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ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-15 12:03 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-15 12:03 am
Monday Update 12-15-25
These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Recipe: "Butternut Squash Soup with Apples and Onions"
Food
Birdfeeding
Safety
Today's Cooking
Science
Birdfeeding
Economics
Philosophical Questions: Humans
Water
Birdfeeding
Early Humans
Follow Friday 12-12-25: Labyrinth
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Today's Cooking
Sustainability
Family Skills
History
Poem: "Koinophobia"
Poem: "Nementia"
Politics
Birdfeeding
Good News
Trauma has 46 comments. Affordable Housing has 77 comments. Robotics has 118 comments.
The 2025 Holiday Poetry Sale will run Monday, December 15 through Friday 19. This is a good place to spend holiday money or buy a gift for a fellow bookworm. \o/
Winterfaire 2025 is now open! List a Booth for anything you sell that would make good holiday gifts, or comment with what you're shopping for to crowdsource ideas. There are links to two similar shopping events online. if you know others, please pass the word.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv. It needs $72 to be complete. Shiv and his classmates discuss magical weather, magical geography, natural resources, plants and animals, history, and other aspects of worldbuilding.
The weather has been cold and snowy here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least one female and four male cardinals, several mourning doves, and a wren.
Recipe: "Butternut Squash Soup with Apples and Onions"
Food
Birdfeeding
Safety
Today's Cooking
Science
Birdfeeding
Economics
Philosophical Questions: Humans
Water
Birdfeeding
Early Humans
Follow Friday 12-12-25: Labyrinth
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Today's Cooking
Sustainability
Family Skills
History
Poem: "Koinophobia"
Poem: "Nementia"
Politics
Birdfeeding
Good News
Trauma has 46 comments. Affordable Housing has 77 comments. Robotics has 118 comments.
The 2025 Holiday Poetry Sale will run Monday, December 15 through Friday 19. This is a good place to spend holiday money or buy a gift for a fellow bookworm. \o/
Winterfaire 2025 is now open! List a Booth for anything you sell that would make good holiday gifts, or comment with what you're shopping for to crowdsource ideas. There are links to two similar shopping events online. if you know others, please pass the word.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv. It needs $72 to be complete. Shiv and his classmates discuss magical weather, magical geography, natural resources, plants and animals, history, and other aspects of worldbuilding.
The weather has been cold and snowy here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least one female and four male cardinals, several mourning doves, and a wren.
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fandom_checkin2025-12-14 09:03 pm
mecurtin) wrote in fandom_checkin2025-12-14 09:03 pmEntry tags:
Daily Check-In
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).
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.
Poll #33959 Daily check-in poll
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 14
How are you doing?
I am OK
9 (64.3%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now
5 (35.7%)
I could use some help
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single
8 (57.1%)
One other person
4 (28.6%)
More than one other person
2 (14.3%)
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.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 07:21 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 07:21 pm
Recipe: "Butternut Squash Soup with Apples and Onions"
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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Travis (torachan) wrote2025-12-14 05:25 pm
torachan) wrote2025-12-14 05:25 pmEntry tags:
Daily Happiness
1. I have recently ordered multiple things off Amazon that are not at all urgent, and they're offering good rewards for getting them delivered after Christmas rather than before (most have been 7% cash back but the most recent one was a $2 ebook credit). So now I have a ton of stuff arriving on the 27th. D:
2. I finally got all of Alex's books repacked into nice boxes and stacked on the new shelves I put in the shed. It's looking so much more organized. I ordered two more sets of shelves (one of the above-mentioned purchases) so then there will be three sets on each wall, which will mean plenty of space for long-term storage as well as things like toilet paper and paper towels, which we buy from Costco and they come in huge packages that are too big to store the whole thing in the house.
3. I love getting these shots of Gemma looking out the window.
2. I finally got all of Alex's books repacked into nice boxes and stacked on the new shelves I put in the shed. It's looking so much more organized. I ordered two more sets of shelves (one of the above-mentioned purchases) so then there will be three sets on each wall, which will mean plenty of space for long-term storage as well as things like toilet paper and paper towels, which we buy from Costco and they come in huge packages that are too big to store the whole thing in the house.
3. I love getting these shots of Gemma looking out the window.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 05:20 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 05:20 pmEntry tags:
Safety
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.
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Parkinson’s, it appeared, could be caused by a chemical.
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.
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Parkinson’s, it appeared, could be caused by a chemical.
i did it all for the robins (musesfool) wrote2025-12-14 05:48 pm
musesfool) wrote2025-12-14 05:48 pm
Entry tags:
do you think i can afford to give you my love?
Humble Bundle's got a bunch of Adrian Tchaikovksy's books on offer here, if you are interested. I haven't read any of these ones, so I got them all (for $18) but I have liked sci-fi stuff I've read by him (even if he is way too into bugs for me).
I am attempting to clear out my fridge and freezer in order to lay in baking supplies for all the Christmas baking, so today I used up 2/3 of a bag of blueberries and made this blueberry muffin cake. It's very good, and very easy. I still have about a pound and a half of cranberries in there that need to get used up, so I'll probably be trying some orange cranberry rolls or make those scones again, or possibly both. *g*
Today I packed up my gifts for my co-workers (jars of candied pecans, as there were no nut allergies when I polled them) and also a bag of "prizes" for whatever games are happening at this party on Tuesday (a couple of candles, a cute notebook, a little book of pasta recipes, some holiday soaps) and a couple of extra gifts in case someone bails on the secret gift exchange (another candle, a travel mug), so we'll see how it goes.
It actually did snow last night and this morning, and if it does that again on Tuesday, I'm staying home, but for now the weather looks clear.
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I am attempting to clear out my fridge and freezer in order to lay in baking supplies for all the Christmas baking, so today I used up 2/3 of a bag of blueberries and made this blueberry muffin cake. It's very good, and very easy. I still have about a pound and a half of cranberries in there that need to get used up, so I'll probably be trying some orange cranberry rolls or make those scones again, or possibly both. *g*
Today I packed up my gifts for my co-workers (jars of candied pecans, as there were no nut allergies when I polled them) and also a bag of "prizes" for whatever games are happening at this party on Tuesday (a couple of candles, a cute notebook, a little book of pasta recipes, some holiday soaps) and a couple of extra gifts in case someone bails on the secret gift exchange (another candle, a travel mug), so we'll see how it goes.
It actually did snow last night and this morning, and if it does that again on Tuesday, I'm staying home, but for now the weather looks clear.
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infinitum_noctem (infinitum_noctem) wrote in fan_flashworks2025-12-14 05:35 pm
infinitum_noctem) wrote in fan_flashworks2025-12-14 05:35 pmIT: Fanfiction: "Do you want a balloon too, Georgie?"
Title: "Do you want a balloon too, Georgie?"
Fandom: IT
Characters: Pennywise
Rating: G
Length: 54 words
Summary: On a rainy day in Derry, Pennywise finds a meal.
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Fandom: IT
Characters: Pennywise
Rating: G
Length: 54 words
Summary: On a rainy day in Derry, Pennywise finds a meal.
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brithistorian (brithistorian) wrote2025-12-14 03:18 pm
brithistorian) wrote2025-12-14 03:18 pmTop 25 K-pop songs of 2025!
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!
Alethia (alethia) wrote2025-12-14 01:50 pm
alethia) wrote2025-12-14 01:50 pm
The Pitt Fic: An Act of Indignation (Abbot/Robby, NC-17)
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:
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."
Elizabeth Perry (watersword) wrote2025-12-14 04:38 pm
watersword) wrote2025-12-14 04:38 pm(no subject)
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.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 02:29 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 02:29 pmFood
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
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
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 02:17 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 02:17 pmHuman Rights
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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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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ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 02:08 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-12-14 02:08 pmEntry tags:
Birdfeeding
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.
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.
badly_knitted (badly_knitted) wrote in get_knitted2025-12-14 06:33 pm
badly_knitted) wrote in get_knitted2025-12-14 06:33 pm
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Check-In Post - Dec 14th 2025
Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.
Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?
There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.
This Week's Question: Does anyone have any plans for making Christmas gifts or cards?
If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.
I now declare this Check-In OPEN!
