Community Recs Post!

Nov. 27th, 2025 10:45 am
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Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fics/fancrafts/fanvids/fanart/podfics/other kinds of fanworks have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here

2025.11.27

Nov. 27th, 2025 07:31 am
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And with tomorrow’s [today's] menu at the top of mind, did you know that Minnesota produces more turkeys than any other state? WCCO shares how we got there. Via MinnPost
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-turkey-production-thanksgiving/

Speaking of turkeys, it's Turkey Day here in the USA. Happy Thanksgiving.

How to be a good party host (or guest)
From picking your guests (always add a random) and your outfit, to coping with drunks and nudity, this is what you need to know
Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/26/how-to-be-a-good-party-host-or-guest

‘Stay tuned’: new Anne Rice film could foretell release of unpublished work by late author
Documentary series of Interview with the Vampire writer available to stream with potential for further releases
Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/27/anne-rice-author-anthology

Netflix crashes within minutes of releasing Stranger Things series five
Viewers unable to watch episodes of long-awaited final series on TV when the streaming service briefly froze
Rachel Hall
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/27/netflix-crashes-stranger-things-series-five

Review
Stranger Things season five review – this luxurious final run will have you standing on a chair, yelling with joy
The kids growing up might have changed this show’s appeal, but they manage to go out in a flame-throwing, bullet-dodging blaze of glory – while still being more moving than ever before
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/27/stranger-things-final-season-five-review-netflix

‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
By Andrei Popoviciu in Bucharest, Romania
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/27/we-like-it-a-lot-how-romania-created-the-largest-deposit-return-scheme-in-the-world

‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/26/women-allege-drugging-by-senior-french-civil-servant

'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7836wvx4q4o

Novel scientific method proves pit circle near Stonehenge was man-made, say researchers
Archaeologists use multiple types of geophysics equipment to analyse ‘extraordinary structure’
Steven Morris
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/27/novel-scientific-method-proves-pit-circle-near-stonehenge-was-man-made-say-researchers

Scottish fashion designer Pam Hogg dies
Steven McIntosh
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm28v743mpyo

From Paul Krugman: https://youtu.be/tJE3KDxTbWI?si=vKYHnCMiS0nDelby
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Despite 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, still a memory play of arguments without answer, 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.
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Ricotta, Raspberry and Chocolate Crostata

Ingredients

Ingredients for 1 recipe Crostata Crust
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 egg yolks at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
Pinch of salt

Filling Ingredients
1 1/2 cups fresh whole-milk ricotta
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 cups fresh raspberries
1 cup chopped semisweet dark chocolate or chocolate chips

Instructions

To Make the Crostata

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom with parchment paper.
Put the flours into a large bowl, and make a well in center. Add the butter, egg yolks, sugar, and salt to the well. Mix the wet ingredients in the well with your fingers, then slowly start mixing in the flour. Use your hand, and eventually the heel of your hand, to mush it all together until it forms a ball.
Let the dough rest for 10 minutes, then push it out into the prepared tart pan. Don't try to toll it out, just spread it out to the edges with the palm of your hand to form an even crust.

To Make Ricotta, Raspberry, Chocolate Crostata

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Line a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom with parchment paper. Place the crostata dough in the pan, spreading it out with the heel of your hand until it covers the bottom of the pan and a bit up the sides. Bake the crust for about 15 minutes, or until it starts to turn golden.
Remove from the oven and let cool. Leave the oven on.

Whip the ricotta with a fork until smooth. Add the sugar and egg and stir until incorporated and smooth. Fold in the berries and chocolate. Fill the tart shell with the ricotta mixture, return it to the oven, and bake for about 25 minutes, or until set.
Let cool to room temperature and serve.

Writing Sprints November 28-30

Nov. 27th, 2025 07:33 am
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what’s a 1k1h?|| time zone converter || 1k1h Calendar

All sprints are run on Discord only. You can find our Discord server here.


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Super Sprint Saturday! 24 hours of sprints starting at Midnight Eastern!

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lucytara:

i’m going to be flat out and say if you use chatgpt, i automatically assume you are stupid. and i mean literally stupid. i will assume you have significantly lower intelligence. i think you are an actual fucking moron. you need chatgpt to clean up every sentence you write? are you brain dead? is there just a pile of rot up there? i 100% would never listen to a single thing a chatgpt user says because i don’t even think you’re saying it. the bot is. because you’re so fucking stupid you can’t even think for yourself anymore and you have no desire to learn or improve. you are nothing in a nothing void. you are an idiot.

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Black Friday Deals on Reading Devices

Nov. 27th, 2025 11:01 am
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Posted by SB Sarah

Happy Thanksgiving, if you’re celebrating!

My inbox is overstuffed with Black Friday email messages, but I grabbed a few of the device deals from Kobo and Kindle to share with y’all. 

Stuff We Like: Black Friday deals on Devices

If you’ve got Black Friday deals you’re shopping, please drop them in the comments of the post! If I tried to list them all I’d be at my desk until 2029, and my back would be very sad.

Happy holidays – may everything be peaceful and deliciou!

How Are You? (in Haiku)

Nov. 27th, 2025 06:32 am
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Pick 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!

OTW Signal, November 2025

Nov. 27th, 2025 10:12 am
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Every 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.

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Nov. 27th, 2025 05:59 am

flyspeck

Nov. 27th, 2025 12:01 am
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noun: 1. A small dot made by the excrement of an insect, such as a fly. 2. Something tiny or insignificant. adjective: Tiny or insignificant. verb tr.: 1. To mark with flyspecks. 2. To examine in minute detail, especially to nitpick.

Today's Cooking

Nov. 26th, 2025 11:43 pm
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Today I'm baking cinnamon cookies using a crushed cinnamon candy cane and the Candy Cane Cookies recipe (which works with any flavor).

EDIT 11/26/25 -- These turned out well, with a definite cinnamon flavor.  \o/ 

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