“First black female captain ever in the franchise”

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Feb 222022
 

The one where it is claimed that Sonequa Martin-Green’s character of Michael Burnham is loudly touted as the first black female captain in the Star Trek franchise…

And yet…

Star Trek IV gave us the Captain of the Yorktown:

Star Trek: the Next Generation gave us Captain Tryla Scott:

Star Trek: The Next Generation gave us Captain Silva La Forge:

Star Trek: The Next generation gave us Fleet Admiral Taela Shanthi. OK, not a Captain, but I imagine “Captain” is in her bio somewhere unless she skipped a few steps:

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine gave us Kassidy Yates. Sure, she wasn’t a Starfleet Captain… but she OWNED HER OWN SHIP:

 

I guess it should not be surprising that major figures in the worst of the Star Trek series cannot be bothered to remember Star Trek canon and precedent… the writers of STD cannot remember their *own* continuity.

 Posted by at 8:53 am

Art!

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Feb 212022
 

I see your “modern art” and raise you…

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 Posted by at 1:37 am

Disqus upvote bot: any ideas?

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Feb 212022
 

It has been brought to my attention that comments in a number of posts are being upvoted by a bot (example screenshotted below). What the actual point of that is, I don’t know, but it’s clearly not legit; it links to Disqus profiles that link to “dating sites” that are doubtless scam or phishing sites. Any ideas on how do block this sort of thing?

 Posted by at 12:14 am

War on Science

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Feb 202022
 

Rocky Top Goes Woke

University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK) is instituting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies, with the goal of making staff and students “diverse.”  The usual bunkum is described, but the bit likely of greatest interest hereabouts is this:

UTK’s diversity plans put many academic disciplines in a bind. The physics and astronomy department, the faculty of which is entirely white and mostly male, had to invent a “diversity plan” knowing that 80 percent of physics Ph.D.s nationwide are men and that the discipline produced only 22 black Ph.D.s out of nearly 2,000 awarded in 2017, the last year for which we have reliable data. In light of this difficulty, the department promised to “provide a clear set of guidelines” about “expected behaviors” with respect to “diversity and inclusion” and to develop an anti-bias reporting mechanism. The department’s plan envisions no curricular or partnership changes; it aims merely to reflect the racial and sexual makeup of the “American physics community and, eventually, our nation.” Something has to give: either the school will stop devoting resources to a department that cannot deliver “diversity” for the foreseeable future, or the department will sacrifice professional standards in the name of those goals. Similar dilemmas confront the biological and engineering sciences.

It’s long past time that this sort of nonsense was not only dispensed with, but investigated. *Nobody* in the US benefits from this sort of thing apart from grifters. Foreign adversaries, however, must look upon this with glee. Do they also look upon this as the culmination of plans? The FBI *really* should be looking into it.

 Posted by at 9:49 pm

Stampy Stampy

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Feb 202022
 

The Ottawa cops trampling people with horses story just got a bit more interesting:

Woman trampled by Trudeau’s forces during freedom protest identified as Indigenous elder

As those who recall Smirkageddon a few years ago, the media loves them an “Indigenous Elder,” at least when they are on the right side of the narrative. But since she’s on the side that the political class has decided are racist terrorists… huh. I suspect she’s going to get a *lot* less coverage than Nathan Phillips got. Because getting trampled by a horse is less of a newsworthy big deal than having a kid smirk at you.

 Posted by at 8:22 pm

500 Auto Max

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Feb 202022
 

This seems like *maybe* a bit much for home defense. But I’m not gonna judge.

The AR 500 From Big Horn Armory — Half Inch Holes

The 500 Auto Max round compared to a 5.56. Note that the itty-bitty 5.56 is often called “high power” by political hacks; imagine what they’d think of the larger round. Nine rounds fit in a magazine that would approximately fit 20 rounds of 5.56. Big and powerful as the round is, it appears to be short range only, losing a lot of velocity pretty quickly. Not surprising since its aerodynamics seem to more closely approximate that of a cannonball than a bullet. Twenty rounds seems like it’ll set you back fifty to seventy bucks, so unless you’ve got a financial agreement with the Chinese like the Bidens, make sure you hit where you’re aiming. A rifle itself runs about two grand. Seems like it’d be fun on the range.

 

 Posted by at 3:55 pm

“Whoa” is right

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Feb 202022
 

Yer got-dayum right, whoa.

Somebody’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.

Also, someone has some ‘splainin’ to do about this truly *quality* journalism on the topic:

At one moment, a massive wave smashes through the front windows of the boat, demolishing one passenger and flooding the entire cabin.

The wave was so powerful, you can hear the window break under its G-force.

Not clear the passenger was “demolished,” especially since the same article points out a lack of reported injuries. And I really kinda doubt that the wave broke the window through the gravitational field produced by the mass wave rather than, you know, the momentum of the wave.

 Posted by at 1:52 pm
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