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m_findlow ([personal profile] m_findlow) wrote in [community profile] fandomweekly2025-10-05 03:32 pm

[#276] WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES (TORCHWOOD)

Theme Prompt: #276 - Moonlit kisses
Title: Who lives and who dies
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack is haunted by the decisions he has to make in the heat of the moment.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 10:48 pm

Space Exploration

New rocket fuel compound packs 150% more energy

A new boron-rich compound, manganese diboride, delivers much higher energy density than current solid-rocket materials while remaining stable until intentionally ignited. Its power comes from an unusual, strained atomic structure formed during ultra-hot synthesis, with promising uses beyond propulsion.


Honestly, I'm FAR more impressed by the stability than by the power boost. Making things go "boom" is easy. Making wait until you tell them to go "boom" is much harder.  One of the biggest risks in space exploration is the fuel itself -- says the person who has seen a lot of model rocket mishaps.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 10:01 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 01:05 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is mostly sunny and sweltering.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/4/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 10/4/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it.

EDIT 10/4/25 -- I watered the irises, telephone pole garden, and a few of the savanna seedlings.

As it is almost suppertime, I am done for the night.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-04 03:01 am
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Philosophical Questions: Money

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

Should tax payers have the option to explicitly say what they don’t want their tax dollars spent on?

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-03 10:44 pm
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Today's Cooking

I made apple cider caramel sauce to put over vanilla ice cream.  :D 
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-03 08:34 pm
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Gaming

In new heist video game, players return museum artifacts stolen from African countries

Set in the late 21st century, the game follows Nomali, a fast-thinking, acrobatic leader who assembles a crew of ordinary citizens-turned-thieves.

Their mission: to reclaim 70 real-life African artifacts from Western institutions and return them to their rightful homelands.



I am amused. :D And there are so many other cultures that could design similar games to retrieve their own artifacts.  See, this is what we get from diverse game developers: new game plots instead of rehashes.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-03 04:23 pm
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-03 02:19 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is partly sunny and sweltering.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/3/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 10/3/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 10/3/25 -- I watered the old picnic table and new picnic table.

I heard a squirrel chattering but didn't see it.

As it is almost suppertime, I am done for the night.
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Punk ([personal profile] runpunkrun) wrote in [community profile] fandomcalendar2025-10-03 08:26 am

Fancake Theme for October: Uncommon Settings

Photograph of the full moon encircled with added text: Uncommon Settings, at Fancake.
[community profile] fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
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Amy ([personal profile] brightknightie) wrote in [community profile] fandom_on_dw2025-10-03 07:40 am

HLH_Shortcuts: A Highlander Fanfic Exchange

Sign-ups are now open for [community profile] hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander "Holiday Shortcuts" fanfiction exchange! (The "Shortcuts" nods to the 500-word minimum, from the days when most events defaulted to a 1,000 word minimum.)

When:
  • Sign-up: October 1 to 11, 2025 at 11:59PM CDT on AO3
  • Receive assignment: By October 14, 2025
  • Default deadline: November 20, 2025
  • Submissions: By December 15, 2025 on AO3
  • Stories revealed: The first on December 20, 2025 (the winter solstice, Duncan's birthday) and the rest a few per day as long as they last, per tradition

How:

Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us...?

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-03 03:50 am
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Activism

Recently I posted about the importance of how small actions can change the future.  Here's an example: the Grapefruit Ladies
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-03 12:26 am

Follow Friday 10-3-25: Japan / Japanese

Today's theme is Japan / Japanese.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-02 10:10 pm

Gender Studies

The Downside of Fertility

The fertility decline is everywhere in the world today. Moreover, the decline goes decades back in the histories of rich countries.

While not universal, this is a widespread trend. At the moment, it's great that fertility is falling because the human population is ravaging the planet. At some point, however, the population will need to stabilize. So it's good to think about factors that influence the number of births.

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schneefink ([personal profile] schneefink) wrote2025-10-02 10:07 pm
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Here's to another season

Hermitcraft season 10 just ended, and it was beautiful. The previous season ending I'd watched was season 9 and it ended with two people, Joe and Scar, each alone on the server, and then it was over; but season 10 ended with over a dozen hermits on the server together playing games and having fun and doing one last group hug while the bells counted down, and it was sad, yes, but also joyous. They built this together, they had a great time with their friends, and they're going to build more things together and have more good times together :) This really was the season they all became even closer.

Season 10 was the first season I watched live from the beginning, and it was great. So many fun stories, and events, and games, and great builds, and wonderful moments.
Some favorites, incomplete and in no particular order:
- the whole permit storyline, with Cub taking over as permit manager from Grian and then the No Poe being hunted down and exiled and Cleo riding back over the nether roof and more Taskmaster
- Ghastketball! And Hungry Hermits, and Ravager Rush, and Metro Mayhem, and the Labyrinth, so many cool games this season.
- The two big charity events with so many hermits meeting up IRL, once at the Gamers for Giving LAN party and once in the actual Mojang studio offices
- Mumbo getting really into building and also fans
- Fight club - I wish it hadn't petered out but what we got was still great
- Grian's quest for a mending book with the underwater chapel, and then Scar fishing one right in front of him
- The mystery of the ore snatcher - I wonder when we'll find out who the main ore snatcher was (since Grian already confessed to 'helping out' to throw Doc off the track)
- Tall Claims Court and Doc being sentenced to skyblock
- Cleo doing sculk experiments and concluding that the sculk is in love with Cub
- the Neighborhood was also fun, and I'll just ignore the two people who left (I'm really glad that that was handled so professionally and didn't blow up into huge drama on this side of the fandom)
- and so much more.

There's several s10 episodes yet to come, and in the meantime I look forward to the world download and the Hermitcraft panel at Twitchcon and then of course the next season, whenever it starts (my guess is mid to late November.)
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-10-02 03:15 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is mostly sunny and hot. 

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 10/2/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 10/2/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 10/2/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 10/2/25 -- I watered the irises and the patio plants.

EDIT 10/2/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden, savanna seedlings, and old picnic table.

EDIT 10/2/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

As it is time for supper, I am done for the night.

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Amy ([personal profile] brightknightie) wrote in [community profile] fandomcalendar2025-10-02 08:33 am

Highlander: HLH_Shortcuts, the annual Highlander Fanfic Exchange

Sign-ups are now open for [community profile] hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander Holiday Shortcuts fanfiction exchange! (The name "Shortcuts" nods to the 500-word minimum, from the days when 1,000 words was the usual minimum.)

When:
  • Sign-up: October 1 to 11, 2025 at 11:59PM CDT on AO3
  • Receive assignment: By October 14, 2025
  • Default deadline: November 20, 2025
  • Submissions: By December 15, 2025 on AO3
  • Stories revealed: The first on December 20, 2025 (the winter solstice, Duncan's birthday) and the rest a few per day as long as they last, per tradition

How:

Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?