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Shran uses a set from a Finnish designer, called "Ultima Thule". It's also featured as a world on the show, iirc. (I'm midway through rewatch, but Ultima Thule is definitely a world in the ST universe.)

The name come from ancient times, meaning roughly "Ultimate North", and referring to various places that no-one can really agree on.

Anyways, the other glass is also Finnish, and also used in ST: Enterprise. Whenever Archer has dinner in his quarters or they're having cake at Malcolm's bday, therr these glasses are: https://star-trek.design/glassware/tapio-goblets-by-tapio-wirkkala-for-iittala

(I wonder if this is related to my alcoholism flaring up anytime the episodes with the glasses come up.)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ultima Thule is a real Kuiper Belt object. The New Horizons probe did a flyby of it a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, when the centre of civilization was in Rome or Athens or so... those people would've thought Finland as far away as we now consider Pluto or something.

I think we could interact with Kuiper Belt. IF we stand unified against the capitalist shitbags. Sorry. Unrelated. But. Also not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJAe3usECs&list=RDcnBV1FgfRuY&index=5

"Our security is only as strong as our unity."

[–] lemming 2 points 1 week ago

Not any more. It was never an official name. Now it is Arrokoth.