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“Things Past” (DS9 5x8)

Garak: Something’s wrong. Thrax talked about a Captain Livara. 

Sisko: Does that name mean something to you?

Garak: Livara wasn’t just another smuggler. He was a Romulan spy and didn’t begin working in this sector until seven years ago, but seven years ago Thrax wasn’t on Terek Nor – you were, Odo. An odd contradiction. So I checked the date. This is seven years ago. Thrax shouldn’t be here. You should be the security chief.  

Odo: None of this makes any sense, Garak. Now I suggest we concentrate on finding a way out of here. That’s our priority. 

Sisko: I tend to agree.

Garak: Oh, you’ll get no argument from me. 

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Fans of Garak with disheveled hair, rejoice :)

Also, notice how neither Sisko nor Odo questions that Garak knows this shit about the Romulan spy. 

[woods-elle]

get a load of that cat.

[ohbabyitslucasarts]

I wish “hintbook writer” was still a viable work option.

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‘I’iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) - photo by Javan Rasnake

[humanoidhistory]

Pages from The Moon Christmas Coloring Book, 1970.

(Dreams of Space)

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Pittsburgh Is Figuring Out How to Fund Affordable Housing

Pittsburgh created a trust fund for affordable housing. Now it just has to find the funds to fill it and the places to build new housing.

Brentin Mock

australiangeographic.com.au

Why do wombats do cubic poos?

Poos come in many different shapes and sizes, but the wombat is unique for its cube-shaped excrement.

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The wombat is unique in the animal kingdom in that it produces cubic poo, and lots of it – around 80 to 100 cubes per night.

The wombat is a large relative of the koala, native to Australia. It is solitary and nocturnal, living in underground burrows during the day but coming out at night to forage on grasses and other vegetation. It also sleeps a lot; an average of 16 hours per day. As it is nocturnal, the wombat has very poor eyesight, so it relies on its sense of smell to navigate and find food…

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Partridge in a Pear Tree?

The partridge in the pear tree was probably a Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa), a French species that often perches in trees, rather than the Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) native to Britain, which perches infrequently.

Here in North America we have none of the former, but the latter can be found across much of the central part of the continent. In winter they frequent open areas such as agricultural fields, often in small flocks, where they feed on waste grain and other seeds.

The Gray Partridge is one of only two species of partridge occurring widely in North America, and both are introduced (the other is the Chukar).

photo by David Mitchell (David A Mitchell) on Flickr; CC

(via: Peterson Field Guides)