Pratab Ali

Pratab Ali

@prataba.bsky.social

Amateur photographer. landscape, insects, wildlife, stars. 20 plus years software engineer in telecoms. Sci-fi: BSG, Startrek, Expanse, some Starwars. Mando and Grogu! (Sorry, Large profiles with thousands of followers, I'm unlikely to follow you back)

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I don’t agree with Nicki Minaj or how she’s being used by the Trump admin to attempt to sway black women voters, but once again MAGA has reduced a woman to nothing more than “look at her ass” during one of the most consequential elections in American History. We are not okay.

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CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.

cityam.comDeloitte hikes pay for top boss while headcount shrinksBig Four giant Deloitte hiked pay for one of its chief executives last year by almost half while overall headcount at the firm fell, with some of being due to targeted job cuts.

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Replying to @michaelangie.bsky.social

Tilly is the absolute perfection of a Star Trek representation. The science, the charisma, the joy, the hope, the grit, the pull into a better future. I’m so bitter about how much the character was belittled and how much Mary Wiseman was harassed.

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Ramaswamy may have pulled his horrible ad featuring Amy Acton's mother, but it doesn’t erase that he publicly punished Acton for the horrible cards she was dealt, which is parents who provided an unsafe, unstable home. His moral compass does not exist and he’s unfit to lead Ohio.

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Let’s play a silly Star Trek game. Who can identify the series, character and episode from this shirt and vest combo? #TrekCostumeChallenge 💚🖖🏽😜

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Coming up on LBC from 6pm (24.10.26): - Is investment in AI what you want to hear that the chancellor’s focussed on in the run up to the budget? - Are you or someone you know ‘doomspending’? - Burnham on Gogglebox and Prince William on Graham Norton - how grumpy are you about that?

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My ‘Billy Butcherson’ has awakened again!! See HOCUS POCUS 1&2 as a double feature tonight 10/24 and again Halloween night 10/31 on Freeform Channel and anytime on Disney+

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Which #StarTrek movie best explores HOPE to you? Send us a brief audio message sharing your Trek movie pick to be part of our 2nd 60th anniversary special!

First Flight Podcast@firstflightpod.bsky.social

As part of First Flight's celebration of #StarTrek's 60th anniversary, @abbymsommer.bsky.social and @shelfnerds.bsky.social want to hear YOUR thoughts on which of the movies best capture Trek's unique brand of hope. Submit audio recordings by OCTOBER 16th to firstflightpod@gmail.com or DM the pod.

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Sneak peak of the Atlas Rush How-to-Play video! Full video coming soon! Was it necessary to #render this in #Blender when we have physical prototypes? No. Was it unnecessarily complicated? Yes. Was it fun? Also yes. #gamedev #indiegames #boardgames #indiedev #3dart #scifigames

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The 2026 Christmas Lectures®, supported by CGI, will be given by theoretical physicist @jimalkhalili.bsky.social, exploring the physics of time. We'll investigate mind-melting questions, including why there's no such thing as now, if time travel to the past is possible, and if time exists at all.

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#Sunspots A short video I captured whilst imaging the Sun to show the conditions at the time. Date: 2026 10 18 Nikon Z8 Vixen A105M Brewster Angle Herschel Wedge UV/IR filter Focal Length: 1000 mm #astronomy #astrophotography #solar

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😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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🌌 WARP INTO THE WEEKEND 🌌 Monster-of-the-week energy, but with style. 🕵️ Investigate a strange signal and pretend it’s routine 🚪 Open a door you should not open, for science 🏃 Do a dramatic hallway run like you’re in a season finale 🖖 Who survives this episode? #StarTrek

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The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You know, the first question -- they have a lion, a snake, a giraffe, and a bear. And they say 'which is the snake?' ... by the time you get to number five a lot of people are left out on the road ... I get no credit for it."