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does anyone have recommendations for ds9 novels other than a stitch in time, preferably ones with audiobooks available? what are your personal faves? i need something to listen to on vacation :3

or long fanfics with podfics available are also appreciated

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Lady Gaga is scrubbed up for surgery on DS9

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i'd like to make myself believe.. that jumja sticks grow in bajoran forests like mushrooms :3

acrylic on paper for this years @startrekpotluck <3

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How am I looking at the ice cream now that the prices are so fcking high

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gays on the dash what are your queer comfort books. idc if the content of the book is objectively comforting i wanna know what comforts YOU. whether it's the absolute cutest or the most fucked up shit ever put into words

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i'd like to make myself believe.. that jumja sticks grow in bajoran forests like mushrooms :3

acrylic on paper for this years @startrekpotluck <3

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My heart bleeds for these two

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Hey so why was this shot like this

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Welcome to the Zine O’Biology Vol.2!

A multi-fandom Star Trek Zine.

Whats New? This time we are organizing the artist/writer partnerships like a bang! We want to avoid some confusion from last time and think this will be best way to do that.

Do you have strong opinions on Vulcan fra’als, Cardassian tails, or how the heck Trill symbionts reproduce? We want to hear from you!

The Zine O’Biology is a fictional comparative xenobiology academic journal set in the Star Trek universe. If you’ve always wanted to wax eloquent for up to 3000 words about your theories on alien biology, welcome to your new home!

We want all your theories about all your favorite aliens! This is a friendly but competitive academic journal where the content of every paper is a little bit suspicious (is this paper based on rumor or fact? What is the methodology?) and some competing authors leave snarky comments on one another’s work. So just like a real academic journal, except ours features the Great Green Anthurium.

We welcome xenobiology articles on all Star Trek aliens from all series!

The final format will be a PDF that you can scroll at your leisure or print at home in order to have a physical copy of the Zine. (This way there is no money involved.)

--SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR--

Alien biology articles

Alien biology artwork

In-Universe advertisements

Letters to the editor

ALIEN BIOLOGY ARTICLES

How do Andorian genders work? Are Cardassians actually lizards? Why do Klingons have so many redundant organs? What’s the biological purpose of Bajoran nose ridges? What’s the best cement mix for emergency surgery on a Horta?

You’ve been pondering alien biology for years. This is your chance to infodump all your favorite theories to an eager audience of your fellow nerds!

Articles will be separated into two categories: reproductive biology or general biology. Yes, we also want all your theories on what every species is packing downstairs…and how they use it.

Journal articles should be fun and engaging, but also written in your interpretation of a pseudo-academic style, since this is a highly respected Federation xenobiology journal. If you want to keep things more lighthearted and less academic, check out the section on Letters to the Editor.

ALIEN BIOLOGY ARTWORK

If you have independent illustrations about alien biology we would love to see them! If you would like to provide illustrations for one of our journal articles, we will open up bidding so that you can find the perfect article for your ideas!

JOURNAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Even in a post-need future, academic journals will need a little extra funding. Submit your ads for Ferengi Oomox Creme, Self Sealing Stem Bolts, Gently Used Federation Technology, and, of course, “reproductive aids.” The weirder the better! Have fun with it!

All art needs to be printable at high resolution

ART Sizes:

Full page: 4.5"w x 7.5"h

Column: 2.21"w x 7.5"h

Half Page: 4.5"w x 3.75"h

Square: 2.21"w x 2.18"h

Banner: 4.5"w x 1"h

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Do you have a great idea, but it’s not enough to fill out a 3000 word article? Submit it as a “reaction” to a previous journal article. Feel free to lay into a mythical researcher who does NOT understand why their biological theory is wrong and yours is right!

Max length 1500 words. Enjoy making these plenty frothy!

WANT TO GET INVOLVED, BUT YOU’RE NOT A WRITER OR ARTIST?

WE NEED:

Graphic designers to help with Zine layout

Social media promoters

Alien art and article wranglers (ie: get your fannish friends involved!)

--HOW TO GET INVOLVED--

Fill out the Art or Writing Google Form letting us know your interests or reach out to the Editor in Chief at zineobiology@gmail.com

DEADLINES:

Writer Applications close: August 20, 2025

Artist Applications close: September 1st, 2025

Draft due: September 30th

Claims Open: October 1st

Claims Close: October 10th

Check in 1: October 20th

Check in 2: November15th

Final pieces due: December 15th

Expected release date: February 2026. We all have full time jobs and lives, so that date may change depending on the volume of submissions.

FAQ can be found here.

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gotta share a little hs victory right now. after almost having given up on my faith in doctors i went to a dermatologist office that does laser hair removal today. the initial consultation was gonna cost 65€ alone but i was like i'll do anything at this point. i had so many doubts but it went soooo well. the doctor immediately asked to look at my lesions (my last one wouldn't look at them until i insisted), she consulted her laser tech colleague to look at them as well. then she said she wouldn't charge me the consultation fee since this isn't for cosmetic reasons, and she'd basically beg my insurance to cover it. she advised to add a picture of my lesions to the insurance letter. she prescribed a short antibiotic regiment, just enough so the lesions would close before lasering (my last doctor hit me over the head with 3 months of two antibiotics without having tried anything gentler). i'm just. so relieved. that there's people who seem to know and care about people with this condition. getting rid of the hair might not cure me but it'll definitely improve me and i just. there's hope, maybe

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SIR??

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Reading the new checks that might come in due to the Online Safety Act in the UK and this is actually bullshit

[Image Transcript:

And how will I prove my age?

There’s a number of methods a site or app might use to ask you to confirm your age. They might do this check themselves or use another company to do the check. These methods include:

Facial age estimation – you show your face via photo or video, and technology analyses it to estimate your age. 

Open banking – you give permission for the age-check service to securely access information from your bank about whether you are over 18. The age-check service then confirms this with the site or app.

Digital identity services – these include digital identity wallets, which can securely store and share information which proves your age in a digital format.

Credit card age checks – you provide your credit card details and a payment processor checks if the card is valid. As you must be over 18 to obtain a credit card this shows you are over 18.

Email-based age estimation – you provide your email address, and technology analyses other online services where it has been used – such as banking or utility providers - to estimate your age.  

Mobile network operator age checks – you give your permission for an age-check service to confirm whether or not your mobile phone number has age filters applied to it. If there are no restrictions, this confirms you are over 18. 

Photo-ID matching – this is similar to a check when you show a document. For example, you upload an image of a document that shows your face and age, and an image of yourself at the same time – these are compared to confirm if the document is yours.

End Transcript.]

Not only is this such a fucking breach of privacy, but this is going to hurt adults in vulnerable and abusive situations. Some adults don’t have bank accounts or credit cards or even a fucking phone. I’m one of them. I could not give half of this information even if I wanted to. What the fuck is this. Fuck the UK government. This isn’t going to protect kids, this is just going to hurt adults, and I know full well when they say “sites that allow pornography” they’re going to be going after sites that have huge amounts of queer content, like tumblr and Ao3. Queer kids are gonna lose their fucking communities because of this shit. Abuse victims are going to lose online support systems because of this.

I’m genuinely fucked off about this, and worried about whether I’m going to lose every single one of my online friends. Anyone in the UK, please email your MP and sign this petition. It needs to reach 100k signatures to pass through Parliament.

I’m only hoping the backlash will be big enough for them to stop implementing these measures.

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attention voyager babes and threshold day enjoyers!

an awesome person has made a threshold lizard pattern

this is the cat toy you never knew you needed if i had a cat and not a dog who destroys everything i would make this right now. also keychain.. the possibilities...

go support them

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General Korrd

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Tuvok's gender/sexuality is so interesting to me. Because he's Vulcan he isn't written as having any kind of sexual attraction towards women (a la Spock) but unlike his predecessor he has a wife and multiple children and obviously feels a strong bond with T'Pel which is both sexual and romantic (pon farr episode + it's established multiple times that his deepest wish is to be with her again). Spock is mainly shown to find women attractive when his mind is being tampered with ("Once the fever broke, I found I'd lost all interest in the girl") whereas Tuvok is shown to naturally be romantically interested in women. His adolescent crush, his wife, arguably Marayna and definitely Noss. However, with the exception of T'Pel, Tuvok's attraction to these women is typically framed as purely romantic, (if anything) - not sexual. Typically, these desires are portrayed as inexorably intertwined, especially so for male characters. When Tom or Harry find a woman attractive there's usually a clear sexual element, even when that woman is actually a shuttlecraft. With Tuvok, there's none of that. Well, with women there's none of that. I've noticed that there's often an air of sexuality around his interactions with certain, usually antagonistic, men. I can think of three off the bat. Suder (which also has a romantic connotation), Tieran (which Tuvok is completely unreceptive to), and Guill. Suder, a serial killer, is someone Tuvok feels drawn to. There's no reason for them to meld and he's warned against doing so but he can't help himself, he's so curious about him...it's an intimate act likened to sex BY Suder and at the end of the episode Tuvok is cradled in Suder's arms. Suder will later name a new breed of orchid after Tuvok and Tuvok will pray over his body. Tieran, a warlord inhabiting Kes' body, asserts that Tuvok secretly desires Kes. This is implied to be incorrect, a goad, (though I have to say - it IS interesting that TECHNICALLY Tuvok is kissed by a man in this scene. It's gay in a mirrorverse 'evil bisexual' way.) He says "all those intimate moments touching each other's minds, you've never even wondered what it might be like?" again likening the mental arts Tuvok has mastered to the physical, the sexual. Guill, a black-market dealer, has a scene with Tuvok that's coded in the language of seduction. Tuvok coyly teases him by saying "That is what you want, isn't it? To see what's buried in my unconscious?" and I'm sorry but this whole scene, while textually about exchanging mental images, is spiritually about having sex. Guill wants to be balls deep in Tuvok's mind and Tuvok knows it and uses it against him. He is a femme fatale in this moment. This then transitions to an analogous assault which canonically doesn't phase Tuvok because he's a man and this a serialized show. Tuvok DOES allow Guill into his mind again but it's only after he's been battered and he's being held down by Guill's goons. "If I show you, will you let me go?" Tuvok bests him in this interaction. I find this all quite interesting. Tuvok can be in sexual situations but only if they're with other men (a narrative no-homo) and these situations can be sexual ONLY because they're ALSO portrayed as dark, frightening, and nonconsensual (with Suder as the sole exception, just as T'Pel is the exception when I say Tuvok shows no sexual interest in women). It's as if we must be assured that Tuvok, our hero, doesn't enjoy being intimate with these villainous men but I do have to wonder why the only melds Tuvok does that are framed as sexual are with men. He melds with women too. B'Elanna, Janeway, Seven...none of these are framed as anything but utilitarian or perhaps intimate (in Janeway's case) but in a strongly platonic way. The one time I can remember him melding with a woman where it isn't portrayed that way is with Noss and that's not sexual either - it's intimate, romantic in a way, but it's a tender goodbye. It's a way for her to understand what he can't verbalize. It's beautiful but again non-sexual.

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Starfleet really is just Schrodinger's military because they keep saying we're not a military and then having military ranks and then doing military shit. Anyways I can't wait to watch the Starfleet Academy show where they're not in the military, but they keep doing really military shit like chanting "Duty, Honour, Service" and also probably doing drills, and maybe we'll have a hazing episode too. Yay boldy going and all that, I love space coloniza- I mean space exploration.