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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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emeraldlingerie

Y’all better stop thinking you can talk to anyone on the internet any type of way, especially when you struggle making calls to people in real life. People on the internet are not target practice for the insults you never got to hurl at your 5th grade bullies, or fodder for your unfettered feelings of insecurity that you can’t seem to stop projecting on others. We get it: you have no sense of control or power over your life so you go online and try to mimic that same power you wish you had. Take it up with your therapist, don’t bring that shit around me.

kaelio ladyvean
savory-breakfasts

While we’re on the subject of things that are off in the beta-canon Cardassia, where is the reckoning/accountability for the former regime? I don’t remember any transitional justice process. And I love my murder lizard but putting a former member of the secret police in power doesn’t really send the message we’re about democracy and transparency now. I know Kelas Parmak keeps him in check and is his outsourced conscience (with some help from Bashir) but that doesn’t really seem good enough. 

indigobluerose

Oh yeah.  It’s like the opposite of that in my post-canon Cardassia imaginings, for Garak anyway.  The people in what passes for the immediate circle of power after the whole mess know who he is, that he worked for their top Bad Dude, that he was punished with exile for not being bad enough somehow, or something, something mumble Bajoran orphans, ANYWAY, and yet somehow he remained more loyal to his homeworld than any of their many recently very deceased top officials, and then like, saved the world.  Every single thing about him is super embarrassing politically.

So they don’t invite him to do anything, they don’t elect him to anything, and really that’s fine, because he would hate all that kind of thing soooo much.  I mean, he’d do it, he would, if it was the best thing for Cardassia, but since it so very isn’t he’s just out here in the countryside revitalizing some soil and growing some vegetables and a few orchids and like, raising Cardassian bees or something, though he stays informed and keeps in touch with a few people.

And then one day he’s like, “I’m marrying this human doctor,” and they’re just like, “OH MY GOD WHATEVER JUST PLEASE DO NOT WRITE A BOOK”

and also a lot of other stuff happens but that’s for the fic i’m not writing

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(hey I found this old no sleep ramble about Garak saved in my drafts, and I’m publishing it anyway here haha)

savory-breakfasts

I like your vision so much better. I know some of it is just Star Trek, as a franchise it hasn’t focused a lot on civilians or rank and file, and so to be a major character in beta canon he has to be *important,* but I don’t like it. I like to imagine Garak turning away from power. Raising bees and regenerating soil is a much better redemption arc in my mind.

ladyvean

Let’s be real, there is no way in hell that the Cardassian people would elect Garak or anyone else involved with the Order to political office.  I know he was very involved with the CLR, but that would not erase his past for the people.  Besides, I can’t imagine Garak would have ANY inclination to serve Cardassia in that capacity.

kaelio

Yuri Andropov had been chairman of the KGB. George H.W. Bush was head of the CIA, and was Vice President during the Iran-Contra affair. Putin was also former KGB, but only Lt. Colonel. It’s totally believable to me that it’s not even a political liability. It should be but Bush ultimately got a state funeral and a son in the presidency instead of a ticket to The Hague.

thebeautifulcosmos
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Turns Out NASA Creates Posters For Every Space Mission And They’re Hilariously Awkward

Since the very first International Space Station mission in 2000, NASA has been creating expedition posters usually featuring a group photo of the crew. These posters were used to advertise expeditions and were also hung in NASA facilities and other government organizations. However, when astronauts got bored of the standard group photos they decided to spice things up a bit.

This is what happens when you allow a staff to get creative.  Government agencies are notorious for being very dry, and love to see the creativity of NASA on display. 

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