Maybe because I just finished a whole DS9 re-watch the other week, and so it’s fresh in my mind, but when I saw today on twitter that it’s the 16th anniversary of the finale of Deep Space 9… well, I just felt like reminding everyone else, too!
How many of you where there to watch it broadcast, I wonder? I was in the end of my freshmen year of high school at the time, and still remember getting teary eyed at the end moments. Anyone else there to see it end?
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#Star Trek #DS9 #anniversaries #(I wasn’t watching it then)
I’ve uninstalled it, and here’s why you should too (if you have it). I noticed Norton was giving it an extra amount of scrutiny lately, going to guess this is why. Unfortunately when things seem to be too good to be true, they usually are.
Hey Tumblr, welcome to your better blocking system. So much better that we changed its name from “Ignore” to “Block.” A proper, muscular name. Solid as a block.
Someone acting like a tool? Go ahead, block them. Here’s what they won’t be able to do:
Follow you
Message you
Like your posts
Reblog your posts
Reply to your posts
See your posts in search results
See your blog in search results
As far as their dashboard is concerned, you don’t exist.
WOOHOO!
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#Tumblr: a User’s Guide #the more you know #I am reserving judgment for now
If you are a Tumblr transhumanist you should consider reading the Eclipse Phase PDFs (the horror themes are less pervasive than is implied).
If you are the sort of Tumblr leftist who hangs around with transhumanists, you should also consider doing that. They have multiple protagonist-y anarchist factions and other stuff that might be appealing. (I wouldn’t really know, all the politics stuff I have done has been through the [Redacted] Young Democrats (funded by [Redacted] Democratic Club) which are basically what you would expect from a group that does voter registration campaigns and owns a life-size cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton, but the authors are clearly sympathetic to this stuff and it shows.)
[ulterior motive: I want to play Eclipse Phase, but I don’t want to be a GM, so I want to get someone else enthusiastic enough about this game to run it.]
Image description: Book cover with the title Eclipse Phase, crescent moon in between words. Subtitle: The Roleplaying Game of Transhumanist Conspiracy and Horror. Image is of a robot arm reaching out of a damaged space station to grab a rat-like humanoid in a space suit, but not as tacky as that description sounds.
Never played a tabletop RPG in my life, but Eclipse Phase has sounded interesting ever since I proofread a (sadly unfinished) story set in the Eclipse Phase universe, and I have heard that the game books are themselves an interesting read.
Person A: It takes a lot of time and energy to develop literacy in those. People’s enjoyment of the things science can do for them shouldn’t be dismissed or shamed because of their lack of education, or their appreciation of the “shiny” parts of science. Those parts are important, both for bringing the benefits of science to more people, and simply for bringing more beauty to life. But you knew that, didn’t you… BARON VON DESTRUCTOID!
Person B (actually Baron von Destructoid): CURSES! My attempt to stifle youth appreciation of science – foiled again! Get him, my Destructrons!
Person A (actually Captain Science): Ha ha! *wzap* *kbam* *pow*
And once again the day is saved, by Science!, and by Not Being Judgmental About Other People’s Engagement With the World!
Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.
OK, but why in the wizarding world would a map of the London Underground come in handy? The guy can teleport; he definitely doesn’t need this for transportation.
You heard it here first: Dumbledore plays Mornington Crescent.
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#Harry Potter #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog
Brinens and Things 