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Jul. 6th, 2025 12:44 am
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Today I did a lot of nothing
and then
put
The Prodigy at Glastonbury
on the Sounds app and iPlayer.

I have a lot of complicated feelings now
because like
we live forever
but
we don't.

I should dance more.

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Jul. 6th, 2025 12:11 pm
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The DuckDuckGo web browser is really good. Only downside I can se is there’s no tab groups and device-device tab group sync like I use extensively in Safari.

Conkbug (Game)

Jul. 5th, 2025 07:04 pm
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Posted by randomfandomss

by

I made a game and now you can shake Vincent, Thomas, Bellini and Tedesco like the leetle bugs they are!! It's a browser game and it's free. LETS GOOO ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾

Keep the SOUND ON if you'd like to hear them. ♪┏(・o・)┛♪

Words: 0, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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Posted by Stacy Fernandez

Toyota Pick up truck speeding towards a dog on the road(l) Man shares what he saw while working on job site(r)

Did this driver go out of their way to hit an innocent dog? You be the judge.

Most people’s instinct when they see an animal on the road—be it a household pet like a cat or dog, or a wild animal like a duck or deer—is to slow down, swerve if it’s safe, or stop entirely.

New Cover: “Everyday”

Jul. 5th, 2025 10:16 pm
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Posted by John Scalzi

It’s a short and sweet oldy but a goody this time out, from Buddy Holly. Why this one? Why not? It’s been covered by just about everyone, from James Taylor to Erasure, and I really like the song, and I had free time this weekend, so here we are. If you like it, fabulous, if you don’t, well, it’s two minutes long, it’ll be over quickly enough.

And for those of you who have somehow never heard the original, here you go:

— JS

Daily Check In.

Jul. 5th, 2025 05:55 pm
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Saturday to midnight on Sunday (8pm Eastern Time).


Poll #33327 Daily poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 6

How are you doing?

I am okay
5 (83.3%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
1 (16.7%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
3 (50.0%)

One other person
2 (33.3%)

More than one other person
1 (16.7%)




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.

第四年第一百七十七天

Jul. 5th, 2025 06:48 pm
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部首
十 part 4
卓, outstanding; 单, single/list; 卖, to sell pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=24

词汇
往往, often; 交往, to affiliate; 前往, to go to/proceed pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你是怀疑小郭会在里面出卖老楚, are you suspecting Xiao Guo will sell out Lao Chu in there?
历史往往都是成王败寇, history is often written by the winners

Me:
你的工作表现真卓越的。
我们公司往往跟她的公司合作。

Sunshine Revival Challenges 1 and 2

Jul. 5th, 2025 06:27 pm
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Challenge #1: Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.

My primary goal for July is to finish the first draft of my Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang fic. I would like to but do not expect to finish it before the Mereth Aderthad.

*

Challenge #2:
Journaling: The romance of summer! What do you love? Write about anything you feel sentimental about or that gets your heart pumping.
Creative: Write a love poem to anyone or anything you like.


Right now, the summer-related thing I want to do the most is to sit on the lakeshore at the cabin and read a book for hours on end. I was able to do that last summer and I really miss not being able to do so this summer. Right on the shore, the lake breezes kept the mosquitos and flies away; even ten feet inland this didn't happen. The lapping of the waves, the sky, the ever-changing clouds (when there are clouds), the birdsong and insects buzzing in the forest: I need this.


And now for the poem:


Natural fireworks:
lightning storms,
lightning bugs.
Fireflies are preferable--
they're less dangerous.
But I love both.

Fireflies I can hold in my hand:
light on, light off
-- and then they're off
back into the wider world.

[pain, food] victory!

Jul. 5th, 2025 11:30 pm
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I have finally successfully got my head around when the local supermarket reduces the prices on its pastries, which means that we are now well-supplied for doing a batch of pistachio croissant strata to get us most of the way through the coming week. It is not going to be a tomorrow (Sunday) morning breakfast, though, because we have half a cherry clafoutis from this morning, made using allotment cherries.

Read more... )

Early Humans

Jul. 5th, 2025 05:19 pm
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125,000-year-old ‘fat factory’ run by Neanderthals discovered in Germany

Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — essentially running what scientists describe as a “fat factory” to boil bones on a vast scale, according to new research.


Note that another thing you can make with animal fat is pemmican: a stable, high-energy trail food made with fat, powdered meat, and a carbohydrate such as berries.  Since it's not something you'd make in a hot climate like Africa (where humans evolved) but rather in a cold climate (such as northern Europe), I'm suddenly wondering if it is in fact a Neanderthal or Denisovan recipe.
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Posted by Sarah Brown

You haven't truly experienced pawrenthood until you've witnessed the glorious phenomenon known as airplane ears. It's that unmistakable sideways ear flattening that makes your feline look like they're about to taxi down a runway and we're here for every dramatic second.

Whether it's because you made a suspicious noise, introduced a new item into their territory (how dare you bring home a houseplant), or simply walked past them the wrong way, cats will deploy their in-flight mode with full cattitude. These whiskered wonders can turn even the most minor inconvenience into a furst class scandal.

No matter how miffed they look, it's absolutely hissterical. Paired with a puffed-up tail or a judgmental glare, airplane ears are a top-tier cat expression, right up there with loafing and the slow blink of royal approval.

So next time you see your kitty channeling their inner aircraft, just salute your pilot, give them a treat, and back away slowly. Airplane ears might signal a moment of feline drama, but they always land right back in your heart.

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Posted by Sarah Fimm

2020 fantasy book collage

The Lord of The Rings. A Song of Ice and Fire. The Wheel of Time. What do all of these critically acclaimed fantasy series have in common? They’re all old news. If you’re looking for the cutting edge, haute couture fantasy of today, these ten authors are the it-girls of the modern era. Despite many of them being middle aged, they’re a high fantasy Brat Pack. When it comes to being in style, it doesn’t matter how old you are, it matters how old you feel. These 10 best fantasy novels of the 2020’s feel like they were just born (published?) yesterday.

The House In The Cerulean Sea

Cover art for 'The House in the Cerulean Sea'
(Tor)

TJ Klune’s The House In The Cerulean Sea is anything but drab grimdark, it’s an all the rage new style called cozy fantasy – fantasy that hits like a hot cup up of coffee and a slow kiss on the face. It’s the story of Linus Baker, a bureaucrat who works an agency responsible for the care of magical children – except his bosses only really care about whether or not he gets his paperwork done right. Things change for Linus when he’s sent to investigate a titular seaside house where a group of magical orphans live along with their charismatic caretaker. What he’s supposed to be looking for are clerical errors are procedural discrepancies, but what he finds is the found family that he didn’t know he needed. This book is the warm hug you didn’t know you needed (or maybe you did, poor baby).

Size Difference Flash 2025

Jul. 5th, 2025 11:02 pm
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A multifandom flash exchange featuring size differences.
Minimums are 300 words or a sketch on unlined paper.


Schedule

Sign-up and nominations: Now!
Sign-up Closes: Wed 09 Jul 2025 11:00PM UTC
Assignments Due: Wed 16 Jul 2025 11:00PM UTC
Works Revealed: Wed 16 Jul 2025 11:00PM UTC
Creators Revealed: Sat 19 Jul 2025 11:00PM UTC

Collection - Tag Set
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In this afternoon's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off and will be picking up later tonight.
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Posted by Sarah Brown

This son is facing a tough decision about the family cat who's lived with his dad for over 12 years. With his father moving overseas and unable to take her, he's torn between bringing the cat to his small apartment across the country, where she knows him but life is busy, or leaving her with the new family moving into her longtime home.

His place is familiar, but small and shared with a roommate, which might mean less attention. The new family is larger, with kids who seem ready to give her plenty of love and playtime. He worries about how she'll adjust, whether she'll handle leaving the home she's known or thrive in a livelier environment.

It's a tough call, but in the end, sometimes the best home isn't about the size of the space or even who feeds her. It's wherever she feels safe, loved, and cared for. 

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Posted by Sarah Brown

When the sun's blazing and the AC just isn't cutting it, these cool cats are turning to the true hero of summer: ice cream (or at least the cat-safe version). One lick at a time, they're serving serious popsipaw energy.

From slurping tuna-flavored ices to cautiously poking at a melting scoop with their toe beans, these kitties are here to chillax. Some delicately nibble like fancy little fluffballs at a five-star meowgurt bar, while others go full chaos mode, face-first into the frosty treat like it owes them rent.

And let's not forget the dramatic reaction. Wide eyes, scrunched noses, or that one judgmental glare that screams, "Too cold, hooman. Fix it." But even with brain freeze on the horizon, they keep going back for more.

It's hot out there, but these cats aren't sweating it. They're striking a purrfectly cool balance between melting and meowgical. Honestly? Same. Summer may be sizzlin', but with frozen fun and a frosty treat or two, these kitties are keeping it pawsitively chill.

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Posted by Nina Hernandez

Woman shares her experience with Home owners association(r) hand holding cut out of house made of wood with words "homeowner association" engraved on it(r)

A woman who bought a house with a stubborn oil stain in the driveway is shocked when the homeowners association (HOA) sends her a bill for the infraction.

TikTok user @luciferlovesmexx posted a video detailing her conundrum on July 2. The video shows her scrubbing the oil slick on her driveway with a brush. It doesn’t appear that she’s making any progress in cleaning the stain.

Birdfeeding

Jul. 5th, 2025 03:12 pm
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Today is partly sunny and hot.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, plus some brown birds that might be female blackbirds.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/5/25 -- I refilled the thistle feeder.

I picked up the concrete paver that we used for fireworks last night, along with scraps of paper and cardboard left behind.

Volunteer sunflowers are blooming under the fly-through feeder.

EDIT 4/5/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.





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Sunshine Revival Challenge #2

Jul. 5th, 2025 04:06 pm
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[community profile] sunshine_revival's next challenge is:
Tunnel of Love
Journaling: The romance of summer! What do you love? Write about anything you feel sentimental about or that gets your heart pumping.
Creative: Write a love poem to anyone or anything you like.

This is a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately. As an aro-ace person growing up in a time before we really had labels for those things (and, frankly, even now when some people still just don't get it), I've had a lot of experiences of being told that the way I loved people was wrong or not good enough. I'm... well, I was about to say I'm lucky to have people in my life now who don't see my love as lesser because it isn't romantic and never will be, and that is true, but also I have worked damn hard to accept myself as I am and to put energy into relationships with people who get me. So it's part luck, part skill. :P

I recently got a formal diagnosis of being on the autism spectrum. (I promise this relates.) This was something I had suspected for a long time, but having it confirmed has led me to take stock of a lot of past experiences and shine a different light on them. I've always had intense "special interests," but early on in life I learned to downplay them because of other people's disapproval. I think I am a much more... passionate person than others might suspect? I've only been able to let it show a little in fannish spaces where it's more accepted to fall in love with a fandom, or become infatuated with a character, or be swept off your feet by a storyline. Those aren't metaphors, it's really what it feels like, and I feel that way about a lot of things!

When I was a kid one of my special interests was ancient Egypt. I remember flipping through history books and feeling a physical level of joy and contentment as I pored over photos of pyramids and papyri, because I just loved loved loved what I was seeing so much. When the prompt asks about what gets my heart pumping, I think of things like that. But I learned to hide that part of myself because people didn't get it. I want to work on changing this. I know that kind of love is still there and I can still tap into it, and I want a future for myself where I'm proud that it's a part of me. That feels far away right now, but there was also a time when being proud of being aro-ace also felt very far away, so I think there's cause for hope.

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