Manifestos and animal webcams
Last night, I posted my Second Doctor Era manifesto over at 
tardis_library! Witness me trying to put into words why I love this era and its characters, and rec a whole bunch of different kind of fics in it. I took care not to repeat any of the recs I've already made at the community, so it doesn't include all my favourite stories, but I tried to create a wide selection of excellent fics that deserve attention and show different aspects of the era and the fandom.
Since it's a manifesto for a rec community, it includes a lot of fanfic recs, and there are some spoilers since I assume most people know the era at least partly if they're looking at this. I'm thinking of creating a for-new-viewers version of this in my journal, though, where instead of reccing fics I recommend episodes/stories to watch if you haven't seen any of the era or have only seen one or two stories. So stay tuned for that if you're interested!
I guess that took care of reccing Thursday for me, heh. Even if it was technically Friday when I posted it.
In other, entirely unrelated news, while the Finnish WWF's seal webcam closed at the end of May with just that one evening of serious seal action (or inaction, rather), the osprey webcam now includes three osprey chicks! They've all hatched within the last week or so, and now they're already moving about in the nest a bit, at least some of the time. Go see baby dinosaurs squabble! Though at the moment it's really hot in Finland, so they're mostly lying down in a vague heap while Mama Osprey shields them from the sun with her body. Poor thing, she must be hot, she's panting a lot.
But baby ospreys are really totally mini-dinosaurs.
Also, there's now a flying squirrel webcam. They're mostly nocturnal animals, so you're more likely to see them/it climbing out and running up the tree etc. in the evening / night (the webcam has night vision), but sometimes it apparently peeks out or steps out during the day, too. I haven't yet seen the squirrel, but there is activity every day, if you manage to catch it.
There's also a wolverine webcam, and I mean the animal, not the superhero. It also has a night vision version. Sometimes bears have been sighted on it, too! I'd say this is somewhere pretty far up north, based on the vegetation. And finally, there's a forest deer webcam, which sometimes has deer on it, and when it doesn't, it still has a peaceful Finnish woodland pond.
Okay, I need to start doing actually useful stuff.
This entry was originally posted at https://auroracloud.dreamwidth.org/105741.html. Feel free to comment on either site.
tardis_library! Witness me trying to put into words why I love this era and its characters, and rec a whole bunch of different kind of fics in it. I took care not to repeat any of the recs I've already made at the community, so it doesn't include all my favourite stories, but I tried to create a wide selection of excellent fics that deserve attention and show different aspects of the era and the fandom.
Since it's a manifesto for a rec community, it includes a lot of fanfic recs, and there are some spoilers since I assume most people know the era at least partly if they're looking at this. I'm thinking of creating a for-new-viewers version of this in my journal, though, where instead of reccing fics I recommend episodes/stories to watch if you haven't seen any of the era or have only seen one or two stories. So stay tuned for that if you're interested!
I guess that took care of reccing Thursday for me, heh. Even if it was technically Friday when I posted it.
In other, entirely unrelated news, while the Finnish WWF's seal webcam closed at the end of May with just that one evening of serious seal action (or inaction, rather), the osprey webcam now includes three osprey chicks! They've all hatched within the last week or so, and now they're already moving about in the nest a bit, at least some of the time. Go see baby dinosaurs squabble! Though at the moment it's really hot in Finland, so they're mostly lying down in a vague heap while Mama Osprey shields them from the sun with her body. Poor thing, she must be hot, she's panting a lot.
But baby ospreys are really totally mini-dinosaurs.
Also, there's now a flying squirrel webcam. They're mostly nocturnal animals, so you're more likely to see them/it climbing out and running up the tree etc. in the evening / night (the webcam has night vision), but sometimes it apparently peeks out or steps out during the day, too. I haven't yet seen the squirrel, but there is activity every day, if you manage to catch it.
There's also a wolverine webcam, and I mean the animal, not the superhero. It also has a night vision version. Sometimes bears have been sighted on it, too! I'd say this is somewhere pretty far up north, based on the vegetation. And finally, there's a forest deer webcam, which sometimes has deer on it, and when it doesn't, it still has a peaceful Finnish woodland pond.
Okay, I need to start doing actually useful stuff.
This entry was originally posted at https://auroracloud.dreamwidth.org/105741.html. Feel free to comment on either site.