Laika, saint of the cosmos, and of one-way trips

Togo, saint of medicine, and of work without acknowledgement

Guinefort, saint of loyalty, and of innocent death

Suspected hybrid between a European red fox (Vulpes vulpes crucigera) and a captive-bred North American red fox (Vulpes fulva) living wild in the UK. 

It’s unclear whether the fox was the result of recent hybridisation or more historic breeding between the two species due to imports of foxes for fur farming in the early-mid 20th century. This type of platinum colouration is showing up more frequently in wild European foxes as a result of hybridisation and may even be starting to become naturalised within the native fox population. 

The swans ring the bell to be fed at the Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset.

The tradition of Swans on the Moat at The Bishop’s Palace( adjacent to Wells Cathedral) goes back to 1870’s when one of Bishop Hervey’s daughters first taught the swans to ring a bell at the Gatehouse for for lunch to be fed to them by the caretakers who live in the gatehouse.

You can see the bell just beneath the window of the Gatehouse, with a rope hanging down for the swans to pull.

Favorite moment

first up: a whole bunch of old Starlog magazines, from late 70s into the 80s, along with some other magazines and Star Trek fan club zines, a little picture book with a vinyl record, and... a tiny lunch box!

next: a huge bunch of Star Trek Universe collectable binder cards! with synopses, behind the scenes info, trivia, and cool pictures, from the original series to the next generation, and, although it's hard to see because i spread a couple of the pages out as an example, five big empty star trek universe binders with which to hold your many pages. or your schoolwork. or your printed out spirk fanfic, i'm not gonna judge you.

finally: giant poster books, several unofficial fanbooks, an Uhura comic book, ACTUAL PHASER GUNS (functionality not verified, but they look unused besides the box being a little squashed. storage'll do that to ya.) some collector cards i think? and then, honestly the prize of the collection imo, a photocomic book of AMOK TIME, the ORIGINAL fuck-or-die episode.

i'm going to be completely truthful here: i don't even have a price in mind for any of this. i know it's just old fan stuff. this collection belonged to my late mother, an absolute diehard trekkie from the moment it aired, who valued being able to engage with her stuff rather than keep it pristine or focus on big ticket items. like, again, it's all just old fan stuff!

but i know that the star trek fandom pioneered a lot of that old fan stuff. i don't know how much of that my mom was actively involved with beyond just collecting these things (if she was secretly a spirk truther, she took that to the grave with her), but i know it meant a lot to her. thus, primarily, i want this stuff to go to someone who will equally treasure it for its history, not for its (lack of) collector's value. so, DM me an offer for whatever jumps out at you. i'll consider pretty much anything, and i'm happy to take closer pictures on request.

i'd appreciate this being reblogged far and wide, in the hopes that it reaches the classic star trek corners of tumblr.

Where:

Here on Tumblr!!

What:

Buy crabs!

Why:

As we now know, Tumblr is $30 million dollars in debt. Oops. Tumblr has announced some major (and unpopular) changes to the site in their attempt to get back above water. The alternative is that Tumblr ceases to exist. But maybe we can change that...

How:

There are 327 million unique tumblr visits per month, and almost 500 million active accounts. If 10 million unique users (or less, if we bought more than one) bought or gifted Crabs from the Tumblr store, we could knock out Tumblr's debt easily. Buy crabs!

When:

July 29, 2023 is Crab Day, running through August 5 (for anyone who can't log on that day) as Crab Week!

Who:

Everyone!! If you truly can't afford to participate with a $3 crab, (or other item from the shop) post crab memes!