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- c/Quarks will change to "local only" when Lemmy 0.19.6 releases
EDIT 3: **Due to some bugs we're delaying this feature until Lemmy 0.19.6 is released! **
The goal of c/Quarks has always been to help foster a sense of community for StarTrek.website, but it is just a generic "offtopic" community and does not really have an identity of it's own on the Fediverse.
Thanks to the new feature in Lemmy 19.4, we can create true "local only" communities. And Quark's can be what it was originally intended to be, a place for our users. This will allow us to better discuss what kind of experience users of this instance wish to have (not just provide) without all the dorks on less cool instances coming here and ruining our weather control network.
EDIT: to those of you concerned about missing out on "trek-adjacent discussion" @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website has indicated they plan on loosening the "on topic" rule of /c/StarTrek to include more of that.
EDIT2: If anyone is interested in growing and operating a community on our instance, please feel free to reach out or comment here!
- Calling all Marvel Snap players
I don't know if there are any Snap players amongst the startrek.website community, but I've created a loosely Star Trek-themed Alliance, if that's something you'd be into.
Just paste the following into Alliance Search: [UFP] Delta Shift
- Interest in a Star Trek Comics Community on this instance
I’ve thought it would be nice to have a venue to discuss Trek comics, but I’ve always felt it would be weird to reference non-canon/dubiously canon stuff from a less popular medium in a main Star Trek thread.
Thus, I was wondering if this server has sufficient interest in such a thing to create a new community just for Star Trek comics.
- 24 HOURS LEFT OF CANVAS 2024 | Timelapses!
cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/4064398
> No size change as a result of the polls > > 68% of the canvas has pixels on it, lets try to get it filled!! > > 24h - 72h Timelapses: > - PeerTube: https://sc07.tv/w/6nRzZhVtyPCmJfSoPJC7tn > - YouTube: https://youtu.be/diwHyJTvb0k > - Raw File: https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/2024/24-72.mp4 > > go place pixels! > - https://canvas.fediverse.events > - https://canvas.fediverse.events > - https://canvas.fediverse.events > - https://canvas.fediverse.events
- CANVAS 2024 IS LIVE
cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/4031774
If there's any interest in carving out a corner of Canvas 2024 in the name of startrek.website, feel free to use this thread to coordinate!
- Composer Michael Giacchino to Release Lounge-Style Film Score Covers Album ‘Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen’variety.com Composer Michael Giacchino to Release Lounge-Style Film Score Covers Album ‘Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Composer Michael Giacchino is set to release a lounge-style film score covers album 'Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen.’
- Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter | TechCrunch
Over the past few days, Ghost says it has achieved two major milestones in its move to become a federated service.
- Top Of The Mountain: David Ellison’s Skydance Taking Over Paramount After $8 Billion Investmentdeadline.com Top Of The Mountain: David Ellison’s Skydance Taking Over Paramount After $8 Billion Investment
David Ellison's Skydance Media has announced an $8 billion deal to take over Paramount Global, capping a seven-month quest.
Looks like it's a done deal (serious this time), though there's technically a 45-day window for someone to make a better offer.
- Theory: The founders came to Earth in 1982 as documented by John Carptenter in The Thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)
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- Founders - Change shape
- Thing - Change shape
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- Founders - live in a giant soup and can split off from the soup at will
- Thing - Can divide up the shape at any time into autonomous functional groups
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- Founders - Fly in space ships
- Thing - Flies in massive space ship
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- Thing - Doesn't like fire
- Founders - who likes fire?
I posit that the founders are the Thing, but perhaps a group of founders operating in special operations mode. Or they could be children out on founder Rumspringa like Odo was.
- Skydance Media and National Amusements Inc. Reach New Merger Agreement for Paramount Globalvariety.com Skydance Media and National Amusements Inc. Reach New Merger Agreement for Paramount Global
Skydance Media and National Amusements have reached a deal to acquire Paramount but the pact still must be approved by the studio's special committee.
In case you weren't sick of this merry-go-round yet.
- Highlighting journalism on Mastodonblog.joinmastodon.org Highlighting journalism on Mastodon
Today we're launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.
- ‘Star Trek’ Alum Jonathan Frakes to Direct Sci-Fi Adaptation of ‘Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime’variety.com ‘Star Trek’ Alum Jonathan Frakes to Direct Sci-Fi Adaptation of ‘Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Jonathan Frakes has joined the producing and creative team of Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘Venus Prime’ series adaptation.
- StarTrek.Website has upgraded to Lemmy v0.19.5!
Hi everyone,
We've now upgraded to v0.19.5 - this update includes the changes from v0.19.4, which we had not yet upgraded to. This is a relatively big one, and you can find details here:
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Here are some of the user-facing highlights:
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There is now a dropdown option to hide posts.
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You can now view and delete all images you've previously uploaded.
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Federation has been improved in a number of ways. It's now possible to federate with Wordpress, Discourse, and NodeBB. Federation with Mastodon has been improved, and we should now be federated with more servers on that platform. Most posts to our communities should automatically receive a hashtag matching the community's name (e.g., #startrek, #daystrominstitute, etc.). This is dependent on the poster's home instance, though, so only posts from servers which are running v0.19.4 or higher will receive the hashtags.
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There's now a user setting to change how votes are displayed - you can see or hide upvotes, downvotes, score, upvote %, or none.
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I'd also like to remind you that we have two alternative interfaces available:
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https://old.startrek.website/ is a suspciously familiar-looking user experience.
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https://vger.startrek.website/ is a nice mobile-first experience. If you've ever used the Voyager mobile app, this is that.
Edit: We also have a wiki, which is open to users who feel inspired to develop resources for this community!
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Finally, we remain eternally grateful to all users who are able to support startrek.website by contributing to our Patreon - your generosity helps to keep the lights on!
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🖖 The Admin Team
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- Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content on Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websiteswww.hollywoodreporter.com Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content on Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websites
The sites, formerly home to a trove of clips and other related materials, now redirect users to Paramount+.
- Willie Mays - the 'Say Hey Kid' considered baseball's best all-around player - dies at 93
Rest in peace. Isn’t he a time traveler, though? I thought Starfleet Intelligence would have resolved this by now.
- Prebunker Mentalitywww.bugeyedandshameless.com Prebunker Mentality
New research in combatting misinformation suggests the truth may have a future yet. But we're solving for the wrong problem.
- Anybody watching Resident Alien?
I added it to my watch list because Robert Duncan McNeill is an executive producer, and finally started on it yesterday. Definitely enjoying it so far.
I'm only partway through the first season, but it's basically "What if ET was kind of a jerk?" (or possibly "What if Dr. House was an alien?") If you've seen it, no spoilers please, but curious if anyone else has watched it and their thoughts on it.
- NASA's Voyager Has Made a Full Recovery After Glitch Nearly Ended the Historic Missiongizmodo.com NASA's Voyager Has Made a Full Recovery After Glitch Nearly Ended the Historic Mission
The iconic mission has resumed regular science operations for the first time since November 2023.
- Season one of StarTrek.website is in the bag! So we've added "V'ger", as a treat.
Like many other Lemmy instances, we turned one this week! If you enjoy the Voyager app experience but prefer to only login locally (not that there's any reason whatsoever to distrust vger.app) or not log in at all, we now have an option for you!
https://vger.startrek.website/
(actual footage of a vger.startrek.website user)
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A friendly reminder that we also have mlem ("old reddit") fronted installed too for those that prefer browsing in a familiar interface on desktop.
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We do plan on updating to Lemmy 0.19.4 sometime this month so keep an eye out for that!
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If you've noticed the site hitching lately it's because we were reaching our storage limit (again, oops) so we purchased significantly more storage that appears to be helping.
Big nuqneH to our Patreon supporters for keeping our little corner of the Fediverse on the air a whole year and also allowing us to add features like these frontends and wiki (editing is open to all!) If you'd like to pitch in we have just one plan and it's only $4.
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- AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anywaygizmodo.com AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway
AI is already stealing writers’ work. Now they’re losing jobs over false accusations of using it.
- No Deal: Shari Redstone Ends Talks On Skydance Offer for Paramount Globalwww.hollywoodreporter.com No Deal: Shari Redstone Ends Talks on Skydance Offer for Paramount Global
The mogul had been reviewing the offer from the consortium led by Skydance and RedBird Capital.
- G/O Media Sells Off Gizmodowww.thedailybeast.com G/O Media Sells Off Gizmodo
The sale will keep the tech website’s entire staff intact, G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller wrote in a company-wide memo obtained by The Daily Beast.
I'm not familiar with Keleops, but it's hard to imagine Gizmodo being worse off than it had been under the previous ownership.
- In honor of the late William Anders, here's a really great video on the "Earthrise" photo and how improbable it is that we have it at all
YouTube Video
Click to view this content.
- ‘Pink Moon’: Blu Del Barrio Joins Cast Of Carol Brandt’s Queer Heist Dramadeadline.com ‘Pink Moon’: Blu Del Barrio Joins Cast Of Carol Brandt’s Queer Heist Drama
'Pink Moon': Blu Del Barrio Joins Cast Of Carol Brandt's Queer Heist Drama
- New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fastarstechnica.com New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast
While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity.
>The researchers did indeed discover a warp drive solution: a method of manipulating space so that travelers can move without accelerating. There is no such thing as a free lunch, however, and the physicality of this warp drive does come with a major caveat: the vessel and passengers can never travel faster than light. Also disappointing: the fact that the researchers behind the new work don't seem to bother with figuring out what configurations of matter would allow the warping to happen.
- Variety - Top Marketing & Communications Executive leaving Paramount Globalvariety.com Paramount Global’s Top Marketing and Communications Exec, Julia Phelps, Is Leaving
Julia Phelps, Paramount Global's executive VP and chief communications and corporate marketing officer, is leaving the company.
More departures of former Viacom senior executives from Paramount Global in the wake of Baklish’s firing.
- Introducing c/DoctorWho!
We've been interested in hosting communities that aren't exactly Star Trek, but also make a certain kind of sense for this instance for a while. - Quark's was the first step, and now we've decided to pull the trigger on !doctorwho@startrek.website - with the new season up and running, this seems like as good a time as any. Whovians new and old alike are welcome to stop by!
- Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 1x01 "Space Babies" and 1x02 "The Devil's Chord"
"Space Babies"
Logline
Ruby learns the Doctor’s amazing secrets when he takes her to a Baby Farm in the future that’s being run by babies, but threatened by a bogeyman.
Written by: Russell T. Davies
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
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"The Devil's Chord"
Logline
When the Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles, they discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history.
Written by: Russell T. Davies
Directed by: Ben Chessell
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This thead is a trial balloon to gauge whether there's interest in having ongoing "Doctor Who" discussion threads, or perhaps a local community.
- Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industryfuturism.com Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Our investigation into AdVon Commerce, the AI contractor at the heart of scandals at USA Today and Sports Illustrated.
- Crowdfunded ‘Space Command: Redemption’ Released, Features Star Trek’s Doug Jones, Robert Picardo & Moretrekmovie.com Crowdfunded ‘Space Command: Redemption’ Released, Features Star Trek’s Doug Jones, Robert Picardo & More
Watch the release trailer for this series inspired by Star Trek.
- Early review: Doctor Who's Latest Era Is a Burst of Regenerative Energygizmodo.com Doctor Who's Latest Era Is a Burst of Regenerative Energy
After an introduction at Christmas, Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson's first trips in the TARDIS are fun, fresh, and buzzing with energy.
- It’s Official: Bob Bakish Is Out At Paramount Global, Trio Of Division Heads Form New Office Of The CEOdeadline.com It’s Official: Bob Bakish Is Out At Paramount Global, Trio Of Division Heads Form New Office Of The CEO
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish is departing and a trio of top division heads, Brian Robbins, George Cheeks and Chris McCarthy, are stepping up..
- Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profitblog.joinmastodon.org Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit
As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations.
- NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titanarstechnica.com NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.
- Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’www.theverge.com Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’
Interoperable social media is having a real moment
- North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Saywww.wired.com North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say
Thousands of exposed files on a misconfigured North Korean server hint at one way the reclusive country may evade international sanctions.
- Flipboard Federates 11,000 Magazines by 400 Creators and Enthusiastsflipboard.medium.com Flipboard Federates 11,000 Magazines by 400 Creators and Enthusiasts
Today Flipboard is taking two big steps toward opening its platform to the fediverse, making 400 creators and 11,000 of their curated…