My precious Callie is sitting on my lap, purring up a storm
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conulyand god, I love her so much. She truly is a sweet and gentle kitty.
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Someone Hertz, volume 1 by Ei Yamano (Translated by David Evely)
Jan. 28th, 2026 08:56 amjames_davis_nicoll
What dark motive leads a successful teen comedian who has vowed never to date anyone less funny than her to help an unfunny but otherwise personable young man work on his comedic skills?
Someone Hertz, volume 1 by Ei Yamano (Translated by David Evely)
The Professionals- Warming Up
Jan. 28th, 2026 01:41 pmlucy_roman posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
100wordsTitle: Warming Up
Fandom: The Professionals
Rating: Teen and up
Notes: Set immediately after the end of the episode Private Madness, Public Danger. Bodie and Doyle are both out of the water but Doyle is still shivering.
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Fandom: The Professionals
Rating: Teen and up
Notes: Set immediately after the end of the episode Private Madness, Public Danger. Bodie and Doyle are both out of the water but Doyle is still shivering.
Read on AO3
X-Men #24 - The Age of Revelation Afterparty from another POV
Jan. 28th, 2026 12:40 pmicon_uk posting in scans_dailyWhilst completely acknowledging that future Doug Ramsey as Revelation did a lot of utterly horrific things (and I mean there aren't war crime classifications dreadful enough to describe many of them) I'm sort of loving that Evil Beast's reaction, after returning from the all-life-on-Earth-is-about-to-be-turned-into-planet-Doug dystopian hellscape which Revelation created is not horror, or outrage, or even numbness.
( Those would be understandable )
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S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Second Chance At Love
Jan. 28th, 2026 07:48 amdarkjediqueen posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Second Chance At Love
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship
Summary: Donny was enjoying his second chance at love.
Word Count: 1,260
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Fandom: S.W.A.T.
Relationships: Donovan Rocker/Molly Hicks
Tags: Established Relationship
Summary: Donny was enjoying his second chance at love.
Word Count: 1,260
Sleep #7: "For the love of God...WHAT AM I?"
Jan. 28th, 2026 11:48 amnumeronone posting in scans_daily
Interesting Links for 28-01-2026
Jan. 28th, 2026 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. India and EU announce Free Trade Agreement
- (tags:india europe trade )
- 2. Risk of dying from cancer in Scotland at lowest rate on record (down almost 25% in the last few years)
- (tags:cancer scotland GoodNews )
- 3. Nigella to avoid Bake Off tent innuendo culture from the moment she opens the flaps
- (tags:bakery TV satire funny celebrity sex )
- 4. Charities shouldn't exclude trans people, regulator says
- (tags:UK charity transgender LGBT )
- 5. How to not revise for exams
- (tags:exams funny )
- 6. Doing the thing is doing the thing
- (tags:advice productivity )
- 7. How the UK became Putin's enemy number one
- Britons might be surprised to learn how much hatred their country receives from Russia, with threats of nuclear obliteration now a fairly common occurrence
(tags:russia uk politics )
Both the news and the weather continue awful
Jan. 31st, 2026 03:51 amconulyDo you know how hard it even is to get people to protest in this sort of crappy weather? It's cold out!
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Finished reading: Malleus Monstrorum Slipcase Set
Jan. 28th, 2026 08:23 pmalisxAs someone who loves both the Mythos and a bestiary, these books unfortunately kinda show the limitations when both are combined. Mythos entities encountered alone are horrific and gross and cool. Combined they run together in a kind of protean slurry of gore and tentacles and “unpronounceable” names, and the seams where multiple authors over the century have stitched in their own additions result in something that is somehow both too samey and too thematically incoherent.
Also, just . . . times have kinda moved on? Hence the quote marks around “unpronounceable,” since combinations of syllables that seemed “foreign” and “strange” in 1926 are significantly less so in an age where your average English speaker has encountered half a dozen loanwords before breakfast. (Or possibly at breakfast; the fact that “Shak’shu-ka” could be a Mythos god being kinda illustrative of the point.) Not to mention some of the monster designs feel a bit uninspired in a world of Bloodborne and Silent Hill, though Loïc Muzy’s illustrations punch above their weight as usual.
All that being said, none of that is the fault of these books specifically, which are a great resource for what they are, with all the relevant crunch and fluff and cool illustrations. Also, props to the writers for updating some of the more, y’know. Cat-named (if you get my drift) elements, particularly the distancing of Mythos entities from any one ethnic group or set of religious/spiritual beliefs (Ithaqua, looking at you, buddy).
Anyway. I don’t regret buying these, and they did sate my lust for tomes of tentacled bad bois. And I guess that’s the important part.
Just One Thing (28 January 2026)
Jan. 28th, 2026 08:34 amnanila posting in awesomeersIt's challenge time!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Terminology [curr ev]
Jan. 28th, 2026 03:33 amsidereaOverheard on Reddit, u/Itsyademonboi:
Sorry, Nazis are from Germany under Adolf Hitler, what we have here is Sparkling Fascists.
Reading and laughing
Jan. 28th, 2026 08:27 amvriddyI went to bed at a reasonable time yesterday evening and started a new book with delighted anticipation. "Reading time! I'll get to fall asleep peacefully with my brain tummy full of stories <3" I thought. The way my tbr pile works is that I add recs to my library queue and most of the time by the time the book gets to me 1) I've completely forgotten what it was about and 2) there's a good chance I'll enjoy it because I did add it based on a rec that intrigued me to start with.
To set the scene further: in winter, the cat often climbs onto my stomach while I read because the blankets are thicker and fluffier.
ALAS! The book I started was Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie!!! I'm only about 70 pages in AND I LAUGHED SO HARD!! SO HARD!!!! Poor cat quickly abandoned me since it must have felt like a rodeo machine thing up there, but I was nearly crying and my non-existent abs were aching by the time I stopped reading.
Not the most restful way to fall asleep, I'll be honest. But oh my god. As much as I sometimes wince with some of her specific choices, Skye's internal voice is just. Just. Incredible. I'm not finished yet so no spoilers please :D But I'm fairly sure I picked up the rec from someone here so thank you to whoever mentioned it on their journal :D Wow. Like I laugh and cry and gasp often when reading, but I can't remember the last time I was non-stop guffawing like this from a book.
To set the scene further: in winter, the cat often climbs onto my stomach while I read because the blankets are thicker and fluffier.
ALAS! The book I started was Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie!!! I'm only about 70 pages in AND I LAUGHED SO HARD!! SO HARD!!!! Poor cat quickly abandoned me since it must have felt like a rodeo machine thing up there, but I was nearly crying and my non-existent abs were aching by the time I stopped reading.
Not the most restful way to fall asleep, I'll be honest. But oh my god. As much as I sometimes wince with some of her specific choices, Skye's internal voice is just. Just. Incredible. I'm not finished yet so no spoilers please :D But I'm fairly sure I picked up the rec from someone here so thank you to whoever mentioned it on their journal :D Wow. Like I laugh and cry and gasp often when reading, but I can't remember the last time I was non-stop guffawing like this from a book.
Hard Things
Jan. 28th, 2026 12:02 amysabetwordsmithLife is full of things which are hard or tedious or otherwise unpleasant that need doing anyhow. They help make the world go 'round, they improve skills, and they boost your sense of self-respect. But doing them still kinda sucks. It's all the more difficult to do those things when nobody appreciates it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our accomplishments and pat each other on the back.
What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?
What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?
Climate Change
Jan. 27th, 2026 05:27 pmysabetwordsmithWhat happens to forests when the planet warms up too fast
New sediment records from the Norwegian Sea offer a rare, close-up look at how quickly nature can unravel when the planet warms. During a past episode of extreme global warming, coastal forests along the Arctic margin collapsed within just a few centuries.
What followed was a cascade of change – widespread wildfires, heavy soil erosion, and a rush of carbon back into the atmosphere. The study shows how land ecosystems can rapidly flip from storing carbon to releasing it, amplifying warming long after the initial trigger.
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New sediment records from the Norwegian Sea offer a rare, close-up look at how quickly nature can unravel when the planet warms. During a past episode of extreme global warming, coastal forests along the Arctic margin collapsed within just a few centuries.
What followed was a cascade of change – widespread wildfires, heavy soil erosion, and a rush of carbon back into the atmosphere. The study shows how land ecosystems can rapidly flip from storing carbon to releasing it, amplifying warming long after the initial trigger.
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