Sri Lanka
Apr. 22nd, 2019 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elisiPray for victims of the #SriLankaAttacks. This photo shows a statue of Christ, spattered with blood, and the Paschal candle used at the Easter Vigil. The five red grains of incense represent the five wounds Jesus received on Good Friday. His Body, the People of God, still suffers pic.twitter.com/rcDUkIk1JS
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) April 22, 2019
And a thread:
1. I’m so shook about what is happening in Sri Lanka, I’m not sure what to do. I’ve just been sitting here staring at Twitter like a helpless goof.
— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) April 21, 2019
I thought I would provide just a snapshot of the country for people unfamiliar:
More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages
Apr. 22nd, 2019 02:59 ampetzipellepingo New Chapter of Beloved by spikes_heart.
Summer of Giles 2019 is happening. This year we will be running for July only although if there is sufficient demand for days we may extend this period. Sign-ups will open on May 10th with the usual rules of three days maximum per person and each day being open to two people. There will be the regular free for all day at the end so hopefully that captures all demand.
spikes_heart.Summer of Giles 2019 is happening. This year we will be running for July only although if there is sufficient demand for days we may extend this period. Sign-ups will open on May 10th with the usual rules of three days maximum per person and each day being open to two people. There will be the regular free for all day at the end so hopefully that captures all demand.
More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages
Apr. 20th, 2019 02:55 ampetzipellepingo New Chapter of Beloved by spikes_heart.
Kats_meow is seeking resources on : how to write counseling fic effectively and how to write crime/police scenes effectively.
spikes_heart.Kats_meow is seeking resources on : how to write counseling fic effectively and how to write crime/police scenes effectively.
Changelog Digest for Fri, Apr 19
Apr. 19th, 2019 03:08 pmkareila posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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- cbd35b8: Issue #2378: properly anchor header navlinks in Tectonic
- Tweak CSS in Tectonic layout to prevent wandering navlinks.
- 096eefc: Issue #2376: more "Other Sites" upkeep: remove Delicious
- Remove Delicious from 'Other Services' on profile. (RIP)
- 95c112e: Issue #2356: remove Yahoo Messenger from user profiles
- Remove Yahoo Messenger from 'Other Services' on profile. (RIP)
- 6f8e3b2: Issue #2391: Don't stripped meta tag when 'use layout stylesheet' is unchecked
- Don't remove the mobile viewport when unchecking 'use layout stylesheet' in settings.
- f97ee3d: Issue #2412: checkconfig.pl: don't re-invent version comparison
- Use built-in version parser to compare module versions in checkconfig.pl.
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More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages
Apr. 19th, 2019 02:54 ampetzipellepingo New Chapter of Beloved by spikes_heart.
Banners reminder fromseasonal_spuffy.
It's More Complicated Than That, a post about " Joss using supernatural things as a metaphor for real world problems and issues, in BtVS and AtS, is that he never actually provides a road map for the actual problem". Thanks toitsnotmymind for the link.
spikes_heart.Banners reminder from
seasonal_spuffy.It's More Complicated Than That, a post about " Joss using supernatural things as a metaphor for real world problems and issues, in BtVS and AtS, is that he never actually provides a road map for the actual problem". Thanks to
itsnotmymind for the link.More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages
Apr. 18th, 2019 02:54 ampetzipellepingo Giles' Collection by badly_knitted.
New Chapter of Beloved byspikes_heart.
eurydice72 reviews Season Five, Episodes 1 & 2 and Episodes 3, 4 & 5 .
badly_knitted.New Chapter of Beloved by
spikes_heart.eurydice72 reviews Season Five, Episodes 1 & 2 and Episodes 3, 4 & 5 .Thirteen Thoughts: 3. S11 Episode thoughts.
Apr. 17th, 2019 02:19 pmelisiSo, what is Chibnall Who like, judged by its first season? Well, it’s nice. Fine, really. Bit pedestrian, with a few flashes of greatness and one massive clusterfuck. (Or, as some people have said, safe.) The thing is, if it hadn’t been for Kerblam! really pissing me off I might not be writing anything at all, because I have precious little to say. If this hadn’t been Doctor Who I’d probably just have drifted away the way I do when something doesn’t really capture me. Doesn’t mean it’s bad — lots of people have come back to the show, so it’s obviously working for others — just that it’s not what I’m looking for in a TV show. (What that something is, isn’t easy to pin down, so I shan’t try. *g*) Anyway, this is all very weird for me, cause I'm a Pollyanna and just being mostly meh isn't like me. :(
This post is just me going through the episodes, mostly just so I can point towards it and say ‘These are my thoughts on S11’. I sort of group the episodes together in my head, so will do them in groups (or individually) as necessary. More or less keeping to the order they appeared in, skipping Kerblam! since that one gets a whole section of its own.
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This post is just me going through the episodes, mostly just so I can point towards it and say ‘These are my thoughts on S11’. I sort of group the episodes together in my head, so will do them in groups (or individually) as necessary. More or less keeping to the order they appeared in, skipping Kerblam! since that one gets a whole section of its own.
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Game of Thrones Season 8 Ep 1
Apr. 17th, 2019 12:43 pmshapinglightHello.
I realise I haven't posted in over a month, and that it'd be a bit much to come back, put up a Game of Thrones review and disappear again, so I'll try not to do that last thing. I don't know what's happened to me really. I just have this vast reluctance to post at all, and I don't know why, beyond that feeling like I have nothing interesting to say is a big part of it. :(
Spoilers behind cut.
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I realise I haven't posted in over a month, and that it'd be a bit much to come back, put up a Game of Thrones review and disappear again, so I'll try not to do that last thing. I don't know what's happened to me really. I just have this vast reluctance to post at all, and I don't know why, beyond that feeling like I have nothing interesting to say is a big part of it. :(
Spoilers behind cut.
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Apr. 17th, 2019 02:56 ampetzipellepingo New Chapter of Beloved by spikes_heart.
This radio story on AO3's nomination for a Hugo award singled out the Buffy fandom specifically. Thanks toyourlibrarian for the link.
spikes_heart.This radio story on AO3's nomination for a Hugo award singled out the Buffy fandom specifically. Thanks to
yourlibrarian for the link.
Happy Birthday!
Apr. 15th, 2019 08:29 pmjerushaHappy birthday to slackerace! I hope you have a wonderful day and wish you an even better year to come!
slackerace! I hope you have a wonderful day and wish you an even better year to come!Singing Händel while lying on the ground in front of the Swedish parliament building
Apr. 15th, 2019 08:38 pmluzulaThat was definitely my favorite part of this day. ♥
Am suuuuper-tired, on a train home. I spontaneously took part of the Extinction Rebellion action in Stockholm today. I'm not actually active in that organization, but I was in Stockholm anyway, so. As compared to the "Shut down London" thing going on right now, it was pretty minor.
First we did a lie-in at the parliament building, lying down in a spreading circle with our feet towards the center and then repeatedly singing "Lascia ch'io pianga" but with rewritten lyrics about grief over climate change and species extinction. The acoustics were great, since it's a closed-in space with high stone walls, and people were singing impressively in tune, with a harmony, even! A+ idea and execution; that experience is going to stay with me.
Then later there was a blockade of a walk bridge between the parliament and government building for several hours, but not actually a total blockade since people could get through if they really wanted. I mostly walked around informing people what was going on; nobody got arrested. I guess this is where I express my uncertainty about what is actually a strategy that can bring action on climate change. : / I mean, if I am occupying an old-growth forest, I am physically saving those trees from being cut down. I would gladly be arrested for that. But climate change is such a global, interconnected thing. I am not emotionally willing to be arrested for a blockade like this, and also wonder what effect it actually has. Arrested for shutting down a coal mine? Yeah, more likely. Who knows what is a good strategy to stop fossil emissions, really?
I also got to sleep over at the Greenpeace action center in Stockholm, which was pretty cool. It's in an industrial lot on the outskirts of the city, and had kayaks, wetsuits, climbing equipment, ropes, banners from old actions, etc. Also among various boxes for engine parts was a large box labeled "butt plugs". Are those also a kind of engine part, or does Greenpeace have industrial-level supplies of sex toys? It is a mystery.
Am suuuuper-tired, on a train home. I spontaneously took part of the Extinction Rebellion action in Stockholm today. I'm not actually active in that organization, but I was in Stockholm anyway, so. As compared to the "Shut down London" thing going on right now, it was pretty minor.
First we did a lie-in at the parliament building, lying down in a spreading circle with our feet towards the center and then repeatedly singing "Lascia ch'io pianga" but with rewritten lyrics about grief over climate change and species extinction. The acoustics were great, since it's a closed-in space with high stone walls, and people were singing impressively in tune, with a harmony, even! A+ idea and execution; that experience is going to stay with me.
Then later there was a blockade of a walk bridge between the parliament and government building for several hours, but not actually a total blockade since people could get through if they really wanted. I mostly walked around informing people what was going on; nobody got arrested. I guess this is where I express my uncertainty about what is actually a strategy that can bring action on climate change. : / I mean, if I am occupying an old-growth forest, I am physically saving those trees from being cut down. I would gladly be arrested for that. But climate change is such a global, interconnected thing. I am not emotionally willing to be arrested for a blockade like this, and also wonder what effect it actually has. Arrested for shutting down a coal mine? Yeah, more likely. Who knows what is a good strategy to stop fossil emissions, really?
I also got to sleep over at the Greenpeace action center in Stockholm, which was pretty cool. It's in an industrial lot on the outskirts of the city, and had kayaks, wetsuits, climbing equipment, ropes, banners from old actions, etc. Also among various boxes for engine parts was a large box labeled "butt plugs". Are those also a kind of engine part, or does Greenpeace have industrial-level supplies of sex toys? It is a mystery.