Rosalind Lear appears to be hiding some kind of alternative motivation for investigating into Khan and Ceti Alpha

I didn’t find this surprising in the sense that she’s seemed…biased, to say the least. But the scene with Tuvok was nice, even though in the moment I was wondering if it was Lear or Delmonda that was meant to be the liar. Context suggests it’s her, though.

The song the young augments were listening to was Your Touch released in 2021.

Interesting. I wonder if it’s a favourite of Kirsten Beyer or something - I’m a little surprised that they went to the effort of clearing a pop song of any kind.

Khan’s odd mercy towards him

I see it as a means to an end - looking like he’s living up to his end of the bargain with Delmonda. A dangerous game to be playing, though.

the inevitable loss of McGiven’s to the Ceti Eel.

I know this is consistent with the film, but part of me wishes she had met her demise more directly as a result of some choice that Khan made, if only to reinforce just how foolish she had been to join his little cult in the first place.

For a team dealing with some significant injuries, the Jets have managed to string together an impressive opening record so far.

The Lego thing was officially announced a while back.

I think Star Trek merchandise is decent…when it comes to the high-end, ridiculously-priced market.

When it comes to affordable stuff…less so.

Well, they won ugly, and clinched a playoff spot thanks to BC taking down Edmonton.

I have little faith that this team is going to get anything done in the playoffs. But…how cool would it be if the Bombers somehow crossed over to the East and hung in there long enough to play a home Grey Cup game against the Riders?

Sure, it’s almost certainly not going to happen, and if it did they’d probably get stomped, but…it would be fun to see.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like the decision to add these aliens to the story was a good one. It gives Khan someone to be tyrannical toward, since his cultist followers don’t really give him a reason to do monstrous things.

My hopes couldn’t be lower!

But…the Riders aren’t exactly sending their best and brightest, so we’ll see what happens.

Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace will perform at the Grey Cup Kickoff Show, while Niverville, Man. native Catie St. Germain will sing ‘O Canada.’

That’s a pain. I guess a delete and repost might do it, or on desktop you might be able to set a different thumbnail URL.

Wrong link?

General off-topic chat

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Perhaps this community isn’t for you, or you could practice not clicking on things you’re not interested in.

No, it says Canadian “beer” killed him. It’s an immediate signal that it wasn’t actually beer.

What’s misleading about it?

The product came from Canada.

The “beer” is in quotation marks, indicating that it wasn’t actually beer.

A 21-year-old was killed.

In New Zealand.

The Bombers haven’t given up on their season, which I suppose is good. I’m just about ready to. I can only hope the Riders take their foot off the gas now that they’ve clinched the top spot in the West.

EDM/BC is an interesting matchup, with some potential playoff implications (I think? Math isn’t my strong suit). The Argos also have an opportunity to play spoiler a bit.

Okay yes that would be rad.

The San Francisco campus - or at least a large portion of it - is actually the USS Athena, a fully-functional starship that can land on Earth, but also go on mission when needed to provide some hands-on training (and, I assume, help a Starfleet that’s still spread fairly thin). They talked a little bit more about it here.

As far as I’m aware, Federation HQ remains a giant ship/space station.

Whelp.

I missed most of the game due to having Thanksgiving festivities on Saturday this year, but…from the sounds of it, I’m glad I didn’t have to sit through it.

I think something is very wrong with Zach Collaros, and it’s probably time for the Bombers to at least go out and find a viable #2 who can give them a chance to win.

Winnipeg’s playoff hopes remain alive, but if they can’t get it together fast, I don’t even know how interested I am in seeing them try.

I finally set aside time to actually watch this thing.

It’s important not to read too much into these things, but this really made me feel like they’re building toward Una’s departure.

I doubt they’re “done” with any particular demo, but they’ve been pretty up-front about being concerned about an aging/dying fanbase, and wanting to make some stuff for younger people.

But I do think that they’ve been pretty good at giving each series its own time and vibe, so hopefully something down the road will appeal to you if this doesn’t.

Looks like it’s (accidentally?) region-locked: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/star-trek-starfleet-academy-official-trailer-1236398403/