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Anson Kennedy
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"Your problem is you think too much," Episcopal priest explaining why I'm going to hell.

And now I'm here.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was an outstanding ST:TOS third season episode.

Humanist. Skeptic. Nerd. Engineer.

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Edith Keeler is 92 years old and still acting.

#StarTrek #JoanCollins #AMurderBetweenFriends #TheBitterEnd #movies

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Beloved Star Trek guest star returns in murder-mystery movie
This actress appeared in the best episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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It's a circuitous route via Greek, Latin, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare (and others) to get from Pandaros in the Iliad to "pander" in English.

#TheIliad #Greek #Latin #Boccaccio #Chaucer #Shakespeare #Pandaros #pander #etymology

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How an Obscure Character in the 'Iliad' Gave Us the English Word 'Pander' - Tales of Times Forgotten
In the Iliad, Pandaros, son of Lykaon, is a Lykian archer who is allied with the Trojans. In Book 4 of the epic, the goddess Athena tricks him into firing an arrow at the Akhaian king Menelaos, which ...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Three is good.

#Wordle 1,645 3/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#puzzles #games
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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It's easy when your starting word is almost there.

#Trekle (treklegame.com) 1449 2/6
#StarTrek Difficulty: 🔘

🟩 🟩 ⬜ 🟩 🖖
🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

#games #puzzles
Trekle
A Trek-like variant of the popular 5 letter word guessing game.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Those tribbles sure were trouble.

#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #TheTroubleWithTribbles

The Tribble Problem That Nearly Ruined Everything
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The Tribble Problem That Nearly Ruined Everything | Star Trek Untold
YouTube video by TREK WORLD
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December 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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I won't say it was easy, but it wasn't hard.

#Wordle 1,644 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#games #puzzles
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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RIP Buck Rogers.

#GilGerard #obituary #BuckRogers

Gil Gerard, ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’ Star, Dies at 82
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Gil Gerard, ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’ Star, Dies at 82
Gil Gerard, who starred in 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,' died on Tuesday. He was 82.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Star Trek crossovers include Planet of the Apes, X-Men, and Doctor Who. And quite a few unexpected ones

I wrote a silly Star Trek - James Bond crossover story sketch back in the 1980s.

#StarTrek #crossover #ComicBooks #SciFi

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Star Trek Comics Weekly Special: Exploring Strange New Franchises With Comic-Book Crossovers – Rich Handley
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December 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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This isn't the real Tatooine. The real Tatooine is in a galaxy far, far away.

#astronomy #StarWars #Tatooine #exoplanets

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A ‘Tatooine’ Planet Directly Imaged | Centauri Dreams
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December 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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You'll never guess who's featured in the upcoming Star Trek documentary "Beam Me Up, Sulu."

#StarTrek #Sulu #GeorgeTakei #documentary

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‘Beam Me Up, Sulu’ ‘Star Trek’ Doc Featuring George Takei Gets February Release (Exclusive)
The feature unearths a lost 1985 student film made with Takei and has been acquired by Tribeca Films, the distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Number One: More is better.

#books #collecting #BookCollecting

Things I Wish I’d Known When Starting a Book Collection
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Things I Wish I'd Known When Starting a Book Collection - Reactor
Handy advice for overly enthusiastic bookworms (you know who you are)
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December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The Saturnian Council on Evil Plots has convened to concoct their next Evil Plot.

Captain Kirk is formulating a counter plan.

#Saturnian #CaptainKirk #StarTrek #BuckRogers
An image from the 1939 Buck Rogers movie serial. It shows the three-person ruling council of Saturn. All old men in monk garb sitting behind a stone table. In the right foreground an image of Captain Kirk appears rising up. It is from the last Star Trek TOS episode "Turnabout Intruder." Kirk, possessed by Janice Lester, has a shocked look and their hands are raised as if to ward off a threat. Or in panic.
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The movie Death of a Unicorn is a documentary.

#fantasy #unicorns #DeathOfAUnicorn #medieval #movies

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Ancient and Medieval People Believed that Unicorns Were Real—and Murderous - Tales of Times Forgotten
No one can deny that Death of a Unicorn, released in March of this year, is a very strange film. It is a horror comedy in which a man and his daughter driving their car through a remote forest acciden...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Humble Bundle has an (encore) offer of their Star Trek comic books megabundle. It's a good deal.

#StarTrek #HumbleBundle #ComicBooks #SciFi

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Humble Comics Bundle: Star Trek Comics Megabundle
Pay what you want for <<<product>>> and support a charity of your choice!
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December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Of course. Everyone knows leftover pizza is a food group unto itself.

#pizza #starch #fiber #carbs #food

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Scientists Say Reheated Pizza Can Reduce Blood Sugar Spikes—Here’s How
Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a carb that behaves like fiber and alters your blood sugar response
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December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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This is a... development.

#StarTrek #TheMaskedSinger

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The Masked Singer will celebrate Star Trek's 60th anniversary
The FOX singing competition will pay tribute to the final frontier.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I wouldn't mind seeing a Total War: Star Trek.

#TotalWar #StarTrek #games #strategy

One Legendary Series Is Still The King Of Strategy Games. Its Developer Shares The Secrets Of Longevity.
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One Legendary Series Is Still The King Of Strategy Games. Its Developer Shares The Secrets Of Longevity.
In an exclusive interview, the game director of the Total War series, Pawel Wojs, talks about the series' unique formula, its lasting legacy, and its future.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The greatest turkey event in Thanksgiving history!

#Thanksgiving #TurkeyDrop #turkey #WKRPInCincinnati

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WKRP Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Brian Henigin
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November 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.

Everyone, give
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your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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My grandson watched Threads (1984) for a college class. I'm rewatching it so we can discuss it at Thanksgiving dinner this week.

#Threads #movies ##NuclearWar #Armageddon #dystopia

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Threads (1984 film) - Wikipedia
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The Saturnians would never allow it.

#SciFi #SpaceOpera #Saturn #writing

Consider Setting Your Space Operas on Saturn
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Consider Setting Your Space Operas on Saturn - Reactor
...or more precisely, on one of its many, many moons!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Climate variations over the last 2000 years provide valuable context and help answer questions about how unusual the recent changes are.

Now with added global sea level rise: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/climate-ch...

Graphics: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Three curves (carbon dioxide, temperature and sea level) showing historical climate changes covering the last 2000 years.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Update on the future of Star Trek: The Last Starship. I'm looking forward to issue # 7!

#StarTrek #StarTrekTheLastStarship ##ComicBooks

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Star Trek: The Last Starship’s flight plan has been filed (and this is how long it will last)
“We are Last Starship, and that's it.”
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November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Don't forget what day Tuesday is.

#SoylentGreen #TuesdayIsSoylentGreenDay
An image from the film Soylent Green. Many poor workers are milling about, wearing cloth caps and looking sad. On the wall behind them is a tryptych sign "Tuesday is -- Soylent -- Green Day."
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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James Stewart's greatest performance was in the conclusion of After the Thin Man (1936) with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Just watch and marvel at the range of emotions he demonstrates in just a few minutes!

#movies #JamesStewart #mystery #TheThinMan
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM