Doonesbury Say What
Jan. 11th, 2026 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayne-- oil industry investor, about Venezuela
I was reading a quote from an Exxon exec, talking about how all of Exxon's assets had been nationalized by Venezuela TWICE. Yeah, not a place where oil companies are going to be eager to rush back in to rebuild their infrastructure.
Not going to bother talking about a certain person's habit of changing international policy via social media posts, waste of finger and mental energy.
2026 Writing Log, Part Two
Jan. 11th, 2026 04:50 pmrynlingNot much to report this week. I’m a fan of Toronto, but the weather has been miserable. In retrospect, maybe I should have brought my sunlamp with me. That’s normal, right? In any case, I managed to do a successful academic conference, but I’m woefully behind on everything else.
New Year's Resolution
Jan. 11th, 2026 09:37 pmhunninghamNew Year's Resolution - Read for fun!
I want to read for fun, for pleasure, to reread old favourites, to read fan-fiction and not to be waylaid by 'should read..' or 'best of...' I'm planning to visit brick-and-mortar bookshops and take my own sweet time browsing and selecting a book to read. I'm going to pick a book which I want to read right now this minute, not one which looks interesting and will just be added to the TBR pile.
Inspired by this Tom Gauld cartoon which I have printed out and stuck on to the fridge.
New Year Knitting Update
Jan. 11th, 2026 10:35 pmbuttonsbeadslace- Armwarmers. I don't think I posted pictures of these anywhere?
- Ziprelaxagon socks
- Citrus slice #2
- Citrus slice #3
- Yarn swap purse
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Суровая школа
Jan. 12th, 2026 01:07 amurpflanzeОттуда же: "Катерина Новикова, руководитель отдела музыкальных программ телеканала "Россия-Культура", четверть века возглавляла пресс-службу Большого театра"
*claps hands together* Alright Then!
Jan. 11th, 2026 04:00 pmthe_wanlornWriting is going well! On writing days, I'm averaging almost 2k. It's great and I'm above where I need to be to hit my wordcount goal (40k on a specific project) for the month. The goal used to be 30k on a specific project, finishing it, but uh. It's gonna take more than that to hit the end. So, hopefully it'll be done at 40k. I'm 60% of the way through the wordcount, and I think????? I'm 60% through the story?
idk
Is anyone else extremely stressed about what we're going to replace discord with if it goes AI? Is anyone else extremely stressed that some friends are going to refuse to move and you won't be able to talk to them anymore? :\ I vote we all go back to using IRC. For the record. Stop complicating things with icons and voice chat and etc. I just want to do typeytypey with my friends.
(I'm the_wanlorn over there, also ftr)
Anyway. Back to writing probably. Later my gators.
watched: the residence
Jan. 11th, 2026 08:56 pmtozkaBinge rewatched The Residence today and I liked it much more this time around (tho I still think it's a bit too long).
In my first watch, I was too anxious to get to the solution and it became frustrating when they went on tangents. Knowing the solution and watching it again was much more fun. I enjoyed the humor more and caught some things about the murder motive that I missed the first time around.
I wish they'd do another season, or even a movie! I love the Cordelia Cupp character.
Recommendation: Too Late, Too Late - Hornblower amalgam
Jan. 11th, 2026 04:00 pmpetrasanguinity.I love William Bush's POV too:
Too Late, Too Late (2008 words) by sanguinity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hornblower (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: William Bush, Horatio Hornblower
Additional Tags: POV William Bush, Episode: e07 Loyalty (Hornblower), Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss
Series: Part 2 of The Worst Part of Waking Up
Summary:
Bush is too late to the beach to stop the firing squad.
Bonus Bush point-of-view on the beach scene.
Tesla Stained-Glass Window in Prague, Czechia
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A stained-glass advertisement for the Czech electronics company TESLA is located in the Světozor Passage in Prague. Created by artist František Hudeček in 1947, this artwork features the TESLA radio logo and is a historical example of sophisticated urban branding. The TESLA company is unrelated to the American electric car manufacturer, despite the shared name. It was a state-run manufacturer of electronic equipment under the Communist government of Czechoslovakia until 1991, when it was privatized.
Sunday Word: Whitherward
Jan. 11th, 2026 09:53 pmsallymn posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
1word1daywhitherward [hwith-er-werd]
adjective:
(archaic) toward what or which place
Examples:
I felt him directing my looks to what I beheld, shaping my thoughts whitherward they went; but it pleased him to remain invisible. (William Young, Mathieu Ropars: et cetera)
Messire, whitherward is the stable? (Howard Pyle, The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions)
We see not whence the eddy comes, nor whitherward it is tending, and we seem ourselves to witness their flight without a sense that we are changed; and yet Time is beguiling man of his strength, as the winds rob the woods of their foliage. (Sir Walter Scott, Woodstock)
Arthur looked, and drew at the caitiff who went afoot beside Atra, and Birdalone at him who went by Viridis, for she wotted whitherward Arthur’s shaft would be turned. (William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles)
We know not whom we trust
Nor whitherward we fare,
But we run because we must
Through the great wide air. (Charles Hamilton Sorley, 'The Song of the Ungirt Runners')
Origin:
Inherited from Middle English whiderward, from whider ('whither') from Old English hwider, from Proto-Germanic hwithre-, from hwi- 'who' (from PIE root kwo-) + ward (adverbial suffix of Germanic origin expressing direction or tendency to or from a point, Old English -weard 'toward,' sometimes -weardes (with genitive singular ending of neuter adjectives), from Proto-Germanic werda- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian -ward, Old Norse -verðr, German -wärts), variant of PIE werto- 'to turn, wind' (from root wer- (2) 'to turn, bend'). ) (Online Etymology Dictionary)
The earliest known use of the adverb whitherward is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for whitherward is from around 1175, in Ormulum. (Oxford English Dictionary)
Shortwave
Jan. 11th, 2026 04:45 pmsoemandRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has today resumed shortwave radio broadcasts into Iran following the imposition of an internet blackout by the Islamic Republic. Working with several commercial vendors, RFE/RL’s Persian-language service Radio Farda is once again providing an alternative to state-controlled media. Radio Farda reaches 6.5 million Iranians inside the country each week across digital platforms.
For no reason, thought I’d share this old school means of getting around internet blocks. Never underestimate the ability to get information when you have a cheap Chinese radio and a bunch of AA batteries.
British Columbia to ban all new crypto mining operations!
Jan. 11th, 2026 01:33 pmthewayneIt's quite simple. The basic plan is to ensure that they are properly managing current and projected electrical needs and growth, and that they don't have crypto mining and AI data centers popping up everywhere and draining all of their generation capacity. Keep Canadian power generation for the province's residents and local industry - to which I say, GO CANADA!
There are useful aspects to AI/LLMs, but not in the form of generative AI and chat bots. Investors are seeking quick bucks and are creating a bubble: while there's no telling when it'll burst, we're going to see a lot of sobbing and knocking on government doors for bailouts when it happens. Can't happen too soon, IMO.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/10/21/british-columbia-to-permanently-ban-new-crypto-mining-projects-from-grid
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/237254/british-columbia-to-permanently-ban-new-crypto-mining-projects-from-grid
characters20in20 - Wanda Maximoff (MCU)
Jan. 11th, 2026 03:35 pmflareonfury posting in fandom_iconscharacters20in20 Round 20 with Wanda Maximoff of MCU. Images are mostly from WandaVision, Multiverse of Madness, and Civil War.Preview
"You break the rules and you become a hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn’t seem fair...."
tree trunk library
Jan. 11th, 2026 01:13 pmboxofdelights( A little free library in a tree trunk, and the book I took from it )
Neighborhoods always feel better with Little Free Libraries.
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Jan. 11th, 2026 03:18 pmmarycatelliLay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast."
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Jan. 11th, 2026 03:05 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6946 ⌋
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