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Katharine Trendacosta
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Katharine is the Associate Director of Policy and Activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the former managing editor of io9. She writes about technology policy and pop culture.

I dug out my kinja log in just to ask you what, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck. Read more

As you know, James, my ship is the USS Salt and they hate you, Starfleet, and basically everything that’s ever happened to them. But they’re hyper-competent, so the fact that they save everyone’s lives and the galaxy constantly is what makes up for the cold fear in your gut when the ship shows up. They’ll save you, Read more

Mario was responsible for this, and I think there are still angry emails being sent to me about it.

As usual, Cranz is wrong because obviously, OBVIOUSLY, it’s Bones Urban. This shouldn’t even be up for debate.
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Did you all take the chance in the move to segregate the worst take havers from the rest of you? Read more

I can’t believe this whole thing doesn’t contain a single reference to Dicko’s favorite publication, NT News.

I know it’s been three years, but a VERY angry man just emailed me, and about 20 other people at my new job at a nonprofit, to say a) I’m an idiot and wrong and b) he could beat me in a fencing bout.
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Allow me to debunk the idea that a) Rob didn’t try his hardest to keep ME sane and b) that I in any way succeeded in keeping him sane. This was a very kind thing he said in a conversation with me and James, couched in reproach that I was incapable of taking praise while in the middle of SDCC planning.

I miss all of you! Except maybe Mike, who told me that Twitter DM was a better way of staying in touch than texting. There’s another truly terrible take of his.
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Why haven’t Mike “Mike” Ballaban’s spicy Star Trek takes been shared with the world?
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Also, fun fact, I had no idea James was writing this when I messaged him to let him know that Paul McGann is the best Doctor. He then sent this excerpt of what he was working on back to me.
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I can now report that I have, for the first time, been kinjad and this posted twice.
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Paul McGann is the best Doctor. Deep Space Nine is better than The Next Generation. Superior Spider-Man was good. Here is my pettiest hill, though it’s one I’m still prepared to die on: Star Wars’ A-Wings are for losers, and I am disproportionately mad they’re in The Last Jedi. Read more