Wednesday 04/02/2026
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3_good_things_a_day1) Delicious homemade ice tea
2) No training this evening, can't say I mind much today
3) A friend from jiujitsu coming over for dinner
dark_kana posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) Delicious homemade ice tea
2) No training this evening, can't say I mind much today
3) A friend from jiujitsu coming over for dinner
Minor operations; testing new serving path
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dw_maintenanceHi all!
I'm doing some minor operational work tonight. It should be transparent, but there's always a chance that something goes wrong. The main thing I'm touching is testing a replacement for Apache2 (our web server software) in one area of the site.
Thank you!
Tuesday 03/02/2026
Feb. 3rd, 2026 04:51 pmdark_kana posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) a day at the office with all the colleagues. Was fun, lots of talking
2) going to make a back up of my photo's
3) going to watch a Downton Abbey episode before crawling into bed early.
2) going to make a back up of my photo's
3) going to watch a Downton Abbey episode before crawling into bed early.
Monday 02/02/2026
Feb. 2nd, 2026 01:31 pmdark_kana posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) watching Downton Abbey again during lunch break
2) delicious chocolate with orange flavor
3) a very very very early night in
2) delicious chocolate with orange flavor
3) a very very very early night in
3 Good Things
Feb. 1st, 2026 06:46 pmjjhunter1.) Yesterday we hosted an playreading brunch with a fun group of friends - may it be the first of many more! This time we did Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia".
I used to host regular playreading potluck dinner parties years and years ago when I lived in a co-op, and losing access to rooms of a size where 8+ people might cheerfully cram themselves on various chairs and couches and floor nooks with cushions was one of the griefs I carried with me from that co-op's breakup. I'm glad to be restarting now.
2.) Today I had the the mindblowing joy of seeing 'Noli Timere' ('be not afraid') at ArtsEmerson.
Calling it an aerial dance doesn't quite do it justice; you can see the local trailer here or read a great WBUR feature about it here. ("In a time defined by uncertainty and distance, this piece isn’t just about resisting the gravity that weighs on us, it’s about choosing to catch each other when we fall, to carry each other through the invisible webs that bind us.")
3.) We have had an entire week+ of snow on the ground, and a foot of it is still here!
This delights me for many reasons, not least that this means another year of the invading fire ants being killed before they can establish themselves. Every winter we get at least ten days in a row of freezing weather is a winter I heave a big sign of relief.
I used to host regular playreading potluck dinner parties years and years ago when I lived in a co-op, and losing access to rooms of a size where 8+ people might cheerfully cram themselves on various chairs and couches and floor nooks with cushions was one of the griefs I carried with me from that co-op's breakup. I'm glad to be restarting now.
2.) Today I had the the mindblowing joy of seeing 'Noli Timere' ('be not afraid') at ArtsEmerson.
Calling it an aerial dance doesn't quite do it justice; you can see the local trailer here or read a great WBUR feature about it here. ("In a time defined by uncertainty and distance, this piece isn’t just about resisting the gravity that weighs on us, it’s about choosing to catch each other when we fall, to carry each other through the invisible webs that bind us.")
3.) We have had an entire week+ of snow on the ground, and a foot of it is still here!
This delights me for many reasons, not least that this means another year of the invading fire ants being killed before they can establish themselves. Every winter we get at least ten days in a row of freezing weather is a winter I heave a big sign of relief.
Art Movement: Arts and Crafts
Feb. 1st, 2026 06:29 pmbookblather posting in rainbowloungeArts and Crafts
Set yourself a goal that you think you can complete between today, February 1st, and May 1st. This can be a number of colors completed, a certain palette, a number of styles or supplies used, a word count, a combination of these-- anything that you regard as a challenge. Comment on this post with your goal.
On May 1st, one of the mods will put up a post where you can comment reiterating your goal and whether or not you completed it. If you complete your goal, you get twenty Novelty Beads prompts. If you can sell your goal as being related to the Arts and Crafts movement, you'll get five prompts whether you completed it or not.
Goal-setting runs from today, February 1st, to February 15th. The challenge runs from today to May 1st. We will have an Amnesty Week immediately after.
Set your goals in this post, and happy writing!
Set yourself a goal that you think you can complete between today, February 1st, and May 1st. This can be a number of colors completed, a certain palette, a number of styles or supplies used, a word count, a combination of these-- anything that you regard as a challenge. Comment on this post with your goal.
On May 1st, one of the mods will put up a post where you can comment reiterating your goal and whether or not you completed it. If you complete your goal, you get twenty Novelty Beads prompts. If you can sell your goal as being related to the Arts and Crafts movement, you'll get five prompts whether you completed it or not.
Goal-setting runs from today, February 1st, to February 15th. The challenge runs from today to May 1st. We will have an Amnesty Week immediately after.
Set your goals in this post, and happy writing!
Light Black #15, Warm Heart #16 [The Fulcrum]
Feb. 1st, 2026 02:50 pmparadoxcase posting in rainbowficName: Belated Truths
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Light Black #15: Fool, Warm Heart #16: Misery
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Charcoal, Modeling Clay (this image prompt), Watercolors ("This week consider some of your greatest fears, anything from creepy crawlies to the loss of loved ones to melodramatic betrayal. Write a short story that revolves around one of these fears, concocting an arc that fluctuates between moments of slow, modulated actions and descriptions of higher tensions. Do you find yourself inclined to take the story to intense extremes or to end things on a simmer?")
Word Count: 1543
Rating: T+
Warnings: Discussion of sex, some past self-imposed dubconish situations (not really sure how to tag this), and past suicidal ideation
Characters: Qhoroali, Liselye
In-Universe Date: 1912.4.5.6
Summary: Qhoroali and Liselye have a personal conversation.
( Belated Truths )
Story: The Fulcrum
Colors: Light Black #15: Fool, Warm Heart #16: Misery
Styles and Supplies: Life Drawing, Charcoal, Modeling Clay (this image prompt), Watercolors ("This week consider some of your greatest fears, anything from creepy crawlies to the loss of loved ones to melodramatic betrayal. Write a short story that revolves around one of these fears, concocting an arc that fluctuates between moments of slow, modulated actions and descriptions of higher tensions. Do you find yourself inclined to take the story to intense extremes or to end things on a simmer?")
Word Count: 1543
Rating: T+
Warnings: Discussion of sex, some past self-imposed dubconish situations (not really sure how to tag this), and past suicidal ideation
Characters: Qhoroali, Liselye
In-Universe Date: 1912.4.5.6
Summary: Qhoroali and Liselye have a personal conversation.
( Belated Truths )
Why I Reject Fascism
Feb. 1st, 2026 11:58 amjjhunterFascism is a form of social cannibalism; it will eat us everywhere it takes root, and it cannot help our species long survive.
Fascism cannot fight climate change, because fascism will not admit limits to its control, not even self-evident limits imposed by basic properties of physics.
Fascism cannot save our children, because fascism is too busy eating them first. Fascism cannot save white people from their own fears of slave rebellions and economic overturns, because fascism will eat them too when fascism has finished eating the rest.
Everywhere fascism goes, it steals and gluts itself on the labor of the people it targets. It divides, and it eats, and it masturbates over its hollow assertions of power and purpose and ascendance.
Most human societies have strong taboos against cannibalism. The ones that don’t have equally strong limits on when it is socially appropriate, or they themselves don’t long survive.
Why do we allow cannibals to walk among us and openly pick their targets to maim and hurt and murder for their dinner tables?
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Fascism cannot fight climate change, because fascism will not admit limits to its control, not even self-evident limits imposed by basic properties of physics.
Fascism cannot save our children, because fascism is too busy eating them first. Fascism cannot save white people from their own fears of slave rebellions and economic overturns, because fascism will eat them too when fascism has finished eating the rest.
Everywhere fascism goes, it steals and gluts itself on the labor of the people it targets. It divides, and it eats, and it masturbates over its hollow assertions of power and purpose and ascendance.
Most human societies have strong taboos against cannibalism. The ones that don’t have equally strong limits on when it is socially appropriate, or they themselves don’t long survive.
Why do we allow cannibals to walk among us and openly pick their targets to maim and hurt and murder for their dinner tables?
___
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Sunday 01/02/2026
Feb. 1st, 2026 10:02 amlhune posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) Got a new haircut yesterday ^_^
2) Dinner at my parents’s place: shepherd’s pie and a place at their wood burner
3) Clean bedlinen for tonight
2) Dinner at my parents’s place: shepherd’s pie and a place at their wood burner
3) Clean bedlinen for tonight
Saturday 31/01/2026
Jan. 31st, 2026 12:17 pmlhune posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) My landlord dropped by and fixed my faulty shower head (I forgot to ask a couple of things ^^’ but at least that’s fixed
2) Lunch on my sunny balcony
3) Had a lovely chat with my late neighbour’s family
2) Lunch on my sunny balcony
3) Had a lovely chat with my late neighbour’s family
Friday 30/01/2026
Jan. 30th, 2026 01:57 pmdark_kana posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) our daughter is finally feeling better
2) went for a drink with her
3) reading a good book from the library
2) went for a drink with her
3) reading a good book from the library
Thursday 29/01/2026
Jan. 29th, 2026 10:36 amdark_kana posting in 3_good_things_a_day1) tea
2) daughter still has a fever but seems to be feeling better *crosses fingers*
3) reading
2) daughter still has a fever but seems to be feeling better *crosses fingers*
3) reading
Azul #10 [Starfall]
Jan. 28th, 2026 08:05 pmthisbluespirit posting in rainbowficName: Fleeting Visit
Story: Starfall
Colors: Azul #10 (Guardian)
Supplies and Styles:
Word Count: 636
Rating: G
Warnings:
Notes: 1313, Portcallan. Leion Valerno, Ivina Gerro, Viyony Eseray. Takes place the day after Loose Ends.
Summary: Leion gets the message he's been waiting for.
( Fleeting Visit )
Story: Starfall
Colors: Azul #10 (Guardian)
Supplies and Styles:
Word Count: 636
Rating: G
Warnings:
Notes: 1313, Portcallan. Leion Valerno, Ivina Gerro, Viyony Eseray. Takes place the day after Loose Ends.
Summary: Leion gets the message he's been waiting for.
( Fleeting Visit )