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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Honestly - bc having a full head prosthetic applied/managed does feel intimate and romantic under the right circumstances 😂 (despite the fact it feels really gross and uncomfortable underneath all that stuff) and I had the same thought when I saw this pic

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Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Xfiles understood the three type of nerd. Hippy, square, pervert

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Jabby 🍉2026 IS THE YEAR OF THE OC!! @jabby.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

everyone should try and ship a rarepair at least once in their life. it is very fulfilling work. no fretting about numbers. just pure being unhinged about your favourite characters kissing. you appreciate every kudo and comment because the max capacity of interactions you'll ever hit is 10

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Kira @spaceforestart.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

is it time already? this was one of my most popular sticker design back when I had a shop. It will be back... eventually. hope so. #traditionalart #startrekfanart #DS9

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dadvans | the winnipeg jorts @dadvans.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Still thinking about JAWS. I'm fascinated by the dynamics at play between the three main guys (and Brody & Ellen, too). So many little character moments that, in a lesser film, would never have been thought of. So many things touched on that could've been spelled out but are left semi-unexplained.

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Daughter liked JAWS so much she chose to watch it again with her dad for their movie night. I'm just so very proud of her taste sometimes ❤️

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Bringing back Wesley Crusher the way they did???: 100/10 RESTORING THE JANEWAY/CHAKOTAY SUPREMACY THAT ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN??: 1000/10

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Rok-Tahk accidentally genetically modifying tribbles to make an even more kawaii one, which then becomes her pet going forward: 10/10

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

How is it that the (perfect) song "Be My Angel" by Mazzy Star has existed since NINETEEN NINETY, and yet no one has ever used it for a Destiel fanvid/edit? Or Good Omens? Or anything else I don't know about that involves angelshipping? Someone needs to rectify this immediately...

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Totally, I went through that ew slash is gross era, too, as a young kid. Then I got into Star Trek and was like wait, but Kirk and Spock are clearly OTP, maybe I was wrong. Then Fellowship of the Ring came out when I was 16 and well... that was influential for a lot of us I think 😂

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Jadzia deserved so much better!! I watched DS9 in high school too, just a little earlier, right after it was done airing. I shipped Garak/Bashir so hard back then, so this recent revival of that ship in the last few years has been healing :)

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Awww! Yeah, I appreciate that we can all agree that you can never go too wrong blaming Rick for the sins of 90s Trek! I didn't watch DS9 until right after it was done airing, but I can only imagine how frustrating that must have been for Jadzia fans at the time, the treatment she ended up getting 🤬

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

My daughter, who is generally suspicious of anything that looks "old" (pre-90s), LOVED IT??? She pronounced it "not that scary," although she did praise Bruce the shark for looking realistic, making me very proud that I am succeeding in indoctrinating her to appreciate practical FX.

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

So last weekend I had the total pleasure of taking my 10yo daughter to see JAWS on the big screen for the 50th anniversary. And just. It'd been a long time since I watched it, and somehow I'd forgotten: It is a perfect, 10/10, no notes film. Just so magnificent. JAWS forever, man. 🦈🦈🦈🦈

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a man singing farewell and adieu to spanish ladies

Alt: A GIF of Quint from JAWS standing on the deck of the Orca singing "Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies..."

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Right? I liked the moments when it led to personal growth for Worf (expressing his love for her, etc), but in general I thought the relationship reflected a trend toward writing Jadzia as a Cool Girl who would put up with anything in her relationships with men because she's sooo cool, which... :(

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This is just to say that this latest rewatch resulted in me upgrading my Letterboxd rating of HOT FROSTY from "3 stars and a heart" to "3.5 stars and a heart" and I regret nothing

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

OMG YES. He was the absolute worst in that one. That episode, among many others, is part of the reason I never liked Worf/Jadzia much because honestly, how am I not supposed to be offended by the idea that Dax, after all her lifetimes of experience, would choose to be with this person 🤦‍♀️

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Ooh, I do enjoy Worf as a character (more so on TNG than DS9), but... they're not wrong 😬 dude gets away with SO much that he by all rights shouldn't have

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Wintergirlwolf @wintergirlwolf.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

"The world is grey, the mountains old, The forge’s fire is ashen-cold; No harp is wrung, no hammer falls: The darkness dwells in Durin’s halls; The shadow lies upon his tomb In Moria, in Khazad-dûm. But still the sunken stars appear" JRR #Tolkien "Lord of the Rings' #art #collage #Middleearth

15cm circle mixed media collage art. Made with small pieces of scrap fabric.
The images of a dwarf with a red beard and armour and sword and shield.
Made using licenced Middle Earth fabric and showing runes. Fabric by Oscha slings

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

My daughter and I are rewatching HOT FROSTY even though it's September, ask us anything (actually don't ask us, we have no answers)

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I will say, I still really don’t care for the MCU, for many reasons… but at the same time… I’ve been uninformed for too long, I should really at least know where I stand on important cultural conversations like “do Captain America and Iron Man have chemistry” (*yes)

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

What's up 2016, your girl just finally caught up on the MCU after 15+ years of mostly* ignoring / refusing to engage with it. 🎉 Important fandom trash achievement unlocked: I can now, finally, have my very own MCU shipping opinions. Thicc Thanos be praised! (*I did see Black Panther & BP2)

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

He’s also hot and therefore, the murders were justified. I don’t make the rules.

Iconic Tumblr text post by user Dornerist saying simply “free my man he did all of it but I don’t care”

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jeaux 🏳️‍⚧️ @fox.computer · 22/08/2025

the year 2000 was a special time. you just had to be there

Voyager screenshot showing Janeway and Chakotay walking down a corridor. An onscreen title says “Special Guest Star: The Rock”

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

What episode was this? I do remember Quark going to Odo's quarters in his pajamas but I don't recall what other inferior romance was going on at the time 😂

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Right? I mean, I'm genuinely glad if the memes are getting people inspired (anything helps, I guess) but... I just hope we're going to channel that energy into something besides defending Newsom for the next 3 years, as if he (not his social media team) had anything to do with it anyway 😭

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

We’re already doing the lord’s work making characters kiss that could/should be kissing, but is that enough for them, noooo…

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I don’t have any really big ones myself, but I have purposely engineered one for my daughter, which is that her first concert was Bob Dylan (2022, when she was 8, at the Fox in Oakland). She did not particularly enjoy it but SOMEDAY she’s going to realize what a cool fucking mom I am for that. :)

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Soundgarden in a gym in 1989?!? Oh man, this is the flex-est of concert flexes. That must have been incredible. 😭

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

To be fair, as we know, most Starfleet security officers are REALLY bad at their jobs, so honestly Murf will probably be a significant improvement

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I’m confused by what level of sentience Murf has. He seems to be either sort of… animal-like, or essentially a toddler? Or maybe both? He also seems unable to communicate in any translatable language? I don’t know… he’s in training for Starfleet now so apparently it’s fine 😂

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Gwyn’s season two storyline is pretty relatable so far. Who among us hasn’t wanted to time-travel back to a time when our dad was nice 😅

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Oh, so now it’s not the actual paid writers’ job to make shows good, fanfic authors are supposed to do it? Like geez, do we have to do *everything* around here 😂

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Same. He was on thin ice for me already, but the way he’s thrown trans people under the bus this year, personally I will never vote for him. After the career he’s had here in CA, for him to do this? No. I don’t wanna hear VBNMW about him when there is still *plenty* of time to put up someone else

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

riker

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Worf Email @worfemail.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

All crew, Do not click on links in emails. They pose a major security risk. For more information: bit.ly/1MUISmu Worf

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Finally started in on S2! Me: I love the new longer title sequence 😍 Daughter: You would… (she knows me too well, I never shut up about title sequences, Skip Intro is banned in our household lol)

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Mari Cohn @maricohn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Curating a world for your children in which LGBTQ+ people don’t exist is a choice, and it does nothing but create more work for everybody down the line. If you don’t want to have to ~explain things~ later on, then like… don’t make that choice, and you won’t have to

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I’ve never had some moment when I “explained” the existence of LGBTQ+ people to my child because she simply grew up knowing about us. Has friends with same-sex parents. Has *always been* presented with books and media depicting same-sex parents. Etc. It has been normal to her since infancy.

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I feel like what people don’t understand about “explaining stuff to kids” (i.e. gender & sexuality) is that it’s actually a total breeze when they don’t start out with all the shit to *unlearn* that we had. Raise them knowing the truth from the beginning, and like literally your work is done.

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

(I love Tom Cruise, aside from, y’know, everything, and I have many thoughts about his work, but this is probably the only one I have that might be considered… hot)

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Hottest chemistry he had with anybody in the whole M:I franchise was with Jeremy Renner 🙊

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Yes! The writing is not always consistent and sometimes they do annoying things with Julian again later on, but I really liked when they finally let him move on, too. And LEETA she’s so 💖🥰

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meredith (not from parent trap) @jackalkaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Totally, it’s so much nicer when they finally chill out (mostly) on his whole crush on Jadzia / 90s-style relentless pursuit of her. I always liked when we got to see those two just being friends. I wish they had gotten there like, three seasons earlier but oh well lol!

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