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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 18th, 2025 12:56 pm)
Today is cloudy, mild, and damp.  We got a cocktease drizzle of rain for about 2 minutes.  :/ 

I fed the birds.  I haven't seen any today though.

I put out water for the birds.












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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 18th, 2025 12:06 pm)
[personal profile] fuzzyred will close the pool for the half-price sale in Polychrome Heroics some time this evening, since the sale closes Sunday night, to allow time for collecting donations.  So if you still want to get in on that, now's the time.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 18th, 2025 01:31 am)
Quantum crystals could spark the next tech revolution

Auburn scientists unlock the secrets of free electrons to power the next revolution in computing and chemistry.

Auburn scientists have designed new materials that manipulate free electrons to unlock groundbreaking applications. These “Surface Immobilized Electrides” could power future quantum computers or transform chemical manufacturing. Stable, tunable, and scalable, they represent a leap beyond traditional electrides. The work bridges theory and potential real-world use
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Well, the toddlers have found a blowtorch...
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 18th, 2025 01:27 am)
The October [community profile] crowdfunding Creative Jam is now open with a theme of "Knowledge vs. Ignorance."  Come give us prompts, or claim some for your own inspiration.


What I Have Written


From My Prompts


People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

Will humanity ever be able to escape tribalism and the creation of in and out groups? Should it?

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([personal profile] weofodthignen Oct. 17th, 2025 09:34 pm)
A beautiful fall day. I had laundry on the line till something like 4:30. When I rounded the corner with the laundry basket and bag of pegs in my arms, Monty and Prudence were sitting in the back porch doorway waiting for me. I'm afraid I was startled, and I had to go through that door ... Monty scarpered past me into teh garden while Prudence whisked into the porch room. I brought them out food, but Monty sat looking on warily while Prudence noshed.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 17th, 2025 11:00 pm)
Today we ran errands in Charleston.

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 17th, 2025 10:01 pm)
Today I am making the recipe for blueberry muffins off the package of Quaker oat flour that we got today. The sweetener is maple syrup -- already the batter tastes good.

EDIT 10/17/25 -- Well, that was a rousing success.  :D  They taste very much like blueberry pancakes, but in a more convenient and portable form.  They're sweet but not too sweet, more a foodmuffin than a dessert muffin.  The flavor and texture is a bit different from wheat flour, but it doesn't have a strong "oatmeal" flavor.  Definitely worth making again.
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([personal profile] billroper Oct. 17th, 2025 09:26 pm)
If I have counted on my fingers correctly -- this was a challenge, because I needed two hands -- I am scheduled to sing six songs at OVFF next weekend, assuming that I manage to get my entry for the songwriting contest in on time. This is more songs than I manage to sing in open circles some years.

Time to go practice! :)
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posting in [community profile] followfriday Oct. 17th, 2025 09:02 pm)
Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".
Another Encounter
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1569
[Friday, May 8, 2020, midafternoon]



:: At the library, there’s an encounter of a different kind. Part of the Edison’s Mirror arc. ::


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Ed stood in front of the tall stacks, his eyes narrowed. Rows of graphic novels waited for him to choose among them, but he seemed content in the moment to simply walk along the aisle to estimate the alphabetical divisions in each stack. A few steps behind, Vic simply chose a random book from each of the top shelves as they ambled down the aisle.

“You don’t know if you’ll like those,” Ed protested in a whisper.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 17th, 2025 06:08 pm)
Solar-powered, light-up fishing nets are saving sea turtles: 'Reduces entanglement by 63%'

Senko, his research team, and the Amador brothers have recently published research indicating that illuminating nets with green LED lights could reduce the entanglement of turtles and other off-target species by 63%.

Not only this, but the light-up features help fishers save time retrieving and disentangling nets, without compromising their harvest.



Communication saves lives.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 17th, 2025 01:12 pm)
Today is cloudy and mild.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches. 

I put out water for the birds.  The honeybees had drained the small metal birdbath again.

EDIT 10/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 10/17/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 10/17/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and the savanna plants.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

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([personal profile] weofodthignen Oct. 16th, 2025 09:39 pm)
We went to the San Jose main library (also the library for San Jose State U.). The elevators were out, but there was no sign. So after the crowd swelled to a dozen, I started up the stairs. Six floors, the first double-height. I wish I could say it didn't knacker me. But I managed it, and when I hit the button for a down elevator, up ones started arriving and disgorging crowds of people, then a down one came. So at least I didn't have to take the stairs down.

The first two upper floors (the public library part) are also fed by an escalator. That was where the housemate was headed before the same floor as me, but she said the second escalator was also out, so she did the same upstairs hike.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 16th, 2025 11:21 pm)
19 Queer Books for International Pronouns Day!

Yesterday was International Pronouns Day! While it’d be rare to find a book with no pronouns, for this list, we’re focusing on books in English that have at least one character who uses pronouns other than he/him or she/her. Whether those pronouns are they/them, it/its, or neopronouns, we tried to get a cool variety on today’s rec list of 19 queer books. The contributors to the list are: Linnea Peterson, Rascal Hartley, MJ, Nina Waters, Alex, Terra P. Waters, and Shadaras.
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 16th, 2025 11:05 pm)
We made the caramel apple cider smoothie again, this time with both bananas frozen.  It's a little thicker but with bits of ice; not sure which I like better, but both taste delicious. 
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