A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seon-Ran
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A robot muses contentedly on the events that led it to its rapidly approaching doom.
A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seon-Ran
james_davis_nicollA robot muses contentedly on the events that led it to its rapidly approaching doom.
A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seon-Ran
Mad Science
Oct. 22nd, 2025 00:27ysabetwordsmithScientists say dimming the sun could spark global chaos
Researchers warn that real-world solar geoengineering would be far more unpredictable and risky than models suggest.
Scientists are taking the once-radical concept of dimming the sun through stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) seriously, but a Columbia University team warns that reality is far messier than models suggest. Their study reveals how physical, geopolitical, and economic constraints could derail even the best-intentioned attempts to cool the planet. From unpredictable monsoon disruptions to material shortages and optical inefficiencies, every step introduces new risks.
WARNING: Do not practice mad science on whole planet!
Researchers warn that real-world solar geoengineering would be far more unpredictable and risky than models suggest.
Scientists are taking the once-radical concept of dimming the sun through stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) seriously, but a Columbia University team warns that reality is far messier than models suggest. Their study reveals how physical, geopolitical, and economic constraints could derail even the best-intentioned attempts to cool the planet. From unpredictable monsoon disruptions to material shortages and optical inefficiencies, every step introduces new risks.
WARNING: Do not practice mad science on whole planet!
Cuddle Party
Oct. 22nd, 2025 00:08ysabetwordsmithEveryone needs contact comfort sometimes. Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime. So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace. Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.
We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. A nest full of colorful egg pillows sits in one corner. There is a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!
Enjoy a feast for Halloween, Samhain, All Saints Day, Dia de los Muertos, or whatever you prefer...
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We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. A nest full of colorful egg pillows sits in one corner. There is a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!
Enjoy a feast for Halloween, Samhain, All Saints Day, Dia de los Muertos, or whatever you prefer...
( Read more... )
D.O.P.-T.
Oct. 21st, 2025 21:12weofodthignenThe city's tree-lopping crews are out in force, on a different block each week, cutting back and topping street trees using cherrypickers and then noisily chipping the offcuts for mulch. Sad, but given that our wires run overhead in the old style because of earthquake danger and that huge Amazon delivery vans want to get close to the kerb, I suppose it's understandable.
NaNoWriMo
Oct. 21st, 2025 22:50ysabetwordsmithHere's a list of NaNoWriMo replacements. These are good options if you're fed up with the old NaNoWriMo. However, plenty of people are still doing that, so if you have enjoyed it, you can just keep writing a novel in November.
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goals_on_dw has lists of Writing and Art activities that include November options.
Looking for other activities?
goals_on_dw has lists of Writing and Art activities that include November options.(no subject)
Oct. 21st, 2025 16:00lycomingstIt's Autumn, right? Well, I have an important question. WHERE are the persimmons? I mean, where!
Birdfeeding
Oct. 21st, 2025 13:09ysabetwordsmithToday is mostly sunny and cool.
I fed the birds. I've seen some sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
I fed the birds. I've seen some sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
sign of the season
Oct. 21st, 2025 11:26twistedchickI was going absolutely insane, trying to figure out which of my 50-odd tabs was playing holiday music. Nothing showed up on the tab list. Finally I hit command-option-escape, to list what was open, and discovered that the very nice holiday advent calendar a friend sent me had decided to serenade me. I shut it down; sanity restored.
Amorous toads
Oct. 21st, 2025 15:42oursinThis was in one of my inboxes this am (ironically, Mme C-C-'s):
Nice to connect beyond work
Hi,
We’ve crossed paths around the office a few times, and I’ve been meaning to say hello. I recently joined a dating site and thought it might be easier to connect there outside of work.
If you’re open to it, here’s my profile: [redacted link]
You’ll need to sign up to view it.
No pressure at all—just an invitation to chat in a space that isn’t tied to corporate email.
Either way, wishing you a great week.
Best,
A colleague
How creepy is that? (sending it in to phishing reporting).
(Or maybe run it past Ask A Manager???)
***
Actually, it is a bit of an insult to bufo bufo to characterise anyone doing this sort of thing as a toad, no? Especially when the poor things are currently suffering a good deal in their quest for LUHRRVVV: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?
(No, they are not zipping around doing dangerous driving in fast cars, parp-parp, like Mr Toad.)
They are trying to get to suitable mating areas:
toads like large ponds. Their ability to stay out of water for longer than frogs, means they can travel further to reach them – sometimes hundreds of metres, Petrovan says. They tend to stick to their ancestral migration routes – it’s common for adult toads to return to their birth pond to mate.
This is why the toad crossed the road.
I think I have heretofore mentioned the people who help toads to do this thing: in fact it's a bit of a recurrent theme.... (going way back).
The Eye of Argon by Jim Theis
Oct. 21st, 2025 08:55james_davis_nicoll
The story that began the grand tradition of picking on a teenager's work.
The Eye of Argon by Jim Theis
Color Pooling
Oct. 21st, 2025 01:03ysabetwordsmithWhen you craft with variegated yarn, it can cause color pooling. Some people dislike this, but planned pooling may be used to create fancy designs without switching yarn. A friend tipped me to some websites for it. If you'd like to play with the concept there are many online colourpooling generators/planning tools: https://magicneedles.in/blogs/guide-more/what-is-planned-pooling and https://mathgrrl.com/crochet-color-pooling/ are both great, and https://plannedpooling.com/ is the original.
Poem: "Invisible Because It Is So Normal"
Oct. 20th, 2025 23:49ysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the June 4, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Public Places" square in my 6-1-24 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It is an alternate universe crossover of Polychrome Heroics and Schrodinger's Heroes.
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dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Public Places" square in my 6-1-24 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It is an alternate universe crossover of Polychrome Heroics and Schrodinger's Heroes.( Read more... )
Poem: "And Everything Collapses"
Oct. 20th, 2025 23:30ysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the September 5, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from dialecticdreamer and see_also_friend. It also fills the "Adversary" square in my 9-1-23 card for the Story Sparks Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It is an alternate universe crossover of Polychrome Heroics and Schrodinger's Heroes, based on the Edison's Mirror dimension created by dialecticdreamer -- she's currently running a story arc in that, so check it out.
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dialecticdreamer and see_also_friend. It also fills the "Adversary" square in my 9-1-23 card for the Story Sparks Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It is an alternate universe crossover of Polychrome Heroics and Schrodinger's Heroes, based on the Edison's Mirror dimension created by dialecticdreamer -- she's currently running a story arc in that, so check it out. ( Read more... )
Today's Cooking
Oct. 20th, 2025 23:20ysabetwordsmithTonight I made the blueberry muffins again. This time I added a teaspoon of freeze-dried lemon powder. The lemon flavor is there, if subtle. I may try this again with honey instead of maple syrup.
Straight out of the bag the lemon powder is intense, sour, and surprisingly floral. It lacks the bitter notes I was expecting, as it comes from complete lemons peel and all, so if you want that you'll need to use fresh zest. Advantages of the powder are that it's not overwhelming, it's dry rather than wet, it's not so acidic that it's liable to curdle things as fresh lemon juice can do, it can't spill, it should have good shelf life, and unlike lemon extract it contains no alcohol. I'd like to explore more uses for this. One suggestion was making lemonade or stirring it into tea, and yeah, it does smell like lemonade powder. If you like sour flavors, you could certainly use this as a dusting ingredient for candies or cookies.
Straight out of the bag the lemon powder is intense, sour, and surprisingly floral. It lacks the bitter notes I was expecting, as it comes from complete lemons peel and all, so if you want that you'll need to use fresh zest. Advantages of the powder are that it's not overwhelming, it's dry rather than wet, it's not so acidic that it's liable to curdle things as fresh lemon juice can do, it can't spill, it should have good shelf life, and unlike lemon extract it contains no alcohol. I'd like to explore more uses for this. One suggestion was making lemonade or stirring it into tea, and yeah, it does smell like lemonade powder. If you like sour flavors, you could certainly use this as a dusting ingredient for candies or cookies.
Poem: "Cause a Riot of Color"
Oct. 20th, 2025 22:45ysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the May 6, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from fuzzyred , see_also_friend, labelleizzy, and wyld_dandelyon. It also fills the "Riot of Color" square in my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It belongs to the Shiv and Big One threads of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "Babes in the Pineywoods," so read that first or this won't make any sense.
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fuzzyred , see_also_friend, labelleizzy, and wyld_dandelyon. It also fills the "Riot of Color" square in my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It belongs to the Shiv and Big One threads of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "Babes in the Pineywoods," so read that first or this won't make any sense.( Read more... )
Poem: "The Strange Transformations of the Moth"
Oct. 20th, 2025 21:13ysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the October 1, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from siliconshaman. It also fills the "Energy" square in my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
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siliconshaman. It also fills the "Energy" square in my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and mama_kestrel. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. ( Read more... )
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Oct. 20th, 2025 17:26vidwindow posting in addmeName: lise
Age:
30sI mostly post about:
every day interactions, projects i’m working on, movies, mostly just my every day life! i’m probably going to start posting some photography too.My hobbies are:
photography, cinema, writing, art in general, cooking, reading, watching obscure films & shorts, learning italian, thrifting, collecting vhs tapesMy fandoms are:
not really in fandoms much, but some of my media interests include: horror (halloween series, five nights at freddy’s, no i’m not a human, giallo films, killer7, deadly premonition, etc), speculative fiction (kathe koja especially), psychological thrillers, internet ephemera, weird niches in general. i’m really into things like mannequins, dolls, masks, and animatronics as well.I'm looking to meet people who:
are artsy & weird! people who always have a project going (doesn’t have to art related - stem can be included here too), activists,My posting schedule tends to be: just returned to dw (lifelong online journal-er though) sand i am fairly busy so it’ll most likely be weekly
When I add people, my dealbreakers are:
not really anything besides the obvious! just be respectful & tag warnings appropriately :)Before adding me, you should know: i had a deadjournal since i was 11, i think that says everything about me hahaha
Monday Update 10-20-25
Oct. 20th, 2025 14:56ysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "The First Swath Cut by the Scythe"
Linguistics
Poem: "Finding the Gold of the Spirit"
Poem: "Thresh Through the Complexity of Life"
Today's Cooking
Birdfeeding
Romance
Poem: "Knitting Is a Therapeutic Activity"
Today's Adventures
Vocabulary: Vellichor
Birdfeeding
Science
Creative Jam
Philosophical Questions: Tribalism
Today's Adventures
Today's Cooking
Follow Friday 10-17-25: Joss Whedon
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Books
Birdfeeding
Food
Gaming
Birdfeeding
Activism
Hard Things
Poem: "New and Innovative Approaches" is featured in today's Magpie Monday bydialecticdreamer. If you like Frank the Crank, drop her some prompts or join the discussion under the poem, which already has 19 comments.
Trauma has 30 comments. Food has 52 comments. Affordable Housing has 55 comments. Robotics has 89 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather is much cooler and fall-like now. It rained most of Saturday and was around 75°F that day, then dropped 20 degrees overnight so Sunday was around 55°F. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. While we were out Saturday, I saw a bald eagle! :D 3q3q3q!!! Currently blooming: dandelions, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, oxalis, moss rose, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, morning glory, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant, cypress vine, sunchokes, sedum, violas. Tomatoes, ball carrots, and groundcherries are ripe. Fields are about 2/3 harvested.
Poem: "The First Swath Cut by the Scythe"
Linguistics
Poem: "Finding the Gold of the Spirit"
Poem: "Thresh Through the Complexity of Life"
Today's Cooking
Birdfeeding
Romance
Poem: "Knitting Is a Therapeutic Activity"
Today's Adventures
Vocabulary: Vellichor
Birdfeeding
Science
Creative Jam
Philosophical Questions: Tribalism
Today's Adventures
Today's Cooking
Follow Friday 10-17-25: Joss Whedon
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Books
Birdfeeding
Food
Gaming
Birdfeeding
Activism
Hard Things
Poem: "New and Innovative Approaches" is featured in today's Magpie Monday by
dialecticdreamer. If you like Frank the Crank, drop her some prompts or join the discussion under the poem, which already has 19 comments.Trauma has 30 comments. Food has 52 comments. Affordable Housing has 55 comments. Robotics has 89 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather is much cooler and fall-like now. It rained most of Saturday and was around 75°F that day, then dropped 20 degrees overnight so Sunday was around 55°F. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. While we were out Saturday, I saw a bald eagle! :D 3q3q3q!!! Currently blooming: dandelions, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, oxalis, moss rose, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, morning glory, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant, cypress vine, sunchokes, sedum, violas. Tomatoes, ball carrots, and groundcherries are ripe. Fields are about 2/3 harvested.
Five Anticipated Books and Stories That Remain Unpublished
Oct. 20th, 2025 16:25james_davis_nicoll
Since the authors are no longer with us, will we ever get a glimpse?
Five Anticipated Books and Stories That Remain Unpublished
Birdfeeding
Oct. 20th, 2025 14:46ysabetwordsmithToday is mostly sunny, breezy, and cool.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- We rolled up the hose.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I planted 10 'Spectrum Sweet Aroma' daffodils in the daffodil bed. I have at least 15 more to spread around.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I finished planting the rest of the daffodils under trees in the house yard.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I planted 10 Pink Snow Crocus in the goddess garden.
As it is almost suppertime, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- We rolled up the hose.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I planted 10 'Spectrum Sweet Aroma' daffodils in the daffodil bed. I have at least 15 more to spread around.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I finished planting the rest of the daffodils under trees in the house yard.
EDIT 10/20/25 -- I planted 10 Pink Snow Crocus in the goddess garden.
As it is almost suppertime, I am done for the night.