Salvete Omnes

Song of Choice // Peggy Seeger

In the darkness of your blindness, the beast will learn to bite

|| 𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠? ||

Another DA2 fanart, since it's the only thing on my mind these days lmao <3

RIP Nigel John Dermot Neill (September 14, 1947 - July 13, 2026) 🕊

The heat’s been brutal this summer but we still gotta eat! If you’re like me, heat might suppress your appetite, and the last thing any of us want is to sweat over a hot stove and oven when it’s already boiling outside. Here are some of my favorite hot-weather recipes to keep hydrated and fed with when the weather is unbearable! (All recipes should be un-paywalled).

NYT’s best gazpacho (lives up to its name!!)

Persian cold cucumber soup (if you like tzatziki you will like this!)

Eric Kim’s cold noodles with tomato (infinitely riffable Korean flavor profile — for a creamier and less brothy take, try these cold sesame noodles too)

Vietnamese chicken and herb salad (this is an excellent time to get a rotisserie chicken so you don’t have to turn the oven on)

Radish sandwiches with butter and salt (and in a similar vein, if you dig this flavor combo you should try this Polish cottage cheese dip on some good rye bread or even crackers)

It’s still a little early in the season, but you can never go wrong with a BLT (or, if you don’t eat bacon, try this tomato furikake sandwich in its place)

Infinite iterations of pasta salad! You can use anything you got but here is a template I like.

Assorted dense bean salads. This back pocket canned salad is a weird combo of jarred ingredients but it slaps, this hoagie-inspired one is super satisfying, and cowboy caviar is a classic for a reason.

Poke bowls! Canned tuna mixed with some kewpie mayo and sriracha is a budget-friendly riff on the usual ahi and makes everything taste like a spicy tuna roll, but use whatever proteins you like, this is more of a loose template.

Sea Trek: Voyager

When the brand-new Siennese ship Viareggio is sent to deal with some corsairs on an island near Bajor, everything seems like it's going swimmingly. But after she enters a vicious storm in the Atlantic and exits it just southeast of Australia, her intrepid crew must set about on a long journey home. Along the way, they will encounter sea monsters, ghost ships, islands with all manner of peoples, and a massive zombie pirate fleet bent on taking the vessel and everything on it!

Caterina Jacobini: Basically just Janeway’s character in the da Vinci simulations, I guess.

Seven o’ Nine: Cured zombie.

Mr. Neely: A Scottish castaway who has invented strange new recipes from the limited resources of his island.

Kes: A mermaid who kept Neely company while he was stranded.

Tuvok: A member of the ancient Cult of Vulcan, which was blessed with great wisdom and long life by the eponymous Roman fire god.

Tom of Paris: A wisecracking, occasionally irresponsible, but talented helmsman.

Ha-jun Kim: Fresh-faced, eager eternal ensign.

Chalmecatl: A Nahua former pirate captain who raided Spanish galleons, now Jacobini’s second-in-command.

B’Elanna Torres: A half-human, half-shark engineer. I thought a tiger shark fit her personality best.

Probus: A ghostly Roman doctor kept in a terracotta jar.

Queen of the Dead: Leader of the zombies pursuing the ship, the Queen is determined to reassimilate Seven.

Naomi Whaleman: “How do I put a new spin on Naomi? … Screw it, just make her a narwhal.”

Icheb: Another de-zombified crewmember, recognizable by the barnacles permanently embedded on his nose and forehead.

Probus’ mobile emitter: crab