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snowflake_challenge dropped their eleventh challenge, and it's a call-back. Challenge #11
Grant someone's wish from Challenge #5.
( Merrily a wassailing... )
snowflake_challenge dropped their eleventh challenge, and it's a call-back. ( Merrily a wassailing... )
Title: House
Music: House - Charli XCX feat. John Cale
Fandom: The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson)
Summary: ". . . other houses, the lights were dim, and with some houses they were almost out and I didn’t know the people who lived there. I’d get a feeling from these houses of stuff going on that wasn’t happy. I didn’t dwell on it, but I knew there were things going on behind those doors and windows." - David Lynch
Warnings: Canon-typical abuse and violence against children; suicide by hanging
Links: On AO3 | On Tumblr | On DW
Music: House - Charli XCX feat. John Cale
Fandom: The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson)
Summary: ". . . other houses, the lights were dim, and with some houses they were almost out and I didn’t know the people who lived there. I’d get a feeling from these houses of stuff going on that wasn’t happy. I didn’t dwell on it, but I knew there were things going on behind those doors and windows." - David Lynch
Warnings: Canon-typical abuse and violence against children; suicide by hanging
Links: On AO3 | On Tumblr | On DW
H.Con.Res. 70 and S.Con.Res. 26 regarding Greenland
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aurumcalendula posting in thisfinecrewHouse Concurrent Resolution 70 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 26 were introduced on January 15th by Representative Khanna (D - CA) and Senator Gallego (D - AZ).
I think it might be a good idea to ask congresspeople to support them.
https://congress.gov/bill/119-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/70
https://congress.gov/bill/119-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/26
( the main text of both under the cut )
I think it might be a good idea to ask congresspeople to support them.
https://congress.gov/bill/119-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/70
https://congress.gov/bill/119-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/26
( the main text of both under the cut )
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Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders. They live there. It is their country.
They are legally Danish citzens. Greenland is largely self-governing, with the possibility of becoming independent if they choose to.
Denmark can't "sell" them or their country because Denmark does not own them.
And after a number of centuries and some debate, a general consensus was arrived at that selling people is not ethically acceptable, you know?
Even if they wanted to, Denmark can't "sell" Trump Greenland any more than the UK could sell him Scotland.
Also N.B. 85-90% of the Greenlanders are Inuit.
I am very certain that this is absolutely about thinking that Native people don't really count as citizens and they don't really own their land; it is Terra Nullius, and they can be sold off in a deal between the "real" nations of Denmark and the US.
(Or their land can be sold out from under them and they can just be forced elsewhere, which I'm sure Trump would be just fine with.)
If the US wanted to try to ethically acquire Greenland, it could talk to the government of Greenland and offer them a great deal with significant benefits if they wanted to become independent and then have a free association deal with the US.
Or rather, it could have, maybe, because now the Greenlanders are fucking pissed off and scared over the threats and offers to buy them, and if they have to choose between the US and Denmark they are unambiguously choosing Denmark:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgx8w4pgk0o
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/14/us-invasion-threat-greenland-trump-denmark
They are legally Danish citzens. Greenland is largely self-governing, with the possibility of becoming independent if they choose to.
Denmark can't "sell" them or their country because Denmark does not own them.
And after a number of centuries and some debate, a general consensus was arrived at that selling people is not ethically acceptable, you know?
Even if they wanted to, Denmark can't "sell" Trump Greenland any more than the UK could sell him Scotland.
Also N.B. 85-90% of the Greenlanders are Inuit.
I am very certain that this is absolutely about thinking that Native people don't really count as citizens and they don't really own their land; it is Terra Nullius, and they can be sold off in a deal between the "real" nations of Denmark and the US.
(Or their land can be sold out from under them and they can just be forced elsewhere, which I'm sure Trump would be just fine with.)
If the US wanted to try to ethically acquire Greenland, it could talk to the government of Greenland and offer them a great deal with significant benefits if they wanted to become independent and then have a free association deal with the US.
Or rather, it could have, maybe, because now the Greenlanders are fucking pissed off and scared over the threats and offers to buy them, and if they have to choose between the US and Denmark they are unambiguously choosing Denmark:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgx8w4pgk0o
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/14/us-invasion-threat-greenland-trump-denmark
Last month I was rereading one of Alaric Albertsson's books( think it was 'To Walk a Pagan Path') and there was a chapter on creating a calendar meaningful to where you actually live...so I decided that this was going to be one of my projects for this yr.
It's pretty simple; just Journal what happens each month in the natural world around you. I live presently in E Tennessee and actually, the Solstices and Equinoxes pretty well "map" here in Loudon County but we can fine tune things.
This yr, of course, had to be anomalous;>! Normally, within a couple weeks of Winter Solstice we get temps in the high teens. This yr until last week it had actually got to 70F! Now, it's "seasonal" with today in the 40's.Due to the warmth my neighbor's early Daffs budded up and right now they don't look like they'd recover. Me? Mine are breaking ground and at least one Snowdrop has buds, though most are just breaking ground a well.
We've also got Canadian Geese, Ducks and at least one Heron here on the inlet....a BIT early.
Preliminary name for 1st month; "Frikkn Freezing Moon";>!
Cheers,
Pat
It's pretty simple; just Journal what happens each month in the natural world around you. I live presently in E Tennessee and actually, the Solstices and Equinoxes pretty well "map" here in Loudon County but we can fine tune things.
This yr, of course, had to be anomalous;>! Normally, within a couple weeks of Winter Solstice we get temps in the high teens. This yr until last week it had actually got to 70F! Now, it's "seasonal" with today in the 40's.Due to the warmth my neighbor's early Daffs budded up and right now they don't look like they'd recover. Me? Mine are breaking ground and at least one Snowdrop has buds, though most are just breaking ground a well.
We've also got Canadian Geese, Ducks and at least one Heron here on the inlet....a BIT early.
Preliminary name for 1st month; "Frikkn Freezing Moon";>!
Cheers,
Pat
Scourge of the Spaceways by John C. Wright
Starquest book 5. And it is seriously a running story. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.
( Read more... )
Starquest book 5. And it is seriously a running story. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.
( Read more... )
Scourge of the Spaceways by John C. Wright
Starquest book 5. And it is seriously a running story. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.
( Read more... )
Starquest book 5. And it is seriously a running story. Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes.
( Read more... )
A post by Naomi Kritzer:
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
This also has advice on how to start preparing for if and when this shit comes to your home state.
(If you are in Minnesota: https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/ )
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
This also has advice on how to start preparing for if and when this shit comes to your home state.
(If you are in Minnesota: https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/ )
A post by Naomi Kritzer:
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
This also has advice on how to start preparing for if and when this shit comes to your home state.
(If you are in Minnesota: https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/ )
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
This also has advice on how to start preparing for if and when this shit comes to your home state.
(If you are in Minnesota: https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/ )
Jan. 21st.....
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Anti-Gravity.
It's Impossible To Put Down.
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Anti-Gravity.
It's Impossible To Put Down.
It is my GREAT pleasure to send out...
*~*~*~*~*GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES*~*~*~*~*
To my longest, not oldest, friend,owlstorm_9
I hope you have a fantastic day. :)
*~*~*~*~*GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES*~*~*~*~*
To my longest, not oldest, friend,
owlstorm_9 I hope you have a fantastic day. :)
Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills.
Now would be a great time to tell your Democratic representatives that you saw the party protecting trans people, and that you approve and want them to keep doing that. If your reps are Republicans, I guess tell them to stop putting discriminatory clauses in the budget?
I could have used this sentence from the Golden Globes press release in 'KPop Demon Hunters' wins Best Animated Feature and Best Song at both Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes, but decided it wasn't necessary.
Netflix’s streaming sensation “KPop Demon Hunters,” the most-viewed film in the platform’s history, won for animated motion picture and original song, for the breakout, now ubiquitous earworm “Golden.”
Netflix’s streaming sensation “KPop Demon Hunters,” the most-viewed film in the platform’s history, won for animated motion picture and original song, for the breakout, now ubiquitous earworm “Golden.”
This video articulates something that I have been feeling about the Republican party since 9/11 and The War In Iraq/The War On Terror, though I'm sure it was ongoing even before that.
To sum it up, the person who made this video explains that people in the West assume that Putin has an endgame, an actual end he is working towards. But people in Russia understand in a way that people in the West do not that power is the end in and of itself. Endless war and stress and strife serves this agenda in the way that any abuser tries to keep their abuse victims living in a constant fearful present where nothing is certain, no source of information can really be trusted, and the only constant is the power of the oligarchs on top, dominated by the despot above them.
And this has been the Republicans' game since at least the early 2000s. And why those of us who have been feeling this, who have been trying to convince everyone else of this since then feel so jaded and disillusioned now. We told you. We told you where this was headed. We told you that just grabbing and holding onto power was what they wanted, that the age of "business as usual," of "reach across the isle" was done. Oh well.
This is supported by this next article from Medium, by Sprinkled Salt (who is also on Tumblr.) It's time to just admit that MAGA are collectively just a bunch of abusers, and just being nicer to them won't change that or stop that. The only way you stop a bully is by standing up to them, or avoiding them, or leaving them.
Which leads us next to another banger by Catherynne Valente, "This Is Why You Feel That Way: The Incredibly Sad Root of America's Great Malaise." Yes, it's on Substack. Yes, I'm aware that Nazis are on Substack. So is everyone else, apparently. They're going to be there until we get rid of Nazis, in general. I recall a quote by Terry Pratchett about how the best way to deal with a house on fire is by taking the fire out of the house. And yes, this is what we collectively need to be figuring out how to do right now. Unfortunately for us, the best time to have done that was 26 years ago, before it started raging out of control. People have been joking about the "This Is Fine" meme for years, but yeah.
To sum it up, the person who made this video explains that people in the West assume that Putin has an endgame, an actual end he is working towards. But people in Russia understand in a way that people in the West do not that power is the end in and of itself. Endless war and stress and strife serves this agenda in the way that any abuser tries to keep their abuse victims living in a constant fearful present where nothing is certain, no source of information can really be trusted, and the only constant is the power of the oligarchs on top, dominated by the despot above them.
And this has been the Republicans' game since at least the early 2000s. And why those of us who have been feeling this, who have been trying to convince everyone else of this since then feel so jaded and disillusioned now. We told you. We told you where this was headed. We told you that just grabbing and holding onto power was what they wanted, that the age of "business as usual," of "reach across the isle" was done. Oh well.
This is supported by this next article from Medium, by Sprinkled Salt (who is also on Tumblr.) It's time to just admit that MAGA are collectively just a bunch of abusers, and just being nicer to them won't change that or stop that. The only way you stop a bully is by standing up to them, or avoiding them, or leaving them.
Which leads us next to another banger by Catherynne Valente, "This Is Why You Feel That Way: The Incredibly Sad Root of America's Great Malaise." Yes, it's on Substack. Yes, I'm aware that Nazis are on Substack. So is everyone else, apparently. They're going to be there until we get rid of Nazis, in general. I recall a quote by Terry Pratchett about how the best way to deal with a house on fire is by taking the fire out of the house. And yes, this is what we collectively need to be figuring out how to do right now. Unfortunately for us, the best time to have done that was 26 years ago, before it started raging out of control. People have been joking about the "This Is Fine" meme for years, but yeah.
Falchion - noun.
This fancy sword with French and Latin name origins (Old French: fauchon; Latin: falx, "sickle") is a one-handed, single-edged sword. Usually about 37–40" in length, surviving examples are rare. There are two kinds of falchions, which you can read more about on Wikipedia.
This fancy sword with French and Latin name origins (Old French: fauchon; Latin: falx, "sickle") is a one-handed, single-edged sword. Usually about 37–40" in length, surviving examples are rare. There are two kinds of falchions, which you can read more about on Wikipedia.
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Progress feels slow on the work work I'm doing. Hopefully after more of the common flow stuff gets fixed then it'll feel like it's picking up. Blah. Anyway, I did get some cds in the mail (from a seller that was having a very nice clearance thing): Klaus Schulze: La Vie Electronique 4, Martin Rev: To Live, The Residents: Meet The Residents, Suzanne Ciani: Neverland, Gescom: ISS:SA, Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette: Inside Out, and Asmus Tietchens/PBK: Five Manifestoes. Okay, let's get back to it.
In War and Peace, I've remembered a big reason why I largely skimmed over the "war" half when I originally read this a decade ago, which is that Nikolai Rostov is so so so so annoying.
In Damon Runyon updates, god, I love linguistic drift:
("Hot", in the context of this 1930s gangster story, meaning "wanted by the police", but... LOL.)
In Damon Runyon updates, god, I love linguistic drift:
I wish to say I am very nervous indeed when Big Jule pops into my hotel room one afternoon, because anybody will tell you that Big Jule is the hottest guy in the whole world at the time I am speaking about.
("Hot", in the context of this 1930s gangster story, meaning "wanted by the police", but... LOL.)
