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Sonia Connolly (sonia) wrote2026-01-13 09:41 pm
sonia) wrote2026-01-13 09:41 pmFound in the street
Over the weekend, I was heading out on my bike early in the morning, and saw a small kid's book in the street just off the driveway. I picked it up to toss it to the sidewalk and went on my way.
When I got back, I was pleased to see it was gone, but then saw someone had propped it up on our fence. The next time I was going out, I took it with me and put it in the nearby Little Free Library, even though it mostly has grownup books.
When I was walking home, I ran into a couple with a two year old whom I often see walking up the block, and whom I had chatted with at a recent neighborhood gathering. I saw that the kid was happily clutching the book, and said, "Oh good, you picked it up!" They said he has been obsessed with that character.
Yesterday I was biking home from an appointment, and I saw a phone lying next to a parked car in the street. I pulled over, leaned my bike against a pole, and picked it up. It had a drivers license in the case with the address of the apartment building across the street. There was no way to get in or ring a doorbell at the gated front entrance, but there was a door open around the corner.
The people inside were noisily doing something which sounded kind of like having sex, laughing, maybe just roughhousing, but ... door open? I stood there hesitantly, and a maybe 8 year old kid inside gestured to the other people and they came out (dressed, whew). I said, "I'm so sorry to bother you, but this phone was in the street. Is this (building address)?" They said yes, and they recognized the name on the license and said she's at work. I turned the phone over to them.
I only realized later that it might be unsettling for a Black family to have a white lady come stand at the door. I'm glad I approached them with softness.
So that's two things put closer to where they belong, and hopefully a bad day averted for the phone's owner. Not sure how her phone ended up on the ground next to the driver's side door of a parked car if she's at work.
When I got back, I was pleased to see it was gone, but then saw someone had propped it up on our fence. The next time I was going out, I took it with me and put it in the nearby Little Free Library, even though it mostly has grownup books.
When I was walking home, I ran into a couple with a two year old whom I often see walking up the block, and whom I had chatted with at a recent neighborhood gathering. I saw that the kid was happily clutching the book, and said, "Oh good, you picked it up!" They said he has been obsessed with that character.
Yesterday I was biking home from an appointment, and I saw a phone lying next to a parked car in the street. I pulled over, leaned my bike against a pole, and picked it up. It had a drivers license in the case with the address of the apartment building across the street. There was no way to get in or ring a doorbell at the gated front entrance, but there was a door open around the corner.
The people inside were noisily doing something which sounded kind of like having sex, laughing, maybe just roughhousing, but ... door open? I stood there hesitantly, and a maybe 8 year old kid inside gestured to the other people and they came out (dressed, whew). I said, "I'm so sorry to bother you, but this phone was in the street. Is this (building address)?" They said yes, and they recognized the name on the license and said she's at work. I turned the phone over to them.
I only realized later that it might be unsettling for a Black family to have a white lady come stand at the door. I'm glad I approached them with softness.
So that's two things put closer to where they belong, and hopefully a bad day averted for the phone's owner. Not sure how her phone ended up on the ground next to the driver's side door of a parked car if she's at work.
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earthobservatory_iod_feed) wrote2026-01-14 05:00 am
earthobservatory_iod_feed) wrote2026-01-14 05:00 amFires on the Rise in the Far North
In the far north, wildfires are breaking old patterns. Satellite data show that wildland fires once scattered across the Arctic are now surging in numbers—particularly in northern Eurasia—and many are burning more intensely than before.
These maps show the number of fires detected by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensors on NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites. The map on the left shows fire detections from 2002 to 2012 (yellow), while the map on the right shows detections from 2012 to 2024 (orange). The largest circles indicate areas with 15,000 or more detected fires, while the smallest circles represent areas with 1,000 or fewer. Fire detection data are from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS).
Although the geographical distribution of high-latitude wildfires varies from year to year, the maps reveal some clear long-term patterns. In the 2000s, fires north of 60 degrees latitude appeared across both North America and Eurasia, but starting in the early 2010s, their numbers skyrocketed, most dramatically in Eurasia. Even the icy island of Greenland entered a new fire regime during this period, experiencing more large fires, though still too few to be visible on these maps.
Researchers attribute these trends to rising temperatures, which have made northern landscapes more flammable, along with a poleward expansion of lightning—the primary ignition source for these fires. The findings are detailed in a report published in 2025 by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), a working group of the Arctic Council.
The number of fire detections and their distribution, however, is just one metric of the Arctic’s changing fire regime. According to NASA researchers, fires in this region are also burning larger, hotter, and longer than they did in previous decades.
“Fire has always been a part of the boreal and the Arctic landscape,” said Jessica McCarty, Deputy Earth Science Division Chief at NASA’s Ames Research Center and lead author of the report. “But now it’s starting to act in more extreme ways that mimic what we’ve seen in the temperate and the tropical areas.”
NASA Earth Observatory maps by Michala Garrison, using the MODIS Collection 6.1 Active Fire Product from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS). Story by Milan Loiacono.
References & Resources
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (2025, June) AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024: Key Trends and Impacts. Accessed January 14, 2026.
- NASA (2026) Fire Information for Resource Management System. Accessed January 14, 2026.
- NASA Earth Observatory (2026, January) Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime. Accessed January 14, 2026.
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ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-13 10:21 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-13 10:21 pmPoem: "The Most Dangerous Animal in the Zoo"
This poem is spillover from the September 6, 2022 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by chanter1944 and dividedbyblue. It also fills the "She had to learn it for herself." square in my 9-1-22 card for the Land of Oz Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by fuzzyred. It belongs to the Iron Horses thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the more detailed warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes the aftermath of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, a survivor of mad science experiments, race-based rivalry, paperwork war, rude language, Dr. Bernhardt is always a warning, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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chanter1944 and dividedbyblue. It also fills the "She had to learn it for herself." square in my 9-1-22 card for the Land of Oz Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by fuzzyred. It belongs to the Iron Horses thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the more detailed warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes the aftermath of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, a survivor of mad science experiments, race-based rivalry, paperwork war, rude language, Dr. Bernhardt is always a warning, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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AurumCalendula (aurumcalendula) wrote2026-01-13 11:57 pm
aurumcalendula) wrote2026-01-13 11:57 pmEntry tags:
January Talking Meme - What have you read lately that has stuck with you?
Jan 13 - 'What have you read lately that has stuck with you, either for good reasons or for bad reasons?' for serrico
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thatjustwontbreak (thatjustwontbreak) wrote2026-01-13 07:25 pm
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snowflake_challenge 2026: Challenge #7
Keeping on keeping on with the Snowflake action. :D
Challenge #7
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
This is a fun prompt because it makes me think about myself like a character that I'm trying to describe to someone else. That may be why these are all things that could be observed if you watched me for a week. Also, all of these things seem incredibly irrelevant in the dreamwidth space.
1. I'm always ready to dance. At a concert, in a grocery store aisle, at 7am at the airport, you name it. Somatic movement, as the kids say.
2. I really like my own image/voice. If I'm having a hard time motivating myself to do something- like practicing my ukulele or cooking- I will record myself for the motivation of being able to watch a recorded version of myself doing it.
3. I love a good party, even with people I don't know. In general, I'm pretty introverted and love spending time by myself, but I know how to work a room and I have fun doing it. I learned this from my mother, who isn't super social either but still really great at chatting up strangers and making people comfortable.
Bonus: I love that so many people doing this are talking about how they like that they write/are good writers. People on dreamwidth are such phenomenal writers (I'm thinking about fic and journal entries and meta and so on). I am continually gobsmacked by the quality of writing on this site, so I'm thrilled that people know it about themselves. Damn straight, everyone. You are good writers. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Challenge #7
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
This is a fun prompt because it makes me think about myself like a character that I'm trying to describe to someone else. That may be why these are all things that could be observed if you watched me for a week. Also, all of these things seem incredibly irrelevant in the dreamwidth space.
1. I'm always ready to dance. At a concert, in a grocery store aisle, at 7am at the airport, you name it. Somatic movement, as the kids say.
2. I really like my own image/voice. If I'm having a hard time motivating myself to do something- like practicing my ukulele or cooking- I will record myself for the motivation of being able to watch a recorded version of myself doing it.
3. I love a good party, even with people I don't know. In general, I'm pretty introverted and love spending time by myself, but I know how to work a room and I have fun doing it. I learned this from my mother, who isn't super social either but still really great at chatting up strangers and making people comfortable.
Bonus: I love that so many people doing this are talking about how they like that they write/are good writers. People on dreamwidth are such phenomenal writers (I'm thinking about fic and journal entries and meta and so on). I am continually gobsmacked by the quality of writing on this site, so I'm thrilled that people know it about themselves. Damn straight, everyone. You are good writers. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Siderea (siderea) wrote2026-01-13 10:15 pm
siderea) wrote2026-01-13 10:15 pmMassachusetts is next [Ω, MA/US]
Heads up, locals! Observers report evidence of ICE/DHS activity preparing for an operation in MA, imminently.
2026 Jan 13 5pm: u/rarelighting in r/Boston: Boston quietly prepares for an ICE surge, points at:
2026 Jan 13: Axios: Boston quietly prepares for an ICE surge by Mike Deehan
Discussion at Reddit:
2026 Jan 13 5pm: u/rarelighting in r/Boston: Boston quietly prepares for an ICE surge, points at:
2026 Jan 13: Axios: Boston quietly prepares for an ICE surge by Mike Deehan
Discussion at Reddit:
OP:
While listening to the Sam Seder podcast today, someone sent in a report about increased activity at the Burlington ICE facilities. Stay alert folks.
u/Neat-Beautiful-5505 • 4h ago
Another Reddit post showed three 18-wheel trucks hauling several new SUVs each to the Burlington ICE facility.
u/_still_truckin_ • 4h ago
Two dozen white Ford Explorers. They’re the same Interceptor models that real police departments use. You can spot them by the searchlight mounted to the driver side A-pillar and lack of tracks for roof racks. Saw them in the parking lot of the Burlington ICE building.
u/ThePirateKing01 • 4h ago
Shoutout to @BearingWitnessBurlington on YouTube and TikTok
To those who say protesting peacefully doesn’t amount to much, this person has been both protesting and monitoring the facility almost 24/7. Without people like this we wouldn’t have the heads up that we do now
u/minilip30 • 4h ago
“The bottom line: While no operation has been officially confirmed, Boston is not waiting to find out — it is mobilizing now.”
Good!
Remember, ICE needs a warrant to enter any private residence or business. Business that aren’t fascist supporting should have signs that they will not allow ICE entry without a warrant.
u/beanandcod • 4h ago
A judicial warrant, signed by a judge
u/Pnoman98 • 4h ago
A lot of police presence at Alewife& Gov Center
u/cccxxxzzzddd • 4h ago
The Rindge / fresh pond apartments at alewife are home to many immigrants, particularly Ethiopians
This is not goodÂ
Edit: not good that ice is there
u/mysteriousfrittata • 4h ago
Saw a car full of them parked outside of MGH yesterday evening. All wearing DHS fatigues etc. Naturally the assholes were parked in an ambulance parking spot. I called to report a strange vehicle parked there.
u/HolyMoleyGuacamoly • 4h ago
they appear to be staying at that marriott right next door. was by there for a bit and saw a ton of activity in and out of there of single white men in suvs with beards
Happy_Literature9493 • 3h ago
Copied and pasted from Safari reader mode [the Axios article:]
“Boston quietly prepares for an ICE surge Mike Deehan Boston City Hall is privately getting ready for a potential spike in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
Why it matters: Even without a confirmed federal operation, the city is "planning for the unthinkable," according to Mayor Michelle Wu.
Escalating tensions and violence in other cities are deepening anxieties within immigrant communities and worsening the friction between sanctuary communities and federal authorities. The latest: Wu confirmed on WBUR this week that she is discussing enforcement scenarios with Boston Police leadership.
Her goal is to establish clear protocols to ensure local police resources are not co-opted into federal immigration efforts. Wu maintains that Boston police will not leak information to ICE, a stance she views as crucial to maintaining community trust. The big picture: Boston isn't alone in bracing for federal action.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has stated plans for a larger presence in Boston, promising more agents following disputes over sanctuary policies. Past initiatives mobilized large-scale enforcement across Massachusetts. Zoom in: Unverified but persistent reports from residents and activists note a delivery of SUVs to the Burlington ICE Field Office last week.
Advocates interpret the arrival of three car carriers hauling SUVs as a sign that the local ICE branch is staffing up. What we're watching: If federal enforcement accelerates, pressure will mount on public-facing institutions and communities with sanctuary policies.
Courthouses are typically a flashpoint for arrests. City community centers and schools will need to know how to respond if agents appear at their doors. ICE likely won't limit large-scale enforcement to Boston. Municipalities with large immigrant populations like Chelsea, Everett, Lawrence, Revere and Lynn could also be in the crosshairs. Threat level: Activists have staked out the Burlington ICE office for months and will likely be among the first to know of any major rollout.
Expect throngs of Massachusetts residents to demonstrate against ICE if a surge happens here. The bottom line: While no operation has been officially confirmed, Boston is not waiting to find out — it is mobilizing now.”
boxofdelights (boxofdelights) wrote in wiscon2026-01-13 06:09 pm
boxofdelights) wrote in wiscon2026-01-13 06:09 pmPanel Suggestions Open
If you have an idea for a Wiscon panel -- even a half-baked idea -- you can propose it here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvi7TCCIHg82rSpzrUKl8wX2SNMevlGP5HxOOnqa0pkrWu2w/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106072416256127446722
Seriously, even if your idea is just "We have to talk about Heated Rivalry!" it's okay to propose that. The Panels team will take all the input we get, and work to shape it into a proposed schedule.
If you'd like to talk your idea over before you suggest it, you can use the comments to this post, or start a new post in this group, or start a new post in your own space and maybe also point your readers here?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvi7TCCIHg82rSpzrUKl8wX2SNMevlGP5HxOOnqa0pkrWu2w/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106072416256127446722
Seriously, even if your idea is just "We have to talk about Heated Rivalry!" it's okay to propose that. The Panels team will take all the input we get, and work to shape it into a proposed schedule.
If you'd like to talk your idea over before you suggest it, you can use the comments to this post, or start a new post in this group, or start a new post in your own space and maybe also point your readers here?
flemmings (flemmings) wrote2026-01-13 07:52 pm
flemmings) wrote2026-01-13 07:52 pm(no subject)
Something I don't quite get in Murderbot is the paranoia the general population seems to have about SecUnits going rogue. I say seems because it's possible Murderbot itself is just paranoid. But the theme does figure in its media so I suppose people really have this fear. And why? Here you have what's essentially a security system that's supposed to keep you alive as its main directive. For all intents and purposes, from most people's pov, it's just a superior robot. Getting wound up about what it might do is equivalent to fretting that Siri or Alexa will try to murder you using your smart house. Which is not why I don't have a smart house, or a Siri or an Alexa, but is still ridiculous.
Couldn't sleep last night in spite of exercise in the day. I refrained from checking my clock but will guess it was well after 3 when I got off and was awake at 9:15. Did not go back to sleep and paid for it with chronic semi-headache all day. Or could be the pressure changes from approaching fronts though the real change doesn't happen till tomorrow evening when temperatures plunge yet again, and the current rain turns to snow. House down the street had a crate of National Geographics out front, plus a box of mugs and glasses. I took a crystal wineglass and left the highball glasses, even though my body currently hates wine and I broke my one martini glass. I don't need incentives to drink. But I do hope the guys took those magazines back in, because periodically someone on the neighbourhood FBs will ask if anyone has magazines for school projects.
Couldn't sleep last night in spite of exercise in the day. I refrained from checking my clock but will guess it was well after 3 when I got off and was awake at 9:15. Did not go back to sleep and paid for it with chronic semi-headache all day. Or could be the pressure changes from approaching fronts though the real change doesn't happen till tomorrow evening when temperatures plunge yet again, and the current rain turns to snow. House down the street had a crate of National Geographics out front, plus a box of mugs and glasses. I took a crystal wineglass and left the highball glasses, even though my body currently hates wine and I broke my one martini glass. I don't need incentives to drink. But I do hope the guys took those magazines back in, because periodically someone on the neighbourhood FBs will ask if anyone has magazines for school projects.
chazzbanner (chazzbanner) wrote2026-01-13 06:40 pm
chazzbanner) wrote2026-01-13 06:40 pmIncredible String Band
The other day I noticed the title of a downloading podcast: in part, it was 'missing folk star found!' I knew I had to listen to it immediately, as I guessed who the 'folk star' was. It was Licorice McKechnie of the Incredible String Band.
I first heard of Licorice being missing on a true crime podcast. From what I remember, there were rumors that she was living in central California. I think her sister said she was contacted once by Licorice, but that was years ago.
Andy Miller of the Backlisted wrote a lovely essay about the ISB
on his Patreon page
I really like The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter album, though whether you would depends on what you think of psychedelic whimsy. In case you want to test your resistance (or the lack thereof), here's a link:
ISB: THBD
Oh!, one thing that isn't mentioned is that the cottage the ISB lived in was on the estate of Baron Glenconner (aka Colin Tennant). Lady Anne Glenconner casually mentions that 'they were the house band' in one of her memoirs. She was Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret.
Have I read her memoirs? Yes. She was also a Rosebud guest, I believe.
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I first heard of Licorice being missing on a true crime podcast. From what I remember, there were rumors that she was living in central California. I think her sister said she was contacted once by Licorice, but that was years ago.
Andy Miller of the Backlisted wrote a lovely essay about the ISB
on his Patreon page
I really like The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter album, though whether you would depends on what you think of psychedelic whimsy. In case you want to test your resistance (or the lack thereof), here's a link:
ISB: THBD
Oh!, one thing that isn't mentioned is that the cottage the ISB lived in was on the estate of Baron Glenconner (aka Colin Tennant). Lady Anne Glenconner casually mentions that 'they were the house band' in one of her memoirs. She was Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret.
Have I read her memoirs? Yes. She was also a Rosebud guest, I believe.
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lydamorehouse (lydamorehouse) wrote2026-01-13 01:52 pm
lydamorehouse) wrote2026-01-13 01:52 pmEntry tags:
More Laser-Eyed Loon Art
Image: the "don't tread on me" snake being beheaded by a laser-eyed loon with the Minnesota flag on its chest (created by Andrew Prekker).
You know I love my laser-eye loons and I could not have been happier to see this art pop up on my Facebook Feed. Andrew is selling this art on Redbubble and I bought a t-shirt immediately. (Feel free to click the link and get your own merch.) For those of you new to my journal, I posted about Minnesota's collective enjoyment out of imagining that the red eyes of the loon could (and should!) shoot laser beams in the past. My library card has a loon with lasers shooting out of its eyes and we NEARLY had a state flag with a loon shooting laser beams out of its eyes.
One thing I have learned while living in a police state is that I need to do one good thing a day or I go out of my mind with stress. Today, when I realized I was just pacing around the house trying not to doom scroll, I found out that Smitten Kitten (for out-of-towners, this is a sex positive, trans and queer owned sex shop) has been acting as a distribution center for people who are in hiding from the gestapo. They put out a call for diapers, etc. So, I hopped in my car, bought a few things at my local Menards, and then drove over to drop them off. Just feeling the energy in the shop, being greeted by people still excited to see my queer D&D t-shirt (actually ConFABulous, which I talked to the person about potentially coming to this next year)... it felt good, maybe even kind of normal in a This is NOT normal sort of way?
Right now, at 6:30 pm, I'm going to go throw on my coat and go sing with some neighbors. I am, apparently, someone who needs to DO.
Stay strong out there, everybody!
On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams (dewline) wrote2026-01-13 07:04 pm
dewline) wrote2026-01-13 07:04 pmEntry tags:
Fonts/Mapmaking/Trek Fandom: A Particular Need
I'm shopping for a particular kind of font family. Looks close to Helvetica UCE, has multiple weights like Gravitica Compressed or Tungsten and has at least two character sets in addition to Latin. Greek and Cyrillic at least.
Can anyone here help me with this?
Can anyone here help me with this?
kaberett (kaberett) wrote2026-01-13 11:56 pm
kaberett) wrote2026-01-13 11:56 pmEntry tags:
I know why, but: why
On the one hand, it is sort of obvious why I've decided I want to have another go at working out how Continental knitting works for a project that involves reversible cables and ribbing on DPNs.
On the OTHER, this feels like a bit of a trial-by-fire given that my problem has historically been tension...
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-13 05:25 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-13 05:25 pm
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Vocabulary: Mountweazel
Mountweazel [mount-wee-zuhl]
noun
1. a decoy entry in a reference work, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, secretly planted among the genuine entries to catch other publishers in the act of copying content.
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1. a decoy entry in a reference work, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, secretly planted among the genuine entries to catch other publishers in the act of copying content.
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ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-13 05:01 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-13 05:01 pmEntry tags:
Snowflake Challenge 7: Self-Love
Snowflake Challenge 7: Self-Love
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
While we’re busy celebrating fandom, it’s good to remember to celebrate ourselves, too. Fandom is all of us! I know it’s often easier to talk about what we like about other people than it is to talk nicely about ourselves, but challenge yourself here.
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LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
While we’re busy celebrating fandom, it’s good to remember to celebrate ourselves, too. Fandom is all of us! I know it’s often easier to talk about what we like about other people than it is to talk nicely about ourselves, but challenge yourself here.
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AurumCalendula (aurumcalendula) wrote2026-01-13 05:56 pm
aurumcalendula) wrote2026-01-13 05:56 pm(no subject)
I wish news stories would consistently include the name and number associated with legislation when talking about how [x] has been blocked or voted on.
David Gillon (davidgillon) wrote2026-01-13 10:40 pm
davidgillon) wrote2026-01-13 10:40 pmEntry tags:
Patience
My sister and I sat down together to watch the 1st episode of the second season of Patience - autistic criminal records clerk helps the murder team in York catch criminals. Neither of us had watched the first season.
Not bad, the autism seems mostly well handled - the self-help group seemed designed for humour though. The plot had perhaps a little too much reliance on weird science - revolving around someone with Rh-Null blood caught up in fringe medical stuff, though the vampirism red-herring was nicely handled. The second episode has infrasound as a murder weapon, and probably overplayed hyperacusis as a superpower, though it did also spend a lot of time showing how much of a problem it is for Patience.
But immediately the first episode finished, my sister turned to me and exclaimed: "She's exactly like you!"
I didn't answer that until the next day, because I was completely freaked out by how exactly like me she is.
slacktivist (slacktivist_feed) wrote2026-01-13 08:58 pm
slacktivist_feed) wrote2026-01-13 08:58 pmThe lumpers, the splitters, and me
The "evangelical definition wars" are, in part, a debate between "lumpers" and "splitters." This gets awkward -- and personal -- because the gatekeepers are also out here trying to be splitters.
i did it all for the robins (musesfool) wrote2026-01-13 05:40 pm
musesfool) wrote2026-01-13 05:40 pm
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i do hope you have a dime
I barely slept on Sunday night - maybe about 3 hours in total? - so I called out yesterday and went back to bed. I felt better but not great upon waking again after actually sleeping for another 2 hours, and spent most of the day zoned out on the couch, looking at tumblr. Last night I slept hard and today I woke up feeling much better, but ugh, sleep should not be so hard!
I know it's just January and winter but I can feel myself withdrawing and hermiting up, so if I'm late in responses to comments, that's why - it's definitely not you, it's me.
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I know it's just January and winter but I can feel myself withdrawing and hermiting up, so if I'm late in responses to comments, that's why - it's definitely not you, it's me.
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