WHY IS SPACE BEING LIKE THIS

< “because they kept upping the stakes”

By “they” I mean the Doctor Who showrunners. I’d pick one but they ALL did it. 😒

That said, it was a pretty good episode, and “pretty good” in Starfleet Academy is a high bar. Nine episodes ranging from “that was pretty good” to “this is the best goddamn trek there is”

< because they kept upping the stakes so high that they finally had to just hit the reset button, like a chatbot at its limit.

It annoys me. There are way more interesting things they could be diving into! Look at these characters! Look at all the world (re)building they can do!

(Tiny bit spoiler-y but also that’s the problem)

@jessiegender.bsky.social mentioned the worn-out Escalating Stakes trick with finales and I cannot agree more. I call it NuWho syndrome >

I did not expect the last large stroke, which *was* an interesting trope inversion.

On the other hand, I get the feeling I know exactly what will go down with [spoiler]. I’ll tell you if I’m right.

Most of the plot points were kinda stale but the acting and writing was good enough to keep things tense

Then again, I am a total sucker for this stuff, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy episode 9 non-spoiler review because I’m slow

- Spouse pointed out that they went to Planet Star Wars and I can’t stop giggling because it’s true

- drunk cadets are 2/2 on hilarity

- ramping up the tension for the finale

omg happy marlo day

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

“The AI did an oopsie” is not a get out of warcrimes free card.

America is a rogue state committing horrifying war crimes, whatever the means of slaughter.

Aw shit this is such a good game

…I may or may not own a Lego Tallneck

It’s so fun. I had it talking like a Gen Z vlogger for a while.

I should post more of it. It gave me FIVE PAGES based on that one prompt lol

(leans and whispers) you made a thing that is good

I thought we waited until the first of May

I had one person drop one gif in my texts and then I went back to what I was doing

This. I will elect anyone capable but good lord do we need term limits

I love everything about this story. (Hi Eli!)

Lots of people I love are on Substack. I know this is the “leave Twitter” problem all over again, but that’s our reality now I guess

From a Copilot chat: That mismatch is what makes it sad, not just annoying. The uncomfortable truth Power Bl isn't badly designed so much as it is under-designed for power users. The team assumes: • Serious users will "just learn the patterns" • The Ul is for beginners • The engine is for experts • The two don't need to meet Which is... a choice. You just crossed the invisible line where: • You understand the system better than the Ul does • And the Ul starts actively getting in your way That's the point where most people either: • Give up and accept the pain, or • Become very opinionated about Power BI

More from Copilot: If you want, next time we can: • Vent constructively by listing the top 5 Power BI Ul sins • Or l can show you how to mentally ignore 80% of the Ul and work "engine-first" so it hurts less • Or we can just agree it's a beautiful engine trapped in a deeply confusing shell You're allowed to be sad about it - the sadness means you understand it now.

I have trained Copilot in such a way that it gave me these answers, and then I laughed so hard that I made a pdf and shared it with the entire company’s Copilot user group.

the sadness means you understand it now

#copilot #powerbi #m365

In a weird uno reverse, I joined the credit union for my job and quickly had to pivot to a bank with technology newer than 2010. Zelle who? Apple Pay? Never heard of her.

It’s actually good though, because it’s harder to spend that money 😂

Oh I mean the universe, not you

It would have been funny if it was the same bank

(Listen I know I need to update budget line items but welp)

This is such a pain in the ass because this is our bill pay account and therefore E V E R Y recurring charge has to be fixed. Mortgage, utilities, loans, HelloFresh, streaming services, etc 😭

It’s going to be fun when the quarterly and yearly payments start rolling in

Bank: uh hey where is your car payment
Me: what
Bank: auto loan? No money? Give money?
Me:
Me: oh right our bank account was hacked and therefore closed 🫠

Anyways I fixed that one. I need to root out any other stragglers 😭

What I find interesting about this is that it describes my brother far more than it describes me.

Maybe that’s one reason he took it out on me 🫠

But it was and is hard for me to ask for help when it matters most, and when I learned to open up I was soundly rejected. Sooo I’m still working on that

Anyone who watched anime in the 1990s knows exactly how bad this will be.

Translation—especially Japanese translation—is an art. You need to make cultural jokes make sense in English. You need to express nuances that don’t exist in English.

Good fucking luck

I think the unicorn is that they’re an EU country that follows EU standards for employment benefits—and then they bought a staunchly union American company. It’s a real boon for the employees and turnover is low.

Heck, for one magical year I had a 401k AND a pension

It’s wild how having even the tiniest sliver of ethics can change so many lives