#a stars thoughts

[quackwoofs]

𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎, 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗.

֙⋆ +．✦

Ｔｉｍｅ ｉｓ ｊｕｓｔ ａ ｉｄｅａ ｃｒｅａｔｅｄ ｂｙ ｈｕｍａｎｓ. Ｉ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｅｘｉｓｔ ｉｎ ａ ｒｅａｌｉｔｙ ｏｆ ｔｉｍｅ, Ｉ ｊｕｓｔ ａｍ

⩇⩇:⩇⩇

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[moonlitmourningjournal]

[starredforlife]

hello for those planning on voting for kamala harris. could y’all start emailing or calling her specifically to pressure her to stop the genocide. even if you’re a decided voter, mention you are undecided and that this is the issue you would flip on. here I’ll leave a link where you can email

[canisalbus]

✦ Fashionably late ✦

[stealingpotatoes]

i love comparing the fake stories that each twin was told

(commission info // tip jar!)

[prepare4trouble]

Does anybody else track their life though a series of obsessions? Like “ah yes, i remember that happening, i was obsessing over Star Gate Atlantis at the time,” or, “this was during my Supernatural era.” I can map out my whole life in this way.

[izzy444angel]

[ilovedthestars]

I wish it wasn’t a hot take that a story in which two characters of any gender prioritize their purely platonic relationship over any other romantic or sexual interests they might have is a textually queer story

[markscherz]

Meet the seven new frog species we just named after iconic Star Trek captains!

Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0

At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.

Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?

No, they're little treefrogs!

Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0

Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.

Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!

These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.

Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0

I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:

'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'

— Vences et al. 2024

There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.

On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.

You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.

[evercelle]

bust... or maybe i'll take it all!

[crowatyourwindow]

Do you think it would have been cool if Atsushi's white tiger aged with him as he grew up

[blueingameland]

[timetravelsong]

𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

excerpts from a book I’ll never write

[ratbaby15]

Got inspired, made something, hope you enjoy.

Pretty accurate if I do say so myself.