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Jan 13, 2026

Well Starfleet Academy is quite the hot topic going viral everywhere this week. I gave a big rebuttal to Robert Picardo’s rants point for point on YouTube earlier today about how Trek is not inherently woke. It’s a bit long but I go into detail:

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Neural Foundry

Absolutely brilliant takedown of Picardo's arguments here! The Starfleet Academy discussion really shows how far some actors will go to defend mediocre content by slapping the "woke" label on classic Trek. I remeber watching TNG as a kid and the show never felt like it was preaching to me, it actually told interesting stories. The video breakdown sounds like it's worth the watch, thanks for putting in the effort!

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