"Instead of really trying to bring in the best and the brightest to fill the labour market gaps that need to be filled, what we're doing is bringing in low skill, low wage, expendable and exploitable temporary foreign workers in the form of students," Banerjee said in an interview.
Refreshingly blunt. Also unsurprising. Also yikes.
Starfleet Academy (if that’s still a thing?)
Definitely still a thing, reportedly say to start filming later this summer.
As for S31, I don't know if you keep up with the news, but...
spoiler
one of the characters is reportedly a young Rachel Garrett, which is fairly suggestive of the movie's setting.
They have gone out of their way to portray L'ak as a doofus (and writer Carlos Cisco even gave an interview where he suggested that Breen are dumber in their fleshy form), so you may be right.
Okay, I was certain for a quite a while that L'ak's death was a fakeout...up to a certain point. L'ak said Moll wasn't going to like his plan, which made me think that dying, or appearing to die, was part of it.
But...that was before a Breen medic showed up to help - they should be a lot harder to fool than Culber, who has only a rudimentary understanding of Breen physiology. And the episode certainly framed it as real. And they've dangled a possible motivation for Moll, in a desire to use the Progenitor technology to revive him.
And yet something still screams "bluff" to me. Thoughts?
Edit: also...SEVEN OF LIMES
Let's be honest: at this point, they could make the greatest Star Trek film of all time, and it would only be 1/47 as entertaining as watching the executives at Paramount Pictures stepping on infinite rakes in infinite combinations as they try to make the damn thing.
The punishment for violating the prime directive is apparently a significant amount of paperwork. In “Bread and Circuses” it is stated that Starfleet officers swear to die before violating the prime directive.
Distinction without difference.
Local testing times for May 8:
Alberta: 11:55 a.m. MT
British Columbia: 10:55 a.m. PT
Manitoba: 1:55 p.m. CT
New Brunswick: 2:55 p.m. AT
Northwest Territories: 9:55 a.m. MT
Nova Scotia: 1:55 p.m. AT
Newfoundland and Labrador: 3:25 p.m. NT
Nunavut: 1:55 p.m. ET
Ontario: 12:55 p.m. on May 15
Prince Edward Island: 12:55 p.m. AT
Quebec: 1:55 p.m. ET
Saskatchewan: 11:55 a.m. CT
Yukon: 10:55 a.m. YT
Orrrrr...maybe Wilson Cruz is pregnant and they need to cover it up?
New uniform variant just dropped.
Going from ensign to lieutenant. How totally amazing.
Writer Carlos Cisco has indicated that they conceptualized the Breen's solid form as an adaptation that they developed over time, which would track with your idea.
And "The Chase" certainly left some wiggle room for there to be species that were untouched by the Progenitors:
Our scientists seeded the primordial oceans of many worlds, where life was in its infancy. The seed codes directed your evolution toward a physical form resembling ours. This body you see before you, which is, of course, shaped as yours is shaped, for you are the end result.
I think the headline misrepresents it a bit, but:
Tim's has a long history of playing to a sense of nostalgia and "shared Canadian values".
Politicians have been using this association to try to seem like Regular Joes for years.
The franchise is owned by one of the largest corporations in the world.
Their menu increasingly contradicts the "traditional" vibe they promote, with newer items like Sweet Chili Chicken Loaded Wraps and Loaded Bowls, Tiramisu Cold Brew, and Blackberry Yuzu Sparkling Quenchers.
They're also increasingly expanding options that discourage people from eating in-store, eroding their "de facto town square" image.
Maybe the confused identity of the brand reflects the confused identity of Canada as a whole.
To be honest, it's a pretty muddled piece, but there are a couple of interesting points in there.