A Story About Some Expensive Shit
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metafilter_feedThe pendant was retrieved naturally, with no medical intervention, according to NZ police.
2561 / Fic - The Pitt
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siriaThe Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~6600 words | Thanks to
sheafrotherdon for betaing.(Also on AO3)
( 'I can't believe I'm saying this,' Robby said, 'but humans don't turn into dogs.' )
Who tf is Doug Wilson?
Dec. 6th, 2025 03:44 pmmetafilter_feed
can't sleep, prestige TV will eat me
Dec. 6th, 2025 09:41 amthe_shoshannaI have to prep to help lead service at church tomorrow morning, and all I want to do today is read Rachel Reid and watch TV. Can't I just stay home and worship at the Church of Bubble Butts?
You just know there's going to be food puns
Dec. 6th, 2025 02:41 pmmetafilter_feedA ceasefire in name only
Dec. 6th, 2025 02:20 pmmetafilter_feed(Previously.) Current state of US legislation: - HR 3565 Block the Bombs Act - 57 cosponsors - HRes.876 - Recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza - 21 cosponsors Commentary: Mondoweiss - Stop calling right-wing criticism of Israel "anti-Zionism" - One danger of this misidentification is that it reproduces, in reverse, the spurious logic that conflates anti-Zionism and antisemitism. The resistance by pundits and politicians like Fuentes, Owens, Marjorie Taylor Green and others to U.S. support for Israel is transparently rooted in antisemitism first and foremost. Foreign Affairs - The End of the Israeli Exception ungated - by Andrew Miller, former Biden staffer. NYT - How the Democrats Blew It On Gaza ungated - by Ben Rhodes, former Obama staffer
Site update! (Sort of.)
Dec. 6th, 2025 08:00 pmflamebyrdWe upgraded Ubuntu on our webserver, which upgraded PHP, which broke the CMS I was using for random.fangirling.net. The CMS (PicoCMS) is no longer supported or under active development, as is the way of such things, and it makes sense to me because the niche it filled - flat file CMSes - was quickly squeezed out by static site generators.
So I figured I should rebuild it using a static site generator (SSG), and spent some time playing around with Astro and Eleventy before I got too frustrated by how hard it was to build a site with the file structure I wanted. And then I thought, why did I spend all that time writing a static site generator if I wasn't going to use it?
And thus, here we are. random.fangirling.net is now mostly functional again. Please let me know if anything seems amiss!
The biggest thing that's missing is the breadcrumb navigation, which was the only kind of navigation I had on the site but which is difficult to generate with my script. So that's on the TODO list.
I thought I might make the code I use to generate the site public too, as a demo for how to use my
makesite.py fork. Something to ponder!A disturbing kind of satisfaction
Dec. 6th, 2025 10:16 ammetafilter_feedLegendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96 [BBC] Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96 [NPR] Remembering Frank Gehry: Ten Landmark L.A. Buildings That Defined The Boundary-Shattering Architect's Genius [Secret LA]
Stranger Things 5x01-04
Dec. 5th, 2025 11:37 pmsholio( Random spoilers in no particular order )
Dreaming about finishing my To do List
Dec. 6th, 2025 08:42 ammetafilter_feed
New Vid: Philip Swift/Syrena Fan Video - Sirens
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viddingThe Bipolar Jets of KX Andromedae
Dec. 6th, 2025 06:16 amapod_feed
Blasting outward from variable star KX Andromedae,
All Things To Me: Netflix Edition
Dec. 6th, 2025 04:04 ammetafilter_feedNow the next big question (beyond whether the merger will pass federal approval), is Netflix trying to kill Warner's theater releases?
(No word yet on the fate of the multi-branded HBO Max/Go)
How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way
Dec. 6th, 2025 03:57 ammetafilter_feedIt's Such A Mind Game, Isn't It?
Dec. 6th, 2025 03:53 ammetafilter_feedThe Mighty Fitz & Me
Dec. 6th, 2025 02:51 ammetafilter_feedNick Tabone is a writer, a sailor, a runner, and a skateboarder. Other essays on life working the Great Lakes are here.
It's (almost) the most wonderful time of the year!
Dec. 5th, 2025 05:33 pmsdwolfpupWhat's More Joy Day? In short it's this:
Every year since 2008, in the interest of spreading more joy, I’ve proposed that on a designated day in early January we each engage in one act, either online or physical space (or both!), which brings joy to another person, in the hopes that that person will spread that joy further, and exponentially onward.
This act can be as simple as leaving a comment on a fanwork to as complicated as planting a tree or flower in someone's honor and sharing a photo of it and why you chose that person. If you want the longer version (and more suggestions) you can check out this tumblr post from 2024 which provides both.
In 2026, More Joy Day will be Thursday, January 8!
(The first MJ Days were on Thursdays, and then I moved them to Fridays, but I'm going back to Thursday this year because I think a regular work day could use more joy than a Friday. Let's see how it goes.)
On More Joy Day, I'll post here and you can share your MJ Day activity so other people can feel the radiating waves of joy just from reading about it. :) I hope to see you there!
weekend open thread – December 6-7, 2025
Dec. 6th, 2025 12:07 amaskamanager_feed
This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand.
Here are the rules for the weekend posts.
Book recommendation of the week: Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan. A short-lived affair in a small town in 1945 has long-lasting consequences for two families. I loved this! It ended up being my favorite book of everything I read this year. (Amazon, Bookshop)
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思い出まるさん。Maru’s memories.
Dec. 5th, 2025 11:00 pmmaru_feed2026 Theme Suggestions
Dec. 5th, 2025 03:06 pmrunpunkrun posting in fancakeHey all, it's December and that means it's time to share your suggestions for next year's themes!
You can comment on this post with up to 10 suggestions. Comments will be screened, but I'll unscreen mine so you can get a feel for how it goes.
Suggested themes should be new to the comm and broad enough to sustain a month of recommendations, and I'm going to be more particular than I have in the past, as I'd like to focus on general themes that make it easier for everyone to participate. To give you an idea of what this means, I'm aiming for themes that have at least 5,000 completed works on AO3. I've also preloaded the list with some common genres that, surprisingly enough, we haven't done yet, like fantasy.
I'll drop by your comments and let you know which of your suggestions meet these guidelines. As part of this process I may offer slight alterations or rework themes to make them more inclusive.
If you can, check out our spreadsheet of past themes before commenting to make sure your suggestions aren't already on there.
If you need some inspiration:
- Last year's suggestion post
- List of Fic Kinks, Tropes, and Clichés at Fanlore
- Cliché Bingo's Big List of Clichés (Wayback Link)
- Hurt/Comfort Bingo Prompts
- Kink Bingo's Kink Wiki (NSFW)
- Trope List & Definitions at Trope Bingo
- TV Tropes
I'll add the suggestions to this post once they've been confirmed, but I still, somehow, don't have all the past themes memorized, so if I make a mistake or if I accept a suggestion that is hurtful or badly worded, let me know.
Theme suggestions will be voted on later this month and the most popular will advance to the monthly theme polls in 2026.
( Confirmed Theme Suggestions )
If you have any questions or need help, come find me!