Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li

sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

30 Ekim 2026 22:24

the thing i come back to, over and over--which stuff like LOWER DECKS got, and so much other latter-day trek has forgotten--is that the whole idea of trek is that they exist in a genuinely horrifying universe, but *choose* to pursue peace and diplomacy anyways... and it works.

Julian Sanchez

normative.bsky.social

30 Ekim 2026 06:47

There are plenty of *clever* pop-culture heroes, but very few who are genuinely wise, and not just some platitudinous fortune cookie simulacrum of wise. Who combine unbending principle with a recognition that many choices are hard & morally ambiguous, yet need to be made all the same.

Julian Sanchez

normative.bsky.social

30 Ekim 2026 06:46

Same. There was something that felt really radical about having a TV hero whose superpower was not just intelligence but thoughtfulness, and a kind of moral seriousness. Who showed from that first episode that you “win” by seeking to understand what seems like a threat.

Claire Willett

clairewillett.bsky.social

30 Ekim 2026 05:46

thinking about Patrick Stewart and Tim Curry and Dolly Parton and Catherine O’Hara and how many of the tributes shared after they died translate to something like “their art made me feel like I wasn’t alone in the world” it is hard to think of a better way to spend a life than that

Shannon Mattern

shannonmattern.bsky.social

30 Ekim 2026 05:13

I’ll be talking with @laurenfklein.bsky.social, @chronictanvi.bsky.social + Silas Munro tonight at P&T Knitwear Bookstore about their ✨ new book, Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science!