Politics

Jun. 13th, 2025 12:49 am
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Governor JB Pritzker (Dem IL) to Rep. Mary Miller: "I refuse to be lectured to by somebody who extols the virtue of Hitler."

I can't remember the last time I felt so represented by one of my actual representatives. \o/

Sometimes, you just gotta call a spade a spade.

Follow Friday 6-13-25

Jun. 13th, 2025 12:29 am
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Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

Follow Friday 6-13-24: Hetalia

Jun. 13th, 2025 12:02 am
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Today's theme is Hetalia. Initially a webcomic, Hetalia was later adapted as a serialized manga and an anime series. The series personifies the nations of the world into immortal anthropomorphic characters and presents an allegorical (and often satirical) interpretation of political, historical, and cultural events throughout history and the present day. This riff is a personal favorite.

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Murderbot 1x06

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:08 pm
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Spoilers )

Edit: Also a spoilery thing about show vs trailer.

More spoilers )

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Jun. 12th, 2025 11:51 pm
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240 | stock images, art, photography, text, etc.


240 icons @ [community profile] insomniatic.
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Well, that kinda covers the gamut of illness there, so maybe figure it out?

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Poetry Fishbowl Update

Jun. 12th, 2025 10:53 pm
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If you want to suggest themes for upcoming Poetry Fishbowls, now is the time.  I plan to set up the poll tomorrow (Friday).  You can put your theme ideas in a comment below the Call for Themes post

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Jun. 12th, 2025 11:19 pm
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Current events continue to be a lot, to say the least (I left voicemails for my congresspeople about some of it).

On a happier note, I saw chickadees multiple times today (apparently they're smaller than sparrows) as well as hummingbirds (one a few minutes after I refilled the feeder)!

Dept. of Small Victories

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:57 pm
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Yesss ... Suck It, Cheeto!

I needed this. A judge told That Man that he was being an illegal POS in two separate ways. Even though I'm perfectly aware that this administration's playbook is "Ignore the courts," I know this one is probably like a cockleburr under his saddle. 

As I said, suck it. 


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(Trying to keep going with the things I planned to.)

Part three of the pictures from the Botanic Gardens last Tuesday. Last Tuesday was better than this week's.


Tiny ducklings are so damn cute.


These were very striking, with the contrast between the upper and lower petals, plus the bright orange pollen!


I remembered these irises from last year. They're so vibrant!


Fourteen more pictures:
We took a break and headed to the Garden's restaurant, "The Hive." Their food is quite good, so it's always nice to get to go there. Mildly spendy, but well worth it for what you get. Their sweet potato fries are the best.


On the path up to the restaurant: mother duck in the middle of her little island, ducklings scattered around the edges. (Though she was not a fan of other ducklings; there was a second cohort of ducklings that were unattended by their parent, and she was pretty vicious about chasing them away.)


A towhee hanging out at one of the tables.


The ducklings came through on a scavenging sweep. They had no qualms about running under our feet.

It started raining a bit, but while it looked like it might last a while, it actually broke up quite quickly.

After lunch, it was on to the iris garden:


Happy Pride from these Persian jewels. :)


Ruffly! These ones smelled very sweet, if I remember.


This was one of my favorites. I love the stripes!


Another that was just a very different color from the rest.

Over by the cuttings garden:


A very striking two-toned lupine!


Ma'am! Attend to your children!! (I'm fairly sure this was the deadbeat neglecting her duckling children, who were frantically swimming around and peeping. Alex was distressed that they were distressed, but she seemed to be heading back in their direction.)

And in the Victorian garden:


I liked the caged succulents!


I love ferns, plus bonus columbines.

Then over to the Shofu-En Japanese garden.


(The informative sign reads: "A Lantern For Peace: This 250-year-old stone lantern was donated in 1964 by Denver's sister city, Takayama, Japan. The Sister Cities program and "friendship gardens" across the United States are symbols of cooperation and cultural exchange.")


And of course, my much-loved koi.


More koi!


Just one more gardens picture post to go.

Thursday Recs

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:27 pm
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Another week, another Thursday...


Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!

Or have you tried something that's been recced here? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear about it!
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Indivisible #WhatsThePlan meeting of May 12 2025
This is pretty much just C&P from my bluesky liveblog, plus links.

cut for length, US politics )
I really admire people who can write *most* of what happens in a meeting while they liveblog, Ezra & Leah both talk *really* fast & I just pull out highlights, really. whoosh.

Please reblog, signal boost. We are, as Leah says, in a time of autocratic breakthrough, and one way we fight back is to have as many people as possible, in as many places as possible, out peacefully on Saturday. We need to be *everywhere*, with *everyone*. Take American flags, they belong to *US*, not him.

Art in the Blood - Verdict

Jun. 12th, 2025 10:06 pm
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So yeah, I've finished another book! Yay!

Did it pass?

Yeah, I think it did. But let's talk about it in a bit more detail.

So this book is a different style of mystery than any of the previous books in this series. For once, Jack's issues are not the plot. Instead, this reminds me a bit more of something like Midsomer Murders, where we have a complex cast of characters and dynamics that weave together in its own story. Our investigating heroes are separate, friendly outsiders with no stakes in the mystery except the drive to find out the truth.

Well, kind of. There are a few elements that keep this from being a standalone story.

Most of that comes from Alex Adrian. It's not a coincidence, I think, that Jack gets very invested in Alex's story. Alex is a grieving widower, who thinks he knows the cause of his wife's death, but hasn't been able to truly comprehend it or move past it.

And of course, Jack Fleming knows exactly what it's like to grieve a woman that he loves, without understanding what happened to her or why. He finally got those answers in the last book and now he can give those answers to someone else.

We also see a lot of development for Jack and Bobbi. Jack's still pretty avoidant and his trust issues are on full display. But they talk and they move forward, and Bobbi makes her choice for the future. That's pretty great.

And I think it's significant that Jack now has three people who know the truth about what he is, who are not horrified or disgusted or judgmental. He's getting to be honest with them and has been rewarded for it. That's kind of nice.

That aside, I do think that this is the weakest book in the series, so far. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. A breezy Midsomer adventure is a welcome reprieve after the intensity of Bloodcircle and before, well...

If my memory's correct, this reprieve will not last that long. Hah.

So yeah, I enjoyed it very much, and it's time to make a decision for next week.

Book 59, 2025

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:18 pm
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A Witch to RememberA Witch to Remember by Heather Blake

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


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Last night I finished the book A Witch to Remember by Heather Blake. It’s the 9th in her “Wishcraft” mystery series, starring Wishcrafter witch Darcy Merriwether.

Darcy has a lot on her plate. Her wedding is set to take place in a couple weeks, the quarter-century Renewal of the Elder is coming up first, and now there’s been a murder. As the witch tasked with investigating magical crimes in the Enchanted Village, Darcy must now juggle solving a crime along with everything else. The main suspect is Darcy’s nemesis, wicked witch Dorothy, but Darcy isn’t so sure Dorothy committed the crime. Compounding Darcy’s stress is the fact that her sister, Harper, will have to decide if she wants to take up the mantle of Elder upon her death, as their mother did when she passed. Harper, however, doesn’t know she will have to make that choice, and Darcy isn’t sure which way Harper may lean. As the suspect list for the murder grows with no clear resolution, Darcy knows she’s running out of time.

It took me a bit to really get into this story, but by the end, I rocked through it. There were many interesting twists and turns to keep Darcy (and the reader) on edge. Things were wrapped up neatly by the end, which is fortunate, as the author’s website indicates this is the last book in the series. Boo on that.

Favorite lines:
♦ “I believe in things I can’t see. In things I don’t quite understand. I believe in magic.”
♦ This wasn’t quite the signed, sealed, and delivered alibi I’d been expecting, as squirrel testimony was anything but airtight.
♦ “I’d probably draw the line at Satan as well.”
♦ “Longest week ever.” // “It’s only Monday.”
♦ “I don’t joke about casseroles.”
♦ “Did I mention we’re one very loud, happy, albeit a tad strange family?”


Good book, sad to see the series end. Four stars

Daily Health

Jun. 12th, 2025 08:50 pm
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*\o/* Word Count Step Count Headache?
Daily 0 9,617 no
Monthly 6,793 125,847 1 days

第四年第一百五十四天

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:36 pm
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部首
刀 part 2
刊, to publish; 刑, punishment; 划, to plan pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=18

词汇
天空, sky; 整天, all day long pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
他究竟在计划些什么, what the hell is he planning?
我记得我小时候第一次吃这个臭豆腐,一整天都舒畅, I remember when I was little, the first time I ate this stinky tofu, I felt good all day long.

Me:
他们发刊的杂志被禁止了。
看看天空的星星,好漂亮。

Fem Gift Boxes Pinch Hits Due June 20

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:11 pm
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 There are still two boxes without gifts for my gifting fest, [community profile] femgiftboxes . Due June 20 at 8PM EST.

writtenworldsaloud's box: Hazbin Hotel, Golden Sun, YuYu Hakusho (fic, vid)

Flaim_Ita's box: Kamen Rider Geats, Mahoutsukai Precure, Hana no Asuka-Gumi, Kamen Rider Decade, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (Fic, Art, Comics, Podfic of any of my applicable fics)

Thanks!

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