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Idle Friday post that turned out to be half about Pokemon Go

At the start of the month I entertained the fleeting thought of trying to post every day in July, especially with

sunshine_revival (in which I have in no way participated) going on, but. Well. *gestures at current date* And as we all know, something-something-only-perfect-results-matter, etc. etc. etc.

But here. It's Friday. The world is terrifying, but at least for this moment the sun is out. I spent most of my workday in a style guide meeting, which was genuinely pretty fun; tonight we're seeing Ginny and Kas because this week it's better for them than our usual Saturday hangout.

Tomorrow the (very) wee farmers' market that's only a few blocks away is getting underway for the season. I have ambitions of actually rolling out of bed and walking over in hopes of strawberries, even though tomorrow and Sunday are also Eevee community day in Pokemon Go, so I'm also hoping to leave the house those afternoons. Leaving the house twice in one day is not exactly a thing that happens often, and as a result, the prospect of it is exhausting. ^^; But here's hoping!

There's been zero doubt for a long time now that my only actual investment in Pokemon Go is the pursuit of shinies, and community days are the best chance to get shinies of a given critter, and Eevee, see, has EIGHT possible evolutions, so if there's any faint hope of ever having a full set of shinies of those, well, it's this weekend.

(I can't remember if I've said here that this is a crystalized perfect demonstration of why it's really, really good that I don't gamble. I'm usually pleased when I catch a new-to-me Pokemon, but it's pretty minor. But rather than setting the game aside, since it mostly hasn't resulted in me actually getting outside and walking much more than I had been, the hope of catching a shiny critter keeps me opening it back up. Nobody get me into slot machines, okay? [That sounds facetious, but I mean it very seriously.])

That's all I've got right now. Stay well, friends.

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Current Location: my desk

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Check-In Post - July 4th 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: What do you like to listen to / watch while crafting?

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!

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Regular Challenge r25.13 - Traffic

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My morning started off okay even though I was awake well before my alarm went off and ended up getting up early. It was a pleasantly mild morning (about 19°C/67°F) and I was very much enjoying my walk, stopping to take photos every so often for the photo challenge, until I dropped my phone getting it out of my pocket, and the screen smashed. The phone still works but there are cracks all over the screen. I'm really annoyed with myself. I do actually have a couple of other phones I could use. One is a very old cheap RCA phone I bought to try out using a smartphone, and the other is what used to be S's phone, a Samsung Galalxy-something. The RCA phone is lighter and smaller than any phone I've had since but the camera quality isn't great. The Samsung seems to be good quality but is horribly hard to use. S used to really struggle with it because the on-screen keyboard was very cramped, and I have the same problem. I don't understand how two phones which are about the same size (my now-damaged Pixel phone and the Samsung) could give such different keyboard experiences. Yes, the Pixel keyboard is small because it's on a phone, but it's definitely not as fiddly to use as the one on the Samsung. I'll probably keep using the broken Pixel until the end of the month (i.e. until the end of the current photo challenge, because everything is set up on that phone to take photos and easily share them to Signal) and then put the SIM card into one of the other phones. (Unless pieces of screen start falling out…)

I walked home past the post office and stopped to look at the sign up sheets for the Fourth of July Fun Run just because, not because I was planning to run in it. I was glad I'd made that decision, because unlike previous years when they've had a category for women over 60, this year the highest level was "Masters - Women 40+, and there's no way I want to be in a category with women more than 30 years younger than me. It's not a race, but they do note who comes first in each category and make an announcement at the lunchtime gathering. Looking at the categories, I was impressed that there was one for "Non-binary", although no age was given for that and at the time I was there, nobody had put their name in that group.

This feels like the most pleasant weather we've ever had for this holiday. Usually it's at least 90°F/30°+C; right now it's still only about 78°F/25°C. In spite of the weather, I chose not to attend the festivities this year. It's not *my* holiday.

Current Mood: mellow
Current Music: "Close My Eyes Forever" ~ Ozzy Osborn & Lita Ford

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Book 68, 2025

The Glass is Always Greener (Den of Antiquity, #16)

The Glass is Always Greener by Tamar Myers

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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Used my holiday to finish reading The Glass is Always Greener by Tamar Myers. It’s the 16th (and final) in her “Den of Antiquity” series of humorous cozies. The main character is Abigail Timberlake Washburn, owner of Den of Antiquity.

Abby reluctantly agrees to accompany her friend, Rob, to a “going away” party hosted by his eccentric Aunt Jerry, who recently had a reading done that revealed her date of death. Jerry uses the opportunity to impugn her entire greedy family. Even Abby gets drawn into the drama when she tries to defend Rob. After Jerry is found dead in the walk-in freezer, Abby finds herself a suspect in the woman’s death. All she wants to do is go home, but she can’t leave town while she’s a person of interest. For that reason, Abby decides to do some sleuthing on her own. She’s aided by her Mama and friends CJ and Wynnell, who came to lend support. What Abby learns is that Rob’s family are all mad, and any one of them could have done the deed.

To begin with, I have several books in this series, and Amazon led me to believe it was the FIRST one, not the last one. Had I known that, I would have read it, oh, I don’t know...LAST. Grr. I have read a few others in the series; they are all delightfully funny and madcap—very entertaining. Abby’s observations are hilarious, and although some of the characters’ behavior is completely over the top, it just adds to the amusement factor. I did not care for how this ended, neither the book/story itself nor the series as a whole.

Favorite lines:
♦ In the stunned silence that followed, one could have heard a frog fart.
♦ It is no accident, I think, that the first syllable of the word hormones is what it is.
♦ “Those rolls make my tongue want to come out and slap my head silly.”
♦ “A hunch from a woman is worth two facts from a man.”
♦ “Biddies, please. Oops, I meant to say ladies.” // “The hell you did,” the biddies said in unison.
♦ Trust me, being surprised from behind by another person is even worse when it happens in a cemetery.
♦ “For now is not forever.”

I’d love to give this 3.5 stars. Hm. The rushed ending knocks it down to three.

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Arrog (2020)

This short narrative puzzle game follows a man from his death, through a spiritual dream realm, and into acceptance and new life. It wasn't part of the Latin American Games Showcase, but I indirectly found it through there; the co-developers Hermanos Magia and Leap are both based in Peru.

black and white image of a lens-shaped world with stylized people and animals walking on top and bottom as rain falls from above

black and white image of a lens-shaped world with stylized people and animals walking on top and bottom as rain falls from above

I loved the hand-drawn art style and the symbolic imagery, interweaving the natural and human worlds. It's like an interactive experimental short film. The puzzles are mostly classic types (Simon, Pipe Dream, etc.) sometimes slightly obscured by the artistic presentation. You could say interpreting the imagery is a kind of bonus puzzle. The challenge is minimal, just enough to keep you engaged in the soul's journey. There are no instructions but they're not needed; whenever you don't know what to do, clicking around will reveal something in a moment, and what it reveals may surprise and delight you.

I found the game really lovely and heartfelt, though it is very short. They do say up front that it's a "30 minute experience," so no shade at all, I just enjoyed it so much I wished it had been a little longer!

Arrog is available on PC (currently on sale at $1.49 USD), Android (currently on sale at $0.60 USD), iOS and PlayStation ($2.99 USD), and on Switch ($3.99 USD).

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The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Ninety years after her grandmother's family was stalked by a witch, international student Minerva Contrera's studies land her in a similar position.

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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ship logs: wipdate

WIPdate June 2025

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Oof, what a day

I got caught at work this morning by a series of bomb threats leveled at six Class A airports across the country. I'm allowed to talk about it a bit because it hit the news pretty early on today. Luckily it was all false alarms, but I ended up staying an hour past the end of my shift. To say things were busy would be putting it mildly: the phone was ringing off the hook with calls from airports, from various internal departments, from our Director General, basically everyone and their cousin. It was a rather intense hour of overtime, I must say.

I had originally planned to stop by the vet to pick up more flea and tick medication for the dogs, and I also needed to pick up a couple of things from a local store, and I didn't want to put any of it off longer than I had to, especially the flea and tick meds. We live in the country now, and KK already found a stray tick in the house (not on any of the pets, luckily, and it didn't look like it had fed before it got terminated with extreme prejudice), so I want to make sure all the beasties are as well protected as I can manage.

So, long story short, by the time I got home it was 10:30, and I only got to sleep by about 11:30. Then I forced myself to get up at 16:00 so KK (with a bit of assistance from yours truly) could finish up the Murphy bed build. And finish we did! We put the doors on the desk/shelving part of the unit, and it is DONE. I didn't get a chance to set up my computer, so that is a problem for tomorrow!me, but I did manage to zip out to the slightly larger town for groceries. We live closer to a smaller town, but there is no grocery store there, which kind of defeats the purpose of going there to get groceries.

As a result, I am running on relatively little sleep, and I just realized that tomorrow morning at 9:00 I have a Ministry & Counsel meeting, so there won't be much sleep then either. At least I'll be able to "sleep in" during the evening if I want, until 8:00 or 9:00 pm even, if it's really necessary. Since I'm working 12 hour shifts all weekend, I will probably do that. Now that the bedroom is "ready" for sleep, I'll be able to cuddle up with the dogs to sleep, too, which is pretty great. The Brittanies are champion cuddlers, and as long as they are with me they are pretty happy to sleep quietly until I'm ready to get up. They may be hooligans, but they are also very sweet. To quote the internet of old: "They're good dogs, Brent."

In political news, it looks like the USA has voted to drastically cut its already pretty terrible medical system (Medicare and Medicaid) in favour of tax cuts, supposedly in the name of reducing fraud or waste, but in reality it's just... I don't know. It's definitely tax cuts for the wealthy, but I think there's a side order of "the cruelty is the point" and probably a lot of eugenics in there as well. The most vulnerable people use Medicare/Medicaid: the elderly, the very young, and the chronically disabled. So I assume the plan is to have a bunch of vulnerable people just... die, I guess. *sigh*

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Follow Friday 7-4-25: Historical Fiction

Today's theme is Historical Fiction.

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, July 3

Buffy: You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me.

~~The Gift~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Kaiein (Spike/Drusilla, T) by SomeKindOfADeviant
Dick Wilkins and the War of The Worlds (Mayor Wilkins, T) by Gojirob

[Chaptered Fiction]

A Witchy Wedding, Chapter 5 (Willow/Tara, M) by storiwr
The Cages We Cannot Leave, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Shisumo
Her Lullaby, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, G) by violettathepiratequeen
The Hex Generation, Chapter 1 (Crossover with Star Trek, M) by storiwr
New Benediction, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Angel, M) by Deez Boots
Something Borrowed, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Geliot99
Tether, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Faith, E) by evesock
today doesn't count, Chapter 43 (Buffy/Spike, M) by modestlobster
Bullet for My Valentine [Prequel], Chapter 5 (Spike/OC, E) by frozendeadgirl
Chasing the Light, Chapter 30 (Angel/Lindsey, E) by CloudSeeker
Hold Fast the Thread, Chapter 30 (Giles/Faith, M) by SchrodingersKatInABox
What if you hadn't left? What if you hadn't stayed? What would have changed?, Chapter 1 (Angel, NR) by Laqt15
Weight of Echoes, Chapter 1 (Giles/Faith, M) by SchrodingersKatInABox

Miss Buffy, the Vulgar Witness, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by Orange Wombat
Thursday... what a concept, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by NotYourGrave
Time Check, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Willow25
The Proof Is In The Gouda, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by simmony
Life After Death, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Holly
Home For Strays, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by violettathepiratequeen
A 200th Go, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, R) by BewitchedXx
Something to Believe In, Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden
Bert and Ernie Present: Drabblemania 2025, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by clarissadalloway
Mile Markers and Blood Moons, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, R) by JamesMFan
Adventures of a Retired Slayer, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, R) by EnchantedWillow
Refractions, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, R) by CheekyKitten
The Second Coming, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by tempestt
More THan Just a Dream, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by scratchmeout
Holidate, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout
Moth to a Flame, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, R) by tragic
Something to Believe In, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

Something Borrowed, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99
Brutal Honesty, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, R) by EnchantedWillow

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Shirtless Day by HappyWhenItRains
Artwork:Shirtless Day pt 2 by HappyWhenItRains

Video: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Audition - Cordelia Chase by Coline Mahaut
Video: Buffy S3 at 25: Graduation Day Part 2 (Shortened Version) by Slayerfest 98

[Reviews & Recaps]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7x17 & 7x18 REACTION | "Lies My Parents Told Me" & "Dirty Girls" by The Horror Bandwagon
Let's Watch BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (S6E7) | Movie Night by Arcane Arcade
Sunnydale Live #6: Buffy S1E5 Never Kill a Boy on a first date by Blueroof Productions
Cordelia makes a TRAGIC wish | Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3 Episode 9 (REACTION) | The Wish by JayPerView

Podcast: Buffy S7E20: Touched by Booze & Buffy
Podcast: S5. Ep22. Not Fade Away by Investigating Angel

[Fandom Discussions]

Spike on Firefly! [Cont.] by multiple authors

Ranking of Angel Episodes by multiple authors
The Scoobies and Angel Investigations by multiple authors
I think that deleted dialogue really shows why Tara symphasizes with Buffy (besides Tara always being kind anyway) by multiple authors
Let's be real, it might be worth living atop a Hellmouth for the sheer amount of low-cost or free amazing musical performances you get to experience at the Bronze by multiple authors
I reallyyyyt hate hell’s bells by multiple authors
What is the best way to get clips for fan edits? by multiple authors
If you were to give titles to entire seasons of the [Buffy], what would you title them? by multiple authors
Clem's actor (James Leary) about the Buffy revival by multiple authors
If you were to give titles to entire seasons of Angel, what would you title them? by multiple authors
What would have spike wished if Anya wouldn’t have stopped him? Wrong answers only by multiple authors
Where does Anya go? by multiple authors
What were some of the biggest 'moments of realization' for our characters? Their faces in these moments have always stuck with me. by multiple authors
is there a particular reason why there were so many rape storylines on Buffy and for Angel it was impregnation stuff? by multiple authors
So are the knights from Glory's dimension? Because that's the only way I can justify how dumb and pointless they are by multiple authors
So I made it through [Angel] S4E07 and um, I was not prepared... by multiple authors

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Book 67, 2025

A Frosty Mug of Murder (The Grumpy Chicken Irish Pub, #1)

A Frosty Mug of Murder by Constance Barker

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I finished reading A Frosty Mug of Murder last night. It’s the first book in Constance Barker’s “Grumpy Chicken Irish Pub” series of cozy mysteries. The main character is Ginger O’Mallory.

Ginger and her father own and run the Grumpy Chicken Irish Pub. The pub got its name because it’s allegedly haunted by an angry chicken. Ginger tries to downplay that aspect of the pub, but she has bigger fish to fry when she pays a visit to the town’s resident black widow and finds the woman dead in her home. Ginger dutifully calls the police, one of whom is her Aunt Mae. Aunt Mae assures Ginger they’ll get to the bottom of things, but Ginger is compelled to get involved in the investigation. Soon several of her regulars are involved, too, leading to mayhem. Will the pub’s patrons be able to solve the murder before the police do?

This was a fun story, but it was somewhat vexing to read. Grammar was okay, but the punctuation was a hot mess. There were times I’d have to reread a line to give it the proper inflection in my mind, because it should have ended with a question mark instead of a period. Commas were missing or misused, and it really did lessen my enjoyment of the book. In addition, Ginger spent virtually the entire story haring off to “investigate”. I give kudos to her employee, Dixie, who called her out on her bullsh*t because they needed her at the pub. Characters were portrayed well and included an eclectic mix. There were also the dozens of cats that the victim had in and around her home to add some comic relief.

Favorite lines:
♦ Juicy news gets around a small town faster than a cold in a classroom full of kindergartners.
♦ “You know what they say, the murderer always goes to get a sandwich and then sit in front of the bank after committing the crime.”
♦ “Are you nuts! We’re talking about breaking into a crime scene and picking a team name is your concern?”
♦ “I might need some help here. There is a big black cat chasing me. Oh holy feline hell, there are more of them.”
♦ I wasn’t looking where I was going and tripped over Harry Potter.

Likable enough for a score of four, but poor editing and Ginger’s near-constant sleuthing knock it down to a three.

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life update

Personal life uodate

I did just honestly a good job today, including kicking myself out of a negative cycle of reading The News and freaking out right before bed and right when I wake up. (Not that it's not freakworthy, but, sleep deprivation is bad for you and I would like to be hard to kill.) I got to the gym and the bookstore and the farm box distribution and the farmers market and overall it's been a very good day for self care. My therapist recc'd a book on Internal Family Systems, which in brief seems to take the metaphor of a multi-vocal internal self and run with it. The metaphor kind of works for me, so I picked it up and I'm going to read it. I also finished The Power Broker, after 18 months, and I feel I should mark the occasion. Absurdly long book and I lost my temper at Robert Moses a hundred times during the reading of it.

Every time I run something

I embrace new tools. In Fabula Ultima, for example, the order in which characters go in combat varies. I found it hard to keep track of who'd gone, so I went out and got poker chips and little round labels. Now, I can just toss the chips representing characters into a bowl once they've gone. Order!

OK, except it turns out I can't tell blue from green under the ceiling light in the room where I DM and the names on the labels need to be bigger.

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第四年第一百七十五天

部首
十 part 2
午, noon; 卉, plants; 半, half ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=24

词汇
完美，完善, perfect; 完整, complete ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
你这上午十点要给大二上课呢, you have a sophomore class at ten o'clock this morning
接近完美就是还不完美, almost perfect still isn't perfect

Me:
他很喜欢花卉。
不要让完美做挺好的敌。

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Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire Stewardship

FireSmart Canada is pleased to release Blazing the Trail: Celebrating Indigenous Fire
Stewardship, a beautiful, bound publication that recognizes the contributions to wildfire
prevention of Indigenous communities in Canada.

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Julé! 03/31 - Quote of the Day

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"I like Scandinavians, skiing, swimming and socialists who realize it is our business to promote social progress by peaceful methods. I dislike football, economists, eugenicists, Fascists, Stalinists, and Scottish conservatives. I think that sex is necessary and bankers are not." - Lancelot Hogben

From Kunitz, S.J. and Haycraft, H. (1950) Twentieth century authors: A biographical dictionary of modern literature (3rd edn), New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, pp 658-9, as referenced on the Wiki page.

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Birdfeeding

Today is partly sunny and hot.

I fed the birds. I refilled the thistle feeder. I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a male cardinal.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 7/3/25 -- I took a few more pictures around the yard, mostly flowers at the end of the driveway.

EDIT 7/3/25 -- I dug up three pots of wild senna and one of purple echinacea that had seeded themselves in the savanna, hopefully to transplant them elsewhere if they survive.

I've seen a pair of mourning doves and a gray catbird. I also saw a very large bird, possibly a vulture or eagle, flying over the field to the west.

EDIT 7/3/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 7/3/25 -- We hooked up the new, flat water hose. The "non-kinking" label is a complete lie; it is the most prone to kinking of any hose I've ever used. Straightening it out enough to work is a bitch. However, it is extremely lightweight and completely flexible, so those are pluses. Also the multifunction water wand is by far the best nozzles I've ever used. I favor with "shower" and "flat" functions the most. The new picnic table garden and septic garden have been thoroughly watered.

EDIT 7/3/25 -- I watered the old picnic table garden and the plants in the house yard.

The corn is tasseling. The pollen hangs heavy on the wind with a sweet, dusty, buttery, golden smell.

Fireflies are coming out.

I saw a skunk in the house yard. I've seen a squirrel at the hopper feeder.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

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Climate Change

When rainforests died, the planet caught fire: New clues from Earth’s greatest extinction

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, Earth’s biggest carbon sponge vanished, CO₂ rocketed, and a five-million-year heatwave followed. Fossils from China and clever climate models now link that botanical wipe-out to runaway warming, hinting that losing today’s tropical forests could lock us in a furnace we can’t easily cool.

I pointed this out decades ago and nobody listened. Now here we are. But hey, someone could roll up this newspaper and beat Brazil with it.

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promo post

current fandom events

fairytalebingo, a flash event inspired by fairy tales, mythology, legends, fables, etc, is open for sign-ups.

fluffyjuly is a daily fluff themed prompt event running through July.

fandom-free-bingo is running Virtues & Vices Edition. Sign-ups will close on July 31st.

sunshine_revival is active through the month of July! There will be 7 challenges, one posted every four days. There is also a Friending Meme.

allbingo is running Winterfest in July. There are both pre-made bingo cards or you can create your own based on the available prompts.

allbingo is also running a Western Bingo Fest. Premade cards and the option to make one yourself are both available here as well.

littleblackdressex, a fic/art/podfic exchange based on works about your "little black dress" character (the one you feel goes with everything/you multiship), is open for sign-ups until July 6th, 11:59PM EDT. Nominations have also been reopened.

battleshipex, an event where you join a team and race to clear a board of targets by creating fanworks, has opened sign-ups until July 9th or until they reach 280 sign-ups. Nominations are also still open.

narniaexchange, a Chronicles of Narnia fic exchange, is open for sign-ups until July 11th.

no_true_pair has opened sign-ups for their No True Crossover Event, where you sign up with four different fandoms and use the posted prompts that uses all the fandoms in different combinations, and you create works using those randomly made crossovers.

fancake's theme of the month is: working together. Click on the banner below to find out more!

Photograph with added text: Working Together, at Fancake. Workers in India use wide wooden paddles with long handles to shove a huge yard of drying grains into big piles. The grain, most likely rice, is a beautiful golden color, and there's a mix of western and traditional clothing among the seven men and women.