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beccaelizabeth ([personal profile] beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-07-20 06:25 pm
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Relistened some 7th Doctor Big Finish today.
7 & Ace in Assassination Game I realised I had put on my relist because it mentions The Light, who also turn up in a Torchwood audio and arguably are referenced in a Torchwood book. Except in Torchwood they are not much like this. So probably it's more like when you get two secret societies called Watchers, because no one is trademarking their secret society. Someone wants to claim to be a major concept like Light, that's up to them. Read more... )
Other than that it was a lot of politics and mind control and running around. Didn't hate it. Didn't like its ideas though.

In Torchwood it's simpler, the Light introduces itself as Hell. Extradimensional conspiracy to get in. Still creepy infiltration and mind control stuff but without the mind controlled babies.


Actually all three of today's listens involved mind control stuff, which always seems to me a lazy shortcut. Persuade us someone could be persuaded or go home. But they did okay on that in the Dalek one.

7 and Mel in
We Are the Daleks
and
The Warehouse.

We Are The Daleks was released in 2015 and set in the 80s. Read more... )

So there were good bits and not so good bits. Reacting to the Daleks as if they're just another trading block and deciding to oppose them on the same grounds they decided to oppose the EU is funny and an interesting angle. But mind control takes the pressure off the problem from the story title. It makes it a dumb sci fi problem solved by moving the transmitter, instead of a lot of moral choices.
But that does make it solvable in the space of one adventure, so, can see what they were going for there.



The Warehouse was one of those that takes ordinary words like Delivery and respins the story around them not meaning quite the same thing there as here. Deliverance and religion get attached to a big warehouse for fulfilling online orders. Read more... )
After relistening this one I went back to my existing listing in my catalog and gave it an extra star. It's still not maximum stars but I think I must have been in a bad mood listening the first time. Liked it.



Liked today pretty well.
Sunday tasks achieved. Lots of nice foods to choose between. Plenty of quiet time to listen.
Pretty good day.
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selenak ([personal profile] selenak) wrote2025-07-20 07:16 pm
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elf ([personal profile] elf) wrote2025-07-19 09:16 pm

The last 24 hours have been a whole year

1. Chaos. Last night, the building across the street caught on fire.

Again.

It's an abandoned/defunct factory; this is the... fifth? time it's caught on fire in the last couple of years. (The owner who acquired it after the previous owner died has been trying to sell it for far more than anyone wants to pay.)

2. Discord. This morning: Skipped my GURPS game (sigh) for round 3 of 4 of the Seattle Worldcon virtual business meeting. 3.75 hours of intense Roberts Rules neepery wrapped around 16 action items. 14 passed, 2 failed. I took notes on (1) everything that happened and (2) How To Bog Down A Worldcon Business Meeting, should I ever be so inclined.

There are a substantial number of people involved for whom Roberts Rules is apparently their main fandom. The Worldcon Business Meeting is their Pennsic. Some of them get annoyed at people who aren't interested in RRONR procedures as much as they want changes to Worldcon rules.

Also I have volunteered to be on two committees; we'll see if I get accepted to either.

3. Confusion. Family birthday party. Eldest daughter came over to cook tacos yay. Much bustling around a small kitchen with people no longer used to having three butts in a one-butt sized space.

Tacos were yummy. Cake and ice cream were yummy. French-press coffee was yummy; I wound up thinking "I should do that more often" and then remembered why I don't - because the cleanup is a hassle, and also, I prefer the coffee hotter than the press makes it. (5 minutes of sitting in a glass cylinder is cooler than I prefer.) But it's nice once in a while.

4. Bureaucracy. 2 hrs of OTW Board public meeting. (The meeting is 1 hr, but I'm involved as a volunteer, so had to be there in advance.) It ran short - instead of the normal "dozen questions emailed in advance + 10-20 questions asked in session," it was "5 questions sent in advance and only 4 more asked in session." All questions answered during the meeting; none left over to get posted on the website later.

5. Aftermath. Kid the Elder has gone home with doggo via Lyft; I am trying to catch up on the several chat channels with all sorts of stuff in them. Also now trying to figure out what writing deadlines I have pressing that have been shoved aside during prep for these two meetings.

Now what? )
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beccaelizabeth ([personal profile] beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-07-19 08:42 pm

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Today I played WotR Lord of Nothing and did the cave, tower, and jungle.
I stopped before the Shadow because I remember going through that as fast as possible because Creepy, and it is sleepy time now.

I got the two fiddly achievements I was trying for, including one that *should* have worked already but I found a guide that said it was bugged so you had to do the thing a particular way that would usually be losing. So I did a proper save, played it the right way, did another proper save, and went back and did it the wrong way. Then I exited the game and loaded the right way version. And then it went Ping and I got an achievement something like 0.6% of players do.
This is not because I'm impressive, its because hardly any percent of people seem to actually play their game, the can't miss it achievements aren't impressive percents on the xbox either.

I also spent some of today playing using the actual xbox controller rather than the wired powera version I usually use, because the controls were being quirky and I wondered if it was game or controller. Either way it stopped. But, I relearned why I don't use the xbox one. It is just different enough everything Bothers Me and the buttons click Wrong and I can't put my fingers in the exactly places. Blah.

This is not exciting gaming news.

But it passes the time.



I'm never going to get 100% of achievements because already Core difficulty is annoyingly hard instead of just quite challenging. There's more difficulties above that and all you get for it is a finished the whole thing on that difficulty trophy. ... the highest difficulty one I believe is called Test of the Starstone, which, would be nice to be able to say I passed.


The weather is nicer outside but my flat does not feel like changing, except to intermittently feel like if you put a wet sponge in a microwave. Dryer is better.

But basically had an okay day.
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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2025-07-19 10:56 am

The Friday Five on a Saturday among other things..

1. So far, I've managed to put two things together, a canister to hold large utensiles on my counter top, and a see-through plastic medicine box. The Medicine box is unfortunately slightly defective - on of the sides doesn't quite fit the box. But I've made it work - sending it back is just costly and a bit of work.

Yes, I know, I know...

2. Cancelled two subscriptions: New York Magazine, and Paramount Plus. (I realized I seldom watch Paramount Plus, and I'm protesting their decision to cater to the Doofus to obtain permission from the Federal Government to merge with Skydance Media.)

Okay let's talk about THAT for a hot minute or two?

For financial reasons, Paramount is pursuing a lucrative merger with Skydance Media.

The nitty gritty on the Merger
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3. Thinking of relaxing, reading, and getting groceries. But first must fix lunch.

4. Friday Five on Saturday...

* Name five favorite movies.

Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back, Gross Point Blank, LadyHawk, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Endgame

* Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.

Human Rights Advocacy/Social Justice (although I'm kind of burned out on it at the moment), Watercolor, Cooking and nutrition (I have dietary restrictions), Trains

* Name three things you would change about this world.

1) Selfish Entitled Asshole Syndrome - switch that default to being kind and helping others with a communal sense of cooperation, 2) Climate Change - everyone work together to reduce it, and aid in scaling it back, Dependency on Cars - switch from roads to high speed trains, 3) install universal health care across the globe - so everyone has free access to health care (provide health care specialists with housing stipend, a month vacation, free education, trip allowance, transportation stipend, and free tickets to entertainment events).

* Name two of your favorite childhood toys.

Barbie Doll - I used it to tell stories, I was very rough on it.
Star Wars Action Figures - also used to tell stories.

* Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.

Can't think of anyone. So thankfully, it will never happen.
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selenak ([personal profile] selenak) wrote2025-07-19 06:02 pm

Foundation: 3.02

I had an extremely busy week for rl reasons, but am now up to date with the most visually gorgeous sci fi show currently on tv. (The possible competitions being on hiatus. Or cancelled, grr, argh.)

Spoilers want more time )
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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2025-07-17 08:17 pm

Thursday Memage ...

Read through correspondence list. So just to let you know? I read, I just don't tend to comment - because, I can't think of anything to say outside of - oh, that's interesting, thanks for sharing.

What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to list or talk about.

my list )

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I've thought about it? If I were in charge? I'd arrange for teachers to be paid for the entire year including the summer, with the caveat that they either do summer school for one month or a course or tutoring. They get at least one month off paid vacation. Paid for Spring Break and Christmas.
And have some latitude on materials. And smaller class room sizes.

Allow for creativity. And provide a housing stipend, also pay for transportation. Of course I want this for everyone.

Why can't I have a world where folks have equal access to health care, housing, food, entertainment, work, and love? I'm tired of the Selfish Entitled Assholes Ruling the world - can the Universe kill them off already? [Rhetorical questions - mileage may vary on this - and if it does, I'd rather not know?]

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July Question a Day Meme

14. Do you enjoy mocktails/cocktails? What’s your favourite?

Not really. Sugar is involved. I avoid sugar. Alcohol will burn off the sugar - but you know, alcohol - which causes other health related issues and drug interactions. So, I don't drink cocktails or mocktails at all any longer.

15. When was the last time you saw any bees?

About two days ago - on the flowers? I've not been walking around the flowers recently as much - because it's been really hot. Today it was 92F/32C.

16. Do you know any sign language? Have you heard of Makaton?

Not really. No.

17. If you enjoy tea, how do you make it – with a teabag, with loose-leaf tea, in a mug or in a teapot?

Usually a teabag, loose leaf requires more work. In a mug, since again teapot is work and mess, and I like easy. Also as far as I can tell there's not a lot of difference. I do have a tea infuser. I take black tea and matcha with milk (usually unsweetened oat or almond/coconut milk). Herbal without.

Right now, I'm into Matcha Lattes, which isn't a tea so much as a powder.
Stronger than green tea, with more curative power.

18. Are you good at arranging cut flowers? Have you ever tried Ikebana?

No, I suck at it. I don't know what Ikebana is? I looked it up HERE - and no. I've not tried it.

I know people who are amazing at it - a co-worker is a floral arranger and florist - she raises her own flowers, and buys cut flowers and creates amazing arrangements, with dyes and everything.

But, I get cut flowers, and I screw it up - I can't figure out the slant, have no patience, and I don't handle plants well? Also I'm allergic to flowers slightly? So I don't tend to get cut flowers that often? And mold really - allergic? And no room for them?

I can photograph and draw and paint them, though?

See?


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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-07-20 11:39 am

Glancing at Trump's tantrum-of-the-day

I guess today's coin flip has landed on "pivot to popcorn". If the world is burning we may as well get some use out of it, right? Popcorn all around!



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beccaelizabeth ([personal profile] beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-07-17 04:08 pm

Wrath of the Righteous all day

Today I played WotR on Core difficulty from waking up at Defenders Heart through to actually defending it, because then I could do Prelate's Nemesis, which I missed on my other Core plays.
It only pinged after I quit and loaded it again, but I figured it would.

Defender's Heart takes like 42 rounds. And most of them are boring, because once you have web grease pit cast on the gate nothing gets in, and Camellia can Entangle the streets all around so nothing much climbs in and when it does it stands there waiting for your arrows. ... this leads to a certain amount of entangle web greasing your own team. Today it went extra wrong because Nenio who cast half the spells got caught in them so she couldn't cancel them. Lots of running around to fix that. Still, everyone on my team and at least the vast majority of the defenders survived the fight.
The Nabasu fight goes great if Ulbrig Grabs them and goes very very poorly if he does not. So it took a couple of tries. Worked though.

Core remains more frustrating than fun. A sensible me would stop chasing achievements and go back to playing the difficulty I actually like.

... a sensible me would play far fewer hours in one day.

... unlikely...
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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-07-19 06:25 pm

Can't believe those storms did nothing about this heat or humidity

Blech.

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snickfic ([personal profile] snickfic) wrote2025-07-16 10:30 pm

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- As mentioned, I signed up for [community profile] battleshipex. I guess this was a good decision(??), becuase I've now written 8400 words across six fics in the past six days. That plus an impulsive art piece meant I capped out for board 1, which feels like absolute crazypants. I hope I like the fics okay when I go back and edit them...

I might be a little burned out now. If my team reaches board 2 before I leave for my trip, then maybe I will feel like writing a couple more things, but if not, that's also fine. I've more than doubled my participation the other year I played, so!

- I continue to play Cult of the Lamb. It's so fricking cute. I've beat the main boss and am now indulging in the extras like sending my cute followers to the mating tent where they make eggs that hatch into more cute followers. My only complaint is that the music is extremely repetitive, just one samey jingle for the home base and another for combat.

- The Oasis tour has started, and I've been trying to avoid hearing too much about it, but I DID have friends sending me tons of photos and videos from the first couple of nights, and they hugged?? Noel CRIED????? They walked out together, and Liam took Noel's hand and lifted it like he was a prizefighter? Have I mentioned Noel CRIED.

The first gig was July 4, which meant I was getting all this at the same time I was trying to be social at a cookout.
Me on the outside: So you finished that degree? Congratulations!
Me on the inside: OH MY GODDDDDDD THEY HUGGGGGGED.

I peeked at the forum around that time, and everyone there was absolutely euphoric. Cannot WAIT to see it all for myself! SOON.
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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2025-07-16 07:46 pm
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How to review and not to review a film...also book meme

1. Dueling Superman Reviews - which unintentionally depict how to write a film review and how not to write a film review.

Professional film/music/book critic and science fiction novelist John Scalzi and his daughter, an inspiring blogger (who to date has primarily written blog posts in her father's blog) post dual reviews of the new film - Superman (directed by James Gunn).

Go HERE (Warning, Athena Scalzi's review is filled with spoilers, although I got confused halfway through, jumped to the end and gave up on her review, her father, John Scalzi's review has relatively few - actually no spoilers outside of what you might see in the trailers.)

The dueling reviews - which are quite different takes on the film - unintentionally show the dos and don'ts of writing reviews, and glaringly show the difference between a professional film critic's review and a amateur film reviewer who saw a flick.

Snippets for examples of the difference:

Beginning of AS's review: Read more... )

Beginning of JS's review: Read more... )

And..

Ending of AS's review: Read more... )

Ending of JS's review: Read more... )

The trick in reviewing anything - is to give the reader just enough information for them to determine privately if they want to see, read, or listen to the item being reviewed themselves. Is it worth their time? Their taste more likely than not will differ greatly from the reviewer's - so the trick is to give them enough information, without spoiling them, to know whether to check it out for themselves. And at the same time - entertaining them, giving them interesting information, and not boring or confusing them in the process. This is not easy to do. Most amateur reviewers haven't a clue how to do it, as you can see from AS's review.

I figured out from John Scalzi's whether it made sense to see the film in a big theater, and whether I'd like it. And that was without being insanely spoiled on it. Besides giving me a headache, Athena's review confused me and spoiled me about various bits, I'd prefer not to be spoiled on. Also, AS's review only works for those who have already seen the film and not as a review - whose audience is those who haven't seen the film yet. You can't make sense of AS's review without having seen the film. I also couldn't tell if I'd like the film or not. But I knew without a doubt whether I would reading her father's review. (I won't and will wait for it to come on television. It's like Gunn's other films - too busy. And movie theaters aren't comfortable any longer? And have too many distractions? I'd rather watch at home.)

cut for length )

2. Books

I think I've landed on The Rook -

Per Good Reads: Myfanwy Thomas awakens in a London park surrounded by dead bodies. With her memory gone, she must trust the instructions left by her former in order to survive. She quickly learns that she is a Rook, a high-level operative in a secret agency that protects the world from supernatural threats. But there is a mole inside the organization, and this person wants her dead. Battling to save herself, Myfanwy will encounter a person with four bodies, a woman who can enter her dreams, children transformed into deadly fighters, and terrifyingly vast conspiracy. Suspenseful and hilarious, The Rook is an outrageously imaginative thriller for readers who like their espionage with a dollop of purple slime.

"Utterly convincing and engrossing -- -totally thought-through and frequently hilarious....Even this aging, jaded, attention-deficit-disordered critic was blown away."-Lev Grossman, Time

About the author: Dan O'Malley graduated from Michigan State University and earned a Master's Degree in medieval history from Ohio State University. He then returned to his childhood home, Australia. He now works for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, writing press releases for government investigations of plane crashes and runaway boats.

This may work for me - it fits my sense of humor, and I'm also a jaded, attention-deficit-disordered critic at the moment.

Plus it's on Kindle so not hard to lug around.

Finished Remarkably Bright Creatures - my difficulty with it was all the characters were frustratingly dense. The writer contrived ways to keep them apart which irritated me. I deal with dense people daily, I can't handle reading about them? Also the writing style didn't work for me, for some reason?

Re-listening to all of the Kate Daniels Graphic Audio Dramatizations - there's ten in all. Plus several single audio books, which aren't. Maybe by the time I finish there will be more? The Kate Daniels series scratches whatever itch I need scratched at the moment. Also they are kind of comfort reads.

And still making my way through the thick paperback of Fair Folk.
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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-07-18 10:59 am

Robben Island by Pamela Sneed

The only antidote I may have to Trump’s election
is in a small ferry to Robben Island
one that shuttles you to the former prison
where those who fought against apartheid were held
The only answers may be in one wool blanket
a basin
toilet
cell
and the tiny windows of  Robben Island
in the discarded artillery
the rock and the limestone yard
where many were blinded
driven mad
Now the survivors former prisoners
give tours
their faces carved like tree roots exposed
The only answers may be in the surrounding peaks of Table Mountain
its Twelve Apostles
all now standing as testament to what
through years of struggles
can be defeated
overcome


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beccaelizabeth ([personal profile] beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-07-16 03:01 pm

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Today was Cleaner Day, so I am cleaner, my house is cleaner, and I ran the dishwasher and the washing machine and am waiting on the drying cycle for the laundry. Maximum clean.

Quite a lot tired.

I watched a couple more Doctor Who, 12 and Clara. Read more... )

I can see how this is interesting story, but they're becoming versions of themselves I remember finding least fun.

Ah well, will see.


Oh good, laundry beeps, tasks complete 🤞
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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2025-07-15 07:49 pm
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The Weekly Good News Report from the American Resistance & It's Global Allies..

Disclaimer: As always, good news is often in the eye of the beholder and mileage may vary on the below. Hopefully you'll find something to make you smile.

1. Only about a quarter of medical schools include training on how to discuss safe gun storage and firearm injury prevention with patients. Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic is working to change that — and ensure that future doctors play a role in preventing gun violence.

https://www.thetrace.org/2025/07/medical-school-gun-violence-prevention/

2. Great land protection story from the Port Townsend Leader about the exciting recent purchase of 81 acres of forest and wetlands by our friends at the Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI)! The land will be permanently protected and stewarded as part of NWI's 500-acre Tarboo Wildlife Preserve in the Quilcene area. Jefferson Land Trust is proud to have played a facilitation role in this project by working with the U.S. Navy to secure matching funds through the Navy’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program. The Navy’s funding purchased a restrictive easement on the land that prevents development (but does not grant any rights to the military for use of the property).

https://www.ptleader.com/stories/northwest-watershed-institute-purchases-forest-for-addition-to-tarboo-wildlife-preserve,215813

3.Senator Chris Van Hollen’s amendment in the Senate Appropriations Committee to "retain, preserve and compile" any records related to Jeffrey Epstein passed unanimously. On that note, the Epstein files are proving to be a real thorn in Trump’s shoe, and I’m here for it.

https://www.ksby.com/politics/senate-committee-unanimously-approves-amendment-that-would-preserve-jeffrey-epstein-files

[The fight over the Epstein files and release of the client list is amusing, partly because it's one of the many platforms that the Doofus ran on, and right now, his base, Magna is furious at him. Over on Twitter, Stephen King got into trouble with his fans - for stating that the Epstein Client List was about as real as the Tooth Fantasy and Santa Claus. ]

4.L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has signed an executive order to provide cash cards worth several hundred dollars—funded by philanthropy—to undocumented immigrants who miss work due to fear of ICE raids.

https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/mayor-bass-issues-executive-directive-support-immigrant-communities

5.US District Court Judge Nina Wang has fined two of Mike Lindell's attorneys $3,000 apiece for their error-riddled AI-generated legal brief. Lindell, of My Pillow, lost the defamation case and is on the hook for $2.3M in damages.

[Yeah, don't use AI to write things folks. It's a computer code created by IT - and IT can't write that well, and some can't write to save their lives.]

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5389852-mypillow-ceo-mike-lindells-attorneys-fined-for-inaccurate-ai-generated-brief/

6. Poland generated more power from clean energy sources than coal for the first time in June.

https://www.ft.com/content/ae920241-597e-49d9-a4b9-bfdfa9deabb6?accessToken=zwAGOQFSub4YkdOukgJBWX5J2dOkub_fqd6rtg.MEUCIC7wxgJShKjVR3u717YcwKFA3kRvRTs4yUanM49uZ5ZYAiEAiv7r4PrLesRguLHgvVlrgsCiItG8QsBG5GNgqjqgj5A&sharetype=gift&token=4a8b6641-d698-4252-8c2f-e667b96f2351&ref=climativity.com

7.Michael Jordan opened his fourth free clinic for people who are uninsured or underserved in North Carolina, his home state.

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/nba/michael-jordan-opens-another-free-health-clinic-native-north-carolina-2050274?sh_kit=7a2950363f4b90b1881ae76c68d24551846eea9063b67a6a14e9fa39bc419e40

8.NEW ORLEANS FINANCIAL COLLAB GETS $1M GRANT TO INVEST IN LOCAL START-UPS
The Financial Wellness Collaborative received the $1 million grant to help small businesses manage their financial health and scale-up.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/new-orleans-financial-collaborative-grant-invest/

9.Mexico sent water rescue teams and firefighters to help in Texas after the holiday weekend floods.

https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-sends-help-texas-floods-2095878

10.A new Gallup poll taken over the month of June shows Trump support on “handling the immigration issue” now stands at 35% with 62% opposing.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/692522/surge-concern-immigration-abated.aspx
the rest of the 44 beneath the cut - the science stuff is towards the end of the list. )

And just in case you found zip in that list to smile about? Here's a photo of flowers.


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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-07-15 07:27 pm

Something that's always interested me

is when an organization feels the urgent need to say something both in officialese and also everyday talk. I can think of three very relevant examples in NYC:

1. Every time you do your taxes or do almost anything that involves interacting with the state government, you'll have to pick your county, and if you live in Brooklyn or Staten Island that means they list the county with the coterminous borough in parentheses.

2. If you have a kid in school, every year they send you a form reminding you to fill out your Emergency Contact Card, and every year they include the phrase "Blue Card" right afterwards. Because that's what we all call it. Because they're blue.

3. And here's one I haven't thought about much since adolescence, but if a job is apt to hire teens then they will ask for their Employment Certification and then, inevitably, add "Working Papers" right afterwards, again, because that's what everybody calls them.

There must be other examples I'm missing, as well as non-NY examples. I sometimes wonder if it'd be easier for them to just cave to the inevitable and start listing the everyday term first and then list the "real" term afterwards.
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beccaelizabeth ([personal profile] beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-07-15 08:19 pm

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https://seanharry.com/home/flux/
if I was a person who left the house any more I would so want to go to this one
13, 9, Yaz, Toshiko, Ianto, and Rhys
and more spaces left TBA on the Guests pictures.
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beccaelizabeth ([personal profile] beccaelizabeth) wrote2025-07-15 02:55 pm

Murderbot, written form

I have finished rereading all the Murderbot books.

I had a few little thoughts as I went along. Read more... )

The most recent book, the one where story saves the day, that made me feel kind of tired. Because I felt like the truest line was saying if the corporates made story at them first they would win. I have not of late been optimistic about the power of story, since I have been seeing people reading many things with the special lenses on, the ones that have decided the meaning first and only see the ways that fit. It's an excellent theory and a great development for the character and kind of a writer power fantasy. It should work.

The world could be nicer.

But the reread was good.
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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2025-07-17 07:09 pm

Thunderstorms!

Gosh it's thunderstorming out there!

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