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Mad Scientess ([personal profile] nanila) wrote in [community profile] awesomeers2025-05-31 02:12 pm
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Just One Thing (31 May 2025)

It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!
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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote in [community profile] recthething2025-05-31 01:06 am

The Murderbot Diaries - 11 Murderbot + Gurathin recs

In these trying times, may I bring some recs for Murderbot + its least favorite (also only) augmented human?

Murderbot + Gurathin recs - 6 novel/novella-length + 5 shorter fic )
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Cat ([personal profile] lilly_c) wrote in [community profile] writethisfanfic2025-05-31 10:03 am
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check in day 31

How is the writing going?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4


Today I

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wrote
1 (25.0%)

edited
2 (50.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

planned
0 (0.0%)

had a cheeky break
2 (50.0%)

dealt with life
1 (25.0%)



Feel free to share a snippet of something that you're working on, link to something you've posted. Ask for any help you need. Chat amongst yourselves.

Discussion: it's the last day of the month, did you meet any of the goals you set?
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-05-31 12:57 am
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Philosophical Questions: Country

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

If you could start a country from scratch, what would it be like?

Like this. :D

"The Evolution of Society as a Whole"

"The Most Effective Weapons"

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-05-31 12:54 am

May Monthly Post

This is the May community post for [community profile] allbingo. What were your bingo activities during May? What are your plans for June?

For May we had:
[new] Colors Bingo Fest hosted by [personal profile] silvercat17
Inspired by the kind of prompts in [community profile] rainbowlists, this is a bingo format challenge based on creative color names and related concepts.
Posting will be from May 1-31.

For June we will have:
[new]
Pride Fest hosted by [personal profile] drabblewriter
Celebrate ALL the orientations!
Posting will be June 1-30.


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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote in [community profile] allbingo2025-05-31 12:11 am

Bingo

I have made bingo down the N column of my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest bingo. I also have 4 extra fills.

N1 (true colors) -- "Show My True Colors" (Polychrome Heroics: Farce)
N2 (all that glitters is not gold) -- "Liberosis" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)
N3 (WILD CARD: deep blue sea) -- "Ruling from Beneath" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken)
N4 (silver-tongued) -- "Heartspur" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)
N5 (riot of color) -- "Cause a Riot of Color" (Polychrome Heroics: The Big One and Shiv)

B4 (the green stuff) -- Cookie Jar Terrarium Part 2: Planting

I5 (grey area) -- "A Lens of Ice" (Polychrome Heroics: Rutledge)

G3 (caught red-handed) -- "The Care and Feeding of Supervillains" (Polychrome Heroics: Dr. Infanta and Kraken)
G4 (pale imitation) -- "The More Bizarre It Gets" (Polychrome Heroics: Trichromatic Attachments)
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-05-30 11:57 pm

Bingo

I have made bingo down the N column of my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest bingo. I also have 4 extra fills.

N1 (true colors) -- "Show My True Colors" (Polychrome Heroics: Farce)
N2 (all that glitters is not gold) -- "Liberosis" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)
N3 (WILD CARD: deep blue sea) -- "Ruling from Beneath" (Polychrome Heroics: Kraken)
N4 (silver-tongued) -- "Heartspur" (A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows)
N5 (riot of color) -- "Cause a Riot of Color" (Polychrome Heroics: The Big One and Shiv)

B4 (the green stuff) -- Cookie Jar Terrarium Part 2: Planting

I5 (grey area) -- "A Lens of Ice" (Polychrome Heroics: Rutledge)

G3 (caught red-handed) -- "The Care and Feeding of Supervillains" (Polychrome Heroics: Dr. Infanta and Kraken)
G4 (pale imitation) -- "The More Bizarre It Gets" (Polychrome Heroics: Trichromatic Attachments)
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-30 09:24 pm
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Daily Check In

*\o/* Word Count Step Count Headache?
Daily 690 9,475 no
Monthly 19,074 288,882 9 days
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-30 08:15 pm
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Fandom50: #13

The year is 1988. The shoulder pads were dying, skirts were high, Keds were in style. And don't forget the parachute pants. Huh, I was dialing down in being a cinephile.

~ Beetlejuice - OH YEAH! Geena Davis Crush Ignited. Also hella fun.
~ Willow - WILLOW!!!! Such a good, fun movie.
~ Big - Saw this in theater with Mom, really enjoyed how they handled it.
~ Who Framed Roger Rabbit - BOB HOSKINS made this movie. Just. He acted against the animation SO PERFECTLY.
~ Die Hard - Did you know this was a July release? Funny thing is, Alan didn't actually make an impression on me as an actor of note for this one.
~ Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Saw this in theater with Mom. And I absolutely loved it for Bridges. He so fully GOT the man he was playing.
~ Young Guns - Hello my beloved heart throbs! (there's been a dearth of westerns in these posts)
~ Alien Nation - I am, without a doubt, a fan of both the movie and the TV show. And feel like it should have left a bigger presence in pop culture.
~ The Accused - Watched on VHS with Mom, and it was another one of those serious talk movies. Hard, in some ways to watch, because my aunt had been attacked the year prior.
~ The Land Before Time - Ya know, despite being a mom, and showing some of the franchise to the kids, I don't think I have ever seen this one in English? Like a few other movies, I watched it in French class.
~ Oliver & Company - MY BELOVED VERSION OF OLIVER TWIST, as told with cats and dogs. "If this is torture..." AHH CHEECH.
~ Scrooged - Once upon a time, a preferred version of Dickens' Christmas Carol. I rewatched in recent years and... well, Carol Kane is funny.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-05-30 04:48 pm

Follow Friday 5-30-25: Active Communities on Dreamwidth Spring 2025 A-I

These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Spring 2025. They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers A-I.

See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.

Highly active with multiple posts per day, daily posts, or too many to count easily
Active with (one, multiple, many) posts in (current or recent month)
Somewhat active (latest post within current year, not in last month or few)
Low traffic (latest post in previous year)
Dormant (latest post before previous year, but could be revived because membership is open and posting is open to all members or anyone)
Dead (not listed because there are no recent posts, plus membership and/or posting are moderated)
Note that some communities are only active during a limited time, or only have gather posts on a certain schedule.


Themes
Follow Friday 3-7-25: Meta
Follow Friday 3-14-25: Ghosts
Follow Friday 3-21-25: Glee
Follow Friday 3-28-25: Good Omens
Follow Friday 4-4-25: Goth
Follow Friday 4-11-25: Graphic Design
Follow Friday 4-18-25: Graphics
Follow Friday 4-25-25: Halloween
Follow Friday 5-2-25: Hannibal
Follow Friday 5-9-25: Harry Potter
Follow Friday 5-16-25: Heroes
Follow Friday 5-23-25: Het

Read more... )
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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-30 06:26 pm
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GenPrompt Bingo: Diaries and Journals

Ignite the mind’s spark to rise the sun in you (300 words) by Sharpest_Asp
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: M.A.S.H. (MASH) [TV]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Additional Tags: Introspection, Memories
Summary:

Margaret looks back...



Ignite the mind’s spark to rise the sun in you

Margaret hadn't actually kept a diary during her first war. By the second, she had picked up the habit. But she had taken all of the letters, so carefully saved, always packed in the bottom of her bug-out bag, and pieced together her memories in a journal of sorts.

The letters had served to remind her of antics, as her correspondents replied to ask more about this incident or that. She was glad of it, having opened that era of her life more frequently than later diaries, reminding herself of what had built her into the woman she had become.

Word would come of those who had passed on, and she would flip through, remembering them alive and sharing the survival in war with her. She had cried, and the journal bore marks from those tears.

Sometimes, she remembered the woman she started the war as. Father's disappointment for not being a son, father's hope for another medal-studded soldier… oh but she had been shaped in his shadow too much to know who she could be in those first months.

She touched the page where she had carefully fixed snapshots of each of her nurses, finger lingering under Kellye's picture, remembering how bold and firm she had been in the face of adversity. Ginger and that others — Margaret had learned to be human, but still firm, by coming to understand what her nurses needed to make it through the hell they lived in.

Other pictures, with one of the few serious shots of Hawkeye, were also lingered over, while a smile touched her lips at Klinger in one of his fabulous costumes.

She was tired this time, looking at her memories. What life might have been if she hadn't known them…

…her eyes closed, fingers placed near her colonel's picture.
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silvercat17 ([personal profile] silvercat17) wrote in [community profile] allbingo2025-05-30 03:52 pm

Color Fest Banners Preview/Generics

The Color Fest runs for one more day, but like all good events that doesn't mean you have to stop!

These are generic bingo and blackout banners for whenever you finish, but I'll personalize them for anybody who wants it.


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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-30 05:34 pm

Loretta Swit

It's not just losing an icon, both the actress for herself and for the roles I loved.

It's losing my paternal grandparents all over again.

Night time with Granny was Johnny Carson and M*A*S*H. Me eating crackers on Papaw's side of the bed. Waiting for him to call us on his lunch from the post office.

Thank you, Loretta Swit, for those memories.
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rachelmanija ([personal profile] rachelmanija) wrote2025-05-30 01:25 pm

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty



In a magical version of the medieval Middle East, a middle-aged single mom, who was once the notorious pirate Amina al-Sirafi, is dragged out of retirement for one final job.

This book is a complete and utter delight from start to finish. It has all the pirate tropes you could possibly want - sea battles! sea monsters! quests for magical objects! loyal crews! tossed overboard! marooned! - and sly twists on others. It's got great characters. It's got hilarious dialogue and character interactions. The world is wonderfully detailed and varied, full of plausible historical details and with a lovely faux-historical feel. There are stories within stories. It's all marvelous.

As a child, I had a book called Muslim Saints and Mystics, which was a translation of parts of the Tazkirat al-Awliyā, a collection of stories about Muslim saints written around 1200. It was funny and magical, and some of the stories-within-stories in Amina al-Sirafi have a similar feel. The novel neatly toes the line between dialogue that feels fairly contemporary and a plausibly historical mindset. Amina is horny as hell, but a serious Muslim who believes in not having sex before marriage; as a result, she's had five husbands. There's a major trans character, in addition to several gay characters; Amina has come across people before who prefer to live as the other sex, and takes it in stride without resorting to Tumblr-esque labels or attitudes.

I loved every moment of this book, and was delighted that though it has a reasonable ending, it is the start of a trilogy. It's the first book I've read by Chakraborty, and I'm excited to read her City of Brass series.

Read more... )
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-05-30 02:25 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is mostly sunny and mild with a nice breeze.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I trimmed grass along the west edge of the new picnic table.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I started trimming weeds around the purple-and-white garden.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I trimmed brush along the north side of the path to the ritual meadow.  That filled two trolleys.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I trimmed more brush along the north side of the path to the ritual meadow.  That filled two trolleys.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I finished trimming brush along the north side of the path to the ritual meadow.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I trimmed weeds around the birdgift apple tree.

I've seen a catbird, a mourning dove, and a fox squirrel.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I pulled weeds around the maple tree and the purple-and-white garden.

EDIT 5/30/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.








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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-30 01:42 pm

Podfic!

[Podfic] Five Titan Encounters (32 words) by mistbornhero
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics), Leverage
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eliot Spencer (Leverage), Roy Harper, Parker (Leverage), Garfield Logan, Sophie Devereaux (Leverage), Dick Grayson, Alec Hardison, Victor Stone, Nathan Ford, Donna Troy
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Podfic, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming, Audio Format: Download, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:

Five moments a member of Leverage encountered a Titan

Podfic of Five Titan Encounters by Merfilly.

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Asp ([personal profile] senmut) wrote2025-05-30 12:02 pm
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Mail Call

[personal profile] kalloway, those stickers are adorable.