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Feb. 6th, 2026 04:00 pm
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Apparently it's been getting bad reviews, but I'm still enjoying Starfleet Academy. I can't say which character I like the most, as I like them all. Though, Jay-Den is up there if I was forced to pick. I'm also enjoying how they keep referring to previous series, each mention of Voyager makes me beam, because that's still my Trek. Loved this latest ep too cut for spoilers )

It's raining, cold and windy today. It's been cold and rainy and windy for what feels weeks now, and the week ahead forecast is rain, wind, and cold. Joy. I don't mind going out in the rain, but do protest at going out into sleety rain that's lashing against my face due to the wind. Roll on some spring sunshine.

As part of the weight management programme I get an email on a Friday summing up the talks for the previous weeks, a couple of recipes and saying what sessions will be held the upcoming week. I read the email earlier and the sessions for my class are cancelled again next week, which does make me worry that something has gone wrong for Rosie as this would be a month the classes have been cancelled.

I've been trying to organise a wider family meal for Corey's birthday next week, and am getting nowhere. People are either broke or at work or school, so getting everyone together on his actual birthday week is a no-go. At this point, I'll be surprised if I can arrange anything this month at all.

Nearly bath and book time. I'm reading The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews atm and enjoying it. I knew I would, as their writing always hits the spot for me.

Oh, talking of books. When we went to restock some stock at the Craft Shop, the bookshop opposite was open, and all the books are free! You're limited to 6 items a day, and how I walked out with nothing still amazes me. Also great, they take books as donations so I can donate a load of books that I've read already.
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Day 5 - The Outlaw  

Title: Sentence
Fandom: 12 Kingdoms | Juuni Kokki
Characters: Nakajima Youko; Rakushun
Rating: Gen
Summary: How could she properly judge the one in front of her for committing the same crimes she did? Youko reflects on her past, when she first arrived in this world.

Story in ao3

A ficlet for once since I tend to write too much hah. The women in this series are so good, each could have a day of her own.
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stuff i love

[personal profile] dreamersdare is hosting a Stuff I Love – Top 10 Edition weekly challenge throughout February, with the first week being media one-shots.

I’m not going to try for a ranked top 10 for this or other weeks, because that way madness lies, but I did want to try to get to a list of 10 things I love that fit the challenge.

I pondered just a free-form list of one-shots of different mediums and genres, but eventually what coalesced is this: a list of standalone SFF fiction. One of the things I really love about SFF is the long series, the magical sagas, multi-volume explorations of worldbuilding, sometimes across real-world decades and in-universe millennia – your Tolkien Legendariums, your Earthseas, your Dragaeras, your Vokosigan Sagas. So it’s particularly notable when I enjoy a SFF standalone, which manages to pack that worldbuilding and that sensawunda into a single piece. Sometimes even quite a short one, because I included short stories, novellas, and novelettes in scope of this.

In no particular order, and selected by starting with a considerably longer list and picking things from it until I felt like I’d picked all the right ones.

top 10 )

Match Museum in Väster, Sweden

Feb. 6th, 2026 10:00 am
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Jönköping was once known as Sweden's "Match City" ("Tändsticksstaden") because for over a century that was its most famous export. At one point, a third of the town's workforce was employed in this single industry. Although many might consider matchsticks to be a dull subject, it is clear the residents of this city disagree, as they have turned part of the former Jönköpings Tändsticksfabrik factory into a museum dedicated to them. It is one of only three such museums in the world.

The Match Museum tells the story of matchmaking in Jönköping, which dates back to 1845, as well as across the world. Svenska Tändsticksaktiebolaget, which owned all of Sweden's match factories, once controlled 60-70% of the world's match market. The museum has preserved match-making machines and has opportunities to make one' own matchboxes. There is also a collection of thousands of matchboxes and labels, some of which can be purchased in the gift shop.

Surrounding the museum, the Jönköpings Tändsticksfabrik factory as a whole is the world's only completely preserved historic match factory. It is now home to bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and even a theater and hotel.

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Title: Their own idiom
Fandom: Bad Sisters
Characters: Bibi Garvey and Ursula Garvey (Eva, Becka and Grace are also in many of the frames)
Rating: G
Notes: Image-heavy post.
Summary: A collection of Bibi and Urs' glances at one another throughout the show. They certainly do this quite a lot.

At Tumblr, my journal or simply below the cut :)

Read more... )
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 Yesterday's song was "The Recognition Scene" and today's is "Third Snow Song"



The first song is titled after the scene in a tragedy where the protagonist sees that they are stuck in a tragedy.  The tone of the song certainly works with that reference. The second song is about Darnielle experiencing actual* cold weather as someone who had grown up chiefly in warmer, sunnier parts of California.

Both songs are nice, but I don't have much to say about either.

*Those of us familiar with winter in places other than Portland, Oregon, may question whether this really constituted "actual cold weather"
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Hello on Friday!  Looking back at the day today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet -- how did it go?

   - I thought about my fic once or twice
   - I wrote
   - I did some planning and/or research
   - I edited
   - I've sent my fic off to my beta
   - I posted today!
   - I'm taking a break
   - I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Looking forward, how are you planning to spend your weekend?

   - I'm going to make up for not writing all week by having a writing marathon
   - I'm going to keep writing at my current rate and see how it goes
   - I have other plans, but I might have time to get some writing in
   - I'm going to take a break from writing
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Title: Snowed In
Fandom: Kamen Rider Gotchard + Kamen Rider Girls Remix
Pairing/Characters: Rinne/Nayuta
Rating: G
Word count: 200
Content Notes: Fluff, Snowed In
Author's note: Also for the [community profile] tokufemslash prompt meme prompt of "Any: any/any - roadtrip/traveling" and my Fresh Femslash Salad Bar prompts "snowed in & 200 words"!
Summary: Rinne and Nayuta had plans for their trip, until they get snowed in.
Also on Ao3, or read below the cut:

Read more... )
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Hello everyone! We are on track to open the collection as scheduled on Saturday, February 7 @ 1:00pm Eastern Standard time (Countdown). A big thank you to our wonderful pinch-hitters!

Mods will continue approving works into the collection in batches. If you posted your fic before February and it is still unapproved, please get in touch.

As we wait eagerly for reveals, why not write a treat? You can see all requests in the requests app. Treats can be posted any time, whether before or after reveals.

Friday Videos Like Irving Berlin

Feb. 6th, 2026 01:00 pm
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Posted by SB Sarah

I’m going to need to make a logo for Friday Videos, huh? Suggestions welcome!

This week’s Friday Video comes from Varian via the podcast Patreon Discord, and when I say I sent to everyone I know, I mean every person I could think of.

Please welcome Lizzy and the Triggermen performing Irving Berlin’s 1941 chart, “When That Man is Dead and Gone.”

You’ll want the good speakers for this one.

I also found a recording from April 2, 1941 featuring Al Bowlly and Jimmy Mesene, “Radio Stars with Two Guitars.”

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra also recorded it, as did Mildred Bailey and The Delta Rhythm Boys.

I love the Mildred Bailey version. I think I’ve listened to it six times this hour.

Happy weekend, everyone, and enjoy the Bad Bunny concert!

And, speaking of, a bonus video!

For those who are in Canada, and especially for those who are still moving around all this snow concrete, please enjoy this parody of Bad Bunny’s “NUEVAYoL” by Carlos Bolivar: INVIELnO!

It’s in Spanish, but here’s the first verse translated (badly) by me:

“If you want to be depressed
with sadness and pain
you only have to live
a winter in Canada.

If you want to freeze
with sadness and pain
you only have to spend
a winter in Canada.”

May your snacks be excellent and may your toes be warm!

 

Friday 06/02/2026

Feb. 6th, 2026 02:23 pm
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1) library visit

2) watching dr who episode with Lhune and delicious lunch

3) going out for dinner with friends

fic rec Friday

Feb. 6th, 2026 08:10 am
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ilyuca81 (otherwise known as lucarozanov), by Anonymous

i use jersey numbers to avoid any of the players seeing my stuff haha

#ilyuca81 asks #tho i doubt any of them are on tumblr #better safe than sorry though



(aka: social media fics are all fun and games until tumblr gets involved)
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Title: After DeeDee
Fandom: OZ (HBO)
Character: Diane Wittlesey
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 306
Summary: Her world changed after DeeDee was born

After DeeDee )

Day 6 Theme - Her Own Personal Code

Feb. 6th, 2026 06:14 am
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Today's theme is Her Own Personal Code.

Here are some ideas to get you started: What rules guide the way she lives her life? What rules guide the way she wants others to live their lives? Was this something she developed over time or something drilled into her as a child? Did religion or a particular mentor play a role in the development of her code of morality?

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.

podcast friday

Feb. 6th, 2026 07:06 am
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 There's a lot of good stuff on the podcast feed this week, but look, we all have to be Elbows Up these days or whatever, even though Canada is a fake country, because it's better to be a fake country with healthcare than a fake country with crushing medical debt. So I must proudly wave the flag when Behind the Bastards notices and recognizes an actual Canadian bastard, as they did this week with Romana Didulo, Queen of Canada (Part 1, Part 2).

Her Majesty is not a successful cult leader by American standards; she basically ruined the lives of a few dozen people and hasn't directly killed anyone that I know of, though in terms of indirect deaths through encouraging the spread of covid, she's likely ended at least a few lives. She's a fascinating study, though, in Why People Believe Batshit Things Against Obvious Evidence and Logic, and she's worth learning about for that alone. This is an obvious mentally ill person with no charisma, elevated to fame by some rando on the internet, and enabled by a media ecosystem that considers all opinions equally valid unless they're left-wing opinions. In a better society she'd be given the help she so obviously needs; in ours, her worst tendencies were encouraged and rewarded.

Of course, this is all ancient history from the early 2020s and is of no instructive value now. Just, y'know, interesting to listen to.

ETA: I am remiss in not mentioning that there's a third part to come next week. I had like 10 minutes left in the second episode and did not realize there was MORE ROMANA to come.

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