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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 "Wildlife" in

first_nations_freaks.

* Commented on "Seed Starting" in

gardening.

* Commented on "Check-In Post - March 11th 2026" in

get_knitted.

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ysabetwordsmith

These are the notes for "To Understand Water."

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ysabetwordsmith

This poem came out of the October 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from

dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "That felt weird." square in my 10-1-25 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series.

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mistressofmuses

It's my birthday!

Normal workday for me, so pretty low-key in terms of celebrating. We went to the zoo on Monday which was lovely.

Alex gave me a very cute tardigrade plush, plus a couple of pins. He also made me salmon for dinner. <3

After work, stopped by mom and Taylor's for gifts and pie. Mom made me a peach pie, which is always my birthday request. <3

I got a very generous gift (brought on by some luck, lol.) At the weekend getaway that I wasn't able to get off of work for, the one up at the Stanley hotel, one of the activities they did was a gift 'exchange' sort of thing. It was run like a white elephant, where you could pick a gift or steal one from someone else, but all the gifts were provided by the company. (And it was all good stuff; gift cards, tickets for things, etc.) Well, my mom was one of the last to go and wound up with one of the best prizes... a PS5. She... did not especially want a PS5, but also didn't want to "steal" any of the other gifts from anyone, and no one stole it from her, lol.
My mom told me this a few days ago, prefacing the story with, "So... this was a funny story..." about how the 70 year old lady wound up with the shiny gaming system. It was leading in to "...so, like... do you have one of those? ...Do you want one?"
Taylor does all their gaming on PC, so they aren't super interested, and while they offered to set the PS5 up for my mom if she wanted, my mom hasn't really wanted to play a video game since the Intellivision, ha. (One of her favorite games forever will be Dungeons and Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin, which is indeed a wonderful vintage gaming experience, but stylistically it's a maze where you can avoid/plan your encounters, and the encounters are turn-based. She doesn't like games where things chase you or you have to react in real time.)

So... wound up with the thing that I have failed to save money toward for years, because there's always an emergency/something more time-sensitive that comes up and eats my fun-thing-savings! I'm so excited. It's way spendier than any of our gift-giving tends to be, so it's not something I would have asked for, so I'm extremely grateful for her generosity in giving it to me, and the luck that led to her winding up with it. (And their company's generosity in giving it as a gift!)

I don't have any games for it yet, but I am *delighted* that I will be able to actually play a few of the things I've looked longingly at over the last several years. (My most recent system is a PS3. Which I will still have to keep as a dedicated Fallout: New Vegas machine, lol.)

Probably not taking a look at that until my weekend, but excited. Maybe I'll hit up a second-hand game store. Hopefully I can add video games back into my routine without utterly hosing my reading and writing, ha.

A very nice birthday, not just for gift-reasons! Salmon for dinner, peach pie for desert, getting to see my favorite people.

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Current Location: my apartment

ysabetwordsmith

When you're surfing the web & face a tsunami, make home under a bridge along the information highway

I hereby propose the term "The Under-net" (or "The Undernet") to refer to our preparation for and relationship with whatever (if anything) will be left for us in a future Internet dominated by unending, disingenuous, grifting slop.

This is an analysis of what's wrong with the Internet and some things we can do to improve it, as a form of resistance against corporate takeovers and enshittification.

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ysabetwordsmith

Scientists finally reveal why mint feels cold

Scientists have captured the first close-up view of the body’s “cold sensor,” revealing how winter air—and even mint—tricks your brain into feeling cool.

Scientists have revealed how the body’s microscopic cold sensor, TRPM8, detects both chilly temperatures and the cooling effect of menthol. The discovery finally shows how the sensation of “cool” works at the molecular level—and could inspire new treatments for pain and eye disorders.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today we went up to Champaign-Urbana.

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soc_puppet

Fandom: SVSSS
Summary: Shen Yuan tries bringing Luo Binghe to a karaoke bar; it doesn't go well.
Mirrors: On AO3
Wordcount: 100
Ships: BingQiu
Notes: If I were to make a BingQiu FST, this song would be on it
Updated notes: Now with podfic?!?! (To explain my shock, the podfic went up less than four hours after the fic did. Fastest podfic in the west!)
Fic: ( Modern Day Date Night )

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dialecticdreamer

A Flash of Temper
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1283

:: Aidan is faced with a nasty-minded stranger prying into the Teague family. He finds a creative way to apologize for failing to live down to her expectations. Part of the Teague Family/Edison’s Mirror series in Polychrome Heroics, written to answer a prompt by

alatefeline, with my thanks, as part of the March 2026 Magpie Monday. ::

Aidan stared at the cardboard box that held five large manila envelopes, all thick and surprisingly heavy. “What are these?”

Nik rolled back, motioning toward the coffee table. “Your documents came through. Let me help you with your packet, and then I’ll explain the differences in Rory’s and Mac’s paperwork.”
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incomplete_ruler

Okay random question, but was dreamwidth down for anyone else yesterday? (It was at least 6pm-11pm or smth like that for me but idk if this is a worldwide or Australia-only thing)

Not only that but apparently other social media like Instagram were down for some people too. Like what is happening with the internet lately?

( little extra message for moots )

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tally

This is my tracker for fills over at

rainbowfic ! I'll probably want to reformat this for better results as the fills come in, but I think this should do for now. A lot of these will be for Ashen Masks, an enemies-to-lovers high fantasy story I'm currently working on!

📝 FILLS:

Think of the Books - A librarian receives an offer he is not allowed to refuse.

🌈 CURRENT COLORS:

Color Spray (1/30)
Watchet (1/20)
Smaragdine (1/10)
OPEN
OPEN

📌 BONUS LISTS:

Custom Color: OPEN
Paint-by-Numbers: OPEN
Tapestry: OPEN
Bichromatic: OPEN

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dialecticdreamer

Tomorrow will be the last part of the Teague family arc, of 100 posts.

The question is, what do I tackle next? I had two original ideas, but nether seem the right fit now.
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ysabetwordsmith

Extreme heat limits safe activity for millions of people worldwide

Extreme heat is now stopping people from doing simple daily tasks like walking, cleaning, or working outside.

A new study shows that climate warming has changed how much activity the human body can safely handle in hot weather.

Scientists found that since the 1950s, the number of hours each year when heat becomes dangerous for normal activity has increased sharply.

Yesterday it got up to 79℉, in Illinois, in early March. That is not normal. I rely on cool spring temperatures for yardwork such as planting bare-root trees and shrubs. I had to start my summer heat-coping skills, like avoiding direct sunlight and reducing workload. Plus we had to turn on the damn air conditioner, because recently when it was 76℉ outside, the house got considerably hotter and stayed that way through the wee hours. >_<

Summer, of course, has days when I can only go out for a few minutes at a time or not at all, and I worry about the air conditioner breaking because repairs take months to complete. It's life support for me, but other people don't consider that urgent.

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ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy, cold, and wet.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

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ysabetwordsmith

A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 million years ago. New seismic imaging and rare shocked minerals in rock samples provided the crucial proof. The impact would have sent a massive plume skyward and unleashed a tsunami over 100 meters (330 feet) high.

One thing I love about science is that occasionally it can really prove things.

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dialecticdreamer

The Magpie event went off SPECTACULARLY well, thanks to the participation of my lovely readers!
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disc0_volante

why this prompt ?

i was talking to someone about the fact wilson eats specifically twizzlers during this scene ( we were discussing what his favorite candy would be ) , and they , in turn , told me that watching him eat them while house and "coma guy" were talking was funny . this made me realize that these gifs were able to be made , and so i made them . i might end up making a full gif set of this episode at some point ; if so , this post will be deleted and all of these gifs will be in that post instead .

gif amount : 8

all of these should be in order of when they happen in the show ; they are all uploaded privately to imgur , with specific favorites put onto tenor and giphy for mass use . all gifs can be downloaded and used wherever without credit ( as long as you don't take credit for them yourself ! )

( get in the right lane for 295 . and pass me the twizzlers . )

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Current Music: Eat You by Caravan of Thieves

disc0_volante

i've been writing a lot of drabbles recently , and a comment i've routinely got on them after i post them places is how true to the characters these little snapshots are . i , of course , appreciate this compliment a lot : characterizing any of the house cast is an incredibly difficult task , let alone characterizing them to the point of people being able to imagine these scenarios as occurring canon .

i love writing . i love the process of writing , and i love the end product ; i can't help but say i love the attention my writing gets from others , as well . but , at the same time , i've never been the type of person to routinely reread my works the same way i read other people's . whenever i go over my work again after , say , a week or a month or a year , i don't view it as a piece separate from myself , one that i like sitting down and rereading : all i can see are the flaws . people love my prose , but when i read it , all i can see are the flaws in it ; people tell me my characters are in character , and that , presumably , my dialogue is true to life , but when i go over it again none of it reads well . i don't like thinking the people who compliment me are lying to me , but its hard not to have that thought when i can't see where they're coming from . i tell people all the time that no matter what you write , no matter how horrible it might be , someone out there will love it . maybe that piece of advice comes from the worry that i'm the one writing those horrible works , and everyone who says they enjoy them is either unaware of truly great fiction , or is lying to my face .

i guess i just wish i could see my works from other people's perspectives , sometimes . i wish i could turn off the critical part of my brain and enjoy my writing for what it is , for how other people see it . but if i got that wish , would i still like my writing ? or would i realize that the part of me that hates myself , that never lets me feel accomplished in my tasks, was right the whole time ?

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Current Music: Strangers by Black Country, New Road

ride_4ever

Watch on YouTube

It's time to celebrate the annual due South fandom holiday!

Current Mood: celebratory
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

ysabetwordsmith

On Monday, I picked out what I wanted for the Prairie Moon order. This is meant to be the last catalog order of the spring.

Spicebush (plant)

American Plum (plant)

Early Figwort (seed)

Late Figwort (seed)

Common Ironweed (seed)

Purple Love Grass (seed)

Lead Plant (seed)

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