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Christian nationalist Doug Wilson wants tax rates to be determined by the Bible: “I would like Divine Law to have something to say about the marginal tax rates … because when the state claims a tithe, they’re claiming equality with God.”

Somebody needs to read their Bible.

Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.” So they brought it. And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Mark 12:13-16 (NKJV). There are other passages about submitting to earthly governments as well where they do not contravene the law of God.

Don’t forget the snakes, or the blue-ringed octopus, or a number of rather nasty jellyfish…

I don’t think Trek and Doctor Who are particularly different in their handling of timelines and universes.

Most of Trek takes place in the Prime timeline. Time-travel alters it on occasion.

Most of Doctor Who takes place in a single timeline as well, but due to the core concept of the show time-travel (and history-changing stuff) happens a lot more regularly. To get around this there’s the whole concept of “fixed points” that can’t be changed without serious consequences, and beta canon or extended universe explanations as to how the Time Lords “fixed” a certain continuity (the web of time). This tends to give the show a lot more flexibility in its handling of canon, but one could argue that even then there are a host of inconsistencies in New Who that don’t respect the Classic Series canon (or changes that are poorly explained due to poor writing).

Both shows do deal with alternate/parallel universes from time to time, and in much the same way. Trek’s Mirror Universe has equivalents in the two parallel universes in televised Who (the 3rd Doctor story Inferno and the 10th Doctor story Rise of the Cybermen). Edit: it is interesting to note that both these parallel universes depicted lack the Time Lords or an equivalent Doctor. There are, however, parallel Doctors and Time Lords that show up in the audio dramas (e.g. the alternate Gallifreys visited via the Axis in Gallifrey Series 4-6, or David Warner’s Unbound Doctor in the Bernice Summerfield audios).

Both shows consequently also have methods for travelling between universes. Star Trek typically uses a transporter accident, but Discovery also has the mycelial network (can’t recall if the Guardian just does time travel or more like you say). Doctor Who has the TARDIS (although requires something to go badly wrong for it to jump universes) as well as CVEs (Charged Vacuum Emboitments, or effectively tunnels between universes – typically just the Doctor’s main universe and pocket universes adjacent to it).

All that said, without being that familiar with the Lower Decks/Who crossover game, I’d be inclined to treat it as part of the main Trek timeline with an intrusion from the Whoniverse (likewise I understand the IDW crossover comic Assimilation is similar).

Honestly, I’m rather glad it hasn’t happened. I prefer to keep them separate. They’re very different universes.

That said, if one must have a crossover, at least write it such that the Star Trek universe is a separate universe to the Whoniverse and it requires some kind of universe-hopping accident to bring the two together. Both franchises are too well fleshed out for their canons to co-exist in the same fictional universe.

I have no experience with UPSes, but I have used LFP batteries a fair bit.

The main compatibility issue will be the battery voltage and charging system. Most Li-based batteries have slightly higher nominal and charging voltages than lead acid types depending on the cell configuration.

Check the specs on your UPS model to be sure it is compatible and if it is, I’d go with LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries rather than other Lithium chemistries at this time. They don’t weigh as much as the equivalent lead-acid batteries, are roughly the same size for the same capacity and handle deep discharge better than lead-acids. Plus LFP batteries aren’t as volatile as some other Lithium batteries.