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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • Feds announce almost $2B for 45 hybrid battery-diesel Via Rail passenger locomotives

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  • I haven't seen any reporting on it in quite a while, but full coast-to-coast electrification is a pretty challenging issue, and doing it piecemeal would also be complicated, since you'd likely have to switch locomotives frequently (though I think hybrid diesel-overhead wire locomotives do exist).

    And then there's the question of interoperability with the US rail network, which will likely always be important.

  • How do we get electoral reform done federally and provincially?

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  • Honestly, I think parties that support it need to accept that it's not a top-of-mind issue for most voters, and focus their efforts on other priorities, while still keeping it in their platform.

  • What if we do a "voters' strike" of sorts to force electoral reform?

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  • I think this could work if a critical mass of people showed up and spoiled their ballots, or voted for the Rhinoceros Party or whatever.

    But just staying home won't do it.

  • 3DownNation CFL power rankings: Winnipeg Blue Bombers' identity crisis takes toll

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  • I finally cut the cord this year and haven't been able to see many games, but...it's shaky. Maybe shakier than their record suggests, even.

  • Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada

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  • It's petty technically-minded and not very user-friendly in my opinion, but it's a way to give them a piece of our mind.

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    3DownNation CFL power rankings: Winnipeg Blue Bombers' identity crisis takes toll

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    Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada

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    Star Trek 60th Anniversary Full San Diego Comic-Con Panel

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Season 4 Sneak Peek | Paramount+ (SDCC 2026)

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  • Surely you mean Qurelane… ̄_(ツ)_/ ̄

  • While touring the Daystrom Institute, you open a random drawer and see this. WYD?

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  • Start looking around for a Dukat drawer. She looks lonely.

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    Retrospective Discussion | Doctor Who (2005) | 2x04 "The Girl in the Fireplace"

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  • While the Tardis is “locked in events”, once the link is fully broken, I think at that point they could easily have pre-programmed the Tardis to go back in time and pick him back up,

    This was definitely one of the lazier "we can't use the TARDIS because..." efforts.

    "Uh, we're part of it now!"

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    Scientists just found sugar in space. Here's why that matters

    www.cbc.ca /news/science/sugar-in-space-life-on-earth-9.7281908

  • Don't you understand? It's real!

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  • Coming 2023

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    Retrospective Discussion | Doctor Who (2005) | 2x04 "The Girl in the Fireplace"

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  • The first truly great episode of series 2, and unsurprisingly it's a Steven Moffat outing.

    There's a lot of positive stuff to say here - the story structure is twisty without being convoluted, Sophia Myles is pitch-perfect as Reinette, and heck, even Ben Turner's King Louis is pretty good. And of course, the clockwork men that harvest human organs are that combination of cool-yet-terrifying-in-a-childish-sort-of-way that Moffat excels at.

    Tennant is at his swashbuckling best - I've said it before, but I really enjoy him as the romantic hero. And Rose apparently got all jealousy out of her system last episode, so there's none of that hanging over our heads this time around.

    Speaking of Rose, I think they hit a good balance of enthusiasm for the adventure early on in the episode, constrasted with Mickey's nerves. It reinforces my notion that "Tooth and Claw" should have come later in the season, to show an increasing disregard for the seriousness of their situations. As it is, I think that one's still a bit of an outlier.

    It's a little odd that Mickey says he got a spaceship on his "first go," but also references a previous adventure with Cleopatra. Maybe this is his "first go" to the future, rather than the past? I should really check to see if he and Rose changed clothes between episodes, but...nah.

    They didn't bother shoehorning a "Torchwood" reference into this one, which is probably for the best.

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    Retrospective Discussion | Doctor Who (2005) | 2x04 "The Girl in the Fireplace"

  • Celebrating 60 Years of Star Trek at SDCC 2026

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  • As far as actual news goes, this SDCC was pretty thin, to say the least.

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    Celebrating 60 Years of Star Trek at SDCC 2026

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    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Season 4 Sneak Peek | Paramount+ (SDCC 2026)

  • 'Star Trek: Scouts' Second Season on YouTube to Premiere on Star Trek Day

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  • No one can say the franchise is dead!

  • 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Season 2 Adds Ruaridh Aldington

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  • It got a second season, which has yet to air, and then got cancelled. So we're going to get to see their second year at the Academy, eventually.

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    'Star Trek: Scouts' Second Season on YouTube to Premiere on Star Trek Day

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    'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Season 2 Adds Ruaridh Aldington

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    ‘Futurama’ to Release Three New Supersized Specials, Including a Christmas Episode, Starting Next Year on Hulu

    variety.com /2026/tv/news/futurama-three-new-supersized-specials-hulu-comic-con-1236821009/
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    Canadian intern at NATO military headquarters in Belgium faces spying charges

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/canadian-intern-nato-spying-9.7283752
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    Interprovincial booze rules may be easing, but other trade barriers still remain

    www.cbc.ca /news/business/remaining-interprovincial-trade-barriers-9.7283460
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    Canada's got a grocery competition problem. Are local food hubs the answer?

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/canada-grocery-competition-carney-food-strategy-funding-food-hubs-food-terminal-9.7282701
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    ‘Star Trek: Khan’ Audio Drama Wins Scribe Award

    trekmovie.com /2026/07/25/star-trek-khan-audio-drama-wins-scribe-award/
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    Adam Savage Goes Hands-On with Star Trek Enterprise Bridge Model!

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 4x01 "Valles Marineris"

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  • Our new vulcan is a flanderisation of vulcans, and not in a good way.

    I've gotta be honest, I think she's uncomfortably representative - Vulcans are, by and large, dicks. But the appearance of...

    Sarek

    ...will likely balance things out in the future.

    If they’re going to keep making these, something more subtle might have worked,

    Yeah, this was on-the-nose to the point of being kind of a strange thing for her to say.

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    Canadian government urged to block data-sharing deal between Thomson Reuters and US ICE

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/jul/24/canada-government-mark-carney-block-data-sharing-deal-thomson-reuters-us-ice-avi-lewis

  • New Star Trek Movie Gets First Official Details From Writers

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  • I don't think anything will ever top DS9 for me, but I'd put several of the newer shows above Voyager.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 4x01 "Valles Marineris"

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  • I would have loved some Voth references

    My only "complaint," because the Voth are one of my favourite dumb Trek things. But it's not really a complaint, and you can easily assume the Voth are simply gone by this point in history.

  • ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Cast, Co-Showrunner Talk Playing With Genres in Season 4, ‘Joyful Curiosity,’ and That Puppet Episode

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  • I saw someone compare it to "Rascals", and I'm hard-pressed to say it's a sillier idea.

  • Manitoba 'willing to entertain' Alberta to Ontario pipeline: premier

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  • The environmental portfolio has been the weakest in Kinew's government pretty much since Day 1, and it certainly hasn't improved.

    Right now, I think he's probably correct that such a project has strong support, or at worst apathy amongst Manitobans. That would likely change if the project were to get off the ground, a route was selected, and land appropriations began, but that's all very hypothetical at this stage.

  • Manitoba 'willing to entertain' Alberta to Ontario pipeline: premier

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  • I see this as a suitably noncommital response to a project that almost definitely won't happen.