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it only hurts when i breathe ([personal profile] spikedluv) wrote2026-01-02 06:09 am

The Day in Spikedluv (Thursday, Jan 1)

How is it 2026 already?!! Happy New Year to you all. I hope it’s a safe, healthy and joyous one for all of us.

I did not go downtown today, just spent a very lazy day at home doing minimal chores. I hand-washed dishes, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, scooped kitty litter, and showered. Pip's supper was leftovers, so I didn't even have to cook!

Disappointment of the day (really, yesterday, but it carried over), was discovering that there is garlic in the dip mix I use to make the spinach dip. I never noticed before, so must be years ago it didn't bother me like it does now. It's not enough to burn my mouth like that yummy hamburger did a while back, but it is enough to make me pause when I'm going back for seconds *coff* thirds.

I tried the Green tea today. At first I was like, this is my kind of tea (very weak), but by the time I finished my first cup I thought it might be even too weak for me! o_O After the first cup (this was not a tea bag I could reuse; in fact, I left it in the cup the whole time and the tea still tasted weak to me) I went back to my favorite tea that I keep in the house, Tazo’s Zen (which is green tea, bright lemongrass & crisp peppermint).

I read more in my book and watched-watched more Secrets of the Zoo.

Temps started out at 12.2(F) and reached 19.1. It was windy again; Pip actually had to go out and blow out the trails again because they'd been blown in with snow. There was a little bit of sun, though!


Mom Update:

Mom sounded good when I talked to her. She has nothing much to report. *g* Sister A was with her when I called and my brother had called earlier, so she is receiving visitors and calls, which is nice.
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Meep Matsushima ([personal profile] matsushima) wrote in [community profile] goals_on_dw2026-01-02 07:28 pm

"The Nine Delights"

Originally posted by [twitter.com profile] i_zzzzzz, the "Nine Delights" started as a joke but… honestly, he's onto something.The "Nine Delights" are…
  • Walking around
  • Fellowship
  • Deliciousness
  • Transcendence
  • Goofing
  • Amelioration
  • Coitus
  • Enthrallment
  • WILDCARD

The idea is that, of the nine delights on the list, you should try to experience at least three every day.

I like that it's a bit of a lark. It feels more freeing than a serious life philosophy.
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nnozomi ([personal profile] nnozomi) wrote in [community profile] senzenwomen2026-01-02 06:54 pm

Midorikawa Kata (1872-1962)

Midorikawa Kata was born in 1872 (or maybe 1869?) in Tottori, where her father was a samurai retainer; her maiden name was Wada, and after her father led a failed rebellion she was adopted as a baby by the Hori family, of similar rank. At age fifteen, she began to study Chinese classics and etiquette at the local temple in order to prepare for marriage. The following year, she married Miki Setsujiro, son of a local banker. She was seventeen when her first son, Masao, was born, and twenty when his brother Tsutomu appeared.

In 1895, aged twenty-three, she divorced Setsujiro on account of his infidelity and went to Tokyo, taking Tsutomu with her. She was escorted en route by seventeen-year-old Midorikawa Kikuo, on his way to enter university. In Tokyo, she consigned Tsutomu to his father’s family and entered the nursing school affiliated with Tokyo Imperial University, where she was also baptized. She graduated in 1897; although her good grades led to a suggestion of studying in Germany, she worked as a visiting nurse for five years and then went to Hokkaido to marry Kikuo, who was working as a journalist in Otaru, writing pacifist and anti-authoritarian editorials protesting offenses against the Ainu as well as the Ashio Copper Mine problem; he spent the rest of his life on the authorities’ list of left-wing suspicious characters, followed by policemen.

Now with a son and three daughters, they returned to Tokyo in 1908, where Kata worked as a nurse while raising her children; her income was sometimes all the family had during the periods when Kikuo’s left-wing views put him out of work. In 1919, she learned about Mrs. Pankhurst and the women’s temperance movement in the UK from Kikuo while he was working there, and set up a Tokyo branch on her own. In 1925, she established a Women’s Suffrage League, arguing for women’s rights from the housewife’s perspective, and submitting petitions on women’s suffrage and women’s rights in general to the Imperial Diet. In 1927 she founded the Women’s Rights Protection Association, issuing the journal Joken [Women’s Rights].

Kikuo died in 1934. In 1945, when Kata was seventy-three, women’s suffrage became a reality. She died in 1962 at the age of ninety, still fighting the Japan-US Security Treaty of 1960.

Between Kikuo, her children from both marriages, and Kata herself, they had a remarkably wide circle of notable friends, colleagues, and relatives. Her oldest son Masao, better known as the poet Miki Rofu, was part of the “Akai Tori [Red Bird]” children’s literature movement and well acquainted with Yamada Kosaku (Tsuneko Gauntlett’s brother); her son Michio, a movie cameraman, taught Ozu Yasujiro his trade, while her daughter Yoshiko was married to the director Uchida Tomu and their son was Uchida Issaku (known for directing the Kamen Rider movies). Sumiko, the oldest daughter, worked in broadcasting for NHK along with her husband; Kunie, daughter number two, was an academic, and Kiyo, the youngest, became director of Japan’s first facility for multiply disabled children. Kikuo’s professional and political life brought him into contact at varying points with the poet Ishikawa Takuboku (husband of Setsuko), the author Kobayashi Takiji, the revolutionaries Kotoku Shusui (lover of Kanno Suga) and Sakai Toshihiko, and the politician Hara Kei (husband of Sadako and Asa). Kata herself became involved, through her women’s rights activism, with Hiratsuka Raicho, Ichikawa Fusae, Yosano Akiko, and Nishikawa Fumiko among others.

Sources
https://www.asahi.com/articles/photo/AS20210427003216.html?iref=pc_photo_gallery_next_arrow (Japanese) Click through the image to see selections from a picture book about Kata’s life (I couldn’t find more images)
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-02 12:19 am
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Follow Friday 1-2-26: Most Useful Communities

Today's theme is Most Useful Communities. These are communities with popular topics and plenty of activity, that often come up in searches, and thus make it easy to find fun things to do or new friends to meet. There are other highly useful communities that may not have come up in my searches, so if you'd like to suggest more, leave a comment. For more ideas see [community profile] followfriday and the Follow Friday Master Post of thematic community lists.

Note that this post is sorted by topics, so a few communities appear more than once.

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Smart Bitches, Trashy BooksSmart Bitches, Trashy Books ([syndicated profile] smartbitches_feed) wrote2026-01-02 08:00 am

January 2026 Queer Romances

Posted by Dahlia Adler

With the world considerably more tuned in to queer romance than it was just a couple of months ago, thanks to the smash success of the Canadian adaptation of Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry, I’d like to thank publishing for keeping us well-fed with a glorious flood this month. While I could only feature five here, make sure you also check out the new Alexandria Bellefleur f/f, Playing for Keeps; Pumped, the trans m/m newest installment in K.M. Neuhold’s Gymbos series; and Taleen Voskuni’s new bi m/f Our Ex’s Wedding.

Two Left Feet

Two Left Feet by Kallie Emblidge

Author: Kallie Emblidge
Released: January 13, 2026 by Dell
Genre: , ,

A Premier League football star must defend his roster spot—and his heart—when a threateningly talented and handsome midfielder joins his team in this utterly charming debut romance, a profound love letter to the world’s most popular sport.

Oliver Harris is football royalty in London. Ordinarily the star of the Camden Roses is calm, cool, and collected, keeping his club relevant with his prowess in the midfield and his mighty left foot. But this season, the threats There’s Camden’s management to contend with—complete with a prickly new Dutch coach, eager for better results—and a midseason injury, which sidelines him when his team needs him most. When a recruit is called up to fill in, Oliver fears he’ll be replaced. If he can mentor this younger talent, then they might just have a chance at winning, together.

After a string of lackluster performances in his native Spain, Leonardo Davies-Villanueva is looking for one last shot with the club he always dreamed of, where he once played in the youth academy. Oliver immediately finds confident, eager Leo irritating. He can barely go through the motions, let alone coach him, without outright hostility. When he comes to admire Leo’s skill and warms to his humor and energy, though, he begins to see Leo as a friend—and then, to his mounting horror, as something more.

Leo craves Oliver’s attention and partnership; Oliver can’t afford to fall in love with his teammate. He’s always kept a tight lid on his sexuality in a league that’s never had a player come out. As the season heats up, a lot more than football hangs in the balance. Can Oliver—and Leo—win when it counts most?

“An exuberant heart-squeeze of a book . . . Two Left Feet is the kind of joyful, hopeful story the romance genre was made for.”—Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of What Happens in Amsterdam

For those of you who’ve been lusting after more m/m sports romance, debut Kallie Emblidge is here to help with your yearning by providing so much delicious yearning of its own. Set in the world of football (the non-American kind), it’s got everything from sexy accents to competitive natures and passion to spare. The perfect pick for that post-HR slump.

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For Our Next Song

For Our Next Song by Jessica James

Author: Jessica James
Released: January 13, 2026 by Berkley
Genre: , ,
Series: Glitter Bats #2

The decade-long friendship between two rock goddesses is thrust into the spotlight after their mutual desire strikes a perfect—and very public—chord.

For Glitter Bats keys player Jane Mercer, writing music helps tune out her self-doubt from a strict upbringing. Composing also distracts from her longtime feelings for her bandmate and best friend, Keeley, who Jane can’t pursue if she wants to keep her bisexuality out of the media. But when an incompetent percussionist quits mid–recording session on one of her major solo projects, there’s only one drummer to call to make the deadline.

Keeley Cunningham is determined to do what’s best for the newly-reunited Glitter Bats—including conceal her incurable attraction to Jane by keeping her distance. Still, when Jane asks for her help in the studio, Keeley drops everything to fill in. They collaborate harmoniously… until their repressed feelings crescendo into a massive argument about the band’s future that leaves them barely speaking.

As music forces Jane and Keeley into increasingly close proximity, the lingering tension finally ignites into the romance they’ve both been craving—and it’s hot, emotional, and fundamentally secret. But after an intimate moment is caught on camera, they’ll have to decide if their duet can survive its debut—both on and off stage.

I absolutely adored Jessica James’s last Glitter Bats book, a bi m/f rock star romance, so I’m thrilled to see her returning to that world with an f/f between bandmates that promises to smolder at least as hard. Between forced proximity and the secretive nature of their romance, Jane and Keeley’s attraction has all the ingredients necessary for extreme hotness, while bringing us back to a whole cast of characters we’ve already come to know and love.

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Last First Kiss

Last First Kiss by Julian Winters

Author: Julian Winters
Released: January 27, 2026 by St. Martin's Griffin
Genre: , ,

Sparks fly in this second chance m/m rom com when an unlucky-in-love event manager realizes the man-of-honor at the high profile wedding he’s planning is the same man who broke his heart.

They say you never forget your first kiss. But Jordan Carter wishes he could forget the one he shared with Jamie Peters as teens. And the one they almost shared again last year before Jamie made it clear he wasn’t the “right” man for Jordan to be with while he’s figuring himself out.

Now, Jordan’s fully focused on his career at 24 Carter Gold, his family’s event planning company, and ready to move on – until his boss assigns him to plan a new client’s high-profile wedding. The bride’s man-of-honor? None other than Jamie.

As things ramp up the closer they get to the wedding, so does Jordan’s relationship with Jamie, with sarcastic asides turning into steamy hook-ups. But can Jordan afford to pursue Jamie if he’s still unsure who he is? Or is knowing who he loves enough? Venue shopping, cake-tastings, and dress fittings with the man he can’t forget just might change the man Jordan Carter is meant to become.

Last First Kiss by Julian Winters is a second chance romance about finding yourself–and the love of your life.

Look, I am thrilled that Julian Winters is still writing YA, but I am an entire other level of ecstatic that he’s bringing us another adult romance, because now that we’ve finished 2025 I can tell you that his I Think They Love You was my favorite m/m of the entire year. If you read it, you knew these were going to be the next characters to get their own book, because the chemistry between them was completely unignorable, and the added bonus of Jordan being demisexual so that when he wants Jamie, you know he is so all in is just *chef’s kiss*. There’s patience and comfort checks and the balance of sweet and heat is just, well, trademark Julian Winters, really.

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Hold Your Horses

Hold Your Horses by Ali Mulford

Author: Ali Mulford
Released: January 27, 2026 by Rogue Fables Pty Ltd
Genre: , ,
Series: Prickle Island Zoo #5

When socially anxious, secretly asexual, and thoroughly horse-illiterate Hollis lands a job at Prickle Island Zoo (by pretending to be a cowgirl from Wyoming), she’s just hoping for a fresh start . . . and maybe to hide away from the world with a Jane Austen novel and meerkat in tow.

What Hollis doesn’t expect is to fall head over heels—literally—for the charming non-binary zookeeper, Heron.

Heron Lachlan knows that living at their family zoo on a tiny island and being ace means the dating pool is zero. Heron accepts that their longest running relationship will probably be with a literal goose . . . until Hollis trots in wearing a thrifted cowboy hat and lying through her teeth.

As zoo hijinks, escaped ostriches, and a meddlesome family of zookeepers bring them closer, Hollis and Heron must face their fears, their secret hopes, and their wildly incompatible knowledge of equine fun facts.

A light-hearted, queer rom-com about finding your person, embracing your truths, and rewriting the rules of love—Hold Your Horses is the joyful, asexual slow-burn you didn’t know you needed.

Each book in the Prickle Island Zoo series can be read as a standalone. Feel free to jump into this series wherever you like!

Mulford’s been busy, between their Golden Court fantasy series, coauthored Maple Hollow paranormals, and this, the Prickle Island Zoo series, of which Hold Your Horses is the fifth book. The series features both cishet and queer romances (including the Sapphic Party Animal), but this one’s got the rarest pairing, with two ace MCs, one of whom is nonbinary. It promises horse puns (which is an elite class of puns), a slow burn, and general zoo hijinks, and sounds like an utterly delightful way to bring in the new year.

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See You at the Summit

See You at the Summit by Jordyn Taylor

Author: Jordyn Taylor
Released: January 27, 2026 by Gallery Books
Genre: , ,

For fans of Alison Cochrun and Abby Jimenez, a heartfelt and sexy romantic comedy following one bi woman’s messy journey through coming out—and reluctantly falling for a straight man. From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Wicked Darlings .

Girl comes out as biGirl falls for a straight guy.

Simone Whittaker has spent the first three decades of her life pretending to be straight. But when the girl she never dared call her girlfriend walks away, she decides she’s done living in fear. Her uptight parents don’t take the news well, but a viral coming-out post and a new job at Toronto’s Rainbow Museum offer a fresh start—and a crash course in queer adulthood.

That is, until her first day of work, when Simone ruins a project designed by Ryan Foley—the museum’s gruff and annoyingly hot carpenter—earning her the top spot on his enemies list. When they’re forced to take a work trip to the Whistler Pride and Ski Festival together, Simone vows not to let a grumpy straight guy ruin her first Pride. But Ryan keeps surprising her—thoughtful, vulnerable, and impossible to ignore. As sparks fly on chairlifts and by crackling fires, one snowstorm—and one bed—changes everything.

Back in Toronto, however, reality sets in. Dating a guy—and being mistaken for straight—weren’t exactly part of Simone’s coming-out plan. As the pressure builds between the identity she’s just beginning to explore and the relationship that wasn’t supposed to happen, she starts to What if claiming one part of herself means erasing the other?

Taylor’s best known for her Sapphic Jewish historical YA, including last year’s The Rebel Girls of Rome, but her debut adult romance is thoroughly modern, and will definitely be relatable to lots of bi readers. All the angst and stress and bravery of coming out, only to have people think you never needed to in the first place? But Meet You at the Summit emphatically conveys how identity doesn’t hinge on a single relationship or attraction, and neither does wanting to be an active and inspirational member of the queer community, and yeah, it’s got some solid steam, too.

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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2026-01-04 02:51 am

White-Eyes by Mary Oliver

In winter
    all the singing is in
      the tops of the trees
        where the wind-bird

with its white eyes
    shoves and pushes
      among the branches.
        Like any of us

he wants to go to sleep,
    but he's restless—
      he has an idea,
        and slowly it unfolds

from under his beating wings
    as long as he stays awake.
      But his big, round music, after all,
        is too breathy to last.

So, it's over.
    In the pine-crown
      he makes his nest,
        he's done all he can.

I don't know the name of this bird,
    I only imagine his glittering beak
      tucked in a white wing
        while the clouds—

which he has summoned
    from the north—
      which he has taught
        to be mild, and silent—

thicken, and begin to fall
    into the world below
      like stars, or the feathers
        of some unimaginable bird

that loves us,
    that is asleep now, and silent—
      that has turned itself
        into snow.


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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2026-01-01 04:09 pm

Only 3 years and 3 weeks until the next Presidential Inauguration

Fingers crossed! I know we can all make it that far!

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Smart Bitches, Trashy BooksSmart Bitches, Trashy Books ([syndicated profile] smartbitches_feed) wrote2026-01-02 07:00 am

699. Holiday Wishes VII with Katie, Kate and Adam

Posted by SB Sarah

Blue gift box with silver ribbonHappy New Year!

This week we are talking with Katie, Kate, and Adam – we’ve got book recs, wishes, spreadsheet discussions, dungeons, and some wishes that don’t violate the Hatch Act.

There’s also rather appalling poo adventure immediately after my first interview. Pew pew!

Thanks to your Patreon pledges, we have reached our goal with the F’ICE campaign, and all dynamic ads are now turned off permanently for everyone who listens. Thank you so much!

You can gift a Patreon membership if you’re so inclined! A lovely gift for someone you know who loves the show.

AND! The Smart Bitches Candle Collection is available now for a limited time – until January 5, and boy, howdy, does Wax Cabin Candle Company ship fast. 

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Kia ([personal profile] incomplete_ruler) wrote2026-01-02 04:49 pm

Snowflake Challenge #1 - Icebreaker Challenge (2026)

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Challenge #1 - The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
Hello everyone! My name is Kia and I've been on dreamwidth for almost an entire year (since April to be exact). I was originally active on tumblr (had a decent-ish following too), but because of the staff cuts in early 2025 I fled here and it's been my home ever since. I'm participating in this challenge 'cause I want to connect with the wider dreamwidth community. I've been doing addme posts and have found some journals through the interest search, but it feels like there's some journals/potential friends that I'm missing out on. So I'm just trying to put myself out there and hopefully find some journals to follow in the process (I'm gonna look through the comments of each challenge as much as humanly possible). I've been looking forward to this challenge ever since I found it, so I want to join for the experience at least.

Fandom Icebreakers )
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-02 12:12 am
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Friday Five

Below are the questions from [community profile] thefridayfive for this week.

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Kalloway ([personal profile] kalloway) wrote in [community profile] smallweb2026-01-02 01:16 am
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Happy New Year, Smallweb!

What have you been working on and how are things going? Found any cool resources to share? Or just want to say hi?
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-01 11:39 pm

Poem: "Heartspur"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "silver-tongued" square in my 5-1-25 card for the Colors Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with [personal profile] fuzzyred. It belongs to A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows series.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-01 09:45 pm

Watch "The Other Large Thing"

Love Death + Robots "The Other Large Thing" S4 E05 2025 Full Episode

This anthology show is hit-or-miss. Some episodes are meh, some cringeworthy, but the hits are among the best science fiction ever created. This is one of the best. It's a cautionary tale, and if you know cats ... disturbingly plausible. Also hilarious. Do not watch with mouth full.

I adore the pairing, too, such a memorable set: Dingleberry Jones and his minion Thumb Bringer.


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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote in [community profile] goals_on_dw2026-01-02 02:10 am

Mood Theme in a Year 2026

[community profile] moodthemeinayear is now open for 2026!

Have you ever wanted to create a custom mood theme, but found yourself overwhelmed by all of the potential moods you'd have to make? Mood Theme in a Year has you covered! The community assigns three moods a week for you to design graphics for, with regular week long breaks. Draw, screencap, and/or animate your way to the custom mood theme of your dreams, with a community by your side to support and encourage you.

Not up for a full year/132 images? No problem! That's just the Maximum Track, which runs from January 1st through (roughly) the end of the year. If you want to make a smaller mood theme, you can follow the Minimum Track (18 images) or the Medium Track (34 images), or maybe somewhere between one of those and the Maximum Track. The goal of this community is to create a custom mood theme that you like, at a pace that works for you.

For those who missed it: While uploading and using a custom mood theme is restricted to paid accounts, as of December 2025, creating at least 18 mood graphics can earn you Dreamwidth points! Now, even if a paid account is out of your budget, you can still have the chance to upload and use your own custom mood theme. Read this post for more details.

The first three moods of 2026 are now up; thanks for reading, and I hope to see you there!
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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote in [site community profile] dw_community_promo2026-01-01 08:08 pm

Mood Theme in a Year 2026

[community profile] moodthemeinayear is now open for 2026!

Have you ever wanted to create a custom mood theme, but found yourself overwhelmed by all of the potential moods you'd have to make? Mood Theme in a Year has you covered! The community assigns three moods a week for you to design graphics for, with regular week long breaks. Draw, screencap, and/or animate your way to the custom mood theme of your dreams, with a community by your side to support and encourage you.

Not up for a full year/132 images? No problem! That's just the Maximum Track, which runs from January 1st through (roughly) the end of the year. If you want to make a smaller mood theme, you can follow the Minimum Track (18 images) or the Medium Track (34 images), or maybe somewhere between one of those and the Maximum Track. The goal of this community is to create a custom mood theme that you like, at a pace that works for you.

For those who missed it: While uploading and using a custom mood theme is restricted to paid accounts, as of December 2025, creating at least 18 mood graphics can earn you Dreamwidth points! Now, even if a paid account is out of your budget, you can still have the chance to upload and use your own custom mood theme. Read this post for more details.

The first three moods of 2026 are now up; thanks for reading, and I hope to see you there!
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Socchan ([personal profile] soc_puppet) wrote in [community profile] moodthemeinayear2026-01-01 07:54 pm

Part 1, Week 1

And we're back: Welcome to Mood Theme in a Year 2026! Whether you're here for the Maximum Track, the Medium Track, the Minimum Track, or just to watch and cheer along, I'm glad you're here ♥ I hope you have a good time!

This week's moods are: Angry, Awake, Confused

The next six weeks are the only ones where the moods are the same for all three tracks, so it's pretty special! I hope everyone has fun with it.

Anyway! What are you working on? Are you making a mood theme of any size, working on a different art project, or just here to follow the fun? What medium are you working in? Is there anything you're looking forward to? Let's talk about it!
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skygiants ([personal profile] skygiants) wrote2026-01-01 08:28 pm

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Aha! it's Yuletide reveals time!

So my Yuletide recipient this year was [personal profile] genarti, who is either just about to find out this fact from my post, or has known for weeks and is just biding her time to reveal her knowledge and I'm just about to find out that fact after she reads this. Stay tuned for breaking developments!

So, for her, I wrote The Villainous Princess Saves Her Kingdom, a fix-it fic for the kdrama Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born about the most dysfunctional lesbian of that whole cast of lesbians picking up various postcanon pieces of herself and incidentally the rest of the troupe.

HOWEVER, for obvious reasons, I had to immediately come up with a decoy fic, so from the beginning having read [personal profile] raven's Yuletide letter at the same time I happened to be rereading The Dispossessed I decided I was also going to write a treat for [personal profile] raven that I would present to [personal profile] genarti as my assignment, which ended up as More A Comment Than A Question, a strange little timebending fic about Shevek's daughter contacting Laia Aseio Odo through time and space and not really necessarily making the most of it.

Tangled webs, etc; after I had confidently reported submitting my decoy fic on deadline to [personal profile] genarti, [personal profile] raven's prompt went to the pinch-hit list and I had to frantically fake a different panic than the panic I was actually feeling -- ANYWAY. Hilariously, [personal profile] raven discovered my identity immediately due to the usernames reveal error whereas [personal profile] genarti was at church through that entire event and thus remained completely oblivious (unless, of course, she isn't, see first paragraph above.) A very chaotic Yuletide on several fronts! But I had a lot of fun writing both fics although I would prefer not to be wrangling quite this much deception every year.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-01-01 07:11 pm

Vocabulary: Permacomputing

Permacomputing (noun)

Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture.

There are huge environmental and societal issues in today's computing, and permacomputing specifically wants to challenge them in the same way as permaculture has challenged industrial agriculture. With that said, permacomputing is an anti-capitalist political project. It is driven by several strands of anarchism, decoloniality, intersectional feminism, post-marxism, degrowth, ecologism.

Permacomputing is also a utopian ideal that needs a lot of rethinking, rebuilding and technical design work to put in practice. This is why a lot of material on this wiki is highly technical
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