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1) One upside of the storm system that went through – the weather has been beautiful since. Sunny days and down in the 70s for the whole week. A summer day you want to open the windows to.

Unfortunately we can't do that. ( Read more... )

2) Brazil vs Morocco ( Read more... )

Australia versus Turkey ( Read more... )

Scotland versus Haiti ( Read more... )

Germany vs Curaçao ( Read more... )

Ivory Coast versus Ecuador ( Read more... )

The Netherlands versus Japan ( Read more... )

Spain vs Cabo Verde ( Read more... )

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1) The past two days have been occupied. Yesterday we both had things to deal with after returning home -- plants to be seen to, laundry to be done, mail to be answered, etc.

Aside from completing the roof repair in just a day, maintenance brought us a dehumidifier to run. The first one worked for a while but then started leaking on the floor. We were able to get someone from maintenance just before they left for the day, and after they looked at it they just brought us a new one. ( Read more... )

2) After watching the first half hour of Canada versus Bosnia ( Read more... )

As far as the US versus Paraguay goes, ( Read more... )

Switzerland vs Qatar was interesting to me mostly in how it would affect Canada. ( Read more... )

3) Earlier in the week I saw the Pixar film "Hoppers." I found it a mixed bag. ( Read more... )

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

yourlibrarian

1) We were taken mostly off guard when last night our building was hit by a tornado, part of a large damaging storm system than went through several states. From what we'd heard beforehand, the storm wouldn't be much different from many thunderstorms in recent months, although admittedly there had already been several near misses with tornadoes. But as an example, our tornado sirens went off 10 minutes later, after the worst had already passed us. (Other areas were yet to be hit, and the sirens are all linked).

We were warned by an alarming high wind gust, took the best shelter we have at our place (which is not great) and then heard two big bangs. Our local NPR station didn't interrupt the broadcast until five minutes after that and it was an automated NWS alert. By the time our local meteorologist came on, he said the storm was already through the city and on its way to smaller places east of us. Today he said that yesterday will go down as one of the most intense severe weather days he ever covered and he'd lost count of how many large, damaging tornadoes he saw. ( Read more... )

2) The World Cup is back! For readers that don't know, I'm not a sports watcher but the men's and women's Cups are an exception. Although I do enjoy seeing good soccer being played, this is largely a family tradition issue. I don't want to invest the time in following teams and championships, but as exhausting as the quantity of content is for the first few weeks, I can do it every few years.

Things kicked off with Mexico vs South Africa. ( Read more... )

South Korea vs Czechia ( Read more... )

3) Spotify removed thousands of podcasts promoting online prescription drug sales "Spotify told investigators that 94% of the phony podcasts had never been streamed and 99% had fewer than 10 streams, which the platform defines as listening sessions longer than 30 seconds. But a handful had been listened to more widely, including two totaling almost 13,000 streams that directed users to buy the prescription stimulant modafinil online, including with bitcoin."

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My mom is coming to visit this weekend, yay! We are planning to go to the San Diego County Fair tomorrow. Mom has never been to a county fair, and I feel she should have the experience at least once. My contribution this year is this plushie whale:

knitted whale plushie

I don't think this one is going to win me any ribbons, but just submitting it gets me two free tickets, so well worth it.

The cherry tomato plants we planted this spring are starting to produce quite a lot of tomatoes. They're also growing huge -- we had to put up a new trellis a couple of days ago to support the biggest one. I made a Greek salad with the first batch of ripe ones last weekend, and can now confirm that they're way better than supermarket tomatoes. My only gripe is that they don't all ripen at the same time, so there's a limit as to how many I can pick on any given day.

I've watched the first episode of The Vampire Lestat, and it's kind of spooky how perfectly Sam Reid matches my mental image of Lestat from back when I was first reading the books in high school. Like, if I had the artistic talent to draw people from my imagination, that's exactly what I would've drawn back then. I'm enjoying the shift in tone, and the whole cast is as brilliant as ever. Also, I'm pretty sure Eric Bogosian has never had this much fun in his life and never will again. But I'm also pissed that the big network promotion and subsequent attention didn't happen until a white guy took over as lead. The show was awesome from the start! Jacob Anderson and Assad Zaman deserve all the awards, dammit!

Sigh. Anyway, here, have some RockStar!Lestat for your amusement.

Watch on YouTube

Current Mood: bored

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Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 86 — And Then We Knew That We Were In the World
Author:

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Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, The Force as a Sentient Character, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Breha Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Ahsoka Tano, Sifo-Dyas, Reva Sevander, Lene Kostana (mentioned), Savage Opress, Pong Krell, The Traitor, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (yes, we’re arrived). Bail Prestor Organa/Breha Organa
Word Count: ~ 5200 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: None.

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: The newly appointed Senator for the Chommell Sector has an unproductive call with her monarch, Queen Jamillia, and then a very productive conversation with representative for the native Gungan population, who are neither subject to the Naboo monarchy nor members of the Galactic Republic.

Back at the Temple, Yan and Obi-Wan are summoned to the High Council. It seems they have a mission. Yan is as excited as a senior padawan going on his first solo mission.

From All The Spaces Between Times: Chapter 86 — And Then We Knew That We Were In the World (On AO3)

( Meta — And Then We Knew That We Were In the World )

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Starting today: Summer of the 69 is an old-fashioned panfandom fest that runs from June 9th through September 6th, to hit 6/9 in both common date formats. It's dedicated to creations featuring the sexual position in question, though it doesn't have to be the first, last, or only sexual position featured in a given work.

Contributions are open to all sorts of non-gen-AI works and content, from recs to fics to art to crafts to podfic to vids to just about anything legal you can think of, and are open to all fandoms and original works. The fest features themes introduced weekly that themselves typically run for two weeks, to give participants some inspiration to work off of. There's also a comment meme in the style of old-fashioned kink memes, where you can prompt scenarios to your heart's content!

To learn more, go to

summerofthe69; you can also check out this year's theme calendar right here, add prompts to the comment meme over here, and browse the AO3 collections for this and past years over here.

Come check it out!

yourlibrarian

1) When I came across this article about basketball players turned broadcasters, what it made me think of was a faceoff on The Floor where a former baseball player was up against a former WNBA player on the topic of basketball players.

It was really clear the baseball guy never watched the WNBA. He did get some of their players but missed too many and lost the match, whereas the female player did just as well with both sexes. I thought, for once, misogyny did a man in.

2) Another month, another rotten experience with healthcare providers. ( Read more... )

3) Being on Board Game Arena, I have not bought a physical game in some time. However while they have a great assortment of games, including well known ones, what they don't have is media content games. So when I saw this game on clearance at Wal Mart a while back, I decided to give it a try.

We finally broke open the box this past weekend. Right off the bat it seemed like a cute game full of Ted Lasso callbacks. ( Read more... )

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An article last month credited social media with exposing viewers to regional accents that may have been erased on TV. How do you feel about shows that feature accents/dialects different from your own?

Do you sometimes find it difficult to follow the dialogue/story? Does it make a difference depending on the genre of the show?

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Link: Round 21 Sign Ups | Round 21 Themes

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celebrity20in20 is a 20in20 community dedicated to making icons of actors and actresses. You have 20 days to make 20 icons about a celebrity of your choice, based on a set of themes for the round.

Schedule: Round 21 sign ups are open NOW. Icons are due June 28, 2026.

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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Sign up here for a creative cluster doing The Artist's Way together starting June 28, 2026.

Is there a tag for goals, self improvement, etc?

Current Mood: hopeful

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Alice and Steve, starring the wonderful Nicola Walker, premieres on June 8. A comedy about middle-aged best friends Alice and Steve, whose friendship is shattered when Steve accidentally falls for Alice’s 26-year-old daughter Izzy. (Hulu and Disney+)

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Carson Beckett, Miller, et al
Rating: Gen
Length: 00:03:45
Content Notes: no AO3-type warnings. Rapid cuts, flashing lights esp. at 3 min mark, canon-typical violence.
Creator Links: randommindtime on YouTube, and on AO3. The song's by Tom Odell.
Themes: Just like canon, Action/adventure, Families of choice, Friendship, Teams

Summary: "I guess that's love. I can't pretend. I can't pretend."

Reccer's Notes: This is one of the best of randommindtimes' fanvids, and it's about the intense connection between John and Rodney in canon, through all their dramas, losses and vicissitudes. It doesn't matter if they're very close friends, or lovers - the intensity's the same and both are natural extensions of canon. It's a powerful distillation of the show - one of my favourites, and very much worth watching.

Fanwork Links: Can't Pretend on AO3, and Can't Pretend on YT

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Fandom: Hatchetfield
Pairings/Characters: Wilbur Cross/Charlotte Sweetly, mentioned Charlotte/Ted and Zoey/Sam
Rating: Mature
Length: 2,150 words
Creator Links: AO3 profile.
Theme: just like canon

Summary: The Honey Festival is supposed to be the best night of the year in Hatchetfield. Unfortunately for Charlotte Sweetly, her husband ditched her, Ted Spankoffski left with another woman, and Bill delivered some bad news. Her night just kept getting worse—and then it got weird. After all, the Honey Festival is a time when things from the Black and White can walk the streets of Hatchetfield, and Wiley's got plans of his own.

Reccer's Notes: Charlotte is a thoroughly underutilized character in the Hatchetfield canon, and this fic reads exactly like how a Charlotte-centric episode of Nightmare Time might play out - down to using the script formatting. This has also really gotten me interested in Charlotte/Wiley as a pairing.

Fanwork Link: AO3

(Please add the Hatchetfield fandom tag! Thank you!)

elrhiarhodan

Title: From All The Spaces Between Times
Chapter: Chapter 85 — Beyond the Door From Which There Is No Return
Author:

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elrhiarhodan
Fandom: Star Wars, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars — Obi Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars — Jedi Apprentice Books
Characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, The Force as a Sentient Character, Watto, Quinlan Vos, Padmé Amidala, Sabé, Darth Maul, Yoda, Mace Windu, Adi Gallia, Quinlan Vos, Professor Huyang, The Force, Plo Koon, Vokara Che, Siri Tachi, Aayla Secura, Bant Eerin, Bruck Chun, Xanatos du Crion, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Hego Damask II | Darth Plagueis, Komari Vosa, Bail Prestor Organa, Breha Organa, Bail Antilles Prestor, Rael Averross, Nim Piana, Ahsoka Tano, Sifo-Dyas, Reva Sevander, Lene Kostana (mentioned), Savage Opress, Pong Krell, The Traitor, Original Characters, Other Characters To Be Added
Pairings: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn (yes, we’re arrived). Bail Prestor Organa/Breha Organa
Word Count: ~ 5000 this chapter
Spoilers: None
Warnings/Enticements/Triggers: Canon-level violence in the description of lightsaber murders of children, women.

Summary: Obi-Wan Kenobi has never known it, but he has always been the Force’s Champion, destined to suffer infinite sadness in defense of the Light. On his last turn on the wheel, responsibility for The Chosen One, the false child of prophecy, had been thrust upon him with no warning, and Darkness held the upper hand.

But this time, the Force has marshaled its power and will protect its Champion until the time is right, no matter how long Obi-Wan has to wait and how much he has to suffer.

Or,

Obi-Wan is reborn as a twelve-year old.

He wakes up on a slavers’ ship, with all of his prior life’s memories intact, and he’s bound for Tatooine with a Force-inhibitor collar around his neck, a bomb implanted in his spine, and no way of knowing what state of the Galaxy is in.

Just another day in the life of the Force’s Champion.

Chapter Summary: Obi-Wan and his grandmaster finish their heart-to-heart, and Obi-Wan delivers some truly unsettling news. Yan is shattered at first, but recovers, and the next blow hits just as hard.

Meanwhile, the High Council has come to an important decision about the Order’s most precious asset, their children, and begins calling on allies for help.

From All The Spaces Between Times: Chapter 85 — Beyond the Door From Which There Is No Return (On AO3)

( Meta — Beyond the Door From Which There Is No Return )

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Fandom: Keeper of the Lost Cities
Pairings/Characters: Fitz Vacker, Sophie Foster, Keefe Sencen, Biana Vacker, Dex Dizznee, Maruca Chebota, Wylie Endal, Marella Redek, Tam Song, and Linh Song
Rating: Teen
Length: 366,049 Words
Creator Links: bookwyrminspiration on Ao3
Theme:
Just Like Canon (Featured), Epic Works, Gen, Friendship, Wings, AU: Fork in the Road
Summary:
When the world begins to crawl with unnaturally made monsters, the Keeper crew continue to fight like they always have. But a wrench is thrown in those plans when they themselves become less than human.
Reccer's Notes:
Although this is a complete AU in that it's a wingfic, the author's writing style is very familiar to canon and I genuinely mix up scenes from this fic with canon because I love it so much! The focus on the friendship dynamics between all the crew is excellent.
Fanwork Links:
Shattered Upside Down on Ao3

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Fandom: Minecraft: Story Mode
Pairings/Characters: Male Jesse & Petra
Rating: Gen
Length: 1,521 words
Creator Links: Pinky G. Rocket on Ao3
Theme:
Just Like Canon (Featured), Gen Works, Friendship
Summary:
As Jesse and Petra go on new adventures throughout the world and visit new lands, they come across a village- but not with the usual inhabitants that they've come to expect from villages and towns. But even in these new lands, remnants of a crisis one thought long past linger.
Reccer's Notes:
A super sweet little oneshot that incorporates a fun Minecraft mod and newer Minecraft versions near-seamlessly into a continuation of the main characters' adventures. Fits into post-canon and has callbacks to the first season.
Fanwork Links:
Sproing! on Ao3

Bright Spots

Slow Progress and Happy Outcomes

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It Comes In Threes

Speak Up Saturday

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Taskmaster Series 22 Line-Up Reveal

Star Wars Fic and Meta - From All The Spaces Between Times - Chapter 86

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Alice and Steve -- official trailer

SGA: Can't Pretend by randommindtime

Hatchetfield: Honey and Green Apples by chlodobird

Star Wars Fic and Meta - From All The Spaces Between Times - Chapter 85

Keeper of the Lost Cities: Shattered Upside Down by bookwyrminspiration

Minecraft: Story Mode: Sproing! by Pinky G. Rocket

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