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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-17 09:32 pm
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Moment of Silence: Rev. Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson, a leading voice for civil rights, dies at 84

A former aide to Martin Luther King Jr., he launched two historic presidential campaigns while spreading a message of hope and resilience: “I am — somebody.”

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enchanted_jae ([personal profile] enchanted_jae) wrote2026-02-17 09:20 pm
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Travis ([personal profile] torachan) wrote2026-02-17 07:20 pm
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Daily Happiness

1. I got my hair cut this morning. Nice to get that out of the way before my trip.

2. I'm all packed for tomorrow except for a few last things I can't pack until the morning. Hopefully I can get to sleep with no issue and early enough, because I have my alarm set for four tomorrow. D:

3. The rain was much better today. It rained a little here and there, but mostly was dry, and none of the times it was raining interfered with anything I was doing.

4. Gemma's helping pack.

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chez_jae ([personal profile] chez_jae) wrote2026-02-17 09:04 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-17 08:35 pm
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Website Updates

Thanks to a lot of work from [personal profile] fuzzyred, the landing page for Not Quite Kansas is now visible!  \o/  It's dark fantasy with demons and angels.  You can read the introduction and the previously published poems.  This series is featured in our current Half-Price Sale if you want to see more.  [personal profile] fuzzyred is hosting a pool in case you want to magnify your impact with the quarter-price option.
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enchanted_jae ([personal profile] enchanted_jae) wrote in [community profile] emotion1002026-02-17 08:37 pm
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enchanted_jae ([personal profile] enchanted_jae) wrote in [community profile] anythingdrabble2026-02-17 08:34 pm
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(Challenge 427 - lifetime) Harry Potter - In Flames

Title: In Flames
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author: [personal profile] enchanted_jae
Characters/Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: R
Word count: 100
Written for:
♦ [community profile] anythingdrabble Challenge No. 427 - lifetime
♦ [community profile] draco100 Prompt No. 201 - lantern
♦ [community profile] emotion100 Prompt No. 48 - desire
Warnings: Sexual situation
Summary: Like a moth drawn to a flame
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.

In Flames
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enchanted_jae ([personal profile] enchanted_jae) wrote2026-02-17 08:31 pm
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Barb C ([personal profile] rahirah) wrote in [community profile] su_herald2026-02-17 07:28 pm
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, February 17

CORDELIA: What’s a Bosh… whatever you said?
WESLEY: The opposers of the Awakening. The Bosh M’ad forged something to destroy the Beast. The Tooth of Light.
FRED: They made a tooth?
WESLEY: To the best of my interpretation, a weapon of some kind.
GUNN: How’d it work out for ’em? Wesley looks back down at the text.
WESLEY: It was never used. The Awakening was centuries away. In the meantime, every last one of the Bosh M’ad was wiped out by the Beast’s acolytes.
FRED: So this tooth thing must have had them worried. What happened to it?
WESLEY: Never found. The opposers kept it hidden.
GUNN: Great. So now we have to find a tooth in a haystack.

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hannah ([personal profile] hannah) wrote2026-02-17 08:48 pm
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What changes came.

The day's major activity was sending out some emails and texts to try to coordinate future plans. I'll probably have to send them again in a day or two, given the track record of trying to get some of these plans together - especially my brothers in regards to setting a schedule and keeping to it. My parents are presently traveling and my younger brother offered to host Friday night dinner this week, but beyond the offer, nothing's been said so far. I sent out a message this morning and all I got was a promise there'd be some coordination.

It doesn't fill me with hope, especially not without a timetable. It's not that I have anything else going on so much as I'd like to know what little might be happening so I can at least figure out what kind of nothing I might be doing.
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princessofgeeks ([personal profile] princessofgeeks) wrote2026-02-17 08:02 pm
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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2026-02-17 08:50 pm
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unsatisfying phone calls (and web chats)

I realized over the weekend that I hadn't checked on those insurance/medical specialist referrals, and when I did check, they were all sitting in MyChart, but hadn't been sent to the insurance company. The insurance chat agent was able to tell me that yes, they need to be in their system, and gave me a fax number to give my GP's office. So I called this morning (yesterday having been a holiday) and asked my doctor's office to do that, urgently, because I'm seeing Dr. Awad tomorrow.

When nothing had happened by midday, Adrian suggested I call the insurance company and ask whether it would be OK if they received the referral after the appointment, on the theory that this probably happens a lot. So I called, and they said yes it would, so I'm going to cross my fingers, and didn't call to reschedule that appointment.

I also finally managed to talk to my Fidelity advisor, and set up a three-way call with him and BNY (where the inherited IRA is). That involved a lot of waiting on hold, and the agent saying he needed to check one more thing.... He then told me that it would take more time for them to figure out where that unexpected balance came from, and they had to figure that out before they could transfer the money. No, I don't know why: the balance information is from their system. So someone is supposed to call me back, hopefully soon, and then I hope they will either transfer the money to Fidelity, or be willing to send me a check for the balance and close the account.

It took me a little while to figure out why I was feeling worn out, but at least part of it is that I made multiple phone calls, and everything is still in process, if not in limbo. A bowl of Lizzy's "chocolate orgy" ice cream helped some.

On top of everything else, my gum is bothering me again ("again" because it's a problem for a day or two, then it's fine for a while, and then recurs).
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-17 07:18 pm
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Cold Stream Farm Order

Today we made the Cold Stream Farm order. This is one of the few remaining nurseries with affordable prices, focusing mostly on native species of trees and bushes. Most have wildlife value. Some are good for permaculture.

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princessofgeeks ([personal profile] princessofgeeks) wrote2026-02-17 07:01 pm
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StarWatcher ([personal profile] starwatcher) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2026-02-17 05:59 pm
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Daily Check-In

 
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, February 17, to midnight on Wednesday, February 18. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34236 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 27

How are you doing?

I am OK.
13 (48.1%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
14 (51.9%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
11 (40.7%)

One other person.
10 (37.0%)

More than one other person.
6 (22.2%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 
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ioplokon ([personal profile] ioplokon) wrote2026-02-17 07:41 pm
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At last!

An English-language version of Les Libraries has launched! Head on over to https://www.booksellers.ca/ to check it out! It is basically a collective of independent bookshops with an online store that encourages people to shop for books locally. The French version has been around for 15 years and is basically how I buy all my French books. I'm excited for the English side to take off & give people alternatives to Amazon, Indigo, and the other big-name chains.

Another cool thing is that the English and French sites share a backend. So you can actually buy books in both languages at the same time, if you want (though it looks like in-shop pickup is not fully coordinated, so you would probably have to have them shipped).
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Trismegistus ([personal profile] lebateleur) wrote in [community profile] 100words2026-02-17 07:25 pm
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[#482 - Neutral] Baldur's Gate 3 - Partial Observer

Title: Partial Observer
Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3
Rating: G
Characters: Astarion/Female Tav.
Notes: Sometimes you have to be prepared to let people make their own mistakes. Oblique spoilers for a scene in chapter 3.

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enchanted_jae ([personal profile] enchanted_jae) wrote2026-02-17 06:28 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-17 05:49 pm
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Climate Change

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

This video looks at lost opportunities to fight climate change, and the shitty circumstances that humanity has created. As bad as things are now, this is the least-worst they will ever be again within a human timescale.

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