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Kam Latif
@kamlatif.bsky.social
#ScienceFiction #History & #Politics Buff/Nerd/Obsessive
#StarTrek #StarWars #DoctorWho #Dune #GreatestGen #FOD
#Socialist #leftwing #longcovid
🇬🇧#Londoner

Co-host at @acedrwho.bsky.social Dr Who podcast.

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Since my favourite podcast @greatesttrek.com is now reviewing #StarTrek The Original Series, and I’ve coincidently got my youngest child hooked on it too, it seemed the right time to finally take this book off my shelf and start reading it. I’m excited for the journey I’m hoping it will take me on.
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My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years.

I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:
New books for 2026:

@lizbethmyles.bsky.social Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who (March) tinyurl.com/2fjt279x
@lillcrawf.co.uk The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who (May) tinyurl.com/w5wcph68

Covers by Daryl Joyce.

#DoctorWho
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Loneliness is on the rise among all age groups, fuelled by our online lives. The most simple remedy is to start talking to each other
Loneliness is a growing problem. It's time we started talking to each other
www.bigissue.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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🚨 New analysis alert!

Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.

However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Several Democratic senators are urging Marco Rubio to quickly investigate what a classified government watchdog report has described as “hundreds” of potential human rights violations allegedly committed by the Israeli military in Gaza

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Senators push Rubio to investigate Israel’s alleged violations in Gaza
Classified findings by the State Department’s inspector general say hundreds of potential human rights violations are awaiting the U.S. government’s review.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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free website
Gone, but not forgotten
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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It’s still non-fiction November, and a good time to remember that LOTS of children actually prefer non-fiction to fiction and LOVE the sort of information they can learn from a book like this.
Did you know a "jiffy" is a real unit of time? Physicists define it as the time it takes light to travel a distance of one femtometre, which is a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre. This was my co-author's favourite fact she learned from working on "About Time". Read more in this interview:
About Time by Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers
We welcome co-authors Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers to the blog in an interview style format! Gain some insight into their work on About Time. Rebecca
fcbg.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Parody is just a fart joke @greatesttrek.com
Cause I've got faith of the heart. I'm going where my heart will take me.
I've got faith to believe. I can do anything.
I've got strength of the soul. No one's gonna bend or break me.
I can reach any star.
I've got faith.
Faith of the heart.
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Science lovers! Are you going to try and convince some child in your life that science is fun and worthwhile this Christmas? You could buy them one of dozens of commercially available "science kits" OR you could MAKE YOUR OWN to accompany a copy of "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder":
Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The sorting event of the century has begun, Mug Draft 2025 is here!

Watch the full introduction of the contestants: youtu.be/6koqRJT4rzE?...

Listen to the full ep at gagh.biz/greatesttrek

#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #fods #friendsofdesoto #mugdraft2025

@maximumfun.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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When a crazed legendary character actor tries to hijack Enterprise to escape his maniacal doctors, Kirk and Dr. Noel investigate where he escaped from and find a special massage chair that works its magic fingers into your brain! Listen to our review of "Dagger of the Mind" at gagh.biz/greatesttrek
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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On today’s #GreatestGen, Malik drew first blood, but he may need to augment his expectations for attacking Cold Station 12.

Listen to the full episode at: gagh.biz/greatestgen

#greatesttrek #startrek #startrekenterprise
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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We started showing our 8yo Back to the Future tonight. My Spanish wife texted her aunt about it & she said she never heard of it. Then she said do you mean Back to the Past which is its Spanish title.
Shouldn’t be surprised by the literalness as Knight Rider is called The Fantastic Car over there.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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The kind folks at @pocketcasts.com featured @greatesttrek.com on their Pop Culture Unpacked list! I’m tickled pink! pocketcasts.com/discover/lis...
Pop Culture Unpacked - Pocket Casts
Listen to your favorite podcasts online, in your browser. Discover the world's most powerful podcast player.
pocketcasts.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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It’s the end of an era.

Voyager’s Endgame delivers two Janeways, a rewritten fate, and a final confrontation with the Borg.

A massive Voyager finale—let’s talk about it.

#Roddenberry #StarTrek #StarTrekVoyager
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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It's the same old Soong and dance when genetically augmented humans hijack a starship. Only this time it's a Klingon ship and it'll be war unless Archer and Data's granddaddy Khan work together to capture them. And also...Orions! Listen to our review of "Borderland" at gagh.biz/greatestgen
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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We have a bunch of new holiday items up at podshop.biz, so if you’re a fan of @greatesttrek.com and you’ve got something to celebrate, go check it out!
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The anticipation has been building to a fever pitch and Mug Draft is finally here!
The sorting event of the century has begun, Mug Draft 2025 is here!

Watch the full introduction of the contestants: youtu.be/6koqRJT4rzE?...

Listen to the full ep at gagh.biz/greatesttrek

#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #fods #friendsofdesoto #mugdraft2025

@maximumfun.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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RIP Jimmy Cliff
Obvious choice but I love it.
youtu.be/twf7LhQIBkQ?...
Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers To Cross
YouTube video by rockyfl86
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The super cool AI use case for a middle aged trillionaire is you could take a pic of a fellow party guest and Grok will spew clever vulgar insults about the person's appearance? Jfc what a sad stunted man he is.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Since my favourite podcast @greatesttrek.com is now reviewing #StarTrek The Original Series, and I’ve coincidently got my youngest child hooked on it too, it seemed the right time to finally take this book off my shelf and start reading it. I’m excited for the journey I’m hoping it will take me on.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
COP30 - Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30 - Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit
What did we learn from a climate summit that ended in a deal with no new mention of fossil fuels?
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM