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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 20/08/2026

It’s incredible how much what I’ll call the “LinkedIn discourse” is just businesses convincing other businesses how to make their employees less resistant to adopting AI.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 16/08/2026

It took me a few months last year, but I managed to make this model of the Olympic-class U.S.S. Pasteur from TNG's "All Good Things..." that I haven't shared online until now. I'm a sucker for sphere-shaped and/or non-hero Trek ships, what can I say? 🤷‍♀️ 🪩 #startrek #tng #3d #blender

A port-side forward view looking down at the U.S.S. Pasteur NCC-58925, against a starfield backdrop. The ship is an Olympic-class medical/science vessel, with a spherical primary hull, wedge-shaped secondary hull, and two nacelles held high above on pylons.

A port-side forward view looking up at the U.S.S. Pasteur NCC-58925, against a starfield backdrop. The ship is an Olympic-class medical/science vessel, with a spherical primary hull, wedge-shaped secondary hull, and two nacelles held high above on pylons.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

There is exactly one thing that needs to happen on Independence Day. One tradition The only thing that absolutely had to happen was fireworks, and Trump fucked it up because he couldn't stop talking

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

She is very lonely

A unicorn resembling a neuron styled like the titular character of The Last Unicorn

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 21/03/2026

This is absurd. If Superhive goes through with this, I'll simply never purchase from them again. There's not a single thing they could offer that would make me buy into a model like this.

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GoalieLax @goalielax.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 26/02/2026

CW: transphobia. See, this is why it can be painful to know too much history.🫤 This post implies that what is happening in Kansas is *similar* to what the nazis did. But it's not just similar. It's *identical*. In 1933, nazis revoked trans people's documents. Before 1938. Paragraph 175 and 183.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 25/02/2026

Twice now (that I know of), a major artist has chosen to bring their work to #Baltimore rather than entertaining the censorious Trump regime in Washington DC, and I am LOVING it. First Amy Sherald, now Philip Glass. I hope this becomes a trend. Baltimore is a beautiful home for the arts!

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After Kennedy Center exit, Philip Glass to bring new symphony home to Baltimore

Famed composer and Baltimore native Philip Glass pulled his symphony from the Kennedy Center in protest of Donald Trump. Now, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform “Lincoln” in 2027.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 18/02/2026

Got a new book about airships, so naturally I’m back on my bullshit. Excellent title, no notes 👌

A copy of the book “Skyhookers” by William Wolf, sitting on a wooden table.

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Misha Siegfried @mishasiegfried.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Trying my hand at doing new Trek style lighting and compositing. Made the hull materials much more metallic than I normally do and much more modern/vivid color palette. Rendered in Blender Cyles Composited in After Effects with Red Giant #startrek #blender3d #scifi #3dmodeling #adobe #aftereffects

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Alrighty - my final update on this shot for now! Tons of revisions and fixes, as well as new Music SFX and VO. Added the welders welding, a few more work bees, the Arges in the background, and some changes to the lighting angle. 4K in the 🧵! I hope everyone likes it!

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Cody @atiredgay.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Like so… Keep in mind this is a quick and rough edit, but I would absolutely believe that this was the original song for the opening.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 14/01/2026

The thing I'm most excited to find out from Starfleet Academy is which damn uniform is *the* uniform... I've seen like eighty of them in all the promo photos and trailers.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 13/01/2026

Scott Adams really paved the way to the deep end so people like JK Rowling could go off of it.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 13/01/2026

LinkedIn these days is just a constant feed of professionals posting rationalizations for why having an LLM do their (or worse, someone else’s) job for them is actually a very very good thing and totally isn’t just them taking shortcuts and cutting corners.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 13/01/2026

Why are these weirdos always so obsessed with protein and supplements? God they’re bizarre.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! Now everyone can finally start using their 2026 #StarTrek Ships of the Line calendars! 😉

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 01/01/2026

Looking back on 2025, I got a lot of cool 3D modeling done, but a significant portion of it was in service of a final piece that will likely still not be published for at least several months. But I did manage to eke out an Aerodex plane and an original starship design, so there's that!

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

So as I'm healing, I'm getting the creative spark back - here's a shot from after the battle, with some wonderful EVA suits by Robert Rose! This is totally WIP, low-sample, and missing SFX. I'm gonna add workbees and repaired panels!

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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Only two of the 83 crewmen aboard USS Macon (ZRS-5) when the aircraft carrier airship crashed in a storm off Big Sur California in 1935, and the USN's intention to use ships like the Macon for long range scouts died with it. Given its explicit role to warn of potential Japanese surprise attack...

The USS Macon flies over Manhattan in B&W.

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Starfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Spent a little time today refining my TAS shaders. I'm pretty happy with how things are looking right now! Used some compositor nodes as well to add some post-processing. These are all 'in-camera' renders straight out of #Blender3D

Model of a ship like the USS Kelvin, in the style of Star Trek The Animated Series.

Rear view. I used the Kelvin model because it's one of the nicer models of all the ones I've made so far. Just about the right amount of detail!

Model of a ship like the USS Kelvin, screenshot taken from within Blender.

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David✶🇬🇹 @vuc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

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Misha Siegfried @mishasiegfried.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Well, it's taken a little over a week of grinding away at this shot, but I finally got it done! Modeled and Rendered in Blender by me Composited in After Effects with Red Giant Suite Edited in Premier. #blender3d #startrek #scifi #3dmodeling #animation #spaceship #vfx #scifi

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USS Jacoby: Perchance To Dream

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Subsapient 💀 @subsapient.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

almost done, just need some final details then I can set this model aside for the next several years or so

airplane, rear quarter from above, showing propeller blades

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 14/10/2025

Microsoft seems to be playing chicken with their users with this Windows 10 -> 11 crap. Who's gonna blink first? Anyway, with a little help, I switched my main PC to Linux Ubuntu last night. It was way easier than I thought! Bye Microsoft! 👋

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Mockup thumbnail-sketch render for a planned shot showing off my Star Trek EVA suit, doing some work on the hull of a Miranda-class. Intentionally in very bad/warbly quality to not give the impression that anything is final. The Miranda and suit are by me, the Workbee is @herda.me's amazing model.

A blurry, warbly 3D test render of a scene shot from a low camera angle with a small focal length, just above the surface of the hull of a Miranda-class Federation vessel from Star Trek, with a person in an EVA suit in the center of the frame, a bright yellow Workbee floating to the side, and the 'rollbar' of the Miranda class looming overhead.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Kimmel’s writing staff doesn’t seem cowed by the events of the past week. @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

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Howie Day @howieeday.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Lots of updates - Timing adjustments, Sparks and flame improvements, I added more debris, and debris/shield interactions, as well as adding Romulan Disruptor fire and SOUNDS! I'm quite happy with how this ended up looking.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 24/09/2025

Trying to think what extremely common household pain reliever might have caused my fascination with airships.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 23/09/2025

Saw a kid wearing a MAGA hat this morning on the train. I really don’t get why a 12yo would be bopping around in a MAGA hat, except I guess to be a little edgelord? Like, were 12yos seriously rocking Obama merch back in ‘08? I don’t recall giving a crap about the president at that age.

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Me: i’m Autistic Them: Oh you take things literally Me: No that’s kleptomania

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

update: male loneliness epidemic solved

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 07/06/2025

A prototype Vistalux 202 Thunderhead bomber sits on the apron at Vistalux's wingcraft development facility in the hinterlands of Consorpine City. Its unpainted skin sparkles in the light of the summer sun. #Aerodex

A 3D rendering of a large, silver flying wing parked on the tarmac of an airport, with stairs wheeled up beside it and its canopy left open.

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Chipockalips Now! @fragboner.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Do you feel it! 🎃

The ween approaches a man crouched perfectly with his jack o lantern helm of fall

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 30/08/2025

I recently discovered “Vehicle Motion Cues” in iOS and holy crap, what a godsend they have been for helping to avoid motion sickness!

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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

of all the cool starship designs DISCO gave us, the Magee-class is my fave (don't talk to me about warp nacelles running through the saucer, it's fictional)

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Misha Siegfried @mishasiegfried.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning" TOS Enterprise model by me Modeled in Blender, Rendered in Cycles Composit in After Effects with Red Giant. #blender3d #startrek #3dmodeling #scifi #spaceship

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Diogo Vincenzi @diogovincenzi.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I wanted to post this right after the Kaneda, but it need some more time to cook. It's a remaster of my Connie model I did a few years back with a bunch of details that I had missed and/or chosen not to do before. www.artstation.com/artwork/5Wg64J #startrek

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USS Enterprise - 2025 Update, Diogo Vincenzi

When I first made this model, I tried to texture it so it looked like a real starship, which was an interesting exercise, but recently I decided to try and make a more authentic paint job for this shi...

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 23/08/2025

I’ll be honest, I’m surprised how much of a shit the internet apparently gives about Cracker Barrel.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 20/08/2025

Lately I’ve been ditching my Apple Watch in favor of wearing a Casio Baby-G I picked up for like $30, and honestly I can’t say I miss the Apple like AT ALL. My phone is already addictive & omnipresent enough, I kinda like not having it strapped to my wrist all day.

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 15/08/2025

Even when you sub to an online publication, the UX still feels like being paywalled. You’re either not logged in bc you opened the link in an in-app browser, or bc the site has just logged you out. Half the time I just opt to not bother reading the article so that I don’t have to log in again.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Your every-other-year reminder that Lee Pace is serving Chaotic Space Emperor Daddy on the television

Lee Pace as Empire and a female companion, Song, lean out a window and Empire says Welcome to my filth to a white haired man in the foreground

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Lauren Herda @herda.me · 13/08/2025

Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my morning fruit snacks I mean vitamins

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