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Murderbot quoting The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon in episodes 1 and 2

[4 and 6]

Bonus:

It’s fine. This is a readily comprehensible human illogic. Exactly the kind of thing he expected from moving to Earth.

And he decides he’s honored by it, in a humanly illogical way.

The humans are asking him to do what is after all his job, and specifically requesting him for the joy his name brings them on top of an already agreeable and satisfying task. He has no objection to engendering positive emotions in others. Harm hastens the heat-death of the universe, Surak teaches, so happiness must logically slow it down. 

Plus, Vulcans of his generation love puns. There were two decades of punning competitions in colleges across the planet. So when he realizes that he is a walking zero-effort pun, and that the humans also love the pun, he is all for it. He is the Joe Cool of the entire Vulcan population in his city. 

And via this pun, the humans are including him in a cherished and traditional myth, by casting him as the literal bringer of life and the expander of families. 

For real though working together with some human social workers, a Vulcan would be an excellent caretaker for children in an adoption center.

Child has a meltdown? Imagine Stork, perfectly calm and unbothered, approaching the kid and saying “You appear quite upset, Eliza. If you would please allow me to relocate you to the ‘bean-bag-chair,’ we can discuss the source of your distress.”

A Vulcan educated in medicine and child psychology would be endlessly patient with a kid with behavioral issues. Stork wouldn’t get or upset or frustrated. After all, these are children with medical and psychological conditions. It would be illogical to blame the child or to not treat them with the appropriate care.

Even if the a little one was having a bad day or was just overtired, Stork wouldn’t get angry. He might even be a calming presence. Any new kids acting out would learn real quick that they’d have better luck trying to arm-wrestle a Klingon than get a rise out of Stork.

Not only that, Vulcans live much longer than humans. Imagine Stork looking virtually unchanged as decades pass. Kids he’d helped years ago would turn up fully grown, maybe there to adopt their own kids, and run into Stork, looking almost exactly as they remember him.

🖖 Leonard Nimoy discusses the Jewish connection to the Vulcan salute he used on Star Trek.

Video: Yiddish Book Center

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

All you’re really doing is speaking and giving someone money.

It’s legal to speak.

It’s legal to give someone money.

Even if they actually complete the job, you’re not the one who committed the murder.

So why is it illegal to hire a hit man?

Could it be because inciting violence is not protected under free speech?

"Der Schuh des Manitu" ist ein Film voller Rassismus und Homophobie. Wer das nicht merkt, merkt gar nichts mehr.

Das Argument "aber es ist ne Parodie von Winnetou!!!!" steht nicht mal auf dem wackeligsten aller Beine. Ja, es ist ne Parodie... im Sinne von ner lustigen Hommage... ner Ode an Mays Wunderwerk der Fetischisierung von Native Americans.

Black face, brown face, etc. Alles vertreten. Nicht einer der Schauspieler ist native, alle weiß oder Hilmi Sözer. "Ja, hier in Deutschland gibt es halt keine Native Americans!!!!" Factually untrue. Aber... ist das Grund genug... sich das Gesicht braun anzumalen und sich ne Feder ins Haar zu stecken? Anscheinend.

Deutschland liiieeeebt die Fantasy von Native American life, the noble savage, der edle Wilde. Oh, the Faschingskostüme... the Cowboy und Indianer tunes.... the Indianer Festivals... Karl really brought that type of, uh.......... escapism....... to Germany. Die DDR weiß Bescheid.

Der anti-indigenous Rassismus (u.a), der in DSDM in jeder Szene vertreten ist, ist blatant, obvious and undeniable. Das Argument "Parodie" ist mMn keine Rechtfertigung. Die offensichtliche Homophobie, i mean, offensichtlich. (T)raumschiff Surprise lässt auch grüßen. Sexismus? Lmao, for a DM, name 1 woman, Bully. Aber, sage und schreibe, that is the smallest offense, truly.

Memory-Alpha is the official Star Trek wiki, which is exceedingly well run and has articles for everything you can think of.

Memory-Beta is the wiki for Star Trek secondary canon (novels, comics, video games, etc.) and a good resource for finding additional information on something that isn’t covered much in canon.

TrekCore has high quality screencaps from every series, as well as audio clips, ship schematics, and more.

Star Trek Minutiae has a lot of things, including fonts, logos, scripts, a warp speed calculator, and starship size comparisons.

Ship Schematics has more images and schematics for ships than you would ever think existed.

Cygnus-X1 also has a lot of detailed schematics.

stop everything, this is bitty doing research for his thesis

there’s more lmao, unhinged bitty energy

Our sweet, sweet child needs to cool before we add the finishing touches!

After dinner, we’ll give it a taste test!

My…

God.

It’s incredible!

This stupid cake, made with potatoes … is delicious! It’s so sweet, moist, and decadent, just like a brownie! And I don’t even like chocolate or potatoes!

The recipe from the tiktok was pretty much impossible to find. I looked high and low, but everyone posted recipes that I KNOW he didn’t use because the ingredients and methods were different. After some searching, my grandma and I came up with our own recipe.

For the Cake:

1 cup mashed potato

2 cups sour cream

1 ¾ cup flour

1 ¾ cup sugar

¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

½ cup softened butter

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Pinch of salt

For the Drizzle:

4 oz semi-sweet chocolate

½ cup sugar

3 tbsp corn syrup

2 tbsp water

A lot of recipes called for a mixer or a processor, but my grandma and I wanted to make an every-man kind of recipe, since we know not everyone has those things. Plus they’re heavy and a pain to clean anyway, so bowls it is!

Instructions:

1. Peel and boil the potato, then mash it. Set aside to cool. Go to the bathroom, do your homework, then come back. That should be enough time.

2. Set oven to 350°F.

3. Cream butter. This means putting the sugar and butter into a bowl and mashing it together with a fork until it’s thoroughly mixed.

3. Put everything else in the same bowl, including the mashed potato. Mix and stir well. Work those muscles!

4. Grease a pan (doesn’t matter what kind you use) and spatula batter into pan. Even out if necessary.

5. Bake in oven for 40 minutes.

6. Test cake with pick. If nothing sticks, it’s finished. If batter does stick to pick, let it bake a bit longer but make sure it doesn’t burn. Remove and set aside to cool.

For the Drizzle:

1. Cut chocolate into tiny squares.

2. In a small pot, mix sugar, corn syrup, and water.

3. On medium heat, wait for mixture to sizzle and stir it. Do NOT let it boil.

4. Remove from element and add chocolate.

5. Wait for squares to melt, then mix.

6. Drizzle or pour over cake.