That's very unfortunate to hear - I agree that there it probably a different core philosophy between Lemmy and Mastodon (I can't speak to other platforms), where Lemmy is considered more of a "public bulletin board" where all content can be read by anyone, and most measures against harassement or other bad behaviour is left to the mod/admin teams (insert long rant about small instances being a good thing here).
This is the first I've heard of blocked users being able to vote on stuff, though.
The book must be about Peter Cushing.
Yeah, the issue as I understand it is that there's no content warning system built into ActivityPub, so each platform has made their own implementation.
Schrödinger’s Gallifrey pendulum is swinging back to “alive”…
Honestly a very solid motivation, I'm not mad about it.
Very confused on the issue of whether Omega even has a body, though...
I've found the best way to handle federating spoilers is to keep the title spoiler-free, and put them in the body of a text post - that at least requires a clickthrough from Mastodon.
I've never experimented with the NSFW tag due to complaints from lemmy users who want to filter out porn and gore, but don't care if they see spoilers.
I don't think a perfect solution exists.
More than an omen, an identical lineage might be engineered to similar effects — in which case we are uncomfortably close to the magical thinking of eugenics.
I would guess that it wouldn't work, though - the laws of magic would probably insist on it being genuine happenstance.
I unfortunately don't think we'll see the Rani applying the actual scientific method to what she's doing - her experimentation seems to be done, and she's moved on to application.
I think she's retained her sense of purpose, though, which sets her apart from the more chaotic Master.
That was very good, yes.
If "they" is Disney, the worst they can do is decline to renew their distribution deal (which, granted, is worth a lot of money).
A full cancellation would be a BBC decision, and I just don't think they're prepared to do that.
though I guess not overtly racist
I was shocked, too.
Not sure why he wished for giant skeleton monsters
I was wondering about that - since they're only sort-of "there," I wonder if they're a creation of the Rani's. In "Unleashed" they talked about how the bones of the bone palace are largely based on birds...they played it off as simply being designed that way because they look cool, but...is there some significance?
Another thing about Conrad: they did an interesting job portraying him as a victim in his own right, with Mrs. Flood still serving as his jailor, and, sort of creepily, as a mother figure.
I think the word "shuttle" could plausibly be applied to long-range, low-capacity transports - maybe even something as large as the USS Raven.
Is the Federation even adhering to the warp five speed limit anymore?
I just assume they've fixed that issue.
That's what I thought - just wanted to be clear!
Okay, I think this is fun. It's always nice when the characters have slightly different motivations, which could put them at cross-purposes with each other.