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In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread
Yesterday, 09:33 PM
QuickTidal, on 13 July 2026 - 04:58 PM, said:"Weir has faced online backlash for his outspoken dislike of social commentary in fiction. He has also made statements attributing the commercial underperformance of Artemis to forced diversity or "woke" trends in media, which has drawn ire from readers who argue that his own books actually contain prominent social commentary."
"Weir made headlines when he appeared on the Critical Drinker (Ooof, right wing podcaster; red flag already) After Hours podcast and criticized the modern Star Trek franchise. During the appearance, he revealed a failed pitch he had with executive producer Alex Kurtzman and suggested that his own hit sci-fi film, Project Hail Mary, was succeeding where Star Trek was failing. He claimed that "political commentary was not needed or desired for successful Star Trek and that his childhood watching the OG show was just "Fun action"....it's about the worst take on Trek I've heard. The remarks drew public pushback from other authors, prompting Weir to issue a public apology to Kurtzman."
So, PHM is a solid story written by a seemingly right leaning dude who didn't know when to shut up and completely misunderstands Star Trek to boot.
Typical Boomer/Gen X "I didn't understand the media I consumed" nonsense.
Link for that? The sources I've found discussing the Critical Drinker podcast don't include that claim about the original series, but several do cite a 2018 Futurism interview in which he said:
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"For instance, as a lifelong Star Trek fan, it's always bothered me that there is a presumed 'responsibility' within Star Trek shows to talk about social issues," the writer added. "I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other."
https://gizmodo.com/...ount-2000739724
So whoever wrote what you're quoting seems to be confusing that with the idea that OG Star Trek didn't allude to social issues.
Search didn't turn anything recent about his politics in terms of Democrat or Republican, though in 2012 he claimed that he's socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Bleh.
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He's identified a market segment who's not likely to respond to the idea of sacrificing to save our dying planet. So he makes the rounds using their favorite rally cry: "anti-woke".
I'm sure he's done the math and decided that the rest of his audience won't abandon him over this alone. So it'll be a net gain.
It's actually the kind of strategy one of his characters might come up with in the same situation.
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In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
Yesterday, 06:36 PM
Cause, on 13 July 2026 - 05:43 PM, said:Well Mitch is alive, says it was just pneumonia and fall. Bullshit. You don't get to disappear for weeks as a senator and say it was just pneumonia and a fall. Unless you couldn't talk because of a death, coma, ventilator there's no excuse for such an absence and even in such an absence your family/staff have an obligation to explain.
The man would have lost his food stamp benefits under his party's own legislation regarding work ethic.
I generally support paying Republican Senators not to vote.
Though of course it depends on what they plan on voting for. (Demon turtle almost grew a bit of a back bone in dealing with Trump---I could even imagine him voting to convict and remove, at least if he wasn't planning on running for reelection.) But most of the time... -
In Topic: Awesome/Weird/Funny Arse Videos (Not really SFW).
Yesterday, 02:27 PM
"POV: explaining work emails to a French employee"
https://www.facebook...322955640043311
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In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
Yesterday, 12:43 PM
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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville has warned that the GOP could resort to scandalous measures to avoid losing control of Congress following the midterms.
[...] Republicans in the House and Senate might simply refuse to swear in newly elected members if it meant losing control of either chamber of Congress.
[...] Politics War Room co-host Al Hunt agreed that such fears are justified and urged Democrats to seek the "best legal advice" they can to fight any GOP attempts to cling to power because "there's nothing that they won't do."
"Yeah, I concur, and also just send as many early warning things as you can," Carville replied. [...] "You cannot talk about it enough. It's too dangerous, and they're going to try. You have to have not just good lawyers. You have to have good preparation. You've got to be ready to go when it happens, to stoke what I think would be huge outrage in this country," Carville said.
"This is a lot harder to do than we think. I'm not saying they're not going to try, but I think it's going to be very hard for them to do, very hard, particularly when you're forewarned."
Carville Makes Chilling Prediction About MAGA Power Grab Plot - The Daily Beast
Is it really that hard if Trump just ignores the Supreme Court? In the past presidential abuses were met with the threat of mass resignations that would have compromised the executive branch's ability to function. But the Trump administration has been very busy trying to make sure that the executive branch is staffed with people who will remain loyal to Trump, at least to keep their jobs (and/or gain more power).
On the bright side, if the Trump administration has to rely heavily on AI and robotics after a series of mass resignations, it should make it easier for superintelligence to seize control of the United States from our tyrannical avatar of super-duper stupidity. -
In Topic: The USA Politics Thread
12 July 2026 - 09:12 PM
After reading a bit more I think Mace probably won't be Trump's pick to replace Graham. In part because she's currently a representative in the House:
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Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House, meaning that appointing a member of the lower chamber of Congress could pose risks for the party.
[...] Mace finished a distant fifth in the Republican primary for governor [after not getting Trump's endorsement]. She hinted at her ambition on social media on Sunday, posting a clip from the movie "The Godfather III" in which the character Michael Corleone says, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette[...] is seen by some Republicans as a possible appointee. Mr. Trump initially backed her in last month's Republican primary for governor, before later issuing a dual endorsement in the runoff between Ms. Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson[...]
Ms. Evette is also a possibility for the special election primary. A person close to Ms. Evette, speaking on condition of anonymity to disclose private conversations, said that the lieutenant governor had been receiving encouragement to consider running for the Senate seat.
Lindsey Graham Was Facing Re-election in November. What Happens Now? - The New York Times
Granted, Trump may object to endorsing Evette because she lost and he doesn't like to back "losers"; but Mace lost worse than her, only coming in fifth place, so she's an even bigger loser by that metric.
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