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Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-07-25 11:14 pm
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digthewriter ([personal profile] digthewriter) wrote in [community profile] fan_flashworks2025-07-25 10:57 pm

[Revenge] Fanart: Original Work "self portrait."

Title: Self Portrait
Fandom: ORIGINAL
Rating: G
Length: NA
Content notes: Self portrait?
Author notes: NA
Summary: Revenge is when you move on and get a glow up.

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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-07-25 06:13 pm

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⌈ Secret Post #6776 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.
[Hololive ADVENT]



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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-25 04:41 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-25 04:28 pm
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Green Building

Indigenous-designed mural doubles as a giant solar power generator, reducing 150 tons of CO2 emissions annually

What if public art could also power an entire residential building?

The SunRise Building, an apartment complex in Alberta, Canada, has answered that question — and is now the title holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest solar panel mural on Earth.
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On the northern wall of the building is the main mural, called “The Land We Share,” which stands 85 feet tall, by the Edmonton-based Indigenous artist Lance Cardinal. The photovoltaic panels are strategically placed to depict a tribute to the First Nations and Chinese cultures that are integral to the history of the area
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More of this would be good. People often resist green energy projects because so many of those are eyesores. Make them beautiful, and they will become more popular.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-25 03:03 pm

Sunshine Revival Challenge 7: The Ferris Wheel

Sunshine Revival Challenge 7: The Ferris Wheel

Journaling: Life in fandom goes through ups and downs. Reminisce about the "wild ride" of your time in fandom or in other online communities.

Creative: Create an image or a photo with the theme "let's go for a ride".

Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-25 02:02 pm

New Crowdfunding Project: Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology

Now open for crowdfunding!  :D 3q3q3q!!!  This is a project I want to support.  Pass the word to your queer, nerdy, and librarian friends.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I have backed this project.


Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre.

$5,735 pledged of $13,000 goal
90 backers
17 days to go

Pursue an education in queer speculative fiction with Scholarly Pursuits!
Transforming the core settings of “dark academia” to be cozy and snug, Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories features 22 delightful, charming science fiction and fantasy stories set at colleges, universities, libraries, and other places where people pursue academic excellence – and all feature queer characters! From field research shenanigans to cooking adventures, from space station education departments to eldritch libraries, our awesome authors have brought their vivid imaginings to life in this anthology. We can’t wait to share it with you!
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-25 01:52 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is partly sunny and sweltering.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. Some of them are dustbathing in the burn barrel; they like the fresh ashes.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I picked herbs to make omelettes for supper, which also included some cherry tomatoes from yesterday.

It's drizzling a bit.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I refilled the birdfeeders.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I did more work around the patio.



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Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-07-25 10:58 am

Critical Role (and the wider world of Exandria)

Let's try for an actual, proper fandom-related post for once, huh?

Critical Role had a panel at SDCC yesterday, and they announced all sorts of new details about The Legend of Vox Machina and the upcoming animated series The Mighty Nein (which is based on Campaign 2 of Critical Role like TLoVM is based on Campaign 1). I'm feeling properly fannish for the first time in ages, so let's see if I can keep up the momentum.

With TLoVM, they confirmed that Season 4 will be airing next year in 2026. It's also been renewed for Season 5 as its final season, which should give them plenty of time to properly cover the Vecna arc from the first campaign. They also shared a sneak peek of the upcoming season, which gave us our first look at the one and only Taryon Darrington and Doty. ExpandVideo embed under the cut. )

On the M9 front, Season 1 will start airing this year on November 19th. In addition, the episodes will be a full hour instead of a half hour like TLoVM, although they didn't mention whether or not the total number of episodes in the season will drop because of that fact. They also shared a sneak peek of what will presumably be the first episode. ExpandVideo embed under the cut. )

In addition, they shared some names of actors who will be guest starts on the first season of M9. There's definitely a couple that have me excited, and I can't wait to find out just who on earth they're going to be playing.


Spoilers under the cut in the form of actors' names but no details about who they're playing save for one who's already been in TLoVM. Some speculation on my part, but nothing official.
Robbie Daymond isn't much of a surprise, considering he was practically a full cast member for a huge chunk of Campaign 3 of Critical Role (with an implication he'll be back for Campaign 4). Plus, you know, he also was in TLoVM. I wonder if they'll have him playing the Gentleman? It would make sense since that's one of the few characters who's introduced early in CR2 and then pops up repeatedly going forward, and they'd probably want someone they could guarantee would definitely be around to voice the character in later seasons.

Mark Strong isn't unexpected either, since we already saw him playing Trent Ikithon in TLoVM during the flashback scene with Ripley. I think it's safe to say that's who he'll continue to be playing in M9.

I was very excited to see both Alan Cumming and Jonathan Frakes on the list, although I'm not certain just who they'll be playing. If Robbie Daymond isn't the Gentleman, Frakes would be my next best guess, but on the other hand I feel like that's leaning too far into Xanatos territory and they probably wouldn't want to re-tread that. Maybe Alan Cumming will be Ludinus? That could be very interesting to see.

Tim McGraw definitely wasn't a name I was expecting to see on the list, and I'm curious who he'll be playing. My best guess would be Lorenzo based on his accent, who I presume will pop up at the end of the season, but if they have flashbacks then he could possibly be Vandran from Fjord's backstory.

I'm amused that they have Ming-Na Wen, Anika Noni Rose, and Auli'i Cravalho are all playing roles. I suspect that Sam Riegel's ties to Disney very much played a role in that, but still. I wasn't expecting to see Mulan, Tiana, and Moana all appear. Personally, I suspect that Ming-Na Wen will be playing Dairon, but I'm not sure about the other two. Maybe Anika Noni Rose is playing Marion? It's not unlikely there will be some flashbacks and such featuring her. I have no idea on Auli'i Cravalho, though.

Rahul Kohli was the only one of the announced guest cast who I'm not that familiar with. I mean, I know who he is, but I don't think I've ever properly watched anything with him in it. The only thing I personally know him from is Stray Gods.

I also wonder if any of the guest stars from the actual campaign (hello, Khary Payton, I'm mainly looking at you) will be making an appearance, and they didn't have them on the list just to make people speculate. Shakäste is such an interesting character, and it would be a shame if they cut him even though it would probably make sense plot-wise.


Overall, I'm very much looking forward to both shows, and I hope it helps bring me properly back into fannishness. With Critical Role on hiatus for months and months now while they do other things leading up to Campaign 4, it's been a little too easy to slip out of being properly fannish about, well, anything. It would be nice to have something airing weekly to draw me back in.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-25 12:21 am
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Follow Friday 7-25-25: Horror

Today's theme is Horror.

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pf_mod ([personal profile] pf_mod) wrote in [community profile] poetry_fiction2025-07-24 11:37 pm

July Challenge - Day 24

From Poem for an Intellectual on the Way Up to Submit to His Lady

Do not call me Dr.
If I get a Ph.D.
Just keep on calling me Sweetie
Cause that is good to me.
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Travis ([personal profile] torachan) wrote2025-07-24 09:36 pm
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Daily Happiness

1. The first day of the new store's soft open was a huge success. We didn't advertise it at all, but the store was very busy all day (only open from 10-4) and we made over three times as much as the first soft open day of the store that opened in December, so hopefully that is a sign that this store will be a success.

2. Look at Tuxie in his little house! He doesn't sleep here at night and doesn't ever seem to use it during the day, but sometimes he likes to go in there in the early morning between waking up and leaving wherever it is he sleeps at night and coming up to the porch for breakfast.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-24 10:24 pm

Activism

The future of antisemitism

We can't get confused about what constitutes anti-Jewish prejudice.
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That's why we have to face a painful paradox: when it comes to the continuing agony of Gaza, Israel's most fervent defenders are the ones muddying the water. They seek to define criticism of the actions of Israel as anti-Jewish prejudice
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-24 07:12 pm

France Recognizes Palestine

France will recognize Palestine as a state, President Macron says

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Israel denounced the decision.

Macron said in a post on X that he will formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September. “The urgent thing today is that the war in Gaza stops and the civilian population is saved,” he wrote
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Today, France is a hero. France is taking a stance that a lot of bigger, richer, meaner countries are going to hate. That's punching up. \o/ Let's put more pressure on Israel to stop the genocide.

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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2025-07-24 07:47 pm

[ SECRET POST #6775 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6775 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.


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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 05 secrets from Secret Submission Post #969.
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-24 04:13 pm

Aroace Spectrum

Individualism is Killing The (Online) Aspec Community

But whilst I know I’ve changed in my queer journey, the communities I’ve been involved in have not. When I was a baby ace, I needed to know aspec 101, distinguish your aro from your ace from your agender, what the cake memes were for, what the split attraction model is and so on. But 5 years on, half a decade mind you, the online community that was once my intro and a place that helped me learn more about myself now feels like a burden, a constant reminder of pain and like being a teenager again in Catholic secondary school; not standing the people I’m with and wanting to just go home.
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Most people tolerate asexuality, but they don’t support asexuality. That's not the same. They think asexuality is valid but they don’t support it. They only support asexuality if it’s palatable to their own sexuality. In an attempt to push back on the very real infantilisation of asexuality (looking at you ‘but we can’t have kink at pride because of the aces’ discourse), but we’ve (not me!) walked back into compulsory sexuality and basing support of asexuality based on how well asexuals perform the sexual script, instead of supporting it in its own right.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-24 02:11 pm

New Crowdfunding Project: Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology

[personal profile] duckprintspress will be launching a new project tomorrow. The swag release is on their Dreamwidth blog.

Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre
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For reference, "cozy academia" seems to lean toward "light academia" in mood, but doesn't necessarily exclude the deeper colors of "dark academia," and is basically the "comfy/cozy" aesthetic or subgenre with an academic setting.  So if you want queer romance and culture without the gaybashing and other stress of local-America, this is probably an excellent bet.  And if you are going to romanticize something, there are a lot worse things to admire than academia, which has long been a refuge for queers, nerds, and freaks of all flavors.

As a bonus, this is exactly the kind of content that lots of people want not to exist, so buy a queer book and poke a bigot in the eye!  If you know of librarians defending queer books, tip them to this campaign.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-24 02:07 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is sweltering again, 86°F with a heat index of 98°F. :P So I have to break up yard tasks into smaller sections.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I refilled birdfeeders.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I picked 4 red cherry tomatoes. :D

I watered the new picnic table garden.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I potted up 12 sweet cherry seeds.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-24 12:49 am
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Hobbies: Hairstyling

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.

Hairstyling is a hobby that includes cutting, braiding, and related accessories such as wigs or hair jewelry. It all depends on what you what looks you wish to create. Like makeup, it varies a great deal depending on your human canvas -- African or other curly hair textures require different techniques than straight or wavy hair.

On Dreamwidth, consider communities like [community profile] daily_gyaru, [community profile] edgoreyanfashion, [community profile] first_nations_freaks, [community profile] justcreate, [community profile] sw_costumes, and[community profile] thefreaksclub.

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pf_mod ([personal profile] pf_mod) wrote in [community profile] poetry_fiction2025-07-23 11:25 pm

July Challenge - Day 23

From New Moon

There's a half-shy young moon
Veiling her face like a virgin
Waiting for a lover.