Tom Paris literally became an eco-terrorist for one episode

The pictures of Kira, the caption for Sisko

I thought she was supposed to be like 10Base2 terminator, unplug her and the network crashes.

Didn’t Alan Moore end up going off to write his own comics, with blackjack and hookers, because he never managed to reconcile the constrictions of the big publishers with his own political views?

And you missed the point of asking what Captain America did to ensure someone like Richard Nixon couldn’t get elected again. Or Superman with Lex Luthor.

Of course there are other examples of progressive comics, but the mainstay superheroes aren’t seen leading revolutions or improving political systems. They’re working against change.

Superheroes fighting false information online would be nice. Or forcing public healthcare through government. Etc etc.

At their core, however, the classic superheroes work to maintain the status quo and support the existing power structures of when they’re written.

At no point did Superman or Captain America stop American forces from invading a foreign country for example, or overthrow a medical insurance company.

The popular DC / Marvel ones certainly do

It was for government owned computers, they didn’t want any pirated or virus-infected stuff, and at that point there was no way to lock down such a mish-mash of systems.

The software company (who also do things like run prisons these days) had given permission for us to run the software and given a set of fake data so we could go through the motions when talking people through things, but apparently that wasn’t enough to get it on the list.

A long time ago in a galaxy far away (before the internet was a normal thing to have) I provided over-the-phone support for a large and complex piece of software.

So, people would call up and you had to describe how they could do the thing they needed to do, and if that failed they would have to wait a few days until you went to the site to sort it in person.

The software we supported was not on the approved list for the company I worked for, so you couldn’t use it within the building where the phones were being answered.

Chill out, dickwad

Makes sense, European crash testing looks for different things and the e-NV200 was only ever passed as a commercial vehicle here so you couldn’t use one as a taxi.

They are well handy, it’s a shame.

A Nissan e-NV200 is what you want … I’m in Spain, there’s a few about. They’re basic work vans, good amount of space in them, easily fixable, etc.

Pfft, no!

OS/2 Warp

I’m 46, the parts of my life where I haven’t needed to use a car every day have been great for my physical and mental health … now I live too far from work I use a little 125 motorbike to commute, and it’s still much nicer than having to take a car. When I am forced to take a car, the one I have is small and economical.

I didn’t start figuring this out until I was 30, maybe you need a few more years to mature enough to throw off the consumerist mindset?

At 85 years old my Mum can’t drive or walk, she does her own shopping with an electric mobility scooter and occasionally needs the help of others … that works fine for her because she lives in what might be called a “15 minute city” these days.

Just walk in to the local shop on your way to/from wherever else you’re going (or just to get out of the house for two minutes if you’ve been working from home) … that way you can have fresh ingredients every day, and you’re walking a bit regularly so you don’t get overweight easily

Then you saw her face?

Flip side? Uhura is fucking awesome and inspired my mum (now 86) to become a lifelong Trek fan. I’m also a lifelong fan, and I’ve been able to introduce it to my wife, who is also a fan now.

In summary, there’s plenty of Trek fans who aren’t straight white cisgendered men, and the number of toxic morons in this cohort feels much much less than in just about any other mainstream fandom.

Walkable city means taking a bike. Got it.