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Avery Kaplan
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Writer 📚 Bylines @ Star Trek, Geek Girl Authority, TCJ, Popverse, Prism Comics, PanelxPanel, The Comics Courier & MORE ♏️🏳️‍⚧️ Eisner Award winning Features Editor @ Comics Beat (she/her) IDIC 🖖🏻 Cali class ✨ Spousey: @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social
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So in the 32nd century… Does Carol Freeman still hold the hydroscoot record at the Academy?
Holograms of Freeman, Shax, Ransom and T’Ana in riding holographic starfleet hydroscoots on a holographic lake in a Cerritos holodeck. From Star Trek: Lower Decks, “Crisis Point.”
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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Drunk Mariner swings a Bat’leth around in the Cerritos hallway as Bradward hides behind a PADD. From Star Trek: Lower Decks, “Second Contact.”
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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Bun Bun from Adventure Time
February 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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A Romulan commander on the view screen of the Enterprise (no bloody A, B, C or D). He looks an awful lot like Spock’s dad. Subtitle: “You and I are or a kind.” From Star Trek: The Original Series, “Balance of Terror.”
February 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Happy Sub Rosa Day 👻
Nana Howard (possessed by Ronan the Hornt “Mid-Thirties” Ghost) pops out of her casket and zaps Data & Geordi with green lightening bolts. Subtitle: “Somehow, Nana returned.” From Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Sub Rosa.”
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Leela & Fry on the bridge of the Good Ship Planet Express Ship. Leela: “ It's no use. The tar is too thick. Plus, I think I flooded it.” From Futurama, “That’s Lobstertainment.”
January 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Quote skeeting with alt text 🖖🏻 Thanks for sharing this Malcolm!
White text on black screen: “The cast and crew of Star Trek wish to dedicate this film to the men and women of the spaceship Challenger whose courageous spirit shall live to the 23rd century and beyond ....” Screenshot from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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drop an alien that’s not from star wars or star trek
Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Shax: “Hah hah hah! This is what happens to fascists, fascists!” From Star Trek: Day of Blood: Shaxs’ Best Day #1 by Ryan North, Derek Charm and Clayton Cowles.
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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What day is today?
It’s @taimurdar.bsky.social’s birthday!
What a day for a birthday…
Let’s all have some cake!
Bender’s Birthday Cake for Nibbler with a small statue of Bender on top. From Futurama, “I Second That Emotion.”
January 22, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Show a moment from TV/film that broke your heart
Seymour Asses on the sidewalk in front of Panucci’s Pizza in Old New York City on January 2, 2000. Just posting this made me cry in public. From Futurama, “Jurassic Bark.”
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Nibbler opens his mouth exceptionally wide in the Good Ship PlanEx Ship’s cargo hold. From Futurama, “Loves Labour’s Lost in Space.”
January 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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It’s all a dream had by this guy after a Tranya bender
Balok having a glass of Tranya. Star Trek: The Original Series, “The Corbomite Maneuver.”
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Prep your Still Suit now!
Fry wearing the streaming Still Suit while Zoidberg, Hermes, Farnsworth, Amy and Leela look concerned. From Futurama, “The Impossible Stream.”
January 16, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Leela transcribes the exploits of the Humplings of Rumbledeehump. From Futurama, “Yo Leela Leela.”
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Badgey boops the Cerritos on the nose in Star Trek: Lower Decks, “A Few Badgeys More.”
January 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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100 Grand
Tuxedo Bender to Terminator Bender: “It’s called class, you yokel.” From Futurama: Bender’s Big Score.
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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NOMAD sitting in the Cerritos bar being ignored by several famous captains and other AIs. Above NOMAD are the words “They don’t know I did multiple genocides.” Image from Star Trek: Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive.
January 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Using an image, share your favorite Studio Ghibli movie
A bunch of Tanuki disguised as goblins terrorizing humans in Pom Poko.
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Skinner “Am I Out of Touch?” Meme
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Boy, I bet @trekmarrykpod.bsky.social got some great guests for this theme month 👀 👀 👀
Mariner points at her conspiracy board. From Star Trek: Lower Decks, “Cupid’s Errant Arrow.”
January 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Rutherford, when he was tormented by images of a resurrected Shaxs. Two spectral Shaxs (one in a tophat) flank Rutherford as he clutches the sides of his head in frustration. From Star Trek: Lower Decks, “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris.”
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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“Here’s Where I’d” meme. Two panels, a cartoon man showing off ab empty spot for a trophy & then lamenting its absence. Text: “Here’s where I’d put Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 6… if I had one!”
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Well played, @sandiegouniontribune.com.
Hed: Fog Day Afternoon Image: a fog bank rolling over San Diego bay, as seen from Cabrillo National Monument. Caption/credit: Fog drifts over the bay Friday as seen from Cabrillo National Monument. A massive high-pressure system in the Pacific Ocean has brought foggy conditions to the area for several days and is expected to continue through the weekend. Meg McLaughlin / U-T
December 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Nibbler in an adorable little spacesuit: “Verily.” From Futurama, “The Why of Fry.”
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM