Call for Themes

Jan. 12th, 2026 01:41 pm
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We've reached the end of scheduled themes for the Poetry Fishbowl project. It's time to brainstorm some new themes! These are a few that I've jotted down earlier, ones that I've thought up or people have suggested, to give you an idea what kind of stuff might be suitable:

* Activism and Collective Action
* Arts and Crafts
* Doomsday
* Escape
* Festivals and Faires
* Give Me a Reason
* Immigrants and Refugees
* Magical Girls
* Mermaids
* Peacework
* People of Color
* Plants and Flowers
* QUILTBAG
* Unicorns
* Unique Titles
* Veterans
* Whump
* Worldbuilding


What other themes would you like to see me write about? What would you like to buy? Suggest them in a comment below this post.

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Jan. 12th, 2026 03:15 pm
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It's disheartening to see the current folk scene in my hometown faltering. I'm feeling vaguely annoyed by these new releases that seem to lack both musical depth and lyrical wit. We have such an incredible legacy of artists here; the raw talent exists, yet the output feels uninspired. I truly hope our local songwriters rediscover their creative edge soon.
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Внушительный труд. Много источников, включая неизвестные мне ранее воспоминания сына (Павла Катаева), Аркадия Львова, плюс архив первой жены Катаева. 
Я читал ранее про службу Катаева в белой армии, но про полгода в застенках ЧК не знал. Во многих произведениях он использовал куски своей биографии, часто меняя "полярность" (белые/красные).

Много интересного про отношения с Буниным.

И прекрасные воспоминания Евтушенко про кутеж с Катаевым в Париже. Правда, по-моему, кто-то загнул - что-то я сомневаюсь, что в 60-х можно пить "Вдову Клико"  1916 года ("последний дореволюционный год!") - вряд ли шампанское столько "живет".

Сочетание независимости с сервильностью, циничность и сентиментальность, и много других контрастов - сложный и крупный писатель и человек.

 

Кстати вспомнил, что в отрочестве (70е) сидел в кресле у дедушкиных книжных полок, читая предыдущие издания Большой (БСЭ) и Малой Советских Энциклопедий. Изучал описания политической борьбы сталинских времен, пытаясь понять, где хорошие а где плохие.  К счастью, я из этого вырос.

В современном мне издании БСЭ редакторы просто не включили статьи про Берию, Троцкого и многих других.

 

Bundle of Holding: Eichhorn Mork Borg

Jan. 12th, 2026 02:02 pm
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Diseased grimdark English-language sourcebooks by Christian Eichhorn for the artpunk tabletop fantasy roleplaying game Mörk Borg!

Bundle of Holding: Eichhorn Mork Borg

Hockey and HR overlaps

Jan. 12th, 2026 11:03 am
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Sens could easily have a large chunk of the fastest growing demographic in hockey fall in their lap. Just, a giant pile of money fall in their laps, and they are working hard to make sure it doesn't happen.

The Sens, on top of everything else, signed a famous homophobe this morning. As a goalie, even!

Spoilers for, uh, the synopsis of the upcoming Heated Rivalry sequel )
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Posted by Blake Seidel

A stray cat follows an unsuspecting dog lover and her doggo home, and when her dog finds fast friendship with this fluffy feline, they went from "stray" to "family" in the blink of an eye.

Cats have an uncanny way of just showing up uninvited and making wherever they go their home. We don't know any other animal that has such a high success rate of convincing people to take care of them. They just show up one day, act all cute and loving, and all of a sudden, you're buying them expensive wet food and treating them like a tiny member of fuzzy royalty. And it doesn't always have to be them insisting, they have a hissterical knack for getting your other pets to fall in love with them as well.

While on a walk with her doggo, this woman noticed she was being followed by a stray orange cat. As soon as she and the cat made eye contact, the cat immediately turned on their kitty charm and started walking with them. He even went so far as to befriend the doggo, who fell quickly in love with his new fluffy friend

Who are we to say no to true love? The mom officially adopted the stray into their fuzzy family, and never looked back. Another purrfect example of cats just convincing people to take care of them, except this kitty knew that the fastest way to his hooman's heart was through her doggo!

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Public

This really shouldn't be the case but as far as I can tell, I am in at least the top 5% (maybe even considerably smaller than that) of people regarding knowledge of what went on during the production of The Last House on the Left. I have achieved this not through formal expertise or through special access, but by merely:

1) Going through the DVD/Blu-ray extras systematically
2) Reading all of David Szulkin's making-of book
3) Spending more than three minutes searching for evidence

Given Last House was the film that launched Wes Craven's career in horror, it is absolutely absurd how useless the horror and cinema media have been, for decades, in interrogating what happened away from the fictional story. Wes Craven himself should have been asked far more searching questions than he was.

This criticism applies to cinema academics too. It's deeply ironic, in a bad way, that there have been so many people writing papers and articles about the way Mari is portrayed in the story from various progressive and feminist viewpoints, yet almost none writing about the serious abuse by men of the real young woman who played Mari.

The fact that the most likely place to find details of what Sandra Peabody endured is in listicles is a terrible indictment of how badly so-called "serious" horror and cinema media have failed.

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.

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Jan. 12th, 2026 12:04 pm
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Аналитеги предупредили россиян о росте цен в 2026 году:
🟠 Алкоголь – стоимость вырастет на 10-17%;
🟠 Техника Apple – айфоны и ноутбуки станут дороже минимум на 70 долларов;
🟠 Электроника и бытовая техника – цены поднимутся на 5-10%, особенно на недорогие модели;
🟠 Кофе и сигареты – кофе прибавит в цене около 25%, а пачка сигарет – 15-20 рублей;
🟠 Автомобили – новые машины подорожают на 10-20%, подержанные гибриды и электрокары – на 15-20%
🟠 Техосмотр – услуга с 1 января стала дороже в среднем на 9,7%;
🟠 Жильё – квартиры на вторичном рынке вырастут в цене до 12%;
🟠 Электричество – платить за свет придётся в среднем на 15,2% больше;
🟠 Связь – тарифы поднимутся на 5-10% почти у всех операторов;
🟠 Стоматология – лечение зубов подорожает до 50%;
🟠 Спорт – абонементы в фитнес-клубы станут дороже на 15%.

О росте зарплат и пенсий пока не предупреждали.

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

12-Е /// Похороны...

Jan. 12th, 2026 05:26 pm
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M12



Почему то вспомнилась давняя история с известным певцом, который, выступая на зоне перед с заключёнными начал с песни в которой были замечательные слова - как раз на тот случай: "Как здорово, что все мы здесь сегодня собрались!" 



Автобус был заполнен даже не на половину и организатор не сдержалась и громко проворчала на весь салон про то, что знай она заранее, что будет так мало народу, заказали бы минибус и осталось бы место. В самом начале я чувствовал себя опять последним из могикан - но хватало приехавших на своём личном транспорте и я увидел многих, с кем учился и кто, по разным причинам перестал посещать занятия. Я боялся, что дети, которых учил Марк не в курсе произошедшего и у них будет шок, когда придут на очередное занятие и увидят объявление, но их привезли родители. 



Был сильный ветер - у меня чуть не унесло шляпу. Белобородый раввин читал молитву и ветер развевал его густую и белую, как у Санты с рождественской открытки, бороду. Выступила дама, которая знала Марка почти тридцать лет, выступил незнакомый мне господин, походивший на артиста Гальцева со стихами про управдома, но момент был совсем не подходящим для веселья. Вид сей господин имел художнический - бородка котлеткой, серьга в ухе. Как сказала дама Марк выучил 500 тех, кто продолжил его дело в разных областях искусства - живописи и скульптуры. 



Я не узнал свою собственную двоюродную племянницу в молодой женщине в очках и в автомобиле! А меня не признал тёзка - с которым мы учились вместе у Марка, но он бросил занятия живописью из экономии. Свою племянницу я когда то забирал из детского сада, а теперь... Печально будет, если никто из учеников или коллег Марка не продолжит то, что начали Михаил и он в 90-х годах прошлого века - Михаила давно уже нет на этом свете... 


2026.02.12

Jan. 12th, 2026 10:10 am
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“Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith said Sunday that the Trump administration was ‘attempting to cover up what happened‘ in the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday,” ABC News reports. “‘I think what we are seeing here is the federal government — [Department of Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, Vice President [JD] Vance, [President] Donald Trump — attempting to cover up what happened here in the Twin Cities, and I don’t think that people here and around the country are believing it,’ Smith told ABC News’ ‘This Week’ co-anchor Martha Raddatz.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/minnesota-senator-white-house-attempting-cover-good-shooting/story?id=129100690

Four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe were detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis, according to WCCO. “President Frank Star Comes Out [said] in a Facebook post said the four men are homeless and were living under a bridge near the Little Earth housing complex in the East Phillips neighborhood. Attorneys who represent the tribe were “instructed” [to] reach out to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan about where they are being detained and what their names are, he said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/oglala-sioux-tribe-members-detained-ice-minneapolis/ Read more... )

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