Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The worst part is that Laz would have been the person I’d talk to to process this kind of loss. I’m grateful I found a good therapist earlier this year - I spoke with her today - but Laz knew me and knew what to say. I feel like I know what he’d say to me now, but I wish I could hear his voice. 0130
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Heartbroken. He was one of my best friends and a light in my life, but I know he is at peace and reunited with his beloved Mother. Trying to focus on the positives of knowing and loving him, and of being known and loved by him. 110
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026He passed away on Tuesday 10/6. Thank you so much for participating in Women Make Trek. He was so proud of everyone’s work on the project. 250
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 16/11/2024‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ 💀 Artist: Laz Marquez 🖤 2207
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨BQN Podcast Collective @bqnpodcasts.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the passing of Laz Marquez. He was a talented artist and former host on this network. We think he’d appreciate this quote from one of his hero’s: “If I’m going to be a caged bird, I’ll sing the best song I can.” – Wes Craven RIP Laz ❤️ 6346
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026The Birds (1963) #filmsky #horrorsky 46416
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One of Laz’s amazing horror pieces. He was so talented. 💔 0111
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨Neil Shurley @thatneilguy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sad to read the news about Laz Marquez. Here’s an interview I did a few years back. startrekking.substack.com/p/laz-marque...startrekking.substack.comLaz Marquez of Women Make TrekStar Trekking - Supplemental 163
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is the interview I chose to share in my FB post. Thank you so much for interviewing him. He cherished this project so much. We always wanted to turn it into a coffee table book. 020
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’ve known for some time that I have years of immense loss in front of me. I had no idea how overwhelmingly devastating it would be, and the worst hasn’t happened. If I am a bad friend, if I cannot meet my obligations, please forgive me. Please always remember we know nothing of others struggles. 1230
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I am heartbroken to share the news that my dear friend Laz Marquez passed away yesterday. #TrekTwitter will remember Laz for his beautiful Star Trek Discovery poster art, along with the Women Make Trek project in memory of his Mother, pictured below. I can only hope they are united and at peace. 12526
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ICYMI: New episode of the Trektivism podcast featuring the @syfysistas.bsky.social, guest hosted by the wonderful @chanda.blacksky.app along with my fabulous cohost @matthewcimone.bsky.social. Learn how you can apply or nominate someone for the SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund Boldly Go Grants. 0144
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨TREKtivism.org @trektivism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Be sure to also check out the @syfysistas.bsky.social official store which supports their Legacy Fund for fan-led social causes at www.bonfire.com/store/the-of... And you can fill out a nomination for the Legacy Fund here!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...bonfire.comThe Official SyFy Sistas Store | Wear hope. Fund science, stories & STEAM. | BonfireMake real impact — every shirt purchased funds Boldly Go Grants for Education & STEAM, Creativity & Fandom, and Medical Support & Causes. 164
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026I was lucky enough to guest host @trektivism.bsky.social when Heather had something to attend to which means I got to help interview THE @syfysistas.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Episode out now, listen everywhere you find podcasts or check it out here: sites.libsyn.com/501853/the-s...sites.libsyn.comTrekTivism: The Syfy Sistas Feat. Dr. Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinWe are joined by the SyFy Sistas who just launched the new round of the SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund! The Sistas have been a huge inspiration and a direct catalyst of our podcast. In this episode Tamia Har... 0308
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨SyFy Sistas™️ The Live Show TONIGHT! Dawnn Lewis 💜🖖🏽 @syfysistas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Nominations are OPEN! 🚀 Who should we know about? Nominate yourself or someone else for the 2nd Annual SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund. Nominations are open through October 18. Nominate here: www.patreon.com/syfysistas/p...patreon.comNominations Are Open: 2nd Annual SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund | SyFy Sistas Inc.Today, September 18, nominations open for the 2nd Annual SyFy Sistas Legacy Fund. The fund has a new name, but the purpose remains rooted in 165
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026NEW WRITING 👀 I finally got my shit together and wrote a little newsletter about the Spectrum of Allies which is a helpful exercise and a better theory of change than "nobody with a bad point of view can ever change their mind" Please read and use and share the links within!!!news.chanda.scienceThe Spectrum of Allies is Better than Pessimistic BinariesA theory and tool that can help you rethink the work head 819468
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026That picture is AI. I wouldn’t even trust the product. 150
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thinking of all of you. I spend my morning at the vet with Dean discussing end of life quality. The good news is that his bloodwork and urinalysis came back perfect, but I can see his quality of life continue to decline due to other physical issues. For now, I choose life and love. 110
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Maybe because the A/C’s been broken since I woke up and I’m super stressed about work I need to do but also . . . *looks at news, gas prices, everything* 0110
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The world feels especially on fire today.static.klipy.comVoron Fire: It's Fine 3D Printer MemeAlt: Voron Fire: It's Fine 3D Printer Meme 1180
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oh, goodness. They were such beautiful pups and I’m so sorry for your loss. Chihuahua’s are special dogs and I can’t imagine life without my baby, but I know the end is coming and it’s so, so hard. 100
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New Episode alert in celebration of Star Trek’s 60th and the woman behind the Save Star Trek campaign. Without Bjo Trimble, we may not be the fandom we are today! 🖖🏼💖 Also, hopeful messages about the future from Star Trek fans at #STLV! 0223
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Post-divorce glow up, except "post 20 years of abusive relationships" glow up. 030
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Standing outside of the community at that first convention at the Hilton, I saw a community I wanted to be part of. Stumbling into Star Trek has changed, saved and bettered my life in ways indescribable and unexpected. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to be part of something so inspiring 🖖🏼 0201
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Happy Star Trek Day! In 2009, I attended my first Star Trek convention and met one of Star Trek’s finest activists, Leonard Nimoy. I’ve had a wild journey since, including Star Trek community building, podcasting and panel speaking. I’d like to think I’ve made him proud. @trektivism.bsky.social 3536
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We’re engrained to believe it! But coffee is different for many NDs and puts us to sleep. I’ll never learn LoL 000
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In true neurodivergent fashion, I had “house coffee” before going to walk a client’s dog and picking up a “fancy coffee” from Dunkin, only to come home and crash/nap for 1.5 hour. I should know better but still buy into the false narrative that coffee is gonna wake me up LoL 1160
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I finally, FINALLY, have some grant reading and review work to close out the summer. As I told my review team, I'm so grateful money is still going to programs desperately needed in their communities. I love playing a small part in helping grant access to those funds! 1170
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨Roddenberry Podcasts @roddenberrypod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Did you own Star Trek Concordance? 📚🖖⚛️ Bjo Trimble’s love of Trek didn't just inspire her — it helped shape the series! Discover Bjo’s story NOW! 🚀 👉 rdnbry.co/ITRABjoTrimble 👈 #roddenberry #StarTrek #BjoTrimble @ashleyvrobinson.bsky.social 0123
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It’s Matthew’s birthday TODAY! Please consider donating to his nonprofit as a token of appreciation. #Trektivism 053
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I don’t think I ever went back to sleep. I tried and maybe I did, but I didn’t dream 100
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’ve been relying on Xanax :/ I have it for anxiety but rarely take it for anything other than sleep. I’m just hopeful I go back to a normal sleep schedule soon. Summer is always difficult because I can sleep in, nap, stay up late, etc 010
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My clients start returning and I’m back to 6a alarms and bed by 10p with little time or the inability to nap during the day. Here’s hoping my brain regulates itself once that schedule kicks in. 110
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The world would be a better place if we were all more like Dolly. Humility, compassion, confidence, kindness, hope, optimism, giving beyond measure, and forgiving - all describe the remarkable human being she was and inspired us to be. 0295
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It’s frustrating. Waking up at 3a is supposedly common with perimenopause but I’d avoided it until the last few weeks. I keep thinking it’s because my sleep is still thrown off from STLV and recovery. Maybe it is. I’m lucky I can take a nap today if necessary. I won’t have that privilege soon 😭 110
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’ve been awake since 3a. I love this for myself! 😵💫😵💫😵💫 260
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026🫂🫂🫂 it’s so bad. I hope something good happens for you soon 110
Reposted by Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026This is worth reading with how people speak to and about one another on social media in mind "Hopeless people are easy to divide, easy to isolate, and easy to pick off. Hope is the glue that keeps us from cracking when the machine leans on us hardest."antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.comHope Is a WeaponHolding onto hope is one of the most defiant things you can do right now. 418065
Rae 🖤🖖🏼✨ @heatherraebarker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Because there are less grants being awarded and still just as many grant readers, I’ve gotten no grant reading work this summer. I did turn down one offer that wanted to pay me $10 an hour for 40 - 60 hours of work. About to start that Only Fans . . . 😵💫 3110
