Birthright, Part 2 (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 17) Worf sows disorder in a settlement where Klingons and Romulans live in peace

Rewatching ST:TNG L’Kor tells Worf the Klingons have chosen to remain in what was initially a Romulan POW camp, because if were known they were captured alive, that would bring dishonor on their family. The Romulan Tokath gave up his military career to spare their lives and lead their new settlement. The Klingon survivors, their…

Today’s 10 sq cm of retro #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart

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Part of my daily routine is practicing German for about 15m per day. With no particular practical goal.

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Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetic

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Dax (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 7) Jadzia Dax faces the legal consequences of Curzon Dax’s actions

Rewatching ST:DS9 Dax is apprehended for the allegedly criminal actions of a previous host. Bashir is unsuccessfully trying to escort Dax to her quarters when he witnesses people attaching her. Instead of calling for backup, he tries to be a hero and gets knocked out. The station manages to catch the baddies’ getaway ship, and…

White antiracist hero: “A hired killer fired a bullet right at Cassius’ chest… just as Cassius was unsheathing his bowie knife, which took the hit and saved his life.”

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Trainer and Sea Lion Tango: “He Had It Coming” (Cell Block Tango, from Chicago)

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Another 10 sq cm section of a #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dart #design

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I’ve missed doing this! Another 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel goodness. #blender3d #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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In discord with its own rules, the AP refers to an 18yo mass-shooting suspect as a “teenager,” then follows up with a different tweet describing a “a white gunman in military gear.”

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Arsenic and Old Lace. I haven’t seen this show since I played the lead as a high school junior in the 1980s.

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Beautiful day for a walk.

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The Storyteller (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 14) A Bajoran village mystic names O’Brien his successor; Jake and Nog try to impress a teenaged faction leader

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