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Hey, this is my Star Trek side blog :)

I started watching ds9 just in the summer of 2023 and a lot of these posts will be live reactions while watching. But you will also find some reblogs and my own art.

Here are some of my other blogs if you're interested:

Batman/batfamily related: @batman-obsession-by-secret

My art: @art-by-secret (will use that as a tag as well from now on)

Main blog: @nope-secret

Thanks for checking by :)

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I thought probably I should post this as well. It's an animation I'm doing for Garak and Bashir. It's only 1/3 done, so I'm *Still* working on it.

But I thought I should post it here

I only have the Chinese and Japanese subtitles sorry

Bgm: TOOBOE-锭剂

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simon-roy

revisiting some aliens I haven't drawn in 12+ years for an upcoming short comic - and its lovely to see them again

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markscherz

Meet the seven new frog species we just named after iconic Star Trek captains!

Artwork by A. Petzold, CC BY-ND 4.0

At the right time of year along rushing streams in the humid rainforests that stretch the length of Madagascar's eastern and northern mountain ridges, otherworldly trills of piercing whistles can be heard.

Are they birds? Insects? Communicator beeps? Tricorder noises?

No, they're little treefrogs!

Boophis janewayae. Photo by M. Vences, CC BY-SA 4.0

Until recently, we thought all of the populations of these little brown frogs across the island were one widespread species, Boophis marojezensis, described in 1994. But genetics in the early 2000s and 2010s showed that there were several species here, not just one.

Now my colleagues and I have shown that they are in fact eight separate species, each with unique calls!

These whistling sounds reminded us so much of Star Trek sound effects that we decided to name the seven new species after Star Trek captains: Boophis kirki, B. picardi, B. janewayae, B. siskoi, B. pikei, B. archeri, and B. burnhamae.

Photos of all new species described by Vences et al. 2024. CC BY-SA 4.0

I subtly and not-so-subtly built some Star Trek references into the paper, but probably the best one is this one:

'Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before.'

— Vences et al. 2024

There’s a real sense of scientific discovery and exploration here, which we think is in the spirit of Star Trek.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that there are at least two Trekkies amongst the authors (including yours truly). As fans of Star Trek, we are also just pleased to dedicate these new species to the characters who have inspired and entertained us over the decades.

On a personal note, this marks a milestone for me, as it means I have now described over 100 frog species! I am very pleased that the 100th is Captain Janeway's Bright-eyed Frog, Boophis janewayae (if you count them in order of appearance in the paper)—she is probably my favourite captain, and I really love Star Trek: Voyager.

You can read more about the discovery of these new species on my website! You can also read the Open Access paper published in Vertebrate Zoology here.

Hey @wilwheaton I thought you might enjoy this

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Emony Dax being an olympic gymnast raises a lot of questions. If aliens compete in the olympics, do the olympics include alien sports or just earth sports that aliens can compete in if they so choose? If there aren’t really any more countries in the star trek universe, what does that mean for the way the olympics are run? Has it changed significantly? Are there separate competitions for separate species or is it integrated?

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Lmao currently watching the episode with Dixon Hill, and Data asked for all written texts that include the character.... data just got thousands of fanfics integrated into their brain, alongside the original books

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lady-sci-fi

Which Main Character who only lasted one season would you liked to have seen more of?

Tasha Yar or Ezri Dax? *Please choose based ONLY on in-universe character stuff, NOT any real-life behind-the-scenes stuff.

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