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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-28 02:23 pm

Action Comics #709

Writer: David Michelinie

Pencils: Butch Guice

Inks: Denis Rodier


Guy Gardner's powers have gone out if control, so it is up to Superman to stop him.


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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-28 09:08 am
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Bundle of Holding: Hostile Hot Zones



Recent supplements for the HOSTILE tabletop roleplaying game

Bundle of Holding: Hostile Hot Zones
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tielan ([personal profile] tielan) wrote2025-08-28 04:48 pm

about to head out

Damn. I had half a post typed out and now it's all gone.

The holiday has crept up on me super-fast, and rather stressfully.

Most things are booked and sorted, I need to set up tours in Portugal and in Toronto, but otherwise...I think I'm set. I hope I'm set.

Today has been a change in the weather, occasioning runny noses and sore throats. At least, I hope it's the weather, cause I'll be absolutely furious if it's COVID or a flu.

I've been called in for Jury Duty in the middle of my holiday. I've submitted my flight details, which have been booked since April, but which were rebooked in August - luckily beforfe they sent the notice of the Jury summons. Ugh.

I suspect at some point, though, I might have to use the work situation as a defence against being called up.

--

It's now just past 11pm and I think I've managed to pack all the things I have to pack. PHEW.

A couple of things I haven't managed to do - update my will, and get my power of attorney sorted.

Just sent the itinerary.

Okay, time for a wash and bed. And hope this sore throat is just the weather. UGH.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-28 08:58 am
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Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky



First contact on the lightless surface of an alien moon.

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I Can Has Cheezburger? ([syndicated profile] icanhascheezburger_feed) wrote2025-08-28 04:00 am

Boyfriend breaks up with aspiring cat mom because she ‘wouldn't stop’ talking about adopting her sou

Posted by Lana DeGaetano

Relationships come and go, but the love shared between a cat and their pet parent is furever.

It's always the "nice guys" who end up having one of the biggest red flags to animal lovers: They don't care for animals. Pet parents know that we'd do anything for our babies, regardless of how difficult it may seem, because they are our children—a part of the family. Their purrs radiate through our bodies whenever they sploot on our chests, they nudge our legs when they want our affection, but most of all, they choose to like us.

Pet parents can also choose to like whoever they please when it comes to hoomans. The woman in this next story is dumped by her boyfriend after she wouldn't stop gushing about the newest kitty she was planning on adopting. Speaking for every pet parent reading this: Good riddance. Any man, or partner in general, who puts you down over the wholesome animal love you possess, needs to be out the door, period.

The woman then adopted the kitten the next day, and she couldn't be happier. Who needs romance when you have the best platonic bond in the world with a cat? Scroll below to read the whole story and browse some pawdorable pics of the kitten himself.

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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-08-30 06:54 am

Standards for signing up with ICE are so low

maybe it makes sense to undermine them from within? Oh, where's the sabotage manual when I want it?

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marciratingsystem ([personal profile] marcicat) wrote2025-08-28 07:58 am
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fic rec Thursday

(I'm taking tomorrow off from work, so this is my work-week Friday!)

Ship's Unit, by i_have_loved_the_stars_too_fondly, WyvernWolf

Ship: request:governor_module_disable_code

MB: What??

MB: You don’t have a governor module. What do you need that for??

Ship: current_crew:SecUnit
I Can Has Cheezburger? ([syndicated profile] icanhascheezburger_feed) wrote2025-08-28 05:00 pm

‘I catnapped someone’s cat by accident’: Guy adopts a “stray” then learns he belongs to his elderly

Posted by Etai Eshet

Meatball by vibe, Mr. Snickerdoodle by birth certificate, he rotates between snack stop and medicine stop like a tiny diplomat with two passports.

One day you're minding your own business, the next you're harboring a whiskered fugitive with unpaid rent, a tuna habit, and a bathroom squatters' rights claim.

I Can Has Cheezburger? ([syndicated profile] icanhascheezburger_feed) wrote2025-08-28 04:00 pm

26 Chaotic Memes of Cats That Are 100% Forklift Certified

Posted by Sarah Brown

When it comes to heavy machinery, cats are the unexpected overachievers of the construction world. Forget safety manuals. They're forklift certified, crane licensed, and bulldozer approved, with a minor in paw-lifting operations. Every lever, button, and joystick is an opportunity to demonstrate impeccable feline finesse… or just see what makes the most noise.

One minute they're perched majestically on a backhoe, tail flicking like a metronome, the next they're batting controls with curiosity-driven precision… or chaos. Excavator claws? Perfect for digging. Crane hooks? Ideal for dangling toys and morale boosts. Supervisors may frown, but productivity is clearly measured in purrs per hour, and cats excel in that metric.

By the end of the day, the humans are exhausted, paperwork is scattered, and coffee mugs teeter on the edge of danger, but the cats have logged their hours, earned imaginary safety badges, and perfected the art of controlled mayhem. Sure, a little cleanup is required, but watching cats operate heavy machinery is a spectacle of utter awe, amusement, and feline superiority. No hooman could ever compete with this level of paws-on expertise.

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I Can Has Cheezburger? ([syndicated profile] icanhascheezburger_feed) wrote2025-08-28 10:00 am

30 Grumpy Cats for Grumpy People Who Emeowtionally Clocked Out for the Weekend

Posted by Blake Seidel

Do you know what the thing that set us over the edge this week was, feline fam? It wasn't stubbing our toe yesterday on the corner of our office desk, it wasn't the glass we broke while trying to put ice inside of it, it was that we went downstairs to get a fresh package of litter for our cats, only to realize that there wasn't any actually there. Another errand to run, another trip to the pet store, all on top of our normal work to do. It's so silly that something so small can break you, right?

So, we're identifying as a grumpy cat today. We're not going to smile at you on the street; we're going to fill our headphones with metal music and be our grumpy selves until the weekend. Why? Because we can. If cats can get away with it, we think we should be able to as well. And you had better be happy we're just looking like a grumpy cat and not acting like one…. because most grumpy cats smack people when they are annoyed. We haven't gotten there yet, but if you keep asking us questions, we just might get there.

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podklb ([personal profile] klb) wrote in [community profile] pod_together2025-08-28 07:31 am
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Day 1 Reveals 2025

Beneath the Weight [text, audio] (Star Wars: Rebels)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] wanderingjedihistorian, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Flowerparrish
Summary: There was a group of Wookiees being moved to Kessel and Hera Syndulla desperately wanted to find them.
More, it was imperative that…mission happen exactly as it had. Without everything that happened during that operation, Kallus didn’t know if Ezra would choose to join the Ghost crew and let Kanan train him. Above all else, that needed to happen.

D's bring about change (One Piece (Anime & Manga))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Lerya, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] GodOfLaundryBaskets
Summary: Law never knew what the will of D meant. He suspects he doesn't have it as much as others do.
Then he meets Monkey D. Luffy and knows for a fact that this man does have it. There is no other reason why he would go around punching Celestial Dragons and declaring war on the World Government. It's entertaining as hell though.
Sticking around, he's with Luffy when Kuma sends him and his crew away, leading to an extra ally in Marineford which will bring about another change.

A Matter of Blood (The Maze Runner (Movies), The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Lalaith_Quetzalli, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] farkenshnoffingottom
Summary: They make it to the Safe Haven. Against all expectations and seemingly insurmountable odds, they do. At first all they can do is rest, recover, grow used to being truly free. But once the fear has truly passed, once they begin to settle. That’s when the time comes for the questions, and some answers none of them ever saw coming…

Our Place (Magic Kaito)
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Dokuhan, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Nymphie_Wolf
Summary: Sometimes, the smallest comforts can help the largest emotional hurts.
In their childhood, Aoko has a bad day and Kaito does what he can to help. Years later, Aoko returns the favor.

Two Sides of a Trick Coin (One Piece (Live Action TV 2023))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] estelraca, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] GodOfLaundryBaskets
Summary: Everyone assumes Zoro and Luffy have a psychic connection.
They don't, and they really hate it when they finally do.
Sometimes all you need to do is see another person to know them.

the company job (Leverage (US TV 2008))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] BubblesKat, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] ShakespeareStoleMyURL and [archiveofourown.org profile] BubblesKat
Summary: The Leverage team gets a new client. The marks own a theatre. The only logical solution is to do a long con production of the musical Company.

The House That Waited [text, audio] (Stranger Things (TV 2016))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] patientanxiety, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] Jet_pods
Summary: They meant it to be a routine check. One last run-through of Hawkins' dark landmarks, just to be sure. No more Upside Down. No more gates. Just overgrown lots and burnt-out memories. But the Creel House still stood, its silhouette jagged and resentful against the evening sky.
Eddie and Steve soon find out that a routine check on the Creel House turns into a fight for their lives.

Between Worlds [text, audio] (Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Andromeda (TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Nicky_Gabriel, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] 429_CarCrash
Summary: Yue and Bato’s life changing conversation about life, the universe and everything. As they are trapped in the fourth dimension, facing the evilest being that ever existed, the answer is not always 42. Fortunately, they are the luckiest people in the Universe.

The Inheritance of Dreams (One Piece (Live Action TV 2023))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] estelraca, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] kaisicle-podfics
Summary: At first Garp doesn't believe that Red-Leg Zeff might actually be trying to settle down and open a restaurant, but as the two exchange letters, he starts to believe maybe it's possible for a pirate to change his stripes.

So Long and Lost (The Devil Wears Prada (2006))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] schwanenkoenigin, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] wilfriede0815
Summary: Miranda writes a letter to her late wife, Andrea.

Put up with the rain (Ultraman Arc (TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] alchemicink, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] bluedreaming
Summary:

"Looks like the storm ought to blow over quickly."
"That's good."
Shu is about to just go back up to the office to wait, but then Yuma plops down on the top step, which is still shielded from the rain by the overhang above. He glances upwards towards Shu with a friendly smile that pierces right through his dreary mood.
"You can wait with me if you want, Mr. Ishido."

Five rainy days Shu experiences in Hoshimoto City

write to me, in time [text, audio] (9-1-1 (TV))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] coffee_and_cardamom, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] 42donotpanic
Summary: Buck and Eddie write letters across time. Or: The Lakehouse AU.

I'm sorry, did I stutter when I said to shut up or? (Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010))
written by [archiveofourown.org profile] Yuurei and [archiveofourown.org profile] kbirb, performed by [archiveofourown.org profile] kbirb
Summary: Breaking News: Trans Crimelord Hates Transphobes!
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it only hurts when i breathe ([personal profile] spikedluv) wrote2025-08-28 06:19 am

The Day in Spikedluv (Wednesday, Aug 27)

I had a chiropractic appointment and a pedicure this morning. I got in a walk around the park between appointments, and headed to the hospital to visit mom after my pedicure. Since I wasn’t home very much, fewer chores got done. I managed to hand-wash dishes, run a load in the dishwasher, and cut up chicken for the dogs' meals.

I read more in Amelia Peabody while I was at the hospital and managed to handwrite ~1,100 words on my new fic!

Temps started out at 54.0(F). I don’t know what the high was. It was cloudy in the morning and looked like it would rain, though rain wasn’t in the forecast. The sun came out later and it looked nice out, but I didn’t get to experience it. It had turned chilly again by the time I left the hospital.


Mom Update:

Mom looks better and seems more alert, but otherwise is doing about the same. Probably thanks to the fluids she’s getting. more back here )
I Can Has Cheezburger? ([syndicated profile] icanhascheezburger_feed) wrote2025-08-28 01:00 am

A Ray of Sunshine in the Form of 21 Fuzzy Feline Funnies

Posted by Lana DeGaetano

It's that time again, so I hope you pet parents have your sunblock and sun-brellas ready! Today's forecast has a 100% chance of sunshine, all day! Thanks to the funniest cat posts on the World Wild Web, the UV index is at an all-time high until further notice.

All day, every day, you click on our website to check out the most hissterical feline funnies accessible through the internet. Though we've been around for quite a while, we are always happy to see new pet parents finding our heartwarming content. In the same way our beloved purring machines do, we want to bring a silly smile to yourself by way of pawesome memes that you never knew existed.

My baby tuxedo, Cooper, is curled up in a perfect black and white ball as I write this. He wheezes when he's in a deep sleep, so sometimes I give him a little nudge to tell him to quiet down! Hey, I'm working to keep Churus on the table for him—it's the least he can do. Enough about me. What about you, pet parents? Now's the time to get your shades on, the ray of sunshine is imminent!

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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-08-29 07:41 pm

Let's just pretend I posted this on International Left-hander's Day

Poll #33546 Left handers unite!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40


Which are you?

View Answers

Sinister
13 (32.5%)

Gauche
27 (67.5%)



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oursin ([personal profile] oursin) wrote2025-08-28 09:45 am
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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-28 09:00 am

Green Lantern #196

Writer: Steve Englehart

Pencils: Joe Staton

Inks: Bruce Patterson


The Guardians of the Universe send Guy on a mission to recruit super-villains in the fight against the Anti-Monitor. What could possibly go wrong?


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tamaranth ([personal profile] tamaranth) wrote2025-08-28 07:49 am
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2025/131: Creation Lake — Rachel Kushner

2025/131: Creation Lake — Rachel Kushner
Neanderthals were prone to depression, he said.
He said they were prone to addiction, too, and especially smoking. [first line]

That opening hooked me, though it's not exactly indicative of the novel as a whole... Sadie Smith (not her real name) is thirty-four, a heavy drinker, a former FBI operative now employed as a translator for Bruno Lacombe, an ageing revolutionary who lives in a cave and communicates with his disciple Pascal Balmy by email. Read more... )

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boxofdelights ([personal profile] boxofdelights) wrote2025-08-28 12:12 am

Mount TBR

Mount TBR )

We Do This Til We Free Us for Slow Book Club, which had its first (online) meeting Monday. We discussed parts 1 and 2. We'll discuss parts 3, 4 and 5 next month. I thought the discussion was really good! It's open to new members, so if you would like to jump in, let me know.

Always Coming Home for Solarpunk Futures bookgroup, later today (Thursday). This bookgroup is also online and open to new members, so if you are interested in discussing Always Coming Home this evening, let me know.

The Meadow for Classics bookgroup
Artful for 1000 Books To Read Before You Die
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books for Fort Collins Reads
The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton for Tawanda bookgroup
Lonely Castle in the Mirror for SF bookgroup

Mathematical Mindsets for ideas on working with a kid who is way behind where school wants her to be in fourth grade

The Paper Playhouse and Craft The Rainbow due back at the library soon.