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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

RECOMMENDED: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi is $1.99! This was mentioned in a previous Hide Your Wallet. This was Shana’s favorite read of 2022!

New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss.

Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again.

It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio, and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career.

She’s even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the dangerous thrill Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limits. This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers. Who is she ready to become? Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, there’s the biggest question of all—how far is she willing to go for a second chance at love?

Akwaeke Emezi’s vivid and passionate writing takes us deep into a world of possibility and healing, and the constant bravery of choosing love against all odds.

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Game Misconduct

Game Misconduct by Ari Baran is $1.99! This is a m/m hockey romance with an age difference. We also mentioned it on a previous Hide Your Wallet! I know this is prime catnip for some of you! This is book one in a series and book two is also on sale.

Two bitter rivals go head-to-head in this age-gap, enemies-to-lovers hockey romance.

Michael Sato is used to fighting.

An undersized defenseman, Mike had to be tough, clawing his way up from the minors by taking down one ferocious player at a time. No way is he going to lose his spot on the league roster, especially not by giving in to his attraction to a hot, infuriating rival.

Daniel Garcia is used to fighting, too.

Enforcer Danny is the biggest, meanest player on the ice. A target for anyone trying to make a name for themselves, he doesn’t show weakness, nor is he going to risk his last seasons for a sexy rookie who nearly knocked him on his ass.

When their intense physical connection explodes outside of the rink, Mike and Danny learn they just might be able to build something real, but only if they can let down their guard—and their fists—long enough.

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The Master

The Master by Kresley Cole is $1.99! I’m a huge Cole fan, but didn’t love this dark mafia erotic romance series. I gave this one a D.

A need colder than Siberian winter meets an attitude hotter than the Florida sun in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s sultry new Game Maker novel.

Everyone fears the Master…

Rich, irresistible politician/Mafiya boss Maksimilian Sevastyan prefers tall, obedient blondes to fulfill his…complicated desires. That is, until the icy Russian encounters a disobedient brunette whose exquisite little body threatens his legendary restraint.

Except her.

Catarina Marín was a well-off young wife until her world fell apart. Now she’s hiding out, forced to start working as an escort in Miami. Her very first client is beyond gorgeous, but when he tells her what he plans to do to her, Cat almost walks out of the door.

If pleasure is a game, play to win.

After their mind-blowing encounter burns out of control, the lovers crave more. If they escape the deadly threats surrounding them, can Maksim overcome his past—to offer Cat his future? Only then will she tempt him with what he really wants: her, all tied up with a bow.

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Too Scot to Handle

Too Scot to Handle by Grace Burrowes is $1.99! This is book two in the Windham series, though I’m sure it can be read as a standalone. Granted I’m not a big historical romance reader, but I’ve always found Burrowes’ romances to be not as spicy as I’d like them.

A MAN WITH MANY TALENTS

As a captain in the army, Colin MacHugh led men, fixed what was broken, and fought hard. Now that he’s a titled gentleman, he’s still fighting-this time to keep his bachelorhood safe from all the marriage-minded debutantes. Then he meets the intriguing Miss Anwen Windham, whose demure nature masks a bonfire waiting to roar to life. When she asks for his help to raise money for the local orphanage, he’s happy to oblige.

Anwen is amazed at how quickly Lord Colin takes in hand a pack of rambunctious orphan boys. Amazed at how he actually listens to her ideas. Amazed at the thrill she gets from the rumble of his Scottish burr and the heat of his touch. But not everyone enjoys the success of an upstart. And Colin has enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin him and anybody he holds dear.

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Spring Flowers

Jan. 12th, 2026 05:14 pm
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I buy primroses and pots full of bulbs as soon as they are available, it does so much for my mood to have them where I can see them from the couch. I have daffodils, grape hyacinths, a couple of different hyacinths and these netted irises.

Snowflake Challenge #6

Jan. 12th, 2026 06:38 pm
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My ten favorite non-DW blogs:

Winnie Lim

Annie Mueller

Keenan

Tracy Durnell

Ava

Tiramisu

Draft Four 

Sasha Frere Jones (I don't actually read this regularly, but I always look forward to reading his end-of-year reflection compilations, heavy as they are)

And, because I can't think of two more...two places where I look for non-DW blogs:

Ye Olde Blogroll

People and Blogs





Ember & Ice

Jan. 12th, 2026 05:34 pm
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The m/m podcast Ember & Ice was a lot of fun! Finn and Dane are fae princes from rival courts.

It's voiced by the lead actors of Heated Rivalry and it's basically a romantasy!AU of Heated Rivalry. With some plot and, of course, some erotica.

Hudson Williams's voice is so dreamy! *happy sigh*

Names from Freeman Wills Crofts

Jan. 12th, 2026 06:19 pm
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Sgt. Sheepshanks
Superintendent Sheaf
John Weatherup
Alec Quilter
Ebenezer Peabody
Superintendent Goodwilly
Grosvenor Mairs

VITT... does it FIT ?

Jan. 12th, 2026 07:16 pm
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fit [фит] (англ.) - подходить по размеру; fitness - фитнес (занятия спортом), изначально "подгонка по размеру".



Ханжеские британские этимологи сравнивают англ. fit c fitja [фитья] (др.-сканд.) - шить, вязать, и стесняются сравнить с:
fita [фита] (шв.), fytta [фютта] (др.-исл.) - влагалище;
vitt, vitu, vittu [витть, виту, витту] (эст.), viţ (ливон.), vittu [витту] (карел., фин., водск., ижор.), vit(u) (людик.), vitõińe (вепс.) - женские половые органы, вульва и влагалище;
фита (диал., по Далю) - "баба"; Ср. фитюк, фетюк - обзывательство, обидное для мужчин в 19 веке;
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That piece about people having AI spouses is online: As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot lovers.

NB we note that 'Lamar' says that the breaking point with his actual, RL, girlfriend was when he found her doing the horizontal tango with his best friend, but it's clear that there were Problems already there, about having to relate to another human bean who was not always brightly sunshiny positively reinforcing him....

what would he tell his kids? “I’d tell them that humans aren’t really people who can be trusted …

I'm not entirely persuaded that individuals haven't made up imaginary companions (even way on into adulthood) before - I seem to remember some, was it in Fandomwank back in the day, accounts of people being married on the astral plane to fictional characters?

This is not entirely 'wow, startling news' to Ye Hystorianne of Sexxe: The Phenomenon of ‘Bud Sex’ Between Straight Rural Men.

I am not going to see if I actually have a copy of the work on my shelves, or if I perused it in a library somewhere, but didn't that notorious work of 'participant observation' sociology, Tearoom Trade argue that many of his subjects were not defining themselves as 'homosexual'.

I also invoke, even further back, Helen Smith's Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 about men 'messing about' with other men in Yorkshire industrial cities.

And there is a reason people working on the epidemiology and prevention of STIs use the acronym 'MSM' - men who have sex with men - for the significant population at risk who do not identify as gay.

I had, I must admit, a very plus ca change moment when I idly picked up Katharine Whitehorn's Roundabout (1962), and found the piece she wrote on marriage bureaux. In which she mentioned that the two bureaux she interviewed tried to get their subscribers not to be too ultra-specific in their demands - that if they met potential partners in real life they would be more flexible.

Was also amused by the statement that 'Men over thirty are always very anxious to persuade me that they could have all they women they liked, if they bothered'.

RIP, M. Christian 😢

Jan. 12th, 2026 09:29 am
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 RIP, M.Christian 

This is a heartbreaker of a post to write. I don’t remember when I first met Chris online, but we were all part of a fairly large community of erotica writers who also crossed over into other genres from the late 1980s to the early 2010s, by which  point the literary erotica markets largely disintegrated. Everyone knew everyone else to some extent or another. We all shared TOCs, appeared in each other’s publications and socialized in person, if we lived close enough. Since I am in the Midwest, I didn’t get to do much socializing in person, but I did meet Chris and a bunch of other folks at an erotica  writers conference in Vegas in the mid2000s.

 

In my experience, Chris was kind and genial, loved to write, wrote very well and enjoyed supporting other writers. Their body of work, between erotica, horror, science fiction and nonfiction, was enormous and well worth reading. I appeared in at least 3 of the anthologies that they edited and they sent me a great lesbian ghost for one of mine. I also had a short essay in Chris’s nonfiction book about writing and selling erotica.  I have no idea how many TOCs we shared, but it was a lot. I blurbed a couple of his/their books along the way, as well. Most recently, I released a new edition of Chris’s terrific gay vampire novel, Running Dry through Queen of Swords Press. 

 

Chris’s fiction ranged from the smoking hot to the atmospheric and suspenseful. While they finaled for multiple awards, they never really got the  wins and recognition outside the erotica writing community that they deserved, which is a damn shame. I was reaching out to Chris to tell them that I had just nominated Running Dry for the SSBA Awards in the Horror category when I got the bad news. 😢

 

As I’ve posted elsewhere, I’m trying to track down an estate contact. In the meantime, I plan to keep their book in print until I hear otherwise. Author royalties will be set aside until I have a designee or will be donated to some of the organizations they cared deeply about. In the meantime, remember them for their work. Read it, enjoy it and pass it along to your friends. Chris would like that.

https://books2read.com/runningdry

 

And their website: http://www.mchristian.com

UPDATE: I have spoken with Chris's brother and have gotten permission to keep Running Dry in print and to pay him the royalties. In the meantime, Samuel needs help getting to Eugene, covering associated expenses, etc. If you're in a position to help, his Venmo is @Samuel-AddisonMuncy

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1.: Люди прочтут это и скажут: ну, как всегда. Мы так и думали. Гомологические алгебраисты не умеют вычислять гомологии. Подобрать пример и посчитать его автор не в состоянии -- https://posic.dreamwidth.org/3203175.html

2.: Поэтому репутация -- это дело сложное. Одно дело, "можно ли на меня полагаться" или что там еще говорят эти дураки. На жену свою полагайся. Другое дело, умеют ли гомологические алгебраисты в моем лице вычислять гомологии. Вообще, никто ничего не умеет вычислять. Но чтобы мнение воображаемого идеального читателя моих работ не состояло в том, что они являют собой демонстрацию беспомощности на ровном месте... -- https://posic.dreamwidth.org/3203436.html

"Вчерашний контрпример" -- https://posic.dreamwidth.org/3201946.html , https://posic.dreamwidth.org/3202544.html
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A bit of a midnight thought before I sleep.

People here would probably be surprised that most JP queer folks think it’s important to distinguish BL and Yuri from reality and consider them fiction, while western queer communities tend to view BL and Yuri as LGBT representation. Honestly, I’m pretty 50/50 on this.

I get the JP side’s argument because, in general, BL and Yuri weren’t created with LGBT representation in mind, and most creators at least identify as """cishet"" (especially on the BL side). Yuri is also going through something similar because the genre is currently growing and becoming popular among male otaku. picrel is a GLFes 2024 queue—lots of men.



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I don't know that I have a coherent weekend report, but I did take some photos. so here we go... )

a pleasant Sunday

Jan. 12th, 2026 07:06 am
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Yesterday's outing was lunch in the International District with [personal profile] tylik. Much talk. Very noodle. Wow. Spotted an anti-ICE sign, partly in Chinese, in the window of a business. Nun-approved.

Skipped nap in favor of doing laundry. Got eight hours of nearly uninterrupted sleep. Maybe there's a connection, but gift horses.

1/8/26 - 1/12/26

Jan. 12th, 2026 07:09 am
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* Julia Ioffe Extended interview:

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* ""What Can We Get Away With?" - Chris Hayes Identifies The Trump Administration's Operating Principle:"

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*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News ***

* "Who is Jonathan Ross? ICE agent who killed Renee Good once broke a suspect's car window :" https://www.advocate.com/news/who-is-jonathan-ross-ice

* "ICE agent shooter’s own cellphone video undercuts Trump administration's account of Minneapolis killing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ice-agent-shooter-video-minneapolis

* "We've all seen the video. Do Kristi Noem and mainstream media think we're stupid?:" https://www.advocate.com/opinion/renee-nicole-good-murder-dhs

* " Wife of Minneapolis woman killed by ICE speaks out for the first time :" https://www.advocate.com/news/becca-good-speaks-out

* "VIDEO ANALYSIS: Jen Psaki breaks down multiple video angles of ICE killing Minneapolis mom:"

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* "‘I’m not mad at you’: Renee Good’s last words captured by ICE agent who killed her:"

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* "Lesbian Minn. rep confronts Republican lawmaker over ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/angie-craig-tom-emmer-confrontation

* "'OUTRAGEOUS': Klobuchar blasts Trump, Vance smears of Minneapolis mom killed by ICE:"

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* "Gay Minneapolis pastor says ICE agent pointed gun at his face, blocks from Renee Good’s killing:" https://www.advocate.com/news/detained-pastor-ice-shooting

* "Trump officials urged to halt violence against journalists amid ICE protests:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/journalists-homeland-security-ice-trump

* "Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good's death:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/10/nx-s1-5673229/ice-protests-minneapolis-portland

* "Thousands march and dozens arrested in Minneapolis protests against ICE :" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpnwnqygro

* I would like to thank all of you who protested and are continuing to protest.

* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:

Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
Mid-South Immigration Advocates: https://miamemphis.org/
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/
* "Sen. Mark Kelly - “I’m Not Backing Down” | The Daily Show:"

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* "Gen. Stanley McChrystal presides over historic farewell for five transgender troops forced into retirement:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-service-members-retirement

* "Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes itself out of existence:" https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-pbs-npr-b68f441c227ec7e076c038821b4a5931

* "Bari Weiss’s CBS newsroom reportedly clashed over how to cover transgender people:" https://www.advocate.com/news/bari-weiss-cbs-transgender-coverage

**** Corruption of the Justice System, Pushback, and Related ****

* "Judge disqualifies US attorney in New York, tosses Letitia James subpoenas:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/john-sarcone-ruling-us-attorney-00716067

* "7 takeaways from Jack Smith’s congressional testimony:" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/31/takeaways-jack-smith-congressional-testimony-00708747
* "U.S. Supreme Court to hear major court cases on trans women in sports on Tuesday:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-sports-cases-supreme-court

* "A world without people: To be a billionaire is to be a solipsist :" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/#billionaire-solipsism

* "[phone script] Remind your senators that they can do something even as the minority party:" https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/320247.html#cutid1

* "Emailing my federal legislators:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2744258.html
* Our job for the next year and a half is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.

We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.

Please add more below if you have them.


* "Take action with Indivisible:" https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

* "Democracy 2025:" https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1

* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

And another: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

Snail Mail Campaigns: https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html

"Congress. gov:" https://www.congress.gov/

White house (Possibly Dangerous): https://www.whitehouse.gov/

ACLU advice for writing to your Critters: https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representatives

This tracks legislation: https://www.govtrack.us/

"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):" https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share

Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

"Vote Smart:" https://justfacts.votesmart.org/

Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

Protests: "50501 Events:" https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events

"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:" https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/

Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:" https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/
* "Tim Walz drops out of Minnesota governor’s race, Klobuchar considers jumping in:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/tim-walz-out-minnesota-00710541

* "Mamdani says New York child care expansion a real step to fulfilling campaign pledge:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5671045/nyc-mayor-mamdani-discusses-new-york-state-expansion-of-childcare-funding

* Items below this point may be a little older.

* " Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap :" https://www.advocate.com/health/periods-tampons-prison-punishment

* "Instructor who gave U of Oklahoma student a zero on anti-trans paper removed from teaching:" https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-oklahoma-graduate-assistant-removed

* "Another University of Oklahoma instructor suspended in biblical psychology paper grading controversy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/second-ou-instructor-suspended

* "I do not want to be commenting on this but the situation with the student submitting a bullshit paper and then getting her trans instructor (a TA!!!) fired for giving it the failing grade it deserved is such an infuriating and terrifying consequence of the blatant anti-intellectualism in the last handful of years.:" https://www.tumblr.com/darlingofdots/802648173222985728/i-do-not-want-to-be-commenting-on-this-but-the

* "Texas launches plan to open Turning Point USA chapters in every high school:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/abbott-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-texas-schools

* "Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge:" https://www.advocate.com/news/tennessee-library-books-purge

* "North Carolina county dissolves library board for refusing to toss book about a trans kid:" https://www.advocate.com/news/north-carolina-library-dissolved-transgender

* CW: CSA "Pastor’s arrest brings sex abuse survivors closer to justice:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/pastor-s-arrest-brings-sex-abuse-survivors-closer-to-justice-2479013955996

* CW: Rape "The story queer survivors aren't allowed to tell:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/lgbtq-sexual-assault

* "Nearly all women in STEM secretly feel like impostors:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260105165811.htm

* "There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men:" https://www.advocate.com/health/testosterone-crisis-cisgender-men

* "Texas expands lawsuits against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth:" https://www.advocate.com/texas-doctor-lawsuit-transgender-youth

* "Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/florida-medical-groups-transgender-lawsuit

* "Can West Virginia ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery? Appeals court to decide:" https://www.advocate.com/health/wv-gender-affirming-surgery-ban

* "Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections:" https://www.advocate.com/news/connecticut-hospitals-transgender-care-lawsuit

* " A trans woman's cancer symptoms were almost missed — until gender-affirming care saved her life :" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/gender-affirming-detected-cancer

* "Wyoming Court Stops Abortion Bans:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/wyoming-court-stops-abortion-bans/

* CW: Suicide. "Transgender and nonbinary youth whose pronouns are respected attempt suicide less: report:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/pronoun-respect-transgender-suicide-attempts

* CW: Suicide. "Transgender youth who receive hormone therapy are less suicidal: study:" https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-youth-hormone-therapy-suicide

* "Kazakhstan bans so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda:" https://www.advocate.com/news/kazakhstan-bans-lgbtq-propaganda

* "Burkina Faso issues first sentence for 'homosexuality and related practices':" https://www.advocate.com/world/burkina-faso-homosexuality-conviction-africa

* "Budapest mayor could face charges for hosting LGBTQ+ Pride march:" https://www.advocate.com/world/budapest-mayor-charges-lgbtq-march

* "In 2025, being trans in America means living under conditional citizenship:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/trans-rights-in-america-2674433270

* "Texas judge who refused to officiate same-sex weddings sues to overturn marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-judge-marriage-equality-lawsuit

* "Is Texas using driver's license data to track transgender residents?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-collects-gender-change-requests

* "Texas city votes to overturn LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination protections:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/arlington-texas-lgbtq-discrimination-vote

* "Texas city cancels 2026 Pride after local council rescinds LGBTQ+ protections:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/arlington-pride-canceled-city-council

* "Texas city will remove rainbow crosswalks under orders from Trump administration:" https://www.advocate.com/san-antonio-remove-rainbow-crosswalks

* "Massachusetts removes rule requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ+ youth:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/massachusetts-foster-care-lgbtq-protections

* "This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender

* "Indiana town sued for blocking LGBTQ+ Pride festival (again):" https://www.advocate.com/politics/loogootee-indiana-lgbtq-pride-lawsuit

* "Florida city installs Pride bike racks after being forced to remove rainbow crosswalks:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/st-petersburg-rainbow-bike-rack

* "San Francisco green-lights affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors:" https://www.advocate.com/news/california-affordable-housing-lgbtq-seniors

* "At 50, passing isn’t the goal. Living is:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/passing-trans-woman

* "British Ice Skating will now allow same-sex partners to compete:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/british-ice-skating-will-now-allow-same-partners-to-compete/

* "I didn’t just run the world’s major marathons. I changed them:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/cal-calamia

* "An unsuspecting group of women is getting HIV. Geography is in part to blame.:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/01/hiv-black-women-south/87111487007/

* "New mutant mpox strain discovered in England — how concerned should people be?:" https://www.advocate.com/news/mutant-mpox-strain-discovered-england

* "you're not lazy: the ethics of rest:"

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* "SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System:" https://johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars-cov-2-leaves-a-lasting-mark-on-the-immune-system/

* "Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water:" https://archive.ph/d0GDA#selection-2071.590-2071.646

* "‘If you aren’t lying, you aren’t flying.’ Airline pilots hide mental health struggles:" https://www.reuters.com/investigations/if-you-arent-lying-you-arent-flying-airline-pilots-hide-mental-health-struggles-2025-12-03/

* "A medical examiner's testimony put a father behind bars for life. Now he says he 'made a mistake.':" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dr-bruce-levy-backtrack-shaken-baby-syndrome-russell-maze-prison-rcna248219

* "Dyslexia and the Reading Wars:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/dyslexia-and-the-reading-wars

* "The Congolese amputee giving new prosthetic limbs to the wounded:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/congo-security-amputees/
* "Oceans are supercharging hurricanes past Category 5:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251225080725.htm

* "A stunning new forecast shows when thousands of glaciers will vanish:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251219030455.htm

* "The western U.S. Tried to stop wildfires and it backfired:" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251218060550.htm

* "Climate change, resistance, and doing the right thing now:" https://www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/climate-change-resistance-and-doing

* "‘An incomprehensible nightmare’: grief turns to anger over Swiss bar fire as Le Constellation owner arrested:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/09/swiss-bar-fire-le-constellation-owner-arrested
* "Tehran’s water crisis is a warning for every thirsty city :" https://grist.org/drought/tehrans-water-crisis-is-a-warning-for-every-thirsty-city/

* "How a US home insurance fix is becoming a problem:" https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ECONOMY/FAIR-INSURANCE/lgpdqnqamvo/

* "Florida keeps packing people and buildings on barrier islands. It comes at a high cost:" https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article312870949.html

* "2,500 ‘high-risk’ U.S. dams are sinking into the ground:" https://www.popsci.com/technology/most-dangerous-us-dams/

* "A.I. Slop Will Crescendo Into A Cultural Shift - Chris Hayes:"

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* "Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show:"

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* "AI’s Memorization Crisis:" https://archive.ph/jFFwO

* "We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.:"

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* "“Tinder for Nazis” hit by 100GB data leak, thousands of users exposed:" https://cybernews.com/security/investigator-exposes-white-supremacist-sites-users/

* "Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It’s protection against Russian propaganda:" https://apnews.com/article/fake-news-classrooms-finland-russia-194b32d8829838bfe47469d6ff357689

* "Opinion: When museums go silent, erasure speaks louder:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/illinois-holocaust-museum-and-education-center

* "All about the Mattachine Society, the first enduring U.S. gay rights group:" https://www.advocate.com/history/all-about-mattachine-society

* "All about the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights:" https://www.advocate.com/history/first-national-march-washington-1979

* "How this Minnesota city redefined LGBTQ+ rights 50 years ago:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/minneapolis-lgbtq-discrimination-ordinance

* "Rock Hudson had a 'legendarily large penis,' Armistead Maupin says:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/rock-hudson-large-penis-armistead-maupin

* "AIDS activist group ACT UP changed the world. Here's why its work still matters today:" https://www.advocate.com/news/why-act-up-mattered

* "Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congressman from California dies suddenly:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-doug-lamalfa-dies-suddenly

* "Notorious anti-LGBTQ+ New York Archbishop Dolan retires — here are his worst moments:" https://www.advocate.com/news/homophobe-timothy-dolan-record-successor

* "As groundbreaking trans politician Andrea Jenkins retires, a look at her life and career:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender-groundbreaker-andrea-jenkins-retiring

* "Public Domain Day 2026!:"

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* Friday: I have awakened to find Livia sleeping on me three times in the last 48 hours, which is huge progress. Twice she was in Hector's old favorite sleeping position. No one's slept on me in that position since he died over a decade ago. Tavy hadn't the balance for it, and Livia couldn't use it when Tavy was in his most common sleeping spot on me because of his head position.

I have started carrying her weight on my hip into Dream, the way I have carried Hector's since 1998.

* "Trump Kidnaps President Maduro, Targets Venezuelan Oil & Ditches "America First" | The Daily Show:"

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* "ICE Killing in Minnesota Ignites Protests as Trump and Kristi Noem Double Down | The Daily Show:"

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* "Jan 6 Is A Permanent Stain On Trump's Legacy | The Pokémon President | Colbert Out-Rates The Don:"

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* "Meet Benny Johnson: The YouTube Star Cosplaying as White House Press Commentator | The Daily Show:"

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* "Hasty Hermes:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FKoV3Vs2bbg

* "Aesthetic Aphrodite:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cpcE-Smd4R0

* "Antithetical Athena:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z-TZoEqUOJs

* "Patrician Parents:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q0Yw1JiNGmM

* "S.P.Q.R Society:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8bbqaXBZwU0

* "Gladi-Mania:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kwWLqt8acWk

* "Neurodivergent Nobility:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wT7i1fBzxEM

* "Neurodivergent Nobility 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tlj_veR57L8

* "Thought Trains:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/51NUjCPPXlQ

* "Vitamin Plastic Water: Don’t Just Consume Microplastics, Enjoy Them! | The Daily Show:"

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* "Unforgettable Lindy Hop Moments: Camp Hollywood 2023 Open Lindy Finals:"

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

* CW: Suicide "These hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump kills 988 services:" https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-hotlines-still-available

* "Hospital Crisis Watch:" https://www.protectourcare.org/hospital-crisis-watch/

* If you need help with chest binders:

* "Free Chest Binders:" https://www.pointofpride.org/free-chest-binders

* "Brother 2 Brother Binder Program:" https://blacktransmen.org/binder-program/

* "Morebinders:" https://www.morebinders.com/about

* "The Queer Trans Project :" https://queertransproject.org/

* "Free Gender Affirming Gear Program:" https://www.ftmessentials.com/pages/ftme-free-youth-binder-program

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Поставили мне на работе Windows 11, и в процессе перехода потерялись overlay иконки SVN. Это когда поверх стандартной иконки с типом файла, SVN отрисовывает ещё иконку его статуса: синхронизирован, изменён и нуждается в синхронизации и т.п. Я проверил настройки — всё включено. Но не работает.

Спрашиваю ChatGPT, он выдаёт какой-то набор стандартных методов оживить иконки (спойлер: не сработало), и в процессе отмечает, что это стандартная проблема Windows 11, потому что там разрешено только какое-то ограниченное количество overlay-иконок (видимо, чтобы не тормозило), и достаточно большую долю из них зарезервировали сами Windows, в основном для нужд OneDrive. Собственно, предлагаемые решения часто сводились либо к тому, как уменьшить количество конкурирующих иконок, либо как сделать иконки SVN приоритетными.

Так вот, приоритет у иконок тупо по алфавиту. Тут сложно не вспомнить 1990-е, когда во Франции были ещё популярными «жёлтые страницы», и все сантехники / электрики либо платили за то, чтобы быть первыми в списке, либо выбирали себе названия типы «ABC Elecricité» (перед которым тут же встраивался ABAB, а перед ним AAA, ну и так далее).

Так что вы думаете? Открываем Registry на «\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers». Лично у меня список из двух «нормальных» названий («EnhancedStorageShell» и «Offline Files»), одна хитрая жопа начинается с пробела (« QIPOverlay»), все остальные, включая SVN и OneDrive, начинаются с двух пробелов :-)

Rainy days

Jan. 12th, 2026 08:59 am
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the rain meme



Ah, rain—the precipitation that the whole world has a love/hate affair with. It waters the garden for free and ruins baseball games. It cools you off in the summer and it causes more ice and sleet to appear in the winter. Sometimes it is lovely and falls at a decent pace for a few hours, other times, it blasts the whole eastern seaboard away.

Poems and songs have been written about it, people have danced in it, others have cursed its entire existence, and still more refuse to go out and drive in it.

Now it’s time to roll some dice and see what the weather will have in store for you today.


 

 
directions

1. Comment with your character, series, preferences, etc in the subject.
2. Roll a number between 1-5 with the RNG for an intensity.
3. Roll 1-15 with the RNG for a situation.
4. Reply to other comments and play the scenario out!
5. Don’t catch a cold!
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И того и другого, и можно без хлеба. Цикл работ, затрагивающих гипотезу Енокса, давно закончен и уже весь вышел из печати. Тогдашная длинная рукопись, касающаяся Де-Омега двойственности, тоже давно закончена, стала еще намного длиннее, и вышла из печати в виде книжки. Еще более длинная книжная рукопись про Де-Омега двойственность написана в 2025 году.

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