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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 02:10 pm
Siibii - "YOY" (Live)
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 04:27 pm
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selkie southward again: we have affirmed that the important part is not the leaving, but the coming back. spatch and I have decided never again to pay attention to his phone when driving into Brookline. We made our way home via Bill & Bob's for the first roast beef sandwiches of the season and were introduced by WERS to the total delight of They Might Be Giants' "Wu-Tang" (2026). Two days after a snow that stuck to all the branches, it is short-sleeved catkin spring, drive-with-the-windows-down weather. We watched the Charles and the Fort Point Channel scatter the same reflection-blue as the sky.
selkie southward again: we have affirmed that the important part is not the leaving, but the coming back. spatch and I have decided never again to pay attention to his phone when driving into Brookline. We made our way home via Bill & Bob's for the first roast beef sandwiches of the season and were introduced by WERS to the total delight of They Might Be Giants' "Wu-Tang" (2026). Two days after a snow that stuck to all the branches, it is short-sleeved catkin spring, drive-with-the-windows-down weather. We watched the Charles and the Fort Point Channel scatter the same reflection-blue as the sky.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 03:47 pm
Today is cloudy and mild.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- We visited the Charleston Food Forest and Coles County Community Garden.
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I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 3/25/26 -- We visited the Charleston Food Forest and Coles County Community Garden.
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 04:46 pm
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 08:13 pm
SlasHeaven, a Spanish-language slash fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).
In this post:
- A bit of background explanation
- What this means for creators who had work(s) on SlasHeaven
- And what to do if you still have questions
Background explanation
SlasHeaven was founded on May 19, 2004, by the programmer and main promoter of the archive, Ayesha, and two collaborators, Maryam and Aura. This began after a massive deletion of fanfiction slash written in Spanish at a popular platform and with the conviction that we needed a place where we could publish in our language without restrictions. And so this website was born, a place dedicated exclusively to slash fanfiction written in Spanish.
SlasHeaven’s archivist made the decision to move the archive to AO3 after web configuration issues made it untenable to continue maintaining the archive themselves.
The purpose of the Open Doors Committee’s Online Archive Rescue Project is to assist moderators of archives to incorporate the fanworks from those archives into the Archive of Our Own. Open Doors works with moderators to import their archives when the moderators lack the funds, time, or other resources to continue to maintain their archives independently. It is extremely important to Open Doors that we work in collaboration with moderators who want to import their archives and that we fully credit creators, giving them as much control as possible over their fanworks. Open Doors will be working with Maryam and Aura to import SlasHeaven into a separate, searchable collection on the Archive of Our Own. As part of preserving the archive in its entirety, any fanart currently hosted by SlasHeaven will be hosted on the OTW’s servers, and embedded in their own AO3 work pages.
We will begin importing works from SlasHeaven to AO3 after March. However, the import may not take place for several months or even years, depending on the size and complexity of the archive. Creators are always welcome to import their own works and add them to the collection in the meantime.
What does this mean for creators who had work(s) on SlasHeaven?
We will send an import notification to the email address we have for each creator. We’ll do our best to check for an existing copy of any works before importing. If we find a copy already on AO3, we will add it to the collection instead of importing it. All works archived on behalf of a creator will include their name in the byline or the summary of the work.
All imported works will be set to be viewable only by logged-in AO3 users. Once you claim your works, you can make them publicly-viewable if you choose. After 30 days, all unclaimed imported works will be made visible to all visitors.
Please contact Open Doors with your SlasHeaven pseud(s) and email address(es), if:
- You’d like us to import your works, but you need the notification sent to a different email address than you used on the original archive.
- You already have an AO3 account and have imported your works already yourself.
- You’d like to import your works yourself (including if you don’t have an AO3 account yet).
- You would NOT like your works moved to AO3, or would NOT like your works added to the archive collection.
- You are happy for us to preserve your works on AO3, but would like us to remove your name.
- You have any other questions we can help you with.
Please include the name of the archive in the subject heading of your email. If you no longer have access to the email account associated with your SlasHeaven account, please contact Open Doors and we’ll help you out. (If you’ve posted the works elsewhere, or have an easy way to verify that they’re yours, that’s great; if not, we will work with the SlasHeaven mods to confirm your claims.)
Please see the Open Doors Website for instructions on:
- importing your works to AO3
- adding your works to the new collection SlasHeaven
If you still have questions…
If you have further questions, visit the Open Doors FAQ, or contact the Open Doors committee.
We’d also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of SlasHeaven on Fanlore. If you’re new to wiki editing, no worries! Check out the new visitor portal, or ask the Fanlore Gardeners for tips.
We’re excited to be able to help preserve SlasHeaven!
– The Open Doors team and Maryam and Aura
Commenting on this post will be disabled in 14 days, on April 8, 2026. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this import after that date, please contact Open Doors.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 01:32 pm
The air conditioner has been kicking on everyday since I turned it on last week, due to the greenhouse effect in my apartment. The temperatures have been in the 70s and up to 80 a couple of days. Today is overcast and cooler. I am grateful for every day we aren’t having high winds.
There’s a huge 5-day music festival here, starting today, with over 500 local, national, and international bands. I looked through the lineup, and recognize only six of the band names, and that’s just from glancing at the names somewhere.
Everything is so expensive; I don’t understand how these young people and musicians manage to visit. The wristbands for the paid events are all sold out. I remember hitchhiking to concerts around the central US in the mid-seventies. Sleeping on people’s floors. We were good, young people and believed most others were too. Whatever other angers and resentments I might feel towards my guardian angels, they did an excellent job getting me through all that with only a few, minor scares.
The worst of those was the possibility of freezing to death in the Iowa countryside after a snowstorm on a Sunday morning, with almost no traffic on the road except for a few churchgoers. My crises handling experience kicked in, and I became very calm when I felt how truly terrified the girl I was hitchhiking with had become. There were six of us, and we’d split up into groups of two. We all made it home. She became a doctor, and no doubt went on to a life of service to humanity.
With my hyper-vigilance, I notice when someone whose been around is missing, even if we’ve never spoken or made eye contact. Even online. I’ve only been making entries here for about five months, and was consistent in the beginning, but have been distracted and somehow haven’t been here for about a week now. That happens. Also, I’ve become weary of the internet for the most part. More and more internet stuff has to be filtered out, which is work.
The world events have been having a serious effect on my health, and it’s my responsibility to turn away from the news.
Anyway, with the pleasant weather, and being retired, I want to sit outdoors and enjoy some people watching. It’s wonderful that people are celebrating the gifts of having a human life.
There’s a huge 5-day music festival here, starting today, with over 500 local, national, and international bands. I looked through the lineup, and recognize only six of the band names, and that’s just from glancing at the names somewhere.
Everything is so expensive; I don’t understand how these young people and musicians manage to visit. The wristbands for the paid events are all sold out. I remember hitchhiking to concerts around the central US in the mid-seventies. Sleeping on people’s floors. We were good, young people and believed most others were too. Whatever other angers and resentments I might feel towards my guardian angels, they did an excellent job getting me through all that with only a few, minor scares.
The worst of those was the possibility of freezing to death in the Iowa countryside after a snowstorm on a Sunday morning, with almost no traffic on the road except for a few churchgoers. My crises handling experience kicked in, and I became very calm when I felt how truly terrified the girl I was hitchhiking with had become. There were six of us, and we’d split up into groups of two. We all made it home. She became a doctor, and no doubt went on to a life of service to humanity.
With my hyper-vigilance, I notice when someone whose been around is missing, even if we’ve never spoken or made eye contact. Even online. I’ve only been making entries here for about five months, and was consistent in the beginning, but have been distracted and somehow haven’t been here for about a week now. That happens. Also, I’ve become weary of the internet for the most part. More and more internet stuff has to be filtered out, which is work.
The world events have been having a serious effect on my health, and it’s my responsibility to turn away from the news.
Anyway, with the pleasant weather, and being retired, I want to sit outdoors and enjoy some people watching. It’s wonderful that people are celebrating the gifts of having a human life.
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 10:02 pm
The roughened consciousness of today’s information consumer: steady diet of news, outrage, and scrolling, has grown used to treating wars as just another layer of background noise. We’ve gotten used to the idea that images of destruction and death from “somewhere out there” are simply part of the news cycle, filed neatly between sports and the weather. They always seem distant. Wars, that is. Always something “on the news”, something happening somewhere else, something for “governments to deal with” while ordinary people carry on with their daily lives, quietly relieved that it’s not happening to them.
For better or worse (or so we told ourselves), that illusion is gone. Wars have started to “travel”. Turns out they move quite efficiently through oil markets and supply chains (and, why not, through currency prices as well). And they arrive. Quietly, steadily, but unmistakably, at the one place people cannot ignore: their bills. Right now, the war in Iran is doing exactly that. Or to be a bit more precise with the branding: “Donald Trump’s war”.
So yeah, Donald Trump’s war is now being paid for globally. By consumers. By mid-March, energy markets had already reacted sharply to the escalation. Multiple market analyses point to oil prices jumping on fears surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil supply passes, turning a regional conflict into a global economic shock.
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For better or worse (or so we told ourselves), that illusion is gone. Wars have started to “travel”. Turns out they move quite efficiently through oil markets and supply chains (and, why not, through currency prices as well). And they arrive. Quietly, steadily, but unmistakably, at the one place people cannot ignore: their bills. Right now, the war in Iran is doing exactly that. Or to be a bit more precise with the branding: “Donald Trump’s war”.
So yeah, Donald Trump’s war is now being paid for globally. By consumers. By mid-March, energy markets had already reacted sharply to the escalation. Multiple market analyses point to oil prices jumping on fears surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil supply passes, turning a regional conflict into a global economic shock.
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 03:46 pm
tv; bridgerton, band of brothers, dead boy detectives, lost in space, stranger things, heated rivalry, the walking dead
movies; red white and royal blue
celebrities; nicola coughlan, claudia jessie, connor storrie, hudson williams, lauren cohan
movies; red white and royal blue
celebrities; nicola coughlan, claudia jessie, connor storrie, hudson williams, lauren cohan
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 12:21 pm
So my modus operandi apple wise is to leave them on the counter until it's their time. Then cut the next one into 8ths and put it in the fridge. I snack on a slice now and then and often have several with my lunch. Every day. And my go to is Fuji.
But yesterday, in Trader Joe's, they did not have any single Fuji's! They were very apple-light. So I got another kind that was on an end cap display. I pulled off the sticky labels and put them on the counter except the one I sliced up.
Today I had some cheese and crackers for lunch and some apple. OMG OMG OMG!!! What is this apple?? It's like the candy of fruit. And all crisp and juicy and perfect. But, what the heck was it?
With the apple situation as it was at Trader Joe's, I was pretty sure they would be rearranging soon and all I knew was where these were yesterday. So I just got back into the car and went right back to Trader Joe's.
And turns out that they are available at all the grocery stores and year round. Why have I never heard of them before???
I have a stash now. The Internets say 6 weeks in the crisper. I only got 10. No way will they last 6 weeks.
But yesterday, in Trader Joe's, they did not have any single Fuji's! They were very apple-light. So I got another kind that was on an end cap display. I pulled off the sticky labels and put them on the counter except the one I sliced up.
Today I had some cheese and crackers for lunch and some apple. OMG OMG OMG!!! What is this apple?? It's like the candy of fruit. And all crisp and juicy and perfect. But, what the heck was it?
With the apple situation as it was at Trader Joe's, I was pretty sure they would be rearranging soon and all I knew was where these were yesterday. So I just got back into the car and went right back to Trader Joe's.
And turns out that they are available at all the grocery stores and year round. Why have I never heard of them before???
I have a stash now. The Internets say 6 weeks in the crisper. I only got 10. No way will they last 6 weeks.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 11:34 am
I had to get through four disks to find out that I have a soft spot for Prince Vince! He had a cameo and later a whole episode about becoming a rock musician. He's kinda gloomy and invites me to listen to Morrissey, yay.
He inspires me to keep writing my Sp00ky Delights list...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 08:07 pm
Trump says he is talking to "the right people" in Iran, but Tehran says no such negotiations are being held.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 07:38 pm
A woman has been awarded $3m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 12:27 pm
There has been a surge of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages across the occupied territory since the start of the Iran war.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 01:28 pm
Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Nie Mingjue & Nie Huaisang
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 100
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply, stern martial culture, the implicit angst of their situation.
Creator Tags: Drabble, Fluff
Creator Links: (AO3)![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
Zdenka; (Dreamwidth) zdenka
Theme: Siblings, Comfortfic, Cuddling Snuggling & Bed-Sharing, Drabbles, Family, Fluff, Kidfic (as kids)
Summary: Nie Mingjue tries to be stern with his younger brother and fails. (The Nie brothers as children.)
Author’s Notes: Translation into Русский available: (AO3-locked): Здесь безопасно byTiokDragon.
Written for 100words amnesty week for the prompt "indulgent".
Reccer's Notes: The Nie life expectancy means that poor Mingjue is already having to contemplate succeeding his father as Clan Leader. And grooming his little brother as his own successor in turn; it’s like those aphids so short-lived and desperate to survive that they’re born already pregnant.
Which makes this moment when a child allows himself to treat a child like a child all the more poignant.
Fanwork Links: Here is Safe, byZdenka:
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59174212
Dreamwidth: https://100words.dreamwidth.org/690464.html
Collections: 100 Words.
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Nie Mingjue & Nie Huaisang
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 100
Content Notes: No Archive Warnings Apply, stern martial culture, the implicit angst of their situation.
Creator Tags: Drabble, Fluff
Creator Links: (AO3)
zdenkaTheme: Siblings, Comfortfic, Cuddling Snuggling & Bed-Sharing, Drabbles, Family, Fluff, Kidfic (as kids)
Summary: Nie Mingjue tries to be stern with his younger brother and fails. (The Nie brothers as children.)
Author’s Notes: Translation into Русский available: (AO3-locked): Здесь безопасно by
Written for 100words amnesty week for the prompt "indulgent".
Reccer's Notes: The Nie life expectancy means that poor Mingjue is already having to contemplate succeeding his father as Clan Leader. And grooming his little brother as his own successor in turn; it’s like those aphids so short-lived and desperate to survive that they’re born already pregnant.
Which makes this moment when a child allows himself to treat a child like a child all the more poignant.
Fanwork Links: Here is Safe, by
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59174212
Dreamwidth: https://100words.dreamwidth.org/690464.html
Collections: 100 Words.
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 02:04 pm
From today’s NY Times, in the weekly Social Q’s column.
Our youngest, who is 37 and uses they/them pronouns, has a long history of psychological problems. They sent a text informing us that they no longer want to interact with family members, and that if we want to meet with them, they require an advocate to be present. This child lives in our second home. They don’t pay rent, but they have a job that covers food and health insurance costs. We’re not sure what caused the break. They had a very bad interaction with our son, and we asked them to work it out themselves. But our son wants nothing to do with his sibling, and my husband wants to stop communicating with them, too. He says they are toxic. I am heartbroken. What should I do?
MOTHER
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Our youngest, who is 37 and uses they/them pronouns, has a long history of psychological problems. They sent a text informing us that they no longer want to interact with family members, and that if we want to meet with them, they require an advocate to be present. This child lives in our second home. They don’t pay rent, but they have a job that covers food and health insurance costs. We’re not sure what caused the break. They had a very bad interaction with our son, and we asked them to work it out themselves. But our son wants nothing to do with his sibling, and my husband wants to stop communicating with them, too. He says they are toxic. I am heartbroken. What should I do?
MOTHER
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 04:38 pm
The US presenter says terrifying thoughts wake her at night as she imagines what happened.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 08:59 am
The President says the country will procure one million barrels of oil to add to the current stock.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 12:57 pm