BBC Inside Science
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bbc_sci_nature_feedThree decades since the first successful gene therapy, why aren’t we using them more?
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30 in 30: Marvel X-Men
Nov. 27th, 2025 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senmutAO3 Link | Ladies to the Rescue (150 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men [Comics]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rogue [X-Men], Jubilation Lee | Jubilee, Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde, Laura Kinney, James "Logan" Howlett | Wolverine
Additional Tags: Drabble and a Half
Summary:
Rogue looked away as Jubilee set off a light show in the dark of the power going out. Kitty had definitely delivered on that, and everyone they were facing was dazzled. They had waited just long enough for the night vision goggles to go on, after all.
Rogue let loose, drawing all attention to herself, letting Kitty have time to get back — and their fourth member to sniff out where the man they'd come for actually was.
No one had to guess when X-23 found him, as father and daughter cut a path back to this point.
"You look like hell, sugah," Rogue called to her long-time friend.
"You look like the cavalry," he said, before shorting out the one robotic enemy with a well-placed claw-punch.
"Time to exit!" Jubilee called out, and while the few standing tried to stop them, they were no match for Wolvie and his girls.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: X-Men [Comics]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rogue [X-Men], Jubilation Lee | Jubilee, Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde, Laura Kinney, James "Logan" Howlett | Wolverine
Additional Tags: Drabble and a Half
Summary:
Wolvie needs a rescue
Rogue looked away as Jubilee set off a light show in the dark of the power going out. Kitty had definitely delivered on that, and everyone they were facing was dazzled. They had waited just long enough for the night vision goggles to go on, after all.
Rogue let loose, drawing all attention to herself, letting Kitty have time to get back — and their fourth member to sniff out where the man they'd come for actually was.
No one had to guess when X-23 found him, as father and daughter cut a path back to this point.
"You look like hell, sugah," Rogue called to her long-time friend.
"You look like the cavalry," he said, before shorting out the one robotic enemy with a well-placed claw-punch.
"Time to exit!" Jubilee called out, and while the few standing tried to stop them, they were no match for Wolvie and his girls.
Are mattress stores money laundering schemes?
Nov. 27th, 2025 12:04 pmrynlingI was listening to a podcast whose hosts brought up the topic of “non-political conspiracy theories to discuss with your family at Thanksgiving,” and one of them mentioned mattress stores. Why are there always multiple stores at the same intersection, and how do they make money despite never seeming to have any customers? Oddly enough, I can explain this.
( Read more... )
So mattress stores are a kind of conspiracy, but it’s not the mafia – it’s just capitalism.
Anyway, my own contribution to the topic of “low-stakes conspiracy theories” is that the poet T.S. Eliot put the “S” in his name so that it wouldn’t be “toilet” spelled backwards.
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So mattress stores are a kind of conspiracy, but it’s not the mafia – it’s just capitalism.
Anyway, my own contribution to the topic of “low-stakes conspiracy theories” is that the poet T.S. Eliot put the “S” in his name so that it wouldn’t be “toilet” spelled backwards.
What is the new charge for driving an electric or hybrid car?
Nov. 27th, 2025 10:22 ambbc_sci_nature_feedAll new cars must be electric or hybrid from 2030, but the government could put new taxes on them.
Massive prehistoric structure found near Stonehenge
Nov. 27th, 2025 06:40 ambbc_sci_nature_feedA study has confirmed 16 pits were dug close to the Stonehenge more than 4,000 years ago.
In The News.....
Nov. 27th, 2025 09:47 amdisneydream06Hey MAGA Turds, Don't mess with the Gays.....
I do hope Disney knows which side of their bread is buttered...
Wing Group Plans To Crash Disneyland Gay Day In Pathetic Stunt
By Marvin Valdez
https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/right-wing-group-plans-to-crash-disneyland-gay-day-in-pathetic-stunt/?fref=b8ac4a63-51b6-48d3-9f15-b3f4f8c0f017&utm_campaign=27-Nov-25+DNAnews%3a+Thomas+%7c+Kyland+%7c+Andi&em=amRoYXllbmdhQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ--
I do hope Disney knows which side of their bread is buttered...
Wing Group Plans To Crash Disneyland Gay Day In Pathetic Stunt
By Marvin Valdez
https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/right-wing-group-plans-to-crash-disneyland-gay-day-in-pathetic-stunt/?fref=b8ac4a63-51b6-48d3-9f15-b3f4f8c0f017&utm_campaign=27-Nov-25+DNAnews%3a+Thomas+%7c+Kyland+%7c+Andi&em=amRoYXllbmdhQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ--
12 Thanksgiving Cakes To Make You EXTRA Thankful
Nov. 27th, 2025 02:00 pmcakewrecks_feedJohn and I actually had our Thanksgiving dinner with family on Monday, and we had ham instead of turkey, but it was still totally Thanksgiving dinner because we used cloth napkins and the phrases "What's that supposed to mean?" and "No, YOU'RE wrong!" were used. YAY HOLIDAYS.
If that doesn't already make you feel more thankful, then here are twelve wrecks to remind you just how blessed you are to have a phone with Internet access so you can look at goofy cake pictures while your family argues politics. (Yeah, I know you're out there. Welcome!)
"Bad news, sir: the tiny phalluses have us surrounded.
"Also, you're on fire."
It's the original Thanksgiving streaker!
(But what in the name of Stovetop is that "stuffing" made of?)
This bird is here to PUMP... *clap!* ...YOU UP!
"HURRRG! Watch me flex, ya!"
And this:
...is an EX-turkey.
(I can't help it; those stiff little legs crack me up every. single. time. And then I start pining for the fjords...)
Aw, don't cry, little fella! I'm sure all turkey cakes have visible bowels.
Or at least the ones around here, anyway.
This cake doesn't need commentary; it needs a sound effect.
Something like, "BLTTHHHHPPPPPPPPPP. THPP."
As a proud geek girl, I usually use the word "shiny" as a compliment.
Not this time.
Also, that "cake" is butted up against real raw potatoes. You know how I know they're real potatoes? Because they're the only thing on that platter that looks like the thing they're supposed to be.
A lot of people have complained about Christmas decorations creeping in alongside all the Thanksgiving ones this year, but I didn't think it was so bad 'til I saw this:
YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE, GINGERBREAD MAN.
Now for a quick etiquette lesson:
This is why you should always chew with your mouth closed.
And also why you should never confuse your TP with TNT. (Ouch.)
Which reminds me: anyone else think this turkey is mooning us?
Or is that too much of a stretch?
(HEYO!)
So in conclusion, allow me and the Ghost of Turkeys Past here to wish you a very Happy...
..."Itanksgiving."
Or, as most of us know it:
"Gooble Gooble Day."
Thanks to Kimberly H., Craig, Katrina O., Sam K., David G., Michael H., Sara G., Ardin A., Susan F., Deborah B., Travis S., & Carolyn H. for the Thanksgiving thankfulness.
******
P.S. Remember, it's never too early for Christmas decorations... in your beard:
BEARDAMENTS Beard Lights & Baubles
Even if you don't have a beard - or know someone with a beard you could convince to wear these - I highly recommend checking out the customer photo gallery, haha. "RH" in the red shirt has an especially majestic display. :D
*****
And from my other blog, Epbot:
This is what I get for being civilized
Nov. 27th, 2025 09:44 amsovayDespite my best intentions of routine insomnia, I was awake too late because I fell into a 1990 BBC Radio 3 production of Michael Frayn's Benefactors (1984) which I had never read and barely heard of and if I had a nickel for every play by Michael Frayn which dips in and out of the fourth wall of the timestream as its characters post-mortem what went wrong in the complicated spaces between them all those years ago, I still wouldn't be able to afford a cup of coffee at these prices even if I could drink it, but since I've seen two productions of Copenhagen (1998) and heard a third, I still think it's funny. Benefactors is harder-edged as its Brutalist architecture, more pitilessly patterned, still a memory play of arguments without answers, still the lacuna of human actions radiating at its heart. "But then you look up on a clear night and you'll see there's only a dusting of light in all creation. It's a dark universe." If I have to be thankful for something at this miserable moment of history, the accessibility of art is a strong contender. Also cats.
Interesting Links for 27-11-2025
Nov. 27th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. The Budget - what it says
- (tags:tax budget economics uk )
- 2. The Pope is not in favour of AI
- (tags:ai pope )
- 3. British children shorter than other five-year-olds in Europe (since austerity)
- (tags:uk europe austerity children hunger food height )
- 4. How a flawed idea is teaching millions of American kids to be poor readers
- (tags:reading children epicfail USA OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Man offended by NatWest Pride flags told to use online banking
- (tags:LGBT bigotry )
- 6. Voters back restricting trial by jury (but not for themselves)
- (tags:law polls uk )
How Are You? (in Haiku)
Nov. 27th, 2025 06:32 amjjhunterPick a thing or two that sums up how you're doing today, this week, in general, and tell me about it in the 5-7-5 syllables of a haiku.
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Signal-boosting much appreciated!
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Signal-boosting much appreciated!
The Climate Question
Nov. 24th, 2025 08:56 ambbc_sci_nature_feedWe're still behind on our global warming targets after the big summit in Brazil.
OTW Signal, November 2025
Nov. 27th, 2025 10:12 amotw_news_feedEvery month in OTW Signal, we take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including issues related to legal matters, technology, academia, fannish history and preservation issues of fandom, fan culture, and transformative works.
In the News
A recent POP! feature highlights the growth of the “fan-art economy,” where fans are increasingly turning creative passion into sustainable work. The article delves into the music scene in the Philippines and the various ways in which fans are turning their love for music into art-fueled creative businesses that can sustain them. Fan communities are thus building their own systems of support—where illustrators, designers, and craft-makers create in dialogue with the fandoms they belong to. As the article notes, fan enthusiasm therefore grows to become the foundation for collaborative artistic communities.
These gatherings blur the boundary between commerce and community. Fans get to meet the artists behind the work, while creators get a firsthand witness to the excitement and appreciation their designs evoke. It’s a continuous loop of inspiration where music fuels fandom, fandom fuels art, and art fuels livelihood.
This shift also underscores how fandom frequently becomes an entry point into professional creative work. Concert photographer Cassilyn Anderson, profiled in SLUG Magazine, traces her artistic perspective back to her early experiences as a One Direction fan. Anderson stresses that her “eye” as a fan helps her center the emotional exchanges between bands and their fans as cultural snapshots worth preserving. The article highlights this saying:
In her work, Cassilyn says that she puts a deep emphasis on the experience of the fan. Capturing those moments of connection is what truly drives her to shoot the way she does.
Her story resonates strongly with ongoing conversations about the value of fan labor and the ways transformative creativity migrates between fandom and broader cultural spaces.
Another facet of the fan-art economy that is witnessing renewed interest is the zine—handmade, self-published magazines with long roots in counterculture and fan communities. A recent Times report notes that younger creators are embracing zines not just as a nostalgic medium but as a way to produce personal, expressive works outside traditional digital platforms. These small publications mix art, commentary, and identity in ways that are distinctly tied to one’s autonomy.
Their resurgence also speaks to a larger tenet central to the OTW’s work: the preservation of fan-made media in all its forms. While online archives play an essential role in safeguarding digital creations, zines remind us that physical artifacts remain a vital part of fannish memory. They carry the choices and contexts of the communities that produce them, becoming lasting records of how fans document their worlds.
OTW Tips
Are you interested in exploring fanzines? Look no further! The AO3 Fanzine Scan Hosting Project (FSHP) is dedicated to the digital preservation of select fanzine works and other fannish artifacts, with permission from the creators and/or publishers.
If you are interested in helping Open Doors and Zinedom transcribe works from fanzines or if you have any other FSHP-related queries, please contact the Open Doors committee.
We’d also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of any fanzines in which they may have been published on Fanlore. If you’re new to wiki editing, no worries! Check out the visitor portal, or ask the Fanlore Gardeners for tips.
Thank you for your interest in preserving fannish history for future generations of readers!
We want your suggestions for the next OTW Signal post! If you know of an essay, video, article, podcast, or news story you think we should know about, send us a link. We are looking for content in all languages! Submitting a link doesn’t guarantee that it will be included in an OTW post, and inclusion of a link doesn’t mean that it is endorsed by the OTW.
GERALT OF RIVIA > THE WITCHER
Nov. 27th, 2025 04:36 pmquixotic posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
dwrp_iconsCANON: The Witcher: Corvo Blanco
CHARACTERS: Geralt of Rivia
ADDITIONAL INFO: 38 icons from the comic.
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CHARACTERS: Geralt of Rivia
ADDITIONAL INFO: 38 icons from the comic.
CREDIT TO:
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malagraphicGABRIEL > GOOD FORTUNE
Nov. 27th, 2025 04:34 pmquixotic posting in dwrp_iconsCANON: Good Fortune
CHARACTERS: Gabriel
ADDITIONAL INFO: 109 icons from the movie
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CHARACTERS: Gabriel
ADDITIONAL INFO: 109 icons from the movie
CREDIT TO:
malagraphichere @
malagraphicUpdates to "No Fandom" Additional Tags, November 2025
Nov. 24th, 2025 04:52 pmao3_news_feed
AO3 Tag Wranglers continue to test processes for wrangling canonical additional tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete) which don't belong to any particular fandom (also known as "No Fandom" tags). This post overviews some of these upcoming changes.
In this round of updates, we continued to streamline creating new canonical tags, prioritizing more straightforward updates which would have less discussion compared to renaming current canonical tags or creating new canonical tags which touch on more complex topics. This method also reviews new tags on a regular basis, so check back on AO3 News for periodic "No Fandom" tag announcements.
None of these updates change the tags users have added to works. If a user-created tag is considered to have the same meaning as a new canonical, it will be made a synonym of one of these newly created canonical tags, and works with that user-created tag will appear when the canonical tag is selected.
In short, these changes only affect which tags appear in AO3's auto-complete and filters. You can and should continue to tag your works however you prefer.
New Canonicals
The following concepts have been made new canonical tags:
- Alternate Universe - Cakeverse | Cake and Fork
- Best Friends to Lovers
- Friends to Strangers to Lovers
- Lovers to Strangers
- Broken Ribs
- Canon-Typical Incest
- Consensual Incest
- CFNF | Clothed Female Naked Female
- CMNM | Clothed Male Naked Male
- Characters with Two Penises
- Hemipenes
- Choking Kink
- Fleshlights
- Group Chats
- Honeypot Missions
- Identity Crisis
- Impalement
- Implied/Referenced Breeding Kink
- Impostor Syndrome
- Just the Tip
- Lavender Marriages
- Mating Cycles/In Rut
- Meet-Ugly
- No Character Bashing
- NTR | Netorare
- Older Bottom Characters
- Younger Top Characters
- Younger Top Characters/Older Bottom Characters
- Pacifiers
- Parentification
- Screen Reader Friendly
- Talking About Feelings
- Tragic Backstory
In Conclusion
While some of these tags may be tags and concepts you're intimately familiar with, others may be concepts you've never heard of before. Fortunately, our fellow OTW volunteers at Fanlore may be able to help! As you may have seen in the comments sections of previous posts, Fanlore is a fantastic resource for learning more about these common fandom concepts, and about the history and lore of fandom in general. For the curious, here's a quick look at a few articles about concepts related to this month's new canonical tags:
While we won't be announcing every change we make to No Fandom canonical tags, you can expect similar updates in the future about tags we believe will most affect users. If you're interested in the changes we'll be making, you can continue to check AO3 News or follow us on Bluesky @wranglers.archiveofourown.org or Tumblr @ao3org for future announcements.
You can also read previous updates on "No Fandom" tags as well as other wrangling updates, linked below:
- Past "No Fandom" Additional Tags Updates & 5 Things Said by Wrangling Volunteers
- Past Fandom-Specific and "No Fandom" Tag Wrangling Change Posts & Announcements
For more information about AO3's tag system, check out our Tags FAQ.
In addition to providing technical help, AO3 Support also handles requests related to how tags are sorted and connected. If you have questions about specific tags, which were first used over a month ago and are unrelated to any of the new canonical tags listed above, please contact Support instead of leaving a comment on this post.
Please keep in mind that discussions about what tags to canonize and what format they should take are ongoing. As a result, not all related concepts will be canonized at the same time. This does not mean that related or similar concepts will not be canonized in the future or that we have chosen to canonize one specific concept in lieu of another, simply that we likely either haven’t gotten to that related concept yet or that it needs further discussion and will take a bit longer for us to canonize it as a result. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Lastly, we're still working on implementing changes and connecting relevant user-created tags to these new canonicals, so it’ll be some time before these updates are complete. If you have questions about specific tags which should be connected to these new canonicals, please refrain from contacting Support about them until at least two months from now to give us adequate time to do so.
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PhoenixSong.net is Moving to the AO3
Nov. 17th, 2025 08:27 pmao3_news_feed
PhoenixSong.net, a Harry Potter fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).
In this post:
- A bit of background explanation
- What this means for creators who have work(s) on PhoenixSong.net
- And what to do if you still have questions
Background explanation
PhoenixSong.net is being archived at AO3 to help ensure that the works will remain available. AO3 will also give its users the ability to review and respond to reviews, which hasn’t been the case at PhoenixSong.net for a while now.
The purpose of the Open Doors Committee’s Online Archive Rescue Project is to assist moderators of archives to incorporate the fanworks from those archives into the Archive of Our Own. Open Doors works with moderators to import their archives when the moderators lack the funds, time, or other resources to continue to maintain their archives independently. It is extremely important to Open Doors that we work in collaboration with moderators who want to import their archives and that we fully credit creators, giving them as much control as possible over their fanworks. Open Doors will be working with Sherylyn to import PhoenixSong.net into a separate, searchable collection on the Archive of Our Own. As part of preserving the archive in its entirety, all images currently in PhoenixSong.net will be hosted on the OTW's servers, and embedded in their own AO3 work pages.
We will begin importing works from Phoenixsong.net to the AO3 after November. However, the import may not take place for several months or even years, depending on the size and complexity of the archive. Creators are always welcome to import their own works and add them to the collection in the meantime.
What does this mean for creators who have work(s) on PhoenixSong.net?
We will send an import notification to the email address we have for each creator. We'll do our best to check for an existing copy of any works before importing. If we find a copy already on the AO3, we will add it to the collection instead of importing it. All works archived on behalf of a creator will include their name in the byline or the summary of the work.
All imported works will be set to be viewable only by logged-in AO3 users. Once you claim your works, you can make them publicly-viewable if you choose. After 30 days, all unclaimed imported works will be made visible to all visitors. We will then permanently close down the site.
Please contact Open Doors with your PhoenixSong.net pseud(s) and email address(es), if:
- You'd like us to import your works, but you need the notification sent to a different email address than you used on the original archive.
- You already have an AO3 account and have imported your works already yourself.
- You’d like to import your works yourself (including if you don’t have an AO3 account yet).
- You would NOT like your works moved to the AO3, or would NOT like your works added to the archive collection.
- You are happy for us to preserve your works on the AO3, but would like us to remove your name.
- You have any other questions we can help you with.
Please include the name of the archive in the subject heading of your email. If you no longer have access to the email account associated with your PhoenixSong.net account, please contact Open Doors and we'll help you out. (If you've posted the works elsewhere, or have an easy way to verify that they're yours, that's great; if not, we will work with the PhoenixSong.net mod to confirm your claims.)
Please see the Open Doors Website for instructions on:
- importing your works to the AO3
- adding your works to the new collection PhoenixSong.net
If you still have questions...
If you have further questions, visit the Open Doors FAQ, or contact the Open Doors committee.
We'd also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of PhoenixSong.net on Fanlore. If you're new to wiki editing, no worries! Check out the new visitor portal, or ask the Fanlore Gardeners for tips.
We're excited to be able to help preserve PhoenixSong.net!
- The Open Doors team and Sherylyn
Commenting on this post will be disabled in 14 days. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this import after that date, please contact Open Doors.