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Thursday, May 7th, 2026 11:14 am
Epstein's former cellmate claims he found the note, which has not been verified by the BBC.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 08:05 pm
Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026 08:25 am
Title: La seduction
Author: Lemonlips43
Fandom: Pokemon-The original series
Rating: Teen
Characters/Pairings: Gary/Ash
Genres: Romance,Humor and angst
Word count: 745 (the first chapter)
Summary:Ash finds himself in love with Misty and decides to ask Gary for lessons on how to win over girls. Gary surprisingly accepts, but are Gary's intentions truly pure? And does Ash really love misty as much as he says?
Aditional tags-Jealousy,Compulsory Heterosexuality,Kantou-chihou | Kanto Region (Pokemon)
I wrote this fanfic i was thinking about writing it a long time now i finally got courage and will to write it!
READ ON AO3
READ ON MY JOURNAL
Author: Lemonlips43
Fandom: Pokemon-The original series
Rating: Teen
Characters/Pairings: Gary/Ash
Genres: Romance,Humor and angst
Word count: 745 (the first chapter)
Summary:Ash finds himself in love with Misty and decides to ask Gary for lessons on how to win over girls. Gary surprisingly accepts, but are Gary's intentions truly pure? And does Ash really love misty as much as he says?
Aditional tags-Jealousy,Compulsory Heterosexuality,Kantou-chihou | Kanto Region (Pokemon)
I wrote this fanfic i was thinking about writing it a long time now i finally got courage and will to write it!
READ ON AO3
READ ON MY JOURNAL
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Thursday, May 7th, 2026 12:00 pm
- 1. Why airlines are always going bankrupt (The airline industry can be competitive or profitable, not both)
- (tags:airplanes economics )
- 2. What should be done about pathological levels of inequality
- (tags:inequality economics )
- 3. Surface temperature tops 60°C in parts of north India, satellite images show
- (tags:globalwarming doom India )
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 11:52 pm
The feud has fuelled a costly showdown between two tech titans.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 04:35 pm
Ken Griffin said Mamdani's video, filmed outside his apartment, raised safety concerns.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 02:00 pm
The American footballer was subjected to "opportunistic targeting", his lawyer says.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 01:39 pm
The US president pauses the military operation to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz two days after he announced it.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 11:04 am
The staunch Trump ally emerged victorious in one of a series of closely-watched primary contests held in the US Midwest.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026 08:13 am
Video captures young boy on bike fleeing car that mounts footpath in Washington State
Thursday, May 7th, 2026 08:06 am
It's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
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Thursday, May 7th, 2026 12:32 am
This year I'm doing Community Thursdays. Some of my activity will involve maintaining communities I run, and my favorites. Some will involve checking my list of subscriptions and posting in lower-traffic ones. Today I have interacted with the following communities...
* Posted "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Repairing" in![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
renew_repair_refashion.
* Commented on "Just One Thing" inawesomeers.
* Commented on "May Day Full Flower Moon" incommon_nature.
* Posted "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Repairing" in
renew_repair_refashion.* Commented on "Just One Thing" in
awesomeers.* Commented on "May Day Full Flower Moon" in
common_nature.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026 12:15 am
This year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject. Read Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert, Part 2: Architecture, Part 3: Dance, Part 4: Music, Part 5: Painting, Part 6: Poetry, Part 7: Sculpture, Part 8: Conflict Resolution, Part 9: Cooking, Part 10: Coping Skills, Part 11: Gardening, Part 12: Relationship Skills.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Part 13: Repairing
Repairing comprises a huge range of skills for maintaining and fixing tools, toys, and anything else that needs care. Most folks think of this regarding big machines like cars, but it used to be the case that small things were designed for repair too, like sewing machines or mixers. Nowadays, much is meant to be disposable, which wastes resources. Repairs may be divided into large equipment, small equipment, toys, and clothes among other categories. Different cultures have different things to repair and methods they like to use. Some of these are distinctive, like Japanese kintsugi (repairing pottery with golden seams) or boro (repairing clothes, often reinforced with sashiko stitches). Here on Dreamwidth,renew_repair_refashion is low traffic, but posting is open to all members so feel free to pitch in. Also check out related communites such as awesomeers, crafty, everykindofcraft, get_knitted, goals_on_dw, green_living, sewing101, sewing,
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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Part 13: Repairing
Repairing comprises a huge range of skills for maintaining and fixing tools, toys, and anything else that needs care. Most folks think of this regarding big machines like cars, but it used to be the case that small things were designed for repair too, like sewing machines or mixers. Nowadays, much is meant to be disposable, which wastes resources. Repairs may be divided into large equipment, small equipment, toys, and clothes among other categories. Different cultures have different things to repair and methods they like to use. Some of these are distinctive, like Japanese kintsugi (repairing pottery with golden seams) or boro (repairing clothes, often reinforced with sashiko stitches). Here on Dreamwidth,
renew_repair_refashion is low traffic, but posting is open to all members so feel free to pitch in. Also check out related communites such as awesomeers, crafty, everykindofcraft, get_knitted, goals_on_dw, green_living, sewing101, sewing,( Read more... )
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 09:11 pm
I’m embarrassed to say that I started reading Martha Well’s Queen Demon on April 3 – and then set it aside, resuming on April 17. From that point, I’d nibble at the book in 10-15 page bites on random evenings. At that rate, progress was slooooow. Sure, there were plenty of evenings when I didn’t touch the book. The lack of momentum was not because the book was bad – it was more a reflection of my lack of free time. I’m a little mortified to admit how long it took me to read 10 pages.
I did not finish the book until this morning. It took more than a month for me to finish a single book. I’ve reduced my tsundoku stack by one book. 😑
( Excuses, Below the Cut )
It’s good that I finished Queen Demon today, as tomorrow night I’m going to a book signing: Martha Wells - Platform Decay.
Future Murderbot and Rising World books are discussed in a Martha Wells Interview at Polygon (via![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thewayne).
I did not finish the book until this morning. It took more than a month for me to finish a single book. I’ve reduced my tsundoku stack by one book. 😑
( Excuses, Below the Cut )
It’s good that I finished Queen Demon today, as tomorrow night I’m going to a book signing: Martha Wells - Platform Decay.
Future Murderbot and Rising World books are discussed in a Martha Wells Interview at Polygon (via
thewayne).
Thursday, May 7th, 2026 12:05 am
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Thursday, May 7th, 2026 04:06 am
Mediator Pakistan says it is "endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war".
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 07:43 pm
1. They opened an Ikea near us! Previously the closest ones were about twenty miles away, but this one is more like five. We need to get another shelf for in the garage (Carla's album collection has grown beyond the shelf its been sharing with my puzzles), so we're going to go check it out this weekend.
2. Yesterday at work I heard a song playing and shazammed it and found out that Damiano David of Manneskin has a solo career, so when I got home I gave his album a listen and it's really good! The song I heard at work was Zombie Lady and I think it might be my favorite off the album but there are a lot of other great tracks, too.
3. Jasper being a brave boy at the vet on Monday.
2. Yesterday at work I heard a song playing and shazammed it and found out that Damiano David of Manneskin has a solo career, so when I got home I gave his album a listen and it's really good! The song I heard at work was Zombie Lady and I think it might be my favorite off the album but there are a lot of other great tracks, too.
3. Jasper being a brave boy at the vet on Monday.
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 08:56 pm
[Previous]
Changing to the official English spellings of the names I guesss.
Chapter 6: Agott is still being cruel to Coco but I understand some of what she's attempting to say, but she's also not giving Coco a chance.
Very lovely moment between Tetia and Coco. I love Tetia's clouds.
Chapter 7: It's sweet that Coco used Tetia's clouds to lure the dragon in. X'D
"That's Agreat!" 😂
She gets to watch them work their magic up close. :P
The Dragon-Stupefying Cushion haha it's so cute.
The one who gave Coco the book has hold of her. "Let me teach you everything Qifrey won't. And when the time comes you'll..." So these challenges are going to be a regular thing. But what was she supposed to learn from this one? He gave her something but what?
Chapter 8: Brushbug really likes Richeh (and the others), it's adorbs.
Oh, Olruggio's first appearance! Poor Coco got a scare. He doesn't want anything to do with the Brimhats.
Chapter 9: Tetia's poofy hair. 🤣
Olruggio is the 'watchful eye' for Qifrey's atelier. They make sure nothing untoward happens. He's also busy making magical items.
The Order of the Council of Magic Security would've erased Coco's memory in an instant if they knew about her because all they care about is the law, even if she would lead them to the Brimhats.
Coco winning Olruggio over with her love of his magic. :')
Chapter 10: Qifrey is worried how Agott is fixated on the stuff she doesn't know yet instead of on what she can accomplish. Instead of taking Olruggio's advice to heart gets even more impatient.
Agott is working so hard to earn the approval of the people of those who've looked down on her. "I had such high hopes for you, Agott... I'm disappointed." "I can't believe she's her daughter." etc
The leader(?) of the Council of Magic Security is Lord Estheath.
Chapter 11: Coco and Agott are working hard together to save the boy who fell, alone Agott might've stayed paralyzed but Coco kept her moving.
Coco learned from Richeh and Agott and now Agott os learning by watching Coco even if she doesn't want to admit it.
Whatever the Brimhat gave Coco made her spell too strong and now she's in trouble with Magic Security. 😭
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 06:57 pm
This morning.
It was 80° in February. :/
(Yes, yes, ~we need the moisture~, but I'd be perfectly happy never seeing another snowflake, and this winter where we had barely any snow at all was the happiest winter I've ever had. Could it not have had the decency to fall as RAIN? The number of broken branches in the surrounding neighborhoods makes me so sad.)
Bella would like to know who allowed such a thing.
(To be fair, if I must be: the moisture in the mountains was extremely needed (31 inches in Estes, allegedly!), the roads never got bad down here, by the later afternoon the roads were basically dry, and while we're supposed to have a hard freeze overnight, we're supposed to be back to 70° tomorrow.)
Speaking of Bella wondering who allows things, she had her annual vet visit yesterday! (We'd had to reschedule from a couple weeks ago, after a construction mishap on the building led to flooding.) We saw a different vet than usual, the daughter of our long-term family vet. I remain relieved that she's likely going to take over the practice once Dr. Kim retires completely.
(There are so few options for non-chain vets around here. :/ VCA/Sploot/Chewy have devoured most of them.)
Everything looks good! She got her lepto shot, we got six months of heartworm prevention, she got her physical, the vet looked at her eye freckle and agrees that it does not look concerning. She's good for another year! <3
Bella, just blending in with the plushies.
A couple more pictures of Bella:
Sometimes she knocks a plushie out of the basket, but then she just snuggles it, ha.
Bendy Bella and her bendy s-curve spine. (But I thought the little heart on the mushroom plush next to her was cute.)
And then some random pictures:
On one of my walks at work, late last month, a really cool hawk! (There were actually two of them, and I got to watch them for a little while. It was a very windy day, so they were just coasting pretty close by. For a short time they were even right at eye-level, since the path hugs the top of a hill, and they were below the drop-off. Unfortunately I wasn't quite fast enough with the camera to catch them there!)
Two more pictures:
This is just a weird camera glitch, but it ended up looking cool! ~Spooky ghost hawks~ (And a background Red Rocks.)
A ladybug!
And one totally random image from grocery shopping:
Ah yes, the devil's meat.
