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Masterlist.

Ha, I have now started Episode 6 and once again all my theories are in disarray. Episode 5 was amazing though, a really clever deconstruction of the existing structure and the very concept of a murder mystery.

CW: Suicide. Domestic violence, kinda?

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Posted by Sumana Harihareswara

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A quick note: I'm participating in WisCon this weekend. It's fully online (Discord + Zoom with some YouTube livestreams).As the chair of the board for the Otherwise Award, I do a fair amount of volunteering …

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Happy birthday,

szandara!

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Wooden bench and flowering plants in garden Happy Saturday! Here’s what we’re reading right now as May winds down:

Lara: Candice Proctor released only seven historical romances and I’m on my second already. The books are phenomenal and have given me a great deal of food for thought.

Elyse: I just read There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone. ( A | BN | K | AB ) It follows five Atlanta families who make up part of the increasing number of homeless (the author uses homeless not unhoused) in America who also work full time or more than full time. It’s a really eye opening book, especially when you learn that these families (usually depending on predatory extended stay motels or sleeping in their cars or crashing on friends couches) don’t actually contribute to the people officially counted as homeless. It’s a hard book to read but really important.

Sarah: I finished Romantic Hero by Kirsty Greenwood ( A | BN | K | AB ) and I actually factually laughed aloud and also cried.

And I just started I Think We Should Kill Other People, ( A | BN | K | AB ) which is starting off zany.

Whatcha reading? Let us know in the comments!

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freewaydiva favorited Olga Blouse by PetiteKnit

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senmut

fkficfest is running again this year!

details here with the pool of prompts.

I've played off and on since 2010, it looks like. Here's what I've done over the years.

2010: Trials of Conscience
2011: To Not Be Alone
2015: Family from the Ashes

2016: Encounter in the Hills
2017: Flicker of a Memory
2018: A Night's Work

2021: Difficult Lesson
2021: Crisis Response
2021: What He Is

2022: Any Regrets?
2024: To Say Goodbye

fred_mouse

I'm running on fumes, I think. There are a lot of Things needing doing. Why I thought signing up for an academic presentation (thankfully, I picked the 20 minute rather than the full hour option) at a con I'm on the committee for was a good idea, ... eh. I mean, it is a good idea from a lot of standpoints, but the 'how much energy I have for anything' is not one of them

I have a friend arriving Monday to stay for ... three days? four days? I have not done the yak shaving tasks that will allow the spare room to be set up; I have a memory that there was a reason to delay setting up the bed, but I do not remember what it was. I also have not sewn the funny shaped fitted sheet I had been planning, and probably won't at this point.

And there are two things complicating my day. My bank has changed its system again, and I'm on the ~fourth card in a year (they cancelled their credit cards; moved us to debit Mastercard. Now they have cancelled that service, and shifted to Visa. In there was the expiry of another card) -- that went live today and I have no idea whether anything I want to do money wise will work. Which goes poorly with the issue that the mob who provide my email services as well as web hosting for SwanCon are suffering a DDoS attack, and so several to do items are in limbo waiting for that to clear up. *sigh*

genarti

The Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network does a lot of vitally important work supporting immigrants in and around and from Massachusetts, including paying bond (the immigration detention equivalent of bail) to get people released from ICE detention. So much so, in fact, that after paying out over $1.5 million in 2026 alone (!!), they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for their bond fund. They urgently need more money to keep up this work. This is an all-volunteer organization -- I volunteer with them, and can vouch that aside from a tiny bit of overhead, every penny goes to helping immigrants.

I know times are tight and there are a million worthy causes around right now, but if you happen to have some spare funds you'd like to toss at a good cause, this is a really good one and a really good time to donate. Every little bit helps.

(And if you're not in a position to donate, no shame and no judgment.)

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burntslate favorited Notebook Mono Sweater Man by Odd Row

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Comment with the name of a woman character (in any show, movie, book, comic, etc that you think I'm familiar with) and I'll tell you one thing I love about her. In return, you can do the same in your journal (if you like!).

muccamukk

Olivia Rodrigo - the cure (Official Music Video)

Watch on YouTube

I don't actually go here, but I like the song a lot, and the music video is cleverly done. Contains quite a bit of medical stuff, but all the blood is made of yarn.

sovay

In other news of media of predictable interest to me, I had no idea that Cannes just premiered a queer romance set in a theatrical troupe on the Western Front of World War I. To this review, yes, concert parties of the trenches could indeed have flutes and clarinets and all manner of professional entertainment on account of the quantity of professional talent behind the lines if not on the front of them. I'm curious about the historical tunes alone. I know much less about Belgian soldiers' songs and sketches than I do about their British or Canadian counterparts. Local arthouses had better come through on this one.

Current Music: Wilson & Swarbrick, "The Ballad of Jack McLaren"

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lilinah favorited Festival Of Flowers Shawl by Jane Crowfoot

Jane Crowfoot - Janie Crow

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lilinah favorited Frida's Flowers Blanket by Jane Crowfoot

Jane Crowfoot - Janie Crow

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lilinah favorited Fruit Garden CAL by Jane Crowfoot

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So the Boston Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Network, where I volunteer, is scraping the bottom of their bond fund. If you have a few pennies to toss, now would be a really exceptional time.

(I personally have been scratching my head trying to figure out what kind of best talent show this town has ever seen might be helpful to the overall cause, so I guess if there's anything you've ever wanted to see me do or post about particularly that might work as a fundraising incentive, let me know???)

ecreet

"In a way, isn’t causing men to crash out before she’s even done anything just proof that Lupita is perfect for Helen of Troy?"

(TIL that casting Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy is "desecrating Odyssey". Apparently, the rest of the cast being northern barbarians (I presume) is a-ok).

sovay

Thanks to the escalation in their heartbreakingly necessary work of bonding out people kidnapped and imprisoned by ICE and helping with their legal fees and families, the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network has depleted its bond fund in record time since the start of the year. There is no shortage of detainees in our profitably carceral system and no one in need should have more locks across their path. You got a sixpence you want, they are taking donations. It's actually Shavuos at the moment, but it is always a good time to open the door to the stranger.

Current Music: Lucy Dacus, "Planting Tomatoes"

lydamorehouse

My computer (who takes its coffee black, since some have asked) seems to have fallen into the "it could be worse," but not exactly 100% solved category. My laptop now has a resident gremlin whom I have named Apostrophe (although it sometimes manifests, not at ALL creepily, as 666). The gremlin's favorite thing to do is to pick a punctuation mark or a number and endlessly repeat it.

Sometimes.

Sometimes everything is fine.

So, I am currently limping along with what I have and making back-ups like mad.

Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

Otherwise Fundraising Auction at WisCon In 12 Hours

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Whatcha Reading? May 2026, Part Two

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Fic Challenge (Prompt Style)

I aten't dead

quick signal boost for a local-to-me and worthy cause

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meme time!

Music Friday

Take us roaming in the gloaming, your Ross rifle by your side

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You've got to live the life you're fighting for

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