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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 10:49 pm

Poem: "An Interest in the Affairs of Your Government"

This poem is spillover from the March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] wyld_dandelyon. It also fills the "Secrets" square in my 3-1-25 card for the Tolkien Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 10:20 pm

Poem: "Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness"

This poem came out of the July 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It also fills the "close-knit community" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. It belongs to the series Frankenstein's Family; it follows "Signs of Their Trespass," so read that first or this won't make much sense.

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mecurtin ([personal profile] mecurtin) wrote2025-07-06 11:24 pm
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Purrcy; kdrama

We were on the sofa together watching Murderbot so Purrcy had to come supervise. Not shown: how he was thwapping me with his tail to make sure I knew he was there. This shot makes it looks like he was watching the screen with us but I'm pretty sure he wasn't.

Portrait of Purrcy the tuxedo tabby gazing soulfully off to the left, as he sits on top of a brown sofa with a green pillow in the background. His pupils are quite dark, his whiskers very faint.

I've been watching Moon Embracing the Sun with [personal profile] feklar42 and [personal profile] libitina, which is my first kdrama. I have a question. I know that double eyelid surgery is extremely common in South Korea. Do we assume that most Korean actors/actresses have had this surgery, the way we assume that most (all) Western actors are on diets?
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Travis ([personal profile] torachan) wrote2025-07-06 08:20 pm
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Daily Happiness

1. We walked down to our favorite deli this morning to pick up sandwiches for lunch. The UV index was pretty high today so even though we tried to stick to the shade as much as possible, it was still exhausting being out in that level of sun, but the temperature was nice and there was a good breeze every now and then and it was a very nice walk overall.

2. Back to work tomorrow. :( Thinking of maybe making it a WFH day, though. So far the only meeting-like things I have are two web interviews, so that can be done from home, and I've got a lot of desk work and email to catch up on from the three-day weekend. So if no one comes up with anything urgent that needs me in person I think I'll stay home.

3. Tuxie is so handsome!

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 10:10 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 10:05 pm

Poem: "Always Surprised by Consequences"

This poem came out of the July 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] rix_scaedu. It also fills "The Harder They Fall" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 09:46 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 06:18 pm

Poem: "No Such Thing as Finished"

This poem is spillover from the July 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] jake67jake. It also fills the "He's all hat and no cattle." square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

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infinitum_noctem ([personal profile] infinitum_noctem) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-07-06 09:10 pm

Kim Possible: Fanfiction: Speaker Phone

Title: Speaker Phone
Fandom: Kim Possible
Characters: Kim Possible
Rating: G
Length: 112 words
Summary: Kim is embarrassed while talking to her mother.

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mecurtin ([personal profile] mecurtin) wrote in [community profile] fandom_checkin2025-07-06 08:36 pm
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Daily check-in

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, July 6, to midnight on Monday, July 7 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33329 Daily check-in poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 27

How are you doing?

I am OK
18 (69.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (30.8%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
9 (33.3%)

One other person
13 (48.1%)

More than one other person
5 (18.5%)



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.
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garryowen ([personal profile] garryowen) wrote in [community profile] fancake2025-07-06 08:01 pm

Star Trek AOS: Wrote the Book by insaneidiot and Reena_Jenkins

Fandom: Star Trek AOS (Reboot)
Pairings/Characters: Kirk/inappropriateness, hints of Kirk/Spock
Rating: Teen +
Length: 3,235 for the fic, 23 minutes for the podfic
Creator Links: [livejournal.com profile] insaneidiot [archiveofourown.org profile] reena_jenkins
Theme: Working Together

Summary: The crew of the Enterprise is subjected to a compulsory seminar on Inappropriate Workplace Behavior, and Jim Kirk finds this to be particularly challenging.

Content notes: In addition to Kirk being inappropriate in the ways one might expect from canon, the seminar leader is stereotyped in a way that might be considered offensive.

Reccer's Notes: I'm reccing both the story and the podfic here because the story is only on LJ, and the writer does not seem to be active anymore. The podficcer, however, is still around, and the pod is hosted on AO3, which may be more accessible for some. It is also the way I first encountered this story.

Now that we have all that out of the way, I can gush about how hilarious this story is because Jim Kirk + Starfleet bullshit is fertile territory, and I always laugh really loudly when listening to the podfic. Jim is so deeply wounded by any attempt to rein in his obnoxiousness, inappropriateness, and mouthiness. The best thing about this fic, though, is Jim's relationship with his crew. Throughout the seminar, we see the dynamics play out, and it becomes clear that the seminar was put together for a very different kind of workplace and a very different kind of crew. As Jim puts it: "All the team unity and 'synergy' exercises in the universe aren’t going to build real trust or strong relationships amongst a crew."

As you might expect, Jim gets kicked down a couple notches by the seminar leader, but the tables turn in an unexpected way by the end of the seminar.

Reena, as usual, does a wonderful job with the podfic.

Fanwork Links: Wrote the Book fic at LJ and Wrote the Book podfic at AO3
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mrkinch ([personal profile] mrkinch) wrote2025-07-06 04:59 pm

7/6/2025 Loop Road and Laurel Canyon

Every time I go it's a little bit quieter, but still fun. This morning, not at all early, it was even sunny! The Swainson's Thrushes and Wilson's Warblers were singing and I heard a Black-headed Grosbeak singing, which I did not last time. There was still activity at the Red-breasted Nuthatch nest hole, though I'm not sure what sort of activity, and I saw very likely the same juvenile Spotted Towhee scratching in the road. So nothing especially interesting but an enjoyable morning. ExpandThe list: )

I was tired this morning for no good reason that I can see so I didn't get out to the bench, but I did hang out at the Blue Gum picnic tables for a while. It was such a beautiful day!
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] guardian_learning2025-07-06 07:43 pm

第四年第一百七十八天

部首
匕 bǐ
化, to change; 北, north Expandpinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=21
匸 xǐ
匹, counter for horses; 区, district; 医, doctor/medicine Expandpinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=23
十, parts 1-4 shí
十, ten; 千, thousand; 升, to rise; 午, noon; 卉, plants; 半, half; 华, magnificent/China; 协, to cooperate; 卑, vulgar/base; 卓, outstanding; 单, single/list; 卖, to sell
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https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=24

语法
Chapter 34 quiz: Question words
Chapter 35 quiz: Question words
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php
Using 的
https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/modifier-de-noun/

词汇
推动, to promote; 推广, extension; 推进, to advance; 推开, to push away
退, to retreat; 退出, to withdraw; 退休, to retire
外交, diplomacy; 外面, outside; 外文, foreign language; 另外, in addition; 意外, accident
完美,完善, perfect; 完整, complete
玩具, toy
往往, often; 交往, to affiliate; 前往, to go to/proceed
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https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

玩玩
Songs: Shan Yichun, 想你的风起, and sodagreen, 我的未来不是梦.
Also The Reason I Live Here : short videos about Chinese people living abroad and non-Chinese people living in China.

七月了,外面既有绣球花又有紫薇。大家过得怎么样?
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Dinogrrl ([personal profile] dinogrrl) wrote in [community profile] little_details2025-07-06 06:05 pm

help with Venetian dialect

Hello wonderful people!

I've got a fantasy story that's set in early 18th-century Venice. I don't speak Italian, and definitely don't know the difference between the various regional dialects, so I'm looking for some help with a nickname in Venetian.

I have a priest who can use magic, who is not exactly a nice guy. Nobody likes to be around him, he's the kind of person you can just tell will erupt like a magic-spewing volcano the moment something doesn't go his way. My main character is ten when she first meets him and has a very visceral Do Not Like reaction to him, comparing him to a pack of rabid dogs. She is not told his name at the time, so in her mind she dubs him Father Mad Dog (creative, I know).

Several years ago I tried to parse "Father Mad Dog" into Italian/Venetian, and I don't know where I came to the conclusion that it'd be "Don Can' Pazzo" but that's what I've been using. I guess somewhere along the line I was under the impression that cane would get shortened to can when used like this. Is any of this correct? Or do I need another phrase entirely?
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kaberett ([personal profile] kaberett) wrote2025-07-06 10:20 pm
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vital functions

Reading. ExpandBurch + Penman, McMillan-Webster, Wells, Davies + Jones, Hwang Carrant, Keynes + Aidley )

... all of which adds up to more pain-related reading than I felt like I'd managed this week, huh, I thought I had tripped and fallen entirely into Murderbot and EatYourBooks indexing but apparently not!

Writing. A response to the EHRC consultation, which was... several thousand words. A very, very brief response to the Pathways to Work green paper consultation ("I am too disabled to manage doing this properly. These charities are speaking for me. Please fucking listen to them.")

Watching. The first half of Fantasia, with the toddler, with my hand held through all the scary bits to reassure me, apart from the bit that was SO scary that we had to get up and distract ourselves until it was over. Which had absolutely not been flagged as one of the scary bits, and which was the deep-sea-origins-of-life section.

(I had not watched the film since primary school, I don't think? And between then and now I have played a bunch of orchestral music, for most of that time on the violin but latterly as a French horn. It turns out that when I'm not distracted by playing a completely different part, I have incredibly intense sense-memories of several of the pizzicato sections early on...)

Another Murderbot episode. (I continue Indignant.)

Another Farscape episode, this one Taking the Stone (S02E03), which I think was firmly back to early season one levels of incoherence.

Tragically we have not managed The Old Guard 2, because I have had too much migraine and there have been SO many things Happening, but... maybe this week???

Cooking. Several new things! Four from East, leaving me at 41/120 recipes still to make (two of which are "probably won't happen" for reasons of "grapefruit" and "matcha"); of those this week's meal plan includes two (aubergine larb with sticky rice; Vietnamese coconut pancakes). I appreciated the reminder that fried new potatoes are tasty, and A is notably into the chargrilled summer vegetable salad, though I was not a fan of the faff and think I prefer smitten kitchen's charred corn succotash.

Approximately zero faff was salt lassi, and A is now aware that this Special Treat is available; low faff was a cherry clafoutis with fruit from the plot, which I overcooked a bit but, hey, I do in fact like caramelised crunchy bits.

Eating. FIRST BATCH OF DESSERT GOOSEBERRIES ARE RIPE. A tiny handful of Sugar Magnolia sugarsnap peas. Misc jostaberries. RASPBERRIES. And also supermarket strawberries, because we have hit the stage of the summer where they're down to £5 per kilo :)

Growing. I have been doing small bits of harvest and failing to get support structures in for the beans and tomatoes. The outdoor tomatoes have tomatoes on. The squash are coming along; I put more squash seeds in, on the grounds that they're super late but might still do anything; I have not managed to kill all of the chillis; the pepper has flowers.

Harvested lots of dried peas for sowing next year. Am attempting to develop Plans that might actually let me have a full bed of broad beans and a full bed of peas in the interests of getting Reasonable Quantities of them. If the council doesn't tell me I'm not allowed the abandoned plot next door--

I could get so much done if I could coax myself out there for even an hour a day but the agoraphobia is saying No, annoyingly. Gonna try to get A to chase me out more this week.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-06 04:15 pm
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Geology

Defying physics: This rare crystal cools itself using pure magnetism

Research team identifies atacamite as a magnetocaloric material.
Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself dramatically when placed in a magnetic field. Unlike a regular fridge, this effect doesn’t rely on gases or compressors. Instead, it’s tied to the crystal’s unusual inner structure, where tiny magnetic forces get tangled in a kind of “frustration.” When those tangled forces are disrupted by magnetism, the crystal suddenly drops in temperature. It’s a strange, natural trick that could someday help us build greener, more efficient ways to cool things
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scrubjayspeaks ([personal profile] scrubjayspeaks) wrote2025-07-06 02:10 pm
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Done This Week

*lolsob* Okay, so, I went to queue up the July posts for Lewisia on Saturday. I only needed to write one more for the week as well. The first things I always queue up are the Monday demifiction posts, because those are written for specific dates. Aaaaand...there weren’t any for July. Because I had lost track of what week it was and hadn’t written them yet.

Now, a sensible person could think, well, write one of them to finish out the current week’s pieces, then write the other three on Sunday. You’ll have all the July Mondays covered and be ahead of the curve for the coming week.

Friends, I am not a sensible person, but for once, it’s working in my favor. I wrote all four of them last night. And a fifth general one, just because I thought of it. So now, if I write two pieces this coming week, I won’t have to worry about it at all over the weekend when my club’s show and sale takes place. Which is great! But wow, I went about it in the weirdest way possible.

It has been an exceedingly foolish week at work, with a bunch of leaks and breakdowns, a short week, and a holiday party. I helped with the grilling and food prep for the party. Two of the other guys on the team normally handle it, and I am nosy and insist on getting involved. It’s just more work for me, when I could be sitting around doing nothing, because I am Just Like This. And then I volunteered to stay late with the outside vendor fixing several of the leaks.

Lewisia: 7 new pieces written

Day job: 36.5 hours, with Friday off

Cooking: Tang pie from Tasting History with Max Miller (kept frozen, it’s a creamcicle pie, simplistic but tasty, like the cheat lemon pie, probably not worth making again but no regrets)

Reading: Strangers in Paradise #17

Watching: more Murderbot :3

Listening: Transformer by Lou Reed (a quick detour into the classics)

Clock Mouse: 1097 words