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@alextperry

Star Trek fan. Englishman living in the Washington, DC area. TrekCore co-owner. WeeklyTrek host. LLAP.

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Don’t get me wrong - I’d also like it to be 1996 again and Star Trek to be on regular television. But that doesn’t really exist anymore and streaming services are the television networks of the future. Maybe that sucks but it’s the reality.

02.03.2026 17:56 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Merging Paramount+ and HBO Max may have some upside for #StarTrek, which is currently locked behind the streaming service with one of the lower subscriber numbers. A bigger service with HBO/WB content will expand the exposure of Trek to more viewers. Plenty to dislike about Para/WB but not that.

02.03.2026 17:52 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 3
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WeeklyTrek Podcast #301 — STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY Wraps Season 2 Filming The latest WeeklyTrek podcast is here! This week: STARFLEET ACADEMY wraps filming on Season 2, interviews with the cadet cast, and new starship models from the STAR TREK universe!

NEW — The latest WeeklyTrek podcast is here! This week: #StarfleetAcademy wraps filming on Season 2, interviews with the cadet cast, and new starship models from the #StarTrek universe!

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01.03.2026 21:42 👍 34 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1

Who will spar with me? #StarTrek

28.02.2026 17:43 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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New #InfiniteDiversity!
@tyranicus.net & @thegoddesslivia.bsky.social
talk about the #StarfleetAcademy episode “Ko’Zeine” with
@alextperry.bsky.social.

Listen (& subscribe) here www.spreaker.com/episode/id21... or wherever your podcasts are served.

25.02.2026 02:06 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

This is a good moment for personal reflection given everything that's been said on this topic in the last week. #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

19.02.2026 21:25 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Haha new respect for Captain Janeway, huh? Sounds challenging!

19.02.2026 00:28 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Who’s playing the new #StarTrek Voyager game Across the Unknown? Is it any good?

19.02.2026 00:20 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 0

Ok 🤷🏻‍♂️ Be mad about it then I guess.

15.02.2026 17:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They’re not TOS uniforms. They’re pretty similar to TOS uniforms - and agreed that nothing stops Star Trek from going through a throwback phase - but they’re not wearing TOS uniforms.

15.02.2026 16:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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“Why are they wearing TOS uniforms?”

They’re…clearly not? No rank on the sleeves, the glint off the delta means it’s a badge.

Why is it not possible that these Starfleet uniforms took inspiration from the 23rd century?

And why is everyone’s media literacy SO BAD???

#StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

15.02.2026 16:09 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 7 📌 0

Kerrice Brooks is so good in that episode

12.02.2026 18:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12.02.2026 18:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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“Come, Let’s Away” but stay for the absolutely crackling scenes between two of #StarTrek’s most talented performers - Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti. The pilot’s “origami chicken” scene is a C+ compared to the A++ of dialogue and performances in this episode. MORE PLEASE. #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

12.02.2026 18:36 👍 51 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
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Kerrice Brooks makes the most interesting and compelling acting choices as Sam in “Series Acclimation Mil” that makes this episode so rewatchable. I’ve seen it four times already and every time I’m catching some new line reading, look, or gesture that enthralls me. #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

11.02.2026 01:15 👍 31 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

A small lagoon therein.

11.02.2026 00:50 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And of course a lot of people in today’s military are good and ethical. But the system has their backs when they make a moral choice rather than the America First choice.

31.01.2026 02:05 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s from a different “end of history” era where it just felt like the world was going to continue improving and more people would drink the democracy koolaid. Just be good people and good things will happen. It’d be nice if there’s actual world went back to this.

31.01.2026 02:02 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Of course there are plenty of bad actors in the show who do share a more Trumpian worldview of might makes right, that’s where the drama comes from. But from the president on down, most of the characters in this show seek to do the right thing rather than the strong thing. It’s a very 90s worldview.

31.01.2026 02:00 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I’ve been doing a #Stargate SG-1 rewatch (currently in season 5) and going back to this show after Trump, Venezuela, Greenland, tariffs etc it’s comforting and a little jarring to watch the US military exploring the galaxy and being fundamentally good and ethical.

31.01.2026 02:00 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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“Vox in Excelso” is a real gem and the first #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy episode where I said to myself: I think I might love this show? This is, in my opinion, the best Klingon episode since DS9 and the high stakes drama totally works in the context of a grounded character episode. A+ world building.

29.01.2026 14:53 👍 37 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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It’s never too early to start planning what ornaments you want on next year’s Christmas tree. #StarTrek

24.01.2026 18:10 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Being a smug bastard is a Vulcan cultural trait.

23.01.2026 02:04 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How you feel about Captain Ake’s posture makes a strong statement about how socially well adjusted you are. Those who live in the real world with actual people know it doesn’t fucking matter how you sit in a chair; it matters how you lead, how you teach, and how you lift people up. #StarfleetAcademy

23.01.2026 02:01 👍 117 🔁 15 💬 14 📌 13
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You know the problem with modern #StarTrek? Old Star Trek would NEVER have thought to show one of its characters show a serious character flaw because of something as silly as a sports game and use that to show growth and have to learn to be a better person. SMH.

23.01.2026 01:52 👍 58 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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#StarTrek would NEVER show its officers engaging in unbecoming trash talking 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 So unprofessional. 🙄

23.01.2026 01:50 👍 85 🔁 15 💬 8 📌 1

Shhhhhh 😂

22.01.2026 21:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Should have made one of those #StarTrek movies they keep talking about.

22.01.2026 21:57 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

Always!

20.01.2026 21:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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20.01.2026 18:42 👍 23 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 2