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The Rochellan Commonwealth
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Federation planet located in Sector 32504. Your last, best chance for deuterium & other supplies for the next 1000 light years. Home system of the Verona Shipyards. Current year is 2325. 1st. Splinter Timeline

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rochellagov.bsky.social
The Rochellan Commonwealth @rochellagov.bsky.social · 13d
Greetings everyone, this is the official Bluesky Account for the government of the Rochellan Commonwealth, a Federation member planet located in Sector 32504. If you're passing through the sector or want to do some business, beam on down and we'll be glad to have you. Live long and prosper! 🖖
rochellagov.bsky.social
And on Kobol, the Gods there destroyed themselves, along with most of the planet.
zach.margolis.club Zach Margolis @zach.margolis.club · 14h
the Klingons may have been onto something there (DS9 s04e11)
Worf from Star Trek, subtitles read "our gods are dead" Worf from Star Trek, subtitles read "Ancient Klingon warriors slew them over a millennia ago" Worf from Star Trek, subtitles read "they were more trouble than they were worth"
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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spy-fi.bsky.social
11 November 1966 Gemini XII successfully launched. James A. Lovell & rookie Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin get it all right to end the program. Docked and redocked with Agena, demonstrating Apollo scenarios. Aldrin finally demonstrates ability to accomplish EVA without overloading suit by careful movement.
Gemini-12 spacecraft, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 19 at 3:46 p.m. (EST), Nov. 11, 1966. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin., Jr., pilot of the Gemini 12 spaceflight, performs standup extravehicular activity during the first day of the 4-day mission in space. Command pilot for the Gemini 12 mission, the last in the Gemini series, was astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr. Gemini 12 is docked to the Agena Target Docking Vehicle in background. Portrait of Gemini 12 prime crew. Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot, are seated on a mock-up of the Gemini spacecraft. Taken on 8 September 1966.
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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medievaltrek.bsky.social
You're having a dinner party with characters from Star Trek. What four are you inviting?

A nice, intellectually stimulating dinner party. Everyone arrives promptly at 6 pm and leaves promptly at 7 pm.
Surak of Vulcan Subcommander T’Pol Tuvok Spock in motion picture uniform
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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xelansignal.bsky.social
Black Hole Firestarter 🔥

youtube.com/shorts/OSnnh...
Black Hole Firestarter 🔥
YouTube video by ⧖ XELAN-∆.Signal
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
rochellagov.bsky.social
This.
mrfoo123.bsky.social Ray Bannatyne @mrfoo123.bsky.social · 1d
Students using AI to compile their essays sickens me.
I enjoyed writing essays.
But they never changed anyone's life.
Isaac Asimov passed on as much knowledge as he could.
He compiled hundreds of his essays into layman's language science texts.
Math. Astronomy. Physics. Geology. Chemistry.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
NASA's K2 Finds Newborn Exoplanet Around Young Star - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/Jieag7
Astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected. The discovery was made using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, as well as the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars beyond our sun. The newfound planet, K2-33b, is a bit larger than Neptune and whips tightly around its star every five days. It is only 5 to 10 million years old, making it one of a very few newborn planets found to date. "Our Earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old," said Trevor David of Caltech in Pasadena, lead author of a new study published online June 20, 2016, in the journal Nature. "By comparison, the planet K2-33b is very young. You might think of it as an infant." David is a graduate student working with astronomer Lynne Hillenbrand, also of Caltech. Planet formation is a complex and tumultuous process that remains shrouded in mystery. Astronomers have discovered and confirmed roughly 3,000 exoplanets so far; however, nearly all of them are hosted by middle-aged stars, with ages of a billion years or more. For astronomers, attempting to understand the life cycles of planetary systems using existing examples is like trying to learn how people grow from babies to children to teenagers, by only studying adults. To read the full article, click here. _____________________________________________ These official NASA photographs are being made available for publication by news organiza...
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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jaden1342.bsky.social
#StarTrek Before Bed

#StarTrekProdigy “All the World’s a Stage”
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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thetransporterroom.net
Exciting update, Transporter Room followers! 🌟

Join us this Thursday at 7 PM CT for a live chat with the iconic Doug Drexler! We'll discuss his stellar career and his new documentary Kickstarter, "Trek Star."

Don't miss out! 👇 📺 Tune in: youtube.com/live/PukzyMQ...

#StarTrek #LiveStream
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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threebodybot.bsky.social
Initial conditions:
m1=122.1 m2=121.0 m3=68.7 (solar masses)
v1x=2.001 v1y=-1.478 v2x=2.605 v2y=-6.536 v3x=4.845 v3y=1.798 (km/s)
x1=-7.0 y1=8.0 x2=26.0 y2=35.0 x3=27.0 y3=-3.0 (AU from center)
Music: Gymnopédie No. 1 – Satie
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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oopsallwarbirds.bsky.social
art credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Romulus/comments/xabjim/i_made_a_soviet_inspired_romulan_propaganda/
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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ryanthomasriddle.com
I’m not a huge fan of the Monster Maroon, but I kinda dig this in-between version with the mock turtleneck sans ribbing undershirt. Looks less stuffy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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babylonpod.page
ASSIMILATE THIS

In which we watch force Jude to watch a Star Trek movie, Justen presents multiple Unifying Theories of Trek, the Borg Queen is hot in a Gigerian sense, and Worf has an overall nice day.

babylonpod.page/episode/bc27...
S4E65 - Star Trek is Humanity's Isekai
M08: Star Trek: First Contact
babylonpod.page
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
rochellagov.bsky.social
Chrisjen Avasarala, calling it like it is.
atiredgay.bsky.social Cody @atiredgay.bsky.social · 1d
I’m not taking any politician seriously unless they have energy that comes somewhere close to this…
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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philplait.bsky.social
If you need a break from Earthly bullshit may I present to you some cosmic gloriousness? I suspect it may help.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-s...

🧪🔭
NGC 3370: Stepladder to the Universe
Also, it’s a very pretty spiral galaxy
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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wonderofscience.bsky.social
Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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mattsinger.bsky.social
Keeping ‘Star Wars’ Big Twist a Secret Was My Greatest Dad Moment
I spent years hiding ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ huge spoiler. It finally paid off.
screencrush.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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althistorian.bsky.social
Happy #MapMonday! Since there was recent discussion on here about a Cuban Missile Crisis that went hot, I decided to feature this map made by rexnerdorum. It showcases how the Internet might look like post-WWIII and I love the retro style still existing into 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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backissuemagazine.bsky.social
Awakened after being frozen in deep space for 500 years, astronaut William Rogers finds himself in the middle of a war between Earth and Draconia; both parties believe Capt. "Buck" Rogers a spy, putting their peace treaty in jeopardy.

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (based on the NBC TV show)
Headshots of the actors of the NBC TV show/movie pilot and the robot Twiki and Buck's spaceship. — Buck Rogers in the 25th Century #2, July 1979 by Paul Newman, Frank Bolle, Al McWilliams and Jose Delbo. Cover by Mel Crawford.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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starwarsnewsnet.bsky.social
It’s the end of an era – after almost 40 years of consistent publication, Star Wars Insider magazine will cease publishing new issues early next year.
www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2025/11/star...
'Star Wars Insider' Ending Publication After 40 Years - Star Wars News Net
Star Wars Insider is officially ending its current run of publication after publishing nearly 40 years of issues.
www.starwarsnewsnet.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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nick-stevens.com
There's a bit in Space Odyssey where the Aries descends towards the Moon that just doesn't work for me.

The use of cut photos on glass plates is rather obvious.

So I decided to have a go myself!
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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oopsallwarbirds.bsky.social
My new shirt 😌🖤🦅
Black t shirt that says Romulan Warbird with a D'deridex-class ship on it Back of shirt that has the Romulan Star Empire emblem and says "take no prisoners"
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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comicscovers.bsky.social
UFO Flying Saucers (7516)
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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holodeckfour.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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startrekculture.bsky.social
Jackils Star Fleet Manual Volume 2 🛰
Jackils Star Fleet Manual Volume 2
Azalea, Oregon
www.ebay.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
rochellagov.bsky.social
Outside of the moral of the story (the depiction of POC in the USA in the 50s), I love the idea of "are we the story or the story teller?".
christrekkin.bsky.social ChrisTrekkin 💜🖖 @christrekkin.bsky.social · 1d
'Far Beyond the Stars' is a fantastic episode with a powerhouse dual performance from Avery Brooks, as Captain Sisko and Benny Russell, at its heart 🙂💜🖖💫🪐 #StarTrek #DS9 #Rewatch #AllTrekIsRealTrek
Benny Russell appearing in the starfield, as seen by Captain Sisko while he looks out the window of his quarters on DS9
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM