I think Saru is the best that came out of Discovery. I think the character will rank high in Trek’s Pantheon for a long time.

S31 was repurposed into a movie but it was on development for some time. Legacy was just wishful thinking by Terry Matalas.

IMHO Picard should have ended with an USS Picard instead of a new Enterprise. It was clearly just a hook from Matalas trying to get a new show

The X in Xmpp is for extensible. I find issue that a protocol that is supposed to be extensible was killed by being extended.

their parents also work harvesting cocoa. The reason they are poor despite being working a lot is that they are not paid enough for their work… by Mars (or Nestle, Mondelez, etc)

middle class is now “the richest 10%”? not sure they know what “middle” means

the character have so good chemistry together it is curious to think they just each record their stuff separately

If someone is putting civilians between you and them and you still shoot, you are not better than them.

their nation was literally built on top of violence.

would you say that to people in every single colonialist country? e.g. the US?

Unfortunately most western states have completely ignored for years the atrocities committed against the people in Palestine. Not allowing these kinds of protests also prevents people in those countries from voicing their rejection of their governments position, making it more difficult for those governments to change their postures.

Putting pressure on Israel’s allies is for most people the only way they have to support Palestinians

This ban also legitimises the idea that supporting Palestine is equal to supporting terrorism or antisemitism, which also can increase hate crimes against them (and Arab people in general)

Back in 2021 the supreme court had already declared abortion as not a crime, but the sentenced, while settled a precedent, did not applied in the whole country. This new sentence applies in the whole country and also forces mexican healthcare public institutions to provide abortion to any person that requests it.

how is this good specifically for women in the border? this applies equally in the whole country

this is exclusively about protecting the meat & dairy industry. nothing more.

they make their income out of tourism because that is what government decisions have fostered. after the 2009 crisis, it became a quick and easy way to reintroduce people into work. Unfortunately it is an exploitative industry that allows little possible grow to people working in it.

Most people in that industry are not making a living out of it, they are trapped in it.

Im talking about a very specific kind of tourist. Im well aware some do bring value, but far too many only take it away. additionally, the fact that tourism is a big chunk of the economy does not mean we should pander to it. it is absolutely possible to redirect investments into other economic areas to make them grow.

I lived in Barcelona for a decade. recently I moved to small town (also in the Mediterranean cost). I agree with the sentiment. I am not fully onboard with the “tourists go home” feeling, but I do get where it comes from. After a while it does become annoying seeing people using the place you live as a party location. A group of people come, get a cheap airbnb and buy a lot of alcohol in some supermarket. They don’t bring any value to the city.

In my current town it is not so much the British, but German and Benelux people. It is frustrating not being able to go to a supermarket to get food because the place is crowded by people who got a cheap bungalow somewhere in a camping location.

I would say that stop voting a**holes is even better (and the best thing is, you can do both!)

maybe I just did not fully understood everything until it was over. I found it confusing that the reason to call him butcher was not the killing of civilians but he killing his own men.

In the end he wants to keep the fact that he didn’t kill his own men because that seems to be the reason for starfleet to really considered him a defector? I honestly see that as a weak argument. particularly several years after he has been successfully working as an ambassador.

I feel that if his lies would have been clear earlier we could have had more intense scenes between them and his character could have been developed a bit better

I disagree a lot. I think the idea was very good and it has good chunks, but overall it was even below average for SNW due to not so good writing. I felt the same about the first episode of the season. I feel it hid to much information just to be able to give a twist in the end, at the expense of the first part of the episode, which I think it dragged too much.

I feel the writers are trying very hard to show SNW can have a very wide range of themes but I dont think they are delivering that well when it comes to war.