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Chris Helgerson
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PNW'r. Social media is a stream of consciousness thing for me. Politically independent/Center-Left (emphasis on Center). I love Erica!
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I was born a LaserDisc man, and I'll die a LaserDisc man!
Widescreen Edition LaserDisc of Star Trek: First Contact. It's probably the best video transfer of a Paramount disc I've ever seen.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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If you see this, post a #StarTrek
1980 LaserDisc edition of the "Special Longer Version" of Star Trek: The Motion Picture with 12 minutes of new footage!! Because somebody watched the film and felt that their ass just wasn't numb enough after that long ride... The scene of Kirk exiting the ship in his own spacesuit without any finished effects is worth the price of the disc though.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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If you see this, post a #StarTrek
Advertisement from the 1970s (based on their claims of "over 25 years of color experience") advertising RCA Color TVs, and using Star Trek as the show to highlight it. Which incidentally was a *part* of Star Trek's success in syndication; its entire run was in color, so it made economic sense to put in favorable timeslots for all the People who finally upgraded (color didn't cross into the majority of US homes until 1971).
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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If you see this, post a #StarTrek
A Custom Star Trek styled Welkin bag from lavender-and-twine.com *Full Disclosure: I'm married to the owner and designer of the company. The Star Trek emblem is an additional fan element and not in the pattern as provided by seller. Purchaser buys a PDF pattern and makes bag to their desires.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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I have good reasons for not wanting to move anywhere else... #PNW
Image taken from the top of my employer's parking structure facing west towards Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Image taken from the roof my employer's parking structure facing east towards the Cascade Mountains. And people say that it's "gloomy" here
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I don't *only* have #StarTrek items for #VintageToyTuesday but I do have a lot...
A Star Trek V branded "marshmellon dispenser". The merch for the Star Trek films are kinda funny; in so far as one believes in the odd-even rule (which nobody actually mentioned at the time), the odd films would see comparatively more merch and toys produced, then be subject to lesser receptions. Then the better received even films would get less merch released. Fortunately for me, I like TMP, I like Star Trek toys, and I like 70s kitsch, so collecting them all is a worthwhile endeavor.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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If you see this, post a #StarTrek
A birthday cake in the shape of the Starfleet "arrowhead" (it's correctly called a Cochrane Delta). It was delicious, but I actually felt bad cutting into it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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All I've seen have been largely Pop-based aside from their overpriced accessories and board games.
Superman-themed backpack in FunkoHQ. No self-respecting Punkrocker would pay what they're asking for it
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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If you see this, post a #StarTrek
Set of Star Trek the Motion Picture ViewMaster slides. They are great fun! And they make me even more grateful for having had VHS and LaserDisc, then DVD, in my youth to re experience films time and again!
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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So that's what Bat Boy has been up to since the Weekly World News folded...
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I'm on the annual plan of Paramount+ and I've decided not to renew. So before it ends: a Lower Decks Rewatch!!
Promotional Poster for the First Season of Star Trek: Lower Decks done in the style of the Enterprise Poster for The Motion Picture. It was one of the two best decisions they made for the inaugural season.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Ah, yeah...!
Title Screen to the 1977's the Amazing Spider-Man TV series. Currently watching episodes two and three "The Deadly Dust" parts one And two. Released theatrically as the film "Spider-Man Strikes Back!" And I'm feeling pretty groovy and a far out kind of way!
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Let the record show that I told @edcooknj.bsky.social to come visit...
Advertisement for the return of the McRib.
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Some days you just need to come home and make a hot corned beef sandwich...
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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@vinsonlovescomics.bsky.social is on vacation, but #TopShelfFriday never takes a break!!

OG #StarTrek is my comfort show. And OG #StarTrek #Comics are my comfort read!
Cover to a Gold Key Star Trek comic #55 specifically. An absolute beauty shot of the Enterprise and a shuttle on the cover. Frankly, GK artists often took some liberties with what the ship(s) looked like. You could tell what they were, but dimensions and details would often be a little squiffy. This, however, is *almost* like a photograph.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I'll put my beignets against anyone's!
Beignets! Or what the rabble call... "Donuts"
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Dr. McCoy getting Frischnickered!
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Co-worker to patient being discharged: It's time to Move along home.

Me:
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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That's why I insist on using real pumpkins, fresh from the oven if possible.
A freshly roasted, and very HOT, sugar pumpkin. Second degree burns (at minimum) if you get this on you. The final result of two, made completely from scratch, pumpkin pies. Check with your manufacturer's warranty if your phone is protected from drool.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Welp, the Good People of Maine are holding up their end of things...
News blurb showing that Maine Voters rejected a series of would-be voting restrictions; requiring new ID and restricting mailed ballots and drop boxes. Good on the People of Maine.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Alright, that one is pretty sweet...
Image of quick news blurb "Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election, defeating Vice President JD Vance's half-brother Cory Bowman"
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Do you have a Lynx?!
Second version of the Atari Lynx.
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The OG (and best) Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space.
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM