Girl Genius for Monday, March 09, 2026
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Just one thing: 09 March 2026
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awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
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Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!
Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
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PSA: solution for a known issue in Skyward Sword (Lanayru Desert) on Switch & Switch 2
Mar. 8th, 2026 06:13 pmbrightknightieI'm playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (HD) on Switch 2, docked, with a Pro Controller. Last night, I ran into an "I must be doing this wrong" frustration that turned out to be a known glitch, apparently affecting most folks playing without the motion controls for which the game was originally designed on the Wii. The most accessible advice on the internet is to "just" switch over to joy cons, turn on motion controls, calibrate, complete the puzzle, switch back to the pro controller, and switch back to button controls. ;-) Happily, I found an alternative tip -- to "flick" the right stick in a certain way -- and it worked!
I'd like to share, in case this helps anyone else: ( Spoilers for which puzzle has this issue, the glitch, and how to proceed without motion controls )
The possibility that I'm doing something wrong in a game is always first and foremost. :-) In this case, though, it's an actual known imperfection in an otherwise very impressive port.
I'd like to share, in case this helps anyone else: ( Spoilers for which puzzle has this issue, the glitch, and how to proceed without motion controls )
The possibility that I'm doing something wrong in a game is always first and foremost. :-) In this case, though, it's an actual known imperfection in an otherwise very impressive port.
Valentine's Bingo - Column
Mar. 8th, 2026 01:28 pmdrabblewriter posting in allbingoFandoms: 2 Poppy Playtime, 3 none
Mediums: 2 junk journal projects, 1 habit tracker poster, 1 fic, 1 moodboard & blurb
Mediums: 2 junk journal projects, 1 habit tracker poster, 1 fic, 1 moodboard & blurb
Prompts: Challenge Yourself, Set Goals, Gentle, Feel Your Feelings, Dreamy
[ Card & Fills ]
short fiction rec: Morag and Seamus stories
Mar. 8th, 2026 01:35 pmjadelennoxI am enjoying this Clarkesworld subscription. Snail mail once a month full of stories! And my favorite part of the subscription has been the recurring Morag and Seamus stories by Fiona Moore (all free online). I believe it's every one of her Clarkesworld stories from "The Spoil Heap" on. The list on the site is reverse chronological, so if you want to read in order, scroll down to "The Spoil Heap" and read up from there.
While very different, they remind me in vibe of Naomi Kritzer's "The Year Without Sunshine". One of my difficulties with some hopepunk is that it can ignore hard truths—which, I admit, is sometimes what I want! But like "The Year Without Sunshine", the Morag and Seamus stories don't pretend mutual aid can create Abundance™️, or outcompete bad and selfish actors, or defeat natural disasters, or solve medical and ability needs, or create entire post-scarcity planets or large societies where goodness reigns. In fact, the Morag and Seamus stories specifically roll their eyes at people who think we can achieve fully automated luxury gay space communism.
They're just about people (and possibly robots) figuring their shit out, in myriad ways. Some are helpers and some aren't; some make family in all kind of ways; nobody's sure what the future holds. Helpers beget helpers, greed begets problems, the world moves on, Morag and Seamus grow potatoes in Wales.
Sunday Word: Monocoque
Mar. 8th, 2026 01:04 pmsallymn posting in 1word1daymonocoque [mon-uh-kohk, -kok]
noun:
1 a type of boat, aircraft, or rocket construction in which the shell carries most of the stresses
2 (automotive) a type of vehicular construction in which the body is combined with the chassis as a single unit
adjective:
of or relating to the design characteristic of a monocoque
Examples:
The figure is a best early estimate for repairs the car, and could yet go up - Red Bull are still looking into whether the monocoque can be repaired or will have to be replaced with a new one. (Andrew Benson, British Grand Prix crash to cost Red Bull £1.3m, says Christian Horner, BBC, July 2021)
The monocoque is the largest single carbon fiber piece in the automotive industry, according to the company, dramatically cutting weight and improving safety. (Sean O'Kane, Rimac reveals the Nevera, a 1,900-horsepower electric hypercar, Yje Verge, June 2021)
Using a unibody, or monocoque, construction makes these Mustangs stiffer and lighter than a body on frame design. (Karl Brauer, Test-Driving The 'New' 1968 Ford Mustang By Revology Cars, Forbes, November 2024)
The front section, including the cockpit survival cell and the jet engine's air intake, is a carbon fiber monocoque, similar to a top flight race car (and now the occasional road car). (Jonathan M Gitlin, Bloodhound SSC: How do you build a car capable of 1,000mph?, Ars Technica, November 2018)
Origin:
French: mono- + coque, shell (from Old French, from Latin coccum, berry, from Greek kokkos) (The Free Dictionary)
Just one thing: 08 March 2026
Mar. 7th, 2026 10:13 pmjazzyjj posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
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ADHD with the knockout 🎉
Mar. 7th, 2026 07:14 pmjadelennoxI was writing up a navel-gazing post about grief (tl;dr turned out I think "oh MM would like that!" more often than I would have suspected) and it somehow spiraled into how I could make beautiful and accessible no-Javascript footnotes CSS given the Dreamwidth CSS restrictions. This resulted in me, among other things, reading the DW codebase to see all the CSS restrictions, and then finally after a couple of hours getting my perfect CSS, even though it's completely useless because it will only work when reading in my journal style.
(ETA: That's only because I'm being a perfectionist about placement for the purposes of this exercise, and DW doesn't allow absolute positioning in inline HTML.)
(Also even making this post resulted in me reading the code for Perl's Text::Markdown since I couldn't remember which code block syntax it used.
Hyperfixation FTW!
( CSS, FWIW )
Ficlet: An Awful Indroduction
Mar. 7th, 2026 06:14 pmrivulet027Title: An Awful Introduction
Fandom: Star Wars
Pairing: Stordan/Bodhi
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Star Wars. It's not my toy box and I'm merely playing.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Stordan thinks dying should be less of a surprise.
A/N: Written for thefandomweekly prompt near-death experience with the bonus prompt "Please, stay with me".
( An Awful Indroduction )
Fandom: Star Wars
Pairing: Stordan/Bodhi
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Star Wars. It's not my toy box and I'm merely playing.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Stordan thinks dying should be less of a surprise.
A/N: Written for the
fandomweekly prompt near-death experience with the bonus prompt "Please, stay with me".( An Awful Indroduction )
Fannish options & enthusiasms | March 2026
Mar. 7th, 2026 09:56 ambrightknightieHere are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share!
Spotlight: As a gift, I received a "Collectible Crime Classics" copy of The Benson Murder Case (1926) by S.S. Van Dine. I'd never heard of the author and barely of his detective, Philo Vance, though they'd apparently been tremendously popular and influential in their day (12 novels, dozens of radio serials and movies). So I settled in to enjoy the first in this "classic" series... and soon discovered why I was not familiar and why no one is remaking these today. ( Read more... )
Ficathons, fests & communities
- Create & engage
- marchmetamatterschallenge is in progress. Locate, preserve, and create fannish meta (essays, timelines, concordances, maps, etc.).
- bethefirst, the annual challenge to write the first story in a fandom, is open for both sign-ups and submissions through 4/20.
- worldbuildex, an exchange focused on worldbuilding, has nominations through 3/10, sign-ups through 3/21, due 5/16.
rehome-your-fic ("Shelter for Abandoned Fics") is a project to "re-home" abandoned WIPs from an author who will never finish them to one who will. You can surrender a fic or foster a surrendered fic.
- 40daysofdrabbles is posting daily winter/spring-themed prompts through Easter.
- unsent_letters_exchange, the epistolary exchange (need not literally be letters, much less unsent), has sign-ups through 3/09, due 4/25.
- fkficfest, the annual Forever Knight event, is on for '26, with a summer due date to be announced.
- pokepodproject, the event to create a fic+podfic for every pokémon, is holding an "Unown" mini round. Sign-ups close 3/08; stories due 3/17.
- allbingo's March theme is "crafting."
- trope_of_the_month's March theme is "mirror universe."
- pinchhits is a community for posting needed fills for exchanges. For example, traumaticexperiences and au5k are currently seeking pinch hitters.
- whenisitdue tracks many more events than I note here!
- Enjoy & share
- fancake (themed fanfic recs); March theme: "siblings"
- gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
- het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
- fanart_recs (fanart recs)
- recthething (fanwork recs)
Sidelight: Nintendo is suing the US government for full tariff refunds plus interest. The Switch 2 console premiered last year; shipping and stocking worldwide were affected as Nintendo raced to get units into the US for launch day before the tariffs took effect (not to mention Nintendo's profits being affected all along). As reported in TechCrunch, IGN, Polygon, etc.
AAM: my coworker won’t stop interfering with my service dog
Mar. 7th, 2026 09:25 ampetrea_mitchell posting in agonyauntA reader writes:
I work in a cubicle office and bring a trained, medically necessary service dog named “Betty” to the office with me. I allow her to socialize with coworkers on breaks, and she is very loved in the office for how friendly and adorable she is. She also adores her coworkers and thinks everyone is her best friend.
Unfortunately, a new coworker, “Sarah,” has been repeatedly ignoring service dog boundaries with Betty over the last six months.
These boundary violations include taking Betty out of my cube while I’m on work calls or distracted, removing her leash in public work areas without asking, entering my cube without permission to interact with her, and petting her or interacting with her when I step away from my desk. This has started to impact Betty’s training as she’s now having separation anxiety behaviors when I leave in order to get attention. Sarah would respond to this behavior, which escalated it, despite being asked repeatedly not to.
Things were at their worst today when Sarah not only removed Betty’s leash but also attempted to remove her service dog gear. I asked her to stop but this didn’t work, and I had to physically push her hands away from Betty.
I have had multiple conversations with Sarah about her behavior with little success. When I point out a specific behavior, Sarah will then start doing a new one or find different ways to circumvent the boundary and continue her interactions with Betty. This appears to be a pattern with Sarah, as there are other areas where she struggles to incorporate feedback.
All my conversations with Sarah so far have been verbal and in the moment, as we are equals and I don’t feel it is my place to supervise her behavior. I did message my supervisor about the concerns when they started escalating and we had a one-on-one about it. My supervisor then spoke with Sarah’s supervisor about the issues and a one-on-one was had with Sarah about a month ago. Despite this, the behavior has not gotten better and seems to be getting worse.
I have had a previous negative experience with HR where I was blamed for not handling a verbally aggressive and threatening coworker with clearer boundaries before escalating to them. This time I want to make sure that I’m doing everything I can and should before I escalate things to HR again. I also don’t want to ruin the atmosphere of the office by cutting off all contact to Betty due to one coworker being unable to follow boundaries. What should I do in this instance to handle it professionally and not step on toes or upset HR?
– Trying to keep my working dog working
( Read more... )
( Plus, an update from the comments )
I work in a cubicle office and bring a trained, medically necessary service dog named “Betty” to the office with me. I allow her to socialize with coworkers on breaks, and she is very loved in the office for how friendly and adorable she is. She also adores her coworkers and thinks everyone is her best friend.
Unfortunately, a new coworker, “Sarah,” has been repeatedly ignoring service dog boundaries with Betty over the last six months.
These boundary violations include taking Betty out of my cube while I’m on work calls or distracted, removing her leash in public work areas without asking, entering my cube without permission to interact with her, and petting her or interacting with her when I step away from my desk. This has started to impact Betty’s training as she’s now having separation anxiety behaviors when I leave in order to get attention. Sarah would respond to this behavior, which escalated it, despite being asked repeatedly not to.
Things were at their worst today when Sarah not only removed Betty’s leash but also attempted to remove her service dog gear. I asked her to stop but this didn’t work, and I had to physically push her hands away from Betty.
I have had multiple conversations with Sarah about her behavior with little success. When I point out a specific behavior, Sarah will then start doing a new one or find different ways to circumvent the boundary and continue her interactions with Betty. This appears to be a pattern with Sarah, as there are other areas where she struggles to incorporate feedback.
All my conversations with Sarah so far have been verbal and in the moment, as we are equals and I don’t feel it is my place to supervise her behavior. I did message my supervisor about the concerns when they started escalating and we had a one-on-one about it. My supervisor then spoke with Sarah’s supervisor about the issues and a one-on-one was had with Sarah about a month ago. Despite this, the behavior has not gotten better and seems to be getting worse.
I have had a previous negative experience with HR where I was blamed for not handling a verbally aggressive and threatening coworker with clearer boundaries before escalating to them. This time I want to make sure that I’m doing everything I can and should before I escalate things to HR again. I also don’t want to ruin the atmosphere of the office by cutting off all contact to Betty due to one coworker being unable to follow boundaries. What should I do in this instance to handle it professionally and not step on toes or upset HR?
– Trying to keep my working dog working
( Read more... )
( Plus, an update from the comments )
Miss Manners investigates a crime
Mar. 7th, 2026 09:16 ampetrea_mitchell posting in agonyauntMiss Manners: Items vanish post‑party, and list of possible culprits is down to 3. How do I proceed?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hosted a dinner party for 20 guests. Since a few of them smoke, I had arranged a separate room to function as a smoking room.
After the party, I discovered that a very small painting and a little sculpture were missing from the smoking room. Neither of them is really valuable, even sentimentally, but it still has left me very distraught.
There is no other way that these items could have disappeared except being taken by someone. Only three guests were ever in that room.
Now, what do I do? I have not mentioned this to anyone, since it undoubtedly would make everyone uncomfortable and lead to speculations about who took the things. I’d rather just forget about the whole thing, but if something similar happens in someone else’s home, I will feel guilty for not having said anything.
( Read more... )
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hosted a dinner party for 20 guests. Since a few of them smoke, I had arranged a separate room to function as a smoking room.
After the party, I discovered that a very small painting and a little sculpture were missing from the smoking room. Neither of them is really valuable, even sentimentally, but it still has left me very distraught.
There is no other way that these items could have disappeared except being taken by someone. Only three guests were ever in that room.
Now, what do I do? I have not mentioned this to anyone, since it undoubtedly would make everyone uncomfortable and lead to speculations about who took the things. I’d rather just forget about the whole thing, but if something similar happens in someone else’s home, I will feel guilty for not having said anything.
( Read more... )
Just One Thing (07 March 2026)
Mar. 7th, 2026 09:39 amnanila posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
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A Conrad Veidt Community
Mar. 7th, 2026 08:36 amscifirenegade posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
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conradveidtA community dedicated to Conrad Veidt. Whether you are a seasoned fan, a casual fan, someone who has seen everything there is to be seen or who's just starting their journey, this community is for you!
You can post about anything related to Herr Veidt here. Discussions, film reviews, fanworks (fic, art, icons, vids, anything!), recs, meta, picspams, gifs, etc. Discussion of film/culture and society of the 1910s-1940s is also acceptable.
Every month, we shall highlight one film.
Right now, we're hosting a movie tournament.
AO3 Celebrates 17 Million Fanworks
Mar. 6th, 2026 05:17 pmotw_news_feedA lot has been going on at the Archive of Our Own (AO3) lately! In January, we celebrated 10 million registered users on AO3. February was all about International Fanworks Day, which we celebrated with several events, culminating in our 30-hour chat and games party over on Discord. And now, we’ve hit another milestone: 17 million fanworks on AO3!
With this many amazing fanworks, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to remember your favorites. This is why we have bookmarks on AO3! Bookmarks are a useful tool to save fanworks for re-reading whenever the mood strikes, or to recommend a work to other users.
And did you know that not only can you bookmark works posted on AO3, but also external fanworks you want to remember? To bookmark an external work, go to your Dashboard, and then to the “Bookmarks” section. In the upper right corner, there should be a button called “Bookmark External Work”. For more information on bookmarks, check out our Bookmarks FAQ!
As always, we are beyond grateful for each and every one of you who contributes their free time, love, and effort to AO3, and helps us grow and flourish! We’re excited to see what other achievements we’ll celebrate together this year.
Just One Thing (06 March 2026)
Mar. 6th, 2026 08:34 amnanila posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
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Girl Genius for Friday, March 06, 2026
Mar. 6th, 2026 05:00 amgirlgenius_main_feedThe Girl Genius comic for Friday, March 06, 2026 has been posted.
LW isn't sure about punishment for son's inappropriate illustration
Mar. 5th, 2026 08:57 pmfirebatvillain posting in agonyauntDear Care and Feeding,
Two weeks ago my wife and I received a call from the school our 10-year-old son, “Josh” attends. Apparently, Josh was angry with his teacher, “Mrs. Smith,” after he was kept in from recess for playing with his phone during class. So he drew a picture.
The drawing was of his teacher in a compromising position with a dog. It circulated among the students, one of whom ultimately ratted him out. We had to attend a conference with Mrs. Smith and the principal, and Josh ended up with a week’s suspension. He’s been grounded for the next month, but his best friend’s birthday falls during that time period. My wife thinks he should be made to skip the party. I think that’s excessive and punishes not only Josh, but his friend as well and we’ve been at odds over it since. I don’t think making an exception will diminish the lesson we are trying to teach Josh about his behavior. Thoughts?
—Doodle Debacle
( Read more... )
Two weeks ago my wife and I received a call from the school our 10-year-old son, “Josh” attends. Apparently, Josh was angry with his teacher, “Mrs. Smith,” after he was kept in from recess for playing with his phone during class. So he drew a picture.
The drawing was of his teacher in a compromising position with a dog. It circulated among the students, one of whom ultimately ratted him out. We had to attend a conference with Mrs. Smith and the principal, and Josh ended up with a week’s suspension. He’s been grounded for the next month, but his best friend’s birthday falls during that time period. My wife thinks he should be made to skip the party. I think that’s excessive and punishes not only Josh, but his friend as well and we’ve been at odds over it since. I don’t think making an exception will diminish the lesson we are trying to teach Josh about his behavior. Thoughts?
—Doodle Debacle
( Read more... )
February 2026 Newsletter, Volume 208
Mar. 5th, 2026 01:43 pmotw_news_feedI. INTERNATIONAL FANWORKS DAY
On February 15, Communications coordinated many International Fanworks Day (IFD) activities, including a Feedback Fest highlighting fanwork recommendations, an editing challenge in conjunction with Fanlore, and an IFD Discord server with games and chatting. Additionally, Translation helped make IFD materials available in 22 languages. Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating!
II. ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN
In February, we celebrated AO3 reaching 10 million registered users! \o/
Accessibility, Design & Technology (AD&T) focused on some important upgrades and bug fixes, including upgrading to Ruby on Rails 8 and improving the collection revealing process. They also published release notes for December’s code changes.
AO3 Documentation began their biannual review of user-facing documentation.
In the past month, Open Doors signed five new agreements with moderators to import their archives to AO3! Fandoms include Highlander, The Magnificent Seven, My Chemical Romance, and others. They also completed the import of Slashknot, a Slipknot (band) fanfiction and fanart archive.
In January, Support received 3,811 tickets, while Policy & Abuse (PAC) received 7,972 tickets. User Response Translation completed 12 requests from PAC and 37 requests from Support. PAC continues to work closely with AD&T and Systems to combat spam that users have been experiencing across the site.
Tag Wrangling announced 28 new “No Fandom” canonical tags for February. In January, they wrangled over 648,000 tags, or around 1,400 tags per wrangling volunteer.
III. ELSEWHERE AT THE OTW
Fanlore ran a Femslash February monthly editing challenge! Systems also helped upgrade Fanlore to a new version of MediaWiki.
In February, Legal had one of their volunteers participate in a briefing for staffers in the U.S. Legislature to gain a deeper understanding of copyright fair use. Elsewhere, Legal answered a number of questions internally and from users.
TWC is preparing their March 2026 issue on “Gaming Fandom” for publication. They also completed an update of TWC’s editorial board as part of their ongoing work to expand TWC’s scope, diversify their discipline in terms of historically marginalized fans and scholars, make the journal more international in scope, and increase multimodal approaches.
IV. GOVERNANCE
Board has concluded all Board-committee check-ins and is reviewing key themes across the organization. They also voted to approve an interpretative rule of one bylaw to better accommodate any future Board members with hearing disabilities.
Board Assistants Team continued work on various projects, including revamping the OTW Board Discord and researching projects on volunteer retention, public meeting best practices, and volunteer mental health.
Organizational Culture Roadmap continued work on the OTW Code of Conduct update project by finishing a summary of internal survey results and adjusting Code of Conduct drafts based on recommendations from an external HR firm. The OTW Crisis Management Plan has been finalised and approved by the Board.
V. OUR VOLUNTEERS
In February, Volunteers & Recruiting ran recruitment for seven roles across four committees and one workgroup.
From January 23 to February 21, Volunteers & Recruiting received 182 new requests and completed 295, leaving them with 61 open requests (including induction and removal tasks listed below). As of February 21, 2026, the OTW has 985 volunteers. \o/ Recent personnel movements are listed below.
New Communications Volunteers: 3 Social Media Moderators
New Translation Volunteers: 1 Volunteer Manager and 1 Translator
New Volunteers & Recruiting Volunteers: corr and peaandsea (Chair Assistants) and 1 Volunteer
Departing Committee Chairs/Leads: Elizabeth Wiltshire (Organizational Culture Roadmap Head) and 1 Elections Chair
Departing AO3 Documentation Volunteers: 1 Editor
Departing Communications Volunteers: Abby (Social Media Moderator) and 2 Weibo Moderators
Departing Elections Volunteers: 1 Voting Process Architect
Departing Open Doors Volunteers: Mei and 2 other Import Assistants, and 1 Chair Assistant
Departing Support Volunteers: Mily and RRHand (Volunteers)
Departing Tag Wrangling Volunteers: Indes, lifeisyetfair, PinkBrain, plantpun, and 14 other Tag Wrangling Volunteers
Departing Translation Volunteers: Idiosincrasy (Volunteer Manager and Translator), 3 Volunteer Managers, and 1 Translator
Departing Volunteers & Recruiting Volunteers: corr, peaandsea, and 1 other Senior Volunteer; and 2 Volunteers
For more information about our committees and their regular activities, you can refer to the committee pages on our website.
The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, OTW Legal Advocacy, and Transformative Works and Cultures. We are a fan-run, donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.
Just One Thing (05 March 2026)
Mar. 5th, 2026 08:02 amnanila posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
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