay a peaceful protest and not a violent riot.

Star Trek showed us a future where terrible violence happens before peace can be achieved.

There is hope and a chance in this reality that we can all still achieve that peaceful future without having to go through any more death and destruction.

I’d rather risk politicizing this post because I know that there are many young Americans out there that might join in these national protests. If it had been a smaller regional event, I wouldn’t have made this post.

But the events in the US are starting to mirror things predicted and portrayed in Star Trek … generally the writers of these shows knew that terrible things might have to happen before we can break free of our selfish and short sighted past.

I also don’t want to see these same young people who might join these events to get hurt or put themselves in danger.

I want them to know we support them but also wish with all our hearts that they stay safe and protect themselves and others.

That’s beautiful … stay safe out there … we’re cheering for you all

That was the thing about DS9 … the acting and writing was so good.

Even the villains like Weyoun and Kai Winn are great and memorable because you dislike them so much … even characters like Dukat … or questionable allegiances like Quark or Garak

The main DS9 cast was made greater because the villians were so good … when you think of it, it’s what made Batman so good because the villains were so memorable … Batman is nothing without the Joker … Superman is nothing without Lex Luther … or with the X-men series of having Professor X and Magneto.

That was the problem with ENT, it was too moralistic against faceless enemies … there was never a real story as to why they had enemies … bad guys were just there and played no real memorable role in anything. It was like watching Batman fighting random thugs and there is never any Joker.

#nokings on mastodon

Thought I’d add this for any of you that might be joining any event tomorrow … I’m in Canada but I’m cheering for all my American supporters of democratic freedom who are standing up against fascism.

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Burner phone … leave your main one at home … ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BRING YOUR MAIN PHONE

Set up your burner phone with one or two accounts to things you might want to upload to … encrypt as much as you can. Do not load all your social accounts … only log into the bare minimum. If you are organized, log into temporary or fake or secondary accounts if you can.

Start the day without any prior history, photos or content on the phone and keep as few contacts as you can … memorize numbers that are important to you.

Always be prepared to give up or lose your phone.

And as always … SAFETY GLASSES … bring a pair of industry rated CSA approved safety glasses (try to get a pair with a tint so you can pass them as sunglasses). Look for safety glasses with anything marked ANSI Z87+, sometimes written Z87.1+ (note the plus) rated or CSA Z94.3 rated are ensured to safely withstand a direct high energy strike.

… additional things if you want to do more

Bring a small new blank paper note book you can keep in a pocket with a small pen or pencil … you might be taking notes like license plates, name tags or names of people or places … its always faster to just write something down than in taking a shaky photo or tapping away a note on an app

Wear a big scarf … for guys or girls … a scarf comes in handy for all kinds of emergencies including using it as something to cover your mouth, dress a wound, tie something or cover something up.

Wear a good pair of running shoes … be prepared to run and be on your feet all day.

Bring a small backpack and bring a couple bottles of water and some energy bars … keep it light because you’ll be on your feet all day and if things go bad, you might be targeted if you have a large pack … plus an empty pack can be used to carry things later if you need to.

Dress for the weather … if its going to be hot, wear light clothing but if things go bad and you have to stay out over night or longer, bring a light jacket … if rain is forecast within a day or two, bring a small poncho

I have gone through DISCO and I liked it a bit better because at least there were a few characters there that I enjoyed and the special effects were great eye candy.

Enterprise never seemed to have any redeeming characters and there were never any spectacular effects to remember … of the crew, my favourite was Phlox and with others one of my most favourite was Shran! which is funny because one of my most hated characters was Combs’ character Weyoun in DS9

All in all … I didn’t feel like the same heart was in the series like in TOS, TNG, DS9 or VOY … and it’s a big pun because of the theme song they chose

It was a never ending tragedy, terror, war, conflict show that did it’s best to pretend they were moral heroes in a universe full of people that wanted to kill them for no reason other than to hate them … you’d almost think it was subtle propaganda for that weird period from 2001 to 2005 to just keep people thinking that the US is just hated for no reason and factions just want to kill them for merely existing.

I enjoyed it because it was Trek and there were moments I liked it but not very often. Overall, its probably my least liked Trek so far.

My body is a temple … that was once great but it is now crumbling, falling apart, forgotten and visited from time to time by strangers who can only speculate at its former glory.

It’s just the whole sad part with Trip and T’Pol’s kid that gets me every time.

I just watched the last episode, which I can now say I’ve finished Enterprise … why the hell did they have twist the knife into your gut at the very end with Trip? … and also … what the hell was that last episode? It’s like they ran out of ideas, saw that the show wasn’t renewed and everyone just ran and ended the series about three or four episodes before the end and called it a day.

The Mitch McConnell of Star Trek … he just won’t die or leave or give up office or just go away

If any of you make another O’Brien pattern buffer joke again … I’ll start shooting hostages.

Thought I’d add this for any of you that might be joining any event tomorrow … I’m in Canada but I’m cheering for all my American supporters of democratic freedom who are standing up against fascism.

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Burner phone … leave your main one at home … ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BRING YOUR MAIN PHONE

Set up your burner phone with one or two accounts to things you might want to upload to … encrypt as much as you can. Do not load all your social accounts … only log into the bare minimum. If you are organized, log into temporary or fake or secondary accounts if you can.

Start the day without any prior history, photos or content on the phone and keep as few contacts as you can … memorize numbers that are important to you.

Always be prepared to give up or lose your phone.

And as always … SAFETY GLASSES … bring a pair of industry rated CSA approved safety glasses (try to get a pair with a tint so you can pass them as sunglasses). Look for safety glasses with anything marked ANSI Z87+, sometimes written Z87.1+ (note the plus) rated or CSA Z94.3 rated are ensured to safely withstand a direct high energy strike.

… additional things if you want to do more

Bring a small new blank paper note book you can keep in a pocket with a small pen or pencil … you might be taking notes like license plates, name tags or names of people or places … its always faster to just write something down than in taking a shaky photo or tapping away a note on an app

Wear a big scarf … for guys or girls … a scarf comes in handy for all kinds of emergencies including using it as something to cover your mouth, dress a wound, tie something or cover something up.

Wear a good pair of running shoes … be prepared to run and be on your feet all day.

Bring a small backpack and bring a couple bottles of water and some energy bars … keep it light because you’ll be on your feet all day and if things go bad, you might be targeted if you have a large pack … plus an empty pack can be used to carry things later if you need to.

Dress for the weather … if its going to be hot, wear light clothing but if things go bad and you have to stay out over night or longer, bring a light jacket … if rain is forecast within a day or two, bring a small poncho

Burner phone … leave your main one at home … ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BRING YOUR MAIN PHONE

Set up your burner phone with one or two accounts to things you might want to upload to … encrypt as much as you can. Do not load all your social accounts … only log into the bare minimum. If you are organized, log into temporary or fake or secondary accounts if you can.

Start the day without any prior history, photos or content on the phone and keep as few contacts as you can … memorize numbers that are important to you.

Always be prepared to give up or lose your phone.

And as always … SAFETY GLASSES … bring a pair of industry rated CSA approved safety glasses (try to get a pair with a tint so you can pass them as sunglasses). Look for safety glasses with anything marked ANSI Z87+, sometimes written Z87.1+ (note the plus) rated or CSA Z94.3 rated are ensured to safely withstand a direct high energy strike.

… additional things if you want to do more

Bring a small new blank paper note book you can keep in a pocket with a small pen or pencil … you might be taking notes like license plates, name tags or names of people or places … its always faster to just write something down than in taking a shaky photo or tapping away a note on an app

Wear a big scarf … for guys or girls … a scarf comes in handy for all kinds of emergencies including using it as something to cover your mouth, dress a wound, tie something or cover something up.

Wear a good pair of running shoes … be prepared to run and be on your feet all day.

Bring a small backpack and bring a couple bottles of water and some energy bars … keep it light because you’ll be on your feet all day and if things go bad, you might be targeted if you have a large pack … plus an empty pack can be used to carry things later if you need to.

Dress for the weather … if its going to be hot, wear light clothing but if things go bad and you have to stay out over night or longer, bring a light jacket … if rain is forecast within a day or two, bring a small poncho

If the accused had been immigrant Latinos or blacks … that information would have been splattered all over the story and air waves everywhere and repeated non stop … I’m sure even the president would have mentioned it.

The fact that no one even hinted who the accused were makes me think they are all predominantly white male American citizens.

They should rewrite everything every hundred years just to keep up with modern technology and development.

But no matter what system, someone somewhere will always find ways to abuse everything

War is peace

Peace is war

Large group of children giggling and shouting … YAYYY!!!