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This poem is spillover from the November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by

librarygeek. It also fills the "I didn't want power. All I wanted was control. Over my life." square in my 11-1-25 card for the Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories Bingo fest.

Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the more detailed notes, some of which are spoilers. It includes a ritual for justice with violent ends, ominous mythical figures, a bad leader, reference to sexual assault, reference to abuse under color of authority, treachery, and other challenges. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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https://xkcd.com/3165/

At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'

https://xkcd.com/3165/

senmut

2011 - I don't remember much of this year. It's the last year at the Evol Empire, first year at the lab... so a lot of change.

Thor - Do I have issues with the myth breaking? Yes. But as a superhero movie goes, it was a fun romp. (Personal opinion, the Thor franchise is a bit weaker overall than some of the others).
Captain America: The First Avenger - I loved this one. It's the only one of the CA movies I unilaterally love.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - OH HELL YEAH. Even having a bunch of actors that I don't usually care for in it could not kill my love of this! And yes, I did watch the originals, but still love this modern take on it.
War Horse - Still uncertain why I chose to watch this, but wound up enjoying the wandering tale greatly.

Green Lantern - On the list because, much as I love Hal, I despised this movie so much in the first 15 minutes I stopped watching it.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The novelization was better, and it spawned epic AUs from me and my co-writer at the time.

ecto_one_spengler posting in

fan_flashworks

Title: your stupid face
Fandom: Super Mario franchise (if the mods can do so, please tag just as Super Mario or like, Super Mario (series)! There's too many references to stick to one subseries this time :( )
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1377 words
Content notes: Scattershot style references to at the very least the first Mario movie, a few of the Mario RPGs, the first Mario + Rabbids game, Super Mario Odyessy, Paper Mario and the Origami King and the Kaden Mackay song "Your Stupid Face" - the events of the story vaguely follows the rough story of Your Stupid Face. Also. Bowser has a potty mouth, hence the given rating.
Author notes: Ahahahaha..... I wrote up this experimental piece with an actual ship in mind. I've liked the song for a while.
Written for: The prompt Missing for Fan Flashworks.
Summary: A very unlikely relationship starts between the burly Bowser Koopa and his archnemesis, the plumber hero Mario, found between fights, Princess Peach kidnapping schemes and near-catastrophes over many years - making Bowser get very used to the feeling of missing what he believes he can never have.

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Current Mood: embarrassed
Current Location: My computer
Current Music: Kitchen Nightmares....

mellowtigger

I'm supposed to get a long overdue gastrointestinal (GI) exam on Friday morning next week in the wee early hours, before dawn. I already bought all of the things I need for the "cleansing" beforehand, except for the magnesium citrate solution. There wasn't any at the Cub (grocery) pharmacy. There wasn't any available online at CVS or Walgreens. I called this morning to ask the GI team at the hospital what I should do. They said they would send a prescription order for it to the Cub pharmacy. I said that it wasn't on the shelf, because I already was there physically and looked. Apparently these days, pharmacies keep magnesium citrate in stock behind the counter. Sure enough, I picked up the prescribed solution at the grocery this afternoon. The pharmacy even handed it to me "at no cost". That's right, zero.

I have no idea what's going on with that zero cost. Even my monthly blood pressure medication cost $0.16 at the counter, definitely but barely above zero. I even asked the lady at the checkout counter for my groceries, showing her my bottle with the prescription label on it. "They said it was zero cost?" "Yes, that's what they said." "Then it really is. I don't need to ring it up."

Does anyone know if magnesium citrate is an ingredient in some kind of unhealthy or illegal street recipe for some other drug? Why would nobody have stock for it, but it's still available by prescription, when it's clearly a non-prescription product?

Entirely separately, while checking online to find the GI team's phone number to ask about the missing magnesium citrate, I found that I had a bill for my sleep study a few weeks ago. That bill amounts to $2,013.00.

*cough*

My parents left a nice gift check for me during their visit, so I don't have to dip into my savings to cover the cost, but it's certainly a lot more than I was expecting to pay. And I still have the GI exam in a few days. And I still need to get my dental guard replaced, which is a custom fit thing.

At some point, USA costs become so prohibitive that medical tourism becomes a necessity. Take an airplane to a clinic in another country, get the work done, and immediately fly back. Still cheaper than healthcare in the USA.

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holly_poly

Less than 11 hours left to submit your nominations for this year's Holly Poly - see our countdown link. We currently only have 20 fandoms left to approve though we expect more to come in still. Out of those left to approve, we have a number of nominations we need clarification for.

If we haven't heard anything about these nominations by 11:00AM GMT November 14th, they will be either corrected based on our best guess or rejected and signups will open as scheduled.

All comments for this post are set to screened, meaning only the mods will be able to see them. You can also e-mail us at holly.poly.exchange@gmail.com if you prefer.

Fandoms for this post:

Danny Phantom x DC
DCU
DCU x Marvel
Fate/Grand Order
Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie
LIS: True Colors
Life is Strange 2
Marvel
Original Work
Very Good - Block B (Music Video)

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Collection: https://ao3.org/collections/holly_poly_2025
Tag Set: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/25541
Tumblr: https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/holly-poly.bsky.social
Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates
Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits

senmut

AO3 Link | Lessons In Living and Death (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Forever Knight
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Janette DuCharme
Additional Tags: Drabble, Introspection, Canonical Character Death
Summary:

Janette, reflecting over lessons

Lessons in Living and Death

There had been a time when Janette had been certain she knew just what life, and death, were all about. She could have all of the pretty things she wished, craft games to entertain her, and enjoy Nick's company.

Then he arrived in her city after a long absence, and things began falling apart. From his near-killing of their creator to his wanton embroilment in human policies and lives, Nick was upending every rule of her existence. His partner and his love interest alike added to the chaos.

Meeting Robert changed everything.

Losing him was a bitter lesson of loss.

case posting in

fandomsecrets

⌈ Secret Post #6881 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #982.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

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bruce_schneier_feed

Posted by Bruce Schneier

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/friday-squid-blogging-squid-game-the-challenge-season-two.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=71143

The second season of the Netflix reality competition show Squid Game: The Challenge has dropped. (Too many links to pick a few—search for it.)

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Blog moderation policy.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/friday-squid-blogging-squid-game-the-challenge-season-two.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=71143

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schneefink

I found out I have iron-deficiency anemia (again.) Looking at the list of possible symptoms explains a lot about my last few weeks: I thought it was stress at first and then started to get concerned after the exam. Mostly it's reassuring because it's treatable with simple iron tablets, but a little frustrating too because it'll take a while and I would like to be cured immediately, thank you, I'm getting really sick of being so tired and struggling to focus.
And I'm feeling a bit extra whiny today because I got vaccinated and my arm hurts.

The MCSR Midoffs s2 have started and are live right now: the first match was already absolute cinema, so many plot twists in one match. I watched the first two and I definitely want to watch Cub play later, but I took a break to play more Silksong (and other stuff.) I'm practicing the final boss rn a few attempts at a time, very cool fight.

Tomorrow season 11 of Hermitcraft starts! I'm excited. Can't wait to find out what new gimmick they've come up with, who bases with who (fingers crossed for a few neighbors I'm hoping for - mostly Buttercups tbh), all their plans...
(come to think of it, didn't Joe want to post more s10 videos at some point? ^^)
Side effect, this is not going to help my "too many things and never enough time" problem at all.

I finally managed to read a book that's been on my to-read list for a long time: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
( Thoughts with spoilers )
Another book in the category of "if I hadn't had high expectations because I saw so many recs I wouldn't have felt disappointed." I still enjoyed it overall.

scalziwhatever_feed

Posted by John Scalzi

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/07/view-from-a-hotel-window-11-7-25-austin-tx/

https://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=58165

No parking lot, but look! Men at work! Good for them. Dudes in high-viz is part of what makes America great.

I’m in town for the Texas Book Festival, and I have two events, one tomorrow and one on Sunday, plus I am participating in the LitCrawl on Saturday night. Here’s the Book Festival schedule, where you can look me up. Also, here is the Lit Crawl schedule, where you can also look me up. After each of the festival events I believe there will be a signing. Come see me! Don’t leave me here to eat brisket all on my own.

— JS

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/07/view-from-a-hotel-window-11-7-25-austin-tx/

https://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=58165

ysabetwordsmith

People are having funerals for the world's melting glaciers. Could it mobilize further climate action?

Glaciers around the world are melting so quickly that the scale of the loss is difficult to comprehend. Death, on the other hand, is a universal experience, familiar across all cultures.

To bridge that gap, anthropologists Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe of Rice University are drawing parallels between human death rituals and the disappearance of glaciers, offering people a more tangible way to understand what’s being lost.

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oursin

I.e. after all the faff and fuss and distraction

I GOT THE REVIEW DONE!!!

And then spent a fair amount of time fiddling around with it and niggling at it and trimming it and so on -

- but then I managed to upload it to the journal site, via a link from the Reviews Editor which may not have required me to either remember a password I created in the dim mists of past time or create a new one, but still involved the inordinate amount of annoying these journal sites are.

And lo and behold, this very morning after, it has been accepted, no corrections, no revisions, now in the editing process, copyright form forthcoming.

Phew.

One last book to review on the pile, should I put myself forward to review v interesting work just out from old mate? Have other stuff to be thinking of....

As previously mentioned, also managed to get the downstairs backroom communicating with the world again. Though getting the unwanted TP-Link returned looks a bit more arduous.

Plus, have had a haircut.

musesfool

Imagine my excitement at reading this interview with Bob Mould this morning: How Bob Mould rediscovered the great, lost live Husker Du record not because of Hüsker Dü, whom I liked but didn't love, but because he mentions that Sugar reunited. I LOVED SUGAR!!! If I Can't Change Your Mind is 3 minutes of PURE POP PERFECTION and one of my top 5 songs of ALL TIME. Back in the 90s, I saw Bob live solo at least twice (once pressed right up to the stage beneath him and his guitar at...Irving Plaza? I think?), and saw Sugar in concert at least once (maybe twice?). Copper Blue is full of great songs, as is Bob's first solo album, Workbook. (Black Sheets of Rain was also good but less accessible, imo.)

If Sugar actually tours, I might leave the house to see them!

I have other, less fun, work news, but I should probably save it for a locked post sometime later. Sigh.

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Current Mood: excited
Current Music: standing on the edge of Hoover Dam, I am

flo_nelja

Catégorie : Seriez-vous capable de l'arrêter ? (Thriller - Enquête - Suspense - Identité - Philosophie - Paradoxe - Manga)

Encore un tome 1 de la sélection du Priw Mangawa ! Le personnage principal prépare un manga sur un homme invisible, mais n'arrive pas à le faire accepter à son éditeur. Un jour, il faut une prière à un temple, et se retrouve à pouvoir rendre invisble les gens et les choses.

A partir de ce moment, tout va devenir très noir.

Je suis partagée par rapport à ce manga. Les thèmes sont intéressants, la façon dont est écrite le milieu du manga aussi, la relation entre le héros et son assistant fanboy est mignonne. Et malgré cela, je ne suis pas rentrée dans l'histoire et je n'ai pas l'intention de lire la suite. Peut-être parce que c'est écrit comme de l'horreur : beaucoup de lenteur pour faire monter le suspense, des gros plans sur des cadavres volontairement répugnants et pas spécialement thématiquement intéressants... J'aime l'horreur, mais je voulais de l'horreur psychologique, pas ça.

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talkpolitics

So apparently, Russia has found a new enemy of the state - and it's not NATO, not the West, not TikTok... it's Masha and the Bear.

Yes, you read that right. A Russian political scientist and pro-Putin activist named Vadim Popov has proposed that the beloved children's cartoon "Masha and the Bear" be restricted - or even banned - because it allegedly "contradicts traditional Russian values". Whatever that means.

His argument? Brace yourselves.

A little girl shouldn't live alone.

She shouldn't be talking to animals.

And, generally speaking, no child should ever experience magical or unrealistic things - because that apparently "confuses children and leads them away from the true path of Russian spirituality".

Popov also took aim at other dangerous Western influences like Pippi Longstocking, Alice in Wonderland, and of course Harry Potter. (Someone please check if Winnie the Pooh is already on the sanctions list!)

So yeah - the battle for Russia's moral soul now officially includes cartoon bears, talking teapots, and imaginary friends.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Kremlin:
"Comrade, what about the economy?"
"Forget the economy! Masha is corrupting our youth!"

Happy Friday, comrades - may your cartoons remain unbanned and your bears remain cute and friendly. 🐻😂

tozka

Hello, happy Friday! Some links for y’all:

Crafts & Hobbies

Here’s a bunch of really artsy, really cute witchy/pagan printables including coloring pages, grimoire pages, and idea lists.

And here’s a typeface for people who love to knit— and it doubles as a pattern, too!

Pride Radio Network, which is “a multi-mode amateur radio repeater network created by and for the members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies.”

Zines & Books

Some intriguing zines I found recently:

For An Anarchist Radio Relay League (PDF direct link)
SASS Witchcraft Zine (“secular, agnostic/atheist, skeptical, and science-seeking”)
Collection of fanzines from nonasuch on Tumblr
Free digital zines from Alexa Kari on various topics, including one about museum controversies!

Also ZineMap.com which has zine libraries, stores that sell zines, etc. listed in an easy-to-use directory.

Internet Culture, etc.

Sacha Judd writes about how the internet is broken for groups/communities, not just individual users. She didn’t mention forums at all, BUT they have everything needed for a vibrant community space except the problem is cost: hosting, plus time/emotion/effort for moderators to keep things running. One reason Discord has taken off for fan groups is because it’s free, you can do mod things, you can search for history more or less, and so on. It’s basically like a slightly shittier forum mixed with IRC. Anyway…

Streetpass for Mastodon — a fun browser extension where it automatically finds Mastodon accounts for websites you visit. It’s a spin off the Nintendo 3DS’ StreetPass feature!

A short but informative video presentation about ReclaimTech, a community movement away from corporate web/social media. Here’s their main website which has more info and resource links.

Here’s a little thing about the downsides of open source software licenses (h/t alisx).

Two modes of Internet use by Tracy Durnell:

I’ve found my relationships are healthier when I keep my offline-first relationships offline (e.g. not following each other on Facebook or Instagram) — following someone’s Instagram makes it feel like I know what’s going on with them without interacting. Following offline friends on social media can reduce what used to be normal friendships into parasocial relationships.

[…]

I suspect bringing offline relationships online is responsible for a lot of the loneliness people feel — social media looks like you have all these friends… but no one you could ask to feed your cat while you’re away, because one-to-many broadcasting replaced direct interactions 😿 Essentially, the offline relationship became an online one.

US Politics

“Former library director awarded $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books” — yay!

Need more stuff to read? I’ve compiled all previous linkspam posts here on my website, or you can explore the linkspam tag to find more.

Crossposted from Pixietails Club Blog.

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ysabetwordsmith - Poem: "A Clear Path of Freedom"
xkcd_feed - Earthquake Prediction Flowchart
senmut - Fandom Fifty: #36
ecto_one_spengler in fan_flashworks - Missing: Super Mario: Fanfic: your stupid face
mellowtigger - a brief medical update
purpleyin in holly_poly - Reminder nominations close tomorrow + Clarifications post #1
senmut - 30 in 30: Forever Knight
case in fandomsecrets - [ SECRET POST #6881 ]
troyswann - Farscape stories up on AO3
shipperslist - Duck Prints Press 2025 Queer Book Challenge blackout!
bruce_schneier_feed - Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Game: The Challenge, Season Two
shipperslist - The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua by Meng Xi Shi
schneefink - Cells and blocks and amoeba
scalziwhatever_feed - View From a Hotel Window, 11/7/25: Austin, TX
ysabetwordsmith - Climate Change
oursin - I think a little rejoicing is in order?
musesfool - if the Mississippi should wash me away
flo_nelja - Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : L'anneau de Gygès (Kato Takahiro)
asthfghl in talkpolitics - Friday nonsense corner: Russia vs Masha and the Bear
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Poem: "A Clear Path of Freedom"

Earthquake Prediction Flowchart

Fandom Fifty: #36

Missing: Super Mario: Fanfic: your stupid face

a brief medical update

Reminder nominations close tomorrow + Clarifications post #1

30 in 30: Forever Knight

[ SECRET POST #6881 ]

Farscape stories up on AO3

Duck Prints Press 2025 Queer Book Challenge blackout!

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Game: The Challenge, Season Two

The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua by Meng Xi Shi

Cells and blocks and amoeba

View From a Hotel Window, 11/7/25: Austin, TX

Climate Change

I think a little rejoicing is in order?

if the Mississippi should wash me away

Pumpkin Autumn Challenge : L'anneau de Gygès (Kato Takahiro)

Friday nonsense corner: Russia vs Masha and the Bear

🔗 knitting typeface, sass witchcraft, reclaim tech