Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭

@SNear23

(he/him) #HamOnt (from #Ottawa) #Cdn writer, educator, arts professional, husband & dad, role-player, Trekkie and pop culture geek. Founder @sameboattheatre

Hamilton Katılım Aralık 2010

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Gandalv@Microinteracti1·18h

Nobody in the Trump administration planned for Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz. Nobody planned for sustained missile strikes on American bases across the Gulf. Nobody planned for an energy crisis. Nobody planned for Europe to look at Washington, shrug, and walk the other way. Nobody, it turns out, planned for very much at all. Read the accounts of how this war was decided and you are left with one deeply uncomfortable realisation: the people who launched it appear to have been genuinely surprised by almost everything that followed. The Iranians shot back. The allies didn’t show up. The oil price went vertical. All of it, apparently, news to them. Which leaves two questions so obvious they’re almost embarrassing to ask. What exactly did they think was going to happen? And did anyone, in any room, at any point, think further ahead than the applause? Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·1d

@BlackDumpling That’s…. WOW! Great premise. Add in a very, very slow redemption arc where the ideals of the Federation, and the capacity for good in his officers, begins to revive a similar capacity for good in Lorca and you have a potent story worthy of #StarTrek

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BLACK DUMPLING™@BlackDumpling·1d

STAR TREK: The great tragedy of Discovery is knowing that this single character could've carried the entire show through several seasons at least. If he were an "evil" Picard but extraordinarily sly about it, where the audience knew he was a malevolent actor but the crew being wholly unawares. And that going on for years as we watch his schemes unfold and see that he's both ruthlessly competent but fiercely devoted to humanity. A kind of In the Pale Moonlight as a series long arc. It'd be difficult to pull off and it's clear none of the Discovery writers had the chops... but I'm telling you a seed was there.

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·1d

@Harry__Faulkner This is the right answer from our Prime Minister. #cdnpoli #aircanada

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Harrison Faulkner@Harry__Faulkner·1d

PM Mark Carney on Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau delivering a video address only in English: "I'm very disappointed, as others are, rightly so, in this unilingual message of the CEO...lack of judgement and a lack of compassion."

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·2d

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·2d

Hey @CurseOfPolitics! How is this for your next Cursed Clipping? #cdnpoli

Evan Scrimshaw@EScrimshaw

“Poilievre will lose more people who look at the prospect of another 5-7 years on the opposition benches and ask why they should stay here, either to the Liberals or to greener pastures. That the best idea Poilievre had when 10 points down was to do Rogan will explain why”

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·2d

I rather like #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy. It's had both ups and downs-like TNG, DS9 + VOY- yet the writers clearly love Trek. But the sh*tswarm of online vitriol over its cancellation conjures really one thing for me: "... it's just a TV SHOW"

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·3d

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Vivian@suchnerve·3d

At this point, I almost don’t want any new Star Trek TV shows unless Paramount commits to 7 full seasons upfront. Sick and tired of their refusing to let these shows breathe, always demanding constant and immediate upticks in viewership.

The Hollywood Reporter@THR

Divisive 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Canceled After Two Seasons hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sta…

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·3d

@AJHalliwell I'm old enough to remember how SO many fans of Trek who hated TNG came to love it. And DS9. And VOY. And, even, ENT. Trek trolls are why we can't have nice things.

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AJHalliwell@AJHalliwell·3d

Noooo!!!! I am absolutely loving this series, and there’s still so much fun potential in every direction. #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

Variety@Variety

EXCLUSIVE: “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” will end with its upcoming second season. The show failed to find a significant audience, not ranking on Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming viewership charts at any point during its 10-episode first season. wp.me/pc8uak-1lH3kQ

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·3d

Before y'all start cheering #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy cancellation, and hoping for Kurtzman firing, know that the loss of this show has made *any* new Trek (Year One, Legacy) much more UNLIKELY. Strap in for half a dozen Yellowstone spin-offs from Paramount. 🙄 Thanks trolls

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·4d

Happy birthday captain, my captain! #StarTrek

William Shatner@WilliamShatner

At 95, I'm still smokin'! 😝 I’ve learned two things: Never waste a good cigar. Never trust anyone who says you should ‘act your age.’ 😉👍🏻

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·6d

So @TheRewatchables... when is it time for Black Rain?

Cinema Tweets@CinemaTweets1

Ridley Scott’s Black Rain has so many things that I love in life. Andy Garcia. Michael Douglas. The Yakuza. Neo-noir. I don’t speak the same language as those who dislike this film. I don’t understand you. Coming in at just over 2 hours, the film’s length & pacing is perfect.

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·6d

@bpellerin And waiting... and waiting.

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Brigitte Pellerin@bpellerin·6d

And waiting.

Courtney Theriault@cspotweet

"I said I'm the leader of the opposition, but I'm also the prime minister in waiting." Joe Rogan asks Poilievre about his role in the Canadian government and how our elections work.

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·6d

Leichnitz is an incredibly sharp strategist in the progressive flank. The her insights are being ignored by @NDP speaks volumes to how the party hasn't learned the lessons from the last election. #cdnpoli

Air Quotes Media@airquotesmedia

The NDP's federal leadership race has no French-speaking candidates. Does that doom them from the start? Podcast: @TheHerleBurly | Leichnitz & Topp: Is the party over for Canada's NDP? ▶️🔗youtu.be/cfWlBo_-Ju8?si…

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·19 Mar

Insight @VoiceOfFranky @EKOSResearch was the first to call the dramatic LIB turnaround last year. A year later, and post-election, his latest analysis shows a genuine surge for Carney and LPC. #cdnpoli ekospolitics.com/index.php/2026…

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·19 Mar

@EScrimshaw The fact the NDP have NO seats in ON in this model shows just how badly Singh fumbled leadership, and how the party allowed it to happen.

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Evan Scrimshaw@EScrimshaw·18 Mar

Liberal Lead Extends #ScrimshawScoreboard: LPC: 220 (+51) CPC: 94 (-50) BQ: 21 (-1) NDP: 7 (-) Greens: 1 (-) Byelections: University-Rosedale: LPC +39.8% Scarborough Southwest: LPC +37.7% Terrebonne: LPC +5.7 Regionals:

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·19 Mar

Carney's #RedWave continues to wash over 🇨🇦! #cdnpoli #canadastrong

Polling Canada@CanadianPolling

(Models Available For Subscribers) Federal Polling: LPC: 48% (+4) CPC: 27% (-14) NDP: 15% (+9) GPC: 5% (+4) BQ: 4% (-2) PPC: 2% (+1) EKOS / March 15, 2026 / n=937 / Online (% Change w 2025 Federal Election) Visit @338Canada for polling details: 338canada.com

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Stephen (is really) Near 🇨🇦🖖🎭@SNear23·18 Mar

I so glad he's doing okay. I don't know David personally but, honestly, as a journalist and commentator he's so personable that it often feels that way. Best wishes to David and my hope that he returns to the airwaves soon.

Stuart Benson@LeftHandStu

CBC’s Power & Politics host David Cochrane has paused his social media hiatus to dispel the speculation surrounding his ongoing absence from the show: “I can assure you this is simply a personal medical leave. I fully intend to return to the show when my leave is over.”

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