Nonviolence is an inherently privileged position in the modern context. Besides the fact that the typical pacifist is quite clearly white and middle class, pacifism as an ideology comes from a privileged context. It ignores that violence is already here; that violence is an unavoidable, structurally integral part of the current social hierarchy; and that it is people of color who are most affected by that violence. Pacifism assumes that white people who grew up in the suburbs with all their basic needs met can counsel oppressed people, many of whom are people of color, to suffer patiently under an inconceivably greater violence, until such time as the Great White Father is swayed by the movement’s demands or the pacifists achieve that legendary “critical mass. – How Nonviolence Serves the State

Critical support for the collection of Dims, Ghosts, and Gimmees just trying to make a better life for themselves.

They were part of the ship’s frame of reference. This applies to standard physics but is explicitly true if there’s a warp bubble around the ship.

Now who can argue with that? I think we’re all indebted to TheFerrango for clearly stating what needed to be said. I’m particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic Star Trek technobabble, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.

Alan Tudyk would have been a good Stamets, but Anthony Rapp has been perfection.

A lot of my head canon around this and the notable lack of automation prevalent in Starfleet: it’s a futuristic, post-scarcity jobs program. Yes, it’s about exploration and rendering assistance and all that. But it gives people something to do, a way to serve the whole. Picard said as much to Geordi when Scotty was aboard. I’ve of the many things Starfleet does is give people a sense of usefulness.

My first thought. I don’t know if it was deliberate or accidental, but that’s going to get a lot of people frothing.

Saw the title and expected:

🎼 Hey, shake a leg. It’s Captain Greg! 🎶

Those are orange cats: only three braincells total are represented in the picture.

I prefer it in the original Klingon.

I was floored when I first noticed that was her.

Instead, take this Tri-Ox! It is approved (required) for field officers and all the cool away teams are doing it. You don’t want to be the one letting your team down… do you?

Hmm. The anti-racist who canonically died fighting against a pogrom, or the ally that literally played chicken with his own life (without blinking) to try to undo systemic damage? Tough call.

Oh Koala! That’s Spot! Call ensigns S’plunk and Johnson! Or just run and cower.

So, do I give them the landlord treatment first, or the cop treatment first? I want to maximize their suffering education from the experience.

Then he has a perfect excuse to hunt down Section 31 agents while trying to establish control of a new clean energy source. And he won’t be fooled by an agent pretending to be a statue. Also he can assemble and disassemble his golden phaser faster than most people can blink.

Damn, I wish I had the writing chops to run with this.

And that was based on a short story of the same name.