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Dec. 15th, 2025 05:01 am
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Posted by Sampo

Born on this date:

2017: Carla Sands (aka Herd), assumed the office of U.S. ambassador to Denmark.

Herd played Carissa and Elizena in the movie in episode 703- DEATHSTALKER AND THE WARRIORS FROM HELL.

Daily Check-In

Dec. 14th, 2025 09:03 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 Sunday, December 14, to midnight on Monday, December 15 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #33959 Daily check-in poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 13

How are you doing?

I am OK
9 (69.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
4 (30.8%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
7 (53.8%)

One other person
4 (30.8%)

More than one other person
2 (15.4%)



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.
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Today I made this soup, based on a similar recipe from Stock the Crock page 24. I wanted to write down my version so I don't forget it.

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Nihotupu dam, early summer

Dec. 15th, 2025 01:42 pm
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I drove out to my local reservoir to charge my car battery and check the water levels after the unusually hot spring we've had (global warming and La Niña). It wasn't too bad as despite the heat we've also had bouts of heavy rain. The Watercare site says the local dams are at 85% of usual levels.

pics here )

Anyone want anything?

Dec. 14th, 2025 05:36 pm
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Anyone want anything? Drabble, meta, rant, ridiculous lyrics that scan to I Had A Little Driedel, complete bullshit about a topic I know nothing about, etc? ;)


(These posts don't expire.)

Safety

Dec. 14th, 2025 05:20 pm
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Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.

All told, more than half of Parkinson’s research dollars in the past two decades have flowed toward genetics.
But Parkinson’s rates in the US have doubled in the past 30 years. And studies suggest they will climb another 15 to 35 percent in each coming decade. This is not how an inherited genetic disease is supposed to behave.
Despite the avalanche of funding, the latest research suggests that only 10 to 15 percent of Parkinson’s cases can be fully explained by genetics. The other three-quarters are, functionally, a mystery.
[---8<---]
Parkinson’s, it appeared, could be caused by a chemical.

Short TV show review: Andor

Dec. 14th, 2025 11:11 pm
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I really enjoyed watching Andor, overall. I did think there were a few places where the pacing dragged a bit and it wasn't as mindblowingly great as the hype made it sound like it would be, but it was still very good! The bits on Ghorman were kind of annoying because the Ghor language sounds so much like French but isn't French, I felt like I was taking crazy pills hahaha. Favourite episode was either the prison break or the Kleya flashbacks episode. I agressively Did Not Care about Syril or his mother, but every other character was at least interesting. I love Cassian, Vel and Cinta, but I think Kleya might be my favourite. I want to rewatch Rogue One, now.

Top 25 K-pop songs of 2025!

Dec. 14th, 2025 03:18 pm
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NME (which seems have a much better of understanding on K-pop than Rolling Stone) has released a list of the [top 25 K-pop songs of 2025]! I scrolled to it, sure that I would have forgotten a lot of songs from earlier in the year, and was pleasantly surprised to see there were some I hadn't heard before, so it was like an early birthday present from NME!

I was also looking to see if NMIXX made the list — I've loved their new songs, and I was hoping that other people appreciated them. I was happy to see NMIXX's "High Horse" ranked #7 — four places higher than Blackpink's "Jump" (which I thought was highly overrated and wouldn't have ranked so high had it been by someone other than Blackpink). I then kept scrolling and was pleased and surprised to see H1-Key's "Summer Was You" ranked #6. Then I kept scrolling and was absolutely gobsmacked to see Huntr/x's "Golden" ranked #2 — I expected it to take the top spot, and was extremely surprised to find it in #2! So what was #1? I had absolutely no idea. I scrolled and was surprised and overjoyed to find NMIXX's "Spinnin' on It" at #1!

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This is the thing that's been consuming my brain. Part 1 of 4, but it'll be done before the premiere!

An Act of Indignation (14569 words) by Alethia
Chapters: 1/4
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Iraq, Médicins Sans Frontières | Doctors Without Borders, War, Porn, First Kiss, First Time, how DID robby and abbot meet?, what if it was at war?
Summary:

Darnell nodded, glancing over Robby like he was trying to place him in the hierarchy of important to ignorable and it could go either way. "What's this?"

"MSF FNG," Jack shot back. Whatever that meant, he sounded amused.

Darnell scoffed and looked to Robby, expression going decidedly unimpressed. "Oh, yeah? You here to find yourself? Have an adventure? Do something hard?" he asked, each question more mocking than the last.

And there was that question again, like it was haunting Robby. He stifled his instinct to bite back and kept it simple: "I'm here to help."

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Dec. 14th, 2025 04:38 pm
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On my way out the door to a vigil for last night's mass casualty incident; today is also the thirteenth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, and there was an antisemitic mass shooting in Bondi Beach, Australia yesterday.

I do not know how I am going to get through this vigil and come home and light my chanukiyah, with its engraving, More life. The great work begins.

ETA: Ran into some coworkers at the extremely well-attended vigil and they came home with me to light the chanukiyah, and that helped.

Write every day: Day 14

Dec. 14th, 2025 10:18 pm
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Alibi sentence (or rather, alibi finishing of an unfinished sentence). How about you?

Tally:
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Day 12: [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] garonne, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] chestnut_pod, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 13: [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] chestnut_pod, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] carenejeans, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] garonne, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 14: [personal profile] china_shop

Bonus farm news: Today I threshed some radish seeds.
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Poll #33957 Chag sameach!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 24


But really, how do you spell it in English?

View Answers

Hanukkah
16 (66.7%)

Chanukah
5 (20.8%)

Hanukah
1 (4.2%)

Something else
2 (8.3%)



Also, please take a poem

Edit: Also, also, two videos

Food

Dec. 14th, 2025 02:29 pm
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Scientists find dark chocolate ingredient that slows aging

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between dark chocolate and slower aging. A natural cocoa compound called theobromine was found in higher levels among people who appeared biologically younger than their real age.


Well, that's good news! :D Watch for clinical-grade chocolate with a high level of cocoa solids (dark or the higher end of milk), preferably organic and environmentally friendly. Enjoy a recipe:

Dark Chocolate Brownies with Raspberry Spread



Human Rights

Dec. 14th, 2025 02:17 pm
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Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court

The child, barely old enough to talk, was one of 25 immigrant children forced to fight removal efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the Pima County immigration courthouse in Tucson on Nov. 24.


This article highlights numerous abuses and other problems.

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Birdfeeding

Dec. 14th, 2025 02:08 pm
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Today is mostly sunny and quite frigid.  It snowed copiously yesterday, wiping out our plans to visit a holiday market. :(

I fed the birds.  I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus at least one mourning dove.  The windows are frosted so much that it's hard to identify them. 

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 12/14/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 12/14/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 12/14/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

I've seen two male and one female cardinal.  At one point, the sparrows were trying to fit 7-8 birds on an edge of the hopper feeder with room for maybe 4-5 if they weren't fighting.  So it's actually beyond four-bird-cold today!

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

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