Kara Amens 🏳️🌈
@karads9.bsky.social
Engineering student, StarTrek fan, Ghostbuster, theme park and Churro enthusiast and Cosplayer ..and I do Twitch streams sometimes. She/her #notacylon
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Kara Amens 🏳️🌈
@karads9.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Hi all my new followers, it’s been a crazy week
I imagine most of you know me from the ‘other place’
But if not I’m Kara, and I typically post about Star Trek and other fun nerdy stuff
I also make costumes and props and I’m part of a Ghostbusters group that raises money for children’s hospitals
I imagine most of you know me from the ‘other place’
But if not I’m Kara, and I typically post about Star Trek and other fun nerdy stuff
I also make costumes and props and I’m part of a Ghostbusters group that raises money for children’s hospitals
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Preview playblast of all the modifications, re-timing to be longer and more elegant, and additions to that Post-Battle repairs animation! Repaired hull panels, workers welding, and workbees! I'm doing a low-sample preview render now.
December 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Preview playblast of all the modifications, re-timing to be longer and more elegant, and additions to that Post-Battle repairs animation! Repaired hull panels, workers welding, and workbees! I'm doing a low-sample preview render now.
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Well clearly they're doing this to screw up mail-in voting.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Well clearly they're doing this to screw up mail-in voting.
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Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
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Bottom right is a solid Tom Bombadil.
Top left is the singer for the Black Crowes.
Bottom center is a rejected Star Trek uniform.
Top left is the singer for the Black Crowes.
Bottom center is a rejected Star Trek uniform.
When people say they want to go back to a time "when men were men", I point them to Issue 2528 of the "Men in Belted Sweaters" catalogue.
December 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Bottom right is a solid Tom Bombadil.
Top left is the singer for the Black Crowes.
Bottom center is a rejected Star Trek uniform.
Top left is the singer for the Black Crowes.
Bottom center is a rejected Star Trek uniform.
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my demands are simple, mr. bond
December 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
my demands are simple, mr. bond
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Remembering Nichelle Nichols on her birthday (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) 🩷💚🕊
December 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Remembering Nichelle Nichols on her birthday (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) 🩷💚🕊
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"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
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They probably already know this by now, but for artists who don't know yet, you can turn this off! In Create & Manage Invoices, there's a Feedback section with the setting before you make an invoice.
Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
They probably already know this by now, but for artists who don't know yet, you can turn this off! In Create & Manage Invoices, there's a Feedback section with the setting before you make an invoice.
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It is definitely a lazy Sunday but it is a #sillygoosesunday nevertheless! You know what to do.
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It is definitely a lazy Sunday but it is a #sillygoosesunday nevertheless! You know what to do.
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This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
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“How will you enter 2026?”
December 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“How will you enter 2026?”
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why did they make geordi laforge a sex creep
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
why did they make geordi laforge a sex creep
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Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
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How I’m walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025
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2550 adrift in emerald.
December 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
2550 adrift in emerald.
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My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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December 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Wisdom from Avatar: The Last Airbender that seems universally attuned to our cultural moment.
December 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Wisdom from Avatar: The Last Airbender that seems universally attuned to our cultural moment.
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One thing I love about First Contact is how wildly different the crew's experiences are. Worf, Picard and Crusher are fighting for their lives against eldritch techno zombies; while Riker, Troi and Geordi get sloshed with historical figures and do a fun rocket ship ride.
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One thing I love about First Contact is how wildly different the crew's experiences are. Worf, Picard and Crusher are fighting for their lives against eldritch techno zombies; while Riker, Troi and Geordi get sloshed with historical figures and do a fun rocket ship ride.
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The bluesky propaganda was right. Deep space nine is the best star trek I've seen.
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The bluesky propaganda was right. Deep space nine is the best star trek I've seen.