Last night I dreamed I was having lunch with Captain Picard and he was bitching about the slow pace of Martian terraforming. "It would be done by now if there was oil there", he said."Oil? Wait a minute, aren't you some kind of god living in a post-scarcity utopia?"
He said, "The Federation still trades with outsiders, and we'll grind a planet down to its mantle to get the beads and trinkets they're interested in."
"What's it like on a Federation oil rig?"
"It's a disneyland, full of cosplayers who think it's an historical re-enactment."
A county webpage showing dates and times for COVID-19 vaccine appointments available at the Placer County Fairgrounds says the clinic will be closed April 1 and April 2 due to an "event at venue." The event in question is a swap meet organized by SacAnime.