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There hasn't been significant rain here in over a month. Two weeks ago I started watering the fig tree daily, carrying buckets of water to it. Today I noticed the gardenia bush had lost most of its leaves; only the tips of some branches still had green ones. So I gave it a lot of water too. I hope it survives; its flowers smell so good when they bloom.

I gave the azalea bush by the back door water too.

When I walk across the grass with the buckets of water, it feels crispy under my shoes. It is so dried out. I don't know how plants can survive so long without water, especially on hot days. But so far, most of the yard seems to be doing ok. Maybe I haven't looked closely enough. Today I decided to also water some of the lantana, and closer up, its leaves looked like they were shrivelling up.

I thought this might be the driest I ever recalled it being here. I was right:

Drought Status Update for the Southeast

Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina have experienced record dry conditions for September 2025-March 2026, with records dating back to 1895. September–March was the second driest for Alabama, third driest for Florida, ninth driest for Tennessee, and tenth driest for Virginia.
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Moderate to Exceptional Drought (D1-D4) conditions cover 96.83% of the Southeast, and Severe to Exceptional Drought (D2-D4) conditions cover 81.75% of the region. This is the largest area of drought (D1-D4) and of Severe Drought or worse (D2-D4) for the Southeast since the U.S. Drought Monitor started in 2000.

andrewducker

I've been working my way back through some albums I haven't listened to in decades, to see how they hold up.

I just started a shower with Sisters of Mercy: Floodland, and sang along with the whole first song, despite not having heard it in 30 years.

Brought back a lot of university memories too.

Funny thing, memory.

thewayne

The title is Darksight Dare and it dropped a couple of days ago.

HOWEVER, there may be a problem with the Kindle release. There are reports that the edition that was available as soon it released was only about half there. The Apple edition was complete.

I haven't read it yet, I'm working on a 'making of' book of Monty Python's Life of Brian! As it is one of my absolute favorite books of all time, it has a little priority. I'll read the Bujold next.

chefxh

Festes de la Primavera this weekend, though I doubt we will be attending. Another correfoc tonight. Thursday was Sant Jordi, and we ignored that one as well. No roses, no books. (Not really feeling that one, guess you have to be Catalan.) I still want to get to the art store and the hat shop, but on the days when I 1) don't have class, and 2) have only one dog walk, I generally am too tired and need the rest. So Fever stays rolled up in a tube, and I am missing out on hats (which I love), in a culture where they are worn.

I told myself 4 classes ago that I would buy myself a hat if I passed. See how I keep my commitments to myself?

dine

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ysabetwordsmith

This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject.

Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert

Previously I posted about "How to Get Good at Anything." That touched on "The 3 Book Rule to Become An Expert." The premise is that, if you have read just three books on a subject, you know more about it than the general level of knowledge. You don't know as much as a professional should, but you know enough to answer about 80% of questions on the matter. This is enough to be useful to most people regarding most issues in that area. The really complicated or difficult stuff can be left to the professional level of experts.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15

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fandomcalendar

a letter saying: we wanted to say we loved your fic! because just kudos isn't enough

ABOUT
The FESTA is an event focused on reading, sharing, and commenting on fics from all fandoms, as well as building community. We try to run this event twice a year and our current round is scheduled to start MAY 2026. We have bingo sheets, a stamp rally, and will have weekly chat sessions on Bluesky. ALL fic ratings and topics are welcome. No AI generated content will be promoted.

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THEME
Our May (Round 3) Themes are: SPRING & FLOWERS! We also have 30+ bingo prompts related to May Holidays, Mental Health Awareness, and Community Building.

MINIMUM COMMUNITY GOALS
We encourage everyone to leave at least 2 comments during the FESTA! And if you play our stamp rally, the more comments you leave, the more stamps you can collect.

SCHEDULE
5/1: The FESTA begins
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Chat sessions are scheduled for Saturdays, US CST evenings (6pm).

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Signups are not required but are encouraged.
Podfics are also allowed.

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ysabetwordsmith

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth runs April 25-May 15. During this time, people post content only visible on Dreamwidth (although it can be reposted elsewhere after the event ends). There's usually a flurry of activity as bloggers share anchor posts, new fiction, icons, banners, questionnaires, friending fests, memes, and other goodies. Community hosts often hold special activities in their communities too. Watch your reading page for more festivities. (See the introductory posts from 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.) To find posts for this event, follow the Threeweeks feed.

This year I plan to post about becoming an expert by reading three books on a subject. See "My Blog Is About..." for an overview of my blogging in general.

I have also posted about this event in my communities. See the entries:

* THREE WEEKS FOR DREAMWIDTH: INTRODUCTION in

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THREE WEEKS FOR DREAMWIDTH: SHARE YOUR CARDS

* Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Introduction in

birdfeeding

* Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Introduction in

crowdfunding

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sorcyress

Iiiiit's NEFFA!

I've spent most of the week fucking around in Providence and doing nothing, which has been quite lovely and probably necessary (it's always many bad sign when I don't do anything for a week off) but now I am pleased and excited to be at NEFFA! I am here on my usual performer badge, but that's not really relevant until Sunday morning, so tonight was just lots of wandering around and stopping every fifty feet to say enthusiastic hellos to another person I know and adore.

In terms of official scheduled things that weren't just hanging out and chatting with people or working on my knitting¹ or eating extremely delicious SioPao² here is what I managed tonight:

*Charis and I did the contra medley together! The sound balance was a little off, which is mostly a shame because the band was _phenom_. Whirlwind is Alex Cumming and Jeff Kaufman and my beloved SCD brother Stephen Thomforde. Fuck yes contra dancing to bagpipes! The last dance in the medley was Michael Karcher calling a dance called The Carousel --a rare instance of me liking something enough to actually ask what it was! I should do this more often with contra dances, really³. The progression was a left hand allemande for the Robins that changed the focus between hands-four _really_ marvelously!

*I loitered outside long enough to hear the tent pub-sing going through Rattlin Bog, and decided it was just chilly enough that I would prefer the indoors, so instead I went up the hill and attended...

*Flat Footing Percussive Waltz! What a great concept for a workshop! I like waltzing and I like percussion! I was sadly disappointed by the ratio of saying things to doing things, which is especially frustrating because I did enjoy and appreciate the things that were being said! But it was much less physical lessony than I would've liked and we only got through like 2.5 fairly simple variations.

We did end with time for one freestyle "practice what we've shown you" and I made enough eyes at Susan dG to get to dance with her, which is always fairly delightful. She's got a cross-step workshop on Sunday that I am hoping to go to, it's been ages since I've done either one of her basics classes or cross-step.

I think that was it! I rounded out the evening adjacent to the hotel-bar-pub-sing and talking with new-friend Manya and newer-friend Leee! I mostly didn't sing, but it was very nice to listen to!

I am looking forward to the many things I have circled for tomorrow (including what sounds to be an excellent late-night contra sesh called by Michael and played by Torrent! And lots of Scottish Country Dancing! And getting to observe the Morris Dancers! And other good things!)

I hope you are well, whether you are dancing, or singing, or just resting at home this weekend. <3

~Sor
MOOP!

1: Several weeks ago, at demo team, I was working on something in between dances. I happened to have hit a frustrating point just as Cathy brightly asked "oh, what are you making?"

"Mistakes."

Anyways, I think about that response a lot. I'm very proud of it, even though it's not necessarily a good conversation continuer.

(this footnote is relevant because among other problems, I found that my scarf had slid mostly off one needle earlier today so I had to get it back on and then I did a row and then I realized I had knit when I should've purled so I had to tink it and recount the stitches about thirty times and augghhhhh. But I prevailed! It is good! And soon I will run out of this _awful_ particular yarn and be able to do something soothing and nice like the ten inches I did of lovely blue seed stitch.

2: I asked the Filipino food booth "do you still have your, uh, steamed buns" and they said yes and a very enthusiastic Big Mom Energy woman explained how it was pronounced and confided that her daughters (helping work for the first time apparently) had been calling it a _dumpling_) and I thanked her for the correction and also it was _so good_ damn.

3: On the one hand, I really don't have the time to become a contra caller as well. On the other hand, the barrier to entry is _much_ lower (you just need a kitchen and some suckers) and I would probably be good at it, and it would be _unbelievably funny_ to get good enough that I could eventually get hired at ESCape as their contra caller. I mean, hell, if I'm gonna invest in The Bit I should do this with ECD as well.

This entire paragraph is a joke, but it would be nice to collect the names of good contras and ECDs I like to go with my collection of SCDs.

jazzy_dave

Night Visitors

by Jazzy D

A cipher of copper cracks the hedge—
sigil with smoke for breath.
The snail scripts silver, slow and sure,
the blackbird guards a coin of earth.

Mossed stones keep the riddles.
Whiskers read them, wingbeats write them.
Dawn returns; the garden lies
with answers tucked where nothing dies.

(This was written from a period I was living in Teynham)

apod_feed

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260424.html

Sunlit arms of a

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260424.html

lb_lee

Just for funsies, we wondered: what countries have bestowed works on our bookshelf? We chose countries both based on authors BORN in said countries, authors who were now CITIZENS of said countries, or, in the case of interviews, where the interviewer was from even if they didn't get credited as an author, since for fuck's sake, they provide all the material!

( Library atlas )

Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/31332.html

hamsterwoman

I ended up going to see Hadestown with L while it was touring SF. I heard from her last year that she wanted to see it, so as soon as dates in SF popped up – I apparently get all these live performances ads now on Insta, after getting Ed Gamble tickets – I texted her, and she got two tickets, intending it to be for RH and herself. But I told her that if it did not work out for him to go (because at the time he lived in Napa, and it would’ve been a long drive on a weeknight), I was happy to be her plan B, and that’s what happened. ( The show and the experience, with marked spoilers )

So, I’m glad I ended up going to see it with L. I would not have bestirred myself on my own, but listening to / watching my favorite songs from the show on YouTube, I can tell I got stuff out of the live experience that I would not have gotten otherwise, and also, I’m glad I got to see this particular Hades. And L is the perfect musical theater buddy – she likes discussing stuff and knows more than me, and in this case there was also the shared interest in Greek myth (which is what we had with the Harry Potter play, too). B would’ve absolutely hated every aspect of it, from the crowd to the jazz to the singing, which all three of us agreed on, heh.

Oh, right, and when we came home, since we were talking about how much I like bass voices, I showed L some Tim Foust videos (which

aletheiafelinea introduced me to back in the day), like Champagne Taste (On a Beer Budget) and Long Black Train , and the Home Free sea shanties.

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Taskmaster s21e03 – I like Kumail’s shirt, with the white o white design. And Amy’s polka dot pinafore thing is very cute, too. ( Spoilers )

Joanna is the podcast guest, and she talks at the same density and speed as on the show, with Ed just sort of occasionally putting in a sentence or two XD ( Slight spoilers? ) Anyway, that was a ton of fun, and that was one I made a point of watching on YouTube rather than listening to, because I wanted to watch Joanna light up with laughter, and Ed’s expression as she just kept talking over him. What an absolute delight she is XD

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Hugo nominations are out! ( Category by category thoughts )

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And I should take this opportunity to finally write down my Cinder House thoughts. I read it, what, during my trip to Arizona, I think, and that’s been 6 weeks.

4. Freya Marske, Cinder House – I liked it a lot! I was not super swayed when I heard the premise – I have no particular devotion to Cinderella retellings, and ghost stories aren’t really my genre, and I wasn’t sure how this premise would play to what I’ve heretofore seen of Freya’s strengths as a writer in both pro and fanfic, but it’s just a really good book. ( More, with spoilers )

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At some point I should also catch up on another 6 months of Elis & John Radio X shows, and a ~2 months worth of current E&J and adjacent things like How Do You Cope (newly returned) and John making appearances on other podcasts to promote Thirst, but that'll need to wait. (I have preordered a signed copy of Thirst, but how I'm going to get to read it before I see

cafemassolit whose house it's being shipped to is still unclear...

mific

Okay, so, general update then some happier HR stuff. NZ now has about 16 days of onshore diesel left and there's nothing in the news about it. The official govt fuel update page says no worries, prices will just be a bit higher next few weeks, no need to ration. Surendran says we only have stocks and some diesel incoming on two ships as we're outbidding poorer nations, which is causing other countries in our fuel supply chain around the Asian-Pacific rim to side-eye us as they've all imposed restrictions on their own populations, being collectivist cultures. So NZ is looking like a selfish, short-sighted, individualistic nation, which is just great, if we ever need their help. Fucking National government dickheads.

I mailordered a bunch of things on the basis of why not while I still can, and am now faced with needing to tidy and reorganise my spare room and garage to store stuff. Ugh. I'm too physically lazy to be a survivalist.
Maybe I can hire a boy scout? Do boy scouts still exist? I also need the boy scout to change bulbs in my kitchen as I don't think I'm safe on a stepstool any more. Rats. I got my second shingles vax and over the next two weeks will get a flu shot and covid booster.

Lots of rain and thunderstorms recently but still many nice days, although temps have dropped so definitely autumnal. The liquidamber trees are bronzing up - the main tree that reliably has autumn colours here in the subtropics. I'm going to revamp a couple of my wheeliebeds and plant kale and spinach, also pansies are available, so yay. Potted colour for interesting times.

On the HR front, have been arting, and posted another podfic. Lots of fiddling!
Ilya and Friend - portrait of a contemplative Ilya with rabbit (kind of for Easter)
cut to the feeling - podfic of Charlotte_Stant's wonderful fic
Collectors Items - picked up 4 art pinch hits for the ICE OUT donations challenge. This one is hollanov in Topps card format.
Everyone's Issue - for ICE OUT. A mental health poster format with Shane and Ilya.
Best t-shirt ever - Scott/Kip, domestic fluff, for ICE OUT.
I got you something - Troy/Harris and the NY Pride pin for ICE OUT
podfic of Torture Me (With All I've Wanted) - excellent fic by toomuchplor (teenage Shane/Ilya bonding on a long bus ride)

HR recs:
(I've lost track of who reccd what so some of these will already have been reccd by friends.)
Retirement, apparently by cheryl123
Hilarious romp of crack taken seriously. Post retirement from hockey, Shane and Ilya end up in VERY different reality tv shows, with iconic results.
Knock on Wood by McShrug
Hot as hell fic in which "just the tip" becomes part of Shane's superstitious pregame playoffs ritual.
Is this thing on? by arustyspork
I saw this ask on tumblr - someone suggested a post-retirement fic where Shane and Svetlana have a hockey podcast together. Arustyspork took up the baton, and it's marvellous! They have a segment called "why Ilya Rozanov owes me money" in which guests relate terrible/funny things Ilya did to them. They won't let Ilya himself come on the show and it drives him crazy!
i carry your heart by corvidcordelia
A complete AU where they're competing literary fiction writers having rivalrous sex in a retelling of the show. CC adds in mocked-up covers for their bestsellers and extremely real-feeling & pretentious rave critic reviews, plus quotes from Cummings and Austen. Brilliantly done. As usual, Svetlana and Rose (their literary agents) do some emotional heavy lifting.

And, new to me HR writers that I'm now reading everything of:
ghoulien
Cheryl123sing
HH_Arrow

Okay, enough for now! Today was supposed to be a writing day, ha.
Hugs to you all!

gwydion

* "1 killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on 1st full day of ceasefire deal:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-israel-ceasefire-hezbollah-9.7167688

* "Is this what war looks like now?:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/24/gaza-israel-lebanon-war

* "Israel entrenches hold on south Lebanon, warns residents to stay out:" https://archive.ph/sgd0Q

* "Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxkk1vnp57o

* "Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist draws international condemnation:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/lebanon-journalist-amal-khalil-israel-death-threat

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* "Annalena Baerbock - The United Nations is “Life Insurance for Everyone” | The Daily Show:"

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I'm including this here because it has some things to do with the war, though it is more generally to do with the U.N. itself.

* "John Kerry's Advice To Trump's Iran Negotiators: Take Time To Be Reasonable:"

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* "The Fog Of War Is Emanating From The White House - Anderson Cooper On Trump's War Against Iran:"

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* "Congress Could Tell Trump: Put A Stop To This War - Sen. Elizabeth Warren:"

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* "Democrats Raise Concerns Over Civilian Casualties From Iran War:" https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-israel-us-strait-hormuz-2026/card/dZGJlN62opWnTvCTohsj

* "U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran:" https://www.axios.com/2026/04/17/iran-us-deal-20-billion-frozen-funds-uranium

* "Iran doubles down on closing Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire nears expiration:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/19/iran-doubles-down-on-closing-strait-of-hormuz-as-ceasefire-nears-expiration-00879967

* "U.S. military will target Iran-linked ships worldwide, broadening scope beyond blockade:" https://archive.ph/zujxT

* "US ready to hit Iran with ‘financial equivalent’ to bombings, treasury secretary says:" https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-15-2026

* "Bombshell Report Reveals Trump Was Begging for Iran to Join Ceasefire:" https://newrepublic.com/post/208815/trump-asked-iran-ceasefire

* "Trump is stuck looking for military solution to an economic problem in Iran:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-is-stuck-looking-for-military-solution-to-an-economic-problem-in-iran-2496754755521

* "The one Trump gaffe that sums up his entire Iran failure:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/the-one-trump-gaffe-that-sums-up-his-entire-iran-failure-2496874563518

* "Iran takes Donald Trump down a peg with costly lesson in compromise:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/iran-takes-donald-trump-down-a-peg-with-costly-lesson-in-compromise-2496586819906

* "Trump’s Illegalist War Gets Illegaler:"

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* "‘This is not serious leadership’: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio watch UFC in Miami as Iran talks fail:" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/12/donald-trump-marco-rubio-ufc-iran-war

* "Vought: White House doesn’t have ‘ballpark’ total for Iran war funding:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/15/congress/no-iran-funding-ballpark-00872934

* "Trump pretends he’s in no rush on Iran as Americans lose patience with war’s fallout:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-pretends-he-s-in-no-rush-on-iran-as-americans-lose-patience-with-war-s-fallout-2497614915693

* "Iran says it seized ships in Strait of Hormuz as U.S. blockade continues amid ceasefire:" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates

* "US intercepts three Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say :" https://archive.ph/hE4WP

* "Only five ships pass through Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/only-five-ships-pass-through-strait-hormuz-24-hours-2026-04-24/

* "Trump orders U.S. military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-orders-u-s-military-to-shoot-and-kill-iranian-small-boats-choking-strait-of-hormuz

* "US military says it seizes another oil tanker associated with Iran:" https://apnews.com/article/us-iran-war-hormuz-israel-pakistan-ceasefire-april-22-2026-267230f7f32b436822484479313840f7

* "U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War:" https://archive.ph/Nm2eO

* "In the Gulf, GPS jamming leaves delivery drivers navigating blind:" https://restofworld.org/2026/gps-disruption-gulf-gig-workers/

* "Why Would Pentagon Allegedly Threaten Pope's Ambassador With 'Avignon Papacy'?:" https://religiondispatches.org/2026/04/10/why-would-pentagon-allegedly-threaten-popes-ambassador-avignon-papacy

* "Pope Leo: “I Have No Fear” of Trump:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/pope-leo-trump-i-have-no-fear-war-iran/

* "Johnson backs Trump, Vance in criticism of pope:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/15/mike-johnson-trump-vance-pope-criticism-00873232

* "Pope condemns killing of protesters in Iran, reaffirms stance against war:" https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-condemns-killing-protesters-iran-reaffirms-stance-against-war-2026-04-23/

* "Hegseth Quotes Made-Up Bible Verse From Pulp Fiction:" https://newrepublic.com/post/209145/hegseth-fake-bible-verse-pulp-fiction

* "As Vance rallies with Turning Point, some supporters bristle at Trump’s war, memes and feuds:" https://apnews.com/article/vance-pope-leo-donald-trump-jesus-meme-2488d70793a21909b1026ccad0ac42a7

* "‘Veep-like week’: Hayes reacts to JD Vance’s recent ‘string of failures’ :" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/veep-like-week-hayes-reacts-to-jd-vance-s-recent-string-of-failures-2496419907890

* "Navy secretary is out amid Pentagon infighting:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/22/navy-secretary-out-00887887

* "Navy secretary fired amid naval blockade in Strait of Hormuz:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/navy-secretary-fired-amid-naval-blockade-in-strait-of-hormuz-2497438787825

* "Trump's new Navy secretary seems very afraid of witches and drag queens:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/hung-cao-witches-drag-queens

* "Jared Kushner’s Mysterious Role in the Trump Administration:" https://archive.ph/md4Rx

* "Eric Trump-Backed Startup Lands $24 Million Contract from His Father's Administration:" https://people.com/eric-trump-backed-startup-lands-usd24-million-contract-from-his-father-administration-11957625

* "Trump’s sons are fooling no one cashing in on Trump’s war:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-s-sons-are-fooling-no-one-cashing-in-on-trump-s-war-2497609283553

* "‘Incredible grift’: Rep. Garcia criticizes Eric Trump’s $24 million Pentagon contract:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/incredible-grift-eric-trump-brags-about-scoring-24-million-pentagon-deal-2497583171767

* "Trump’s corruption becomes a campaign issue as GOP Congress flunks on accountability:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-s-corruption-becomes-a-campaign-issue-as-gop-congress-flunks-on-accountability-2497458755554

* "Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/detention-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-crackdown-freedom-speech-iran-war

* "‘Outrageous’: American journalist detained in Kuwait after posting Iran war video:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/outrageous-american-journalist-detained-in-kuwait-after-posting-iran-war-video-2496571459985

* "Journalist detained in Kuwait acquitted of ‘spreading false information’, says press monitor:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/journalist-detained-in-kuwait-acquitted-of-spreading-false-information-says-press-monitor

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* "Cuba runs on oil, and the oil is running out:" https://archive.ph/GY83K

* "Trump going ‘Access Hollywood’ on Cuba and threatening THIS:"

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* "After years of war with Russia, Ukraine's farmers are hit by Iran conflict:" https://archive.ph/XsL8L

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* "Children make up half of Haiti’s gangs. They’re about to face a new foreign force.:" https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/americas/haiti-gang-children-face-new-foreign-force-latam-intl

* "5 things to know about Péter Magyar, Hungary's new prime minister:" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5783657/peter-magyar-hungary-prime-minister-orban-election

* "He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machine:" https://theconversation.com/he-exposed-corruption-and-walked-across-hungary-now-peter-magyar-has-defeated-a-powerful-state-machine-280455

* "Viktor Orbán won't be the last anti-LGBTQ+ strongman to topple:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/viktor-orban-strongman-topple

* "How to Defeat a Very Trumpy Authoritarian Leader:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/authoritarian-prime-minister-viktor-orban-hungary-defeated-by-peter-magyar-tisza-fidesz-party/

* "Maddow: Trump’s fear is palpable as authoritarian peer Orbán is resoundingly rejected in Hungary:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-s-fear-is-palpable-as-authoritarian-peer-orban-is-resoundingly-rejected-in-hungary-2496282179662

* "Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book:" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usaid-abortions-barney-nicholas-enrich-into-the-wood-chipper-book-exclusive

*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* "Appeals court again blocks Boasberg contempt probe into Alien Enemies Act deportations:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/14/james-boasberg-contempt-deportations-ruling-00871317

* "Trump Removes 2 Judges Who Dismissed Student Deportation Cases:" https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/04/13/judges-who-dismissed-student-deportation-cases-removed

* "ICE Makes SHOCK ADMISSION in Court on use of SPYWARE?!?!:"

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* "Mexican surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border:" https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/

* "He came here for safety. America made him fight for it.:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/examining-lgbtq-asylum-seekers

* Cruelty is the Point. "Afghan high school senior is detained by ICE as he prepared to graduate:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/afghan-high-school-senior-detained-ice-rihan-afghanistan-zia-rcna331785

* "Minnesota county investigates federal agents’ removal of US citizen from home as possible kidnapping:" https://www.wvtm13.com/article/criminal-investigation-ice-arrest-chongly-thao/71006228

* "Minnesota has charged an ICE officer with assault for alleged actions during immigration surge:" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5787958/minnesota-charged-ice-officer-assault-immigration-surge

* "He was detained by ICE. When he got out, he couldn’t find his car:" https://themainemonitor.org/cars-towed-ice-detainment/

* "The American Gulag:" https://pghrev.com/the-american-gulag/

* "Surprise inspection finds ICE stuffing migrants ‘like sardines’ into a facility with no bed, showers:" https://azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-like-sardines-congressional-oversight-arizona/

* "Congressman calls for end to ICE detention at Indiana prison after oversight visit:" https://www.wfyi.org/statewide/2026-04-09/congressman-calls-for-end-to-ice-detention-at-indiana-prison-after-oversight-visit

* "Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say:" https://archive.ph/BcUFJ

* CW: Rape. "Democrats pay visit to ICE detention facility where abuse claims are rife:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/democrats-ice-detention-center

* "DHS appeals Pennsylvania's order blocking ICE detention centers:" https://www.wgal.com/article/dhs-appeals-pennsylvania-order-blocking-ice-detention-centers/70989121

* "Protesters rally against planned Maryland immigration detention facility that's now paused:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/protesters-rally-against-planned-maryland-immigration-detention-facility-thats-now-paused/4088194/

* "Trump administration waves the white flag in some ICE cases:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/20/ice-detention-cases-doj-judges-00837850

* "PETITION TO WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL - Support the Civil Detention and Enforcement Facility Prohibition Ordinance :" https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-the-whatcom-county-council-support-the-civil-detention-and-enforcement-facility-prohibition-ordinance?source=direct_link&

If you live in Whatcom County Washington State, please sign.

* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:

"Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/
"MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share
"Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice
Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share
"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.com/
"When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

* Some items below this point may be older.

* There is a "Stop Ice" National day of Protest April 25 2026. I want to thank all of you protesting this weekend!

* "Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike

* "Trump’s FCC targets LGBTQ+ television content. GLAAD sounds alarm:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/fcc-lgbtq-ratings-glaad-warning

A character just being queer is enough. Trans characters will automatically be considered "adult content" just for existing.

This is another way to try to make it impossible for queer people to exist in public. If queer characters are automatically considered obscene even while fully dressed and not doing anything remotely sexual, it's an easy leap to me being dressed and minding my business in a grocery store becoming an arrestable offense.

* "Trans characters are not adult-oriented entertainment:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/325499.html

* The public comment period is open now through May 22, 2026: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/docket-detail/19-41

* "People Who Love Corporate BS Are Bad at Their Jobs, New Cornell Research Confirms

The psychologist behind a new study confirming the link between dumb jargon and dumb decisions explains how to fight corporate BS. :" https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/people-who-love-corporate-bs-are-bad-at-their-jobs-new-cornell-research-confirms/91314405

* "The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/college-enrollment-demographic-cliff/686750/

* "New York City Council Member Chi Ossé arrested at Brooklyn anti-eviction protest:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/chi-osse-nyc-council-arrested

* "The Paperwork Problem Behind the Housing Shortage:" https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026-2-18-the-paperwork-problem-behind-the-housing-shortage

* "Rent jumps 113% at College Station manufactured home community in 14 months:" https://www.kbtx.com/2026/02/11/rent-jumps-113-college-station-manufactured-home-community-14-months/

The housing bill is a good and important piece of legislation that will free up so much housing being hoarded by corporations and the like to make it possible for people to have affordable homes.

The House Republicans do not like it, but they have only a two vote majority if you count the independent caucusing with them.

It is essential to contact your Congress Critter in the house and ask them to vote for this bill.

* "Senate extends controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-extends-controversial-surveillance-program-used-by-u-s-spy-agencies

They started debate after midnight to avoid scrutiny and to try to push it over democratic demands for things like warrants.

* "The Emerging Push to Extend Some US Benefits to IDF Soldiers :" https://www.military.com/feature/2026/04/19/emerging-push-extend-some-us-benefits-idf-soldiers.html?ESRC=eb_260423.nl

* "Senate votes to kickstart partisan funding process for ICE. Here's how that works:" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/g-s1-118330/congress-dhs-spending-reconciliation

The issues are simple: Democrats want ICE to have to follow the law and Republicans want them to have unlimited power to do whatever they want to whomever they want with impunity.

Please contact your House member and encourage them to vote against the DHS Funding Bill. Say what you need to say if it's a Republican. The important thing is to get them to make changes to the bill as that would create more delay. We want delay. We want them to keep having to debate it while people protest and flood their offices with calls.

* "House Ethics panel issues rare statement committing to helping secure a sexual harassment-free workplace:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/20/congress/house-ethics-doubles-down-00880963

* "Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigns before the House can sanction her in ethics case:" https://apnews.com/article/cherfilusmccormick-ethics-hearing-house-376eaaa9ff51a7bf66a9a5528822d2ef

* "Kevin Warsh hearing takeaways: Trump Fed chair nominee defends finances, says president never demanded rate cuts:" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/kevin-warsh-fed-confirmation-hearing-trump-live-updates.html

Putting a Trump puppet in will be disastrous in likely a permanent sort of way.

Delay is our friend.

* "Warsh Pledges Independence But Dodges Questions on Rates:" https://archive.ph/JNtwE

* "Trump’s Fed scheme is busted as hearing shows he picked a puppet:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-s-fed-scheme-is-busted-as-hearing-shows-he-picked-a-puppet-2497301571538

* ""If The Sock Fits..." - Sen. Warren Believes Trump Seeks To Appoint A Sock Puppet To Lead The Fed:"

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* "Trump to Pick Ousted FEMA Head to Lead Agency Again:" https://archive.ph/hYbc8

* "Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/10/trump-state-department-white-culture-00822112

* Our until Midterms is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

"Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide. https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html

"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/

White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/

ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives

This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/

"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share

"Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/

Protests: "50501 Events:" https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events

"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/

Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/

* We are in primary season now. States vote at different times, so I beg ALL of you to check when your state is voting. If you are in an in-person vote state, research ahead of time so you can vote for the candidate with views closest to your own. If you vote by mail, take the time to look them up when your ballot comes.

THIS is how you move the party further LEFT.

PLAN YOUR VOTE!!!

Primary schedule here:

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

I don't know where you live, so I can't link this for you, but I find the Progressive Voter Guide online very helpful in narrowing down candidates in the often packed primaries where I live.

I also suggest looking at things like volunteer work and endorsements, because it really, really helps with things like sheriff and judicial elections, but can be useful in all sorts of primaries when you have multiple good options.

REMEMBER: Don't just vote for the big things like US Congress. Vote in every State and local race down to the smallest and on all the referendums.

State and local elections have a massive impact on your quality of life.

* Indiana! Ohio! Don't forget to vote in the Primaries May 5!

* Congratulations Virginia!!! "Virginia voters approve redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ seats in Congress:" https://apnews.com/article/virginia-redistricting-election-congress-trump-78e0e68100119011b1b439634f6b6fa1

* "Democrats notch Virginia redistricting victory in battle over House maps:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/virginia-democrats-win-redistricting-vote

* "Court pauses redistricting in Virginia, day after voters approve new maps:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ywnjw7qj2o

This is just a stay, which is expected, and the court deciding on it is the same one that let them go forward with the vote in the first place. There is reason to think it will be all right. It is too early to panic.

* "‘All eyes are on Ron DeSantis’: Florida could make or break the GOP’s redistricting edge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/23/florida-redistricting-desantis-republicans-maps-trump-00887120

Now is a great time for Floridians to contact their state reps to say they don't want redistricting.

* "Florida redistricting push divides Republicans:" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2026/florida-redistricting-push-divides-republicans

Remember, delay is our friend. The closer to the election the harder to change the map. It is to our benefit for Republicans to stay divided.

* "A Republican Dark Money Group Blankets Virginia With Deceptive Mailers Ahead of Redistricting Vote:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/dark-money-group-per-aspera-blankets-virginia-with-deceptive-mailers-ahead-of-redistricting-vote/

* "Jon Ossoff calls out ‘Mar-a-Lago mafia’ amid presidential bid rumors:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/jon-ossoff-fiery-speech-presidential-rumors

* "The Attack On Trans People Is Ramping Up:"

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* "Tennessee Republicans advance flurry of bills to make life unlivable for transgender people:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/tennessee-republicans-transgender-attacks

Now would be a great time to protest.

* "Colorado governor signs law recognizing that trans kids have privacy rights:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/colorado-polis-name-change-law

* "California attorney who tried to help overturn 2020 election loses law license:" https://apnews.com/article/john-eastman-trump-2020-election-loss-disbarred-abf3b3ab8f83a692992615c59db73c92

* "Alex Jones Has Shirtless Meltdown as ‘The Onion’ Prepares to Relaunch Infowars:" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-onion-deal-relaunch-alex-jones-infowars-1235550918/

* "Alex Jones’ Infowars to become a joke on purpose as accountability finally catches up:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/alex-jones-infowars-to-become-a-joke-on-purpose-as-accountability-finally-catches-up-2497148483591

* "Polygraphs Aren’t Very Accurate. Are There Better Options?:" https://undark.org/2026/03/25/lie-detection-polygraph-accuracy/

* "Blindsided staff at Hampshire College launch relief fund as liberal school prepares to close:" https://www.advocate.com/news/education/hampshire-college-relief-fund

* "Support Hampshire College Staff and Faculty:" https://www.helphampshireworkers.com/

* CW: CSA. "Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian author indicted on child sex abuse charges in Ohio:" https://tiffinohio.net/posts/anti-lgbtq-christian-author-indicted-on-child-sex-abuse-charges-in-ohio/

* "Gen Z Men Twice as Likely as Boomers To Say Wives Should ‘Always Obey’:" https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-men-twice-likely-boomers-say-wives-should-obey-11620626

* "The Queer Rebrand Pipeline (JoJo Siwa Isn’t the Only One):"

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* "My existence is not an ideology:" https://www.libdemvoice.org/my-existence-is-not-an-ideology-79434.html

* "Pope Leo XIV signals no new ground for LGBTQ+ Catholics:" https://www.advocate.com/news/religion/pope-leo-disappoints-lgbtq-catholics

* "Conversion therapy is soul-crushing — and it doesn't work:" https://religionnews.com/2026/04/02/conversion-therapy-is-soul-crushing-and-it-doesnt-work/

* "Beloved San Francisco trans elder Dannielle Spillman killed in hit-and-run after dispute:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/dannielle-spillman-killed-san-francisco

* "Adult star Ty Roderick hospitalized after 'brutal' stabbing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ty-roderick-stabbing-gofundme

* "Women have the same rates of autism as men – but get diagnosed less:" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/autism-diagnosis-males-females-asd-sweden-b2914367.html

* "The California town with less than 30 residents begging for young people to move in:" https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/darwin-ghost-town-21281656.php?src=longreads

* "The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems:" https://inthesetimes.com/article/yellowstone-billionaires-conservation-montana-deforest-amazon?

* "Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y

* "The Bra-and-Girdle Maker That Fashioned the Impossible for NASA:" https://nautil.us/the-bra-and-girdle-maker-that-fashioned-the-impossible-for-nasa-1279841

* "It Was the Most Violent Prison in America. Then the Guards Went on Strike:" https://www.gq.com/story/walpole-prison-uprising

* "Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late:" https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/connie-walker-tmu-residential-schools-9.7162497

* The big, time sensitive bureaucracy packet came Friday, but I just didn't have it in my to deal with right away. Friday was forage delivery as always, plus… I think it was 7 phone calls, two of them real and important, the rest insurance scammers, plus lots of small things needing doing that nickle and dimed time and energy away.

I did manage to do the packet Saturday evening and it is ready to go, but it inevitably took hours. I still have the other packet and some phone bureaucracy to do, plus driving the paperwork in on Monday. I also submitted an app for sibling kittens. (A friend has raised a kitten fund.

In related news, I finally got a call back from a supplemental care giver. (This is a two hour a week gig to do the things that require an able bodied person like taking out trash and bed changes. This was one of the real calls Friday. Now I need to get her set up to work, so it is also a bureaucracy).

I am at that point where I have spent the last two days playing allergy or low grade virus. Sigh.

* Sunday the pain woke me about an hour before I wanted to be awake. Sigh. I only get two days a week I'm not constantly beset by insurance scammers, and my body does this. I tried the hot bath when no position could even mitigate it. I didn't even try to do physio, it was that bad. It's been a rough night.

In other news, I finished the 2nd pandemic in Western Asia and north Africa and have moved on to the Genoa debate. I really am appreciating how much attention the author pays to source bias, which really matters with history in general and Medieval history in particular.

In other news, Livia spent a good chunk of the afternoon and early evening when she wasn't getting pettins in her living room window box for the first time since Tavy died.

* I ended up getting up a couple hours earlier than intended, which was likely lucky given the massive to do list.

Paperwork got turned in. I picked up a frozen pizza as I knew today was going to be too much, especially with the inland heat made worse by all the black top and concrete and not enough green spaces. It's all also in the part of town with the outdoor farmer's market thing that has limited hours and is on the way to the library. I stopped by and picked up two early girl tomato starts.

Then to the library, where all the close parking was gone. Sigh. Bonus for hot and humid and a visibly high pollen count, as in my shirt and car were collecting it. Then to get new wind shield wipers as mine shredded during the march rains. Then to spend the gas money on litter. Sigh.

Too many things, really.

After the plants were in the ground and the oven set to preheat I spent over an our and half on hold hiring the supplemental disability aid, which is urgent as they stopped paying New Millennial and might not for another month or more. Sigh. If we are lucky, she starts Thursday. If not? Next week.

Miles to go before I sleep. Sigh. And more bureaucracy waiting like a ticking time bomb.

* The New Home Aid is very sweet, young and strong and healthy enough to do the harder bits of the job. We have 8 hours a month for her and she's planning to do all eight before month's end, which will be incredibly helpful. I have clean sheets, clean floors, the trash and recycling are cleared out, and she's organized the tea cupboard, put away dishes, and cleaned a bunch of surfaces including the micro-wave. She's coming for four hours tomorrow. I have a list of stuff she can work on.

After she left, I went out to get cleaning supplies that had been depleted, and stopped by the market garden for more tomato starts and yet another attempt at lavender. The last one did all right but didn't survive the move indoors last autumn. I will want a couple more varietals, plus next month's basil and a couple other things, but my lettuce and spearmint are doing very well. The strawberries have not entirely recovered from last year's HOA attacks, so fingers crossed there. There is already a little asparagus coming up. I really do feel good about the garden.

I don't want to ask her to mess around with compost, so that's still on my plate, but she seemed excited at the prospect of weeding out there, which is constant this time of year.

* New Aid came Friday, and OMG did so Much. Dishes done, Garden fully weeded and swept, lots of small things fixed including a bunch of pinwheels, the bathroom under-sink reorganized and heater put away, two drawers reorganized and tools put away in the tool box, bathroom cleaned (tub will need a second pass, but it is hard and I told her she could stop when she got tired of it. It has to be washed with dish detergent and can't have harsh anything), all litter boxes changed, some heavy things moved, She made a start on tall desk. I will need to mess with it more later, but it means the Last Bedroom Box just has books I need to rearrange some book shelf books for, so that has to be me. She was here long enough to put dishes away before she left. Composting and assorted bureaucracy is still on my personal to do list.

She'll be back Monday. If this seems like a lot to you, she is allotted a certain number of hours for the month and was only released to work here Wednesday. I'm like, you want to do all eight hours in the week we have left and she was like yes please, so we are catching up a lot of things set aside for various emergencies in the last year.

* "A Just War Of Words With The Pope | Great Vengeance And Furious Anger | AI's New Bird:"

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* "Prediction Markets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"

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* "Jordan Klepper Gets MAGA's Take on the Iran War & Trump's War with the Pope | The Daily Show:"

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* "The Pitt season one had the sauce in a manner season 2 has lost for many reasons.:" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/814468144142991360/i-kept-waiting-for-someone-possibly-dr-baran?source=share

* "About the Pitt's Dr. al-Hashimi Reveal:" https://www.vulture.com/article/the-pitt-finale-al-hashimi-ending-robby-fight-explained.html

* So exciting! "Lost film by French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès retrieved from US attic:" https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20260413-lost-film-by-french-cinema-pioneer-georges-m%C3%A9li%C3%A8s-retrieved-from-us-attic

* "Pompey Pharsalus Problems:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y0jp4ofEFZs

* "Wandering Wotan:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JNWFo9Ekmnk

* "Blokey Bromance:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xMiqOf_JEsE

* "Byzantine Bros:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/im-PCwzndWE

* "Constantinople Commerce:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/32PewgLY2Nk

* "Pesky Privateering Pirates:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vmg7GTswymI

* "Amiable American Revolutionaries:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tn6ft17xlmE

* "Joyful John Paul Jones:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kSp-GPp66UQ

* "Needling Napoleon:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YiQK2KyYZr8

* "Woeful War (of 1812):" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aoy7joE0HOA

* "Neurodivergent Nosferatu:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxfkTSkvnJA

* "Vivid Vampires:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8YjGyWqX3ng

* "Tonight On TMZ DC:"

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* Me watching Cracow Monsters: Yeah. College be like That.

* It is Poetry Month. I post them here if you are interested: https://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poetry

*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* "Transcontinental Pipeline:" https://tcpipeline.org/steps/

* "Project Salt Box:" https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/

* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :" https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers

* Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:" https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/

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torachan

1. It's the weekend!

2. We ordered dinner from Coco Ichibanya tonight. Got the regular curry (we always get it with karaage and tonkatsu) but instead of just getting one to share, I got another order so we'd have some leftovers. For the second order I got their keema curry with cheese naan and it was also extremely delicious.

3. I got gas (and a much needed car wash) on the way to work this morning and it was down 40 cents from the last time we filled up before going to Japan. That's still about 30 cents higher than before our great leader decided attacking Iran was a smart idea, but I was really pleasantly surprised to see that not only had it not gone up, but had gone down so much.

4. Speaking of cars, we've been having so much trouble with the key fobs for the newer car that we finally took it in to the dealership. Of course they were trying to say at first that we should just replace the batteries in the fobs, but we've done that and it makes no difference. Plus it's both of them, so it's obviously something to do with the car itself. Anyway, they got that finished up today and apparently the battery in the car's sensor needed replacement, so hopefully that will have fixed it. We had also wanted them to fix the front windshield, which developed a crack the other day after the windshield wiper flew off and the metal part snapped back down and hit the glass. They didn't do anything and were saying it would be $2300 to replace it, but Carla spoke to a manager and showed him that it was not a chip or anything that caused it, but the malfunctioning wiper, so he agreed to replace it for free. They have to order the window, so we've got the car back for now and have to take it back in again next week, but I'm very glad we got these both fixed for no cost.

5. Look at these boys!

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Today I made two short trips to a local stream and saw quite a few different kind of birds, partly with the help of binoculars:

Great blue heron wading in the stream
Hawk (red-tailed?)
Green-winged teals
Black-capped chickadees
American robins
A reddish finch (house finch?)
A hummingbird too far away to identify and too quick for me to binocular
A little yellow-and-black bird, probably a goldfinch but it was gone before I got a good look at it.
A tiny bird that I suspect was a golden-crowned kinglet because I think I saw a splash of yellow on its crown but again I didn't get a good look before it was gone.
Some brown sparrow-y birds that I couldn't identify
Plus the city birds I see all the time without going anywhere: pigeons, crows, starlings, gulls (glaucous-winged?)

I also saw some red admiral butterflies and I think I caught a glimpse of a scampering mouse-sized mammal but it got into cover too quickly for me to really see (probably just a mouse).

ysabetwordsmith

Today we went to the Spring Fest in Charleston. It was drizzling, but not enough to discourage us.

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kaffy_r

Music Meme, Day 29

A song that you downloaded:

That would be damn near every bit of music that I've lately enjoyed, which amuses me.

I mean, I still have a large number of CDs out in the living room, music that I used to play all the time. And of course, prior to CDs, I used to play LPs all the time. Musical evolution, or at least musical tech evolution. I'm still not a Spotify type of person, which appears to be the way things roll these days. I'm old enough that I want to actually own the music I play. So even though I may own it in a way that the RIAA doesn't approve of, I still own it.

Downloading: threat or menace? Discuss.

But I'm still enjoying this meme (good lord, I'm almost done with it. Whatever shall I do with myself once Day 30 is done and dusted?) and I've completed a few downloads from YouTube lately, so I can at least show you one or more of my most recent musical acquisitions.

Let's try this one. "NASA" by Ateez came out not all that far before Artemis II took off. As a NASA fan, I loved the performance video, and once Artemis II blasted off, I kept going back to the video and grinning. It doesn't hurt that Seonghwa, the group member who is the main singer in the MV is my bias wrecker. (That's simply saying that he's my second favorite in the group. He's really sweet and unsure of himself, unless he's got his makeup on and he's onstage ... but you didn't need to know that, did you?)

Without further ado, here's Ateez, doing "NASA"

Watch on YouTube

And here's my previous meme day, which has links to all my answers. Because of course you'd be interested in those.

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: the home office
Current Music: Ateez "Dancing Like Butterfly Wings"

ranalore

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At the head of the river. At the source of the sea.

There's a new Penric & Desdemona book out!

Saturday stuff

stronger, harder, better

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Introduction to Becoming an Expert

Multifandom: Fanfiction (Commenting) FESTA

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth

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Watching and reading roundup: Hadestown, Taskmaster, Cinder House, Hugos

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