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DS9 rewatch—Season 1 Episode 3: Past Prologue

IT’S GARAK TIME!

(why did he do this)

Andrew Robinson is making so many Choices with Garak he’s immediately the most interesting character in the show. For about five minutes bc we don’t see him again until next season.

Honestly a little mean of Garak to steal the show like that when Kira is going through a Moral Dilemma that’s actually really interesting and deepens her character as well as the overarching story. I love her emotional depth in this episode! The Kohn-Ma plot is kind of ridiculous though imo. (Destroying the wormhole to get the Federation to leave, when the Federation got involved before the wormhole was even discovered? Make it make sense.) They’re not quite extremist for extremism’s sake, but they’re not great strategists. Which makes Kira’s dilemma a lot easier because it’s obvious their plan was never going to help anyone.

Back to Garak and Bashir’s first meeting, Julian is so precious. I am getting strong autism vibes from this man in the form of second hand embarrassment. Love how the entire crew is instantly done with his obsession with ‘the Spy’. Well, except Jadzia who seems to enjoy watching him make a fool of himself.

Just look at the panic in those eyes. Adorable! Garak is going to eat him alive.

lazuelazuli

@comorbid-curiosities Trust me, if you’re getting secondhand embarrassment now, wait til you get to The Storyteller. Watching Julian trying to make friends with Miles gave me psychic damage and made me want to belly flop into a volcano. There is no neurotypical explanation for that. It’s no surprise he follows Garak around like a puppy when he’s onscreen. Somebody is actually enthusiastic about the idea of wanting to interact with him. It’s likely for sex or spy reasons, but better than nothing!

comorbid-curiosities

I just got to that episode and omg, Julian is so precious. Season 1 Julian really goes between adorable and little shit from moment to moment. And I had the exact same thought about Garak during this rewatch! Everyone else gets tired of Julian after like a minute or less :(

mikiloos

Having already seen the whole show once, watching Miles and Julian in s1 is hilarious. Like, see this annoying little shit of an officer, Miles? That's going to be your best friend whether you like it or not. You are voluntarily, repeatedly going to be playing space squash with him while he is hypercompetitive and wears a ridiculous latex leotard, and yes, that will annoy you as much as you think.

comorbid-curiosities

I’m making my partner listen to Re: Dracula with me the better to ramble at him when I’m in hyperfixation land

mikiloos

Damn you now you’ve got me hyperfixating on it periodically. Your scheme is working better than you intended

consumebread

bluecatwriter

This scene from Chapter 6 of @puttingwingsonwords's beautiful fic Bliss got stuck in my head and I realized I had to draw it! Some pre-canon Helward from Jack's days in Amsterdam.

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comorbid-curiosities

Aaa this is amazing 😭 I can’t stop looking at it!! I feel so honoured my fic inspired you to draw this!

nosarcasmforyou

Hi, I hope you'll have a nice day tomorrow. Maybe with lots of interesting but not too worrying politics :) or some sun and friendly people and nice food

Thanks! As a matter of fact I’m having a meeting of the Dutch Greens youth wing today (I think this was sent yesterday?) and we’re having dinner together before, so that’s 3 out of 4 :) Have a nice day too!!!

I wonder what nice person sent this, I don’t get many asks here.

deciduqueen

Tips for writing an essay with executive dysfunction: do this.

Write out bits and pieces of the essay. When you get to a part you can’t/”don’t want to” write, put it in bold brackets. Get as much done as you can and come back in a half an hour or so!

If the executive function is still bothering you, take it one bracket at a time. Don’t delete the bracket until you’re done “filling it in,” so to speak. If you need to take more breaks or hop to the next bracket, you can do that too! Similarly, if you have a thought you want to get down but you aren’t sure how to word it, put it in bold brackets as well!

It may not “cure” the executive dysfunction or procrastination problems, but it makes writing the essay more like putting shapes in holes of the same shape. It can be a pain, but the process is a bit more streamlined and user-friendly.

I know this may not work for everyone, but as someone who has really bad executive dysfunction and problems focusing (thank you, ADHD!) this works REALLY well for me! I hope by sharing it it can help other people (with and without executive dysfunction/adhd) too! o/

adhd-community

Yesssssssss

bloomingtears

Another thing that works for me: Write in bullet points, then rearrange them into paragraphs later on if needed. It helps a lot with my disjointed/disorganized thoughts.

brucebocchi

this is one of my favorite simpsons gags ever and a photoset wouldn’t do it justice

adventuresinchemistry

A Tragedy in Three Parts:

Or, a return to phrenology through the use of spurious statistics in the year of our lord 2017

(the actual context doesn’t help, but here it is)

caffeinatedcraziness

Linear relationship, my ass… What is this even?

adventuresinchemistry

It’s from this lovely paper that doesn’t make me want to scream in rage at all

evidently-evil

this is the origin of the term “clusterfuck”

abomination-of-gender-deactivat

this is an atrocity to mathematics

afloweroutofstone

[For study one,] A total of 145 heterosexual male (n = 69; 48%) and female (n = 76; 52%) students who were currently in romantic relationships (Mage = 22 years, SD = 3.62) completed questionnaires pertaining to their interpersonal and sexual behavior, and then provided a facial photograph. Recruitment took place at a mid-sized Canadian university via recruitment stations located in common areas (e.g., lobbies, cafeterias). Participants were largely of Caucasian descent (82%).

As a part of a larger study, 314 participants (43% men; Mage = 20 years, SD = 2.33) completed questionnaires pertaining to their interpersonal and sexual behavior, and provided a facial photograph… Recruitment took place at a small Canadian university and college that was approximately 350 km in distance from the institution where Study 1 took place. Participants were recruited via recruitment stations located in common areas and via the university online research participation system, and were compensated with either partial course credit or $5 CAD for their time. Participants were largely of Caucasian descent (91%). Participant sexual orientation was determined using the following item: Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation?, with response options being “heterosexual, lesbian/gay, bisexual, or other”. Seven participants reported homosexual orientation, 6 reported bisexual orientation, and 9 reported other sexual orientation.

R A N D O M I Z E D S A M P L I N G

the-future-now-deactivated20170

follow @the-future-now

sunglow-xoxo

wow!

veryfemmeandantifascist

disabled women of color are capable and deserve to be recognized and respected

geekandmisandry

This caused some kind of reaction in my tear ducts. I love her.

gorreality-deactivated20170927

“I can’t be vegan, I love cheese”

Dairy industry is as evil as meat. No less harm for animals. Does it look natural that calf can’t drink milk so you can taste your piece of cheese?

GO VEGAN.

smellyoldblanket

WRONG

That calf is wearing a nose tag. Nose tags are put on calves so that they are able to stay with their mothers longer, but are unable to nurse. They don’t NEED to nurse as they get older, they just get greedier and pushier and will bash up the cow’s udder and bruise it with their noses.

This nose-tag is so that calves can stay with their mothers, their mothers can remain pain-free and healthy, and nobody is stressed.

Educate yourselves you ignorant fucking tarts.

horseandarcher-deactivated20150

…really? You don’t think it might have anything to do with the milk being stolen for human consumption? At all? Not even a tiny bit?

the-gay-is-over9000

Militant vegans can fuck right off

periegesisvoid-deactivated

Based on fur texture and face shape, that calf is at least six months old, probably older. Calves can survive without actual cow milk even at three months, though older is better (calves weaned that early are usually fed a sort of formula for another couple months).

Also, nose tags like that one don’t go through the cow’s septum. They basically work like those fake septum rings for humans.

In addition to weaning the calves, another use for nose tags is protecting non-lactating cows. Sometimes weanlings or even adult cows will suck on themselves or other non-lactating cows; this can cause internal teat scarring bad enough to prevent that teat or teats from ever working. I’ve seen this happen, and it’s ugly, probably at least somewhat painful, and, if bad enough, would lead to the cow being slaughtered at a very young age because she can’t produce milk, has chronic mastitis, and/or can’t be milked with automatic milking equipment. So, nose tags actually prevent animal cruelty.

Also, calves will suck on anything remotely oblong (and attempt to eat literally anything), even if they are being adequately fed or overfed. Often they will suck on other calves’ ears, and, since ears are longer than teats and cows have upper as well as lower teeth in the back of their mouths, many calves get bites on their ears, which often become severely infected. I’m not sure if nose tags would work there, because physics—a non-toxic but bad-tasting ear paint would be better—but yeah, letting a calf put anything it wants in its mouth is not always a good idea.

master-dog

reblogging for educational purposes.

kijikun-deactivated20150220

reblogging for people being schooled

gonnagoandrunwiththehorses-deac

This was the funniest argument about false cruelty I have read.. Thank you.

namesnotfred

I love this for 2 reasons: Most people don’t realize that in farming areas agriculture/horticulture/animal husbandry is part of public school education from as early on as 7th grade. (Though I remember dissecting cow eyes in 4th grade science sooo) I assure you fifteen year old farm kids know more about what constitutes animal cruelty in farms than thirty year old vegans with, or without an agenda.

Also that if you really want good quality beef/pork/eggs/milk/etc you don’t abuse your animals. Ever. That’s not the point and if you want to make any kind of money off your career choice, you are going to treat those creatures better than you treat yourself. You’ll call a vet five times for an infection in your herd before you visit the hospital for a missing foot on your own leg.

So. Yeah. Watch out, because we’re getting internet access these days. We’re on tumblr too.

somejane-deactivated20200807

P.S. The immigrant workers farming your supermarket produce have no health care or legal protection, and the Bolivians farming your 365 Organic Quinoa can’t afford to eat it. But PLEASE won’t someone think of the poor baby cows who won’t get off the tit?!

thehornedwitch-deactivated20211

Also this is a LOT nicer than what mother cows do to calves that won’t be weaned. You know what mother cows do to calves that won’t wean? kick them in the head. Now I don’t know about vegans, but I’d rather have a nose tag that discouraged me from injuring my mother (because calves that don’t wean tend to chew on udders and make mother cows bleed) rather than being kicked in the head. Source: I grew up on a fucking cattle ranch. I have seen chickens skeletonize a mouse I KNOW SHIT.

thesociaijusticecourier-deactiv

“I have seen chickens skeletonize a mouse I KNOW SHIT.”

I’m sorry, what? What??? WHAT??? you can’t just leave it there please explain @thehornedwitch

thehornedwitch-deactivated20211

Happy to explain! See, chickens are omnivorous. They eat bugs, plants, and meatstuffs. Y'know how crows and ravens and things eat meat? Well, chickens too. Ours had a particular fondness for ham when someone accidentally put it into the bucket of good scraps we set aside for the chickens. A bucket we tried to keep as meat-free as possible, because few things are more terrifying than a chicken looking you in the eyes as it scarfs down ham. Anyway, back to the mouse. One day i was doing Chicken Chores, like gathering eggs, putting out grain, emptying the bucket of greens, etc, when a mouse runs across the pen. All at once, eight or so chickens stop dead, look at it, and SWARM. Now I’m six at this point in time and developing a healthy fear of chickens, and so do nothing. By the time the chickens are done, all that is left of the mouse is its bones. I left the chicken pen very, very quickly. Chickens crave meat. They were dinosaurs. They did not forget that they were dinosaurs. They will also cannibalize each other with reckless abandon. Sometimes we just had to remove one chicken to its own private pen away from the others because no matter what we did, that specific one always tried to eat the other chickens. We had one that really liked other chicken’s eyes. Bear in mind, our pens ensured each chicken had about five to six square feet all its own if you managed to space every chicken out evenly, we never locked them in teensy pen things, and fed them LOTS. These chickens just really, really wanted to maim. Chickens that are not Buff Orpingtons are the devil. Buff Orpingtons are sweethearts. If you must have chickens, have that kind. And never get Guineas. Guineas are SATAN INCARNATE. THEY SMELL FEAR.

rossmallo

Holy shit, I dont think I’ll ever use chicken as an insult again.

dustypumpkin

Holy Shit, same here that is terrifying

vinato71

Will I’m using it as a compliment

satanstruemistress

I love farm animals.

devil-in-red-deactivated2019010

“Chickens crave meat. They were dinosaurs. They did not forget that they were dinosaurs.”

If you’ve ever looked a chicken in the eye you know that they don’t just remember; they’re patiently awaiting the day they become dinosaurs again.

palpablenotion

@kedreeva

kedreeva

I have reblogged this before because watching farmers school vegans is always hilarious, but now we’re into birds, specifically fowl, and I have got stories.

I had to give my turkey an antibiotic injection once upon a time, and she turned the needle puncture into a six inch by three inch hole in her back overnight as she attempted to eat herself because apparently turkeys find themselves to be delicious. She had to spend 3 months duct taped into a tea towel (the bandages underneath cleaned and replaced daily, mind you) until it healed because she would not stop ripping the bandages off to continue consuming herself.

Your chickens strip a mouse to the bone? Mine draw and quarter them and run around with the parts shrieking. My peacocks grab mice, beat them to death on the ground with this insanely fast back and forth head twisting motion, and then swallow them whole. You would not think an entire adult mouse would fit in their face, and you would be wrong.

I knew a guy that used to regularly post photos of the 5-6′ long Copperhead snakes his peafowl would destroy. And I don’t mean kill, I mean destroy. These venomous snakes would get into the pens and the peas would just peck them into oblivion like nbd.

Fowl didn’t just used to be dinosaurs. They are still dinosaurs.

Thankfully they are small dinosaurs

and we can just tape them into tea towels if we have to

crimsonclad

BEGGING for a Jurassic Park reboot where farmers run the place instead of brogrammer scientists, and the raptors frequently get scolded and taped into tea towels

digitaldiscipline

the feral chicken and rooster who eat the bugs and cat food at my house, and who take no shit from the feral cats from whom they steal it, are entirely on board with these shenanigans.

keeper-of-the-flames

And in case you wanted to know why Leia was kicked out of boarding school.

abrightshiningstar

[text referring to Princess Leia from a database, likely as a bonus/flavor text in a videogame: Letter to Senator Bail Organa: To the Most Respected Senator Organa, It is with the deepest regret that I must return to you your thirty-thousand credit bond, and your Princess. Our institution has existed for several thousand years. It prides itself in molding young girls from Alderaan’s finest families into young women whose behavior and decorum is the pride of those families. However, we believe that Princess Leia is incapable of conforming to our standards. This is the unanimous decision of the Board of Directors, and was arrived at due to three separate infractions. a) The Princess led a sit-in rebellion of students during breakfast, when they were served bottled juice instead of freshly squeezed. b) The Princess re-programmed the PA system to play the Anthem of the Republic (in direct violation of Imperial Edict 2.33b) during assembly. c) The Princess sliced a secure mainframe and swapped every reference to Emperor Palpatine with Emperor… well, let us just say that is is a word seven year old Princesses should not know. Yours, with respect, Madam Nestor, Govorness, Grevasse City Colloglum for Young Ladies]

youandthemountains

LEIA ORGANA GOT KICKED OUT OF BOARDING SCHOOL BC SHE WAS A LITTLE ANTI-IMPERIALIST PUNK

crayolasaurus

i love that when poe says “that droid has a map that leads straight to luke skywalker” finn says “oh you gotta be kidding me”, implying he knows exactly who luke is and that he’s important. i love that when finn mentions luke to rey she says “luke skywalker??? i thought he was a myth” implying she knows exactly who luke is and that he’s important. i love that luke skywalker is a legend, a myth, a celebrity. do you think he has fans

neenarchive

I like to think that not only is he famous but that because he’s so elusive he’s actually reached cryptid status in the star wars universe. people host parties when a new blurry photograph comes out, get into debates over whether he really exists or not, skywalker-sighting hotspots are full of tourists and conspiracy theorists wearing shirts with a lightsaber on that say ‘I want to believe’ in block capitals.

kaytooessoverit-deactivated2021

kelssiel

there’s a popular show where three guys run around the deserted places on various planets that have reported “Skywalker sightings”

it’s mostly just them interviewing crazy yokels who claim they saw Luke Skywalker eating leaves somewhere then going out in the dark and scaring themselves shitless claiming they hear lightsaber noises

Leia hasn’t missed an episode since it began airing

hashtagloveloses

leia is the executive producer under an alias

sanverscorp

lotrlocked

Why have I never seen this in my 14 years in the fandom?

postmarxed-deactivated20190429

Say what you will about the Ewoks but they’re the only people in the galaxy who have handrails on their bridges and stairs.

postmarxed-deactivated20190429

The Empire calls them primitives but the Ewoks have OSHA regulations and the Empire doesn’t so who’s really more primitive here?

digitaldiscipline

[i guess.jpg]

liketheghost-deactivated2015012

so is it a thing in (american) english to use “texas” as a word for like, something that’s out of control or chaotic, or as like, “crazy”? like “that party last weekend was totally texas!”

because that is a thing people say in norwegian and i just think it’s important for americans to know that?