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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.












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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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([personal profile] billroper Oct. 16th, 2025 10:51 pm)
"The Play That Goes Wrong" was the fall play over at Maine West and Julie and I went to see it today on Opening Night since the puppy training lesson was postponed. It was an absolute stitch.

Y'all should go see it if you're around here. Shows on Friday and Saturday night remain. :)
This poem is spillover from the July 15, 2025 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from [personal profile] rix_scaedu and [personal profile] dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Emotionally Constipated Man" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "An Interest in the Affairs of Your Government" so read that first or this won't make much sense.

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Unpleasant Encounter
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1510
[Friday, May 8, 2020, afternoon]



:: Aidan’s latest trip into the small village does not go the way that he expects. He has an urgent conversation with Vic as soon as he gets home. Part of the Edison’s Mirror arc. ::


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Halfway through the shopping list that he and Vic had assembled, Aidan paused to turn, suddenly facing the tall, black-haired man who had been following him for several minutes. “Is something wrong, officer?”

The man, nearly a head and a half taller than Aidan, stepped closer. “There are two missing kids, and every time I see you, you’re hanging out with kids that age, who clearly aren’t yours.”
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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 16th, 2025 02:00 pm)
Today is sunny and warm.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/16/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I am done for the night.
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([personal profile] dialecticdreamer Oct. 16th, 2025 10:38 am)
Monday the 13th was spent mostly out of the house, and I was so worried about the medical appointment that I completely forgot Magpie Monday.

Would anyone mind if Monday the 20th is Magpie, with plans to post two freebies (on Tuesday and Wednesday), in preparation for the usual scheduled Feathering the Nest?

Feedback MUCH appreciated!
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([personal profile] mdlbear Oct. 16th, 2025 04:08 pm)

Today I am thankful for...

  • Having gotten some important things done (taxes, medical alarm), though just barely in time. NO thanks for procrastination.
  • Mario, of StudiOjo. Also, having a recording studio within easy walking distance.
  • Public transportation.
  • Sleep (what I get of it).
  • Insight.
  • Dreamhost.

NO thanks for getting old. Sure, it beats the alternative. But it still sucks.

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([personal profile] mdehners Oct. 16th, 2025 09:17 am)
So, I'm sitting listening to Creepypasta when I see movement out of the corner of my eye(great Cardio BTW;>). The weather has been great and I've been leaving windows and even the door cracked to catch the Autumn breezes. I don't have a screen door and before I'd never allowed the latter but now?
I see Lilbit(the female of the Mouseketeers) walk carefully into the Sunroom and check it out...then walk back out. Looks like I may have a future "Not My Cat" in the making;>
FridhR,
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Content Advisory: US government classified and controlled unclassified info leaked to news outlets, within.

[Previously: The Essequibo (Buddy-ta-na-na, We Are Somebody, Oh): Part 1]

Now, when looking at these strikes being carried out in the Caribbean, shockingly, I think there's not been a ton of coverage on this. CNN, for one, their Pentagon reporters, have been some of the only ones consistently covering what's happening in Venezuela. CNN and the New York Times right now, I would say, are the two that are kind of all over this and have been for a while. I don't know why it's getting so little coverage elsewhere, but it is. So, normally I would like to look at these, uh, these reports and source them from multiple different outlets and we just don't have that because there's so limited coverage around US military operations in SOUTHCOM right now.

— Preston Stewart [PrestonStewart on YT], 2025 Oct 15, "American Bombers Send A Message To Venezuela"


[...] I know that the people of the United States are attentive observers and the people of the United States are very aware of what is being attempted against Venezuela is armed aggression to impose regime change.

— Nicolás Maduro, 2025 Oct 3, via Times of India via AP via VTV, "Venezuela Deploys Army & Tanks After Another Deadly U.S Attack, Fighter Jet action"


I am still desperately trying to pull together Part 2 of this series, but in the meanwhile, more things keep happening. I keep checking in with my focus group, aka, Mr. Bostoniensis, about what he is seeing in the news, because my own algorithms are, uh, rather peculiarly trained at this point, and the answer seems "rock all", so I thought I'd post a news round-up of some of the developments over the last couple of weeks. (Holy crap it's been two weeks.)

October 2nd


It comes out that the Trump administration has literalized the 'War on Drugs'. [CW: 'controlled but unclassified'] )

US terminates diplomatic relations with Venezuela )

October 3rd


Fourth US strike on a boat in Venezuelan waters is announced by Trump admin )

October 6th


Venezuela announces it foiled a false-flag plot against the US Embassy in Venezuela )

October 8th


Democrats in Senate try to limit Trump's war powers but fail )

October 9th


The Venezuelan opposition leader wins the Nobel Peace prize )

Venezuela requests emergency intervention from the UN Security Council )

The US asks Grenada, 100 miles off Venezuela's coast, to allow US military installation )

October 10th


The Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates the prize to Trump, confusing a lot of people who haven't been keeping score )

It comes out that Maduro had been trying to negotiate his way out of US demands for his outster by offering up 'a dominant stake in Venezuela's oil' )

UN Security Council has emergency meeting per Venezuela's request )

October 13th


Maduro closes Venezuela's embassies in Norway and Australia )

Venezuelan activist and political consultant in exile in Colombia were shot )

October 14th


US bombs fifth boat off Venezuela, six killed )

US announces Admiral in charge of US SOUTHCOM visiting Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada )

Which brings us to today. (Well, it was today when I started writing this.)

October 15th


Trump has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela [CW: 'highly classified'] )

Three US Air Force B-52 bombers buzzed Venezuela for four hours; Venezeula scrambles an F-16 in response )

It comes out that the boat of Colombians bombed in September was not bombed by mistake, but was deliberate )

Nobel Laureate Machado exhorts Trump to rescue Venezuela from Maduro )

Trump is musing aloud to the press about airstrikes on Venezuela )

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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Oct. 16th, 2025 04:10 am)
Lean pork supercharges muscle growth after workouts

Scientists discovered that lean pork builds muscle more effectively post-workout than high-fat pork, even with identical protein levels. Using advanced tracking techniques, they found that fat content blunted the body’s muscle-building response. The results contradict previous findings about fattier foods enhancing synthesis, suggesting that food form and processing matter.


I immediately thought of two things:

* Bodybuilders already favor lean meat for muscle-building. They may have noticed what works better.

* Does this apply to other types of meat besides pork? What about plant proteins?
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([personal profile] weofodthignen Oct. 15th, 2025 09:14 pm)
A cyclist was waiting at a red light. An older man with weatherbeaten skin and a bald head. He had an old-style bike basket full of soft cloth, and on top of the padding was a small brown dog. I wished them both a good morning.
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([personal profile] billroper Oct. 15th, 2025 10:14 pm)
Ran out to pick up a pizza tonight and had to go wait in the car for it to be finished. Had the radio on while that was going on and when I tried to start the car, the car declined and had to be jumped.

I thought the battery was newer than that. So now I am going to have to go get the battery checked out tomorrow.

*sigh*
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