If You Own a PS5, the PlayStation DualSense Controller Now Costs Peanuts on Amazon
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This is the lowest price ever seen for a PS5 DualSense controller.
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Fortune Wheel 02.25: Weekly Reminder 4
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fandom_empireIt's Saturday, and still one day to go until week four is over. Posting for this week officially ends Sunday, June 8 17.00 UTC. There is a grace period until the week is finally called 'close'.
We have 12 regular participants so far; and 5 participants in the team challenge. Feel free to check the score lists. The total score and the teams will be counted on Sunday. If you find a mistake or you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment here.
You can earn 15 regular weekly points + some extra points when using the lucky color.
You can use a wildcard at any time, to grab any prompt from your promptlist. The connected color prompt won't change!
You can post two fills for the team challenge. Even if you haven't signed up, you can participate as a joker to support a team. Joker fills can't earn any individual points!
We have 12 regular participants so far; and 5 participants in the team challenge. Feel free to check the score lists. The total score and the teams will be counted on Sunday. If you find a mistake or you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment here.
You can earn 15 regular weekly points + some extra points when using the lucky color.
You can use a wildcard at any time, to grab any prompt from your promptlist. The connected color prompt won't change!
You can post two fills for the team challenge. Even if you haven't signed up, you can participate as a joker to support a team. Joker fills can't earn any individual points!
Check in Day 7!
Jun. 7th, 2025 11:21 amomens posting in writethisfanficI've been sitting around bored all morning and it didn't occur to me until just now that I could be writing.
Poll #33226 Writing!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 0
Did you write today?
Some of these are downers and others not
Jun. 7th, 2025 03:50 pmoursinActually, I can't find that the article by Molly-Jong Fast in today's Guardian Saturday is currently online, alas - clearly she had a sad and distressing childhood, even if I was tempted, and probably not the only one to be so tempted, to murmur, apologies to P Larkin, 'they zipless fuck you up...', the abrupt dismissal of her nanny, her only secure attachment figure, when Erica J suddenly remarried (again) was particularly harsh, I thought. No wonder she had problems.
And really, even if she does make a point of how relatively privileged she was, that doesn't actually ameliorate how badly she was treated.
Only the other day there was an obituary of the psychoanalyst Joy Schaverien, who wrote Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the “Privileged” Child.
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Another rather traumatic parenting story, though this is down to the hospitals: BBC News is now aware of five cases of babies swapped by mistake in maternity wards from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Lawyers say they expect more people to come forward driven by the increase in cheap genetic testing.:
[V]ery gradually, more babies were delivered in hospital, where newborns were typically removed for periods to be cared for in nurseries.
"The baby would be taken away between feeds so that the mother could rest, and the baby could be watched by either a nursery nurse or midwife," says Terri Coates, a retired lecturer in midwifery, and former clinical adviser on BBC series Call The Midwife.
"It may sound paternalistic, but midwives believed they were looking after mums and babies incredibly well."
It was common for new mothers to be kept in hospital for between five and seven days, far longer than today.
To identify newborns in the nursery, a card would be tied to the end of the cot with the baby's name, mother's name, the date and time of birth, and the baby's weight.
"Where cots rather than babies were labelled, accidents could easily happen"
Plus, this was the era of the baby boom, one imagines maternity wards may have been a bit swamped....
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A different sort of misattribution: The furniture fraud who hoodwinked the Palace of Versailles:
[T]his assortment of royal chairs would become embroiled in a national scandal that would rock the French antiques world, bringing the trade into disrepute.
The reason? The chairs were in fact all fakes.
The scandal saw one of France's leading antiques experts, Georges "Bill" Pallot, and award-winning cabinetmaker, Bruno Desnoues, put on trial on charges of fraud and money laundering following a nine-year investigation.
....
Speaking in court in March, Mr Pallot said the scheme started as a "joke" with Mr Desnoues in 2007 to see if they could replicate an armchair they were already working on restoring, that once belonged to Madame du Barry.
Masters of their crafts, they managed the feat, convincing other experts that it was a chair from the period.
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I am really given a little hope for an anti-Mybug tendency among the masculine persuasion: A Man writes in 'the issue is not whether men are being published, but whether they are reading – and being supported to develop emotional lives that fiction can help foster'
While Geoff Dyer in The Books of [His] Life goes in hard with Beatrix Potter as early memory, Elizabeth Taylor as late-life discovery, and Rosamond Lehmann's The Weather in the Streets as
One of those perennially bubbling-under modern classics – too good for the Championship, unable to sustain a place in the Premier league – which turns out to be way better than some of the canonical stalwarts permanently installed in the top flight.
Okay, I mark him down a bit for the macho ' I don’t go to books for comfort', but still, not bad for a bloke, eh.
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Murderbot ep #5
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:52 ammarcicatOkay, there are plenty of things not to miss about how tv was back in, uh... ::checks internet:: 1990, when ST:TNG did the summer Borg cliffhanger thing, but CAN YOU IMAGINE if Murderbot Season 1 was 20+ episodes long, and ep 5 was actually ep 10, and was the summer cliffhanger?
And MOST IMPORTANTLY can you imagine the absolute MOUNTAINS of fanfic that would be created between now and September?
Which is to say, yes, I'd like to read at least a hundred AUs spinning off from the end of ep 5.
And MOST IMPORTANTLY can you imagine the absolute MOUNTAINS of fanfic that would be created between now and September?
Which is to say, yes, I'd like to read at least a hundred AUs spinning off from the end of ep 5.
The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Trailers at Summer Game Fest 2025
Jun. 7th, 2025 02:30 pmio9_feed
'Resident Evil Requiem' and 'Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver' were just two intriguing trailers at this year's Summer Game Fest.
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This charger is super compact and costs almost nothing compared to other models just like it.
Million-Dollar Project Aims to Expose Bad Medical Research
Jun. 7th, 2025 02:00 pmio9_feed
Armed with funding, algorithms, and a tip line, this new effort aims to dig corrupt studies out of medical literature before they do real-world harm.
The Friday Five
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:05 ammelaganThe Friday Five
1. Have you ever been to summer camp?
No. Not the traditional idea of a summer camp. However, my family would spend the whole summer at our camp on the lake.
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
Yes, and still do. Not quite the same made in the microwave though.
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
Yes, as a kid. My cousin and I decided it would be a great idea. We made homemade hammocks-the kind only a kid could love- under the apple trees. In the morning, I woke up face-to-face with a cow. Goodness, I haven't thought about that in years.
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
Yes. My husband was the opposite sex. (that sounds so weird to type it out like that)
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
Queen with a brand new mattress. I just replaced the old one a week ago.
1. Have you ever been to summer camp?
No. Not the traditional idea of a summer camp. However, my family would spend the whole summer at our camp on the lake.
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
Yes, and still do. Not quite the same made in the microwave though.
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
Yes, as a kid. My cousin and I decided it would be a great idea. We made homemade hammocks-the kind only a kid could love- under the apple trees. In the morning, I woke up face-to-face with a cow. Goodness, I haven't thought about that in years.
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
Yes. My husband was the opposite sex. (that sounds so weird to type it out like that)
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
Queen with a brand new mattress. I just replaced the old one a week ago.
Zines
Jun. 7th, 2025 09:05 amused_songsI FINALLY printed copies of the zines I made during April and May. If you would like some, send me a message with your address and I will get them in the mail. I am not comment screening, so don’t leave your address here!
Ya Gotta Buy What Ya Gotta Buy
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:01 ammallorys_cameraOh, this is sad! 😢
The Pine Bush UFO Fair & parade is scheduled for today, and it is raining.
In the mid-1980s, Pine Bush, New York, was the UFO Capital of the Western World. Hundreds of reports described a V-shaped craft adorned with colored lights that hovered slowly and silently in the sky, a sighting that became known as "the Westchester Boomerang" 'cause I guess it was sighted in Westchester County, too.
Of course, Pine Bush is relatively near what was, in the mid-80s, a military base, Stewart Airfield.
I remain agnostic on the subject of UFOs.
And will probably toddle off to Pine Bush anyway in a few minutes 'cause short drive.
###
Meanwhile, despite the humid, hot, sticky weather of the past few days, I have been trying to hold off on AC because AC is terrible for the environment (energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions 'cause refrigerants.)
So, yesterday I bought myself a portable DREO fan, which I gotta say, is just amazing 'cause it keeps me cool even when the Patrizia-torium is a sauna.
DREO is made in China, which I don't like. I've been boycotting goods made in China since forever for a reason nobody really cares about anymore: Tibet.
But sometimes ya gotta buy what ya gotta buy.
The Pine Bush UFO Fair & parade is scheduled for today, and it is raining.
In the mid-1980s, Pine Bush, New York, was the UFO Capital of the Western World. Hundreds of reports described a V-shaped craft adorned with colored lights that hovered slowly and silently in the sky, a sighting that became known as "the Westchester Boomerang" 'cause I guess it was sighted in Westchester County, too.
Of course, Pine Bush is relatively near what was, in the mid-80s, a military base, Stewart Airfield.
I remain agnostic on the subject of UFOs.
And will probably toddle off to Pine Bush anyway in a few minutes 'cause short drive.
###
Meanwhile, despite the humid, hot, sticky weather of the past few days, I have been trying to hold off on AC because AC is terrible for the environment (energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions 'cause refrigerants.)
So, yesterday I bought myself a portable DREO fan, which I gotta say, is just amazing 'cause it keeps me cool even when the Patrizia-torium is a sauna.
DREO is made in China, which I don't like. I've been boycotting goods made in China since forever for a reason nobody really cares about anymore: Tibet.
But sometimes ya gotta buy what ya gotta buy.
Trump’s DOT Threatens to Pull Funding for California’s High-Speed Rail
Jun. 7th, 2025 01:00 pmio9_feed
The feds claim there is "no viable plan" to make the project work.
Courses - May/June 2025
Jun. 7th, 2025 01:42 pmsmallhobbitFutureLearn
Italian for Beginners (Part 2 & Part 3) (Open University) I'm definitely learning something. If I really worked at it I'd learn more, but learning lots of vocabulary no longer appeals, so I'm working on the general repetition basis and some of it is going in.
Film Audience & Spectator Experience (Film Distributors' Association) I don't go to the cinema very often, although this year I have seen 'Conclave' and 'Mr Burton', but nevertheless this is a well-presented course, which I enjoyed doing and from which I learnt a little. It's also improved by having the main tutor responding to comments.
OpenLearn
Transport & Sustainability
A Level 2 science course, which I was delighted to be able to follow and do the calculations. An interesting look at different forms of transport and their relative sustainability, including being realistic about the current greener options.
Basic Science: Understanding Numbers
Continuing with the Maths theme. Quite interesting, but covers a lot of the ground I've done previously. I'm now looking at taking some Level 2 Maths courses, which should require rather more mental input, which is one of the reasons for my taking courses!
Understanding Autism
Another badged course. Well worth doing. Although I've had contact with people with autism and their needs before, I felt the course taught me a number of things. Within a church setting, it doesn't hurt to be aware of needs and be as accommodating as possible.
Italian for Beginners (Part 2 & Part 3) (Open University) I'm definitely learning something. If I really worked at it I'd learn more, but learning lots of vocabulary no longer appeals, so I'm working on the general repetition basis and some of it is going in.
Film Audience & Spectator Experience (Film Distributors' Association) I don't go to the cinema very often, although this year I have seen 'Conclave' and 'Mr Burton', but nevertheless this is a well-presented course, which I enjoyed doing and from which I learnt a little. It's also improved by having the main tutor responding to comments.
OpenLearn
Transport & Sustainability
A Level 2 science course, which I was delighted to be able to follow and do the calculations. An interesting look at different forms of transport and their relative sustainability, including being realistic about the current greener options.
Basic Science: Understanding Numbers
Continuing with the Maths theme. Quite interesting, but covers a lot of the ground I've done previously. I'm now looking at taking some Level 2 Maths courses, which should require rather more mental input, which is one of the reasons for my taking courses!
Understanding Autism
Another badged course. Well worth doing. Although I've had contact with people with autism and their needs before, I felt the course taught me a number of things. Within a church setting, it doesn't hurt to be aware of needs and be as accommodating as possible.
The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, June 6)
Jun. 7th, 2025 09:08 amspikedluvI hit Walmart, Price Chopper and the Bakery while I was downtown and got in a short walk around the park. I hit Stewart’s (for gas and milk) on the way to pick up the dogs, and hit the bank drive-thru on the way back home (because the dogs get treats). Most of my shopping was to stock up on some items in case I couldn’t go shopping next week. It was a small step in reducing my stress.
I did two loads of laundry, the usual amount of hand-washing dishes, and changed kitty litter.
I added ~1,400 words to mysmallfandomfest fic!! It’s a comfortable place to end it, I think, so just need to give it a re-read/edit. I started the next Amelia Peabody book, watched the current ep of Murderbot, and attended Baby A’s dance recital.
(Their 'number' was adorable! It was basically their teacher helping them form a bridge with their body, then laying down and rolling along the mats, then helping them 'stand' on their hands before lying them down to do somersaults to the end of the mat. They performed to Circle of Life from Lion King. (The theme was broadway.)
Mom and I left during intermission (we'd seen about a dozen performances and there were about that many left), but my niece Ireland remembered me mentioning that I'd have to miss them do 'Dancing Queen' so she recorded it and sent it to me, which I thought was nice.)
I browned ground beef and boiled pasta to make ziti for tonight’s supper.
Temps started out at 65.1(F) and reached 73.4. We were supposed to have patches of rain and thunderstorms all day, but we only got some rain in the afternoon (no thunder or lightning, thankfully, because the dogs hate it).
I did two loads of laundry, the usual amount of hand-washing dishes, and changed kitty litter.
I added ~1,400 words to my
smallfandomfest fic!! It’s a comfortable place to end it, I think, so just need to give it a re-read/edit. I started the next Amelia Peabody book, watched the current ep of Murderbot, and attended Baby A’s dance recital.(Their 'number' was adorable! It was basically their teacher helping them form a bridge with their body, then laying down and rolling along the mats, then helping them 'stand' on their hands before lying them down to do somersaults to the end of the mat. They performed to Circle of Life from Lion King. (The theme was broadway.)
Mom and I left during intermission (we'd seen about a dozen performances and there were about that many left), but my niece Ireland remembered me mentioning that I'd have to miss them do 'Dancing Queen' so she recorded it and sent it to me, which I thought was nice.)
I browned ground beef and boiled pasta to make ziti for tonight’s supper.
Temps started out at 65.1(F) and reached 73.4. We were supposed to have patches of rain and thunderstorms all day, but we only got some rain in the afternoon (no thunder or lightning, thankfully, because the dogs hate it).
Sam Altman’s Brief Ouster at OpenAI Is Getting the Movie Treatment
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:15 pmio9_feed
A film no one asked for.
Cool Physics Feat Makes a Sphere Roll Down a Vertical Wall
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:00 pmio9_feed
Scientists have discovered that under the right conditions, a gummy bear-like ball can roll down a vertical wall all by itself—upending a core assumption in physics.
Just One Thing (07 June 2025)
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:49 pmnanila posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
[#261] Unholy Alliance (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:49 pmbadly_knitted posting in fandomweeklyTheme Prompt: #261 - Schemes
Title: Unholy Alliance
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating/Warnings: PG / None
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 756
Summary: Spike is not a fan of Angelus’ scheme to suck the world into Hell, but to prevent it, he’ll need some help.
Booksta, Canva, and Cozy Chaos
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:14 pmbadfalcon(or: how I stopped trying to be a serious reviewer and started having a good time)
So… I’ve accidentally fallen back into Bookstagram.
Not in a strategy kind of way. Not with spreadsheets or goals or carefully timed posts. Just in a “I was messing around with Canva one evening and made a cute graphic, and then another, and then suddenly it had been six weeks and I’d somehow rejoined booksta?” kind of way.
It’s been weirdly lovely.
I didn’t start with a plan. I still don’t have one. But somewhere between experimenting with templates, playing with fonts, and figuring out what felt like me, I started noticing a little style creeping in. A colour palette here. A favourite font combo there. A vibe. It’s still evolving (and I love that), but it’s been surprisingly grounding to watch it slowly take shape.
And the biggest shift? I’ve stopped worrying about reading the “right” books. No more pressure to keep up with the latest releases or write reviews that sound a certain way. I’m just reading what I actually want to read. Posting when I actually have something to say. Ditching the mental checklist and leaning into the messier, softer side of bookish life.
It’s not perfect. It’s not polished. But it’s fun. And that’s something I didn’t realise I’d been missing.
Booksta, but make it cozy chaos. Honestly? I’m kind of into it.
So… I’ve accidentally fallen back into Bookstagram.
Not in a strategy kind of way. Not with spreadsheets or goals or carefully timed posts. Just in a “I was messing around with Canva one evening and made a cute graphic, and then another, and then suddenly it had been six weeks and I’d somehow rejoined booksta?” kind of way.
It’s been weirdly lovely.
I didn’t start with a plan. I still don’t have one. But somewhere between experimenting with templates, playing with fonts, and figuring out what felt like me, I started noticing a little style creeping in. A colour palette here. A favourite font combo there. A vibe. It’s still evolving (and I love that), but it’s been surprisingly grounding to watch it slowly take shape.
And the biggest shift? I’ve stopped worrying about reading the “right” books. No more pressure to keep up with the latest releases or write reviews that sound a certain way. I’m just reading what I actually want to read. Posting when I actually have something to say. Ditching the mental checklist and leaning into the messier, softer side of bookish life.
It’s not perfect. It’s not polished. But it’s fun. And that’s something I didn’t realise I’d been missing.
Booksta, but make it cozy chaos. Honestly? I’m kind of into it.
How to Watch the Aragon MotoGP on a Free Channel
Jun. 7th, 2025 11:05 amio9_feed
MotoGP returns to Alcañiz for the eighth Grand Prix of the season. We present you with an opportunity to watch the Aragon Grand Prix live on a completely free channel.
Meet the Real Zombies That Exist Everywhere Around Us
Jun. 7th, 2025 11:00 amio9_feed
Mindy Weisberger's new book details the crafty worms, fungi, and other parasites that have learned to mind-control their hosts.
Interesting Links for 07-06-2025
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. "Free Roam" mode is Mario Kart World's killer app
- (tags:Mario nintendo games driving )
- 2. Low-calorie diets make you depressed
- (tags:diet mentalhealth depression )
- 3. "I serve school dinners at state schools and private schools - here's the difference"
- (tags:food money school england )
- 4. Robots are coming for mail-sorting jobs
- (tags:robots video viaKenny )
- 5. Well, CAN You Prove You're a US Citizen?
- (tags:usa citizenship )
- 6. Women warned weight-loss jabs may affect contraception
- (tags:drugs contraception weight )
Camera Obscura (by Mandysbitch) (Explicit)
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:03 pmmific posting in stargateficrecShows: SGA
Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Carson Beckett, Evan Lorne
Categories: M/M
Words: 3273
Warnings: none apply
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: Mandysbitch on Wayback
Link: Camera Obscura on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: it's Earth Christmastime, but on Atlantis it's mid-summer and the Australians have organized a barbeque. This is one of Mandysbitch's sweeter stories in which the boys get tipsy and end up in bed. It's hot and steamy, a nice slice-of-life, and soft-centered. Lovely writing, and a feelgood ending.
( snippet of fic )
Rec Category: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Characters: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, Carson Beckett, Evan Lorne
Categories: M/M
Words: 3273
Warnings: none apply
Author on DW: n/a
Author's Website: Mandysbitch on Wayback
Link: Camera Obscura on Wayback
Why This Must Be Read: it's Earth Christmastime, but on Atlantis it's mid-summer and the Australians have organized a barbeque. This is one of Mandysbitch's sweeter stories in which the boys get tipsy and end up in bed. It's hot and steamy, a nice slice-of-life, and soft-centered. Lovely writing, and a feelgood ending.
( snippet of fic )
The Best Tech Gifts for Father’s Day 2025
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:20 amio9_feed
You know what's better than unconditional love? A great Father's Day gift.
Challenge 123:Numbers
Jun. 7th, 2025 01:13 pmabyss_valkyrie posting in stocklove_ic
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A mostly-free day
Jun. 7th, 2025 10:31 amrmc28I'm playing an ice hockey game tonight in Cambridge, a charity fundraiser between Warbirds and Tri-Base Lightning. But until then I have a strangely unscheduled day. I might sleep or read or something.
I could post about what I've been up to lately!
Work:
- spoke on a panel about effective 1:1s, it seemed to go well
- played my usual Senior Tech Woman role for a colleague's recruitment panel, and am happy that our preferred candidate has apparently just accepted. (a frustrating number of timewasting applicants more or less obviously using LLMs to write their applications and generate their free-text statements on suitability for the role; I really resent having to wade through paragraphs of verbose buzzword bilge to ... fail to find any evidence they actually know how to do the job)
Hockey:
- KODIAKS WON PLAYOFFS on the bank holiday weekend oh yes they did. So proud of the players, and definitely earned my share of reflected glory managing the team this season and running around half the weekend. League winners, Cup winners, Playoff winners, promotion to Division 1 next season, utter delight.
- Very much an Insufficient Sleep weekend, we topped off the playoff win with a night out in Sheffield, I got back to my hotel as the sky was getting light, good times.
- Kodiaks awards evening last night: lots of celebration of the hard work and lovely camaraderie of this group of players, A and B teams both. I got to announce and hand out the B team awards, and I received a really nice pair of gifts for me as manager: a canvas print of a post-final winners photo, and a personalised insulated travel mug (club logo and MANAGER on it). I love this team.
- I'm still enjoying also playing with Warbirds, and have now been to a few summer Friday scrimmages run by Tri-Base. I went to a couple of Friday scrims at the end of last summer and felt everyone was very kind but I was pretty outclassed. I'm pleased to feel like I'm keeping up a bit better now after training a lot harder this last season.
- I trained three days in a row this week (Warbirds Monday, Haringey Greyhounds tryouts in Alexandra Palace on Tuesday, Kodiaks Wednesday) and that was Too Much and I was pretty sore Wednesday evening and Thursday. Rest days are important even if I am much improved in fitness compared to this time last year.
Other:
- I did a formal hall at my old College! Using my alumna rights and having a nice evening hanging out with old friends (who were the ones to suggest the plan). Good times, will do again but probably not this term.
- I had an excessive number of books out from Suffolk libraries that needed returning, so I did a flying visit to Newmarket by bus last Saturday, this turned out to be the cheapest/quickest way across the county border. I managed to stick to my resolution not to borrow any more physical books but slipped and fell on the "withdrawn books for sale" stand. Managed to only come home with four.
- I did a little indoor cricket the Friday before playoffs (it's now finished due to exam period), and some nets practice last Sunday, but I keep being too busy to actually play any of my team's games. I'd like to do more nets practice though, that was intense but also felt like I was beginning to improve.
- I did a little table tennis with Active Staff but that's also now suspended for exams. I'm considering getting a cheap set of bats and balls for me and the family to go use at the local rec ground, or in the free indoor tables at the Grafton Centre.
Coming up: my summer is full of ice hockey camps and tournaments (Prague, Hull, Sheffield, Biarritz) and my old club Streatham have just announced all their summer training sessions will be "Summer Skills Camps" open to all interested WNIHL players, so I'm looking at going to London regularly again in July and August.
Write Every Day - Day 7
Jun. 7th, 2025 12:07 amcornerofmadness
Now this quote is easier said than done.
I managed to finish and post my
intoabar story. I’m not 100% happy with it but it’s a worthy sequel to the first one. Got about 1000 words accomplishing that.If I've missed you on the tally let me know. Feel free to jump in at any time.
Day Six
china_shop, cornerofmadness, ysilme, goddess47, shadaras, sylvanwitch, trobadora, goddess47, nafs, the_siobhan, lilly_c, brithistorian, cmk418, ( other days )
things that are positive
Jun. 6th, 2025 07:45 pmtoastykittenI realize that there is very little actual good news these days, but here are some things that make me not hate everything a little less.
- Boston Consulting Group CEO apologizes to employees because their own employees gave them shit about partnering with Israel to run food/aid distribution instead of the normal process of distributing aid via UNRWA or the UN - BCG leadership came under fire from staff who said: "Collaborating with a state actor in the midst of a military campaign that has killed tens of thousands of civilians, under the guise of humanitarian aid, is morally indefensible"
- People keep asking the only Muslim candidate (Mira Nair's son) for mayor of NYC if he supports Israel's right to exist, and he keeps saying he believes in its right to exist as a state with equal rights and this is making everyone crazy.
- I got mixed up - I didn't realize there were more people out there trying to break the siege - this one is made of Middle Easterners, and I hope they stay alive. You can track the one Greta Thunberg is on here.
- Anti-ICE protests unfolding in LA. Chickenshit stuff here.
- I hate him for other things, but Newsom threatening to withhold CA's tax money since Trump wants to defund CA? Good.
- Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh advocating for healthcare for everyone. And refusing to call Musk into the Democratic Party. Unlike Ro Khanna.
- Sen Chris Van Hollen continuing to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after it's being confirmed that he's being brought back to the US to get criminally indicted.
- I don't care about this other than it being funny but Trump selling his Tesla. And also Trump threatening to look into the government contracts. Yeah, Biden should have done it.
Poem: "The Result of Your Own Bad Behavior"
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:57 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It also fills the "activism" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Monster House.
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janetmiles. It also fills the "activism" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Monster House.( Read more... )
Poem: "When Warmth and Gentleness Are Needed"
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:48 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It also fills the "community" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Clay of Life.
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janetmiles. It also fills the "community" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Clay of Life.( Read more... )
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Poem: "Emodox"
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:22 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by the "unlabeled" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to the series A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows.
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janetmiles. This poem belongs to the series A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows.( Read more... )
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fan fic friday
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:21 pmcornerofmadnessSince nothing interesting happened today have stories. Look I finished my intoabar story. I'm not as happy with it as I was the one that came before it last year but it's still fun
Title: Somebody’s Eyes
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel/The Owl House
Character/Pairing: Edalyn Clawthorn/Raine Whispers, Angel Dust/Husk, Charlie Morningstar/Vaggie
Summary: Edalyn decides to take Raine and Lilith through the portal to revisit the people she met at the Hazbin Hotel on her last visit. They have even more fun than last time.
Rating: teen and up
Author Note - Written for my into a bar challenge for 2025. My challenge was exactly the same as last year so how could I not write a sequel? My challenge was Eda Clawthorne goes into a bar and meets... Niffty (Hazbin Hotel)! And if you want to see last year’s story (they’re stand alones but if you want to, please do) head here to read To Travel is To Live
Also written for the lyrical titles album challenge 2025 using the Footloose album and the song Somebody’s Eyes by Karla Bonoff. (I was thinking of all the eyes on things in both fandoms. I admit it, it’s a lame title).
Also written for spikesgirl58’s six word challenge. The six words were Repeat, Amuse, Official, Sword, Captivate, & Reform and for the allbingo prompt of Nonbinary
( story at the above link or under here )
Here's my fannish 50 recs of the week
our sadness provides us a home Star Trek: Prodigy
A Blessing or a Curse? Hazbin Hotel
Invasion Of Privacy Torchwood
Out Of The Storm FAKE
Meraki The Owl House
Stupidity Torchwood
Kept Unspoken Criminal Minds
crawl into my heart, take me apart
时光代理人 | Link Click
The Outlier The Murderbot Diaries
Body Image The Owl House
New Discoveries The Owl House
Faraway Lands Torchwood
Bitter Victory Buffy the Vampire Slayer
nothing is better Star Trek: Voyager
Planning for the Winter Solstice Celebration
Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG-1
Natural Hazbin Hotel
Pretty Boy Hazbin Hotel
The Night of the Third Task Harry Potter
Steve Week Shorties The Owl House
Stop and Smell the The Murderbot Diaries
Introducing the Hale Pack Teen Wolf
An Unexpected Form of Belonging Teen Wolf
intoabar story. I'm not as happy with it as I was the one that came before it last year but it's still fun Title: Somebody’s Eyes
Fandom: Hazbin Hotel/The Owl House
Character/Pairing: Edalyn Clawthorn/Raine Whispers, Angel Dust/Husk, Charlie Morningstar/Vaggie
Summary: Edalyn decides to take Raine and Lilith through the portal to revisit the people she met at the Hazbin Hotel on her last visit. They have even more fun than last time.
Rating: teen and up
Author Note - Written for my into a bar challenge for 2025. My challenge was exactly the same as last year so how could I not write a sequel? My challenge was Eda Clawthorne goes into a bar and meets... Niffty (Hazbin Hotel)! And if you want to see last year’s story (they’re stand alones but if you want to, please do) head here to read To Travel is To Live
Also written for the lyrical titles album challenge 2025 using the Footloose album and the song Somebody’s Eyes by Karla Bonoff. (I was thinking of all the eyes on things in both fandoms. I admit it, it’s a lame title).
Also written for spikesgirl58’s six word challenge. The six words were Repeat, Amuse, Official, Sword, Captivate, & Reform and for the allbingo prompt of Nonbinary
( story at the above link or under here )
Here's my fannish 50 recs of the week
our sadness provides us a home Star Trek: Prodigy
A Blessing or a Curse? Hazbin Hotel
Invasion Of Privacy Torchwood
Out Of The Storm FAKE
Meraki The Owl House
Stupidity Torchwood
Kept Unspoken Criminal Minds
crawl into my heart, take me apart
时光代理人 | Link Click
The Outlier The Murderbot Diaries
Body Image The Owl House
New Discoveries The Owl House
Faraway Lands Torchwood
Bitter Victory Buffy the Vampire Slayer
nothing is better Star Trek: Voyager
Planning for the Winter Solstice Celebration
Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG-1
Natural Hazbin Hotel
Pretty Boy Hazbin Hotel
The Night of the Third Task Harry Potter
Steve Week Shorties The Owl House
Stop and Smell the The Murderbot Diaries
Introducing the Hale Pack Teen Wolf
An Unexpected Form of Belonging Teen Wolf
Fandom50: #15
Jun. 6th, 2025 07:46 pmsenmutAlmost the end of a decade in 1989. Revolutions, crackdowns, changes in power ... look, 1989 left a mark on my psyche. Evidently I was escaping into the cinema as much as I was to the roller rink, judging from me opening 20 tabs even with me being picky. Going to narrow that down some. Okay, 11 in the final cut.
( kinda grouped in genre broadly )
( kinda grouped in genre broadly )
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Jun. 6th, 2025 08:18 pmskygiantsA while back, lirazel posted about a bad book about an interesting topic -- Conspiracy Theories About Lemuria -- which apparently got most of its information from a scholarly text called The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories by Sumathi Ramaswamy.
Great! I said. I bet the library has that book, I'll read it instead of the bad one! which now I have done.
For those unfamiliar, for a while the idea of sunken land-bridges joining various existing landmasses was very popular in 19th century geology; Lemuria got its name because it was supposed to explain why there are lemurs in Madagascar and India but not anywhere else. Various other land-bridges were also theorized but Lemuria's the only one that got famous thanks to the catchy name getting picked up by various weird occultists (most notably Helena Blavatasky) and incorporated into their variably incomprehensible Theories of Human Origins, Past Paradises, Etc.
As is not unexpected, this book is a much more dense, scholarly, and theory-driven tome than the bad pop history thatlirazel read. What was unexpected for me is that the author's scholarly interests focus on a.) cartography and b.) Tamil language and cultural politics, and so what she's most interested in doing is tracing how the concept of a Lemurian continent went from being an outdated geographic supposition to a weird Western occult fringe belief to an extremely mainstream, government-supported historical narrative in Tamil-speaking polities, where Lost Lemuria has become associated with the legendary drowned Tamil homeland of Tamilnāṭu and thus the premise for a claim that not only is the Lemurian continent the source of human origins but that specifically the Tamil language is the source language for humanity.
Not the book I expected to be reading! but I'm not at all mad about how things turned out! the prose is so dry that it was definite work to wade through but the rewards were real; the author has another whole book about Tamil language politics and part of me knows I am not really theory-brained enough for it at this time but the other part is tempted.
Also I did as well come out with a few snippets of the Weird Nonsense that I thought I was going in for! My favorite anecdote involves a woman named Gertrude Norris Meeker who wrote to the U.S. government in the 1950s claiming to be the Governor-General of Atlantis and Lemuria, ascertaining her sovereign right to this nonexistent territory, to which the State Department's Special Advisor on Geography had to write back like "we do not think that is true; this place does not exist." Eventually Gertrude Meeker got a congressman involved who also nobly wrote to the government on behalf of his constituent: "Mrs. Meeker understands that by renouncing her citizenship she could become Queen of these islands, but as a citizen she can rule as governor-general. [...] She states that she is getting ready to do some leasing for development work on some of these islands." And again the State Department was patiently like "we do not think that is true, as this place does not exist." Subsequently they seem to have developed a "Lemuria and Atlantis are not real" form letter which I hope and trust is still being used today.
lirazel posted about a bad book about an interesting topic -- Conspiracy Theories About Lemuria -- which apparently got most of its information from a scholarly text called The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories by Sumathi Ramaswamy. Great! I said. I bet the library has that book, I'll read it instead of the bad one! which now I have done.
For those unfamiliar, for a while the idea of sunken land-bridges joining various existing landmasses was very popular in 19th century geology; Lemuria got its name because it was supposed to explain why there are lemurs in Madagascar and India but not anywhere else. Various other land-bridges were also theorized but Lemuria's the only one that got famous thanks to the catchy name getting picked up by various weird occultists (most notably Helena Blavatasky) and incorporated into their variably incomprehensible Theories of Human Origins, Past Paradises, Etc.
As is not unexpected, this book is a much more dense, scholarly, and theory-driven tome than the bad pop history that
lirazel read. What was unexpected for me is that the author's scholarly interests focus on a.) cartography and b.) Tamil language and cultural politics, and so what she's most interested in doing is tracing how the concept of a Lemurian continent went from being an outdated geographic supposition to a weird Western occult fringe belief to an extremely mainstream, government-supported historical narrative in Tamil-speaking polities, where Lost Lemuria has become associated with the legendary drowned Tamil homeland of Tamilnāṭu and thus the premise for a claim that not only is the Lemurian continent the source of human origins but that specifically the Tamil language is the source language for humanity.Not the book I expected to be reading! but I'm not at all mad about how things turned out! the prose is so dry that it was definite work to wade through but the rewards were real; the author has another whole book about Tamil language politics and part of me knows I am not really theory-brained enough for it at this time but the other part is tempted.
Also I did as well come out with a few snippets of the Weird Nonsense that I thought I was going in for! My favorite anecdote involves a woman named Gertrude Norris Meeker who wrote to the U.S. government in the 1950s claiming to be the Governor-General of Atlantis and Lemuria, ascertaining her sovereign right to this nonexistent territory, to which the State Department's Special Advisor on Geography had to write back like "we do not think that is true; this place does not exist." Eventually Gertrude Meeker got a congressman involved who also nobly wrote to the government on behalf of his constituent: "Mrs. Meeker understands that by renouncing her citizenship she could become Queen of these islands, but as a citizen she can rule as governor-general. [...] She states that she is getting ready to do some leasing for development work on some of these islands." And again the State Department was patiently like "we do not think that is true, as this place does not exist." Subsequently they seem to have developed a "Lemuria and Atlantis are not real" form letter which I hope and trust is still being used today.
Lake Lewisia #1261
Jun. 6th, 2025 04:39 pmscrubjayspeaksThe many mirrors of the Beacon House sometimes spent too long reflecting each other, an endless tunnel of silvered glass that slowly lost more and more light as it iterated. So in spring, when the sun was growing stronger, the keepers methodically rearranged them, rotating new ones out to the positions that caught more of the house’s white walls and broad lower windows, breaking up pairs that had gone too far down dark alleys. Up into the high reaches of the tower, new light bounced, refreshed, renewed, rekindled, to illuminate those in need.
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Daily Check In.
Jun. 6th, 2025 06:39 pmadafrog posting in fandom_checkinThis is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).
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.
Poll #33223 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 21
How are you doing?
I am okay
15 (75.0%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
5 (25.0%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
6 (28.6%)
One other person
10 (47.6%)
More than one other person
5 (23.8%)
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.