Maria D’Souza

Sherman made my whole day all day today.

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

Top portion features the EnterpriseSplaining logo with the subheading “A Star Trek Podcast” Middle portion is an image from the Enterprise episode Stigma showing T'Pol and Archer facing each other in the foreground. T'Pol looks mad, Archer looks confused. In the background, we see Phlox between them, watching. with the words “Star Trek Enterprise: Stigma. Below, there’s a section in blue with the white letters saying “Oops, I hate it again!”

New episode out today “Oops, I Hate it Again!” about the #startrek Enterprise episode Stigma where T'Pol deals with the repercussions of the events from Fusion via clunky metaphors for HIV/AIDS. Luckily there's a Trip B-plot that almost makes up for it but not quite.

Trump Declares Atheists are Terrorists Transcript: I know things are pretty depressing right now in the United States, so I’m going to open today’s video with some good news: Jimmy Kimmel is back! His show was taken off the air because …

As a “New Atheist” of the early 2000s, I knew it was crucial to stop the Religious Right from destroying the wall separating Church & State. But even I didn’t think that by 2025 the President would green light sending ppl to Guantanamo for being “anti-Christian.” skepchick.org/2025/10/trum...

Here is how we know that vaccines do not cause autism Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — but often without a full explanation of how we know it to be true. Here's how we know.

I really like this @statnews.com article, whose premise is "most of you reading this already agree that vaccines don't cause autism, but may not be familiar with the specific evidence that shows how we know."

I don't know how many minds it'll change but I suspect it will be useful in some cases. 🧪

Let’s be less nice while we fight against fascism Hi everyone, thank you so much for your patience as we transitioned this website to Ghost. Look how cool it is! Thank you to the amazing Carissa and Stacy of stacynguyen.com for their work. A few chan...

“we’ve tried being nice and cordial and courteous and diplomatic. If anything, our white moderate tendency to gravitate toward civility has strengthened and enabled fascists.”

Top portion features the EnterpriseSplaining logo with the subheading “A Star Trek Podcast” Middle portion is an image from the Enterprise episode Dawn showing an alien choking Trip with the words “Star Trek Enterprise: Dawn. Below, there’s a section in blue with the white letters saying “Only Murders in the Enemy Mine!” Over the image is a stamp saying “SECOND CONTACT”

Today our crew is on a Second Contact mission revisiting the #startrek ENT episode “Dawn” now that we’ve all seen it. Plus, we chat about the woefully inadequate Memory Alpha page on “feet” and we have an extra special Two Truths and a Lie courtesy of our friends over at @firstflightpod.bsky.social

Let’s try to be nicer to ourselves and one another while we fight against fascism Hi everyone, a couple of announcements. First, if you’re in Seattle, please come to the book launch event I’m having on October 14th from 6pm to 8pm at Centilia Cultural Center. Everyone is so stresse...

“negative emotions get misdirected to ourselves and the people closest to us, often without our being conscious of it. This is a tactic and goal of fascism, as a populace that is constantly on edge and emotionally dysregulated is easier to control.”

Oh noooo! Hope you feel better soon!

Rebecca: ooooh bed chip! *eats it* *5 seconds later* “lil hair there…”

Come listen to me go ON and ON about how hot I think Scott Bakula is...

how DARE you, sir.

Sounds better than my dissertation tbf…

It gets confusing because there was also a movie called The Muppets. It’s almost as if it’s intentionally chaotic…

In this dissertation, I will…

This was all explained in the Muppet movie when they ran into Big Bird. Some muppets went to Hollywood to get the standard rich and famous contract, others went to NYC to work in public television.

Sigh. They’re all muppets but there are Muppet Show muppets and Sesame Street muppets and the only crossover is Kermit. The original post was phrased poorly and intentionally so! 🤓

A very blurry photo of two peoples’ feet

The last photo on my phone from our last night/morning at #DragonCon2025

RITOS STRONG!!!

Jamie no. Why.

Jamie and the other panelists at the table at the head of the Trek track!

Designing an accessible Starfleet vessel with @uajamie.bsky.social! #dragoncon

Ok so somehow I didn't post the actual photo.

Having an AMAZING #DragonCon with @uajamie.bsky.social and @ericlesch.bsky.social in @enterprisesplain.bsky.social cosplay!!

Same here except I won't be on any panels so I'll be harder to find :)

Incredible.

A screenshot of a WaPo article saying that 1 in 6 women in the US have depression

Wait 5 out of 6 women DON’T have depression?!

If you only listen to one episode of EnterpriseSplaining ever, this is the one. @skepchick.org is so ridiculous and funny it makes me think she should always do the explanation for us…

Okay pals, I've guested on many podcasts in my time but this one is special and I must insist you give it a listen, regardless of whether or not you are a fan of Star Trek Enterprise, starring Scott Bakula, T-Pain, Padma Lakshmi, and a Swamp Hick.

This show mocks me.

“Mammary Alpha” may be the funniest thing I’ve ever come up with and honestly I think it’s all downhill from here…