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She/her. Actor, writer, owner of the ever sassy Ask Richard III. (This is an unfortunate side blog) A whole mess of Star Trek, memes, Shakespeare, theatre, and a lil bit of politics now and then. Now taking aesthetic posts requests. Fear the camel.
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Speaking From The Heart- Art Masterpost

[Image ID:] Digital Fanart of Star Trek: The Original Series. The first image shows Uhura in her red uniform, standing in a blank void beside her chair from the bridge. She is surrounded by multicoloured text which reads “well done, knew it, bonjour, hello, hello! (exclamation point), six green exclamation points, kokero te reira, Hujambo hello in Chinese script, and Klingon script. The second image shows Uhura and Spock in the same blank void. Spock is in uniform, Uhura is in a purple off the shoulder dress, which falls to her knees, with matching silvery-purple heels. They both look into a swimming pool, where an image of Uhura is mirrored, looking up at them. The water is choppy and turbulent. The third image shows a pink room, with a wall to wall mattress. Uhura is wearing a grey tank top and red drawstring trousers, tied with a bow. She is sitting back on her hands with her face to the side, in profile., looking to the left. Christine Chapel is lying beside her, with her head rested on one hand. There are two large pink pillows behind them, and a stack of pink and magenta pillows behind Uhura. Christine is wearing a light pink spaghetti strap top, and a blanket is draped over both womens’ legs. They are mid-conversation. The fourth image shows Kirk and Uhura dressed in the clothes from “Plato’s Stepchildren.” They are having a discussion on a purple fainting couch and surrounded by greco-roman architecture. Kirk looks concerned as Uhura tilts her head to the side, midway through talking. The fifth and final image shows Uhura back on the bridge, her surroundings returned to normal, as she holds hands with Sulu and Chekhov. Spock stands behind the three of them, smiling slightly, and the rest of them are grinning. They all look jubilant and triumphant, and are dressed in their usual uniforms. [End Image ID.]

This is the art masterpost for “Speaking From The Heart”, (written by williamspockspeare @fictionandtheatre​)

These images were posted with kind permission from @spacecat_scribbles on instagram.

[Read “Speaking From The Heart” on ao3]

[Speaking From The Heart: Tumblr Masterpost]

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This the INCREDIBLE fan art that my partner made for our Uhura Bang submission. Check out the fic, if you haven’t already!

#was thinking about this fic again today and wanted it to have a little more love#<3 <3 <3
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‘Sightings of a lifetime’: Whales and dolphins flock to NYC waters
Here’s one increase in traffic that won’t have you pounding a car hood: The city’s waters have been rife with sightings of marine life all s
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Thank you for sharing this! This is another one of those situations where we are just now seeing the noticeable, dramatic payoff of years and years of quiet, unnoticed environmental work.

“Experts say years of conservation efforts have resulted in some of the healthiest waters in generations, with booming fish populations, clearer ocean waves and more chances to interact with our urban aquarium.”

This quote also really got me:

“‘It never gets old, it’s always thrilling,’ said Celia Ackerman, a naturalist with American Princess Cruises who captured the images. As a child growing up in Brooklyn, Ackerman couldn’t wait to move out of the city so she could study marine animals. 'I would have never imagined I could enjoy them here right in my backyard.’”

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I would die for Big

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I was in… I think 6th grade when we went on a school field trip on the Hudson. Part of the trip involved briefly dredging the river and ‘helping’ the naturalists leading the trip identify the different species.

I will never forget how excited they got when they identified the small (1-2ft) sturgeon. We nad no clue what the big deal was with a big (to us) greyish fish.

It was the first time they had seen a sturgeon that far down the Hudson.

That was nearly 30 years ago.

About 15 years ago, a friend who lived near the Hudson told me they they didn’t see a point in trying to ‘save the world’ because everything was screwed already and it was only a matter of how long until the end.

Which is to say that the Hudson and nearby ocean have been healing a bit at a time for decades and often the healing is invisible to everyone but the experts.

That working to fix things matters, even when you can’t see the progress.

That this absolutely amazing milestone is the result of thousands, perhaps millions, of people working in science, in industry, in education, in civil engineering, to make hundreds or thousands of seemingly ‘little’ changes.

Our actions matter. Work for structural change. Believe in the change you can’t yet see.

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I was part of the team that discovered the first evidence of blue whales returning to New York Harbor. Blue whales. The biggest animals ever to grace the planet, right there next to the city. Know what hearing those calls for the first time sounded like? It sounded like hope.

#good news
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someone: hey I noticed this thing you did in your writing!

me, kicking my feet up flirtatiously: oh??? do you want to hear my thoughts on why I did that? do you want a play-by-play of the language choices in every related sentence? do you want an exhaustive breakdown of The Themes???

#mood
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I've been scanning and restoring some pieces of original Star Trek: TOS film and wanted to share this before and after from a deleted scene in the episode "Elaan of Troyius":

At nearly 60 years old, the film is in bad shape, exhibiting substantial scratches and color shifting. The magenta/red tint is a good example of dye fading, a sign of deterioration likely due to the film stock it was shot on.

Prior to 1950, color motion picture film was shot in Technicolor, which required a large, cumbersome camera to simultaneously expose 3 separate strips of negative film that then underwent a proprietary dye imbibition process to create a full color image. Though visually stunning and remarkably color-stable, it was a complicated, expensive process reserved only for high budget productions. In 1950, Eastman Kodak introduced Eastmancolor, the first 35 mm “single-strip” color motion picture negative -- in short, a film that was easy to shoot and process, and compared to Technicolor, only used a 1/3 of the film stock. Suddenly color film was an affordable option for studios and its popularity took off. Eastmancolor was composed of a single strip of negative film surfaced with 3 layers of light-sensitive gelatin emulsion. During development, a chemical reaction produced magenta, yellow, and cyan dyes on their corresponding layers, which were superimposed to create a full color image. Unfortunately, these dyes were unstable, something that wasn't apparent until aging films began to lose their color in the following years.

The Star Trek image above is pink because its yellow and cyan dyes have faded away, leaving just the magenta layer. The information may be lost, but digital restoration can improve what's left. But because the yellow and cyan greatly contributed to the overall density of the image, basic color balancing still produces a lower contrast version compared to what the original must have looked like. The missing richness and depth seems most apparent in the skin tones, but hand painting some of the color can bring a little life back to it, as I've done here. It's a challenge because, as far as I can tell, the only remaining footage or still shots of this scene show some level of dye fading. Fortunately, now that the film is digitized, restoration can be an ongoing project. If you own any color motion picture film negatives or prints, the sooner you get them scanned the better. In the meantime, helpful storage information can be found here.

It's been a while since I've shot any film (film major), so it's nice to see it again, even if it's chopped up into single frames. I have a small collection of them so I'll post more restored images as they're completed. BTW @cheer-deforest-kelley has a great post on how this film went from the editing room floor to the hands of fans.

#ooh!!#behind the scenes#star trek
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to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

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Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚

#reference#fans#air quality#resources