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Scammers Are Impersonating LinkedIn

Jan. 15th, 2026 06:30 pm
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Posted by Emily Long

If you receive a warning on a LinkedIn post that your account has been restricted, don't engage with it. Scammers are using LinkedIn branding in official-looking "reply" comments to spread phishing links intended to harvest users' login credentials.

As reported by BleepingComputer, this impersonation campaign relies on fake company pages and LinkedIn's official link shortener to trick users into "verifying" their identities on a domain run by threat actors. Here's what to look for.

How LinkedIn reply comment phishing works

Scammers are replying to posts on LinkedIn with messages claiming that users have in some way violated the platform's policies. The comments include a link, which users are urged to click to prevent their accounts from being further restricted or suspended.

In some cases, the link's preview text states "We take steps to protect your account when we detect signs of potential unauthorized access. This may include logins from unfamiliar locations or..." which may convince users to overlook the link itself, which clearly does not lead to a page on a valid LinkedIn domain. In others, the scammers have further masked the phishing site using LinkedIn's official URL shortener, lnkd.in, which is even less likely to raise suspicion, especially if the link preview doesn't generate on certain devices.

If you click through the link, you'll land on a phishing page that uses LinkedIn branding and contains more information about the supposed account restriction with a button to "Verify your identity." That leads to another page that closely spoofs LinkedIn's standard sign-in interface and is designed to steal your credentials.

The reply comments themselves utilize LinkedIn's logo and branding and are connected to company pages with variations on the platform's name—"Linked Very," for example. These are obviously fake at first glance, as they don't have any of the robust content (such as posts, employees, or followers) you'd expect from the real LinkedIn. But users could feasibly follow the phishing link without further investigation into the commenter.

Don't interact with urgent reply comments on LinkedIn

As always, any urgent message or comment about your account security or status, no matter how official-sounding, should raise red flags. A second look at these replies make it clear that they are not from the real LinkedIn, which won't send communication about account or policy violations in a public manner nor urge you to click links in comments or private messages.

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Posted by Daniel Oropeza

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As is usually the case after Consumer Electronics Show (CES), older flagship tech products have began to drop in price—including TVs. One of is Samsung's beloved "The Frame" TV. The 65-inch model from 2024 is currently on sale for $997.99 (originally $1,997.99), a more than 50% discount and the lowest price it has been, according to price-tracking tools.

The biggest size, the 85-inch series, is also seeing a record low price, and is currently $2,374.95 (originally $4,297.99). The newer Pro version of The Frame TV that was introduced last year is also discounted, with the 65-inch version going for $1,099.99 (originally $1,799.99), but there are no bigger sizes of that model.

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<p class="syndicationauthor">Posted by Daniel Oropeza</p><p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/samsung-the-frame-tv-deal-january-2026?utm_medium=RSS">https://lifehacker.com/tech/samsung-the-frame-tv-deal-january-2026?utm_medium=RSS</a></p><p>We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.</p><p>As is usually the case after <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/all-about-ces-2026" target="_blank"><u>Consumer Electronics Show (CES)</u></a><u>,</u> older flagship tech products have began to drop in price&mdash;<a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/hisense-65-inch-qled-tv-sale-january-2026" target="_blank">including TVs</a>. One of is Samsung's beloved "The Frame" TV. The <a href="https://zdcs.link/QOjX02?pageview_type=RSS&amp;template=content&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=65-inch%20model&amp;short_url=QOjX02&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><u>65-inch model</u></a> from 2024 is currently on sale for <strong>$997.99</strong> (originally $1,997.99), a more than 50% discount and the lowest price it has been, according to <a href="https://lifehacker.com/best-price-tracking-tools" target="_blank"><u>price-tracking tools</u></a>. </p><p>The biggest size, the <a href="https://zdcs.link/z64qA7?pageview_type=RSS&amp;template=content&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=85-inch&amp;short_url=z64qA7&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window">85-inch</a> series, is also seeing a record low price, and is currently <strong>$2,374.95</strong> (originally $4,297.99). 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6 minutes

Jan. 15th, 2026 10:09 am
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From the time I clicked on This Will Destroy All Your Data OK until the time I started this entry. 6 minutes. Everything back in place and operational. This time, it gave me the option of setting up the Chromebook via my phone which saved me some typing. I have loved Chromebooks forever and still do today.

The headline is that my Wegovy will be here next Wednesday. I'm all paid for and confirmed. So, to recap, doctor sent prescription in Monday morning - she said it would take a few hours to get set up to order. I got response Tuesday afternoon. Account set up/ordering Thursday morning. But, could the the January rush.

I met with Harriet and got the agenda for next week all noodled out. Now I just need to do it. I think I'll just go ahead and do it now and get it done.
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AKA, my Very Serious Holiday Break Reading List.

Rainbow heart sticker Flamer by Mike Curato
One of my professors (who's also a librarian) mentioned that they'd just gotten this for the library's graphic novel collection because it was on the banned book list yet again. So I picked it up, then left it on the mantel until school ended for the year.

Centred on a teenager in boy scout camp, the summer before high school starts, the story covers about a week of intense emotional turmoil. The Scouts had banned homosexuality, but were filled with homo-erotically charged jokes and behaviour from the boys, as well as overt homophobia, fatphobia and racism. Like the author, the protagonist is mixed race, chubby and gay, and none of those seem to him like they're going to lead anywhere good. He's looking forward to leaving the Catholic school system, where he got religious guilt on top of bullying, but afraid of the big public high school and future bullying. He's desperately in love/lust with his tent-mate, and terrified what might happen if anyone finds out he's gay.

The art is simple grey scale with occasional red and orange, and showcases the juvenile over-exuberance of the characters, and how every emotion is the most emotion anyone has ever felt. Not a whole lot actually happens in this story, but it does a wonderful job of showing how world-endingly monumental the mundane can be at that age, when everything you feel is going to be all you feel for the rest of your life. The specific experiences aren't something I dealt with at that age, but the intensity felt very familiar.

It's a well done story that I think would be very useful to teens and tweens going through similar situations, which I assume is why it's widely banned.


The Claiming of the Shrew by Lauren Esker
(Usual disclaimer about knowing the author.)

The reservation system worked! For those not following the Fated Mountain Lodge series, the previous novels have all depended on reservation system mishaps putting people in odd situations, but this time it worked! We're in business, baby! The hero does end up in the Honeymoon Suite because it's the only available room, but that's no one's fault but his.

This is probably tied with its sister novel, Joy to the Squirrel, as my favourite in the series so far, with the fully charged shrew (as in she can turn into a shrew) heroine ready to go out there and solve some crime! Even if she has no experience in solving crime. She's paired with the honeymoon-suit inhabiting trash panda private detective, who does know how to solve crime, but is definitely getting off to a slower start. And there also a theatre troop living in the woods. And a dragon. It's just really, really sweet and fun, with charming characters to root for, and largely pretty low stakes. I really appreciated having a disabled heroine, and how she worked with her disability as a shapeshifter. Absolutely this series at its best.


The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, narrated by James Lloyd
([personal profile] sanguinity just read this, which made me want to read it again (third or fourth time through), so I did.)

I think Sanguinity does a better job of summing up what's great about this book, but to be brief: Caz, our hero, who has had the worst time of it, is my platonic ideal of an iron woobie. He's just trying to get through the day so he can catch a damn break in some hoped-for future, but unfortunately a variety of gods have other plans for him. Does he set out to save the kingdom? No! He sets out to have a nap, but the nap turns out to be on the other side of some serious political shenanigans, so off he goes. Like it or not. And he very much does not like it.

The book is an exercise in slowly ratcheting up the stakes, until the kingdom's fate rests on the fall of some beads, and just doesn't feel like it's going to work out. I really appreciate Bujold's ability to put the reader through it along with the characters. I also like how though there are heroes and villains (and some convincingly loathsome characters), no one's a panto baddie, who's just evil for the sake of the plot. The story is about corrupting influences, and power turning people into their worst selves, and how to fight back against that, which I appreciated.

I have some thoughts about the theology and world building, which will probably get their own post some day.


The Gifts of the Magpie by Lauren Esker
(Know the author, etc.)

The most recent Fated Mountain Lodge book, and the reservation system is... working! But several characters still accidentally get booked into the honeymoon suite, because why not? There were also some fun winter adventures on snowmobiles, and I really liked the set up for the next book's main character.

Unfortunately, that's about all that worked for me. slight negativity )
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Fandom: Star Wars Clone Wars era
Pairings/Characters: All the Clone Commanders and the Jedi Council so:
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, Aayla Secura, Depa Billaba, Quinlan Vos, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, CC-5052 | Bly, CC-2224 | Cody, CC-3636 | Wolffe, CC-1004 | Gree, CC-1010 | Fox, CT-7567 | Rex, Doom, Monnk, CC-8826 | Neyo, CC-1138 | Bacara, CC-6454 | Ponds
Rating: Gen
Length: 4,700 words podfic is 29min 10s
Creator Links: written by always_a_slut_for_hc
Podfic done by PolynomialPandemic
Theme: Crack Treated Seriously, angst (with a happy ending), crack, fix-it, humour

Summary: The Jedi Council was nervous. The Jedi Council was very, very nervous, so much so that the usual meditation-and-releasing-emotions-into-the-Force shtick had failed and High General Mace Windu had broken out the spotchka.

If anything called for drinks, it was discovering that your whole Order was sitting on a primed thermal detonator - well. More like a million of them.

Reccer's Notes: A bit less Crack-Treated-Seriously and a bit more Serious-Treated-Crackily. Starts out super funny, veers into heartbreaking, and then swings right back to being funny again. I love the attention to detail that makes every single character (and there are a lot) feel unique and in character even if they only get a couple lines. The Clone Commanders chat is also super fun and is a feature I've seen used before but never so well with so many characters.

Fanwork Links: your heartbeat's a countdown on AO3 and the podfic

Krampus, by Brom

Jan. 15th, 2026 09:55 am
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Brom was a fantasy illustrator before he started writing his own books. They all contain spectacular color plates as well as black and white illustrations, which add a lot to the story.

Krampus opens with a prologue of the imprisoned Krampus vowing revenge on Santa Claus, then cuts to Santa Claus being chased through a trailer park by horned goblins, one of whom falls to his death when Santa escapes on his sleigh drawn by flying reindeer.

But he left his sack behind, which is promptly picked up Jesse, who just moments previously was considering suicide because he's basically a character from a country song: he's broke; his wife left him, taking their kid with her, and she's now with the town sheriff; Jesse never had the music career he wanted because of poor self-esteem and stage fright, AND he's being forced to do dangerous drug smuggling by the crime lord who runs the town with help from the sheriff. Santa's sack will provide any toy you want, but only toys; Jesse, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, uses it get his daughter every toy she's ever wanted, so now his wife thinks he stole them and the corrupt sheriff is on his ass again. And so are Krampus's band of Bellsnickles, who also want the sack because it's the key to freeing Krampus...

This book is absolutely nuts. The tone isn't as absurd as the summary might make it sound; it is often pretty funny, but it's more of a mythic fantasy meets gritty crime drama, sort of like Charles de Lint was writing in the 80s. Absolutely the best part is when Krampus finally gets to be Krampus in the modern day, spreading Yule tidings, terrorizing suburban adults, and terrifying but also delighting suburban children.

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Giffen plot and breakdowns, Bill Loebs on script, guest penciller Art Nichols, with Bart Sears moving to inks.



Picking up right where issue #8 left off, Captain Atom and Catherine Cobert hear out Power Girl’s grim prognosis. You may as well call Kara Paradox Girl instead, because an operation is (1) her only hope and (2) impossible. ‘‘So she’s going to die, Doctor?’’ ‘‘Not if she lives! Which she won’t.’’ )

Spotify Is Raising Prices Yet Again

Jan. 15th, 2026 04:30 pm
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Posted by Michelle Ehrhardt

If you're subscribed to Spotify, start checking your inbox. The music streaming service is sending emails to customers letting them know about yet another price hike coming next month.

To Spotify's credit, the price hike is pretty minor. But starting on whatever your February billing date is, individual premium plans will jump from $11.99/month to $12.99/month, while student plans will go from $5.99/month to $6.99/month.

More extensive plans will see a slightly more costly jump. The Duo plan, which gives premium access to two people at the same address, is going from $16.99/month to $18.99/month. The Family plan, which gives premium access to up to six people at the same address, will also see a $2 increase, now costing $21.99/month rather than $19.99/month.

The price hikes are set to affect the U.S., Estonia, and Latvia, according to Spotify's announcement. The company's rationale for all this? According to the post, "occasional updates to pricing across our markets reflect the value that Spotify delivers."

Truthfully, $1 to $2 does seem like a pretty minor change, but the update follows another U.S. price hike in 2024, where Individual plans went up by $1, Duo plans went up by $2, and Family plans went up by $3. And that came after a price hike in 2023, where the Individual, Student, and Family plans went up by $1, while the Duo plan went up by $2. Certain subscribers outside of the U.S. also saw their own price increases in 2025. I can't help but feel like a frog in a slowly boiling pot.

The continual barrage of price hikes is a bit of a disappointment for subscribers who had gotten used to a steady price for Spotify since its U.S. launch in 2011, as the service went for 12 years before its first price change.

If all these price hikes are starting to get to you, you might be able to get around them. If you can find one at a store near you, you can pay upfront for a discounted annual subscription using a Spotify gift card, although it won't apply to Spotify's Family or Student plans. Unfortunately, Spotify does not have an annual subscription plan available on its website.

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Jan. 15th, 2026 11:22 am
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Fox and I just got done using an electric hand warmer and a heat gun to revive some torpid bumblebees we found in the garden. How's your day going?

Since it's going to freeze tonight we wanted to get them dried off and active, so that they didn't stay put and die in the cold tonight. Mission probably accomplished. As a bonus, I got to pet a bumblebee.
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Posted by Jake Peterson

Earlier this week, your phone might have been borderline unusable—at least, when you were away from wifi. That was due to Verizon's nationwide outage, which affected roughly two million customers across the United States. If you were among them, you couldn't use your phone on the go, which is sort of the idea behind cellphones in general. This included the ability to use navigation apps in your car, send work emails or messages, or make calls outside of SOS mode, which basically limited you to emergency services. Worse, some users are still experiencing issues this morning following Verizon's official resolution, though there's likely a quick fix for that.

I don't have Verizon, but if I did, I'd be a bit ticked off. Outages happen, but this one was massive, and the company still hasn't offered much of an explanation for what actually happened. In spite of this (or perhaps because of it), the company seems keen to smooth the whole thing over. When Verizon announced it had resolved the outage, it also said it would reach out to affected customers directly to issue account credits. It's a pain to deal with interruptions to services as important as your wireless network, but at least Verizon wants to compensate you for the problem, right? Just don't expect much.

Verizon's account credits might seem a bit low

Verizon made a post on X, once again apologizing for the outage and revealing what each affected account can expect to receive as compensation: $20.

Verizon says this number represents "multiple days of service" on average, and that no credit can make up for what happened. That might be true, but in my humble opinion, a larger credit could perhaps get a bit closer. Maybe this is greater than the on-paper dollar value of losing a day of service, but it's not like customers think of their bills as paying for their usage. They pay Verizon quite a bit, expecting that their smartphones to be connected at all times within Verizon's coverage map. Considering the upheaval a day of disconnection no doubt caused, I'm not sure $20 is going to cut it.

But I digress: $20 is the number, and $20 is what affected customers can expect to receive. If you're among them, Verizon says they will text you when the credit is available. When it is, you can log into the myVerizon app to claim your recompense.

taro

Jan. 15th, 2026 09:02 am
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taro (TAHR-oh, TAIR-oh) - n., a widely cultivated tropical Asian plant (Colocasia esculenta) with large arrow-shaped leaves and edible starchy corms; any of several related plants (genera Colocasia, Alocasia, Xanthosoma, etc.) cultivated for their corms or as ornamentals; the starchy corm from these plants, food made from the corms.


a few taros, one split in two
Thanks, WikiMedia!

When grown as ornamentals, taro plants are often called elephant ears, for some indeed have very large leaves. This was mentioned in the entry on potatoes, but just to reiterate, taros aren’t related to either potatoes (which are nightshades) or sweet potatoes (which are morning glories), and instead are arums. Convergent evolution in action. Colocasia esculenta is native to southeast Asia and was probably domesticated in Malaysia. It was one of the staple crops Polynesians carried wherever they settled, and it’s even called taro in several languages (others have sound changes), but we got the name specifically from Maori via Captain Cook’s account of his voyages, where he first describes it as a Maori crop.

---L.

Tracked Our

Jan. 15th, 2026 07:46 am
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I had planned to track a bunch of stuff every day. But, when my brother was here, I fell off the wagon. And now that it looks like I'll be tracking shots, body and meals, maybe I won't do the rest OR maybe I'll do it differently.

And... speaking of shots. Crickets from NovoCare. Well, not totally. I did get a request to opt into texts. Which I did. Then crickets. Because I asked my doctor to try Amazon, the request went to my insurer who declined BUT they did recommend I try NovoCare! haha So I wait.

I pulled out my Kindle Scribe for note taking at the meeting yesterday and then I volunteered to take the minutes and prepare the agenda. I scribbled in the scribe which was perfect. But I spent some time with it last night and figured out how to write with the pen quickly in a manner that I can then easily turn into text when I get home. Harriet, the committee chair, has Apple and Word so I can use Google docs, save it as Word and she'll be able to tweak it. She wants to meet this morning at 9. So there goes my day of nothing BUT I need to pick up our floor's Timber Ridge Times anyway so no biggie.

After that, I'll take the day off.

The cats finally got together in their dog bed, but they slept in their closet beds. I guess I'll move those to under the bed, too. We'll have bunk beds! Dibs on top.

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I think I need to power wash this Chromebook which in chromebook-ese means take it back to factory settings. It's an easy and fast enough thing to do. It's just getting slow-ish and it's been a long time.

But, first I need to get dressed. My pajamas are nice but not Meet Harriet nice.

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phone apps for troubling times

Jan. 15th, 2026 09:47 am
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I'm not particularly concerned for myself. I am worried, however, about the care and feeding of my cat, should anything ever happen to me. As I've mentioned before, I'm not on the first list that my federal government is pursuing now, but I will be on their second and third lists.

  • I saw the news stories like this one about the "Are You Dead?" app. I thought, "That's perfect!" I tried to download it, but apparently it's only on iPhones but not Android.
  • I discovered that all Android phones have Google's own Personal Safety app. Maybe it's because of all the trying-to-be-helpful training options showing up everywhere, but the user interface is really awful. Even this explanatory article seems really long. I'm not sure I'd be able to use it in a hurry. I promise to make an attempt today to set it up, though.
  • I just downloaded the ReadyNow app from Human Rights First. It's straightforward, and I plan to configure it completely for my own needs today. It is, however, another "active" tool instead of a "passive" tool that I also need to arrange.

Question: What is a good "dead man's switch" that will send an email if I fail to respond within 48 hours? I figure that's long enough that my cat won't suffer ill health without her usual daily feeding of special food.

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Posted by Jake Peterson

If you have Verizon, yesterday might have been a bit chaotic. The wireless carrier's coverage was down for large swaths of the country for much of the day, leading to confusion, frustration, and, for some, conspiracy theories. I saw some users on X post cryptic messages like "This is how it starts," and "These are the end times." It's good to know in times of service disruption, we can all keep a level head.

But despite claims to the contrary, the world didn't end yesterday, and Verizon fixed the issue. The company issued a statement at 10:20 p.m. ET, confirming the outage had been resolved, and that Verizon would contact affected customers directly to issue account credits. While that doesn't necessarily make up for a full day of network downtime, at least Verizon users can get back online and make calls when not connected to wifi.

But some customers out there aren't back to normal. In fact, they're still seeing the same "SOS" alert on their phones they saw yesterday. For these users, the outage is very much still happening, as they cannot access the internet or communicate with others without either going through satellite connectivity, or finding a wifi connection. When you need to be out and about, especially on the road, that isn't an option.

How to get your Verizon phone out of SOS mode

Luckily, there's a simple solution here, one that Verizon shared in its post about the outage's resolution: restart your phone. It doesn't matter if you already restarted your phone yesterday during the outage: In order to see results, you'll need to power off your phone and turn it back on after Verizon implemented its fix.

Different smartphones have different restart methods, but here are some tips for the most popular models:

  • Restarting an iPhone: Press and hold one of the volume buttons together with the side (power) button, until you see the power-off slider. Slide to power off, then wait for the screen to go totally black. After about 30 seconds, you can press and hold the side button to power it back on. Note: If your iPhone has a Home button, you can simply press and hold the side button to pull up the power-off slider.

  • Restarting a Samsung Galaxy: Press and hold the volume down button and side button until you see power options appear. Here, choose "Restart," then tap "Restart" again.

  • Restarting a Pixel: If you have a Pixel 6 or newer, press and hold the volume up button and side button for a few seconds, then tap "Restart" when it appears. If you have a Pixel 5 or older, simply hold the side button until the phone restarts.

If your phone model isn't listed here, you can search the internet for specific instructions on how to restart it. Typically, though, the process involves holding both the side button and one of the volume buttons.

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Noah Wyle can't seem to escape the emergency room: He's back in scrubs in HBO Max's The Pitt, playing Dr. Michael "Robby" Rabinavitch, senior attending at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room. Now airing its second season, each episode of the buzzy and impossibly tense medical drama takes place over a single hour of one very long shift, lending immediacy to the action. It's claustrophobic, frequently inspiring, and wildly addictive, making all those doctor show tropes feel fresh.

The Pitt has already been renewed for a third season, but if you're looking for similar shows to watch between episodes (or seasons), there are plenty to try out.


Lenox Hill (2020)

In deference to The Pitt's apparent verisimilitude, your first stop might well be something less fictional, like this acclaimed documentary series following four physicians at an NYC hospital. Directors Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash spent a year following two neurosurgeons, an ER doc, and an OBGYN resident—who also happen to represent two men at the tops of their fields and two women of color, both pregnant, and both navigating complicated work-life trajectories in a high-pressure environment. The subjects are as fascinating as their patients, and as with The Pitt, the overwhelming sense is that doctors are dealing with a lot. The show was mostly filmed in 2018, but a concluding episode revisits the four doctors at the height of the Covid pandemic. Stream Lenox Hill on Netflix.


Code Black (2015 – 2018)

Based on a documentary of the same name, but highly dramatized, this show stars Marcia Gay Harden as Dr. Leanne Rorish, a troubled ER attending physician at the fictional Angels Memorial Hospital. The "Code Black" of the title refers to an emergency room at or beyond capacity, and the storylines all deal with the trials faced by doctors, nurses, and staff at a city hospital that's perpetually understaffed and overcrowded. Stream Code Black on Prime Video with Ads.


Five Days at Memorial (2022)

Much as The Pitt tackles American medical care in the aftermath of COVID-19 (I say aftermath as though the virus just disappeared), this miniseries, dramatizing a nonfiction book, takes us to Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in August 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Vera Farmiga leads as the real-life Dr. Anna Pou in a series that's simultaneously tense, horrific, and inspiring in its depiction of doctors doing their damndest under some of the worst possible circumstances. Stream Five Days at Memorial on Apple TV+.


Watson (2025 – )

Hard to say if this new Morris Chestnut-led series will go any kind of distance, but it’s looking promising, and the premise is so wacky, it's worth checking out either way. Chestnut plays a modern-day Dr. John Watson (yes, that Dr. Watson), who was sidekick to Sherlock Holmes before his detective pal took a header off of the Reichenbach Falls. Now he’s on his own in Pittsburgh, running clinic dedicated to helping people with mysterious ailments—ones requiring a doctor who’s also a bit of a detective. Stream Watson on Paramount+.


Call the Midwife (2012 – )

Set at the dawn of Britain’s National Health Service, Call the Midwife explores an era when many were receiving modern healthcare for the very first time, as the nuns of London's Nonnatus House, who had been providing basic midwifery services for decades, are joined by secular nurses and given public funding. The show deals frankly with women’s health issues in a way that few other series have ever bothered, and its rotating cast of characters has helped it to remain a beloved favorite for over a decade, both in its native Britain and across the pond. Stream Call the Midwife on Netflix and PBS.


Berlin ER (2025 – )

An understaffed, overfilled emergency room in a major city—this stylish, new show is The Pitt-level tense, and then some. Young Dr. Suzanna Parker is seeking a fresh start in Berlin, but taking over the management of a chaotic urban emergency room is definitely not going to be a vacation. One of the show's co-creators, Samuel Jefferson is a former emergency room doctor, and the show's heightened realism has earned it a ton of praise, including the German Television Award Best Drama. It's been renewed for a second season. Stream Berlin ER on Apple TV+.


New Amsterdam (2018 – 2023)

Even the most realistic medical dramas have soapy aspects, but New Amsterdam leans into that side of things more than most. Ryan Eggold plays Dr. Maximus "Max" Goodwin, the slightly annoying new medical director at one of the oldest public hospitals in the U.S. He looking to freshen up the outdated hospital and bring down its stodgy bureaucracy, with Doctor Who’s Freema Agyeman by his side. The show occasionally sags under the weight of its subplots, but it’s still fun to watch Max fight for public health. Stream New Amsterdam on Peacock.


House (2004 – 2012)

Like the much more recent Watson, House showcases investigative medicine, with Hugh Laurie’s as the titular Dr. Holmes (er, House) and Robert Sean Leonard as Watson (OK, Wilson). Not only is the show tightly paced and compact, it also has the benefit of Laurie, giving a career-defining performance as one of TV’s greatest assholes, a wonderfully acerbic curmudgeon who nonetheless gets results. Stream House on Prime Video and Hulu


Getting On (2013 - 2015)

One of the few medical shows willing to tackle aging and geriatric care, Getting On considers the trials faced by the staff at an underfunded extended care facility. The fact that it’s a frequently very dark comedy doesn’t make it any less impressive in its handling of tough topics. Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash, and Mel Rodriguez star. Stream Getting On on HBO Max.


Dr. Romantic (2016 – 2023)

Following a traumatic incident, a lead surgeon (Han Suk-kyu) at Seoul's biggest medical center changes his name and moves to a small hospital in the more sparsely populated Gangwon Province. Now called Kim Sa-bu, he's tasked with mentoring young, idealistic doctors and reigniting the fire in a few who have just about had it. The wildly popular show blends hospital drama with impressive character development and, in the best tradition of K-drama, plenty of threads about the corrupting power of money on modern medicine. Stream Dr. Romantic on Hulu and Netflix.


The Knick (2014 - 2015)

The Steven Soderbergh-directed The Knick takes us back to the glory days of American medical care—specifically, 1900 New York, and the fictional Knickerbocker Hospital, with Clive Owen’s Dr. John Thackery as the well-intentioned head of surgery who also happens to have a rather significant opium addiction. He’s joined by André Holland as Dr. Algernon C. Edwards, a Black assistant chief surgeon who runs rings around most of his colleagues but still can’t seem to get any credit for it (he’s based on a couple of real-life doctors of the era). Like the best period medical dramas, this one’s a good reminder that modern medicine ain’t so bad. Stream The Knick on HBO Max.


E.R. (1994 - 2009)

A natural successor to St. Elsewhere, E.R. is less weird but does one better in its commitment to portraying something hospital drama that at least feels like reality. With another rotating cast that kept the show fresh over an impressive 15 seasons, E.R.’s innovation was in its willingness to drag viewers along at a breakneck pace, counting on us to keep up with the fast-paced dialogue loaded with medical jargon. At its best, the show makes you feel like you’re really catching a glimpse of life in an underfunded city emergency room. Stream ER on HBO Max and Hulu.


Childrens Hospital (2008 - 2016)

A relentless, and relentlessly memeable satire of medical dramas in general, this comedy centers on the staff of the titular hospital, named for founder Arthur Childrens (motto: “I believe that Childrens is the future.”) The show can’t be bothered with continuity; instead, each episode dives into a very silly/smart brand of dark comedy defined by its commitment to randomness. The stacked cast includes creator Rob Cordry, Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Ken Marino, Megan Mullally, Henry Winkler, and Malin Åkerman. Stream Childrens Hospital on Tubi or buy episodes from Prime Video.


Scrubs (2001 - 2010)

This scrappy sitcom was resuscitated at least once during its initial run, only finally declared dead after an impressive nine seasons, though it’s due shortly for a revival from original creator Bill Lawrence. Zach Braff plays J.D. Dorian, who begins the show as an intern at the fictional teaching hospital, Sacred Heart. While playing with slapstick and incorporating surreal dream sequences, the show earned high marks from medical professionals, who apparently found it more accurate in depicting details of hospital life than many prestige medical dramas. Stream Scrubs on Hulu.


Grey’s Anatomy (2005 - )

From Grey’s Anatomy did Shonda Rhimes’ mighty TV empire spring, yet the show that started it all is somehow still going strong in its 21st season. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompey) continues to head the team of doctors at Seattle Grace alongside Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. Deft cast rotations have kept things relatively fresh for over two decades and more than 430 episodes. Stream Grey’s Anatomy on Hulu and Netflix.


The Trauma Code (2025 – )

Ju Ji-hoon (Kingdom) stars as Baek Kang-hyuk, an experienced war-zone trauma surgeon tasked by the Ministry of Health to take charge of a university hospital's struggling trauma center. Of course, his wildly unorthodox methods rub the established doctors the wrong way—but he's gonna do what he's gotta do. Trauma Code does away with some of the personal drama that characterizes many of the other shows here in favor of more purely medical-trauma-related thrills. Stream The Trauma Code on Netflix.


This is Going to Hurt (2022)

This British miniseries, loosely adapted the memoir from comedian Adam Kay, chronicles Kay’s time as a trainee doctor in obstetrics and gynaecology circa 2006. Ben Whislaw stars as Kay, facing down daily challenges that range from the very funny to the shocking and horrific. The show makes clear that, while the contexts are very different, British doctors also struggle with chaotic working conditions and lack of institutional support, particularly at the intern level. Stream This is Going to Hurt on Netflix and AMC+.


Transplant (2020 – 2024)

There’s much that’s familiar in this Canadian drama, but the show stands apart because of the unique perspective of its lead character (at least as far as mainstream medical dramas go). Hamza Haq plays Bashir "Bash" Hamed, a refugee of the Syrian Civil War who comes to Toronto to rebuild his life and career as an E.R. resident. He‘s unable to get a job in his chosen field until his heroic actions during the first episode garner him the right kind of attention. Even still, he faces discrimination as a doctor, and suffers the aftereffects of wartime trauma, even as his skills and experience prove extremely valuable. Stream Transplant on Peacock.


Nurse Jackie (2009 – 2015)

Edie Falco followed up her run on The Sopranos with this similarly lauded comedy-drama that earned her six consecutive Emmy nominations and one win. She plays the titular nurse in the Emergency Department at All Saints’ Hospital in NYC. At the outset of the series, Jackie is married but having an affair, mostly to get the various pills she’s addicted to—which gives you a sense of the messiness of Jackie’s life and work. Stream Nurse Jackie on Netflix.


Adolescence (2025 – )

A bit of a wildcard here, given that the focus isn't strictly medical, but the format of this crime drama gives it a feel not entirely dissimilar from The Pitt. Starting on the morning of May 8, 2024, police raid the home of the Miller family, with the suspicion that 13-year-old Jamie has murdered a classmate in his school, a girl who rejected him. The family faces backlash from the community while the police conduct their investigation and a forensic psychologist tries to get to the bottom of Jamie's manosphere-influenced views on women. The atmosphere is heightened by the show's structure: Each episode is filmed in one (seemingly, at least) continuous take, a storytelling choice that manages to not feel gimmicky here, and that earned it a load of Emmy nominations. Stream Adolescence on Netflix.

Swanage in the Rain

Jan. 15th, 2026 03:32 pm
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After seven glorious sunny days to start the new year, January has a lot of catching up to do in the Rain & Gloom department. Judging by today, it seems to be making good progress on the backlog. I went to Swanage, which is by the seaside and therefore Cosmopolitan, with three different Italian cafés, and treated myself to coffee and a croissant and the pleasure of watching people pass by in the rain.

Took my little Pentax camera, wrapped in a plastic bag, and snatched some shots, one-handed, while trying to wrestle an umbrella in the wind and rain.

Horizons may be wonky )
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Murderbot and allies struggle to establish friendly relations with a rediscovered lost colony in time to protect them from a predatory company.


System Collapse (Murderbot, volume 7) by Martha Wells
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Posted by Justin Pot

Say what you will about AI (and I've said plenty) but the progress in transcription and speech-to-text software is genuinely impressive. Whereas before such software was either clumsy or expensive, there are now all kinds of great open source tools that work well.

Which brings me to Pipit, a free Mac dictation app that works offline, meaning it's totally private. Even more interesting, it can be used to do more than just transcribe speech—it can launch apps, toggle settings, and even launch a web search or query an AI service.

The first time you open the application, it will ask for permission to use your microphone before downloading the Parakeet model for offline transcription. Once everything is set up you can use the application by pressing and holding the Option key, then talking—the application will record what you say, turn that into text, and paste the text into the currently active text field.

I've been trying this for a couple of days and find that the transcriptions are generally pretty accurate, complete with punctuation. There is optional post-processing, which can turn unstructured speech into a properly formatted document, but using that requires an OpenRouter API key.

The settings window lets you change the trigger key, choose an input device, and toggle the menu bar icon. There's also a tool for transcribing audio files, complete with speaker identification. Just drag over a file and you get a transcription.

The uploads screen for Pipit
The uploads screen for Pipit, allowing you to transcribe audio files. Credit: Justin Pot

Finally, on the Enhance tab, you can enable the Quick Actions feature. This allows you to verbally tell your computer what to do and see it happen. To use this, start transcription as normal, but say something like "open Safari" to open an app or "ask Claude" followed by a question to launch a conversation with that AI assistant in your browser. It's a little gimmicky, granted, but I enjoyed using it.

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The voice commands you can use with Pipit, as seen in the settings. Credit: Justin Pot

It's excellent that tools like this are broadly free now, and Pipit has an interesting collection of features.

Slimer!

Jan. 15th, 2026 01:37 pm
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Slimer!

I saw Frozen Empire for the first time last night and decided I needed a Slimer for my desk. I sculpted this pretty quickly, but I'm looking forward to printing it tonight!

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Fandom: Star Wars
Pairings/Characters: CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 22,206 words
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] Nanaille / [tumblr.com profile] nanaille
Theme: Crack Treated Seriously

Summary: In this house we respect the Jedi Order, the Force, and our Very Holy General Kenobi (peace be upon his beard).

Obi-Wan is back on Coruscant. Wary, famished, and deeply not ready for what’s waiting.

He thought the clones would hate him. Instead?
They built shrines.
They quote his sass like scripture.
And someone really needs to stop printing stickers.

Featuring: false sightings, reverent memes, emotional breakdowns, and a commander who never stopped waiting.

Reccer's Notes: A very fun fic which mixes modern media fandom things (e.g. the clones have a kind of Discord chat), a fix-it AU (well...some things are fixed, anyway), and heartfelt feelings platonic and otherwise.

Fanwork Links: Our Radiant General (Peace Be Upon Him)
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I had a chiropractic appointment and a pedicure this morning. I’d been doing a lot of reds, and last week was a dark purple, but I decided this week to lean into lighter, more spring-like colors. So I went with the periwinkle again, and she did a cute little flower design.

I dropped a book off at the library on my way to visit mom, did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I grilled Italian sausage for Pip’s supper, since it was so nice out (relatively speaking *g*).

I started Husband Material, and watched several shows I’d DVR’d: Fixer to Fabulous, House Hunters International, and Secrets of the Zoo. That’s the last of Zoo I have recorded, so it’ll be back to Zoo Tampa now.

You may recall me talking about numbness in my fingertips and the theory that it might be carpal tunnel, even though the braces didn’t help at all AND it’s worse when it’s cold out; today I discovered that Sister S also gets numbness in her hands that is worse when it's cold out. Might mean nothing, but I thought it was interesting.

Temps started out at 41.2(F) and reached 48.9 (that I saw; it may have gone up a degree or two after I left to visit mom, but it was already going down when I got home). Totally unexpected, even though it was supposed to get into the 40s today. There was wind and zero sun, though, so it wasn’t a ~pleasant 48. It started to sprinkle in the afternoon.


Mom Update:

Mom was doing well when I visited her. She’d had some protein drink before I arrived and finished the mac&chs while I was there. She planned to make a root beer float for a late afternoon snack AND have tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich (probably just half of one) for supper. Given how little she eats, I think she’s only going to do one of those things. I wrote out a check for her and stuck it in the mail and brought home laundry to do for her.

She had her first regular visit from the Hospice nurse, so I got to meet her. I stayed in the living room while they sat at the dining room table. I could hear them a bit, but I didn’t want to be right on top of them. Mom got to ask some questions she’d written down, so that was good.

Good HR meta, and RL news

Jan. 15th, 2026 09:53 pm
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An interesting essay on why Connor Storrie is much more likely to get an award than Hudson Williams (if either of them does). Clarifies a number of things I'd been vaguely thinking about.

And a hockey player from the USA leagues has just come out publicly and in detail, saying his statement was partly inspired by Heated Rivalry. It's not quite that dramatic - he was partly out already (to friends and family and had been playing in LGBTQ+ clubs since 2017) but it looks like this is his first major statement on social media. He never made the NHL but used to play in the USA leagues - the intricacies of all the NHL/AHL league levels baffle me. Anyway, it seems important, and was undoubtedly made a bit easier for him by the reception of Heated Rivalry.

Episode 2727: Moment of Inertia

Jan. 15th, 2026 09:13 am
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Episode 2727: Moment of Inertia

Destroying the object of a quest is always guaranteed to trigger a reaction.

Set up some MacGuffin chase where the heroes are strongly motivated to find and recover some specific object. The quest leads them through hardship and danger and takes several sessions of play, until finally they find the object they've been seeking this whole time.

Then destroy it right in front of them. It could fall into lava, or have a building collapse on it. Or for extra points have someone they don't like destroy it, while laughing at them.

aurilee writes:

Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)

Force vision yes, lamprey monster no. Whiny Dark Side user..... unfortunately yes. I'm still pretty sure that Dark Rey was caused by the pyramid though. Kylo pulling that kind of power out of nowhere would be a bit much since he's not been constantly trying to ensnare Rey in visions. But hey, if Kylo can get all the way here and land without crashing, the Falcon can too!

Maybe.

I do have to keep in mind that we've had a handful of Force vision fights so far, and at least one possibly Force destroyed object. So there's nothing that would keep Kylo and Rey from getting sucked into another Force Dimensional fight like before. And it was Kylo that did something to the "lucky dice" as well. Having that kind of fight yet again, especially if movie watchers heard that there isn't actually any real danger involved, would feel rather cheap to have so soon. One of the reasons for the dislike of the movie maybe?

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Hey all,

So I’ve had my Life-Size Proton Pack for some time now, worn it out for cons, movie releases, and other such stuff.

I’ve had the intention of fully modding and upgrading it forever, but haven’t gotten around to it. I bought a 3D printer about a year or so ago and have gotten deep into that world, with 3D modeling and crafting and tinkering- I love it.

The time has come where I want to make good on my intentions since I was a little kid, and make the best possible replica Proton Pack I can, with all my knowledge and talents.

First, I’ve had a genuine surplus Alice pack frame sitting in my storage unit that I’d bought some 15-20 years ago, and will be purchasing a proper motherboard to mount to my Life-Size pack.

I also want to (finally) get a light & sound upgrade kit for both the pack and wand. I’ll be buying a Spengler wand (used or new, whatever’s in good shape and reasonably priced) and upgrading the pack with that too.

However- I want to know if there’s some sort of “master” list of 3D models (.3MF, .STL) I can print to upgrade the Life-Size pack.

I’ve done some mild searching in this subreddit, but I haven’t found a comprehensive list like I swear I’ve seen somewhere in the past.

So, I come to you all- can you help a fellow Ghosthead start on the path of modding and upgrading my Proton Pack to the best version possible?

Also, off-the-shelf upgrades (e.g., brass nuts from a hardware store to replace the plastic ones) are welcome- I want to do this right.

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Community Thursday

Jan. 15th, 2026 05:35 am
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Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.


Over the last week...

Posted and commented on [community profile] bnha_fans.

Commented on [community profile] common_nature.

Commented on [community profile] goals_on_dw.

Signal boosts:

  • Someone asking dreamwidth styles/CSS questions on [community profile] dwresources, mentioning since I know a few of you are good with these.
  • Edit: Also LAST DAY to pledge for [community profile] getyourwordsout, if you wanted to participate this year!

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 1/14 Game

Jan. 15th, 2026 12:26 am
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In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Purrcy; This week in books

Jan. 14th, 2026 11:17 pm
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Purrcy and I woke up together and he was *super* adorable and loving and everything a cat should be in the morning.

Purrcy the tuxedo tabby sits fuzzily on red blankets, eyes closed blissfully. His paws are stretched over the edge of the bed to tread lightly in the air, a bit of petting hand is just visible at the edge of the picture.




My list of 2026 books continues!

#5 A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, re-read.

Really 4.5 stars, rounded up. It's got so many things I love: bio-based tech, the struggle against the human tendency to bend at the knee, disaster bisexual protagonist! But the big plot revelation undercuts the point Bennett is trying to make, because
spoilerthe super-cunning antagonist is actual royal, when real royalty is mid. You can't raise someone to be super-smart unless you can pick parents who are above average and then have them raised by people who can give them intellectual cultural capital.


The struggle Din has, between feeling that only fighting at the Wall matters versus "mere" Justice work, seems to me odd because I'm so used to thinking of justice work as being part of a very large, nationwide, group effort. As it must be! the efforts of Ana (who Din is starting to see clearly) to Watch the Watchmen will only be effective if the potentially corrupt curb stay their hands *knowing* they may be watched. You can't police every action, you *have* to get people to police themselves.

In any event, this is a super thoughtful work in a thoughtful series, not just a Nero Wolf-like mystery but also an ongoing exploration of how human beings can create a society where "you are the empire".

This latest re-read was prompted by KJ Charles' goodreads review, which notes "there's something really odd about the use of exclamation marks in Ana's dialogue, I swear to God it's a reference to something that I can't put my finger on, this is driving me nuts". I re-read paying close attention, nothing came to mind at first. I now wonder if Ana gets some of her verbal tics from Bertha Cool, of Rex Stout's Cool & Lam series. "Fry me for an oyster!"

#6 To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, re-read to get ready for sequel coming out Jan. 27.

This time I savored the Uncleftish Beholding quality of the science, as Blackgoose enjoys herself building a world that never had Christianity, to spread Latin & Greek as the language of learning through Europe. In fact I don't think it has had Islam, either, the Kindah seem to be talking about a god of fire like Zoroastrianism, maybe? So I think maybe this is a world with no Judaism nor any of its descendants, which is a BIG change, all right.

The thing about the world-building that really nags at me is that I know more about living on Nantucket, her "Mack Island", than she does -- my knowledge mostly coming from long experience with Block Island, another of the glacial remnants off southern New England. On the map, "Mack Is." is Nantucket, "Nack Is." is Martha's Vineyard -- which she has given a completely implausible coal mine, for AU reasons. People seem to be able to canoe between them easily, even in winter, which ... no. That's not possible, the waters are too rough, and in winter they're MUCH too cold. Even today, Block Is., the Vineyard, Nantucket will have winter days when the ferry can't run because the weather is too bad. Nantucket has the worst weather because it's the most exposed, and that means it had the worst corn harvests.

Blackgoose is a member of the Seaconck Wampanoag Tribe, who are trying to reconnect with their heritage ... but who don't, for historical reasons that are 100% NOT their fault, have the continuity of experience that other Native writers are bringing (Stephen Graham Jones, Darcie Little Badger, Caskey Russell).

#7 Grave Expectations, by Alice Bell
A humorous mystery where i actually laughed so hard at one slapstick scene Beth worried about the noise I was making! The protagonist is a mess, whiny, & needs to get a handle on her smoking & drinking, but being perpetually haunted by the ghost of your best friend and too English to actually track down what killed her (ugh, *feelings*) is at least comprehensible. She's an amateur detective who is actually amateurish, and that makes her much more believable.

#8 Displeasure Island by Alice Bell. Second in the series. It's cute enough, I'm not sure the mystery holds together, but at least by the end Claire is starting to become less whiny so I have great hopes for the future.




I have now found the perfect way to insert spoilers: using the details HTML tag! Description and examples at W3 schools here.

My explainer: in the below, replace square brackets with pointy ones to turn into code:

[details][summary]spoiler[/summary]Here's where you write all the spoilery stuff.[/details]

Cool, eh?

Outgunned 1

Jan. 14th, 2026 09:59 pm
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My Outgunned game is a spy thriller of sorts. I thought it would be fun to skip the usual "characters start together, get briefed, plot their mission together" and so on, I'd start with three of the five breaking into an apartment. They are 14-year-old Diane Dean (the driver), 18-year-old Concordia Butterstein (unsanctioned intrusion and asset acquisition expert) and 70-year-old Jethro Winthrop (the smooth talking fellow who hired the other two because they offered the best value for price)

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Reading Wednesday

Jan. 14th, 2026 09:58 pm
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In War and Peace, Count Bezukhov has died, leaving - after some deathbed wrangling over his multiple wills by grasping relatives - his illegitimate and bewildered son Pierre a wealthy noble, which surely will cause no one any problems. Interesting, in terms of narrative structure and the famous first line of another Tolstoy novel, that this is followed by an immediate smash cut to a different unhappy family, the Bolkonskys.

Poking along in Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls and Other Writings; the "other writings" in this collection apparently include his 1920s-30s trial reporting, but I'm still on his 1930s-40s comedic gangster stories, which so far have universally ended with an impromptu marriage, except for the one that ended with the doll seducing and drowning the gangsters who killed her husband. I'm not sure that Runyon supports women's rights but he does support women's wrongs.

Also started another short story collection, China Miéville's Three Moments of an Explosion; I'm two stories in, both of which have had the feel of picking up an idea and turning it around to see the way light reflects off of its different facets - only just long enough to see each different flash of light - and I'm really liking it so far. The title story is flash fiction about urban exploration in a future with "rotvertising" (brand logos coded into "the mottle and decay of subtly gene-tweaked decomposition" or detonation) and time-dilating drugs; the second is a child's-eye view of a future where long-melted icebergs return to float over London while coral blooms across Brussels.

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Jan. 14th, 2026 06:52 pm
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Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.


The category(ies) you choose are up to you. You can give top 10 Fics you read last year, the top 10 songs to create to, the top 10 guest stars on your favorite show, top 10 characters in your favorite book series, top 10... well, you get the idea.



So I watch a lot of Brit tv and these are 10 actors that I delight in coming across in a show. In no particular order.


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Bionic ears

Jan. 14th, 2026 07:42 pm
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I got fitted with my first pair of hearing aids a month ago. Some of my friends complain about theirs. I'm having an excellent experience and am so glad this technology exists. I had no idea how bad my high-frequency hearing loss was until it was compensated for. Our dishwasher makes a soft chime when you press a button! Who knew? (Not me.)

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