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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote in [community profile] books2025-08-28 12:49 am

Dutchman's Flat

Dutchman's Flat by Louis L'Amour

A collection of his short stories. Several with the sort of plot familiar from the novels -- one in fact later was expanded into a novel -- and a few ones where the smaller compass let him do some quirky plots.
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Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-08-28 12:10 am
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Aurendor D&D: Summary for 8/27 Game

In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.
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cornerofmadness ([personal profile] cornerofmadness) wrote2025-08-27 11:01 pm
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Thank you for being so cool

One of my students tells me on the way out. Are you buttering me up already? It's only day 3. Then again compared to the other two biology profs I know you had, yes yes I AM cool. In this same class we were talking about radium and I went off on a radium girls tangent and how their medical records were doctored to make it look like they were loose girls with syphilis vs taking accountability for what these companies did and how things like the FDA came from these cases and the story of Eben Byers, the rich dude who was drinking so much radithor health drinks his jaw fell off.

Don't google this. Five seconds later they're all around one one laptop, stunned.

You googled it.

THIS CANT BE REAL!! Yes, sorry radium jaw is real. And that's what runaway predatory capitalism looks like.


But also WHY the fuck was the heater on today? Yes it was 57 this morning but I didn't think (nor does anyone think) that our building has sensors that should kick on the heater. It was 87 went I got there. I bitched. By noon the a/c was back on. WTF.


Today I stumbled onto the beginnings of a charity event with the Amazing Digital Circus crew playing Peak. Okay I still don't get the whole watch people play games thing but the charity was a good one (money to help immigrants fight back against what happens after ICE) so I donated and listened for a while.


What I Just Finished Reading:

What Can't be Said - a Sebastian St. Cyr book I called it but loved it




What I am Currently Reading:

Atlas of Unknowable Things - this is strange, good but weird

Solid Gold Murder - the one in my writerly ways this sunday. It's a little better AND the dumb ass thing I was talking about has come back and hit her in the ass so huzzah



What I Plan to Read Next:
The Secret of the Orange Blossom Cake - I bumped this to here5
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a scintilla of time ([personal profile] scintilla10) wrote2025-08-27 05:45 pm

Good things + fall sign-ups

Things that are making me happy:

  • Change Gamer, the surprise secret finale of Game Changer! It was so fun and so full of heart, I loved it (and loved this whole season!).

  • Wading in the ocean along a beautifully shallow, sandy beach, so cool and refreshing on a blisteringly hot day.

  • This gorgeous animated pixel art, made entirely in MS Excel 2007 (how even!!): Aspen Red Forest by [tumblr.com profile] anasabdin [moving gif]

  • The upcoming long weekend, omg, it can't come soon enough!


I'm planning to sign up for much-beloved exchange [community profile] ficinabox (sign-ups open until Aug 31; late nominations accepted until Aug 30!) Very excited for swaps and fun mediums!

And also [community profile] fandomgiftbasket is back, yay! I'm planning to sign up for this one, too. (Sign-ups open until Sept 5.)
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ride_4ever ([personal profile] ride_4ever) wrote2025-08-27 06:11 pm

Fannish 50 Challenge 2025: Post # 25: due South Haiku

Assorted due South haiku that I wrote in April for International Haiku Day (April 17) and National Poetry Month. Some -- as noted in my AO3 AN -- are derived from prompts of the dSC6D snipppets comm on DW.

Title: Two due South Double-Stanza Haiku in Honor of April's International Haiku Day and April's
National Poetry Month
Author: [personal profile] ride_4ever
Fandom: due South
Category: Gen, F/M
Relationship: Benton Fraser/Victoria Metcalf
Characters: Benton Fraser, Victoria Metcalf, Ray Vecchio
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 63 words
Fic on AO3.

Title: Five due South Haiku in Honor of April's International Haiku Day and April's National Poetry
Month
Author: [personal profile] ride_4ever
Fandom: due South
Category: Gen
Characters: Implied characters: Benton Fraser, Diefenbaker, both Rays, Robert "Bob" Fraser, Jack
Huey, Tom Dewey
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 78 words
Fic on AO3.

Title: Three due South Haiku in Honor of April's International Haiku Day and April's National Poetry
Month
Author: [personal profile] ride_4ever
Fandom: due South
Category: Gen
Characters: Benton Fraser, both Rays mentioned or implied
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 42 words
Fic on AO3.
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ride_4ever ([personal profile] ride_4ever) wrote in [community profile] ds_noticeboard2025-08-27 07:10 pm
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due South Haiku

Assorted due South haiku that I wrote in April for International Haiku Day (April 17) and National Poetry Month. Some -- as noted in my AO3 AN -- are derived from prompts of the dSC6D snipppets comm on DW.

Title: Two due South Double-Stanza Haiku in Honor of April's International Haiku Day and April's
National Poetry Month
Author: [personal profile] ride_4ever
Fandom: due South
Category: Gen, F/M
Relationship: Benton Fraser/Victoria Metcalf
Characters: Benton Fraser, Victoria Metcalf, Ray Vecchio
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 63 words
Fic on AO3.

Title: Five due South Haiku in Honor of April's International Haiku Day and April's National Poetry
Month
Author: [personal profile] ride_4ever
Fandom: due South
Category: Gen
Characters: Implied characters: Benton Fraser, Diefenbaker, both Rays, Robert "Bob" Fraser, Jack
Huey, Tom Dewey
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 78 words
Fic on AO3.

Title: Three due South Haiku in Honor of April's International Haiku Day and April's National Poetry
Month
Author: [personal profile] ride_4ever
Fandom: due South
Category: Gen
Characters: Benton Fraser, both Rays mentioned or implied
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 42 words
Fic on AO3.
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neekabe ([personal profile] neekabe) wrote2025-08-27 07:59 pm

(no subject)

Writing this down while it's fresh. Cut for eye stuff

Read more... )
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StarWatcher ([personal profile] starwatcher) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-08-27 06:01 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 Wednesday, August 27, to midnight on Thursday, August 28. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33542 Daily Check-in
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 30

How are you doing?

I am OK.
18 (60.0%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
11 (36.7%)

I could use some help.
1 (3.3%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
11 (36.7%)

One other person.
13 (43.3%)

More than one other person.
6 (20.0%)




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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LBDex Mod ([personal profile] lbdmod) wrote in [community profile] littleblackdressex2025-08-27 07:32 pm

Reading List August 27th

Reading List August 27th



Every day from today until August 29th I'm going to be posting Reading Lists! These are another way of browsing the collection, and will be split out by top level category (based on the AO3 categorizations) and medium! If anything appears to be in the wrong spot, please let me know!

Today's lists are Cartoons, TV Shows, and TV Show & Book Crossovers!

Cartoons - Fanfic

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Once Upon a Dream (3175) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68762456

  • Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Angel Dust/Lucifer Magne | Morningstar, Lucifer Magne | Morningstar, Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel), Cherri Bomb (Hazbin Hotel)
  • Smut, Pre-Canon/Canon Divergent, Sex Work, tiny top/big bottom, catching feelings, Hopeful Ending, Top Lucifer Magne | Morningstar, Bottom Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

“You’re fuckin’ serious, mate?” Cherri sits up from where she’d been laying on the bed, eye wide and focused on her friend.
“You think I’d lie about something like this?” Angel turns, holding out one shirt, a silky, red number with frills on the shoulders, then a second one, a white cotton blouse that will accentuate his chest fluff, and then waits for Cherri to make her decision.
“That one.” She points vaguely to the white one before scooting to the end of the bed and dangling her feet over the side. “And you’re gonna do it?”


The Pink Haired Girl with Highlights in Her Eyes (3065) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68440061

  • Gravity Falls
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Bill Cipher/GIFfany (Gravity Falls), .GIFfany (Gravity Falls), Bill Cipher, Axolotl (Gravity Falls)
  • Past Bill Cipher/Ford Pines, Past One-Sided Attraction, Past Soos/Giffany, One Shot, References to Book: The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, attempts at redemption, Reincarnation, Ambiguous/Open Ending

Giffany is the perfect target to Cipher's manipulation. She's had so much loss that given the opportunity she takes a deal with no hesitation.
Bill Cipher didn't think this one little deal would lead to something more.


A Heart Beating for Steel (1486) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/69107986

  • Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
  • F/F
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ambessa Medarda/Maddie Nolen, Maddie Nolen, Ambessa Medarda, Caitlyn (League of Legends)
  • Pining, Weapons Kink, Spies & Secret Agents, Sexual Fantasy, Loyalty Kink

Maddie has been waiting for so long as a spy in Piltover, to see her General join her. She'll have to wait some more for a chance to truly interact with her.



TV Shows - Podfic

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[Podfic] Written Correspondence by chacusha : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68926336

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Odo/Quark (Star Trek), Odo (Star Trek), Quark (Star Trek), Morn
  • Letters, Post-Canon, Pining, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Fluff, This is extremely sappy, Kira/Odo - past, Jake/Nog - mentioned, Podfic, Podfic Length: 20-30 Minutes, Audio Format: Streaming, Audio Format: FLAC

Podfic of Written Correspondence' by chacusha.



TV Shows - Fanfic

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tend to bruise easily, mad in the blood (2269) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68210896

  • Succession (TV 2018)
  • M/M
  • Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kendall Roy/Original Male Character(s), Kendall Roy/Original Male Dog, Kendall Roy, Original Male Character(s), Original Male Dog Character(s)
  • 3 Things, Hook-Up, Cruising, Smegma, Blow Jobs, Bathroom Sex, Bugchasing, HIV/AIDS, Suicidal Thoughts, Homophobia, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Bestiality, Anal Sex, Knotting, Rimming, Mental Health Issues, Gay Kendall Roy, Bottom Kendall Roy

Three times Kendall fucks strangers:
1. With an unwashed older man in a cruising spot by Harvard.
2. During a suicidal spiral, with a HIV+ man.
3. With a man and his dog, trying to outrun his mother.


Best Laid Plans of Demons and Men (2248) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/69191791

  • Charmed (TV 1998)
  • F/M, Gen
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Prue Halliwell/Cole Turner, Belthazor (Charmed 1998), Cole Turner (Charmed 1998), Prue Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell (Mentioned), piper halliwell (mentioned), Darryl Morris (mentioned)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode AU: s03e01 The Honeymoon's Over, Soulmate Daemons, plans gone awry, Attraction, Ambiguous/Open Ending

Years of study. Months of plotting. Plans drawn up. Target chosen and locked in.
Right up until he saw that stupid daemon.
All his plans ruined. Now what's Belthazor supposed to do?
Why, seduce the older sister, of course.


Sharing (Transatlantic) Trouble (2108) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68951631

  • Étoile (TV)
  • F/F, F/M, Multi
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Geneviève Lavigne/Jack McMillan/Cheyenne Toussaint, background Geneviève Lavigne/Jack McMillan, background Jack McMillan/Cheyene Toussaint, Cheyenne Toussaint, Jack McMillan, Geneviève Lavigne (Étoile)
  • Getting Together, First Time, Kissing, resolved hurt, Resolution to Canonical Problem, summer evenings, Post-Canon

It’s August, and Metropolitan Ballet Theater is wrapping up the annual festival programme in its summer home. Geneviève has joined them for her vacation. The days are long and the evenings mild, and at Nicholas’ farmhouse in Connecticut, a covered porch looks out across a sloping lawn to the shore of a wooded lake, where the sun sets from salmon to dusty blue.


hovering (1835) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68696646

  • The Librarians (TV 2014)
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eve Baird/Cassandra Cillian, Eve Baird, Cassandra Cillian
  • Late Night Conversations, complicated feelings, Second Person

Cassie has a way of hovering.
You have never met anyone else with that particular ability - the girl can stand off to the side without moving, without saying anything, and somehow still manage to take up all the air in a room. She's vibrating on a different frequency, and you're reminded of those mosquito tones she used to contact Ezekiel that one time.


sacred insignificance (1469) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68828381

  • Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis
  • F/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Daniel Jackson/Elizabeth Weir, Daniel Jackson (Stargate), Elizabeth Weir
  • Developing Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

The notes start incidentally.


long way home (1255) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/69145391

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
  • F/F
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Angel/Buffy Summers, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Buffy Summers
  • Female Angel (BtVS), Genderbending, Rule 63, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) Season 1, Episode s01e07: Angel


at versus with (laughing) (1253) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68646821

  • Yellowjackets (TV)
  • F/F
  • General Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Laura Lee/Van Palmer, Laura Lee, Van Palmer
  • Second Person, Introspection

Laura Lee ruminates on laughter, and being the butt of the joke.


in the straw house, feeding the straw dog (1245) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68960021

  • Succession (TV 2018)
  • M/M
  • Mature, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex
  • Kendall Roy/Roman Roy, Roman Roy, Kendall Roy
  • Pre-Canon, POV Roman Roy, Brother/Brother Incest, Adolescent Sexuality, Forced to Receive Fellatio, Deepthroating, Past Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse, Implied/Referenced Anal Fisting, Rimming

Roman is home from boarding school for the summer. Kendall's got questions.


A Bold and Foolish Proposal (1234) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68964111

  • 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
  • F/F
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Luo "Mian Mian" Qingyang/Wen Qing, Wen Qing (Modao Zushi), Luo "Mian Mian" Qingyang, Wen Chao (Modao Zushi)
  • Qishan Wen Indoctrination (Modao Zushi), Fake Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, Sexual Harassment, (by Wen Chao), POV Wen Qing (Modao Zushi)

Wen Qing doesn't like being bold or foolish, she's the type to leave well enough alone. Or at least that's what she keeps telling herself.


Moving in (1060) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/69115336

  • Bones (TV)
  • F/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Wendell Bray/Jessica Warren, Wendell Bray, Jessica Warren, Jack Hodgins
  • Friendship, Pre-Relationship, Slice of Life, season 10, Fluff

The experiment with the educational cooperative has just finished. Jessica is upset, feels alone and has to find a new accommodation. Fortunately, there's Wendell who wants to help her.


by chance (882) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68908681

  • 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
  • F/F
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing, Wen Qing (Modao Zushi), Jiang Yanli
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crushes, Blushing, POV Wen Qing (Modao Zushi)

Wen Qing is in Yunmeng long before she questions why she has chosen to travel to Yunmeng.


The Duchess and the Artist Knight (868) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68978081

  • Leverage (US TV 2008), The Librarians (TV 2014)
  • F/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Sophie Devereaux/Jacob "Jake" Stone, Sophie Devereaux (Leverage), Jacob "Jake" Stone
  • Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Fairy Tale Style

Once upon a time, a young artist came to the gates of a Duchess whose galleries were said to be the finest in the world.


Burning With Desire For A Kiss (829) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68043246

  • Yellowjackets (TV)
  • F/F
  • Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Callie Sadecki/Shauna Shipman, Callie Sadecki, Shauna Shipman
  • Parent/Child Incest, Kissing, Seduction

She used to think her daughter was an asshole, but now she's convinced that her daughter is just a dick, and yes, there is a difference. Asshole is for the foolish Callie Sadecki who tries to hold knowledge of her mother's affair like a blade right against her neck, the idiotic Callie who steals Jackie's uniform and becomes a Yellowjacket in the grip of intoxication. Dick, however, is for the Callie that tries to seduce Taissa fucking Turner.


Mysteries of Medicine (822) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68868651

  • House M.D.
  • M/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gregory House/Chris Taub, James Wilson (House M.D.), Chris Taub

Some things even House can't figure out.


Enjoying the Moments (621) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68945796

  • Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Stephen Franklin/Tessa Halloran, Stephen Franklin, Tessa Halloran
  • Post-Canon, Not Canon Incompliant, Enjoying the Moments

They have more than an hour and ten minutes to spend...


While You Are Here (606) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/69251746

  • The Librarians (TV 2014)
  • Multi
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Cassandra Cillian/Ezekiel Jones/Jacob "Jake" Stone, Cassandra Cillian, Jacob "Jake" Stone, Ezekiel Jones
  • Hospitals, Injury, Self-Sacrifice, Attempted, Guilt, Perceived Betrayal, By the one doing the betrayal, Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms

Cassandra wakes up in a hospital bed after a mission gone wrong.


Are You Sure You’re A- (592) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68911176

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
  • F/F
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Angel/Buffy Summers, Buffy Summers, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Femslash, Rule 63, Alternate Universe - Always a Different Gender or Sex, Sexual Orientation, Bisexual Buffy Summers


so i can feel my mind unweave again (551) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/67496656

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
  • Multi
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Drusilla/Xander Harris/Willow Rosenberg, Drusilla/Vampire Xander Harris/Vampire Willow Rosenberg, Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Xander Harris, Willow Rosenberg, Vampire Xander Harris, Vampire Willow Rosenberg
  • Polyamory, Getting Together, Buffy Wishverse, vamp!Xander/vamp!Willow to Drusilla/vamp!Xander/vamp!Willow, Mild Blood, Kissing, Offscreen Violence, offscreen murder, (not of any canon character it's just mentioned that they killed some people), canon typical vampire behavior

Vampire Xander and vampire Willow receive a special visitor, one who will change their lives forever.


Latte art (300) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/69115731

  • Bones (TV)
  • F/M
  • General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Wendell Bray/Clark Edison, Wendell Bray, Clark Edison
  • Genderbending, Clark is Clara, Coffee Shops, Triple Drabble, Treat, Pre-Relationship

Wendell walks into a café...



TV Show & Book Crossovers - Fanfic

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Slipping (2672) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68972851

  • Lupin (TV 2021), The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
  • M/M
  • Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Benjamin Ferel/James "Hobie" Hobart, Benjamin Ferel, James "Hobie" Hobart
  • Crossover Pairings, Established Relationship, Domestic Bliss, Melancholy, lying by omission, Art Forgery, and a sprinkle of Ben/Assane for spice

Ben and Hobie are quietly happy together, always down in their workshop...but Ben doesn't know how much longer he can hide the truth about his clients.


the princess of dragonstone (2277) : https://archiveofourown.org/collections/lbdex2025/works/68237571

  • A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon (TV)
  • F/M
  • Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Daenerys Targaryen/Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra), Daenerys Targaryen, Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Viserys on the Iron Throne, Dany Princess of Dragonstone, Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra) Lives, Time Travel, First Meetings, Dragonstone, Storms, Third person past tense, Happily Ever After (HEA)

Daenerys, Princess of Dragonstone, finds a windswept stranger on the shore of her island.


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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-08-28 07:32 pm

DW and Bluesky (and probably others)

are now going to block Mississippi IP addresses.

Link to DW explanation

Link to Tedium post on Bluesky

So, yay, piracy and VPNs all the way?

(I fucking hate this timeline, have I said that lately?)
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justmarriedmod ([personal profile] justmarriedmod) wrote in [community profile] justmarriedexchange2025-08-27 07:13 pm
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Current PDPHs #32, 46, 48-49, New PDPH #52

Thank you very much to all our post-deadline pinch hitters who are currently working on gifts!

We have 4 existing and 1 new post-deadline pinch hits. These are due August 29, 11:59 pm UTC (countdown), or negotiable.
Reveals are currently scheduled for August 31.

PH 32 - ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, Critical Role (Web Series), Bridgerton (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) )



PH 46 - 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Dishonored (Video Games), Dishonored (Video Games), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Girl Genius (Webcomic), Lackadaisy (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, Psychonauts (Video Games) )


PH 48 - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), 黄金の太陽 | Golden Sun Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) )


PH 49 - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, 鸣潮 | Wuthering Waves (Video Game), Limbus Company (Video Game) )


PH 52 - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), 너의 스탯이 보여! | Show Me Your Stats! (Webcomic), Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey )



To claim a PH, please comment here or email marriageex@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the number of the PH. We may not be able to immediately respond to pinch hit claims, but will get to them as soon as we’re able. Comments on this post are screened.
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hidden_variable ([personal profile] hidden_variable) wrote2025-08-27 04:07 pm
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Don't bow down to our robot overlords just yet

A couple of years ago I wrote about how I’ve started creating exam problems by feeding my old test questions to ChatGPT and asking for a critique of the results. Since then I’ve included a problem like this on every exam. I have to admit it’s been getting a bit more difficult to produce them, as ChatGPT has gotten better at responding to typical physics problems. I got into a discussion about this with a student recently: they said they used ChatGPT to check their answers, and expressed surprise when I cautioned them not to trust it. They also had a hard time believing that the chatbot nonsense I’d included on their last exam had been generated just a couple of weeks previously.

Well. ChatGPT now offers image capabilities–even in the free model, with a limited number per day. This opens up a whole new class of questions I can ask it. Today it created the diagram below, which made me laugh until literal tears came to my eyes, so I couldn’t resist sharing it:

Forces in Motion: a Vector Study by ChatGPT )

You will be assimilated by the Skateboarg! Resistance is negligibble! The uphill “Gravity” arrow is a nice subtle touch.

Anyway, I’ll be keeping this in mind later this week as I attend all the fall semester opening day talks about what a useful tool AI is.
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Zwei Hexen ([personal profile] zwei_hexen) wrote2025-08-27 11:00 pm

Write Every Day - August 2025 - Day 27

We're slowly approaching the end of the month, and are looking for offers to host September. You can always also share a month with somebody else.

Tally:
Welcome post
Rec your work post

Days 1-15 )

Day 16: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 17: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 18: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 19: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 20: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 21: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 22: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] the_siobhan, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 23: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] glinda, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 24: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [profile] cornerofmadess, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 25: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chanter1944, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] yasaman, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 26: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [profile] goddes47, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 27: [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] glinda

Let us know if we missed you or if you didn't check in for a while, so we can add you. Of course joining the fun is possible at any point.

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[personal profile] ysilme here: about 1,2k today, with over 600 of more backstory for the surprise character.

[personal profile] sylvanwitch here: I finished the alibi story with a final 243 words. I think I’ll let it sit a bit and then try to get it to 1K or below. (Right now, it’s over by just a bit.)
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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt2025-08-27 07:00 pm

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Dear Prudence,

My parents preferred my siblings my whole life. I was never abused, but they just weren’t as interested in me. They said my school events were too boring, but went to every game my siblings played in. I had everything I needed at home; I never went without food or essentials. But I didn’t get much attention, and I never got focused on time together like my siblings did.

They gave me a small amount of help with college, but I also took out loans and got scholarships. Both my siblings got fully paid for undergraduate degrees. I got a $200 check to help me with my first home, while both siblings got fully covered 20 percent down payments. They prioritized my siblings emotionally and financially, and eventually, I accepted that it wasn’t changing.

I dealt with this through therapy, and building my own support network of friends. My husband and I are close with his parents. My dad passed away during the pandemic. My mom died suddenly a few months ago, and I’m still processing it. I really wish we could have been close, and knowing that the door is closed forever hurts. She hired a professional to manage her estate, and I assumed she would do in death what she did in life. I didn’t expect to receive much.

Instead, I’m apparently receiving 3/4 of her estate, and an apology. It’s not millions, but it is shocking and I don’t know what to think. My siblings, with whom I’ve had a vague, surface-level relationship as adults, are furious. My husband says it’s late but deserved, while my siblings say it’s selfish and clearly Mom wasn’t in her right mind. Meanwhile, I’m just sad that she didn’t act in life, and instead left me an apology after death. How do I handle this?

—Sad on the Seacoast


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havocthecat ([personal profile] havocthecat) wrote2025-08-27 05:56 pm

Circle Updates

Just evening up a bit of subscription/access issues. Drop a (screened) comment if I removed you by accident.
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swan_tower ([personal profile] swan_tower) wrote2025-08-27 03:42 pm
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It's heeeeeere!

Apparently I did not hallucinate a couple of weeks ago . . .

Marie Brennan (a white woman with glasses and long brown hair in a single braid) looking pensively at the trophy for the Hugo Award for Best Poem

(I opted for the shot where I'm looking pensive rather than trying to smile, because I am atrociously bad at smiling for the camera. There's a reason my author photo features me looking like I'm about to stab somebody; it was preferable to any of the alternatives.)

So, yes: my award came!!! I could have opted to take it with me, but the logistics of getting it packed up -- especially the fragile glass part -- and handed over to me before I left on Sunday were complicated enough that it was simpler to just have them ship it to me. The downside, of course, was that I had to wait a whole WEEK AND A HALF to put my shiny new rocket on display!

. . . hilariously, a rejection for a packet of poems hit my inbox while I was reassembling this.

It's going to live in my office for at least a while, so that I see it every time I come in. Eventually I think I'll move it downstairs to our front room, where visitors to the house will see it, but for now -- nope, it's mine, my preciousssssss.
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-08-28 07:06 am

第四年第二百三十一天

部首
口 part 17
和, and/peace; 咖, coffee; 咩, baa pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=30

语法
是...的
https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/shi4-de/

词汇
已, already; 早已, long ago (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
云澜的方法可能更适合这个和平的年代, maybe Yunlan's methods are better suited to this era of peace
这小孩是我们处刚调来的, the kid just came to us
我已经答应了, I have already promised

Me:
你们坐下来,喝点咖啡吧。
不是他给我的。