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Sandia Hairstreak (Callophrys mcfarlandi), family Lycaenidae, Big Bend National Park, TX, USA

Photograph by Cecil Wingfield

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There are reasons I have an assassin character in my next Trek book based on Betty White.

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TEMPORAL MECHANICS 101 by Admiral Janeway

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[image: animated gif from Firefly of Kaylee saying to Wash, "Wash, tell me I'm pretty." Wash is wearing a Hawaiian style shirt.]

I still maintain that Wembly and Wash were separated at birth.

girl you've been running through my mind all day

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I think it'd have to be a pretty smol deer.

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) chick, family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes, WA, USA

photograph by J. Bonello | USFWS

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awesome story. black doctors and nurses are the best.

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Lies, I bet that thing can drive in the snow.

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in a medieval groupchat nobody would make fun of your typo they would just assume that its a new spelling youre going with and roll with it

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Tags from @logicalstroopwafel:

#part of me wants to give OP time#cause it’s a big thing#but also OP seems to have already decided to do this#so ripping off the bandage this weekend might be great actually

Yeah, I worried about the temporal joke seeming like I was pressuring. Obviously I'd never pressure anyone to come out, but it does indeed seem like the OP wants a gentle nudge so I figured inviting love from the trans-supportive Trek folks would help them see that it was okay for them to come out before, it's okay now, and it's okay when they're ready.

We will always cheer on everybody working to live as their true self, but also protect the vulnerable folks. <3

(That said, do not rip bandages, science shows that actually causes more damage, but I understand the metaphor. :D)

More trans inclusive Trek content:

[image: animated gif from Star Trek TNG of an alien from a non-binary race declaring she is female. Text: "I am female. I was born that way. I have had those feelings, those longings, all my life. It is not annatural. I am not sick because I feel this way. I do not need to be helped. I do not need to be cured."]

[image: Animated gif from Star Trek Discovery of the trans character Gray saying, "Why not get rid of all the things that aren't totally "me," you know?"]

If/when this posts reaches 5555 notes, I’ll come out as trans to my parents.

No rules. Spam however much you want (But please have some mercy, like at least let this post take a few months ok I’m changing it to a week cause clearly a few months was way to ambitious please just let me have a week here I beg of you🙏).

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[image: Two panels from Game of Thrones. First panel is Daenerys with her lined edited to say, "Tell Zelenskyy that Trump invites him to come to the Oval Office and bend the knee." Second panel is Jon Snow looking duly offended and an added caption of "Nope."]

I watched the long clip. Zelenskyy was right. Trump and Vance were trying to make Zelenskyy their dog and he wasn't having it. Zelenskyy dropped truth bombs on their attempts, and that sent Trump and Vance into hysterics.

And all I could think was, "Yay Zelenskyy for not bending the knee!"

So I made a meme. Enjoy.

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Unintentionally ominous sign a friend took a photo of at a JoAnn's that's closing.

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Ooo I've had that! A podiatrist didn't like how I pointed out how we fat ladies get wrongfully diagnosed with "plantar fasciitis" and told to go lose weight and stretch, and how this hides other problems...like in my case, an actual broken heel.

When I pointed out how this kept happening, he said, "Well...I don't think that's quite fair."

So I said, "You diagnosed me with that. You were the third podiatrist over several years who said that. You have now found that I had a broken heel that has healed badly and now I need surgery. It's a true observation."

And then he grudgingly said, "Yeah...okay. I guess."

And to be clear...he was the GOOD one.

Hurting my doctor's feelings by saying out loud what he did

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28/02/2025 Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Incoming Transmission…

Beware of the sunk cost fallacy in any medical treatment; it's okay to discontinue/alter things that aren't working even if you've put a lot of resources in. Some treatments take a long time to show success, but avoid chasing things that clearly don't work down the drain. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon

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28/02/2025 Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport Incoming Transmission…

Empathy and kindness are not finite resources.