Anil Arora

@BillHuntBits @GumSlinger @DanWhipple_ Picard S3 is appalling storytelling and contributed to the dire position modern Trek is in with its comical overfocus on personal stories and galactic stakes. The D doing the death star run was a fine example of what Trek isn't about.

@GumSlinger @DanWhipple_ I think Andor, Project Hail Mary, the Dune films, For All Mankind, The Orville, Picard: Season 3 (etc) are proof that audiences crave quality storytelling and will show up when they find it.

Whatever you might think of the venue where the comments were made, Andy Weir’s not wrong: Modern #StarTrek shows HAVE lost their way. True story: At the recent Saturn Awards, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, and Brent Spinner all got huge applause when talking about how Star Trek inspired them to dream of the future. So too Vince Gilligan, Terry Matalas, and many others. But when it was time to honor the 60th anniversary of the franchise, and a tribute clip was played that heavily biased new Trek (made post 2005) over legacy content, enthusiasm in the room flat-lined. Keep in mind, this is a massively Trek and sci-fi friendly crowd. Then Alex Kurtzman lectured the room about how Star Trek and science fiction isn’t really about the future but is rather ‘a magnifying glass’ to comment on the present, and... let’s just say, it wasn’t well received. Star Trek once appealed to countless people from all ages and walks of life because it was inspiring and optimistic—a hopeful vision of a better future for all of humanity. Now it’s mostly expensive, highly polished, and preachy dreck targeted to specific niche audiences only, and made with barely concealed disdain for everyone else. Paramount/Skydance needs to start treating this franchise with the care and respect it demands. And Kurtzman and company should be relieved of their command post haste. Please pack your knives and go. hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pro…

'Housebound' benefit cheat caught ziplining in Mexico bbc.in/4dM7uTK

@JohnLewisRetail hi, do you not tell your delivery drivers to not block driveways? Just had a massive lorry block our driveway despite there being plenty of space to not do so. Took me ages to find the driver and tell him to move it.

@RoyalMail why have you reduced compensation for Tracked services from £150 to £75? That makes it far less useful.

@BBCOne bit unfortunate running a night manager trailer for episode 4 with a huge spoiler in it.

@EpsomEwellBC hello, we never received bin labels this year causing us to miss collections. I live on Salisbury road. When are Xmas trees being collected?

@BritishGasHelp been massively failed by yourselves and Dyno plumbing. Have been left with an ongoing spreading leak and told it can't be fixed till the 9th despite vulnerable people being in the house.

@madebygoogle Any updates on this please?

@aarora17 Thanks for those details, Anil. We would appreciate it if you could send us a DM, so we can investigate your situation further. twitter.com/messages/compo…

@GooglePlay hi, how do you make a formal, written complaint to the Google store? Not using chat or phone, an email ideally.

@madebygoogle Have DM'd. Also look at the condescension shown by one of your experts here because I'm asking for a way to file a complaint support.google.com/googlepixelwat… and he says the way to feed back is via the watch. How do I send several paragraphs through my watch? Email is not unreasonable

@GooglePlay Have been sent back to support and chat repeatedly when I just want to write a formal complaint. Consumer Rights Act supersedes warranties and I don't believe I've had a reasonable life out of the watch as a result

@GooglePlay Have been engaging with support about my Pixel Watch 2, it no longer retains a strap but because I got in touch two weeks after my warranty ended I've only been offered a repair at £185, more than the watch is worth. Have been trying to write a formal complaint

@IKEAUKSupport this was the final panel on my billy book case, so I only noticed once I put the whole thing together. Only collected it this evening from Access Storage, I noticed the box was damaged but everything looked fine until I saw this.

@VintedsClaim It's sorted but I won't be using your platform again with this poor customer service

@aarora17 Hello, Just checking in to see if your concern has been resolved. If not, please follow us back so we can send you a DM, or feel free to send us a DM with email address and contact details. We’ll be more than happy to help as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.

@vinted your service response time is unbelievably slow. I sent you proof that I had been scammed and in the meanwhile the seller shipped something. If you'd responded quicker you could have cancelled the transaction.

@Columbia1938 Great Smoky Garden 2-Way Tote | Columbia share.google/7p4DxER7NqabWN… please could you make this available in the UK?

@waitrose unfortunately I just bought these and didn't notice there's a dud in there. I didn't take the receipt. Can you help please?

@Mschatnoir @labourlewis As I keep saying, you are the company you keep. And if you're marching with Tommy and Elon, that limits any empathy I have for "legitimate reasons"

@labourlewis stop calling us all far right stop ramming rainbow flags down our throats stop pretending men can become women stop the boats bring back law, end knife crime and rape epidemic legal immigration or deportation fix education fix nhs promote the family unit again

Believe it or not, I had an old school friend on today’s marches in London. He sent me some photos from the crowd. We went to middle school together and grew up on the same Eastern District council estate in Northampton. I asked him why he was there. He gave me two answers: 1.“The government doesn’t listen to us.” 2.“I want to feel proud of my country again.” He wore a Union Jack, not a St George’s Cross as he said that one had been hijacked by racists. He wasn’t there for Hopkins, Musk, or any of the professional ‘grifters’ as he put it. He was there to feel part of something bigger, though he admitted there were a lot of, in his words, “assholes” there. He’s an electrician. He’s smart. He’s not racist, but he’s not “PC” either. He’s not a fan of Keir Starmer but he also believes Farage would be a disaster. Oh yes, he’s a bundle of contradictions! But aren’t we all? I don’t know what ‘box’ we put him or the millions like him in. And I think pretending they’re all racists or fascists would be a massive mistake. Some were. But not all. This is about something bigger than immigration slogans or GDP numbers. For decades we’ve hollowed out our national life, underfunding and undermining the very institutions that once brought us together. Karl Polanyi, writing in The Great Transformation, argued that when markets are “disembodied” from society, when land, labour, and life itself are treated as commodities society pushes back. He called this the “double movement”: people seeking to protect themselves, to reclaim dignity and meaning when everything solid seems to melt into air. That’s what I saw in my friend’s photos. Not just anger, but a demand for belonging. We’ve replaced collective experience with atomisation. Without getting too nostalgic, programmes like the BBC’s Generation Game once pulled in millions every Saturday night, giving us something we could all talk about on Monday morning. Now we watch Netflix, Disney+, Prime, or Paramount, alone, in algorithmic silos. Football used to be affordable and rooted in community; now it’s millionaires playing for the profitability of billionaires. The NHS, the post office, the railways - all chipped away, run down, sold off or centralised, leaving people feeling powerless and disconnected. And don’t get me wrong: some kind of “Hovis Labour” nostalgia for the 1950s isn’t the answer. The country back then was often intolerant, grey, and deeply unequal. But what we’ve built since is a society that gives people little to hold in common, no collective story about who we are or what we’re for. I reckon that’s partly why my mate marched. Not because he wants to turn back the clock. But because he wants to feel pride again. Pride in a country that is inclusive, fair, and offers a role for everyone. Pride in a nation that has a respected place in the world, tackles grotesque inequality, and gives people something real to believe in. Polanyi warned that when democracies fail to provide a humane alternative, the backlash can turn authoritarian. This is how fascism grew in the 1930s, not because everyone became a true believer, but because millions felt abandoned and looked for strength, identity, and meaning wherever they could find it. If Labour and progressives don’t offer that story of renewal, if we don’t rebuild our national institutions, restore collective pride, and re-embed markets within society, the far right will do it for us, in their own image. And by then, it will be too late.

@HostileHandmaid I assume you saw KB's comments on "what is disability"

@frogs4girls Hello from a fellow member of the zipper club. I have chest hair rather than a tattoo covering my scar. Less exciting.

i had open heart surgery and my surgeon took extra time at the end of surgery to put my chest tattoo back together cleanly