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The Queen of Air and Darkness and Other Stories by Poul Anderson

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https://operaramblings.blog/2026/04/21/golijov-at-last/

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https://dailyotter.org/posts/2026/4/21/otters-take-a-post-swim-lazy-nap

Via Pete Walkden, who writes, “A family, chilling out on rocks beside a loch, after hunting together for a while.”

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turps

James has been binge-watching The Pitt, either two or three episodes a night depending on if it's a work night or not. So, I've been watching too. At the same time I'm downloading and watching the new season. So, what I'm saying is there has been a lot of The Pitt in my life lately.

We've just hit the festival shooting eps in season one, and it was a reminder that while I'm still enjoying season two, so far it's not as strong in the kicked in the gut feeling as the first. Though, maybe I'm just getting used to that emotion in terms of the show. Who knows?

I got a phone call from the doctors yesterday cancelling my appointment for tomorrow. It was a joint one for my B12 injection and routine check, and while waiting for that wasn't an issue, the new suggested date of the 20th of next month really wasn't ideal for my B12 which I need every three months. Thankfully, they were able to split the appointment and fit me in for the injection next week, otherwise I would have been flagging energy wise by next month.

And talking of medical stuff. I finally got my new compressions last week, nearly three months exactly from the day the script was handed in. The magenta pair are very, very pink, and the jean blue pair look pretty much the same shade of my other blue ones. I do wish they were still doing the mango yellow, but, at least I have them now. Though, what's weird is the seam is on the side of the leg and not the back like every other pair I have. I assume it's to stop the feeling of walking on the seam, which doesn't bother me, but I can imagine would some people, but does mean I keep pulling them on wrong, assuming the seam goes to the back.

We did a grip strength test in class yesterday. Rosie emailed everyone their results, and I'm pleased that one hand has the average grip strength for my age while the other is slightly over. And hey, I'll take it.

The Ring Doorbell has suddenly got very specific in its notifications. Before, it would say for example, a person is walking past your door. Now, it gives details, a person is walking past with a trolley, two people are walking on the roadway carrying a bag, and my favourite so far, two people with a beige dog are walking past your door. Though, I was startled by the notification that popped up saying 'someone is trying to open your door' then when I went to check, it ended … with a blue envelope. Turned out, it was someone delivering leaflets.

I was talking to my neighbours the other day, and they mentioned their young daughter always waves and says hello to the camera when they walk past, and after checking she does. One day I'm going to use the speaker and say hello back.

queenslayerbee

Another drabble I wrote for the snowflake challenge in 2025, this time for for

muccamukk.

Title: wildflower.
Fandom: Marvel 616.
Character/Pairing: Natalia Romanova.
Rating/Warnings: T, none.
Summary: For the prompt: "Black Widow + Flourish."
Word count: 100.

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Tasha is a girl. She dances, standing gobbly yet proud on her tippy-toes. In the stage, she opens like a fresh flower, colourful, calling attention amidst her sturdier companions.

Natalia is a child. She follows when she can swallow the commands; when she doesn’t, she’s punished. In the Red Room, she wilts, grey petals falling and being torn alike at others’ will.

The Black Widow is an agent, an Avenger, a one-woman army. In the field she blooms, she freezes, she blooms again. She flourishes, she hurts. In constant transformation, never still or static, forever changing, is where she thrives.

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scifirenegade

Was thinking that, for

3weeks4dreamwidth, I should host ficathons over at my communities. All three of them. Oop.

Under the cut, there's some art.

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And now for some interesting links:

Scripts from the Crypt #19: Der Januskopf (1920), Apparently a full script of Der Januskopf was found, but whoever found it has been sitting on it for months. Hoping they actually get to release it to us peasants. I shall refrain from complaining about these guys' "amazing" opinions.

How missing episodes from ‘The Daleks' Master Plan’ were found, an interview with Sue Malden, former BBC archivist.

TCM's Classic Film Festival (2026) will premiere a new restoration of Letty Lynton, the "forbidden illegal", as the hotvintagemod on Tumblr put it, Joan Crawford movie. At this point, I should just embrace I quite like her work. Johnny Guitar was the last one I saw and it was mesmerising.

Ivor Novello: A Story of the London Fog, a very short article, but Michael Williams wrote an entire book about Novello, his movies and his persona (plus him being a gay icon, which at the time was largely ignored, and without a doubt some today still make an effort to straightwash him). Good little intro and a taster.

In other news, I'm becoming obsessed with The Rat trilogy. Why do I think it's slowly becoming a commentary on Novello's fame and how the critics, erhm, critisised him for being too pretty (and not of the marrying kind)?

Current Mood: nervous

beanside

Day 3 of some sleep issues. I feel like the Mounjaro is slowing down my digestive tract more than the Rybelsus did. I'm finding that I'm getting full quicker and also staying full longer, which means that if I ignore it and keep eating, I feel uncomfortable longer. I'm learning, but it's not easy to catch that full feeling before it tips over. Especially for dinner, when the ADHD meds have worn off, and I tend to be more checked out of how I'm feeling. Yay mild dissociation!

Today shall be another busy day, and afterwards, I shall make the halibut that hadn't quite defrosted last night. I'm still debating on seasoning.

This morning, I checked the countdown app, and it rudely informed me that the trip is in 2 weeeks, 2 days. WTF? How did it come up so fast! I know I've been obsessively checking the app and had watched that number dropping, but somehow 16 days sounds so soon. And now I'm wondering how I will get through the next two weeks until we can run away. I know I'm going to be losing my mind by Wednesday. That day of work is going to feel like it takes forever. I need to look at my big suitcase and see if there's anything that needs to be added or subtracted. I think subtracted is probably the case. I might have a few too many pairs of leggings and what not. And maybe I don't need as many dresses. I will think upon it. I apparently do not have to take an empty Sharps container for my fingerstick lancets and my Mounjaro needles, the cruise line will provide that, so that's aother corner of my luggage that will be open. We'll see what else I need to take. I think I need to put a couple of night gowns in the bag still. I'll figure it out soon. I think the jackets take up the most room, but they're also vital with Alaska's May weather. I need to get busy on making him food for the 12 days Yoda be in the boarding place. Not to mention for when he goes next week for 5 days.

Why yes, I am having one of many minor panic attacks this trip has caused. Why do you ask? It's starting to sink in that in just over 2 weeks, I'll be on my way to the airport to start an adventure I started planning over a year ago. After all the videos, and work, it's almost here.

I'm going to fly 2335 miles to the other side of the country, and then drive another 200 miles to Vancouver, and then another 1900 nautical miles. That's a lot of distance covered. And then back home to Baltimore. I can't wait, but I'm also nervous. Having trouble turning off the part of my anxiety that is telling me that something is going to go wrong, but I know that's just brain weasels.

It's going to be an amazing bucket list trip, and things are going to go well. All the little moving parts will work, and we'll be peeping the Pacific Ocean in no time. In another couple of days, we should have boarding passes that can be printed out. That'll be a definite milestone, and I will tuck them into my carryon to be doled out when we reach the cruise port. The BIL is not good with technology, and since I don't know what the port wifi is like, it seems better to have a hard copy just in case.

I know objectively that I am as prepared as I can be, and that if I left right now, I'd have everything except my nightgowns, but anxiety is gonna anxiety. Plus, I tend to put a lot of pressure on myself. I want things to go smoothly. I want my well organized plan to work exactly how I imagined.

In other news the Animate!Phillly convention just added a new guest--one of the voice actors from the Amaing Digital Circuis. This means that there's still hope that they add someone else Jess really wants to meet. I'm holding my breath for Michael Kovach who voices their favorite character, Jax. That would be awesome. A picture of Jess holding their Jax plushie with the dude who plays Jax.

I'm debating getting a picture with the person they just added. They play Ragatha, who is a stuffed Raggedy Ann style doll with a tendency towards anxiety and overthinking and people pleasing. "I don't like you, but I want you to like me, is that weird?" Just at me next time.

Today, I shall relax after work and throw on the Halibut and have a nice dinner. Still waffling about the seasoning. Do I do the one with a bit of spice, or go mild. I'll think on it.

I've been looking at the Marchen campaign, seeing what I need to have ready for our next game on 5/2. I've got the maps for the first few places they're going to be going to, so I think I'm covered for that. I do need to make some characters that they might meet in case they end up having combat, but aside from that, I think I'm good for at least the next session. Might need a couple of other things for our game on the boat, but that's still a whole 19 days away. And honestly, we might not even get to it. The whole setup for this game is roleplay heav, so things may take longer than expected. I'm excited to play D&D on a cruise ship. It should be awesome, as long as the wifi is up to the task. The first session went so well that I want it to continue to behave.

Okay, time for me to get myself in order for the day. Everyone have a fantastic Tuesday!

oursin

Happy birthday,

lexin!

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adj. living in the same tent

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pensnest

Sable peed in Beast's slipper.

I mean, on the one hand, the wee was neatly contained and in a washable place. Way better than on the carpet. On the other hand, ew! And phew, does cat urine stink.

The slipper was rinsed, washed in the machine, soaked, dried outside, washed again, dried outside again, and *seems* to be odour-free. I did suggest the option of new slippers, but we'll see.

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In other, even odder news, I got THREE comments on AO3 yesterday, all for different stories. As my usual score is one kudos per day (I want to type kudo, but it doesn't look any righter), this was a charming surprise.

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offcntr

Driving in to the studio this morning, found traffic stopped just short of the Coburg Road intersection. Big commercial truck in the the left lane with its flashers going while its driver, a burly, grizzled guy in a hi-vis green shirt, shepherded a mallard hen and her ducklings across the road. Waited until all the little ones made it up over the curb, giving the last straggler a boost when it couldn't quite make it.

Then got back in his Delta Sand & Gravel truck and drove away.

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chanter1944

Also I'm low on eloquence and the tireds are setting in, so forgive the rare brevity.

a Covid vaccine booster in the arm=:)
a fantastic musical performance (Hairspray, which my family loves pretty much to a person)=:)
walking the Horicon Marsh main trail=:)
*not* losing a glove on the very same trail thanks to a reasonably brief search, whew!=:)
not getting to pet the black labby who whimpered at me out a slow-moving car's open window=:( - I had to settle for saying "Awwww, baby," as the friendly fuzz and their possibly-a-golden sibling went by. They were clearly well-loved, but still. I would have so pet both puppydogs, had I been given the chance and the okay.
Storm damage=:( - not us, but other parts of Wisconsin, yikes
Merlin IDs=:)
Cardamom in black coffee=:)
Neighbors being excellent to each other=:)
Oldtime radio streams=:)
Synaesthesia=:)
The chance to, potentially, audit a summer course on the literature of the U.S. women's suffrage movement=:) the professor is making sure to include PoC voices in her selections, too
A family and friends political zoom getting zoombombed by that same professor's 50-pound short-haired pointer deciding to be a lap dog=:) there were pets by proxy
Daylilies overwintering successfully and returning from a dormant state=:) Yay! Little green shoots are go! I thought she was a goner for a second there.

Aaaaand not conking out in my chair is probably a good idea. I'm going the heck to bed!

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Antioch OTR - The Whistler

troisoiseaux

Read Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, a graphic novel in translation from Arabic, set in a world where wishes are real, and regulated, commodities, but most people can only afford sketchy third-class wishes; in Cairo, Egypt, a small neighborhood kiosk with three genuine, first-class wishes for sale changes three lives - a recent widow barely scraping by; a wealthy student struggling with depression; and the kiosk's owner - for better or worse. Clever world-building, with interludes between the three volumes/chapters(?) in the form of world-building infographics and an eye to the way inequality could/would still exist in a world where, theoretically, anyone could wish themselves rich, to solve world hunger or for world peace, etc. (The short answer is who has access to wishes as a resource, on both an individual level and, e.g., which countries have the raw resources vs. the corporate headquarters, a la the history of extractive colonialism.)

Read Hooked by Asako Yuzuki, a contemporary Japanese novel about a budding friendship between two socially isolated thirty-year-old women - an office worker and a homemaker blogger - that quickly grows toxic; picked this up at

osprey_archer's recommendation. From the description, it seems like the plot should be "Misery, but about a parasocial relationship with a social media personality," and might have been more satisfying if it was, but actually I found it most interesting when the two women's storylines ran in parallel, exploring themes of, like... to what extent is any given interaction with someone else a matter of performing the version of yourself that they expect...? And, like, the extent to which other people can have such different worldviews - not even in a political or religious sense, but just, a way of approaching things - that when trying to interact they both just end up baffled. (Speaking of which, I did find the recurring, and perhaps overall, theme of Gendered Expectations in Friendships utterly baffling myself— I think it is to some extent reflective of a cultural difference, but I have definitely encountered the American version of this online in terms of, like, she's a girl's girl! or POV your boyfriend's pick-me girl friend and it always makes me feel like a space alien.) ANYWAY. Shades of Ottessa Moshfegh and Halle Butler, which is to say I found this deeply off-putting but couldn't put it down. ( ... )

It is officially LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE SEASON; I acquired a box set of Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series from the one I went to last weekend, so I guess I will finally get around to reading that. As 2025 was the Year of Twelfth Night, 2026 really is shaking out to be the Year of As You Like It, because I also stumbled across and acquired a copy of Rosalind: Shakespeare's Immortal Heroine by Angela Thirlwell, a self-described "biography" of the character through interviews with actors, directors, etc.

Current Music: Marsha, Thankk You for the Dialectics, but I Need You to Leave - Will Wood

tjs_whatnot

It seems every time I come here, there is another loss. This one happened so long ago its reminding me how distant I've become.

I honestly can't remember how I first met

minoanmiss they've just always sort of been there, randomly sending me things they thought I (and the kids in my care) would like, and they were always right. I cherished so much all the surprise treats that would just somehow show up and put a smile on my face. They were a much better friend to me than I was to them and I'm just going to have to sit with that for a long time.

And try to be better.

So, this is me being here, asking after you. How are you? What's driving you crazy? What's giving you joy? How can I help put a smile on your face? Who can I raise hell towards on your behalf?

I"m ready.

&hearts; &hearts; &hearts;

azurelunatic

So we have Lawn Dragons. A while ago, an inflatable dragon so new that I didn't even have a lawn picture of it got caught in a wind storm and partially broken. It still lit up, but the blower didn't go, and I thought it was probably some broken wires. And maybe we could fix it.

So Belovedest draped it over the lounge chair on the porch, to dry out.

And there it sat.

I admit that I am short-tempered sometimes.

It's lounging season, I think a little early this year. So the dragon and I have been sharing the chair. And much to my annoyance, we have been sharing it with tiny black ants. Which have been using the deflated dragon as a pathway to climb up onto the chair's side tables (it's a retired infusion chair, so it reclines, has tables, and a place to attach an IV pole) and even on to my very person. I discovered this yesterday.

What losing my temper looked like this time was an enticing Craigslist ad for the salvage-condition dragon (free to the first to arrive), along with reviving my ad to get rid of the aftermarket KitchenAid beater that just barely didn't fit my mixer bowl. Which had been hanging around for months and was starting to develop lichen.

They were both gone by the time I got outside this afternoon.

Current Mood: Satisfied
Current Location: Watching the sunset

shadowkat

1. My workplace's browser (MSN) shot an article at me today on the renewed, cancelled and still waiting television series. I'll see if I can find it?

Well I found it HERE on Scary Mommy (sigh don't ask) (does it by network and streaming channel) and via Rotten Tomatoes (does it alphabetically),
and Tv Line and Metacritic (which is more up to date than Scary Mommy, not surprising in the least).

Interesting, albeit not surprising, sidebar? Paramount is cancelling all the Star Trek in favor of all of the Taylor Sheridan modern (also uber violent) Westerns. (I'm feeling validated for cancelling Paramount and boycotting CBS. Honestly, people were willing to unsubscribe to Disney for Jimmy Kimmel, but not unsubscribe from Paramount for Star Trek and cancelling Colbert? People? Really?)

Gone are the days, I can just list them. There's too many. It would take me hours.

2. Listened to a podcast - with Juliet Landau interviewing David Greenwalt.
Landau is great at interviewing folks. She barely talks and just lets them talk, with various targeted questions that spur them to say more about the business, and she, for the most part, avoids problematic topics.

Take away? Greenwalt's reward for doing Buffy was supposed to be - joining the writing and producing team for the X-Files. But Greenwalt states that he couldn't write for the X-Files. He just couldn't write that type of television series. When Landau asked why, he said that he needed an emotional arc or an emotional core - that his writing was more character based and emotion based. He said that while the X-Files is brilliantly written - it has no emotional core. It's just not there, and he couldn't write for it because of that. The network apparently wanted Mulder and Scully to kiss in the first episode, and the writers fought against it and won. Which was the right decision - it wouldn't have worked at all.

X-Files is plot based, not character based. You literally could put anyone in it and it would for the most part work - a skeptic and a true believer.
That's actually a hard format to pull off well. Emotion based is easier.
Plot based can get redundant and old fast. X-Files had good writers: Tim Minear came from the X-Files as did Vince Gillian.

I didn't like the X-Files that much - for two reasons? 1) I don't really like hyper-realistic horror. I like my horror unrealistic. Also alien invasion/government conspiracy stories irritate me - it's most likely a side effect of being forced to watch a lot of 1950s, 1960s and 1970s sci-fi alien invasion/government conspiracy series/ and B movies as a child. My best friend at the time loved that shit. 2) It's a by the books, plot procedural with no emotional base - and I'm a bit like Greenwalt, I need the emotional arc. I get bored or my attention starts to wander if I don't have that. I'm more character than plot oriented, most people tend to be one or the other? Some are both. I preferred Fringe? It was less hyper-realistic scary, and had more of an emotional core.

3. Listened to Nerd Subculture - which is an Australian Podcast Series on well, American television series? It's not very good. FB kept throwing snatches of it at me. So I gave it a try. They lost me in their analysis of Beneath You. (It's a couple, one has seen the series, one hasn't.)
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lannamichaels

A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon (2023): Did not finish, through no active fault of the book's own. The author does her absolute best to present a whole lot of misogyny with humor and clarity, but it does not hide the fact that this is all a lot of misogyny being presented. I skipped around, read a few chapters, and just couldn't stomach it. But what I read of it was good!

The Lady With the Gun Asks the Questions: The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Story Collection by Kerry Greenwood (2022): Did not finish. These are short stories, some very short. It poses an interesting question to the reader of what, precisely, makes a mystery/detective book. Should we see the process of the mystery being solved? Should we be able to solve the mystery? Do we need interiority in the solving process? This book has none of that! The stories are stories, very short, as we watch Phryne Fisher encounter a crime/confusing event (I hesitate to even call them mysteries) and then relay the solution, with a minimal amount of detectiving. Some stories have more than others. Some are just essentially lists of events. The short stories are not bad, in of themselves. And not all of them are murder mysteries! They are, however, not at all what I want in my quest for "can I please have a mystery book that isn't a murder mystery".

The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (2025): I have gotten this out from the library twice and had to return it before getting more than a chapter or two into it. I may have to accept the fact that I don't find it very interesting or gripping. But maybe... maybe the third time out from the library... I'll actually read it.

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (2023): DNF. Speaking of acceptance of my literary tastes, I likely must also accept the fact that I don't find Brandon Sanderson books entertaining to read. I read some of it. I flipped to the end, and the ending part did not clearly follow at all from the beginning, so I am certain many many things happened in the meanwhile to get from point A to point B. However, I don't really care. I guess I was hoping for something more like the Tough Guide To Fantasyland or Discworld or something, you know... funny, based on the title. It's a shame because this is, iirc, the third Sanderson I was "meh, this is boring" on, and if I could like his stuff, there would be so many books for me to read.

Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion (2025): I finished a book! I liked it! This is a "murder mystery" book told via The Author getting interested in a floor plan, talking to someone who is convinced it means the house was being used to murder people, then a bunch of interviews/discussions with people about floor plans of multiple houses and if the floor plans mean that the house must have been used to murder people. This started off as a really convoluted, very "why would they go to all that effort of hiding a child's existence" and then swerved into fantastic "wait so what actually happened" territory, including how much do you trust various sources and various documentary evidence, and ends with a great highlight on "yeah we don't actually know how much of what was presented here is true and what was fabricated and if so by whom and when". There's this hanging plot hole that the epilogue sort of jumps on top of as well, to wit: ( Read more... )

This book is pretty short, which is contributed to by when it refers back to a floor plan, it shows that part of the floor plan, which makes it really easy to follow along but also, frankly, pads the page count. Quick, zippy read, more of a puzzle-that-never-gets-solved book than a murder mystery.

mistressofmuses

Silver and blue moth.

This was a pretty successful week in terms of what I got done, but I didn't ever really feel very good about it. I did my medical appointment, but it just left me in dread of all the stuff I have left to do. I did some cleaning and errands and things, which was good. I did okay on reading. I decided to pretty much take a break entirely from writing, because it's just become an exercise in increasing misery that I dread attempting, so I feel relieved not to be trying to do it, but also guilty for not doing it. Work was fine. I got my pin boards mostly put together, which is nice - I've been trying to get that done for months. Mostly... I wish I felt better about the week.

Goals for the week:

I did go to my doctor appointment
Alex made Bella's vet appointment... which then got cancelled due to construction issues
I did finish reading The Two Towers
I started reading Be the Sea
I worked on my reviews
I did not work on the WIP outline, and indeed decided to just stop trying at this point
I did work on my reading page
I went to my work meeting on Saturday
I got crickets
I watered my plants
I cleaned the window blinds
I cleaned the window sill
I finished paying my hospital bill
I worked on putting my pin boards together

Habit tracking:

Work - 5/7
Household Maintenance - 2/7
Physical Activity - 5/7, plus one day where I tried to do an indoor walk because it was snowing
Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 0/7
Non-fiction Writing - 2/7, both over 500 words, but with three additional days of under 500 words
Meta Work - 2/7
Personal Writing - 3/7
Other Creative Things - 2/7
Reading - 7/7 - I finished reading The Two Towers, started Be the Sea, read a little bit of Game Changer, and a short story. Alex and I read some of The Luminous Dead.
Attention to Media - 7/7 - Sunday watched some game videos; Monday had some storm chasing in the background; Tuesday had storm chase and later game videos; Wednesday through Friday had game videos in the background; Saturday watched a paranormal video, some explore videos, then game videos.
Video Games - 1/7
Social Interaction - 6/7 - I accidentally filled in a box that I shouldn't have

Total words written: 2322 on reviews

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my apartment

hannah

In today's case of remarkable timing, I grabbed a book from the little free library in my parents' basement - David Bowie: The Last Interview - before heading to the gym twelve floors up. I was pretty sure the library had a copy and I didn't need the physical object, but it looked worth grabbing and carrying around.

Partway through my workout, a guest comes into the gym. From seeing him last week, I know he's the son of a resident and is only here another few days before leaving for LA to return to life as a working musician.

I think the library's probably got it. I think books are great for long trips in metal tubes. I think he's a musician and would get a lot out of it.

I don't know what went through his head when I offered it to him - he didn't see me go and get it from my backpack, just that it more or less materialized out of thin air - but once he got over the surprise, he was quite happy with it. And the library's copy is checked out, which is fine, since I know it'd have taken me ages to get around to it anyway, while he'll be reading it this Thursday.

Current Mood: exanimate
Current Music: nothing now

sanguinity

Intro/FAQ
Days 1-15

My check-in: Received the first round of beta notes on a story (not the longfic), and accepted a number of minor edits. Beta and I will get together and talk about possible bigger revisions later tonight.

Day 20:

china_shop,

sanguinity,

ysilme

Day 19:

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 18:

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

dswdiane,

goddess47,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

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When you check in, please use the most recent post and say what day(s) you’re checking in for. Remember you can drop in or out at any time, and let me know if I missed anyone!

scrubjayspeaks

There are still open spots on our Earth Day seed bombing teams, with sign-up sheets posted at the Buried Gardens. Volunteers with the Gardens have already created a hoard of soil bombs using seeds collected here in Lewisia, like false teapot root, pendulum tree, and nanny nasturtium, which will be distributed to the teams for surreptitious deployment in areas beyond our town. In many areas where natural sources of weirdness have dried up, these plants have dwindled, but we hope to help reestablish strong populations that can support other weird species in the future.

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ranalore

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Current Mood: sick
Current Location: beginning of the week so it's warm for now

conuly

About their fight against the racist War on Drugs.

It includes what looks like a tea leaf emoji? Whatever sort of leaf this is, it’s not marijuana, even I know that. Maybe no emoji at all would’ve been the better call….

settiai

My plan to play catch-up on Critical Role is going well so far. I've managed at least one episode a day since I started CR4 from the beginning last week, which seems to be a good rate for me. It's enough to keep me steadily moving forward but not enough that I'm suddenly feeling the urge to just give up because it's taking away my time for other things.

At the rate I'm going, I think that I'll be caught up on my rewatch by the end of the week at the latest, and I'll be able to start making my posts about new-to-me episodes again by this weekend. I'm hoping by the first Thursday of May, I'll be able to start watching live again, but it may potentially be the week after that as the earlier one will require at least a couple of days where I'm fitting in two episodes. Which may or may not happen.

Here's hoping that I can stick to it. 🤞🏻

Current Mood: hopeful

starwatcher posting in

fandom_checkin

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, April 20, to midnight on Tuesday, April 21. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34505 Daily Check-in

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23

How are you doing?

I am OK.
12 (52.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (47.8%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
10 (43.5%)

One other person.
8 (34.8%)

More than one other person.
5 (21.7%)

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.

princessofgeeks

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guardian_learning

部首
水 part 30
漂, to float; 漆, paint/lacquer; 漏, to leak ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=85

语法
3.25 又 X 又 Y, both X and Y
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-3-grammar

词汇
本科, undergraduate program; 本来, originally; 基本, basic; 基本上, basically ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
不要漏掉任何的细节, don't leave out any details
咱们特调处又破又旧, our SID is old and beat-up
本来工资就不高，再扣就没啦, my salary isn't high to begin with, it'll be gone altogether if you penalize me again

Me:
夜晚漆黑。
这种内容本科生应该还不懂。

conuly

OMG, but ignore the dipshit in the comments.

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princessofgeeks

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Current Mood: awake

futilitycloset_feed

Posted by Greg Ross

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/04/20/twilight/

https://www.futilitycloset.com/?p=73149

We do not know what thoughts stirred in the mind of the last of the mastodons, but we can take it that they were nothing very remarkable. It is hardly likely that the last man will have the mind of a Goethe. He will die, and that will be the last stage of human progress.

— Anatole France, Under the Rose, 1925

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/04/20/twilight/

https://www.futilitycloset.com/?p=73149

wychwood

I've been sort of meaning to make a gaming post for a while, but also: I have not been playing games really at all, unless you count 2025 (obsessively and continuously). However, Terra Nil just turned up 60% off (for another four days! there's time!) and I bought it on Saturday and have already played over seven hours of it - I'm playing on the easy mode, and find it intensely soothing. I have restored four or five ecosystems, taken photographs of numerous wild animals, sworn at the annoying recycling system as I build numerous extra buildings in order to remove all the buildings from the map, and generally enjoyed myself thoroughly.

Other things I have played, mostly extremely briefly, since my last real gaming post in (*gulp*) July: ( actually quite a long list, but average playtime of about half-an-hour )

Feel free to ask if you're interested in any of them! Most of them do look like things I could enjoy if I were in a game-playing space, but very clearly I have not been.

ripplestitch posting in

addme

I made this account in 2022 but abandoned it for a while. I feel very new to this! It took me five minutes just to work out how to join and post here 🙃

Name: June, they/them

Age: 30s!

I mostly post about: My knitting and other craft pursuits, my health (it’s kind of bad, guys) in terms of life updates usually, and my solo rpg games, so far. If I talk about food I’ll make it filterable when I work out… how.

I hope I’ll expand as I get a wider social circle. It’s weird to blog at myself.

My hobbies are: Knitting, writing, solo RPG games, cross-stitch, birdwatching (sort of, I most sit by a window while chilling and watch the birds fight over the bird feeder) paper flowers. I’m currently largely housebound, my hobbies are Indoors Things at the moment. When I AM outside in The Beast (my powerchair) I’ll probably spam pictures of the sky and urban pigeons.

My fandoms are: Star Trek (though I’m SO behind on everything new. I watched half of discovery and nothing else since), Dragon Age, Mass Effect. Flight Rising! Terry Pratchett, The Foreigner Series. I don’t spend a huge amount of time posting about those, these days, though.

I’m looking to meet people who are: Kind, open-minded.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: Racism, LGBTQ+phobia, Islamophobia, ableism, fatphobia—you get the gist, I hope. If you consider yourself to be ‘a Conservative’ we will probably not get along, let’s save ourselves the bother.

No under 18s, please!

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drabble_zone

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cassiope25 posting in

stargateficrec

Show: SGA

Rec Category: John/Rodney
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay
Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Categories: friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: 5,465
Author's Journal:

salchat
Author's Website: Salchat on AO3
Link Fic: Suicide Run

Author's summary: John decides it's now or never - he has to confront Rodney about how he feels, before his friend leaves Atlantis to begin a new life with Jennifer. But his big confession is more disastrous than even John expected...

Why This Must Be Read: This fic by the awesome Salchat is beautifully written, with such an artist’s eye for detail and description. The way she shows the emotional turmoil of both, seen through each other’s eyes, is incredible—painful and glorious in equal measure. It’s an emotional masterpiece, a journey through hell and back for both Rodney and John, but with the best possible outcome: finding the love of their lives.

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