Wednesday, January 21, 2026

On the New Series Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy

I really don't watch TV series these days, not for snobby reasons, I just do not have the time to invest in a bunch of serial entertainment to find something I like. I recently saw a critical post from my friend JT pointing out how Elon Musk and Stephen Miller were shit posting the new Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy series on Twitter (now stupidly known as X). Their targeted attack was the diversity of female body types in the series. They mockingly wondered why there is no ozempic in the future. Miller and Musk seem to believe that people that do not fit their ideal of a proper body should not exist. I/we could go on for a long time about how ignorant and childish these two are - I would say misogynistic, racist, and fascist - but I figured I should check it out first and I recognize their intent is to chase people away from the Star Trek universe because it represents a positive post-scarcity alternative to their selfish worldview. I've been a long time fan of ST, from my earliest days, and frankly I think these two shitposters are currently the worst examples of humanity. I figured on a cold night, I would check it out for myself.
 
After the first episode, I can see why they hate it. It does represent a positive, not perfect, flawed, and trying to do better, vision of the future, in which people of all sorts are involved in working together for a better future. That idea, that we come together to build a better world, for all, together. They hate that. It is what they want to shut down. Probably most terrifying for them, besides the fact that all of the represented characters do not look and act exactly like them, is that the leaders in the first episode own up to their mistakes and try to do better.

A bonus is the casting! Check it out, and piss off Musk and Miller - the first episode is freely available on Youtube





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