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Hello investigators, criminal masterminds, and citizen detectives,

It's been a fortnight since you last heard from me. I have some great news.

The collection will be opening on Friday 29 August at 11:59pm EDT. [ In your timezone + Countdown. ]

All of the cases that were needed to be completed in order for us to open are in. Please take this time to review your assignment and ensure that you've dotted your i's and crossed your t's and added any tags that you've left off so others can find your work within the collection and your fandom tags.

If you're still jonesing to get your hands dirty with investigations, may I invite you to have a look at our pinch hitter's treats and have a look around the AO3 app to see if there's anyone else you'd like to create a gift for. Treats do not have to be 3,000 words minimum or its equivalent and they do not have to have a beginning/middle/end of a case being fully solved.

If you have any questions, please email me at gumshoeagency@gmail.com.

Thank you again to our wonderful pinch hitters for working hard to help us get all our cases solved! (If you'd like to put yourself up for a treat, please do head on over to the post!)

See you next week! 🩷

Round 153, Hour 6

Aug. 23rd, 2025 12:13 am
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okay fiiiine, I'll go to bed or whatever

Round 153, Hour 5

Aug. 22nd, 2025 11:14 pm
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I'm sorry Old Blorbo, New Blorbo needs my attention (and none for Dissertation bye)

Summer mid-season anime impressions

Aug. 22nd, 2025 08:54 pm
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(Crossposted from my journal.)

A bit late for first impressions, but I still feel the urge to get my thoughts out there.

Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole has ugly character designs and a ton of talking, and yet is a joy and a treasure and I can hardly wait for the next episode from week to week. This is an adaptation of a manga by Eguchi Natsumi, the author of Hozuki's Coolheadedness, and starts off with a similar mix of comedy and folklore geekery. But then it adds a lot more layers. First there's the giant supernatural cat antics, and then it turns out that Eguchi has been storing up a lot of thoughts about how girls and women are socialized to behave in contemporary society, and then there's the matter of the ongoing flashbacks to World War II.

Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show is great if you are well-versed in both the Cthulhu mythos and the anime death game genre, an overlap not likely to occur much outside Japan. The little problem with the subtitles in episode 1 has been ironed out and now my only complaint is that the new translator doesn't know how to spell Ticktockman. Because the show has borrowed him too, for some reason.

Sword of the Demon Hunter is getting into the big events of the late 1860s while shifting its tone ever further away from grimdark. It may be trying a little too hard at this point, particularly with a recent episode where it is implied that someone eventually reforms but we miss the most interesting part of their story.

Hanako-kun season 2 part 2 is still gorgeous to look at, but suffering badly from being watched the same day as Dekin no Mogura. It isn't dragging as badly as the previous cour, but it feels like it is ambling with unnecessary slowness toward an ending that can be seen a mile away.

I was all set to hate Ruri Rocks for the same reason the geology displays at some science museums annoy me. I hate when the exhibit is basically just "look at the pretty rocks" with no context for them. But this show actually wants to provide the geological context, so great! Plus it has really excellent character animation! Instead, it annoyed me by spending way too much time pointing at the camera at the chest and bottom of the adult lead, so I'm still not planning to watch a second episode.

Bullet/Bullet and Onmyo Kaiten Re: Birth Verse were okay for as far as I watched them (1 episode and 2 episodes respectively), I don't think I'd mind watching more, but I haven't gotten around to it, so clearly I didn't like them that much.

And nobody picked up the latest Cute High for streaming, so I don't know what I think of it.

Just Create - Radio Edition

Aug. 22nd, 2025 08:49 pm
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What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky

Full day faculty meeting

Aug. 22nd, 2025 08:42 pm
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Let's see I did get down there by 730 in the morning (wah) and the upshot is we now have over 800 student athletes (in a school of barely 2K) and our dorms are full. That's a big yay. It's also a hardship because these students will miss so much school.

I got a raise (not one that'll cover inflation but it's better than nothing). I spoke to the dean and said if they give the tests face to face yes they could teach the micro class online. She was elated then promptly told me I'd be teaching them (I will have about 20 hours of overload by the end) And we're all so overloaded with this influx of students we'll be getting paid over.

I also spoke to the dean of the other department and because the Ag major isn't getting off the ground like they thought it would they're giving me the Ag micro's autoclave. Woot.

The president spoke of fixing our labs but they didn't get the money (but were told to try again next year) I thanked him for trying and seemed to be roped into figuring out what needs to be replaced/remodeled.

I was also asked to help the new hire at a branch campus with the A&P class...she's never taught it or even HAD the class. How is she going to do the lab? I dunno but I'll be hand holding this semester.

We were told thanks to MAGA we now have three new questions on the student eval so if the students accuse of being woke we could lose a job or even trigger a federal witch hunt. I did point out I HAVE to teach about vaccines and they said that wouldn't count toward this. If I end up in prison you'll know how.


It was a long ass day and I didn't sleep well because the tumors in my neck were pressing on my air way. One of my coworker's S.O. had her thyroid masses removed this week. They kept her overnight. Interesting. I did warn my two potential transporters that this might happen with me and I would pay for a hotel.


My friend TH bought me a steampunk wall clock (from Walmart of all places) because I've been having so many hard years in a row. That was sweet.

I have no new story this week but here's the fannish 50 fan recs

The Heroic One The Amazing Digital Circus

Grounded Torchwood

Secret Fear FAKE

Hay Ride The Man From U.N.C.L.E./ Addams Family

Abducted // Freed Hazbin Hotel

Bobbing for Apples Addams Family

The Rain Maker Torchwood/Doctor Who

it's me, hi (i'm the problem it's me) The Amazing Digital Circus

just say i’ll serve you, my lord (i will sell you my soul) 时光代理人 | Link Click

Fills for Three Sentence Ficathon. multi fandom

Reciprocal Hazbin Hotel

dream in the light, dance in the dark (you fill the spaces inside of my heart) 时光代理人 | Link Click

to live the way I want
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Cwtch The Owl House

Party Favours Torchwood

Treating Herself Buffy the Vampire Slayer

forget it all (you caught me in a moment weak) 时光代理人 | Link Click

The Best (?) Hazbin Hotel

Forged in Fire. Stargate Atlantis/Supernatural

Why We Have Bunk Beds The Owl House

Having Each Other's Back 9-1-1

The Best (Family) Hazbin Hotel

Locker Room Chat Suikoden III

Brothers, Players, Teachers Final Fantasy XII

Dawn Lullaby Final Fantasy XII

The Mountains Tales of Rebirth (Video Game)

Watermelon Suikoden I

Something Borrowed, Something Blue.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica

open your eyes Fullmetal Alchemist

Telescope (star at its rising) Hunger Games Trilogy

Finding the Hale Pack Teen Wolf


that boy might be the worst (but damn he looks fine) 时光代理人 | Link Click

Weird dream channel

Aug. 22nd, 2025 10:07 pm
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I had a very strange dream last night. It wasn't the content that made it strange — it was a fairly standard thriller/rom-com, featuring Japanese gangsters and a trip to Hawaii. What made it strange (for my dreams at any rate) was that I wasn't in the dream at all. The entire dream was in third person, like I was watching a movie. In fact, this dream started Ralph Macchio and Marisa Tomei!

Round 153, Hour 4

Aug. 22nd, 2025 10:11 pm
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it's always Witching Hour somewhere!
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20 Gravity Falls icons for [community profile] disney_20in20

Preview:


*Icons are free for use.
*Credit and comments are nice.

Read more... )

Heat

Aug. 22nd, 2025 09:56 pm
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The Truth About Caffeine, Dehydration, and Extreme Heat

As dangerous heat waves sweep the U.S., the CDC cautions against consuming caffeine. But not every expert is convinced the advice needs to be one-size-fits-all.
[---8<---]
"Don’t drink liquids that contain caffeine, alcohol, or large amounts of sugar — these actually cause you to lose more body fluid. Also, avoid very cold drinks because they can cause stomach cramps," the CDC wrote in its Extreme Heat guidance. It doubles down on this warning on its Heat and Your Health page, though with softer language, stating, "Consider limiting beverages high in sugars and sodium, caffeine, and alcohol, if possible."


Read more... )

Initial pinch hits: 1-23

Aug. 23rd, 2025 12:55 pm
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Welcome to the third round of Rare Pair! We have amazing pinch hits of all shapes, sizes, and rarities available for participants and non-participants to claim!

Quick links: Rules and guidelines2025 CollectionPromote your ships • Mod contact: rarepairexmod@gmail.com


This batch is due at the same time as our assignments on Sunday 21 September at 11:59pm EDT. [ In your timezone + Countdown. ]

Pinch hits must comply with the exchanges rules, meeting the minimum requirements of a completed work of a minimum of 1,000 words for fanfiction, clean lineart on unlined paper or the equivalent of one comic panel for art, and a recording of a completed fic of 1,000 words minimum that is about the requested rare pair. Works must be in English. You must have an AO3 account to participate.

Please take note of the mediums as some requests have a combination selected.

To claim, please either reply to this post or email rarepairexmod@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you want to claim.

Comments are screened, so if you reply anonymously, please include an email in case I need to reach out to you. You will not be able to receive a reply from me if you comment anonymously on this post.


PH 1 (fic) - プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ!| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game), Crossover Fandom (Fire Emblem: Three Houses/Fire Emblem 5), Another Eden (Video Game) )

PH 2 (fic) - Teen Titans (Animated Series), 七つの大罪 - 鈴木央 | Nanatsu no Taizai | The Seven Deadly Sins - Suzuki Nakaba (Anime & Manga), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Depois do Universo | Beyond the Universe (2022) )

PH 3 (fic, art) - Bionicle - All Media Types, Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game), Tron (Movies) )

PH 4 (fic) - A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon (TV), Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey )

PH 5 (fic, art) - Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken | Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Baten Kaitos Series (Video Games) )

CLAIMED! PH 6 (fic) - Rome (TV 2005), Andor (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), Julius Caesar - Shakespeare, Rome (TV 2005) )

CLAIMED! PH 7 (fic, art) - The Daevabad Trilogy - S. A. Chakraborty, Scholomance - Naomi Novik, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, Dragon Age (Video Games), Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game) )

PH 8 (fic) - The X-Files, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Marvel Cinematic Universe )

CLAIMED! PH 9 (fic, art) - Knives Out (Movies), Gilmore Girls (TV 2000), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong )

CLAIMED! PH 10 (fic) - Team Fortress 2, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison, The Electric State (2025), Deltarune (Video Game), The Venture Bros )

PH 11 (fic, art) - 仮面ライダーガッチャード | Kamen Rider Gotchard (TV), Choujin Sentai Jetman, Kamen Rider V3, Choujuu Sentai Liveman, わが青春のアルカディア | Waga Seishun no Arcadia | Arcadia of My Youth (1982) )

CLAIMED! PH 12 (fic) - Superman (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Batman (Movies - Nolan), Ironheart (Marvel TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe )

PH 13 (fic) - Tales of Berseria, Tales of Zestiria, Tales of Xillia 2, Crossover Fandom (Tales of Asteria/Tales of the Rays, Tales of Berseria/Tales of Crestoria, Tales of Xillia/Tales of Berseria), Tales of Link (Video Game), Tales of Hearts, The Darkness Outside Us Series - Eliot Schrefer, Tales of Crestoria, Tales of the Rays, Tales of the Rays: Recollection )

CLAIMED! PH 14 (fic) - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, Dragon Age (Video Games) )

PH 15 (fic) - 깊은 곳에서 | In The Deep (Webcomic), 오픈 더 도어 - 임짜달 | Open The Door - Imjjadal, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer )

CLAIMED! PH 16 (fic, art, podfic) - Chronicles of Ancient Darkness - Michelle Paver, Incarceron Series - Catherine Fisher, Snow-Walker - Catherine Fisher, Cygnet Duology - Patricia A. McKillip, SCP Foundation, SCP Foundation, Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40.000 )

PH 17 (fic) - Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, Crossover Fandom (Vlad 2003/Vlad Tepes 1979), 15th Century CE RPF, Night Prince - Jeaniene Frost )

PH 18 (fic) - Rune Factory (Video Games), Fallen London | Echo Bazaar, Disco Elysium (Video Game), Crossover Fandom (Star Trek ToS/Disco Elysium, Disco Elysium/Fallen London) )

PH 19 (fic) - Dishonored (Video Games), Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Mass Effect: Andromeda )

PH 20 (fic, art) - Jaws (Movies), Jurassic Park (Movies), Crossover Fandom (L'Oreal 'Time Engraver' Commercials/Guardian TV), 花开有时颓靡无声 | Meet You at the Blossom (TV), 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021), The Old Guard (Movie 2020) )

CLAIMED! PH 21 (fic) - The Bad News Bears (Movies 1976-1978), Breaking Away (1979), The Batman (Movie 2022) )

CLAIMED! PH 22 (fic, art) - 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 很想很想你 | Love Me Love My Voice (TV) )

PH 23 (fic, art) - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Succession (TV 2018), Severance (TV) )


Thank you!

Sweet science.

Aug. 22nd, 2025 10:30 pm
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I used the last of the season's rhubarb to make my sister in law G. a tart birthday cake. I didn't try any, because she didn't want to slice it, but based on the batter and the sound of the crust when I tapped it, it came out the way I'd hoped. Not too sweet, with a bit of pucker you don't often find in cakes. If I make it again, I'll keep it at just one cup of sugar and use more rhubarb. Also, seeing about a lemon juice glaze to give it one last punch-up.

My dad's book group isn't meeting this coming Wednesday. However, I've still been tasked to bake for my parents' roof party in a few weeks, and I've decided on mocha and parsley for an extreme contrast. While I said I'd be happy to do this, I was told by one of my parents' friends that I was more or less tasked to make three cakes: two for the party, one for him. I'm thinking something with plums. Or possibly carrots. I'll see where the market takes me.

Early Humans

Aug. 22nd, 2025 09:38 pm
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Ancient fossil discovery in Ethiopia rewrites human origins

The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago and shed new light on human evolution.
In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with a newly identified species of Australopithecus nearly three million years ago. These finds challenge the old idea of a straight evolutionary ladder, revealing instead a tangled web of ancient relatives
.


I'm surprised to find such far-flung relatives coexisting like that, but it's a happier image than today's lonely Homo.

Books

Aug. 22nd, 2025 09:28 pm
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23 Must-Read Books About Hope That Inspire Change & Action

John Parsi, executive director of the Hope Center, says that while optimistic people see the glass as half full, hopeful people ask how they can fill the glass full.

“Hope requires a person to take responsibility for their wants and desires and take action in working towards them,” Parsi says.

So whether you’re looking to start, sustain, or complete something, we hope the books included in this list inspire you to take action and work towards whatever goals you have in front of you
.


I am particularly charmed to see “The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear” edited by Paul Rogat Loeb because I've got a poem in that one, "Origami Emotion," from a couple decades ago.


Round 153, Hour 3

Aug. 22nd, 2025 09:05 pm
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Apparently I hallucinated posting Hour 2, how was the Void?

Friday, August 08: Bugs in the park

Aug. 22nd, 2025 07:45 pm
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We stopped by a neighborhood park after work one day to let Bella take a short walk.

There were bugs!


Ambush bugs!


A lovely little green praying mantis.

This one was fairly small. Very cute!


And another mantis!

I don't recall ever seeing one quite this color before. I've seen brown ones, and years ago I remember seeing little greyish mantis nymphs down in New Mexico. The ones I've seen in the park here have all been the bright green.


Just three more pictures of the same insects:

More ambush bugs, camping out on a daisy. (And a couple more making more.)


Another picture of the green mantis. I like how you can see how sharp the claws are!


And one more of the neat grey mantis (which my camera did not like focusing on.)


I am always happy to see a fun variety of insects in the neighborhood. :)

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Aug. 22nd, 2025 06:17 pm
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So my [community profile] rarepairexchange assignment did not show up in my email inbox! It did show up
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My wife and I are kind of obsessed with animation, so we make it our thing to sit on the couch and watch together, especially during a new anime season.

Here are some of the recent things we've watched/are watching:

Call of the Night (よふかしのうた)



My Dress-Up Darling (その着せ替え人形は恋をする)



To Be Hero X (凸变英雄X)



The Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと)



Dandadan (ダンダダン)



Other series we've enjoyed together in the past/are waiting on new seasons for (that I can remember right now):


  • SPY×FAMILY

  • Chainsaw Man (チェンソーマン)

  • Otherside Picnic (裏世界ピクニック)

  • Girls' Last Tour (少女終末旅行)

  • Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (魔王城でおやすみ)

  • Laid-Back Camp (ゆるキャン)

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