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Can't stop the signal
solarbird is accumulating and posting daily an impressively comprehensive collection of links to articles concerning the present administration's effort to implement a fascist police state. If you find this abhorrent, and would like to better inform yourself, whether to take action or simply to be better prepared to deal with the effects, the link posts are ( Read more... ) -
Demifiction: "Grudges"
This is by way of signal boost for ysabetwordsmith's monthly Poetry Fishbowl. It's set in their Monster House storyline, and draws its inspiration from " The Care and Feeding of Peeves".
From Barlowe's Comprehensive Field Guide to Ephemeral Life Forms:
GrudgesGrudges most frequently have the appearance of grassy plants, similar to sedges or sawgrass ... There ( Read more... ) -
Cognitive Dissonance
Our community is holding a special election next month to fill a vacated council seat. There's something, well, not quite right about seeing a sign supporting a candidate whose slogan is "For a Greener [community]" smack in the middle of one of the dying brown lawns that are the all-too-common signs of support (whether driven by personal factors or ( Read more... ) -
Where I'm From - poem meme
From wildrose via belenen: a template for writing a poem. If you'd like to do one, too, check out the template ( Read more... ) -
A celebration of astronomical events
wyld_dandelyon is someone I am blessed to know, in real life as well as online. She offers occasional One-Card Readings for fun and whatever help paying the bills her visitors might be able to supply, and is doing one today in honor of the Full Moon and Summer Solstice. Asking her for a card while you keep something in mind, and perhaps share it with her, may ( Read more... ) -
Don't like the SF you're finding?
Maybe it's because those who are creating it are creating what they want to create, or what they think you want to have created.
Don't despair! There is another way. ysabetwordsmith is hosting a Poetry Fishbowl today, in their space opera storyline, "An Army of One". You don't have to be a passive consumer -- become a spectator, or even a participant, as a ( Read more... ) -
Extraordinary poetry from Fishbowl day prompts
Come visit ysabetwordsmith's Poetry Fishbowl today. Leave a prompt, and get poetry. Sponsor something that looks interesting, and everyone gets poetry. Or just enjoy all the variations prompters can come up with on this month's theme: "Extraordinary Uses for Everyday Things." -
Comment on "Trans gressions"
I wanted to comment further on an article and subsequent commentary in ysabetwordsmith's "Trans gressions" post. By the time I finished, I had something more than twice as large as an LJ comment accepts, so I'm posting over here and linking to it.
This post is contextually in response to the linked comment, so "you" outside quoted passages refers to ysabetwordsmithYou said ( Read more... ) -
Demi(science)fiction: KOBAYASHI Isao (1929-2032) [Interpress]
This is in response to lone_cat's request for more on the life of Isao Kobayashi, who was introduced in " The Most Powerful, Master Emotion". It is based on ysabetwordsmith's and my exploration of current T-Japanese culture, and my own extrapolations from this into the next twenty years. Content describing events prior to its November 2015 posting has been vetted and may ( Read more... )
