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Feb. 17th, 2026 08:16 amnnozomi posting in guardian_learning部首
手 part 22
按, to press; 挑, to choose; 挖, to dig ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=64
词汇
打, to hit; 打败, to defeat; 打雷, to thunder; 打扫, to clean; 打折, discount; 打针, to inject ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
我建议你每一次都按时吃, I suggest you eat all your meals on time
给他打针麻药, inject him with the drug
Me:
狗狗喜欢挖坑。
今天我一定要打扫房子。
手 part 22
按, to press; 挑, to choose; 挖, to dig ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=64
词汇
打, to hit; 打败, to defeat; 打雷, to thunder; 打扫, to clean; 打折, discount; 打针, to inject ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/
Guardian:
我建议你每一次都按时吃, I suggest you eat all your meals on time
给他打针麻药, inject him with the drug
Me:
狗狗喜欢挖坑。
今天我一定要打扫房子。
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Feb. 16th, 2026 06:14 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6982 ⌋
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More thoughts on fandom nonsense
Feb. 16th, 2026 03:49 pmlupine_dreamingI’m truly confused by the fact that some people get up in arms over aging characters up for the purpose of shipping them.
To me, it seems very normal to see a younger character and be interested in what their life might be like when they’re an adult — including what their relationships might look like.
Also, it seems common for people to age up characters that they enjoyed when they were kids. You don’t always stop liking a character when you become an adult. There’s nothing predatory about imagining a character aging alongside you.
And even if you didn’t grow up with that character, I see no issue with it. 🤷♀️ This sort of thing used to be very common and non-controversial in fandom. I’m not sure what caused it to be a hot button issue aside from the usual fandom purity culture nonsense.
To me, it seems very normal to see a younger character and be interested in what their life might be like when they’re an adult — including what their relationships might look like.
Also, it seems common for people to age up characters that they enjoyed when they were kids. You don’t always stop liking a character when you become an adult. There’s nothing predatory about imagining a character aging alongside you.
And even if you didn’t grow up with that character, I see no issue with it. 🤷♀️ This sort of thing used to be very common and non-controversial in fandom. I’m not sure what caused it to be a hot button issue aside from the usual fandom purity culture nonsense.
Education meme
Feb. 16th, 2026 11:23 amcahnEducational meme from thistleingrey (also seen at a couple of other places under lock). I've answered for both my sister and myself (generally similar answers, sometimes not), as well as for my kids. (Will eventually lock.)
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thistleingrey (also seen at a couple of other places under lock). I've answered for both my sister and myself (generally similar answers, sometimes not), as well as for my kids. (Will eventually lock.)( Cut for length )
life or something like it
Feb. 16th, 2026 05:37 pmtassosssWe got out of town this weekend for a visit to my in-laws. It was a good weekend overall. Husband got to spend time with his dad and we all made it through his mom's idiosyncrasies. We watched Olympics together, and I worked on editing, and when we got home a lot of snow had melted. I finished reading Red Rising, too, which was good. I wasn't super blown away by it, but I liked it. On audio I'm listening to The Impossible Fortune, the 5th Thursday Murder Club book, and enjoying that.
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Of Shows, Puzzles and Meta
Feb. 16th, 2026 04:13 pmyourlibrarian1) Apparently I never mentioned here that my partner and I went to see The Harlem Globetrotters last month. He said he'd always wanted to see them. It turned out to be different from what we expected. ( Read more... )
2) I also tend to work on a lot of jigsaw puzzles in December and January. It's nice to sit by the sunny window and watch TV in the background while working on them. I've now put away the jigsaw board and sold off the puzzles, but Ahsoka and Grogu were a favorite ( Read more... )
3) I was listening to the Mutant Enemy Writer's Room Reunion recorded on March 17, 2015. Over 10 years ago now, but at the time it was already a decade on from the ending of all the Mutant Enemy shows. It was a really interesting listen, in terms of how those shows were written vs. the writers' experiences on other shows (especially broadcast network shows). But it also amazed me how, while rewrites were apparently rare, it was also not at all unusual that scripts were unfinished even as episodes were being filmed. ( Read more... )
4) In recent months I've been listening to a radio show from the 50s and 60s that does a variety of non-rock/pop tunes, as opposed to stuff like mambos, sambas, novelty songs, and other stuff that doesn't tend to make oldies' playlists. Sometimes they have TV theme songs in there too. Not sure I'd heard the Route 66 theme before, but the version I was listening to sounded like The Simpsons theme in that the main repeated phrase was similar. Made me eyebrow raise a little since it's one of the most profitable show themes ever written.
5) The recent Fansplaining article The Success of Heated Rivalry Should Not Be a Surprise contains other surprises. For one, the author is bewildered by most articles on the show covering (for the 1 millionth time) the "women interested in gay sex" aspect, and then also why there are so many more connections to Asian BL fandoms rather than more close-to-home slash fandoms including RPF fandoms. ( Read more... )
2) I also tend to work on a lot of jigsaw puzzles in December and January. It's nice to sit by the sunny window and watch TV in the background while working on them. I've now put away the jigsaw board and sold off the puzzles, but Ahsoka and Grogu were a favorite ( Read more... )
3) I was listening to the Mutant Enemy Writer's Room Reunion recorded on March 17, 2015. Over 10 years ago now, but at the time it was already a decade on from the ending of all the Mutant Enemy shows. It was a really interesting listen, in terms of how those shows were written vs. the writers' experiences on other shows (especially broadcast network shows). But it also amazed me how, while rewrites were apparently rare, it was also not at all unusual that scripts were unfinished even as episodes were being filmed. ( Read more... )
4) In recent months I've been listening to a radio show from the 50s and 60s that does a variety of non-rock/pop tunes, as opposed to stuff like mambos, sambas, novelty songs, and other stuff that doesn't tend to make oldies' playlists. Sometimes they have TV theme songs in there too. Not sure I'd heard the Route 66 theme before, but the version I was listening to sounded like The Simpsons theme in that the main repeated phrase was similar. Made me eyebrow raise a little since it's one of the most profitable show themes ever written.
5) The recent Fansplaining article The Success of Heated Rivalry Should Not Be a Surprise contains other surprises. For one, the author is bewildered by most articles on the show covering (for the 1 millionth time) the "women interested in gay sex" aspect, and then also why there are so many more connections to Asian BL fandoms rather than more close-to-home slash fandoms including RPF fandoms. ( Read more... )
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February LOVE-fest: Marriage: Love and Marriage by Frank Sinatra
Feb. 16th, 2026 05:23 pmstonepicnicking_okapiToday is the boys' father's birthday so I made today's prompt 'marriage' but the only thing I can think of is this. I can't say I watched it regularly but it was definitely part of popular TV culture in the US for about a decade.
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Sick Days aka Forced Rest and Recovery During the Revolution
Feb. 16th, 2026 02:45 pmlydamorehouse
Image: a gorgeous lino cut of a much larger than is accurate loon attempting to drown a bald eagle in what I must assume is a Minnesota lake. She is pushing the eagle down with one webbed foot. The art is entitled "el pueblo unido" (the people united) by Jamas Sera Vencido. It is dated Feb 12, 2026.
I've been knocked out of the revolution by a head cold.
I tested, it is not COVID, but even so I don't want to infect the good people at the Food Communists so I have stayed home from the resistance. In fact, I have been face down since Friday. So much phlem; so disgusting. I can not wait to get over this. Sadly, too, this cold is the WORST Valentine's Day gift I have given my wife in our 40+ years together. Do. Not. Like.
Instead, I spent part of today catching up on some correspondence.
I am still struggling how to explain everything that's going to my Japanese pen pal because things here are sort of mundanely exceptional. Her last letter ended with the line, "I heard an ICE agent shot and killed a woman, I heard she was one of the members of the movement to get ICE out of town."
True, but we all are, Eiko. We all are. Like, in a way that is almost unimaginable.
I can't even answer the question "what did you do today, Lyda?" normally any more. What did I do? I spent a couple of minutes sewing some hearts onto my high-vis vest. I got the idea from the other mom/protector at my school bus stop patrol. The buses we are guarding are full of largely elementary age kids and, you know, their lives are scary enough right now. Also, the corner that I've been assigned is next to a business where workers regularly wear reflective vests, so it makes us stand apart. I had already sketched "Legal Observer" onto the back of mine, but I decided the hearts are actually a lovely addition. Makes it clearer why we are there.
I answered a Discord video call from the mutual aid folks who are doing laundry for people too afraid to use public laundry spaces or go to the laundromat. I signed up to be a driver and they have been going through the painstaking task of following up on the OVER SIX HUNDRED volunteers and vetting them all to make sure that they are real humans and are actually sincere in their desire to help. This is doublely important right now because ICE is weaponizing our kindness against us. After all, a bunch of plain-clothed shithead ICE agents pretended to have car trouble in order to lure a literal Good Samaritan out of their house in order to abducted them. These fucking fuckers. Also, their "worst of the worst" narrative kind of collapses when you are luring out helpers. Like, yeah, I'm sure there are some hardened criminals who would help you jump your car, but it's not a good look. It's right up there with kidnapping children to use for bait.
Then, fueled by my rage after having read about that, I spent some time trying to decide if I was well enough to go to the AFL/CIO MN protest at Stewart Park today. I decided not and then lay around coughing and miserable, regretting my choice in Signal code-name. Like this was my chance, y'all! Did I pick some deep Marvel cut? Or an obscure anime reference like the otaku I am? No. No, my code-name is really kind of dorky, even if I did choose it for a reason that makes sense for the people who met me in Real Life (tm). Ah well. We can't all be Mouse or Spider-Man.
And this all sounds so crazy without context.
It's going to be a weird letter, y'all.
The Staircase in the Woods, by Chuck Wendig
Feb. 16th, 2026 12:40 pmrachelmanija
Five high school friends go on a camping trip and find a mysterious staircase in the woods. One of them climbs it and vanishes. Twenty years later, the staircase reappears, and they go to face it again.
I loved this premise and the cover. The staircase leading nowhere is spooky and beautiful, a weird melding of nature and civilization, so I was hoping for something that matched that vibe, like Annihilation or Revelator.
That was absolutely not what I got. The Staicase in the Woods is the misbegotten mutant child of It, King Sorrow, and Tumblr-speak. Every single character is insufferable. The teenagers are boring, and the adults are all the worst people you meet at parties. There are four men and one woman/nonbinary person, and she/they reads exactly like what MAGA thinks liberal women/trans people are like -- AuHD, blue hair, Tumblr-speak, angry, preachy, kinky sex etc. She/they says "My pronouns are she/them," then is only ever referred to as she and a woman. The staircase itself is barely in the story, where it leads is a letdown, and the ending combines the worst elements of being dumb and unresolved.
I got partway in and then skimmed because I was curious about the staircase and the vanished kid.
Angry spoilers for the whole book.
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Textures and Icons
Feb. 16th, 2026 03:39 pminnitmarvelous_ogDoes anyone have any advice on applying texture to icons? It's the latest thing I need to learn how to do with making icons!