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rolanniDiscursions first: There are some great titles out there in the word. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds are two of my favorites. What are some of your favorite titles?
Onward.
I've got about 100 more pages of WIP to read, which I'll do tomorrow, and then get with actually making the changes I've notated.
The last three days have been awesome; being able to concentrate on the story, and not have to interrupt my thought processes to cope with RL is priceless. It's what Steve and I were able to give to each other -- whoever was lead got as much relief from RL as it was possible for the other to give them. Living the Life of the Mind, Baby.
Next week is RL's Revenge, but I still have tomorrow and Monday to work.
I can also report other accomplishments on the day. Three of my four TWSBI ECO demonstrator pens, that I love beyond all reason, have lately become very ... drippy. I couldn't write a page without blots, and it was getting worse. I really was at the point of thinking I was going to have to go back to roller pens, which are -- OK, but they're not fountain pens. So -- long story short -- I looked on the internet and found out that pens that are dropped a lot (those would be my pens), sometimes the nib gets loose, and the ink can't flow properly, and blots happen. If my pens were blotting, maybe try pushing in the nibs.
Figuring that at this point, I had nothing to lose, I pushed the nib in on the first (leaking the most) pen.
SNAP! the nib reseated itself. My heart rose, and I did the same thing with the second and third pens -- SNAPSNAP!
And the pen that hadn't been giving me any trouble? No snap.
I've been writing with the former worst offender all afternoon, and nary a blot.
Y'know? When the internet works, it's a good tool.
So, a satisfying and productive day here at the Confusion Factory. The cats have been Extremely Good and even now, with Happy Hour on the horizon, they're only making the verymost quietest suggestions that Saturday Happy Hour could happen a little earlier?
Hope everybody had a good day, which is segueing into a good evening. Stay safe; I'll see you tomorrow.
Supervisors on duty. Yes, I am a pawful.
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lightbirdbrightknightie's mention of it in her post re new vampire media community. This book precedes Stoker's Dracula by 25 years or so, and while I do like Dracula better, this is a really interesting early sapphic vampire story and worth checking out.case posting in fandomsecrets| RULES: 1. One secret link per comment. 2. 750x750 px or smaller. 3. Link directly to the image. More details on how to send a secret in! Optional: If you would like your secret's fandom to be noted in the main post along with the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. If your secret makes the fandom obvious, there's no need to do this. If your fandom is obscure, you should probably tell me what it is. Optional #2: If you would like WARNINGS (such as spoilers or common triggers -- list of some common ones here) to be noted in the main post before the secret itself, please put it in the comment along with your secret. Optional #3: If you would like a transcript to be posted along with your secret, put it along with the link in the comment! |
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Related, smallfandomfest is also hosting a Pimp Your Small Fandom event!
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October's Membership Drive ran smoothly, with Communications drafting posts in coordination with Development & Membership, and Translation making drive materials available in 26 languages. Finance also published a mid-year budget update prior to the Drive. This year's October Drive spotlighted Systems, who handle the OTW's server infrastructure, respond to outages, and perform routine upgrades and maintenance to ensure the OTW's projects remain available.
In total, we raised around $290,000 USD during the Drive, with around 2,500 gifts requested and around 7,000 people either starting or renewing their OTW membership. Thank you so much for your support!
In October, AO3 celebrated reaching 16 million works. Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve this milestone!
Accessibility, Design & Technology upgraded their servers to Ruby 3.4. They had a record 6 releases in 3 weeks which included bug fixes, usability improvements to a variety of AO3's site features, and further preparatory work for making AO3's interface and emails translatable in the future.
AO3 Documentation updated the Orphaning FAQ.
Open Doors announced two new import projects: The Pinky and the Brain Page, a Pinky and the Brain fanfiction archive, and Dreaming the Answers, an X-Files fanzine.
In September, Policy & Abuse received 4,300 tickets, while Support received 3,372 tickets. Tag Wrangling wrangled over 520,000 tags—around 1,150 tags per wrangling volunteer.
Tag Wrangling also continued the process of creating new "No Fandom" canonical tags and released a new batch of tags in October.
Communications' Con Outreach division coordinated the OTW's attendance at COMICUP ShangHai Plus 2025 in Shanghai, China, and MCM Comic Con London 2025 in London, England. Thank you to the volunteers who tabled these conventions, and everyone who said hi to us there!
Fanlore celebrated a Books themed month in October! Their next editing challenge will give editors a chance to earn missed badges from previous challenges. Keep an eye on their Bluesky, Twitter/X, and Tumblr for announcements about the challenge, which will run from November 16 to 30.
In October, Legal and an ally, the Wikimedia Foundation, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that Mississippi's online age verification statute overburdens mission-driven platforms and threatens the free speech rights of those platforms and their users. For more details, head over to our latest Spotlight on Legal Issues. Legal also answered a number of queries from fans.
TWC is finishing reviewing articles for the two upcoming 2026 special issues: "Disability and Fandom" and "Gaming Fandom".
Board held their third quarter public Board meeting on October 5 in the Board Discord. There were 35 attendees, and they answered 8 questions. Meeting minutes are available on the OTW website. Board also approved signing on to two US Supreme Court amicus briefs, one on opposing an age verification law and one on public domain of a folklore character.
The Board Assistants Team assisted with Board turnover, continued work on the OTW website, and collaborated with Organizational Culture Roadmap towards their goals. Organizational Culture Roadmap is currently in the process of evaluating responses to a survey of volunteers about the OTW Code of Conduct.
Strategic Planning continues to prepare for the 2026-2029 Strategic Plan. They are currently exploring different tools to support them in running the next phase: prioritization.
Volunteers & Recruiting conducted recruitment for five committees this month: Fanlore, Open Doors, Policy & Abuse, Translation, and User Response Translation. Volunteers & Recruiting also finalized an update to the OTW Name Policy, which contains information on what OTW names are now permitted, under what name volunteer work may be credited publicly, how to request a reference letter if someone's OTW name is not their legal name, and more.
From September 25 to October 24, Volunteers & Recruiting received 145 new requests, and completed 140, leaving them with 54 open requests. As of October 24, 2025, the OTW has 983 volunteers. \o/ Recent personnel movements are listed below.
New Directors: Elizabeth Wiltshire and Harlan Lieberman-Berg (Board Directors), and Rachel Linton (Vice President)
New Committee Chairs/Leads: Kyrie (Support)
New AD&T Volunteers: marcus8448 and ömer faruk (Software Developers)
New Development & Membership Volunteers: 2 Development & Membership Volunteers
New Open Doors Volunteers: eviltothecore13 and 1 other Technical Volunteer
New Support Volunteers: V Snow (Chair Assistant)
New User Response Translation Volunteers: meat (Volunteer Coordinator)
Departing Directors: Jennifer Haynes (Director) and Kathryn Soderholm (Vice President role only)
Departing Committee Chairs/Leads: 1 Accessibility, Design, & Technology Chair
Departing AD&T Volunteers: 1 Software Developer and 1 Senior Volunteer
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Departing BAT Volunteers: spacegandalf (Volunteer)
Departing Communications News Post Moderation Volunteers: Vihi (News Post Moderator)
Departing Open Doors Volunteers: 1 Technical Volunteer
Departing Tag Wrangling Volunteers: Executie, Hazelwyrm, Jas, SCEnt Hope, Zoë Two Dots, and 4 other Tag Wrangling Volunteers
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Departing Volunteers & Recruiting Volunteers: Amy2 (Projects Volunteer) and Ehryn (Volunteer)
For more information about our committees and their regular activities, you can refer to the committee pages on our website.
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