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Vertebrate & Galactic Voyager. Historian at heart. Nerd by conviction. Science, biology, electronics, (retro)computing. Following != endorsing. ★ 327.79 ppm CO₂

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First attempt at programming the PAL-1 6532 RIOT expansion module - it's alive! @LiuGN #HappyHacking6502 #PAL1

[Brian Dunning @BrianDunning]

Happy Exploding Whale Day to all who celebrate.

[Alejandra MA. @heyyosoyale]

Pinche planeta aburrido, sin dragones, ni elfos, magos ni nada, puro pndejo

[Stepsen 🇩🇪🇪🇺 @stepsenmccool]

😳😳

I am afraid this man is absolutely right and there is a huge problem coming our way.

😱

[Francis @FrancisCashFlow]

I died. This has to be the best one yet

[Rush Doshi @RushDoshi]

“There’s something about the mindset of really hardcore Star Trek fans that’s very difficult to describe to people who don’t share that fandom….There has never been another television show like Star Trek: The Next Generation, and there might never be one again. It is the greatest TV show ever made, not by dint of a difference in degree, but because of a difference in kind. It is a drama of pure optimism. Every other show tries to thrill us by showing us how bad or how ridiculous or how exciting someone else’s world could be; Star Trek: TNG thrills us by showing us how beautiful our own world could become.”

[Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 @AngelicaOung]

Gene Roddenberry had a rule that drove the writers of Star Trek The Next Generation absolutely crazy: there can't be any interpersonal conflict amongst the crew. The result was a cultural product I consider almost unique: a story about good people trying to do the right thing that isn't boring.

These days, moral ambiguity, twisted anti-heros and an apocalyptic vision of the future practially comes standard in our stories. Dark and complicated is synonymous with "smart," but in fact it's probably ten times harder to write a compelling story about principled, competent and psychologically healthy people. Star Trek TNG dared to imagine a future for humanity where we outgrew our petty squabbles and became our highest selves, where we travel the stars fulfilling our curiosity and genuinely making the universe a better place.

Patrick Stewart's Captain Jean-Luc Picard was the indispensable anchor to this vision. Instead of William Shatner's campy swagger as James T. Kirk, Stewart's Picard made "tea, Earl Grey, hot" iconic. His depth and gravitas as a thespian specializing in Shakespeare sold the moral dilemmas that were so often at the heart of the best TNG episodes.

The dramatic tension in TNG comes from people sharing the same ethical framework as a group facing difficult problems. The buck stops with the Captain. He listens to and respects his crew, but ultimately it is up to him to "make it so."

For TNG to work as a show, Stewart had to take those very internal struggles between a man and his conscience and make it dramatic. He made Captain Picard's very moral seriousness charismatic. He made you believe that...yeah...of course there is a moral arc to the universe and it bends towards justice. Of course it is worth paying the price to stay true to our principles. And of course, the struggle to discern what is right action is actually much more interesting than wallowing in how broken everything and everyone is.

Bon Voyage, mon Capitaine

[Yaffa🖖 @archaicf0ssil]

Now feels like a good time for this clip

[Gabriel @jadexskywalker]

'Deja Q' is a season 3 highlight of TNG of mine, Q is one of my favourite characters, and this episode is hilarious.

#StarTrek #TheNextGeneration #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #StarTrekTNG #Picard #Riker #Q #Worf #Geordi #DeannaTroi

(#TNG 3x13)

[My Morning Jorkit @Uncle_Ramrod]

They used to just play shows like this on broadcast tv

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯 @japan_nobunaga]

In 1987, Patrick Stewart refused to unpack his suitcase for six straight weeks.

My throat still tightens every time I read why.

Every Hollywood insider told the 47-year-old British stage actor that Star Trek: The Next Generation would be a disaster. Even his closest friend, Ian McKellen, begged him not to throw away his Shakespearean career on a television gamble.

Stewart kept his bags packed by the door, waiting to be fired and sent home to London.

That "six-week failure" lasted 36 years.

Watching him late at night here in Japan, we saw something Hollywood never expected.

In Japan, we call this quiet, unbreakable spirit "Fudoshin," an immovable heart under fire.
Most action heroes scream and fire weapons to look strong.
Captain Picard never needed to raise his voice.

Born into deep poverty in Yorkshire, terrified of a violent home, he left school at age 15 and lost all his hair by 19, convinced his life as an actor was over before it began.

Yet one English teacher, Cecil Dormand, handed that frightened 12-year-old boy a copy of Shakespeare, said "Read it out loud," and secretly paid for his first drama course.

Never forget what happened decades later.

On the morning Queen Elizabeth II knighted him as Sir Patrick Stewart, he invited that same retired schoolteacher to sit beside him at his knighthood luncheon.

No suitcase left unpacked.
No rage on the bridge.
Just a cup of Earl Grey tea, a tug of his uniform, and three quiet words that commanded the galaxy:

"Make it so."

He passed away at 86 surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, and laughter.
And this December, in Avengers: Doomsday, Professor X will grace the screen one final time.

A boy who thought he wouldn't last six weeks in Hollywood gave the world an eternity of nobility.

From Japan, with tears and our deepest salute:
Thank you, Captain. Engage. ✨🖖🇯🇵

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, and talking to people about a post-Falcon world. Why sunset the world’s best rocket? Can Starship replace it? What about Artemis? Why are SpaceXers flocking to Memphis? Grab a coffee, this is a long one.

https://t.co/QL3sZWDt65

[Max Verstappen @Max33Verstappen]

Exciting weekend! Was very happy to be racing our GT3 car in Portimão. There were some ups and downs, but as a team we learnt a lot.

I also feel I need to speak up about the hate and harassment Chris has received after the race. Everyone can have their opinions about what happened on track, but these personal attacks are not okay. Chris had a really strong stint and mistakes can happen.

There’s no place for this kind of abuse in our sport or anywhere else.

[Formula 1 @F1]

*Correction 😉

#F1 #BahrainGP

[Dr Manhattva @Manhattva]

I just found the most brilliant bit by @JohnCleese

He explains Leftism better in 90 seconds, than you could learn from any academic in 20 years.

[Jan-Jaap van Peperstraten @jjvpeperstraten]

Hoe dicht staat antisemitisme werkelijk bij ons? Is het een uitgebannen spook dat nu door vreemden weer wordt binnengebracht of is er iets anders aan de hand?
Aan de hand van de rituelen van de RK-kerk laat ik er mijn licht over schijnen in @BartNijman s Nieuwsbriefje:

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

The Pink Panther “Does your dog bite?” gag was already 80 years old when Peter Sellers did it.
It’s an old vaudeville joke from the late 1800s, and it lands because the “Zimmer” line disarms you first. Plus Graham Stark was Sellers’ best friend; the timing was years in the making

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

I'm sorry to disappoint a lot of people but I have just
received a good bill of health from the medics

Basically, the doctors don't yet know what I am going to die of

This means that I can keep my options open

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff of Starship's first orbital flight