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A #StarTrekDay thread about fashion’s final frontier: the Skant. 55 years ago today, the USS Enterprise took flight with a miniskirted communications officer, Lt. Nyota Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols. 
“In later years, especially as the women’s movement took hold in the ‘70s, people began to ask me about my costume,” Nichols remembered in her autobiography. “Some thought it ‘demeaning’ for a woman in the command crew to be dressed so sexily.”
“Contrary to what many may think today, no one saw it as demeaning back then. In fact, the miniskirt was a symbol of sexual liberation. More to the point, in the 23rd century, you are respected for your abilities regardless of what you do or do not wear.”
It's #StarTrekDay and while my critical brain puts the crown on DS9 for its willingness to move away from the formula a bit, and it's way ahead of its time look into social issues, I have a very warm place in my heart for the original mostly because of Spock..
Spock should be very high on anyone's best characters on TV list . His backstory, his evolution, his idiosyncrasies, his Sass, and his being an endless quotable machine. Spock adventures on the show were always the best to me and his insights are actually insightful ...
Besides that for my money Nimoy was the best actor on the show owing to the difficulty of playing a character like Spock...want example look at my favorite episode of Star Trek which is my favorite Spock episode "AMOK TIME" ..
DS9 time. Tonight, I'm watching two of the most politically radical episodes in Trek history: Past Tense parts I and II. Mostly set in 2024, Past Tense centers on "The Bell Riots" — an Attica-style rebellion that makes the future depicted in Star Trek possible. #StarTrekDay
While beaming down to Earth, Sisko, Bashir & Dax experience a transporter accident (it's always a fucking transporter accident) that thrusts them back in time to 2024. Sisko & Bashir quickly encounter cops who arrest them for having no ID & deposit them in a "sanctuary district."
The "sanctuary district" is an assemblage of city blocks where Sisko and Bashir are told, upon being "processed," that they can stay where ever they like in the district, but of course, there aren't enough places to sleep and scarcity drives violence.
Today we're celebrating 55 years since the first episode of Star Trek aired, in just over 55 tweets.
More than 800 episodes and 13 films later, it's time to go back to basics. To Star Trek TOS (Those Old Scientists) #StarTrekDay
More than 800 episodes and 13 films later, it's time to go back to basics. To Star Trek TOS (Those Old Scientists) #StarTrekDay
Note: My screenshots come from the version available on Netflix in France, so the Remastered edition from 2007-2008.
Make way for pictures. 🖖
Make way for pictures. 🖖
September 8, 1966
Happy #StarTrekDay!
Let's celebrate the bright future that Star Trek envisions for us - all of us, together.
Over fifty years ago we were introduced to the idea of a future in which humanity had learned to sort out its problems and work together.
(A thread.) @StarTrek
Let's celebrate the bright future that Star Trek envisions for us - all of us, together.
Over fifty years ago we were introduced to the idea of a future in which humanity had learned to sort out its problems and work together.
(A thread.) @StarTrek
Through the lens of space travel we explored our own challenges as people, and confronted our own problems - sometimes metaphorically, sometimes directly.
Today, that tradition carries on with the various Star Trek shows, movies, books, and games.
Today, that tradition carries on with the various Star Trek shows, movies, books, and games.
We imagine a bright future for everyone - one in which we try to solve issues with science and diplomacy first. One in which we can meet the material and emotional needs of people and give everyone equal footing in our society.
Quark saying,"when governments fall, people like me are lined up and shot" hits differently now. #StarTrekDay #StarTrekDS9
Quark was worried about the demonization of businesses like his bar and casino amid the rise of a potentially fundamentalist government. I'm concerned about being thrown in the back of a van by fascists who exploit fundamentalism to meet authoritarian ends. #StarTrekDS9
I really appreciated @ShimermanArmin's commentary during today's panel. He talked about how he said back then that #StarTrekDS9 would eventually be understood & appreciated. It was so ahead of its time. It gave me stories as a young person that I wouldn't encounter anywhere else.
I will actually be tuning in to check out the DS9 panel about the the episode Far Beyond the Stars because I am a giant nerd. #StarTrekUnitedGives
This panel is good y'all. Cirroc Lofton is talking about the importance of the Black authors who were mentioned in the episode. #StarTrekUnitedGives
Omg I love how blunt @NanaVisitor was just now about Kira having had PTSD and being distrusting because of that. #StarTrekUnitedGives
Happy #StarTrekDay — in honour of this occasion and with apologies to the Great Bird of the Galaxy for my transgressions, I have replaced every instance of the word “brain” in Spock’s Brain with the word “dick”.
I’m so very sorry.
#SpocksDick
I’m so very sorry.
#SpocksDick
For #StarTrekDay
A thread about Trekkie & Trekker thoughts from a fan & somewhat techie-spacie nerdish geek & tech author. How is our life different, after they so boldly went where no one had gone before?
Trek thread 1/10
A thread about Trekkie & Trekker thoughts from a fan & somewhat techie-spacie nerdish geek & tech author. How is our life different, after they so boldly went where no one had gone before?
Trek thread 1/10
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"Set your phasers on stun". What a novel truly Roddenberrian vision during devastating bloodshed of Vietnam War. A future where lethal military weapons would have a non-lethal setting?
The modern tazer is direct result of that vision. Lives saved in police work
"Set your phasers on stun". What a novel truly Roddenberrian vision during devastating bloodshed of Vietnam War. A future where lethal military weapons would have a non-lethal setting?
The modern tazer is direct result of that vision. Lives saved in police work
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The Communicator. During original TV series you could not directly dial from USA to France or Japan on your landline (& rotary dial) phone, nor send a text fro airplane. A decade later Japan launched first cellular network. By 1996 we had Motorola's 'Star Tac'
The Communicator. During original TV series you could not directly dial from USA to France or Japan on your landline (& rotary dial) phone, nor send a text fro airplane. A decade later Japan launched first cellular network. By 1996 we had Motorola's 'Star Tac'
#StarTrek #language and #communication fun fact:
#Klingon is an object-verb-subject language (instead of "Klingons cherish their honor" >>> "Their honor cherish Klingons")
#Klingon is an object-verb-subject language (instead of "Klingons cherish their honor" >>> "Their honor cherish Klingons")
#StarTrek #language and #communication fun fact:
"The #UniversalTranslator could never work. Discuss." makes a great essay topic for #Linguistics 101 students.
"The #UniversalTranslator could never work. Discuss." makes a great essay topic for #Linguistics 101 students.
Commemorating #StarTrekDay by rewatching The Phantom Menace for the first time
some literal ass no sense of humor having ass #WellActually McGee coming into my mentions to tell me that's SW not ST in 5432...
lmao Anakin's mom is like yeah he has no dad I just got pregnant like kaboom and Qui Gon's all mmk
