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Mainly Trek stuff, proud Virginian and Erie resident, Presbyterian minister
I get excited at any new Star Trek, but the current culture at Paramount has me very concerned for what an upcoming Trek film will look like.
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WeeklyTrek Podcast #289 — There’s a New STAR TREK Movie in Development, Yet Again
The latest WeeklyTrek podcast is here! This week: TK TK TK
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December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I get excited at any new Star Trek, but the current culture at Paramount has me very concerned for what an upcoming Trek film will look like.
#Time2Trek Preserving the Timeline
"Time's up." Janeway hits the reset button on the timeline by crashing into the Krenim timeship in "Year of Hell (VOY)"
"Time's up." Janeway hits the reset button on the timeline by crashing into the Krenim timeship in "Year of Hell (VOY)"
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#Time2Trek Preserving the Timeline
"Time's up." Janeway hits the reset button on the timeline by crashing into the Krenim timeship in "Year of Hell (VOY)"
"Time's up." Janeway hits the reset button on the timeline by crashing into the Krenim timeship in "Year of Hell (VOY)"
#Notevember A Favorite Discovery Track
"Spock's Personal Log"
Melding elements of Discovery's theme and TOS, moves from a solemn recollection of the season's events to a triumphant push into the unknown to conclude S2.
"Spock's Personal Log"
Melding elements of Discovery's theme and TOS, moves from a solemn recollection of the season's events to a triumphant push into the unknown to conclude S2.
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#Notevember A Favorite Discovery Track
"Spock's Personal Log"
Melding elements of Discovery's theme and TOS, moves from a solemn recollection of the season's events to a triumphant push into the unknown to conclude S2.
"Spock's Personal Log"
Melding elements of Discovery's theme and TOS, moves from a solemn recollection of the season's events to a triumphant push into the unknown to conclude S2.
Vicksburg 😆
Every dad has a favorite battle and never stops talking about it
I have a running theory that all dads can have their personality types inferred by their answer to “what is your favorite war?” It’s like astrology, but for dads
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Vicksburg 😆
Ran a Duathlon yesterday.
Good news: ran great with no ankle or knee trouble.
Bad news: I'm a terrible bicyclist and couldn't run the last 5K after getting off my bike.
Good news: ran great with no ankle or knee trouble.
Bad news: I'm a terrible bicyclist and couldn't run the last 5K after getting off my bike.
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ran a Duathlon yesterday.
Good news: ran great with no ankle or knee trouble.
Bad news: I'm a terrible bicyclist and couldn't run the last 5K after getting off my bike.
Good news: ran great with no ankle or knee trouble.
Bad news: I'm a terrible bicyclist and couldn't run the last 5K after getting off my bike.
Love this.
Top 10 seasons of NewTrek
1) Lower Decks S2
2) Prodigy S1
3) SNW S1
4) SNW S2
5) Prodigy S2
6) Discovery S2
7) Lower Decks S1
8) Discovery S4
9) Lower Decks S5
10) Picard S3
Top 10 seasons of NewTrek
1) Lower Decks S2
2) Prodigy S1
3) SNW S1
4) SNW S2
5) Prodigy S2
6) Discovery S2
7) Lower Decks S1
8) Discovery S4
9) Lower Decks S5
10) Picard S3
Doing a lot of a trek ranking recently so why stop
Top 10 seasons of NewTrek
1) Picard season 3
2) Discovery season 2
3) Discovery season 3
4) Strange New Worlds season 2
5) Discovery season 1
6) Prodigy season 1
7) Picard season 1
8) Lower Decks season 4
9) Prodigy season 2
10) Discovery season 5
Top 10 seasons of NewTrek
1) Picard season 3
2) Discovery season 2
3) Discovery season 3
4) Strange New Worlds season 2
5) Discovery season 1
6) Prodigy season 1
7) Picard season 1
8) Lower Decks season 4
9) Prodigy season 2
10) Discovery season 5
September 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Love this.
Top 10 seasons of NewTrek
1) Lower Decks S2
2) Prodigy S1
3) SNW S1
4) SNW S2
5) Prodigy S2
6) Discovery S2
7) Lower Decks S1
8) Discovery S4
9) Lower Decks S5
10) Picard S3
Top 10 seasons of NewTrek
1) Lower Decks S2
2) Prodigy S1
3) SNW S1
4) SNW S2
5) Prodigy S2
6) Discovery S2
7) Lower Decks S1
8) Discovery S4
9) Lower Decks S5
10) Picard S3
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Embarrassed to say I totally missed the "Inner Light" pastiche in the SNW finale until everyone else pointed it out, but it is PEAK SNW to do "what if 'The Inner Light' but without the climate change allegory".
September 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Embarrassed to say I totally missed the "Inner Light" pastiche in the SNW finale until everyone else pointed it out, but it is PEAK SNW to do "what if 'The Inner Light' but without the climate change allegory".
Current SNW S3 rankings:
1) The Sehlat Who Ate its Tail
2) Through the Lens of Time
3) Terrarium
4) A Space Adventure Hour
5) Wedding Bell Blues
6) New Life and New Civilizations
7) What is Starfleet?
8) Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
9) Hegemony, Pt 2
10) Shuttle to Kenfori
#StrangeNewWorlds
1) The Sehlat Who Ate its Tail
2) Through the Lens of Time
3) Terrarium
4) A Space Adventure Hour
5) Wedding Bell Blues
6) New Life and New Civilizations
7) What is Starfleet?
8) Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
9) Hegemony, Pt 2
10) Shuttle to Kenfori
#StrangeNewWorlds
September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Current SNW S3 rankings:
1) The Sehlat Who Ate its Tail
2) Through the Lens of Time
3) Terrarium
4) A Space Adventure Hour
5) Wedding Bell Blues
6) New Life and New Civilizations
7) What is Starfleet?
8) Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
9) Hegemony, Pt 2
10) Shuttle to Kenfori
#StrangeNewWorlds
1) The Sehlat Who Ate its Tail
2) Through the Lens of Time
3) Terrarium
4) A Space Adventure Hour
5) Wedding Bell Blues
6) New Life and New Civilizations
7) What is Starfleet?
8) Four-and-a-Half Vulcans
9) Hegemony, Pt 2
10) Shuttle to Kenfori
#StrangeNewWorlds
Favorite characters from 59 years of Star Trek
TOS - Spock
TNG - Riker
DS9 - Kira
VGR - Janeway
ENT - T'Pol
DSC - Reno
LDS - Boimler
PIC - Jurati
PRO - Rok-Tahk
SNW - Scotty
STX - Una
MOV - General Chang
AOS - Scotty
TOS - Spock
TNG - Riker
DS9 - Kira
VGR - Janeway
ENT - T'Pol
DSC - Reno
LDS - Boimler
PIC - Jurati
PRO - Rok-Tahk
SNW - Scotty
STX - Una
MOV - General Chang
AOS - Scotty
Favorite characters from 59 years of Star Trek
TOS - Bones
TAS - Arex
TNG - Data
DS9 - Odo
VGR - EMH
ENT - Trip
DSC - Stamets
LDS - Boimler
PIC - Raffi
PRO - Rok-Tahk
SNW - La’an
STX - Ephraim
MOV - Zefram Cochrane
AOS - Jaylah
Novels - T'Ryssa Chen
TOS - Bones
TAS - Arex
TNG - Data
DS9 - Odo
VGR - EMH
ENT - Trip
DSC - Stamets
LDS - Boimler
PIC - Raffi
PRO - Rok-Tahk
SNW - La’an
STX - Ephraim
MOV - Zefram Cochrane
AOS - Jaylah
Novels - T'Ryssa Chen
Fave characters from 59 years of Star Trek
So difficult
TOS - Spock
TAS - Arex
TNG - Data
DS9 - Kira
VOY - Janeway
ENT - Trip
DSC - Tilly/Burnham/Saru (can’t decide)
LDS - T’Lyn/Boimler
PIC - Raffi
PRO - Gwyn
SNW - La’an
ST - Ephraim
MOV - Borg Queen
AOS - Sulu
SCO - Sprocket
Novels - Shar
So difficult
TOS - Spock
TAS - Arex
TNG - Data
DS9 - Kira
VOY - Janeway
ENT - Trip
DSC - Tilly/Burnham/Saru (can’t decide)
LDS - T’Lyn/Boimler
PIC - Raffi
PRO - Gwyn
SNW - La’an
ST - Ephraim
MOV - Borg Queen
AOS - Sulu
SCO - Sprocket
Novels - Shar
September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Favorite characters from 59 years of Star Trek
TOS - Spock
TNG - Riker
DS9 - Kira
VGR - Janeway
ENT - T'Pol
DSC - Reno
LDS - Boimler
PIC - Jurati
PRO - Rok-Tahk
SNW - Scotty
STX - Una
MOV - General Chang
AOS - Scotty
TOS - Spock
TNG - Riker
DS9 - Kira
VGR - Janeway
ENT - T'Pol
DSC - Reno
LDS - Boimler
PIC - Jurati
PRO - Rok-Tahk
SNW - Scotty
STX - Una
MOV - General Chang
AOS - Scotty
Fave eps from 59 years of #StarTrek
TOS- Balance of Terror
TAS- Yesteryear
TNG- Best of Both Worlds
DS9- The Visitor
VOY- Year of Hell
ENT- Observer Effect
DSC- New Eden
LDS- Crisis Point
PCD- No Win Scenario
PDG- All the World's a Stage
SNW- Those Old Scientists
MOV- The Undiscovered Country
TOS- Balance of Terror
TAS- Yesteryear
TNG- Best of Both Worlds
DS9- The Visitor
VOY- Year of Hell
ENT- Observer Effect
DSC- New Eden
LDS- Crisis Point
PCD- No Win Scenario
PDG- All the World's a Stage
SNW- Those Old Scientists
MOV- The Undiscovered Country
Fave eps from 59 years of #StarTrek
TOS - A Taste of Armageddon
TAS - The Lorelei Signal
TNG - Disaster
DS9 - Duet
VOY - Bride of Chaotica!
ENT - Twilight
DSC - Such Sweet Sorrow Pt. 2
LDS - I, Excretus
PCD - The Last Generation
PDG - Kobayashi
SNW - Those Old Scientists
MOV - The Voyage Home
TOS - A Taste of Armageddon
TAS - The Lorelei Signal
TNG - Disaster
DS9 - Duet
VOY - Bride of Chaotica!
ENT - Twilight
DSC - Such Sweet Sorrow Pt. 2
LDS - I, Excretus
PCD - The Last Generation
PDG - Kobayashi
SNW - Those Old Scientists
MOV - The Voyage Home
September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fave eps from 59 years of #StarTrek
TOS- Balance of Terror
TAS- Yesteryear
TNG- Best of Both Worlds
DS9- The Visitor
VOY- Year of Hell
ENT- Observer Effect
DSC- New Eden
LDS- Crisis Point
PCD- No Win Scenario
PDG- All the World's a Stage
SNW- Those Old Scientists
MOV- The Undiscovered Country
TOS- Balance of Terror
TAS- Yesteryear
TNG- Best of Both Worlds
DS9- The Visitor
VOY- Year of Hell
ENT- Observer Effect
DSC- New Eden
LDS- Crisis Point
PCD- No Win Scenario
PDG- All the World's a Stage
SNW- Those Old Scientists
MOV- The Undiscovered Country
No spoilers, but #StrangeNewWorlds has been working the copy/paste function from previous Trek hard this season.
September 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
No spoilers, but #StrangeNewWorlds has been working the copy/paste function from previous Trek hard this season.
Aside from the weird racial stuff in #SNW "Four and a Half Vulcans," they have the same writer churning out basically the same stuff, which worked great in "Spock Amok" and immediately got tired afterwards.
September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Aside from the weird racial stuff in #SNW "Four and a Half Vulcans," they have the same writer churning out basically the same stuff, which worked great in "Spock Amok" and immediately got tired afterwards.
Nation's leader occupies capital with military forces and takes control of incoming train routes...what would we call this if it was another country?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak.
August 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Nation's leader occupies capital with military forces and takes control of incoming train routes...what would we call this if it was another country?
This episode of #StrangeNewWorlds we have:
-Big space mystery
-Team problem solving
-Reflections on leadership
-Grappling with moral complexity
Folks, we've got ourselves a #StarTrek!
-Big space mystery
-Team problem solving
-Reflections on leadership
-Grappling with moral complexity
Folks, we've got ourselves a #StarTrek!
August 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This episode of #StrangeNewWorlds we have:
-Big space mystery
-Team problem solving
-Reflections on leadership
-Grappling with moral complexity
Folks, we've got ourselves a #StarTrek!
-Big space mystery
-Team problem solving
-Reflections on leadership
-Grappling with moral complexity
Folks, we've got ourselves a #StarTrek!
Star Trek has always been about taking risks to connect and make peace. This is not only morally good, but also makes for interesting story-telling.
SNW falling into "some things are just evil" or "some people just need stabbing" is not a good thing, especially at this historic moment.
SNW falling into "some things are just evil" or "some people just need stabbing" is not a good thing, especially at this historic moment.
August 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Star Trek has always been about taking risks to connect and make peace. This is not only morally good, but also makes for interesting story-telling.
SNW falling into "some things are just evil" or "some people just need stabbing" is not a good thing, especially at this historic moment.
SNW falling into "some things are just evil" or "some people just need stabbing" is not a good thing, especially at this historic moment.
I might be the only Trek fan not digging SNW right now.
August 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I might be the only Trek fan not digging SNW right now.
Going out on a limb:
One like = One Star Trek opinion
One like = One Star Trek opinion
July 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Going out on a limb:
One like = One Star Trek opinion
One like = One Star Trek opinion
Re-watching #Homicide and the best part is B-Plots like: "Giadello is dissatisfied with plumbers contracted by the department" and
"Munch is upset to discover Lenny Brisco slept with his ex-wife."
"Munch is upset to discover Lenny Brisco slept with his ex-wife."
July 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Re-watching #Homicide and the best part is B-Plots like: "Giadello is dissatisfied with plumbers contracted by the department" and
"Munch is upset to discover Lenny Brisco slept with his ex-wife."
"Munch is upset to discover Lenny Brisco slept with his ex-wife."
Assessing politicians by "how much they got done" rather than "how they improved/diminished the lives of others" is a pretty good Rosetta Stone for political journalist thinking.
![President Trump, in terms of raw accomplishments, crushed his first six months in historic ways. Massive tax cuts. Record-low border crossings. Surging tariff revenue. Stunning air strikes in Iran. Modest inflation.
Yet poll after poll suggests most Americans aren't impressed. In fact, they seem tired of all the winning, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write in a "Behind the Curtain" column.
Why it matters: Trump appears to be losing by winning. The more he does [link.axios.com] (including issues beyond his legislative wins), the more the general public, especially independents, shrug — or recoil.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5fbnzh57rn7xz65yjc36gxb/bafkreid7bfz6usem2jf2exo67cim52eu7qotw3bkjmmmjgb3dj4iopy6oe@jpeg)
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Assessing politicians by "how much they got done" rather than "how they improved/diminished the lives of others" is a pretty good Rosetta Stone for political journalist thinking.
Just got back from a week of camp and caught up #StrangeNewWorlds. Rhys Darby was great, but I'm going to admit this might not be working for me.
July 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just got back from a week of camp and caught up #StrangeNewWorlds. Rhys Darby was great, but I'm going to admit this might not be working for me.
Democratic leadership loves to lecture the base about political realities when they act like we're still living in 2002.
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
July 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Democratic leadership loves to lecture the base about political realities when they act like we're still living in 2002.
The best written Star Trek of the Kurtzmann area, it's a soft reboot of Voyager, and it got completely abandoned by the studio and the fans.
‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Nominated For TCA Award Ahead Of Netflix Removal At Year’s End
#startrek #tca
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#startrek #tca
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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Nominated For TCA Award Ahead Of Netflix Removal At Year’s End
Another prestigious accolade for the animated series.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The best written Star Trek of the Kurtzmann area, it's a soft reboot of Voyager, and it got completely abandoned by the studio and the fans.