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Strange New Words (Adam)

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I'm here to talk about Star Trek during the brief Indian summer of Stage 1 Enshittification. Follow me on Mastodon: @[email protected].

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · Jul 16

Just going to leave this here.

#StarTrek #StarTrekPicard

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3h

If Harry Mudd offers you crystal meth, just say no.

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 4h

Tech won't save your tabs.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 4h

I guess there's a setting for it. (In my defense, I only use Windows at work. I'm no expert.)

Turn On or Off Display Full Path in Title Bar of File Explorer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to display the full path in the title bar of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. File Explorer shows only the name of the currently open folder or drive in t...

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 5h

My favorite is how every tab in File Explorer says "C:\Users\Adam\Documents ..." then cuts off.

The tab isn't big enough for the whole path, so you can't tell which tab is which. Microsoft could easily fix it by putting only the folder name on the tab. Instead tabs have been useless FOR YEARS.

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 5h

General Chang sure had a way with words.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3d

I never realized Lower Decks was so violent!

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3d

It will give a future race of hyper-intelligent squirrels something profound to gaze upon while they ponder what might have caused human extinction.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3d

So, it's The Oregon Trail but for Star Trek.

I Tried My Best to Completely Mess Up the Pilot of 'Star Trek: Voyager'

'Across the Unknown,' the upcoming 'Star Trek: Voyager' video game that puts you in Captain Janeway's shoes, doesn't quite live up to its promise just yet.

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3d

I do not use products of Microsoft, Apple, Google or Facebook.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3d

I do not use products of Microsoft, Apple, Google or Facebook.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 3d

Blue light from your screen.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 4d

Buy a Cybertruck and find out.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 4d

"Pretends"... yeah...

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 5d

I loved the Chinese finger puzzle gag in "The Last Outpost" as a kid, so my dad bought me one. That's one of my earliest Trekkie memories.

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 6d

TOP 5 GAMES

5. Disk and Funnels Game - TNG The Game
4. Delta Heart Magical Veterinarian - PRO Ghost in the Machine
3. Bat'leths & BiHnuchs - LD Least Dangerous Game
2. Chinese Finger Puzzle - TNG The Last Outpost
1. Two-Dimensional "Idiot's" Chess - SNW Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 6d

Have you ever listened to an album called "Basie Meets Bond"? It's a novelty album of the Count Basie Orchestra playing music from Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball. (Basie's version of "Goldfinger" might be the coolest piece of music ever recorded.)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Goldfinger

YouTube video by LittleMissLounge

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 6d

This has me wondering... am I the only one who still learns important phone numbers in case I lose my phone?

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 7d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 7d

... Communism?

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 7d

Star Trek Challenge: Tell people about yourself by listing one episode from DS9, VOY & TNG with no context.

TNG: Data's Day
DS9: Bar Association
VOY: Muse

Ross Webster @tehborg.bsky.social · 7d

Star Trek Challenge: Tell people about yourself by listing one episode from DS9, VOY & TNG with no context.

TNG: Elementary Dear Data
DS9: Babel
VOY: Scorpion 1 & 2

Captain Lancaster ✨ Trekkie PNGTuber @trekkielancaster.bsky.social · 7d

Star Trek Challenge: Tell people about yourself by listing one episode from DS9, VOY & TNG with no context.

TNG: The Inner Light
DS9: Past Tense
VOY: Year of Hell Pt.1/Pt.2

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 7d

I also thought I didn't like musicals. It turns out I don't like Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, and I grew up in the '80s and '90s so I thought that was the only kind.

Cabaret is awesome. I saw it on Broadway back in the day with Alan Cumming playing the MC.

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 7d

Holy moly!

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 7d

In addition to being top-notch every time on Star Trek, he also plays a villainous DA in one of my favorite episodes of Quantum Leap, "Last Dance Before an Execution."

Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 8d

"Do you want to spend all your money to fill your house with plastic crap to show your support for a fictional universe where materialism has been rejected?"

Classic Vendorian morality test.

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 8d

I choose to believe the Vendor room at every Star Trek convention is filled with Vendorians.

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Strange New Words (Adam) @strangenewwords.bsky.social · 8d

Star Trek II and Star Trek III are really one soundtrack, as far as I'm concerned.