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2026 sure has been something so far
2026-01-15 18:49donutsweeperBut, in trying not to dwell on any of that or going into details on an unlocked post... craft spam time!
Feast your eyes upon this adorable Werewolf in a Top Hat (made by request and done by adapting a few different patterns)
He's a fine gentleman and tipping his hat to you in greeting. :)
I've also made two rugs
The pictures are a bit deceiving, the white and grey one is small-medium sized, 27"x17", while the following blue and white one is one of the larger I've made, 43"x30".
I don't really have a plan or a place for either (nor for the one I'll make out of the fabric strips I'm currently cutting) but upcycling stained/torn sheets and shirts is better than tossing them and I enjoy doing it so who cares.
Have two weeks of
recthething recs! One MDZS/Untamed fic and tumbr art for that, Merlin, Murderbot and ST:TOS:Summary: Lan Zhan comes from a long line of aerokinetic heroes. Over time, his family came to found the Cloud Recesses School for Young Heroes. Lan Zhan will now be attending this very same school, however he, unlike his relatives, has no powers. To make matters worse, even though Wei Ying is only steps away, they are barely on speaking terms since the incident before summer break. Add in a dash of conspiracy, a school full of ghosts, and cryptic fortunes, and Lan Zhan and Wei Ying are in for a lively first year! (This is a Sky High fusion but I only know the broad strokes of that movie and still thoroughly enjoyed this fic and its accompanying art)
tumblr art:
MDZS/The Untamed
- Something is gained when something is lost (3 panels, LWJ and A-Yuan, oh my heart)
- When had children started growing up so fast? (two LWJ raising A-Yuan sketches, adorable)
- Wei Ying and his ducklings (adorable wwx and the juniors art)
Merlin
- Still waiting for his king… (hauntingly beautiful)
Murderbot
- I just want to watch my shows I can relate, Murderbot. I can relate. (too valid these days)
Star Trek:TOS
- uhura sketch ^^ (love this style)
And, not rec related, but I know there's some due South fans here and I wanted to share an excellent fandom-specific resource I just discovered: A due South tumblr that posts archival stuff from the show like making of episodes and scripts as well as character bios and episode storylines and whatnot. (I really love the first 5 pages of the second draft to the pilot posted here)
redbirdRenfrew Christie was a white South African scientist and member of the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress. He went to Oxford University and studied South Africa's history of electrification "so I could get into the electricity supply commission’s library and archives, and work out how much electricity they were using to enrich uranium," he told the BBC. That in turn let them figure out how much enriched uranium South Africa had, and many bombs it could build.
When he returned to South Africa, he was arrested and, after 48 hours of torture, wrote a forced confession, which he told the BBC was the best thing he ever wrote
noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the African National Congress” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities.
“And, gloriously, the judge read it out in court,” Dr. Christie added. “So my recommendations went from the judge’s mouth” straight to the A.N.C.
Christie died of pneumonia last month, at the age of 76.
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siderea's post, which includes the text of the (paywalled) NY Times obituary.[ SECRET POST #6950 ]
2026-01-15 19:49case posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6950 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[The Use of Life]
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Round 157, Hour -23
2026-01-15 18:00xandromedovna posting in fic_rush_48Oh hey, we're starting the Round. What all do you have planned this weekend?
Breakfast time (well, not now, but...)
2026-01-15 23:38loganberrybunny
349/365: Larch Wood Farm, Kidderminster
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Yes, I know about Robert Jenrick's defection from the Tories to Reform, which has been all over the news today, but I can't stand the man regardless of party so I'll move on quickly! Much more enjoyably, I had a free morning and so was able to go into Kidderminster for a buffet breakfast at Larch Wood Farm. Fortunately I was hungry, as shown by the fact that I had a black pudding with each of my two helpings! The bacon was particularly succulent this time, though the sausages were a tad underwhelming. Decent beans and hash browns, good fried eggs, acceptable mushrooms. Overall, pretty solid.
What were you taught about atoms?
2026-01-15 23:40kaberettExpanding on one of the things I mentioned yesterday: for Pain Project reasons, I'm interested in knowing what you learned about atoms at school, and roughly what age you were. I'm especially interested in whether (and when) you were exposed to the Bohr model (there's a nucleus, with electrons orbiting around it at fixed distances) and the current consensus model (electron orbitals defined as regions where an electron is most likely to be found).
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026-01-16 00:23trobadoraAnyone else seen it yet? I really liked it! It's very Trek. :D
(And I can't remember anyone's names yet, but Holly Hunter's character is my favourite already.)
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Barnes & Noble may be a battleground for an unforeseen landscape: politics. Or at least, that was the impression one woman got when she walked into her local store, only to find a particularly charged, curated selection of right-wing adjacent books waiting for her.
Liliana (@lillyestie) was browsing Barnes & Noble when one table with a selection of books made her stop in her tracks. The book display had typical Barnes & Noble signage, saying “give the gift of stories” at the top. But as her eyes panned down, she saw that those stories at that display all shared one idea.
The 10 Best Queer Horror Movies of All Time
2026-01-15 22:43the_mary_sue_feed
The sound of crazed screaming. The smell of adrenaline-induced sweat. The sight of black leather splattered with blood. Am I describing a horror movie, or the greatest queer underground rave of all time? Maybe a little bit of both! Horror and sexuality have always been intertwined; no one understands this more than the luminaries responsible for these all-time queer greats. After all, what’s campier than blood and body parts flying around? According to these films, nothing! In celebration of the subgenre, here are the 10 best queer horror films of all time.
I Saw The TV Glow
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw The TV Glow is a masterclass in queer coming-of-age terror. Beginning in the 1990s, the film follows ostracized teens Owen and Maddy, who bond over their mutual love of a late-night TV series called The Pink Opaque. After Maddy inexplicably disappears without a trace, Owen is forced to return to a boring, humdrum life—until Maddy returns to town almost a decade later. She’s convinced that their favorite TV show was more fact than fiction, and that the past happened differently than they remember, and that their present existence is a lie. In a stellar send-up of the “bury your gays” trope, Maddy tells Owen that the only way they can discover the truth is by burying themselves alive. A nostalgia-drenched trans allegory, I Saw The TV Glow is about the terrifying choice that genderqueer people are forced to make: live authentically in a queer-hostile world, or dig a grave for their true selves and conform. According to I Saw The TV Glow, the latter choice is where the true horror lies.
Colour Me In Bath Babe
2026-01-16 08:55sister_raphael
Work in progress! I've added in a cute carved comb to my Colour Me In activity which is still underway!
I'm hoping to spend a little more time on it in the next wek or so. This is the photo of the original paper version so it's not the latest version I'm fiddling around with on my laptop, but it will give you a bit of an idea how it's going.
The many other clothing specific ones are all now, and always will be, free on my website, but this one will be a collect in person at events where the bath display is set up.
At Historyfest this year, I will have this set up in real life as a kid's selfie station. Family lift the child in and sit next to them while we take a carefully framed picture on their own phone for free. It's a great momento of the event, and learning about medieval bathing practices from the hygiene display while they're in the tent too!