I think when they just said ‘Yes, LLMs can steal your work’. That showed they don’t even care about property rights, which is the one thing the right have always pretended was their raison d’être.

I guess well done for not doing that?

Agreed, I’ve also seen and heard a lot of this attitude, going back decades now.

In addition, I think that Islamophobia is very widespread in the UK, including among ethnic minority groups. Both white and non-white Islamophobes see anti-immigrant polices as partly or primarily a way to persecute Muslims and prevent more of them coming to the UK.

I thought it was interesting that the Doctor didn’t want to mentor Sam after he was so enthusiastic about taking the same role for Seven of Nine. This episode gave a solid explanation!

Even if you use open source software exclusively, the hardware you run it on was still manufactured under capitalism, the hardware it was built on was manufactured under capitalism, the electricity you’re powering your hardware with was provided by capitalism, and the very economic system that allowed the devs to build and maintain the software… was capitalism.

None of this is in capitalism’s favour. That there’s no getting away from it is, for Marxists, a key argument against it.

I’m not a communist myself, but the last point is so fatuous that I think it’s fair to conclude that anyone actually making it is not arguing in good faith.

The first two, though, are completely valid arguments and you should respond to them by ceasing to describe yourself as a communist!

Oh shit, that’s a good point, because it’s drying her out.

Damar drinks it often on Cardassia Prime in season 7, and it seems pretty viscous there.

Nah, they’ve never jettisoned the nacelles. The warp core is the dangerous bit (Voyager jettisoned it, what half a dozen times?). I don’t know if the warp core on the Athena is floating but… maybe.

Yeah, the Athena’s wings are cool. But, again, the weird floaty bridge is… weird.

Another good episode! Really feels like the show is hitting its stride now.

My only complaint is a bit of standard fan whinging: I hope the detached nacelles go the way of the S1 Discovery Klingons. They just look so goofy.

Europe? I don’t know her.

I want some warp core pajamas.

Right? Glad I’m not the only one! I also want Thok’s workout jacket thing.

Prince of Persia on the GameCube (I think? It was a long time ago!) had a mechanism very like this, where you manually rewound time after you died/failed. More Action/Adventure than an RPG, though.

Every small town/village has loads of kids hanging out in supermarket carparks. It is, as you say, bleak.

That is really upsetting! Those old housing estates get a bad rap (sometimes justified), but it’s noticeable that they’re the only inner city neighbourhoods where kids still play outside regularly, precisely because they’re designed with pedestrians rather than cars in mind.

I think if it’s true that he’s a racist - and it is - it’s worth saying it. In addition there are two instrumental reasons we should say it.

First, Farage’s whole schtick has been to say: ‘You can oppose immigration without being a racist’ and the related argument ‘You shouldn’t be called a racist just because you want less immigration’. Proving that he is, himself, a racist makes both arguments deeply suspect.

It also more broadly crystallises what’s evil about him for those of us who already hate him (most people!) and shows exactly why he needs to be kept out of power at all costs. If I’m in a swing seat at the next election (currently safe Labour but will there be anywhere safe by 2029?) this is the kind of thing that will make me go ‘I don’t have to like it - and I don’t - but I’m voting for Lib Dems/Greens/whoever is best placed to beat this guy’.

Ha, I came here to say Bitches Brew before seeing it was in the OP!

I’d add Loveless by My Bloody Valentine: much-imitated, but there’s nothing quite like it.

Also, my early '90s bias is showing here, but In Utero by Nirvana is uniquely brilliant. No one’s melded beauty and ugliness so successfully in any medium.

Yeah, that’s it: you can get some of that stuff from some fruits, but you’re looking at a lot of avocados!

Bacteria synthesise B12 inside various animals. Even our gut flora synthesise it, but they do it too far down our digestive system to be useful!

You can’t live on fruit alone because you need vitamin B12, which you can only get from animal products or supplements. Fruit is generally also low in carbohydrates, fats and proteins, all of which you need to live!