xkcd excels
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mificThe latest xkcd made me cry (in a good way). For some reason it was the Northern lights pic that did it.
mificThe latest xkcd made me cry (in a good way). For some reason it was the Northern lights pic that did it.
3D printing software? [tech]
Nov. 24th, 2025 03:51 pmsidereaI want a widget that doesn't exist so I might be stuck designing it for 3D printing. I have never done this before. For design software, I gather both Onshape and TinkerCAD are available for free. Anybody with experience have opinions which I should start with? I have never used any CAD program before, but am not new to drafting. OTOH my drafting experience was all about 40 years ago. Open to other suggestions available for the Mac for free.
Also, I don't have my own 3D printer, so I'll be availing myself of various public-access options. But this means the iterative design feedback loop will be irritatingly protracted. Also I might have to pay money for each go round, so I'd like to minimize that. Also I am still disabled and not able to spend a lot of time in a makerspace. But I am a complete n00b to 3D printing and have zero idea what I'm doing. Does anybody have any recommendations for good educational references online about how to design for 3D printing so your widget is more likely to come out right the first or at least third time? By which I mean both print right and also function like you wanted – I know basically nothing about working with the material(s) and how they behave and what the various options are, while the widget I want to make will be functional not ornamental and have like tolerances and affordances and stuff. So finding a way to get those clues without hands-on experience, or at least minimizing the hands-on experience would be superb.
Also, I don't have my own 3D printer, so I'll be availing myself of various public-access options. But this means the iterative design feedback loop will be irritatingly protracted. Also I might have to pay money for each go round, so I'd like to minimize that. Also I am still disabled and not able to spend a lot of time in a makerspace. But I am a complete n00b to 3D printing and have zero idea what I'm doing. Does anybody have any recommendations for good educational references online about how to design for 3D printing so your widget is more likely to come out right the first or at least third time? By which I mean both print right and also function like you wanted – I know basically nothing about working with the material(s) and how they behave and what the various options are, while the widget I want to make will be functional not ornamental and have like tolerances and affordances and stuff. So finding a way to get those clues without hands-on experience, or at least minimizing the hands-on experience would be superb.
Prompt 2677: Adult
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Various Links, lots of politics. Some time-sensative actions. Fun stuff at the end.
Nov. 24th, 2025 11:50 ammuccamukkMooooooost of the politics mentioned are Canadian, a couple U.S. links in there.
Anti-Trans Bull Shit in Alberta
Stop Smith: Danielle Smith wants to take our rights and freedoms away. Help push back..
A petition.
Momentum: Join our mass organizing call on Wednesday, November 26th to help us turn the tide and stop Danielle Smith's assault on freedom, rights and trans kids..
Organising calls for both Alberta and elsewhere.
( Putting the context behind a cut. Anti-trans violence discussed )
Other Canadian Politics Stuff I'm Mad About:
Most of these are from leftist rags, because other news sources make me tired, y'all. Just posting links. ( Cut for CanPol Fuckery )
Miscellaneous. Kinda Downer Stuff?
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caelanconrad: ChatGPT Kіlled Again - Four more Dеad (Video: 42min).
Ban. It. Ban it now. What the fuck!?
Dromline: When Your Favourite Author is Dead to You.
About Neil Gaiman, who the author was a lot more attached to than I ever was. Interviews Nalo Hopkinson and Tara Prescott-Johnson!
The Tyee: The Librarians Traces the Battle of a Lifetime.
Review of a documentary about book bans in Texas.
Miscellaneous. Not Completely Horrible Stuff?
Everyday Feminism: 8 Critical Things to Remember When Booking a Trans Performer.
Both funny and containing alarming examples from Kai and Ivan's lives.
Trauma Rewired: Self Compassion and How The Science of Kindness Changes Your Brain (Audio: 50min).
I find Dr. Kristin Neff's stuff helpful, though I know millage varies.
The Comics Journal: Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: "We’d stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh".
Really fun interview!
Anti-Trans Bull Shit in Alberta
Stop Smith: Danielle Smith wants to take our rights and freedoms away. Help push back..
A petition.
Momentum: Join our mass organizing call on Wednesday, November 26th to help us turn the tide and stop Danielle Smith's assault on freedom, rights and trans kids..
Organising calls for both Alberta and elsewhere.
( Putting the context behind a cut. Anti-trans violence discussed )
Other Canadian Politics Stuff I'm Mad About:
Most of these are from leftist rags, because other news sources make me tired, y'all. Just posting links. ( Cut for CanPol Fuckery )
Miscellaneous. Kinda Downer Stuff?
Ban. It. Ban it now. What the fuck!?
Dromline: When Your Favourite Author is Dead to You.
About Neil Gaiman, who the author was a lot more attached to than I ever was. Interviews Nalo Hopkinson and Tara Prescott-Johnson!
The Tyee: The Librarians Traces the Battle of a Lifetime.
Review of a documentary about book bans in Texas.
Miscellaneous. Not Completely Horrible Stuff?
Everyday Feminism: 8 Critical Things to Remember When Booking a Trans Performer.
Both funny and containing alarming examples from Kai and Ivan's lives.
Trauma Rewired: Self Compassion and How The Science of Kindness Changes Your Brain (Audio: 50min).
I find Dr. Kristin Neff's stuff helpful, though I know millage varies.
The Comics Journal: Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: "We’d stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh".
Really fun interview!
2025/187: The Fall of Troy — Peter Ackroyd
Nov. 24th, 2025 08:01 pmtamaranth2025/187: The Fall of Troy — Peter Ackroyd
There are many Turks who believe that the capture of Constantinople was a just vengeance for the fall of Troy. The Greeks were at last made to pay for their perfidy. [loc. 2376]
Reread: my review from 2010 is here. I remembered nothing at all about this novel! Apparently I purchased a paperback copy in 2007: as with almost all of his other novels, no Kindle edition is available.
Ackroyd bases his novel on the life of Heinrich Schliemann, who first excavated Troy, and his marriage to a much younger woman, a Greek (famously chosen on the basis of a photograph and 'Homeric spirit'). Ackroyd's fictional archaeologist is named Heinrich Obermann, and he has all of Schliemann's flaws and more:( Read more... )
Birdfeeding
Nov. 24th, 2025 01:38 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and chilly.
I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity yet.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 11/24/25 -- We spent about an hour breaking down brush to shove in the chipper. I think we got through about half the big pile of brush. It made a surprisingly small pile of splinters on the tarp. Some of what's left has berries on it, so those will have to go in the firepit along with the thorns. The bigger branches will need to be hacked into kindling. But we made great progress. \o/
I'm making Crockpot Xawaash Chicken Stew today. When I came back in, the whole house smelled of African spices. :D
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I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity yet.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 11/24/25 -- We spent about an hour breaking down brush to shove in the chipper. I think we got through about half the big pile of brush. It made a surprisingly small pile of splinters on the tarp. Some of what's left has berries on it, so those will have to go in the firepit along with the thorns. The bigger branches will need to be hacked into kindling. But we made great progress. \o/
I'm making Crockpot Xawaash Chicken Stew today. When I came back in, the whole house smelled of African spices. :D
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this time for sure
Nov. 24th, 2025 01:18 pmredbirdI think I have arranged to transfer the inherited IRA money from my mother's account at BNY to a new account in my name at Fidelity. It's at Fidelity because they were willing and able to do this, rather than telling me that I would have to go somewhere else to get a medallion signature.
A couple of weeks ago Adrian's advisor at Fidelity said that they could provide the medallion signature, and would do it for free because she has an account there. When she called this morning to make an appointment, they told her that they couldn't do that for her partner, but if I created an account today to transfer the money into, I could go there tomorrow and get the medallion signature. So, I called Fidelity to set up the account.
That went more smoothly than I expected. Someone walked me through the process of creating the new account, and setting up the transfer. He said the Fidelity back office people will take care of moving the money, and he didn't think I would need the medallion signature, meaning I don't need to go to their office. The website said the "estimated completion date" was Dec. 16, and the man I was talking to said it would probably be sooner than that.
I want this to be done before the end of the year, so I can take the 2025 required minimum distribution.
I am hopeful that this will work, even if they call me and tell ne to come in and get the medallion signature guarantee.
A couple of weeks ago Adrian's advisor at Fidelity said that they could provide the medallion signature, and would do it for free because she has an account there. When she called this morning to make an appointment, they told her that they couldn't do that for her partner, but if I created an account today to transfer the money into, I could go there tomorrow and get the medallion signature. So, I called Fidelity to set up the account.
That went more smoothly than I expected. Someone walked me through the process of creating the new account, and setting up the transfer. He said the Fidelity back office people will take care of moving the money, and he didn't think I would need the medallion signature, meaning I don't need to go to their office. The website said the "estimated completion date" was Dec. 16, and the man I was talking to said it would probably be sooner than that.
I want this to be done before the end of the year, so I can take the 2025 required minimum distribution.
I am hopeful that this will work, even if they call me and tell ne to come in and get the medallion signature guarantee.
Catching up on other news
Nov. 24th, 2025 04:32 pmcosmolinguistLast Monday morning I was supposed to have a voice therapy appointment but our internet was borked. I had to drag D out of bed just after 9 and make him deal with a confusing and mysterious problem. He bodged a solution really quickly but I was supposed to have a voice therapy appointment at 9:30 and I'd texted the clinician warning her that I wasn't sure I'd be able to make it. We had
Thank you for letting me know. Unfortunately as it is such late notice this will count as a missed appointment. Please let me know if you would like to re-book the session, and if there is anything we can do to support attending going forwards. If you do not reply within 7 days we will assume that you do not wish to continue voice therapy and you will be discharged.
Something about that "if you would like to re-book the session" rubbed me the wrong way -- I waited years for this referral! -- and all of a sudden I didn't want to re-book. I was put off by how the technical problems were handled at the first appointment, and even though they didn't recur and I was confident I wouldn't have them again because once she agreed to use Teams I gave her my work address where Teams works fine every day so I didn't anticipate any recurrence.
I just. Still felt weird about it, like I was doing it wrong by treating this as an investigation about something I'm curious about rather than something where I had clear and specific Transition Goals in mind. Indigo might be a little too patient-led for me, heh; I appreciate the ways it's more flexible and less judgmental than the old Gender Identity Clinic system, but this isn't the first time I've struggled with mismatched expectations: I'm expecting some kind of information that doesn't exist and even when I ask for it I'm told to look at social media websites I don't use; I'm like you're the NHS, don't you have a photocopy-burned brochure for me?
(This feeling I'm having here is like a grain of sand in comparison to the deserts-worth of the same feeling that I'm having when it comes to top surgery... I've written thousands of words about that so far and it's still not ready to share.)
It just felt like too high a hill to climb, so I've let the seven days go by and now I'm discharged from the service. I hope someone else who's chomping at the bit for their voice to sound different in some particular way is making good use of the appointment instead.
2025.11.24
Nov. 24th, 2025 09:39 amlsandersonThere’s a creek flowing beneath downtown Minneapolis
Starting in 1992, the creek known as Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ in Dakota and Bassett Creek in English began flowing under downtown Minneapolis, discharging into the Mississippi River.
By Crystal Boyd, MNopedia
https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/11/theres-a-creek-flowing-beneath-downtown-minneapolis/
It’s been a mild first three weeks to November, but that’s about to change. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the northern portion of Minnesota ahead of “heavy snow” on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Bring Me The News. Current estimates forecast 3-7 inches of snow, “though some higher appoints may be possible in parts of northern Minnesota.” Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/winter-storm-watch-issued-in-minnesota-ahead-of-heavy-snow-tuesday-wednesday
PUBLIC SAFETY
‘It feels like we’re living a prison’: Frustrations rise along fenced-in Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis
Fencing installed by state officials along the busy corridor to deter homeless encampments is still in place years later. It’s forcing pedestrians to make dangerous choices and hindering efforts to establish a cultural district, Native leaders say.
by Shubhanjana Das
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-franklin-avenue-fencing-homelessness/
Lava spews out from Hawaii's Kilauea as volcano erupts again
One of the world's most active volcanoes has erupted again in Hawaii.
Timelapse footage from Mount Kilauea shows lava flowing down the volcano, as ash and smoke spew into the air.
According to the United States Geological Survey, this is the 37th eruption episode since December 2024.
https://bbc.com/news/videos/c8e9lx2gx4eo
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
Guardian staff and agencies in Addis Ababa
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/ethiopian-volcano-hayli-gubbi-erupts-first-time-12000-years
How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara
In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world
By Julie Bourdin. Photographs by Tommy Trenchard
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/24/chad-desert-oases-wadi-water-gold-climate-crisis
‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
Interviews by Chris Broughton
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/24/john-carpenter-brian-narelle-interview-dark-star-alien-sci-fi-comedy
An inner duty’: the 35-year quest to bring Bach’s lost organ works to light
Musicologist Peter Wollny chanced upon the manuscripts in 1992 and authenticating them took half of his lifetime
Philip Oltermann European culture editor
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/24/an-inner-duty-the-35-year-quest-to-bring-bachs-lost-organ-works-to-light
The Indigenous tribes reclaiming travel
Brandon Withrow
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230828-the-indigenous-tribes-reclaiming-travel
Starting in 1992, the creek known as Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ in Dakota and Bassett Creek in English began flowing under downtown Minneapolis, discharging into the Mississippi River.
By Crystal Boyd, MNopedia
https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/11/theres-a-creek-flowing-beneath-downtown-minneapolis/
It’s been a mild first three weeks to November, but that’s about to change. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the northern portion of Minnesota ahead of “heavy snow” on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Bring Me The News. Current estimates forecast 3-7 inches of snow, “though some higher appoints may be possible in parts of northern Minnesota.” Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/winter-storm-watch-issued-in-minnesota-ahead-of-heavy-snow-tuesday-wednesday
PUBLIC SAFETY
‘It feels like we’re living a prison’: Frustrations rise along fenced-in Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis
Fencing installed by state officials along the busy corridor to deter homeless encampments is still in place years later. It’s forcing pedestrians to make dangerous choices and hindering efforts to establish a cultural district, Native leaders say.
by Shubhanjana Das
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-franklin-avenue-fencing-homelessness/
Lava spews out from Hawaii's Kilauea as volcano erupts again
One of the world's most active volcanoes has erupted again in Hawaii.
Timelapse footage from Mount Kilauea shows lava flowing down the volcano, as ash and smoke spew into the air.
According to the United States Geological Survey, this is the 37th eruption episode since December 2024.
https://bbc.com/news/videos/c8e9lx2gx4eo
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
Guardian staff and agencies in Addis Ababa
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/ethiopian-volcano-hayli-gubbi-erupts-first-time-12000-years
How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara
In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the world
By Julie Bourdin. Photographs by Tommy Trenchard
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/24/chad-desert-oases-wadi-water-gold-climate-crisis
‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
Interviews by Chris Broughton
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/24/john-carpenter-brian-narelle-interview-dark-star-alien-sci-fi-comedy
An inner duty’: the 35-year quest to bring Bach’s lost organ works to light
Musicologist Peter Wollny chanced upon the manuscripts in 1992 and authenticating them took half of his lifetime
Philip Oltermann European culture editor
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/24/an-inner-duty-the-35-year-quest-to-bring-bachs-lost-organ-works-to-light
The Indigenous tribes reclaiming travel
Brandon Withrow
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230828-the-indigenous-tribes-reclaiming-travel
Review of Red Star Hustle / Apprehension (Saga Doubles)
Nov. 24th, 2025 09:38 amchris_gerribThis book is a revival of an old format, the "double." It's two short novels bound into one book back-to-back, such that there are two front covers and no back cover. They are both space operas with intergalactic spies and intrigues and both have multiple queer characters. I'll review both separately in the order that I read them - scroll down for links
Apprehension
This is the quieter of the two. Our narrator, Bonnyjean, is 78 and has a bad hip. 40 years ago, she was a soldier at war, and now, with her grieving son-in-law and small grandchild, she's returned to the alien world she fought on. Intrigue and action happen.
I found this engaging because the characters were so well-written. Bonnyjean is very believable, competent without being a superhero, and not all of the villains are actually villains.
Red Star Hustle
This is a full-on Space Opera. We have two point-of-view characters, Aran, a rentboy, and Imadi, who's the daughter / underling of the head of a private security company. There's rather more explicit sex and a lot of exploding spaceships in this one. It's entertaining but a bit cartoony at times. (To be fair, the author winks at this - a fictional cartoon character is used as a mascot.)
They are both well worth your time.
Goodreads review
Amazon page
Apprehension
This is the quieter of the two. Our narrator, Bonnyjean, is 78 and has a bad hip. 40 years ago, she was a soldier at war, and now, with her grieving son-in-law and small grandchild, she's returned to the alien world she fought on. Intrigue and action happen.
I found this engaging because the characters were so well-written. Bonnyjean is very believable, competent without being a superhero, and not all of the villains are actually villains.
Red Star Hustle
This is a full-on Space Opera. We have two point-of-view characters, Aran, a rentboy, and Imadi, who's the daughter / underling of the head of a private security company. There's rather more explicit sex and a lot of exploding spaceships in this one. It's entertaining but a bit cartoony at times. (To be fair, the author winks at this - a fictional cartoon character is used as a mascot.)
They are both well worth your time.
Goodreads review
Amazon page
Parallel threads in Racket v9.0.
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It's Pretty Nice Here, Actually!
Nov. 24th, 2025 10:56 amdaily_otter_feed
Via Seattle Aquarium, which writes:
Ruby’s first weekend in the Emerald City was wickedly fun. ✨💚
Simply click your heels together three times to come see her (or plan your visit using our website—that might work a bit better.) 👠
ICYMI: Ruby joined us on Thursday from the Monterey Bay Aquarium after our teams decided the Seattle Aquarium would be a great fit for her care needs and preferences. We’re so happy she’s now calling Seattle her home! 🦦🤎
libfive: solid modelling with functional representations.
Nov. 23rd, 2025 11:43 pmdotaturls_feed- 2025‑11‑23 - libfive: solid modelling with functional representations.
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Monday Update 11-24-25
Nov. 24th, 2025 02:16 amysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Poem: "Worthy of Love and Belonging"
Poem: "Indicative of the Extent"
Space Exploration
Birdfeeding
Bird Apocalypse
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Morals
Today's Smoothie
Science
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-21-25: Knitting
Poem: "Trying to Be Better"
Poem: "Set on Continuous Improvement"
Science
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Quilting
Self-Care
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Good News
Trauma has 44 comments. Affordable Housing has 71 comments. Robotics has 99 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather has been variable here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least 3 goldfinches, a male cardinal, and two fox squirrels.
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Poem: "Worthy of Love and Belonging"
Poem: "Indicative of the Extent"
Space Exploration
Birdfeeding
Bird Apocalypse
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Morals
Today's Smoothie
Science
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-21-25: Knitting
Poem: "Trying to Be Better"
Poem: "Set on Continuous Improvement"
Science
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Quilting
Self-Care
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Good News
Trauma has 44 comments. Affordable Housing has 71 comments. Robotics has 99 comments.
"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $191 to be complete. Maiara and Arthur discuss taking notes.
The weather has been variable here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least 3 goldfinches, a male cardinal, and two fox squirrels.
A bear for my bed
Nov. 23rd, 2025 09:58 pmcosmolinguist"I gotta show you something," Dad said, and got up from the sofa so disappeared from the camera. My mom was left looking boggled; she didn't know what he was doing. There didn't seem to be anything in the conversation -- about them decorating their house for Christmas, I think -- to hint even to her what he was thinking of.
He came back quickly, with a big white fuzzy teddy bear. The bear was wearing a blue knitted scarf and something I couldn't quite see on his forehead that might have been ski goggles or earmuffs. Dad was waving a white fuzzy paw at me. It was the cutest damn thing.
He explained about how he saw it in the window of the local secondhand store a few times, and that the bear was asking my dad to bring him home, so one day he just went and bought it. He said it didn't cost much.
"I'm trying to think of a name for him," Dad said. "I'm calling him Bob for now but that isn't quite right." Mom asked if I had an idea for a name, and honestly my mind had immediately gone to Bernard but I think that'd be too fancy for them. Dad mentioned Frank which I like a lot; reminds me of my old pal from a volunteering group who's retired even from that now; a lovely old blind guy called Frank with a guide dog called Ronnie.
Frank, or whatever he's going to be called, lies on what I think of as the guest bed but my parents call "my" bed because they think the guest room is my room. (For a long time, my mom was calling the basically-theoretical bedroom in the as-yet-unfinished basement "Chris's room" which...makes my head hurt just to think about. I think now that the basement is finished it's being called just "the bedroom downstairs," which is a vast improvement.) "Your dad had been wanting to get a bear for your bed for a while," Mom said, which again is a strange sentence.
But Frank is lovely. Even when Dad put him back, his black quarter-zip was covered in fuzz from the bear. It was very cute. It's really heartening that he continues, in his dad way, to just get Ideas in his head and do these little whimsical things that my mom can only humor him in; it's one of the few things my parents don't share.
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Nov. 23rd, 2025 10:58 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from dialecticdreamer, kellan_the_tabby, rix_scaedu, and alchemicink. It also fills the "changes over time" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "When You're Lost, You Question Everything," so read that first or this won't make much sense.
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dialecticdreamer, kellan_the_tabby, rix_scaedu, and alchemicink. It also fills the "changes over time" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred and librarygeek. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "When You're Lost, You Question Everything," so read that first or this won't make much sense.( Read more... )