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Decade-long experiment in outback New South Wales changing the landscape

Sunday, October 18th, 2026 04:49 am

Posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries

https://www.metafilter.com/214868/Decade-long-experiment-in-outback-New-South-Wales-changing-the-landscape

Decade-long experiment in outback New South Wales changing the landscape.

Once locally extinct across outback New South Wales, bilbies, bandicoots and bettongs are now back and breeding. The desert's revival has been led by a young couple who moved their lives way out west a decade ago.

https://www.metafilter.com/214868/Decade-long-experiment-in-outback-New-South-Wales-changing-the-landscape

Did it

offcntr

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 10:07 pm

I did do a capybara!

Now we'll see if anyone every asks for it again.

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Deaths confirmed in major fire at Canada military base

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Sunday, October 18th, 2026 04:00 am

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr86z0w4lxdxo#0

Number of casualties unknown in "very, very active and delicate" situation in Alberta, says defence minister.

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Teacher fought US school attacker before armed dad shot suspect 'multiple times'

bbcnewsworld_feed

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 09:58 am

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv98zw1k8kp3o#1

The 16-year-old suspect previously attended the primary school and had targeted a special educational needs classroom, police say.

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aspecex

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 09:02 pm

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Thanks

cornerofmadness

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 11:28 pm

To everyone who wishes me well yesterday. I'm a lot better today. Some of it was the gastric paresis being a dick. The rest was probably me getting exposed to something by those plague carriers I call students, something I'm vaccinated against.

I didn't get nearly as much done as I wanted to but I did get multiple book reviews done and more of my lighthouse story written. Zero cleaning though. Sigh.

Tonight is going down to freezing. I eventually closed the windows around 9.

Abney Park had a Halloween concert online tonight. It was one of their better ones. Of course I love A Dead Man's Party, Friends on the Other Side and Bela Lugosi's Dead and they do great covers of all of them.

this bit is for

spikesgirl58 who often posts vintage pics of very questionable food ideas, often about aspic

( i seem to watch a handful of gay guys doing vintage recipes )

here.

Have science saturday.

2,000-year-old burial found in Russia near a human sacrifice and a cup to ward off magical threats

Ancient Indigenous people in New Mexico lived through extreme climate change 23,000 years ago, study suggests

'White' dwarf stars can be purple, pink and even green, surprising new study finds

Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles

2 giant Ramesses II statues, one wearing a double crown, discovered by man in Egypt

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A new mantis friend...

mistressofmuses

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 07:57 pm

Today while I was on one of my walks at work, I found a tiny mantis. I was surprised to see her, because we did get our first official freeze a few days ago (not much below freezing, but enough to kill things off.)

I put her in a water bottle for an hour or so and brought her home.

She may have thoughts on the accommodations, but I don't think they're appreciative ones.

This picture makes her look deceptively large. She is actually only about an inch long. Very small! But she is full-grown.

Hopefully this house is more to her liking than the water bottle was.

As far as I can tell, this is a "ground mantis" (specifically an "agile ground mantis" or "minor ground mantid," which are interchangeable names for the species. Unlike poor late Heretic, this girl is a native species!

Though like most of the mantises we have here, they're expected to only live into early- or mid-fall, so it's not likely that she has very long left. She's still pretty feisty, though! She also ate a few fruit flies after we got her set up in her new habitat.

I don't know how long we'll have her, but we'll try to keep her in fruit fly filled luxury for the last bit of her life. It's already been fun to watch her hunt, ha.

Apocrypha, the giant rainforest mantis, is still doing quite well! (Originally her name was going to be "Drop Bear," as she's an Australian species, and that's an Australian cryptid. But Alex said that he didn't feel like the name was right for her, so we went with my original suggestion, Apocrypha.)

Today I added some additional plants to her habitat (ones that were originally in Heretic's setup,) and we fed her some more fruit flies. She chowed down on a bunch!

She's definitely getting bigger, though she has not molted again yet, and is eating a lot faster than she used to!

Here she is, with a fresh snack. (And more nearby.)

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my apartment

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Yuletide Letter 2026

moetushie

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 09:46 pm

Hello Writer!!

I’ve completely fallen out of the habit of writing exchange letters, so please excuse me if it’s not very helpful. If you have a clear vision for these characters, please take this opportunity to write what’s in your heart and know you’ll have an appreciative audience with me.

You can include all the requested characters or concentrate on some, or just focus on one of them. Ball’s totally in your court. I'm also open to treats!

So! For a little background for some of the canons requested, I’ve come back to the DC fandom after a long, long break, and initially I was very skeptical about the ~ Absolute Universe, having not-so-great memories of Marvel’s Ultimates (no shade on Miles Morales, of course, best thing to come out of that.) But! I was very intrigued by a set of panels from Absolute Batman — of Batman and Killer Croc in the sewers together, it’s this deeply moving and sad scene, with so much backstory about these characters that I wanted to know more. Also I kinda shipped it. I still sort of do.

Then I threw in a couple of wild cards in there, but if you think about it, it fits the theme. There’s a theme! Guess the theme.

Anyway, let’s just jump in.

Do Not Wants

Do Not Wants: Crossovers to the main DCU universe, eye violence, omegaverse settings unless requested, explicit sexual content involving characters under the age of 16, pregnancy, fic focusing on misogyny, racism, gender dysphoria, homophobia or transphobia (ok for background mentions of period-typical homophobia/transphobia, etc, but please don't make it the focus)

Likes

Narrative Likes/Tropes I enjoy:

Reluctant friendships between people from different walks of life, which blossom into life-altering relationships
Road trips, the picaresque, let’s go on an adventure together!
Doomed romance. A tragic ending doesn’t put me off, although I’m happy with happy or happy-for-now endings as well!
Canon-divergence AUS, missing scenes, historical periods other than canon (Victorian, interwar, WWI & II, fifties to sixties.)
Loyalty kink, friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, complicated relationships.
Ghost stories and supernatural elements, fairy tale lore, magic, subverted horror movie tropes. What-region-gothic, although I do have a special fondness for the Southern Gothic.
Emotional manipulation, the manipulator catching feelings / getting caught in their own designs.
Alternative POVs and experimental styles (but a tight third is always welcome)
For mythical canons, retellings & reinventions that aren’t just straight modern AUs. For historical canons/settings, feel free to take liberties! Artistic license! So on!

General Art Likes: strong compositions, chiaroscuro, painterly effects, big dicks and juicy thighs, attention to costuming, expressions and tenderness, significant touches, emotions, so on.

Porn Likes: pussy eating, anal sex, being overhead/observed, service tops, unexpectedly bratty bottoms, hand & finger kink, oral fixation, face-slapping, crying during sex, bad/funny sex, caning (to the point of discomfort/humiliation but not abject pain/bleeding), contextual dubcon (due to mistaken identity, altered states such a sex pollen between already pining parties), forehead kisses, uniform kink, A lovingly washing B’s hair when B can’t do it themselves. Tenderness.

OK, enough yapping! Let’s get to the good stuff.

Absolute Batman

Absolute Batman

Tomorrow. Midnight. The old veteran's arena. You. And me. Alone. You win, I'll go back to Ark M and become whatever you want. But you won't win. And you, people of Gotham, you get to watch. And just in case any of you are wondering who I am ... I'm BATMAN
— Batman

Note: I’m caught up with this and AS and will try to stay current as the rest comes out, but don’t worry about spoilers. Write what you’d like, use whatever.

Bruce Wayne (Absolute Batman) - There’s a scene when Bruce is in Ark-M where he’s completely broken down, stripped (literally) bare and has the cape and cowl glaring down at him. There’s a real sense that Batman is an outside force that has imposed itself onto Bruce Wayne’s life (and thanks to Darkseid’s influence) and twisted into a shape that it must be. I’m fascinated by that compulsion, that force, and how that makes Absolute Bruce different than other Batmen.

I’d also enjoy a story that explores Bruce’s relationships with other characters, especially Martha and Waylon, Selina or Alfred. The focus should be on Bruce, of course, but he’s so different with all of them.

I’m open to receiving ship fic featuring Bruce’s canon romantic relationships (with Selina) or Bruce/Barbara (please tell me how that happens because every time they’re face to face, he’s always coming at her with the craziest energy.)

Barbara Gordon (Absolute Batman) - Babs’ journey is just beginning but I’d love to see either backstory or future fic where she’s more experienced in her Batgirl/Batwoman persona. I think Babs’ background as a woman of color and as a legacy police officer (Gordon clearly had pull in the department even though he got into politics) — that surely opens her eyes to the nature of Gotham and its evil.

I like how dogged she is, whether it be running down Bats or trying to avenge her father. Would love to read casefic where Babs ran into maybe some clue about the nefarious dealings with JK, or seeds of her becoming Oracle.

Harley Quinn (Absolute Batman) - I need my girl Harley to check in. What’s happening with her? Are you still rocked by the revelations about her parentage? Isn’t Bruce a fucking idiot for not listening to her?!? Anyway I want everything about Harls, I’d love fic where she interacts with any of the other requested characters in this canon, or members of the Red Hood Gang.

Jack Grimm | Joker (Absolute Batman) - What really makes him laugh? I’m not afraid of clowns so feel free to go buckwild with whatever fucked up shit Joker gets up to. Shipfic with Bruce is welcome. Someone’s gotta dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, right?

Absolute Superman

Absolute Superman

"I’d spent months weeping for Krypton. For everything I’d lost. But that day the tears were different. I wept for the world I’d found. The one I could already tell I wouldn’t be able to save… any more than I had the last."
— Kal-El

Kal-El (Absolute Superman) - Kal-El … My sweet boy, why must you suffer so! ◕︵◕

I’ve always liked Superman but I’ve never really had strong feelings about him, but now here I am, asking for fic for him on Yuletide. But it’s different, you see, because Absolute Superman did this thing that made everything even more tragic for him … By having Kal be a child, witnessing the death of Krypton, witnessing the strength and heroism of his parents (especially LARA, oh my goodness, the panel with her and the big ass raygun, off to rescue her husband did stuff to me) and also their (presumed) death.

I really like the choice of flip flopping the position of Jor-El and Lara-El as not Kryptonian elites but farmers, people whose promise and education were unfairly curtailed by the blinkered and corrupt Science League — but that doesn’t stop them from trying to save as many people as they can. Kal-El’s determination to save everyone definitely comes from them. They’re so … good.

But with all that, it hurts all the more to lose them. Kal thinks even Krypto is dead! Krypto!

At least he has Sol, though. (Also I don’t believe for a minute Krypto is really dead.)

I would really love fic where Kal-El can process at least a bit of the incredibly traumatic things that happened to him, exploring Earth, building relationships with the Kents, Lois, Jimmy and Lana. I want him to be happy … He deserves it, he’s such a sweetheart.

Alternatively: you can definitely torture him more. Maybe some of Brainaic’s simulations were too real (what if Kal is forced to kill/betray his parents in one of them?? Or hurt Jimmy and Lois??? Just terrible.)

Clark/Lois are one my favorite ships, and this version is so fun and crunchy, especially with the (presumed) age/experience gap, the fact that Lois is down bad from almost the jump and Kal really has no idea what hit him. I don’t know if they’re at the point of even considering having a sexual relationship, but man, imagine the hilarity if they try. What is Kryptonian sex ed like? (It’s just Sol dispassionately describing coitus, probably.) But even so — Lois needs to know — you know, for the record.

Lois Lane (Absolute Superman) - I want to know everything about this Lois who followed her father’s footsteps in the military instead of becoming a journalist (who can blame her? Print is dead) — but she’s still curious, determined and willing to change her entire worldview given a compelling reason.

Some quick suggestions: Lois and Lazarus, her … complicated relationship with her father (and how Lois copes with Samuel’s death), introducing Kal to hallowed Earth traditions like — smoking weed, maybe? God knows he needs to relax. Or Lois investigating the other metas and costumed heroes that have been cropping up as Kal-El came to earth, anything!

Lamkin (Long Lankin) - (Child Ballad)

Lamkin | Long Lankin (Child Ballad)

LAMBKIN was as good a mason as ever laid stone;
He built Lord Montgomery’s castle, but payment got none.
He built the castle without and within;
But he left an open wake for himself to get in.
— Anon

Lamkin | Long Lankin (Child Ballad)

OK, let’s be clear. Murder is bad and wrong. I understand that. But you know what’s also bad and wrong? NOT PAYING YOUR CONTRACTORS FOR THEIR WORK. FUCKING OVER THE POOR. BEING A LITTLE BITCH IN YOUR CASTLE, AFRAID OF THE RABBLE OUTSIDE WHO ARE (RIGHTLY) BAYING FOR YOUR BLOOD. Really, there’s a certain helpless rage you feel when you see the rich and powerful go and wreck the lives of the poor, with seemingly total impunity, that makes you — well, think crazy thoughts. Lambkin (or Lankin, or Lincoln) is a great example of letting those crazy thoughts take control. I’m not particularly interested in versions of the ballad where he’s a motiveless serial killer or a monster in human shape. His motivations and his crimes seem very human to me, so I’d love any story to give him some depth and humanity, even as his crimes (and taking the Nurse down with him) — make him irredeemable in the eyes of society.

I’m open to AUs: Lamkin in the French Revolution, Lamkin as a ghost or spirit of vengeance, modern AU where all of Lamkin’s health insurance claims are denied, and what for. Up to you!

Thank you for reading all this ramble. I hope at least some of it proves useful. Happy Yuletide! Keep your head on a swivel.

Please find me at:

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Fortune's Weave Flash Exchange

zappobrien

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 09:44 pm

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Daily Happiness

torachan

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 06:38 pm

1. It was hot today but not as hot as yesterday, and more importantly, it was overcast all day, which really helped the heat to not feel as bad. It's also dry and windy, though that has its own issues such as aggravating allergies (and fires, but thankfully that hasn't been an issue near us this year).

2. We had a nice morning at Disneyland, followed by lunch at Knott's Berry Farm.

3. Ollie is such a cutie.

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Book Bingo: Complete!

stonepicnicking_okapi

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 09:05 pm

I'm done! Wee! Big thanks to

kingstoken for organizing and everyone who gave me suggestions (or books!) along the way.

B-2: Set in School/University: Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter. This is the first in the Inspector Morse series set in Oxford University. It's a missing girl case, and while I enjoyed parts of it there are what are sometimes called 'period typical' attitudes toward women, women's sexuality, and rape so those parts soured the overall experience.

N-3: Book Made into a Film or TV series: Octopussy: The Last Great Adventures of James Bond by Ian Fleming. This was a book made up on 3 short stores. Both Octopussy and The Living Daylights were made into films. In the first, in Bermuda, Bond catches up with a British officer who stole Nazi gold. The octopus gets the guy before Bond can. And in the second, Bond falls instantly in love with the cello playing sniper who is set to shoot an East German defector. I was struck in the latter by the ethical discussion of government sponsored murder for hire by Bond and M and others which is notably absent from any James Bond film.

N-4: From your TBR: Never Too Old to Save the World edited by Addie J. King and Alana Joli Abbot. A collection of 19 short stories exploring the idea that the Chosen One being in middle age or later instead of a young person. I enjoyed many of these. Some were fantasy/sci fi set in alternate universes and some were modern with small elements of the end of days/threats to civilization. I liked it best when it was the latter and when it was clear which kind of trope they were inverting. I think the one I liked the most featured an old lady being protected by a garden gnome named Gregory.

Free Space: Murder at the Black Cat Cafe by Seishi Yokomizo. Another Detective Kindaichi mystery taking place in post WWII Japan involving identity confusion.

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Lately on TV: One Room Angel

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Sunday, October 18th, 2026 03:20 am

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2026 Disneyland Trip #44 + Knott's Trip #3 (10/17/26)

torachan

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 05:10 pm

We've been wanting to go to Knott's during the Halloween season and it's getting near the end of that, but we also still wanted to go to Disneyland this weekend, so we did both!

( Disneyland )

( Knott's Berry Farm )

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Halloween: Day 17: Nevermore!

stonepicnicking_okapi

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 08:02 pm

And I learned today that ravens have a warm, dusty, leathery smell. [link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YTG39pZZfdw]

( A YT short about how ravens smell like old books feat. Fable the Raven )

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pip-pip wak wak wak

metafilter_feed

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 11:01 pm

Posted by Wolfdog

https://www.metafilter.com/214867/pip-pip-wak-wak-wak

The Duck Pond - A small flock of mallards going about their day: three hens, two drakes and two broods of ducklings. No recordings. Every quack is synthesized as it happens and heard from where you stand on the bank.

https://www.metafilter.com/214867/pip-pip-wak-wak-wak

Nominations Clarification 1

tigerlily

startrekholidays

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 07:32 pm

Pelia & Jett Reno

This has been nominated under Star Trek: Discovery, but it should be under Star Trek Crossover Fandom (and disambiguated.) If it’s not, I’ll add it under the correct fandom at 7:40 PM AST on October 18, 2026—24 hours from now.

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Be Still My Unbeating Heart

cornerofmadness

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 07:31 pm

Be Still My Unbeating Heart by Josh Winning

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was just fun. I've been reading a ton of horror for spooky season and wanted to go back to things I love: gay vampires. Bastian is a reformed vampire thanks to Whitby, his talking cat 'familiar.' He no longer kills and has mastered his rage which has been burning since the 1980s when he was turned (and I was a teen so I have a love for anything with 80s vibes). Bastian and Whitby are in Italy for vacation when someone is murdered and it looks like the work of vampires.

This city has no vampires (part of the world building is vampires are known) and the police chief is majorly prejudiced against them. He assigns Detective Nico De Luca to keep a close eye on Bastian (so you can guess where this is going. It's not a twist. It's what we're here for). The chief has called in the vampire council and even Bastian is afraid. Apparently they are known for razing towns to the ground just to punish a single vampire (I'll be honest that part of the world building didn't exactly work for me because why is the world tolerating this) it does serve to put the clock on the story. Bastian must find the killer before the councils kills him, no trial needed.

What doesn't help are bodies keep falling and they have a tie to an organization of vampire-lovers. As Bastian and Nico get closer, in spite of Nico's best efforts, they're in a race against time and a killer. Because we're first person point of view (Bastian) Nico isn't as well developed as you would like him to be (and I wanted a little bit more out of the Italian setting too but that's just me being Italian American and hungry for anything about my grandmothers' home). On the other hand, Whitby is well fleshed out and that darling cat steals the show. If anyone hurts a whisker on her head there'll be hell to pay. In fact the twist with her was hands down the best in the book.

Being on the romance scale, you know it's going to have something of a happy ending at least. I thought it mostly worked (I wasn't as sure Nico's twist did though. I don't think we were set up well enough for it). Some of why I didn't go full five stars is a few weak points in world building and the fact Bastian said darling so much that if I made it into a drinking game I'd probably die of alcohol poisoning. That said, this was a fun romp. It was what I was hoping for. If this is a stand alone, the ending works. If this goes on to be a series, it still works. I would love to see these guys again (especially Whitby).

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some good things

kaberett

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 11:43 pm

Greek lemon potatoes: still excellent! And enough for at least another day.
Bike lost an (Imperial, unknown size) nut and bolt on my way down the hill (one of the stays for the rear mudguard and pannier rack, which was loaded). This was NOT a disaster, and also A managed to dig out a good-enough-to-get-back-up-the-hill-on-wheels substitute, and brought it down to me.
We picked up Strange Horticulture and, having just reached day 4, it's something I am finding pleasant and soothing!
Picked things up and put them down again, and even managed my entire intended workout despite only getting actually into the gym about 45 minutes before it closed. (I have thus determined that I can in fact shorten the rests between dead hangs to 45 seconds from 60 seconds...)
Cake. I continue to really enjoy the cake. I have decided that the cakier base on the smitten kitchen version is not actually what I want out of Apfelstreuselkuchen, but for the next batch I might use her crumb recipe...

Photos show luxury boat with 50m pool and water slides near Kim Jong Un's summer retreat

bbcnewsworld_feed

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 10:09 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4xnyyg1lyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4xnyyg1lyo#0

Satellite images give clues about how Kim spends his holidays - something far out of reach for most North Koreans.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4xnyyg1lyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4xnyyg1lyo#0

How day of protests unfolded as disorder breaks out across France

bbcnewsworld_feed

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 09:33 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwz0vy770gpzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwz0vy770gpzo#3

Demonstrations across the country turned violent, with cars and buildings set alight and shops ransacked.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwz0vy770gpzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwz0vy770gpzo#3

Three men jailed for 158 years each for murdering Australian and US surfers in Mexico

bbcnewsworld_feed

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 03:11 am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3kgqjkzw29wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3kgqjkzw29wo#1

Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad were killed on a surfing trip in an apparent botched robbery.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3kgqjkzw29wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3kgqjkzw29wo#1

fanmix: here lies the sun, bleeding (widow's bay, rosemary/the sea hag)

fiachairecht

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 11:17 pm

HERE LIES THE SUN, BLEEDING here lies the selkie, her motif inverted and her body still stranded; here lies the storyteller, who has seen the terror in too many beautiful things; here lies the undead woman in the waves and the burnt-out idealist she didn't take years ago; here they lie and here they succumb to the shallows — a fanmix for rosemary and the sea hag & a samhain party gift for toothpastepancake

i. weakness and lust blackbriar ii. portrait of a dead girl the last dinner party iii. serpentine charlotte wessels iv. how not to drown chvrches v. circle with me spiritbox vi. skeleton key flower face vii. sirens of blood and water epica viii. the waters rising oceans of slumber

[ openwhyd ]

( lyrics )

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punk / post-punk list

chazzbanner

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 05:00 pm

Here's the list of albums that I'm listening to next.

As I sometimes post videos "from my post-punk past" you'll already know that that's my favorite style (if you want to call it that). Punk became formulaic after the first groups, and new bands started to develop in interesting ways, leading to quite a bit of variety.

You'll see major gaps in the list, but those are *bands that I listened to. There are a couple of exceptions, such as The Clash (I had their first album) and Magazine (I had their third). Oh, and Talking Heads, of course I had their first album--!

As I said to chai the edges of post-punk are permeable, so it's hard to set an end-point, as it developed into other things (synth-pop, indie rock, jangle pop etc.)

*Sometime I'll share a list of these!

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European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank

bbcnewsworld_feed

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 11:52 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c962ydpmjm3zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c962ydpmjm3zo#0

The Israeli military condemns the violence but the prime minister's office says it is part of a "smear" campaign.

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Anti-government protesters battle with police in Albania

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 08:53 pm

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There were violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police throughout Saturday in the capital Tirana.

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Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 08:52 pm

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Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests.

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At least 17 dead in crush at Hindu festival event in India

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 07:19 pm

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Many more have been injured at an event in the Indian city of Kolkata to mark a Hindu festival.

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Nursery owner in China jailed for life after hundreds of children poisoned

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 12:11 pm

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She and five staff members were found to have used the inedible paint in meals to make them look more appealing.

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Rare pink diamond goes on display in France 100 years after amateur heist

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 10:46 am

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The French royal jewel will be on public display for the first time since it was found hidden in an apple after a 1926 theft.

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Brazil sees record fall in Amazon deforestation as key election looms

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 02:33 am

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The Amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer against climate change - but deforestation had expanded under former president Jair Bolsonaro.

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Dear yuletide writer:

raven

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 10:17 pm

Dear yuletide writer,

Hi! Thank you for writing for me. I’m

singlecrow on the AO3, and I’m very much open to treats.

I like all sorts of stories; happy ones, sad ones, complicated ones. I love found family, competence, hurt/comfort; people quietly looking after each other. I like stories with sex and kink in them and stories without.

Do not wants: omegaverse, Christmas (you can mention Christmas! I just don’t like it when it’s a Christmas story), PWPs (which is to say, stories that are only sex – stories that have sex in them among other things, those I love).

Let me just tell you a bit of why I love these fandoms, and hopefully you’ll find something here to help you write for me, but if you have a story of your heart, please go write that, I look forward to reading it.

( Shetland )

( Ludwig )

( Dept. Q )

And finally: I really like sad stories. I mean, I like happy stories! But if you want to write about Jimmy’s (or Russell’s) grief, or John’s fears or Carl and Hardy’s terrible trauma, I am here for it with bells on.

Thank you very much, again. See you on the other side.

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merryghoul

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Saturday, October 17th, 2026 05:20 pm

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Round 68: Fight the Apocalypse by littlemissnovella

littlemissnovella

fandom10in30

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 05:10 pm

More seen here @

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Pleasant Surprises

yourlibrarian

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 03:54 pm

1) Watched the first two episodes available of VisionQuest. Though I have watched all the Marvel (and Star Wars) live action shows, I was particularly pleased with the start of this one, since I was completely unspoiled and only knew it was a series about Vision. ( Read more... )

2) I knew next to nothing about Oasis, and didn't learn a lot more from its "Don't Look Back in Anger" documentary. But as someone a little older than they are, I found the central focus on reconciliation and the things that endure a good choice. ( Read more... )

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cupcake_goth

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 01:53 pm

I woke up yesterday with what was the worst migraine I’ve ever had. because while the one that sent me to the hospital a few weeks ago had tiny blips of unconsciousness, when I woke up, the pain level was a 10. (And I had extreme dizziness and shaking.) The hoarded Tylenol with codeine knocked the pain down to around an 8, and things were about a 6 when I went to bed.

I don’t have a migraine today, but I do have the migraine hangover, wheee.

So on Monday I’m going to call the migraine specialist and get an appointment, then call the imaging office and get my appointment for a brain scan. I generally don’t feel apprehensive about calling for medical appointments, but I’ll admit that I feel a little nervous about making those calls.

(Hopefully) Last Delay

mftfmod

multifandomtropefest

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 04:38 pm

All pinch hits now claimed! If that changes because any pinch hits don't come in from the last batch, I will post those after the pinch hit deadline or their extension deadline.

The collection is now set to open on Wednesday 28 October at 9 PM Eastern (New York) time.

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The Snow Has Not Happened to Ottawa Today

dewline

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 04:33 pm

Last night, temperatures did drop to about 0ºC if memory serves.

I expect we'll be warmer tomorrow.

Current Mood: sore

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Dear Yuletide Writer 2026 (placeholder)

longwhitecoats

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 04:31 pm

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Hop?

twistedchick

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 04:14 pm

I am hoping some of you Warner Bros. cartoon fans can help me out here:

I have a strong mental image of Bugs Bunny (or some other cartoon rabbit) singing and dancing to the '50s tune "Let's Go To The Hop!" Was that ever in a cartoon? Did it happen or did I just imagine it?

If it did happen, I really want to see it.

Heated Rivalry book

princessofgeeks

Saturday, October 17th, 2026 02:37 pm

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