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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • Ncuti Gatwa Takes Aim at ‘Doctor Who’ in ‘SNL U.K.’ Monologue: ‘About 12 of You Watched Me… Maybe That’s Why I Kept Crying’

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  • It's no "get a life" moment, but I think it's pretty funny.

  • Analysis: With a possible referendum looming, Carney and Smith find common ground on carbon pricing

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  • I think it's perfectly understandable to at least attempt to rein in an increasingly rogue province by making a mutually acceptable deal. I don't believe it will help, or at least not much, but I can understand the attempt.

    The lesson is obvious to provinces: dont follow federal laws you dont agree with.

    That said, I can't really disagree with this point.

    Ultimately, the proposed pipeline still seems to be contingent on finding a private entity that thinks it's a good investment, and I'm not at all convinced that that will ever happen. We'll see.

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  • The counterpoint (and it's a deeply shitty, cynical counterpoint) is that the original targets weren't realistic to begin with, and would have been missed, just like every other climate target ever.

    Is this better? History suggests it probably isn't. Is it worse? Maybe, but the depressing truth is it might just be a lateral move.

    And that's the strongest "defense" I'm able to muster, which is pretty depressing.

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  • There's a lot of good context in here, even as I'm still deeply conflicted about this strategy.

    "The final Canada-Alberta MOU implementation agreement will put Canada’s target of net zero by 2050 well out of reach," Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute, said in a written statement.

    The Pembina Institute said its modelling showed the carbon pricing schedule included in the implementation agreement would result in an additional 230 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years.

    The federal government had no modelling of its own to offer on Friday.

    The policy left behind by Justin Trudeau's government was stronger on paper. But Carney might argue his policy is stronger in practice — not least because it was achieved via political consensus with a conservative Alberta premier.

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    In defiance of the federal benchmark, Smith's government had frozen the province's industrial price at $95 per tonne last year. (Meanwhile, Saskatchewan has stopped collecting an industrial carbon price altogether.) And because of inefficiencies in Alberta's pricing system, the effective price was much lower.

  • 'Doctor Who' Officially Has a New Streaming Home

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  • Cynically, I bet they make a lot more money licensing their content out to third parties.

  • 'Doctor Who' Officially Has a New Streaming Home

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  • It is in the UK. The international streaming is what's up in the air, and it's of particular importance because the Beeb's financial situation indicates that they're either unwilling or unable to fully fund the show without an international partner.

  • Carney, Smith reach energy agreement that could see pipeline construction start in 2027

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  • A private backer was a requirement in the original MoU, and I can't tell from the article whether that's still the case.

    If so, the whole thing may well be a non-starter.

  • 'Doctor Who' Officially Has a New Streaming Home

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  • This announcement seems oddly incomplete - maybe the hope is still alive?

  • 'Doctor Who' Officially Has a New Streaming Home

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  • AMC+'s offerings will not include the 26 seasons of the classic series that ran from 1963 to 1989. It will also not include the 60th anniversary specials with the return of Tennant's Tenth Doctor, or the two seasons starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor that are currently streaming on Disney+.

    Oh great, more fragmentation...

    Nice to see some movement at last, though.

  • Ottawa, Alberta near deal on carbon pricing rising to $130/tonne by 2040

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  • In the short term, I think Carney is prioritizing "re-industrializing" the country over certain environmental protections.

    I certainly have hope that the worst effects will be mitigated by things like what you're describing, but...I'm just not sure.

  • I'm disappointed of Jem'hadar quick start event because of predefined settings for the character.

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  • It is a little odd that they locked it to Tactical - not sure why they did that.

    I assume you'll be able to edit the appearance once you've aligned with either the Federation or the Klingons, but I haven't really tested that out, so maybe I'm wrong?

    If you're looking for a bright side, you could use one of them to play around with unconventional combinations, like a Tactical officer with a science vessel or whatever.

    Also: you've probably noticed by now that the Jem'Hadar faction drops you straight into the endgame (or at least the endgame at it was in 2018), so you may be better off playing your older character for the time being anyway.

  • Canada High Speed Rail Project Updates

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  • I tend to think that most deadlines will be missed, and most budgets will be overrun...the only question is degree.

  • One Developer Is Building The Space Sim We’ve Been Waiting For

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  • Beyond Space released.

    SC is... I dunno, same as it ever was, as near as I can tell.

  • RIP social media. What comes next is messy.

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  • Yeah, that's similar to my own thinking. To take the coffeehouse example from the article, if my local coffeehouse were to become a wretched hive of scum and villainy, I would probably stop going there.

  • RIP social media. What comes next is messy.

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  • To be honest, I was hoping for a little more engagement with the fact that the polarization (or, dare I say, radicalization) under discussion seems inherent to online spaces of any sort, and decentralized spaces aren't immune to it.

    I agree that "run by people who care" is important, but I'm not sure it's the answer in and of itself.

    I'm also don't think that a certain degree of polarization is inherently a bad thing. But I think it deserves more examination that a simple dismissal as something other platforms have to reckon with.

  • Why is Mirror Universe Picard in our Universe?

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  • The Terran Empire is too good for Kevin O'Leary.

  • One Developer Is Building The Space Sim We’ve Been Waiting For

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  • Looks like that one came out in 2014, and was not well-liked.

    Star Citizen maybe?

  • Carney to 'take into account' advice on Senate appointments from Trudeau-era committee

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  • I'm probably projecting, but I hope people realize that Trudeau did at much as he could without reopening the Constitution, which is a non-starter.

  • Carney to 'take into account' advice on Senate appointments from Trudeau-era committee

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  • I have a feeling it's neither enough for the reformists, nor enough for the abolitionists, so it's just kind of ignored.