Odo would vote Trump. One thing I love about the Star Trek Problems is the ability to comment on current issues through Star Trek to illustrate how ridiculous they are.
Worf is stumped by his loses in poker in this week’s Star Trek problems. You know, I never thought about how difficult poker would be against that group.
Star Trek: The Next Generation sure loved techno-babble. Techno-babble is the part of the show where the characters solve a problem by spewing jargon about doing this or that that sounds sort of plausible, but still makes no sense to the average person.
If Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home visited 2015, it would certainly baffle our intrepid crew.
That’s the great thing about alternate universes, you can hit all the familiar beats that resonate without having to create that much that is new! If you can just crib from an old TV series and add explosions, bam, you have a movie!
Logic isn’t always the most entertaining course of action.
After taking strangers on a zombie adventure, British film company Realm Pictures return with another chat-based horror game, only this time set in space, with better production value and more neat in-camera gags than you can shake a CYXORK 7at.
Their company is raising funds for a longer adventure where all donors will participate in production and some will even get a chance to playthrough the adventure. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how “Level 2” was created, followed by what comes next:
“With the first video, I was really focused on the idea that the two shots had to immediately mean something. With Part II, I sort of wanted to raise a few questions with the juxtaposition of the two images. Some of the first and final shots may not scream “significance” right away, but when looking at them side-by-side, they force us to think and come up with new, original ideas.” ~ Maryland filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney
Johari Osayi Idusuyi was told the seats behind the podium were reserved for VIP only, but a few minutes later she and her friends (Gabby Chavez, Montel Morgan, DeWayne Williams) were invited to sit there right in the middle, to make it look as if Donald Trump had black supporters, to strategically help boost his image and appeal. So what happened? Johari became uninterested and read Claudia Rankine’s Citizen instead:
November 11th, 2015 — Johari Osayi Idusuyi’s reaction to Donald Trump’s speech in Springfield has landed her in the spotlight, but she showed up to the event on Monday for a low key reason.
“I’m not genuinely interested in him as a person, but as a presidential candidate, if you have the opportunity [so observe], why not?” asked Idusuyi. “It wasn’t conniving, we didn’t sneak in there. He asked us, probably for obvious reasons, but we went, we took the opportunity, and we sat and he told us to sit in the middle and we did,” said Idusuyi.
“I came here, yes, to observe a man that I already had low expectations for, but I thought maybe he could change my mind. Maybe it was just a media thing and I’m judging too fast based on what the media says and I was wrong, I wasn’t. He was exactly what I expected him to be and his supporters are exactly what I expected them to be.”
I got tapped on the shoulder. I think it was a couple. The man, he was mad but not as mad as his maybe-spouse. He had a more calm demeanor, just like, if you don’t want to be here, leave. They both said it but hers was more from a place of genuine disgust and anger. I feel like he was a mouthpiece for her. And he probably was kind of mad, but I don’t think he would have tapped me on the shoulder if it wasn’t for the woman. The woman kept saying, “If you don’t wanna be here then leave. You didn’t even stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.” I said, “I do want to be here, that’s why I’m here. You don’t know who I am. I’m reading my book because I’m uninterested. Did you not just see what happened? This person disrespects women, minorities, everybody and you’re still supporting him. He’s not saying anything of substance.” If I met this couple at an event or a dinner party, I would think they were nice people. They probably are nice people. But I don’t think they have any right to tell me what to do. The lady, actually, she mumbled something. I didn’t hear but my friend told me the next day that she said, “I’m so glad you’re not my daughter,” or something along those lines. And I was thinking, “I’m glad I’m not your daughter either!” ~ Johari Osayi Idusuyi
Michael Jackson and producer Quincy Jones created some of the most timeless and iconic music of any generation, so it is understandable if someone was to guffaw at the idea of an acoustic cover version with traditional Japanese instruments sounding as good, but it does. This is one of the best cover tracks I have ever heard.
Professional shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player YoshimiTsujimoto is accompanied by two talented koto players, Erina Ito and Yuko Watanabe on the 17-string koto, for a truly unique rendition of Michael Jackson’s 1987 classic Smooth Criminal, with a traditional Japanese flair:
This isn’t Yoshimi’s first time performing with Erina—in fact, they actually play together as a pair in a group called 523 ~Koibumi~, which they formed during their university days.
For comparison, here is the original music video for Smooth Criminal (1987):
A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) drone was recently brought down within the Oklahoma State Penitentiary grounds which was found to be carrying heroin, cigars, a mobile phone, glue, hacksaws and other paraphernalia necessary for unauthorised activities behind prison walls. It was intercepted before it could pass on the goods to prisoners.
Drones do all sorts. They film pornos, deface billboards, enter short film festivals and slice Enrique Iglesias’ hand open. They also smuggle drugs. Increasingly, people are using drones to fly contraband into prisons to make life behind bars a little more bearable for inmates. The latest UAV attempt to breach jail security is probably the most ambitious we’ve seen.
The drone pictured above crashed at Oklahoma State Penitentiary carrying the load dangling from a fishing line. Unfortunately for the intended recipients, the UAV got snagged in the prison’s fence, leaving inmates drugless, phoneless and cigarless.
In a statement, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said: “I applaud and commend the quick action and diligence on the part of the staff who noticed the UAV that entered the prison grounds.”
This is the first incident of its kind in the state, but drug smuggling via drone has been going on countrywide for some time. This attempt has only been thwarted by ambition and consequently Oklahoma probably hasn’t seen the last of airborne vehicles attempting to drop drugs into prisons.
Oregon Zoo has their own annual Howloween tradition — “Squishing of the Squash” — where the family of elephants are given giant pumpkins all to themselves, the largest weighing over 1,100 pounds! Probably not considered so giant for the elephants though:
“Lily and the elephant family stomped, smashed and munched their way through two gigantic pumpkins at the Oregon Zoo’s annual Squishing of the Squash today”
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