Paul Adasiak

@amicusthespis

Actor, director, librarian, city-lover on Lower Tanana Dene land (downtown Fairbanks, Alaska). Anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-patriarchy. Love me some radical politics and modern plays. And Star Trek. He/him/his. #AlaskaSky

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Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· 27d

Right across the street from each other. FFS, Fairbanks, you live where it's dark for a large part of the year. PLEASE DONT DO THIS.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· 28d

I believe the OP had said something about "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn." Frankly, I think my reply was priceless. Not sure what went wrong.

Bluesky comment reading "Do you mean Chaim Kahn the butcher, Shmuel Kahn the cantor, or Levi Kahn the rebbe's son?"

The original post to which the comment replied reads "Post blocked."

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· 28d

"A 30-Minute Discussion with Ketanji Brown Jackson" — After only a short time, one of the program's coordinators alerted interviewer Hannon that some emergency had arisen that required the justice's attention. The wommon and I speculate: Could it have finally happened?

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in black pants and a red blazer, stands behind a lectern that reads "UAF America's Arctic University." At photo left, seated and suited, is a balding, bespectacled white man of 72 years (journalist and interviewer Robert Hannon).

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 12

Created by Google Gemini. Note the diamond.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 10

It may take a little longer, but I'd hardly call it impossible to avoid.

Google Maps view of a driving path from Birmingham, Alabama, to Louisville, Kentucky, The path goes around the eastern border of Tennessee and does not enter that state.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 10

The combination of sleeping badly and running out of my happy-brain meds has left me perfectly poised to pick up an old hobby.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 9

Lo and behold! The Oxford English Dictionary has already addressed this:

IV.
Specialized uses of the perfect.
In this use, the perfect and past perfect of get (have got, has got, had got) function as a present and past tense verb, which, owing to its formation, does not enter into further compound forms (perfect and past perfect, progressive, passive, or periphrastic expressions with to do), or have an imperative or infinitive.

In colloquial, regional, and nonstandard use, omission of auxiliary have is frequent in the uses at this branch (e.g. I got some, you got to): see examples in etymology section. An inflected form gots is also sometimes found in similar use (e.g. I gots some, he gots to), especially in African American usage: see further examples in etymology section.
IV.i.
In senses equivalent to those of the present and past tenses of have.
Often, especially in early use, difficult to distinguish from the dynamic use ‘have obtained or acquired’.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 8

Y'see, this here is what's known as a "pro-rape" perspective. This person is pro rape. A rape advocate.

Bluesky post from "rhus00" (@rhus00.bsky.social):

Why do women only get the courage to talk about sexual abuse when the perpetrator decides to run for office?

4:10 PM · Jul 7, 2026

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 7

White fragility in a nutshell. Nobody called this white lady "a racist" or even suggested that she had problematic opinions — yet the mere suggestion that racism was at play, and she had to object, HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A RACIST. Come on, my white friends. Do better.

Bluesky post from "Angie" (‪@craftyang.bsky.social‬):

Yes, I am a yt, with a family who look EXACTLY like those players. When you accuse of me of racism against my husband & children, I take that personally.

I made a joke about a soccer match - one that at least a dozen people on that thread already made. And this is where it went? Y'all are BROKEN.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 7

My fellow white people: When somebody asserts that racism is at play in some situation, it does not mean that that person has called you "a racist." Y'all need to stop being so defensive. You're telling on yourselves and, frankly, making the rest of us look worse.

Bluesky exchange. First, from "rachel" (@ad-astra-pride.bsky.social): i was an athlete. you don’t know fuck all about the team and what they stand for and how hard they tried to keep trump away from their locker room and games. guess who forced his way in regardless. it’s kind of his thing. the US felt more patriotic about a melting pot than his state fair. racism.

Second, from "Angie" (@craftyang.bsky.social): You're right. I don't know about the team. But fuck you very much for calling me a racist because I believe the American team should be punished for the actions of the American president.
A country under a fascist dictator should not have been chosen to host a worldwide event. Period.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 4

Holy shit, take a look at this guy, who definitely knows that Star Trek was always Godly and in opposition to "the alphabet people."

Comment from Instagram user @jayulshafer:
The tiresome "you dont get star trek" argument. I "got" star trek in the 70s. Actually, no it hasn't. Star trek has always leaned a little left, but it ALWAYS had a strong moral underpinning, and yes, God. It has only been co-opted by the alphabet people in recent years, in an attempt to normalize their degeneracy, and sociopolitical agendas. They have destroyed the franchise and decided the the fanbase.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 3

Reverse side of an LP cover for Christian rock band Stryper. The group portrait shows four male-presenting figures with long, voluminous hair and heavy eyeliner, their hair lit by bright yellow light, and dressed as... bumblebees?

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jul 3

Just noticed that Deep Space Nine has trans-flag carpets. (Yet the transgender pride flag wasn't created until *after* the show.)

Interior of a junction in a space station with dark walls and lit panels along the bottom. The carpet in the junction is horizontal colored stripes: blue, pink, white, pink, blue. There may also be a pink stripe at either end.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 27

The womman & I are watching Star Trek, and we agree: the Ferengi are stoopid and DS9 would've been better without them. An otherwise complex show marred by an almost comically 1-dimensonal culture. The idea that they are Savvy Businessmen (or even tolerated by decent society) is ludicrous.

Three Ferengi — Nog, Quark, and Brunt — in the Deep Space Nine episode The Magificent Ferengi

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 26

I am fully OK being aligned with the esteemed Ms. Thunberg. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

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Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 23

Does it ever, Dermot. Does it ever.

Reporting From Alaska newline Church snadbags the public newline 2 days ago. By Dermot Cole

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 18

See, friends, this is the kind of ignorant, racist fuckwit we need to frog-march into an active volcano. Good lord, what inclines a person to think this, let alone to think they should say it in public?

BlueSky post from Amanda Collins Beams‬
‪@amandacollinsbeams.bsky.social‬

I’m so sorry Kohen died. But I am sorrier his mother chose to put her son in a dangerous situation in the first place. A responsible parent doesn’t take their child along while they commit a crime. Yes, it was only diapers, but she chose to steal. She cannot blame the police for her bad choices!

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 15

Holy smoke, the tix went fast for "A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson" (July 14 in Fairbanks). At the stroke of ten I began registering us; I got myself a spot, but my wife got waitlisted, and not even two minutes after.

Portrait of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in black glasses and black robes, looking for all the world — not gonna lie — like a total smokeshow. Which, I understand, is not one of the virtues for which we usuallly celebrate such an accomplished person.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 11

Just finished TEETH (Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs) — very funny, a lot to say about purity culture, shame, patriarchal Christianity, toxic masculinity, and especially rape. Lotsa rape. I'd love to see it, but it's not for me to direct: how to ensure it's cathartic but not re-traumatizing?

Cover of the script to TEETH by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs. It includes a drawing of three red figs on the tree. One is cut open in half; blood is dripping from the pink center where the fig has two opposing rows of sharp teeth.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 11

"Death to the pigs is my basic statement I spit street stories 'til I taste the pavement Tryin' to stay out the pen while we face enslavement Had a foolproof hustle 'til they traced the payments"

Maria from The Sound of Music singing to the von trapp children on a grassy hill.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 7

I expected "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" to punch down at drag queens, but it turned out so sympathetic and warm!

Poster for To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar, starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Jun 6

Commune with your kin? See a Really F'ing Awesome bout?

Google Maps view of New York City where map pins mark locations related to roller skating

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· May 26

Alaskans, what do think the odds are of this ever coming to fruition?

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· May 23

Star Trek: Voyager title screen with Voyager ship underside and red/orange text: "We've gotta be able to get some kind of a reading on that shield, up or down."

Star Trek title screen with Enterprise orbiting a blue planet; the yellow title text says "The Richest man in Walnut Grove"

Star Trek title screen with Enterprise orbiting a blue planet; the yellow title text says "Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben"

Star Trek: The Next Generation title screen with the underside of Enterprise orbiting a hazy planet; the blue title text says "The One Where Data Gets His Knob Waxed"

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· May 23

Title screen for Star Trek: Voyager, with a shot of Voyager and the words "I Swear, This Bra Is No Match for My Tits"

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· May 23

Classic Star Trek title frame, Enterprise circling a blue planet, yellow text reading "LET THAT BE YOUR LAST OREO"

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· May 15

Been listening to Jerry Goldsmith's score to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The movie was too long and needed editing, but that soundtrack fuckin' SLAPS.

Cover to the soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, by Jerry Goldsmith

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Apr 27

"The Justice Department has formed a task force intended to eradicate anti-Christian bias — which hopefully works better than the church's strategy of molesting it out of you."

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Apr 18

Usually I don't like my selfies, all the less when I'm clean shaven. But TBH this one came out pretty well. Maybe because it's blurry?

White (caucasian) man, shaven but with stubble, with short light-brown hair, wearing glasses and a green-and-white plaid shirt.

Paul Adasiak@amicusthespis· Apr 17

Take a break for a game of trivia? Here's a recent work project I enjoyed. I'm on a work team that hosts Pub Trivia once a semester at our campus pub. 5 categories, each with 5 questions of increasing difficulty, from 2 to 10 points. Last category is all 10-pointers. bit.ly/3QfCNwB