Barclay eschewing human company for holograms of the Voyager crew feels a lot like the folks who think ChatGPT is sentient.

I'm now up to the episode where Barclay makes contact with Voyager. It might have been a narrative mistake to have Voyager in touch with Starfleet at this point? It undercut the final homecoming imo.

And the original Voyager comes across the biomemetic remnants just at the end and... what about the transwarp conduits and slipstream drive that took them ~30 years closer to the Alpha Quadrant?

Course: Oblivion is an interesting concept, but it raises so many questions. For nearly a year, there's been two Voyagers heading towards the Alpha Quadrant but there was never any overlap?

The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.

They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.

Also: Ray Pies. In a show jam packed with word jokes, that's maybe my favourite, though the discounted tents is a standout.

And Bakery Vic's statement about her abusive dead husband; that she wanted him to apologise for the harm caused because he was such a waste of a life. Gets me every fucking time. I would love it if my abusers would take responsibility for their actions, too.

I've saved this because it seems to get more and more true. Lying in bed seems to have put my back out to the extent I could barely walk for 2 months last year.

If you have a problem with trans women, trans men, or trans people of any make or gender, then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that marinate