PJ Lusk
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Takes my own, probably silly | Tar Heel | Trek fan | Lead author on In The Raptor’s Claws: Earth, Romulus, and the War that Birthed the Federation
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And even then, there are still use cases for a ship like that (a larger air defense platform, tube artillery support for an amphibious invasion). It’s just nobody has needed those capabilities in a while.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And even then, there are still use cases for a ship like that (a larger air defense platform, tube artillery support for an amphibious invasion). It’s just nobody has needed those capabilities in a while.
Oh no! That sucks so much!
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh no! That sucks so much!
I thought we had, as a culture, answered the old Chappelle question "How old is fifteen, really?" but jesus fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I thought we had, as a culture, answered the old Chappelle question "How old is fifteen, really?" but jesus fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
I feel like Kirk Ferentz is a Dwarf player
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I feel like Kirk Ferentz is a Dwarf player
Don't have that kind of scratch, but that's cool as hell! Well done, Spencer!
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Don't have that kind of scratch, but that's cool as hell! Well done, Spencer!
Like, getting rid of the filibuster is absolutely short-term bad for Dems. It's not hard to believe that it's *long-term* bad for Dems too, given that the GOP should be in control of the Senate like 70% of the time.
I agree w/ getting rid of it, but its a closer calculation than people credit
I agree w/ getting rid of it, but its a closer calculation than people credit
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Like, getting rid of the filibuster is absolutely short-term bad for Dems. It's not hard to believe that it's *long-term* bad for Dems too, given that the GOP should be in control of the Senate like 70% of the time.
I agree w/ getting rid of it, but its a closer calculation than people credit
I agree w/ getting rid of it, but its a closer calculation than people credit
A more charitable reading is that the filibuster is the one power that the minority has while in the minority, and they want to keep the one lever they have while they're in the minority.
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A more charitable reading is that the filibuster is the one power that the minority has while in the minority, and they want to keep the one lever they have while they're in the minority.
If Star Trek is generally a hyper-idealized version of mid-to-late 20th century America, putting ENT at a point where they represent a younger, scrappier early 20th century America makes a ton of sense
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If Star Trek is generally a hyper-idealized version of mid-to-late 20th century America, putting ENT at a point where they represent a younger, scrappier early 20th century America makes a ton of sense
It’s also of a piece with Enterprise’s broader theme of “Archer is flying without a net in a way Kirk or Picard isn’t, he’s going to fuck things up and this build the net that his descendants will have.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
It’s also of a piece with Enterprise’s broader theme of “Archer is flying without a net in a way Kirk or Picard isn’t, he’s going to fuck things up and this build the net that his descendants will have.”
Making the Earth Romulan War a WW1 story and not a WW2 story was a central thematic goal of mine, both from a “where this is in the timeline” perspective and from a “this isn’t the kind of war story I as an American have read a ton of” perspective
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Making the Earth Romulan War a WW1 story and not a WW2 story was a central thematic goal of mine, both from a “where this is in the timeline” perspective and from a “this isn’t the kind of war story I as an American have read a ton of” perspective
Yes, that is very much what I’m going for! No one knows how to fight a war like this (or even if they *can* fight a war like this with the tech they have) and everyone is in way over their heads.
It’s only gonna get worse on that score from here!
It’s only gonna get worse on that score from here!
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Yes, that is very much what I’m going for! No one knows how to fight a war like this (or even if they *can* fight a war like this with the tech they have) and everyone is in way over their heads.
It’s only gonna get worse on that score from here!
It’s only gonna get worse on that score from here!
One of the things I will always remember from my Naval War College class last year was a story a black Navy LT told us where his uncle asked “are you *sure* you want to go USNA???” in like 2012
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
One of the things I will always remember from my Naval War College class last year was a story a black Navy LT told us where his uncle asked “are you *sure* you want to go USNA???” in like 2012
Man really has been speedrunning the Ted Faro character arc
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Man really has been speedrunning the Ted Faro character arc
Hope you enjoy it when you get around to it!
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hope you enjoy it when you get around to it!
I mean, it’d be nice lol
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I mean, it’d be nice lol
Nah, I can do it. I’m not gonna give up *here*
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Nah, I can do it. I’m not gonna give up *here*