Day 15

Austria has a new government: a coalition between the far-right and the basically-also-far-right. Ugh. Bonus: The far-right FPÖ holds the two ministries that include the police, the military, and all intelligence services, wonderful. Uuuugh. Reading what some of our new ministers have previously said about our country and democracy makes me sick, and worried.
For extra irony, at the same time blue-black #2 starts, the BUWOG trial started, featuring corruption at the highest levels during blue-black #1 (short summary; there has already been a partial confession by one of the accused, fun.)

Coincidentally, a thematically appropriate rec for day 15: Switching Sides
Double Agent Vader (Star Wars), by Fialleril
Summary: The one where Vader turned double agent for the Rebellion about three years after ROTS, and Leia is now his primary contact with the Rebellion.
I love the concept for this AU, and it's brilliantly executed. The series is unfinished but there's plenty of great content already, and so much dramatic irony stemming from who knows what about whose identity. The worldbuilding is also great.

Day 16

Day 16: Armed Forces
Mutiny on the Reliant (Temeraire), by WerewolvesAreReal
Summary: It's bad luck to have a dragon aboard a ship, and this tiny black creature can't be natural at all. Slowed by a gale and bad-luck, the Reliant mutinies and puts Laurence and Temeraire alone on the Amitié. The journey back to England is difficult, and on the way Laurence accidentally finds himself leading a small fleet of fighting ships. As one does.
It starts with one kind of armed forces, and later on - well they're definitely armed, and they can definitely be called a force, so. Fun! Actually I recommend all this author's Temeraire fics.