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Day 7 Theme - The Lover Today's theme is The Lover.
Here are some ideas to get you started: She is the type of person that people want to be around. She has a passion for life and wants to connect with others. How does she express this love? What is her love language? Or conversely, is love something that she shies away from?
Just go wherever the Muse takes you. If this prompt doesn't speak to you, feel free to share something that does. You can post in a separate entry or as a comment to this post.
Want to get a jump start on tomorrow's theme? Check out the prompt list in the pinned post at the top of the page. Please don't post until that day. |
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System time, clocks, and their syncing in macOS. |
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The Goblin Emperor I've read this twice now, and it's very likely I'll read it again. I also suspect it may hit five stars on the third read. It's a complex book and the names and titles take a lot of getting used to - but, they do contribute to the story and its politics. It's a story of a young man, brought up in virtual isolation, pitched unexpectedly into becoming Emperor when his father and all his older brothers die in an airship accident. Landing in the middle of complex court life, competing political factions, and surrounded by strangers, he struggles to understand what is going on, and learn how he can survive. It has many characters, but they are well-drawn and all have their own motivations and loyalties. |
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Philosophical Questions: Pregnancy People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions. How would society change if men were able to get pregnant and men and women both had an equal chance of getting pregnant?Abortion and birth control would be free and legal everywhere. Family leave would be generous. Childcare would be free. It would be a lot better all around.
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friday five 1. What did you want to be when you were a kid?
A kid. Really.
2. What is your proudest accomplishment so far?
I've lived long enough that surely there could be more than one? Perhaps it's knowing when not to respond directly to this question, which invites humblebrags.
3. What is your dream job?
Something lower stress than my previous jobs.
4. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I've always found this question (common in certain kinds of interview) to say more about the asker than the answerer. It's bullshit. Ten years before I passed my PhD quals, I had no idea I would apply to grad schools. Ten years before I was part of a team that published an award-winning scholarly bestseller, I had no idea I would work as libstaff. Those were good things to do, but I didn't plan for them.
5. What does it take to make you happy?
Accidental inversions or juxtapositions, and bits of space for contemplation. When I'm very busy, it's harder to notice anything---a thing I noticed after I began protecting time during grad school to take walks and look at random plants. |
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Artificial Intelligence "Is AI more important than climate?"When the BBC recently asked Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai whether the build-out of AI is more important than climate, the question briefly cut through the hype that usually surrounds the AI boom. Pichai acknowledged that AI is dramatically increasing energy in ways current systems “can’t fully cope.”Another way in which humanity is too stupid to stop sawing off the branch we're all standing on. AI is not more important than the climate, it is just the latest threat to the climate. AI is a massive energy hog that we cannot afford at a time when we need to be cutting emissions as fast as possible. The most effective way to do that is to use less energy. AI is the opposite of helpful in this regard. ( Read more... )
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Festivids reveals have SNUCK up on me they are happening TOMORROW and I have NOT had time to watch all the things I wanted to watch but! here are some things I very much liked anyway! First, my own three (3!!!) beautiful vids: Sharp Dressed Man, for Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, a glorious celebration of Theatrical Fashion Touch, for the film Phantom, tense & wistful lesbian tragic romance! and Ready to Fight, also for Phantom, TRIUMPHANT KINETIC ACTION I did not expect to receive vids for either of these sources and they are all beautiful and perfect to me!! And now, an incomplete list of other vids I really really liked and/or was impressed by and/or laughed my ass off at: who wants to live forever (17776: What Football Will Look Like In The Future) Congratulations, You Survived Your Suicide (Disco Elysium) Everything I Need and PC Dyke (Dykes To Watch Out For) nothing and everything (Hamlet) (the SONG CHOICE) The Man I Knew (Jesus Christ Superstar) Here (Labyrinth) (THE SONG CHOICE!!!) ASSHOLE (Looney Tunes) Let's Get This Over With (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) Ya Ya (Sinners) There Is No Ship (Steerswoman) man (Victor/Victoria) I hope some of you enjoy some of these as much as I did! |
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Fan Art, Day 6, Frances Neagley from Reacher Title: Tough as They Come Fandom: Reacher Character: Frances Neagley Prompt: Day 6-Her own personal code. Rating: Teen (Just because she’s tough as nails.) Summary: I love her even more than Reacher. Need Tag for Reacher. ( Neagley ) |
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Day Three Theme - Like the first dewfall on the first grass (BtVS) TITLE: Like the first dewfall on the first grass https://kerk-hiraeth.dreamwidth.org/22329.html PROMPT: Day Three - The Caregiver FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer {AU} AUTHOR: ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) kerk_hiraeth RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 1,000 CHARACTERS: OCs; Fatima El-baz & Sofia Blazhevich SUMMARY: The duties of a Chaplain, whatever their religion are many and varied; sometimes causing reflection on their own lives. A/N: This story is dedicated to Father Francis Mulcahy, as played by William Christopher on M*A*S*H between 1972 and 1983. That character heavily influences my conception of the Muslim, appointed by Buffy to be Chaplain to all the Slayers; (full name ~ Fatima Amastan Sultana Sara Tirzah Elbaz (or El-baz).
The background to her full name and their histories will, should my muse permit, be revealed in further stories but briefly, her family is from the Atlas Mountains of Tunisia; has mostly Amazigh & Hebrew origins, with some Arab threads as well. Her wife is Jewish from a conservative Orthodox sect. The Slayer is Russian but Roman Catholic, rather than Russian Orthodox. Goddess be with you,  Father Francis Mulcahy, as portrayed by William Christopher kerk
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Birdfeeding Today is cloudy and cold. The snow is melting in patches.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows, a pair of cardinals, and a starling.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 2/6/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 2/6/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I am done for the night.
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Website Updates Thanks to fuzzyred, the Iron Horses page is now up! Go check out this thread to see if you've missed any poems.
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"An Inkling of Things to Come" is now complete! Thanks to a donation from fuzzyred, you can now read the rest of " An Inkling of Things to Come." Shiv and his classmates finish up their first session of worldbuilding.
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Day 6: Fic Self-Rec - Hey Arnold! - Helga Pataki, Lila Sawyer Title/Link: Friend IndeedFandom: Hey Arnold! Character(s): Helga Pataki, Lila Sawyer Rating: Teen and Up Prompt: Her Own Personal Code Summary: The law wasn't always fair or moral, and sometimes you had to follow your own code. |
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Day 5: Fic Self-Rec - Hey Arnold! - Helga Pataki Title/Link: Getting OutFandom: Hey Arnold! Character(s): Helga Pataki Rating: Teen and Up Prompt: The Outlaw Summary: Dark AU future fic. She’d always wanted to travel the world with him. |
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Day 4: Fic Self-Rec - Hey Arnold - Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki Title/Link: ShelterFandom: Hey Arnold! Character(s): Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki, Grandma "Pookie" Gertie, others Rating: Teen and Up Prompt: Needs Summary: AU fic. Grandma Gertie makes sure that anyone who needs shelter has it. Very slight h/t to the movie It Happened on Fifth Avenue. |
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Day 6: Fic - Starfleet Academy - Sam I was originally gonna skip this prompt because I couldn't figure out who to write, but then I watched last night's new Starfleet Academy episode, and decided I could be really literal with interpreting "her own personal code" as a prompt 😁 (anyway, no spoilers for episode 5 here) Title: Technicalities Fandom: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Character: Sam (Series Acclimation Mil) Rating: G Length: 150 words Summary: Sam contemplates a question while waiting for her friends Link: here on ao3 or you can read it under the cut below ( Read more... ) |
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Day 6: Fic - Isaac Asimov "Nightfall" - Training for Darkness - Original Female Character Title: Training for Darkness Fandom: Isaac Asimov "Nightfall", Original work Character: Original female character Prompt: Her Own Personal Code Rating: G Length: 824 words Summary: Loosely inspired by Isaac Asimov's novelette "Nightfall". The planet Lagash is constantly illuminated by six suns, and darkness does not exist here, because at least one sun is present in the sky at any given time. All Lagashians possess an intense, instinctive fear of the dark that causes them to go insane after just a few minutes of exposure to the dark. Once in several thousand years the suns and the moons align into a total eclipse that plunges the planet into darkness that all but guarantees extinction of civilization. The planetary authorities and clergy decide to train the people to tolerate darkness in advance of the event. They need volunteers to prove to everyone that it's possible. The protagonist has a deeply personal reason to be the first volunteer. Link: Read it on AO3 |
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fishing Tips |
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