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In addition to various Spider-Man and Captain America-themed items, I ordered a Batman shirt and a Robin shirt for Baby Miss L and then I was like, but does she know who Batman and Robin even are??? So I went looking for toddler-friendly Bat-stuff, and lo and behold, there is a show called Batwheels on Cartoon Network (and HBO Max) about the Batmobile and other Bat vehicles (the Redbird, Batgirl's bike) coming to life like the toys in Toy Story! With DUKE as ROBIN and CASS as BATGIRL!!! I love this!!! (mainly because I was afraid it was going to be Damian as Robin and Babs as Batgirl and that's just weird.) I don't know if any of the other kids exist, but there is a Batplane they call Wing, so maybe Nightwing is around? I didn't watch it, just read the wiki, but I mentioned it to my niece, so maybe Baby Miss L can get started early on loving Robin, and she can enjoy Tiny Titans when she's a little bit older. (I am still sad and bitter that Tiny Titans was cancelled so unceremoniously because it was the best.)

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More pics. )

Poll #33289 Temperature and revenue
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11


What else could Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng and Ye Huo have tried to keep warm in the zero-degree lab?

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cover the vent
6 (54.5%)

jam the giant fan
4 (36.4%)

check the shelves for materials to make a tent
5 (45.5%)

ransack the room for materials to burn
1 (9.1%)

put their hoodies' hoods up
9 (81.8%)

closer huddling (all three)...
7 (63.6%)

...on one of the bed things instead of the floor
3 (27.3%)

take selfies with the camera (won't keep them warm, but will pass the time)
0 (0.0%)

Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to rip the control panel off the wall
4 (36.4%)

Chu Shuzhi could use his strings to pull the door off its hinges or the linings off the walls (like he broke into the Hanga caves)
7 (63.6%)

like, NOT close the cover on the OFF switch (Changcheng, ILU)
6 (54.5%)

other
4 (36.4%)

What are Shen Wei's revenue streams?

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stipend from Dixing
9 (81.8%)

pay from the university
11 (100.0%)

investments from when he first came to Haixing
2 (18.2%)

investments in a lollipop factory, specifically
4 (36.4%)

an alchemical/Midas power
2 (18.2%)

a trust set up by his fellow soldiers from the ancient war that has been held in his name for ten thousand years in the belief that he will return one day
1 (9.1%)

moonlighting as a fashion model
1 (9.1%)

moonlighting as a restaurant chef
0 (0.0%)

secretly a best-selling author of epic historical novels
0 (0.0%)

he's actually a man of fairly modest means
6 (54.5%)

other (please specify in comments)
0 (0.0%)

Initial Air3 usage report!

Jun. 25th, 2025 02:10 pm
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[personal profile] umadoshi
Over a month after the arrival of our (in my case, long-yearned-for) Microclimate Air3 powered respirators, I finally took mine out on its maiden voyage yesterday. (It may result in me going more places than I have been, but it may also mainly result in me feeling safer in the places I do go.)

Yesterday there was a casual in-person meeting at Dayjob where the team properly met the two people who our office's managing editor answers to. Donuts were promised (and turned out to be quality donuts, although I opted not to bring one home with me [since I sure wasn't about to unmask to eat anything there!]. Fun times in needing to be picky about what I spend my sugar intake on). We also had a heat warning, so I was all the more glad/relieved to have a drive to and from the meeting rather than taking transit for the first time in, oh, three years or so.

I'll put most of the rest under a cut, but I do want to note--especially since probably at least one or two of you clicked on the link for the Air3, and the price looks horrifying--that I'm incredibly glad we didn't order ours immediately when they first became available, because at that point the Air3 alone (as opposed to the kit) was more like $1000 USD. The original plan wasn't for [personal profile] scruloose to get one at all, given that initial price and given that they have a respirator setup that works well for them. But then a few weeks later, the price dropped to $549(/$649 for the kit with extra stuff, which is what we opted for, as well as a few extra filters etc. in the name of minimizing future need to deal with shipping), so we got to say "Well, that's still really spendy, but it's also now not completely outrageous to get two." (And then we wound up having to contact the company because of shipping/import charge shenanigans, but those were on the courier's side, not Microclimate's, and the person [personal profile] scruloose dealt with was great, so it's all good.)

I should also note that one of the review videos I watched about this made sure to point out clearly that its price (which initially was a MAJOR jump up from how much the Air2 cost when that was available) was in line with the cost of other NIOSH-certified powered respirators. It's far from cheap, but it's not the gouging attempt it might seem like. (I do wonder what the deal was with the massive price drop so soon after its release, though!)

And now, the actual experience: )

Countdown to Pinch hit Deadline

Jun. 25th, 2025 10:10 am
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All pinch hits have been claimed! All assignments need to either be in or e-mail me by July 1st.

If everything goes according to plan, we will have reveals on July 4th!

"It's just a show."

Jun. 25th, 2025 09:08 am
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[personal profile] author_by_night posting in [community profile] tv_talk
 

I see that ^ statement a lot in discussion spaces, mostly in Reddit and Facebook groups.  And I wanted to tackle that.

I do think that you have to acknowledge that a work of fiction is a work of fiction. You can't expect storylines to be 100% realistic when they're very much reliant on plot. To quote a song from Crazy-Ex Girlfriend: "If you watched a movie that was like real life, you'd be like, 'what the hell was that movie about?'" The same applies to all works of fiction. 

At the same time, the characters do not know they're fictional. There should still be some rationale behind their actions (unless they're meant to be incredibly impulsive and/or irrational people). Storylines can push the boundaries of reality, but should still follow a somewhat logical course, unless they're meant to be absurdist shows where logic doesn't apply. Characters should still act consistently with who we understand there to be, unless, again, they're meant to be inconsistent, or we're seeing a side of them the show has always hinted at but never tapped into. Of course, fans are bound to disagree on what works for them. One person might think a storyline is too contrived, while another person thinks it makes perfect sense. The issue, then, isn't "it's just a show", but whether or not even within the context of fiction, XYZ worked for that person. 

I also think that "it's just a show" is often said by VERY casual fans who aren't really up for discussing TV, but have still entered those spaces. There are a lot of people who take a very casual approach - they watch something, they like it or don't, that's it. So it is very easy to say "it's just a show" when your investment is minimal. The problem is, they're not bearing in mind that it's a discussion space, meaning people will want to discuss. Another example might be joining a bird watching group, despite not wanting to bird watch. It's fine if you're good just listening to birds chip and smiling when you spot them in the bushes, but a bird watching group is going to take it to the next level. (Which is why I'd never join one.)

IMHO, anyway. What do you guys think?

ST AOS thoughts

Jun. 25th, 2025 08:41 am
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So as some of you know, [personal profile] elperian is watching ST TOS for the first time, and her reactions are making me giddy with love for my characters. So I started reading some fic (always up for recommendations!) and then read one of those crossovers between TOS and AOS and the writer was good, so I started reading all their AOS fic and then their bookmarks and before you know it I'm having an AOS moment?

So I decided to rewatch the three films and here are my thoughts in Tumblr-style no-capitals writing:

Stark Trek (2009) )


Into Darkness )


Beyond )


random relationship thoughts )


tl;dr

2009 film: delightful
Into Darkness: infuriates me and I will die mad about it
Beyond: delightful again
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I got a great idea that I was going to make image posts on Tumblr for my top lists of fountain pen ink (favorite inks and inks at the top of my to-buy list), but you need good swatches for that. Or I mean, that was my vision: the whole point is they're pretty.

And so I went to my favorite ink review blog, Mountain of Ink, and discovered that she's got a no-rightclick javascript over all her individual ink swatch images. Obviously, since I'm a 42-year-old millenial who has been using computers since I was a toddler, I could get around this, but I don't want to use her images if she doesn't want people to use them. (I would only have done so in the good-faith belief that normal credit and linkback was all that courtesy required. And I would have earnestly recommended her blog too, because that's what I always do!)

So that means I'd have to make and photograph my own ink swatches. Making's easy (if slightly time-consuming), but taking good photos of them is hard! Like here's some swatches I had knocking around in my folder: my favorite CRAZY expensive ink, Sailor Ink Studio 160 (a light minty green); my favorite all-purpose ink, J Herbin Vert Réséda (a bright teal with a very slight leaning towards green); a lovely dark moody ink, J Herbin Poussière de Lune (a saturated reddish plum purple).


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See, it's overcast but bright today - the sky is a solid opaque cool milky white. I took these photos two feet from an open window, with my bright light therapy sunlamp shining from the other side at the same distance. And the color reproduction is still not good! You can see it in the whites - everything looks cooler and dimmer than reality.

Sure, I could color correct them with an image manipulation program, but I think that defeats the point of swatches. And I'm not into it enough to, like, sign up for a Skillshare course in photographing art. So IDK. Maybe I will get more into making swatches. I actually bought a glass dip pen for this exact purpose a couple of years ago, only I broke the tip of the pen the first time I used it and then I didn't buy another (I have regular dip pens though so it's not really necessary).
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Here's what I'm looking forward to:

The coffee table is an unholy mess. The paper piles are becoming paper towers. Once this extra-busy period is done within the next week or so, I get to sort out all the papers and clean it.

- Psii (he/him)

Fic: Voices (Guardian drama)

Jun. 24th, 2025 08:09 pm
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[personal profile] sef1029 posting in [community profile] sid_guardian
Title: Voices 
Words: 33,672 words 
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Relationships: Weilan, Chuguo
Characters: Shen Wei, Zhao Yunlan, Zhao Xinci, Shen Xi, Zhang Shi, Da Qing, Chu Shuzhi, Guo Changcheng, Zhu Hong, SID team, Fu You
Additional tags: Fix-It, Follow-on from episode 17, Multiple POVs, Story of the gun, Loss of Shen Xi
Summary: Zhao Yunlan's first visit to Dixing reveals the reason for his mother's death and the origin of his father's magic gun. Fu You had a plan.

too many large crooked numbers

Jun. 24th, 2025 09:10 pm
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[personal profile] musesfool
So this morning I updated the board chair on expected attendance at today's board meeting, and she replied, should we just switch the meeting to zoom entirely, due to the weather? So that is what we did! And as much as I would have liked to have had dinner with Friend L this evening, I was much happier not having to schlep into the city in 101°F heat. The meeting went well, and now I can relax for a few weeks.

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Daily Check-in

Jun. 24th, 2025 06:02 pm
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, June 24, to midnight on Wednesday, June 25. (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33285 Daily Check-in
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 25

How are you doing?

I am OK.
15 (60.0%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
10 (40.0%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
8 (32.0%)

One other person.
11 (44.0%)

More than one other person.
6 (24.0%)




Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

Tuesday, 24th June 2025

Jun. 24th, 2025 03:03 pm
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Meme time.

Jun. 24th, 2025 11:23 am
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Give me a canon and I'll give you:

1. One True Pairing Ship:
2. Canon Ship:
3. "If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
4. "You are one sick bastard" Ship:
5. "I dabble a little" Ship:
6. "It's like a car crash" Ship:
7. "Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
8. "Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not" Ship:
9. "Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:

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