Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Series 3 Episode 7 — “What Is Starfleet?” — A Review

21st August, 2025: “What is Starfleet?”.

The Intro.

Right, then: once again, we reach a Thursday!

Which means … ?

Yes: you’re right.   I’m cooking dinner, again.

A burger, if you’re curious: with home made chips, and vegetables.

Once I’ve eaten … ?

I’ll be doing what I’ve done for the past few weeks, and watching the next few episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, then telling you about it by Saturday, 23rd August.

If “What Is Starfleet?” is anything like last weeks episode?

There’s a possibility of time machines … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 30-11-2024 — Ridley Scott

30th November, 2024: Ridley Scott.

It’s Saturday: and … ?

The Second Reading of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has gone well for the bill: as it has been approved by a vote in the House of Commons by 330, for, to 275, against.

Which means it will now go to the committee stage: then a Report stage, then a third and final reading.

Hopefully?

Hopefully, the bill will pass these stages: and go into law.

I feel the option, the choice, of an assisted death must be legally available.

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Oh, I’ve officially had a visit: from the occupational therapist a few weeks ago and arrange for my bath chair.

Frankly?

She liked the stool I’ve managed to get hold of: and suggested a pair of rails.

Hopefully, I’ll hear soon about those: they could come in handy.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-11-2024 — Vanuatu.

29th November, 2024: Vanuatu.

Right … I am officially up — and showered — early.

Yes.

I’m expecting another visit from an occupational therapist: from my GP surgery.

She’s the one who managed to get hold of the bath chair for me: and — once she realised I’d find a step stool handy — offered to do another visit.

Just to — you know — assess things.

Here’s hoping things go well.

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You’re possibly aware that — here in the UK — the House of Commons is to have its second reading of an assisted dying bill: a private members bill called the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

It’s getting a lot of reporting, understandably: with many — on the Today programme, at least — putting the bill on a par with the ones that legalised homosexuality or abortion, and that ended capital punishment.

An assisted death isn’t something I see myself — as I am, today — wanting or needing.

Nor — as they are today — is it something I seem my friends and family wanting or needing.

But … ?

Ever since the death of Sir Terry Pratchett — after years of struggles with Alzheimers, and his own campaign in support of assisted death — I’ve concluded physician-assisted deaths must be made UK law.

Or, at least, law in England and Wales, as this bill lays out.

It’s something I feel is truly on a par with abortion.

You may not want one: I may not want one.

That does not mean an abortion — or a dignified death of our own choosing — should not be legally available.

“If I knew that I could die, I would live.   My life, my death, my choice.”

Shaking Hands with Death, Richard Dimbleby Lecture by Sir Terry Pratchett.

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From the grim, to the ridiculous.

I have to confess, I’ve woken up with an earworm.

“Jai-ho”: the Pussycat Dolls version, rather than the version from Slumdog Millionaires.

Quite why the chorus left me in tears, I don’t know!

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The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 15-7-2015: Saint Swithun’s Day

Ah, well, that’s THAT letter published, then … 

You’ve probably worked out I’m a Terry Pratchett fan, hadn’t you?

One saddened by his death: and saddened, but understanding about his position — in the last years of his life — about assisted death.

Last week, my local MP, Eric Pickles (Con. Brentwood and Ongar) wrote in the Brentwood Gazette that he, personally, would be opposing any moves to legalise Assisted Dying.

While I don’t like the idea?   I think that a law allowing it should be in place.

And wrote into the Gazette to say so.

The letter’s pictured: and available, here.

If you’d like to write to your local MP about the subject — or your local paper — feel free to copy and paste the text.

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The Daily Teaser — 14-4-2015

You know, I think — possibly — I’ve done something … provocative.

Possibly.

You know I’m a Terry Pratchett fan, yes?   And one saddened by his passing.

And angered — and saddened — by his contracting Alzheimer’s Disease: especially considering the condition killed a beloved grandmother.

With the election coming up … ?

The BBC are doing a #BBCAskThis hashtag: where you can submit a question — via a short video — and send it to them.

One like this … 

Whether it get’s asked, I don’t know: I don’t know that I’ve phrased it well enough to be aired.

But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be asked.

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