banner
LightNews
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
@shelfnerds.bsky.social
1.3K followers 340 following 3.9K posts
Christian. Husband. Dad. Educator. Published in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2016). I post #StarTrek, #MicroTreks, and co-host @firstflightpod.bsky.social! https://www.youtube.com/c/CompletingTheShelf
www.youtube.com
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · Jan 16
30 years ago a whole new quadrant of stories—stories of wonder, the strange, resilience—were opened up to us with the premiere of #StarTrekVoyager!

Voyager is a vital part of the #StarTrek franchise. In 58 video essays, I argue Why Voyager! Check them out.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Star Trek: Voyager - YouTube
www.youtube.com
3 9 65
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 3h
The truest mark of a Vulcan
medievaltrek.bsky.social
IDIC Humanist 🏳️‍🌈🖖 @medievaltrek.bsky.social · 3h
Reading Michael Martin’s ENT Romulan War: To Brave the Storm while drinking my morning coffee.

Came across this Vulcan word:

V'tosh rik'ortal—a Vulcan without sarcasm.

Such a Vulcan probably doesn’t exist.
"Whatever you may believe to be wrong with you, Hoshi," T'Pol said, "your grasp of the obvious remains unimpaired." It occurred to her that even among the strictest Syrrannite orders on her homeworld, there might be no such thing as a V'tosh rik'ortal—a Vulcan without sarcasm.
11
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
trekranks.com
TrekRanks =/\= EnterpriseExtra @trekranks.com · 21h
NEW! From Kal-toh to Kadis-kot to Kotra, we got you covered on the new TrekRanks as we maneuver through the "Top 5 Games and Gaming References" in #StarTrek history! This one is a stone cold TrekRanks classic, so spin the wheel & roll the dice w/your top picks!🎲
♟️ www.trekranks.com/trekranks-podcast
Artwork for the 219th episode of TrekRanks featuring the "The Top 5 Games and Gaming References." Images include the TrekRanks logo in the upper left corner and the "Move Along Home" game Chula top center from DS9. Across the middle from left to right are various images of Data (playing 3D chess in "Power Play"), Kirk (playing Fizzbin in "A Piece of the Action") and Naomi Wildman (playing Kadis-kot in "Infinite Regress"). As always, to keep you guessing, remember that the episodes reflected in photos here include some choices that were featured in this episode of TrekRanks, some choices that were maybe mentioned in our "Secondary Systems" section of the show, and some choices that weren't mentioned at all.
6 11 31
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 6h
SITO LIVES
2
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 14h
A book called Demystifying Academic Reading by Fang. www.routledge.com/Demystifying...
Demystifying Academic Reading: A Disciplinary Literacy Approach to Reading Across Content Areas
Foundational and accessible, this book equips pre-service and practicing teachers with the knowledge, understanding, tools, and resources they need to help students in grades 4–12 develop reading prof...
www.routledge.com
1 1
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 15h
Wonderful! I was actually thinking of you this weekend as I read up on teaching the literacy of history.
1 2
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 17h
I guess not! Lol
2
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 18h
Ummm… season 4 was 100% Scifi high concept. So was season 5.
1 6
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
kelly-knox.com
Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 1d
"I’m selling movies, yes. But if I can do it with art, with beauty, in a way that reaches people and touches them... that’s what makes me happy." - Drew Struzan
Struzan's painted posters for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi
2 150 430
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
“And then I fell in love with a Klingon who had his body brutally altered to appear human and grafted a human identity onto his own mind,” Michael spits out playfully.

B’Elanna grins playfully. “You win.”

Michael pauses, breathes, and grins. “I do these days.”
4/4
2 1 8
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 22h
WOLF 359 WAS AN INSIDE JOB! Release the Locutus files!
1 8
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 22h
Baptiste’s translation of Beethoven into jazz is seamless and organic. Somehow, he preserves the essences of each piece even as they swing and sway beneath his finger tips.
2
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 22h
Now into Jon Baptiste’s work for and inspired by the superbly underrated Pixar film, Soul!

You can feel Baptiste’s soul slip playful across the keyboard.
1 2
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 23h
Now it’s time for some Rachmaninov!
1 2
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
“I definitely get that,” Michael says.

B’Elanna cocks her head, disapproving of the bid for unearned empathy.

“No, really,” Michael starts. “I was raised on Vulcan after my parents were killed—by Klingons.”

“I’m—sorry,” B’Elanna says softly.
3/4
1 1 4
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
Natalie Holt’s propulsive and emotional nuanced scores for Marvel’s Loki capture the intensity and deep character work in one of Marvel’s best series.
2 4
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
Christophe Beck’s scores for Marvel’s WandaVision is haunting and beautiful—just like the series.
1 1
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
steillustrates.bsky.social
Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 1d
Spooky season is upon us folks - whos that knocking at the door!? #startrek #startrekfanart
star trek fan art illustration - a woman crouches behind a console with a phaser rifle as a borg enters the room she hides in.
3 21 120
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
…but you are powerless to compel anything but outward actions—without victimizing the victim through manipulation and psychological violence.

I implore you, all of you, if you value forgiveness let it be true and healing to both victim and perpetrator. Freedom is a prerequisite of true forgiveness.
3
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
Marina’s performance here was a shining example of her range.

TROI No one has power over what someone feels or thinks, First Minister. You may be able to force a victim like Charlish to say the words you want her to say…
1/2
1 3
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
Chris Westlake’s scores for Lower Decks captures the awe and wonder of Trek, building on the works of Goldsmith and Horner in respectful ways. It’s hardly the wallpaper compositions instituted by Berman—which had its place and includes some standout compositions.
2 1 8
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
Goldsmith’s Star Trek: Nemesis is a highlight in the franchise even if the film doesn’t reach the artistic heights of the score.

The score is mournful, vulnerable, bold, bombastic, and driven by an urgency that carries you along from track 1 to “A New Ending.”

It’s my 3rd favorite Trek score.
2 1 11
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
As I spend another day behind a computer screen, here’s what I’m
listening to.
1 12
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
B’Elanna chuckles, pulling her hand away. “Yeah—well, the last Michael I knew turned out to be a mutinous jerk.”

Michael forces an awkward laugh.

“So—you’re not quite Klingon are you?” Michael asks, changing the subject.

“Half-Klingon, half-human,” B’Elanna replies. “All complexity.”
2/4
1 1 7
Reposted by Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
#MicroTreks

“Michael Burnham,” she says, extending her hand toward him. The purity of her blossoming smile triggers a warm sensation of joy across B’Elanna’s skin.

“B’Elanna,” she replies, shaking Michael’s hand. “Not many women names Michael.”

“I’m told I’m—unique,” Michael says.
1/4
1 2 15
shelfnerds.bsky.social
Chris 🟡🟡🟡🟡 @shelfnerds.bsky.social · 1d
“And then I fell in love with a Klingon who had his body brutally altered to appear human and grafted a human identity onto his own mind,” Michael spits out playfully.

B’Elanna grins playfully. “You win.”

Michael pauses, breathes, and grins. “I do these days.”
4/4
2 1 8