I gave my team the explicit instruction to call me out if I ever did anything that they'd estimate would make Picard disappointed in my leadership.

Someone brought up some harry Potter fanfic which apparently and bizarrely motivating the philosophy of peter thiel and his ilk.

I read the synopsis, and (regardless of your feeling on generations) is essentially extolling the philosophy of the bad guy in that movie.

Picard, reflecting: "Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I'd rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived. After all Number One, we're only mortal."

he was 86.... is it really the darkest of timelines when someone whos 86 dies???

The article I read describes it as a "short battle," so presumably he didn't have it for long. Probably for the best for him not to have to drag it out, but still. Horrible news.

I've seen speculation that he chose to go out on his own terms.

Assisted dying is legal in California.

Multiple places reporting he died to "live music" surrounded by family.

Sounds planned

That was exactly my origin story too. I'm now a physics professor at a world leading University in no small part because of him.

I want to write something to the family. No idea if there's going to be a tribute book anywhere but I would love to contribute if so. I wrote in Hawking's at Gonville and Caius...

He was a terrific Gurney Halleck in Lynch's Dune.

And honestly, from everything I've heard about the man, he was just an all-around lovely person. Caring and supportive of anyone who had the good fortune to know him.

A fun fact I enjoy about his role as Uriel Septim is that apparently he was given a large booklet (90 pages apparently) of notes on his character's background, motivations, the world's wider lore, as well as notes that linked into roles Stewart had played before. The Oblivion team were worried that they'd overload him with too much information, but Stewart was, in fact, delighted by all the details, and remarked that he wished all of his roles would give him so much to work with.

Bro he was 86. It's not like he was too young to go.

He will. In all of our memories.

More like he always seemed like it. In Next Generation he was only in his 40s and 50s but seemed so much older.

Im not a celebrity worshipper. I don't read tabloids but as a latchkey Xenial. He was my TV dad. Every Sunday night I would go to bed and watch MASH and then Star Trek. From age of 9 to 15. It sparked my interest in scifi

I got a lot of of my morals through that show and ironically Roseanne, despite the wildebeast she turned into later in life.

His loss hurt. They usually don't, even for people who's shows, movies and music I like. But this one stung far more than I thought it would.

Avengers doomsday is going to be even more heartbreaking knowing it's his last performance and watching his world get destroyed.

I only watched this about 50 times last night. https://youtu.be/kH1XlwHQv9o?is=Q2jaVTpEvsYnraTc

That should be a cup of Earl Grey (hot)