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Wendy Carlos pictured with the Moog System 55 a staple in her solo projects and iconic film scores, including for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ (1972)

Thank you, Wendy Carlos, for all your incredible work 🏳️‍⚧️

I cannot stress enough how cute this book is. Not ideal if you like pictures of your food but fantastic if you love little recipe stories like one about a meal Neelix made for Seven after she'd joined the crew.

Obscure Trek Aliens 1:

The Betelguesians

Originally a background alien in The Motion Picture, production info says the Betelguesians are descended from creatures “combining characteristics of eagles and leopards.” They also have two mouths, one for eating and one for speaking. They’re members of the Federation.

Then this year, Cosmo Traitt appears in Disco S3, and the producers confirmed he’s a redesigned Betelguesian. I really like the updated design, but they lost the two mouths thing.

Christopher Bennett features Betelguesian characters in several of his Trek books, but notes that the Betelguese system would not be conducive for the evolution of complex life, so states that the species is from somewhere in the Betelguese sector.

Senator Cory Booker just broke the all-time record for the longest Senate floor speech, speaking for over 24 hours without a pause (no food, no bathroom breaks, only water to drink) as a protest against Trump and Musk and what they're doing.

The previous record was set in 1957, when Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes protesting the Civil Rights Act.