Reposted by Good SquiddanceShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7hI much prefer the historically accurate version where the British conquered the world for spices and still couldnt use any of them until the people they stole the spices from went there to show them how to use pepper 18110370
Reposted by Good SquiddanceShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7h I'm kinda fully over that "the British conquered the world for spices and don't use any of them" joke because for one, you cannot recycle material for 5 straight generations and get a laugh worth a damn but also because in order to make it you have to agree with Tommy Robinson about who is British 481801191
Reposted by Good SquiddanceGood Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 11hDay 30! WE MADE IT! For our last IDFC essay this month, I'm going with my first essay on Starfleet Academy. I talked a couple days ago about why I'm not sure my approach to S1 is working out as I'd hoped, but this post at least I'm proud of. An intro to what SFA is, and WHY it is what it is.idfc.co.uk12.1.1 The Oxbridge Academical Companion To Starfleet Academy, Foreword - Chapter 1 (Introduction)Welcome to this book, which we believe to be the first study companion to Starfleet Academy. 122
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 11hDay 30! WE MADE IT! For our last IDFC essay this month, I'm going with my first essay on Starfleet Academy. I talked a couple days ago about why I'm not sure my approach to S1 is working out as I'd hoped, but this post at least I'm proud of. An intro to what SFA is, and WHY it is what it is.idfc.co.uk12.1.1 The Oxbridge Academical Companion To Starfleet Academy, Foreword - Chapter 1 (Introduction)Welcome to this book, which we believe to be the first study companion to Starfleet Academy. 122
Reposted by Good SquiddanceLlama God @thellamagod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Listen you, we spoke just a few days ago of how I felt about combinatorics - you're deliberately targeting me here! (Actually I didn't struggle that much with the maths here, and it's exactly the sort of fact/process-based nitpicking that I like to engage in also, so I enjoyed this one.) 112
Reposted by Good SquiddanceZoey @zoeytro.pe · 28/09/2026One of the axioms of Marxist economics is that value comes from labor — a steak is worth more than raw beef — and the promise of “AI” is that you can create value without labor. That promise is such a holy-grail wet-dream to the owning class, they’re happy to destroy the world in its pursuit. 1138
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Day 29! We arrive at the single least-read essay on the whole damn site. On the one hand, this is easy to understand - a post diving into the combinatoric mathematics underlying a single line in a mid-tier TAS ep. On the other, though, that title is probably the best pun I've ever written, so...idfc.co.uk2.1.11 The Vowels Are Not What They Seem (Bonus Post)Just how good is Captain Kirk at calculating probabilities? 112
Reposted by Good SquiddanceMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that. 9764541096
Reposted by Good SquiddanceBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Jeffery Combs had more roles but as far as pure batting average Paul Winfield is maybe the single greatest Star Trek guy ever. Two performances that just fucking owned it. 61134
Reposted by Good SquiddanceJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With the conversations happening here today, I'm thinking about how Ellis gets to have a "second chance" without doing any of the work to change or even meaningfully apologise to the scores of women he harmed and manipulated. All he had to do was wait a while. 2407109
Reposted by Good SquiddanceGood Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 28! Another essay that I just particularly want to show, this time on Strange New Worlds' "Strange News Worlds". On the value of canon, the value of *changing* canon to annoy racists, the politics of bypassing the ruling class, and the ways the show addresses knowing its own future.idfc.co.uk11.1.1 Everything New Is Old AgainA response to the response responses 054
Reposted by Good SquiddanceSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him 2958241369
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 28! Another essay that I just particularly want to show, this time on Strange New Worlds' "Strange News Worlds". On the value of canon, the value of *changing* canon to annoy racists, the politics of bypassing the ruling class, and the ways the show addresses knowing its own future.idfc.co.uk11.1.1 Everything New Is Old AgainA response to the response responses 054
Reposted by Good SquiddanceJeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For Halloween, spiders put out tiny decorations that look like human furniture. 19132
Reposted by Good SquiddanceAida @aidap.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I wrote on this earlier: bsky.app/profile/aida... I think this is first time when labour allowed womento speak up on this in a measurable way, and the answer was painfulyl clear - FUCK OFF TRANSPHOBIA 04312
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is interesting, given the conventional wisdom that S3 was a disappointment, and S4 a disaster. This suggests the top 37.5% of the show's episodes are roughly equally split across its four years. 110
Reposted by Good SquiddanceAbe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At this point, though, if someone contends they've never listened to even one of Weird Al’s polka medleys, it may say more about the listener than the accordion. Or, for that matter, what they want to project to the world. 0235
Reposted by Good SquiddanceMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I just watched The Guardian podcast where Marina Hyde is asked why she picked JK Rowling as her dream Prime Minister and she just dodges the question saying, “Oh, I don’t want to get into a whole thing.” Such a coward’s trick from someone who markets themselves as a straight talker. 2143163
Reposted by Good SquiddanceLlama God @thellamagod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I enjoyed this one, mostly because - not being in academia myself - I’d not considered the way the academy operates in these terms. Although I didn’t appreciate it being pointed out how out of date my own references to being a student now are… ;-) 221
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The key here, of course, is that it isn't about the song at all, it's about the death of a music mainstream that music journalists could simultaneously gatekeep and define themselves by the specific manner by which they dismissed. 120
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Dave's 100% right here. These are the exact same people who a century ago were insisting firing squads were too good for cowards with shell shock. 1113
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The best thing I can say about Disney's handling of Star Wars is that it makes me feel a little better about Paramount and Trek. 130
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Day 27! We're back in the obscurities. My post on "Vitus Reflux" is the second-least read essay on IDFC. Probably this is at least in part because it's the second newest, but my SFA essays haven't been doing great numbers in general. I can think of a couple of reasons here.idfc.co.uk12.1.3 The Oxbridge Academical Companion To Starfleet Academy, Chapter 3 (Academy Life)How we got to where we'll be going. 131
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ain't even close.static.klipy.comNo More Room In HellAlt: A gif from Dawn of the Dead. "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth". 000
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Aw YUS lads, almost Public Service Broadcasting time! I hope they play that song I like from that album they're playing that I like! 020
Reposted by Good SquiddanceCube @prototypecube.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"don't listen to your fans they're full of shit" 0264
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Having a massive Mandela Effect this morning, as I learn the definition of "jibe" in terms of agreement has completely the opposite meaning I've always thought it does. My use of "jibe" has never jibed! 000
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Day 26! The second-most read post on IDFC isn't an episode essay, but an episode review. I've mostly ignored these through this month's posting, as being less representative of the blog than their big siblings. But this is my most popular piece on New Trek by light years, so...idfc.co.ukStarfleet Academy Review: Kids These DaysThe new class. 153
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A fringe benefit of spending the last decade pulling apart my aesthetic preferences is how completely it's stoppd bothering me when someone expresses preferences that are very different. 000
Reposted by Good SquiddanceGood Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Day 25! Another essay I just particularly like. Let's do Lower Decks this time. "Temporal Edict" is probably my least favourite LWD episode; certainly it's the weakest in S1. It's too generic and mean-spirited in its concept of meeting new aliens. BUT...idfc.co.uk9.1.3 Ever Decreasing CirclesCongratulations, 24th Century tech bros. You've invented hurrying! 111
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Day 25! Another essay I just particularly like. Let's do Lower Decks this time. "Temporal Edict" is probably my least favourite LWD episode; certainly it's the weakest in S1. It's too generic and mean-spirited in its concept of meeting new aliens. BUT...idfc.co.uk9.1.3 Ever Decreasing CirclesCongratulations, 24th Century tech bros. You've invented hurrying! 111
Reposted by Good SquiddanceMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Try to live the kind of life that will make war criminals hate you. 522732462
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Still watch it every year.static.klipy.comMuppet from Muppets Christmas CarolAlt: Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) throws a holly wreath at a dejected young rabbit (someone's hand), in A Muppets Christmas Carol. 242
Reposted by Good Squiddanceflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As I said in 2024: It was like David Brent talking about the good news of him getting a promotion, while half his team got laid off or forced to work miles away. There is no good news, David. There’s only bad news and irrelevant news. 0336
Reposted by Good SquiddanceGood Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My review of #SNW Episode 4.10 (the season finale) is up now.idfc.co.ukStrange New Worlds Review: Tomorrow's EnterpriseIt's Yesterday vs Tomorrow, TODAY. 121
Reposted by Good SquiddanceGood Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Day 24! My third most-unloved post. Which is truly baffling, clearly. Who doesn't want to read about the time Ferengi showed up in Enterprise because the writers had just completely run out of ideas? Mostly, this one is about trying to rehabilitate "Acqusition", at least a little. It's not ALL bad.idfc.co.uk6.1.18 Old Friends Are Gold-Pressed LatinumAn acquired taste 111
Reposted by Good SquiddanceAlasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For years we were asking, "Why do the Tories keep beating Labour when it comes to ethnic diversity?" And the answer was always, "Because white people LOVE being told they aren't racists, especially by Black and Asian people." 739756
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My review of #SNW Episode 4.10 (the season finale) is up now.idfc.co.ukStrange New Worlds Review: Tomorrow's EnterpriseIt's Yesterday vs Tomorrow, TODAY. 121
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Day 24! My third most-unloved post. Which is truly baffling, clearly. Who doesn't want to read about the time Ferengi showed up in Enterprise because the writers had just completely run out of ideas? Mostly, this one is about trying to rehabilitate "Acqusition", at least a little. It's not ALL bad.idfc.co.uk6.1.18 Old Friends Are Gold-Pressed LatinumAn acquired taste 111
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do you reckon any of the leopards ever rub their aching jaws and think "Bloody hell, do we have to eat ANOTHER face?" 000
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026(Though I do think there's some mileage in a paper called Infinite Neurodiversity In Infinite Combinations: Spock and the Autistic Spectrum) 020
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I kind of already wrote it.idfc.co.uk6.1.24 Court Martial, J Archer, Cpt, 18-19-22, 1.8.2152 - Expert Testimony (Bonus Post)We present below copies of the expert mathematical testimonies from Professors Field and T'Mont, submitted to the court martial of Captain Jonathan Archer. 021
Reposted by Good SquiddanceGood Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🎶Wooah I'm halfway there! Wooah-OH! To SATAN'S INTEGER!🎶 193
Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The team of youths sat next to us in tonight's pub quiz spent 90% of the night complaining no-one could possibly know anything about things that happened in the twentieth century, and 10% arguing about whether Mary Shelley is still alive. 140
Reposted by Good SquiddanceElliot Chapman @elliotchapman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Doing a 60th anniversary TOS viewing… I might, generally, be more of a TNG and DS9 guy, but among the things TOS has that no subsequent iteration possesses…it’s frightening. It’s eerie. It has such a unique soundscape.static.klipy.comMr. Spock Performs Vulcan SaluteALT: Mr. Spock Performs Vulcan Salute 242
Reposted by Good SquiddanceMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026this is FAR more demotivating than some left wing shitposting or podcasting critic of the democratic party can ever be 992872575
