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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-02 05:06 pm

Wildlife

Some polar bears are getting fatter despite a warming Arctic

Polar bears tell you a lot about what’s going on in the Arctic. When food is hard to find, their bodies show it fast. When hunting gets easier, they put weight back on. Less sea ice has meant thinner polar bears and fewer of them.

That’s what makes the situation near Svalbard – midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole – so unexpected. Despite ongoing sea ice loss, adult polar bears there are not in worse shape.

Many are actually heavier than they were years ago. Extra fat is not a small detail for a polar bear. It often decides whether the animal gets through the year
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This is super exciting because for years I've been reading about Alaskan polar bears starving. If this other population is getting fatter, then maybe there is hope for the species. :D

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kerk_hiraeth ([personal profile] kerk_hiraeth) wrote in [community profile] halfamoon2026-02-02 10:03 pm

Day One Theme - The Innocent - The Briefest of Heroes (BtVS Fic from 2020)

 
     TITLE: The Briefest of Heroes https://kerk-hiraeth.dreamwidth.org/21839.html 

     PROMPT: Day One - The Innocent

     FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer FutureFic AU

     AUTHOR: [personal profile] kerk_hiraeth 

     RATING: PG-13

     LENGTH: 350,

     CHARACTERS: OC Pov & Willow/Kennedy

    SUMMARY: Amongst all the Slayers born into new powers; what happens to those alone; untrained and unfound. This is an account of one such abandoned innocent.

    A/N: This is set in the summer of 2020, in a world where the Buffy/Faith bodyswap of BtVS S4 was not reversed; there is a cold war between the old Council of Watchers and a new Council of Slayers and their allies set up after the destruction of Sunnydale.

    This is not a happy tale with a happy ending

 

 

 

    This is the link to the original Dec 2020 post in case anyone is interested https://kerk-hiraeth.dreamwidth.org/12156.html


   kerk 
 

 


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Creature Of Hobbit ([personal profile] tellshannon815) wrote in [community profile] halfamoon2026-02-02 10:13 pm
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Day 1: The Innocent, Fic, Yellowjackets - Natalie

Title: All Things Truly Wicked Start From Innocence
Fandom: Yellowjackets
Characters: Natalie
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Reference to character death, spoilers through S3
Word count: 467
Summary: As Natalie attends a memorial for Javi, she reflects on how he was the only one of them who was ever truly innocent.

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rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote2026-02-02 09:43 pm
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I FORGOT TO MENTION

Artorias is a DLC boss.

Beating the final boss of Dark Souls puts you straight into New Game Plus, so you need to do the DLC first if you want to do it, but yeah. I have in fact completed the base game up until you enter the last area. And there is a general consensus that the final boss is not the hardest in the game.

The DLC bosses are all substantially harder than the base game ones, and I have two more left, so it remains to be seen whether I can beat them, but at this point the odds look decent that I will at least be able to finish the base game.

I would like to remind you all that my initial goal was to see if I could beat the tutorial.
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smallhobbit ([personal profile] smallhobbit) wrote2026-02-02 09:12 pm
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Courses - January 2026

FutureLearn

Art and the Environment in South-East Asia: Making in a Changing World (National Gallery of Singapore)
A very interesting course looking at current day artists in South-East Asia and ways their art is reflecting the environment around them, with all the ways this is changing.


OpenLearn

What do Genes Do?
Gene Testing
Inheritance of Characters

Three very short courses looking at some basic aspects of genes.  It was helpful to learn a little more about DNA and how genes are passed on through the generations.

Introduction to Spanish
The German I had been thinking of doing was above my level, and while it's helpful to be challenged, there is no point in floundering completely.  So instead I took the new Spanish introduction, which served as a good reminder of what I know.

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summersgate ([personal profile] summersgate) wrote2026-02-02 04:04 pm

monday later

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The Entity. I like the juxtaposition of colors inside with the gray and white outside. That's what life feels like now. All the comfort and color is inside while outside it is cold and difficult. Anyway. Dave just asked me if I want to go for a walk down to the creek. He made a path with his tractor so the snow's not so deep anymore. The last time we went I had a terrible time slogging though the snow and keeping my balance. But I forgot my walking stick. I'm thinking today it'll be better with a stick.
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ya_institutka ([personal profile] ya_institutka) wrote2026-02-02 08:38 pm

Меня любили!

Помните, я тут в одном из рассказов упоминала о нашей соседке/родственнице Лизавете-алкоголичке? Та, бывало, как выпьет, так и заводит свой любимый речитатив: “Меня любили! Ох, как меня люби-иили!” А ведь вряд ли в ту пору она была старше, чем я сейчас, так что смело могу говорить о себе то же самое и оправдываться, как бы в шутку, “отклонениями возрастными” (хорошо, что не алкоголизмом: в отличие от Лизаветы Петровны, я хоть им не страдаю). Не, ну правда, любили меня, хоть я это осознавать стала тем острее, чем дальше отдалялась от себя в той поре, когда у разных людей любви ко мне было тем больше, чем я моложе, но в силу юного возраста я-то ведь и не понимала совсем, что любовь принимала порой весьма интересные формы. Вот Галина Михайловна, например, первая наша учительница, любила меня еще детсадницей, потому что она увидала во мне задатки вундеркинда. Не оправдались они — ну да ладно, любовь-то ведь не рубильник, которым захотела да отключила нафиг все электричество. А Римма Нурхаметовна — моя вторая учительница, любила меня, возможно, за то, что я на татарку похожа, и была, в общем, на людях девочкой кроткой, как большинство мусульманок. Ее я любила взаимно аж до такой степени, что анекдоты рассказывала, от которых смеяться при мне ей было грех, но уж когда дала себе волю — небось так хохотала, что у нее преждевременно начались схватки. Когда я однажды, явившись в класс с опозданием, вдруг обнаружила, что любимой Риммы там нет, а из-за учительского стола вдруг поднялась совершенно на нее непохожая женщина и строго уставилась на меня, то я сразу и поняла, что “окончен бал, погасла свечка”.
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-02 02:24 pm

Buffalo Seed Company Order

Today we ordered some landrace seeds from the Buffalo Seed Company. They have a lot of great options. This is also a step toward my goal of planting more landraces.

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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-02 02:20 pm

Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and cold.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a large flock of sparrows and a male cardinal.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 2/2/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I put out more birdseed and a new peanut suet cake.

EDIT 2/2/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 2/2/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 2/2/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 2/2/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.
 
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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2026-02-02 02:14 pm

Website Updates

Thanks to [personal profile] nsfwords, the series Quixotic Ideas is now up to date. \o/  This is upbeat fantasy with magic integrated into everyday life.
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lupine_dreaming ([personal profile] lupine_dreaming) wrote2026-02-02 01:03 pm
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Posting anxiety

So, as I’ve mentioned a little bit before, I self-ship. I write some stuff related to my self-ships. I’m pretty open about posting this stuff on Tumblr. I’ve posted a few self-insert fics here, but I hesitate to post more, largely because … well, a lot of Old Era fandom people post here on Dreamwidth. And I remember how mean Old Fandom was about things that it deemed too self-indulgent or OOC, so I worry about getting that live of reception here when it comes to my self-indulgent stuff. :(
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serafaery ([personal profile] serafaery) wrote2026-02-02 11:49 am

Truth vs fiction.

“The idea that ancient women warriors (Amazons) removed their right breast to improve bow hunting is a myth, not a historical fact. The belief originated from a false Greek etymology interpreting "Amazon" as "without breast" (\(a\)- "without" + mazos "breast"), rather than from actual practices.”

Someone somewhere mentioned this as a true thing recently, while I’ve been processing a botched breast surgery that has left me disfigured.

There was a part of my brain that has been screaming ever since, please tell me no one would ever actually do that to themselves.


This is a Gemini answer but I still find it profoundly reassuring.
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gali_s ([personal profile] gali_s) wrote2026-02-02 02:42 pm

актуальное, язвительное.

Не могу удержаться.
Ждём, не дождёмся, когда появятся наконец публикации о том, что в файлах Эпштейна не_всё_однозначно. И всё это поклёп и заговор. И любим мы всех этих людей не за это. И надо смотреть по делам. И вообще, когда это было!
Мне в фб-ленте (не у френдов) уже попалось о том, что на острове, вообще-то, и научные конференции проводились. И Эпштейн вообще поддерживал науку и был меценатом. Скоро будет святой человек.
Вот только опубликуют условные методички и трамписты кааак начнут высказываться. Пока молчат. arbat вон только про стрелянину проработал методички и написал простыню. Отстаёт чувак от жизни.
Хосспади, как уже этот цирк надоел.
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lnata ([personal profile] lnata) wrote2026-02-02 08:31 pm
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Четыре дня, 5000км и 36 градусов apart

1 февраля 2026.
Valfrejus, France.
January 2026.

28 января 2026.
KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
KAUST North Beach 2026
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glowingfish ([personal profile] glowingfish) wrote2026-02-02 11:18 am

Time to start another week...

Which means it is time to drink some tea. My first class of the day is in 40 minutes.
That should give my tea time to kick in, right?
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natalia_il_1992 ([personal profile] natalia_il_1992) wrote2026-02-02 07:19 pm
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lnata ([personal profile] lnata) wrote2026-02-02 03:31 pm
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Сауди

Фирма-партнер продала в Сауди систему нового поколения до ее официального релиза. У нас был шанс ее немножко распаковать и понять, что установка потребует активное участие того, кто может не только собрать железяки и разобраться в софте, но и интенсивно отпинать техподдержку производителя, добравшись до именно тех ее слоев, которые смогут реально помочь.
Лет десять назад я бы отказалась наотрез, но по впечатлениям моих коллег в последние годы отношение к женщинам стало более приемлимым, так что полетели...

Собсвенно, из всей Саудовской Аравии увидела я только аэропорт в Jeddah и KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), расположенный в примерно часе езды от аэропорта.

Попробую записать впечатления пока относительно свежие.

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lovelytomeetyou ([personal profile] lovelytomeetyou) wrote in [community profile] halfamoon2026-02-02 12:47 pm

DAY 2 - FIC - PMMM - MIKI SAYAKA

Day 2 - Guilty Pleasures  

Title: Heroism can wait another day
Fandom: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Characters: Sayaka Miki focused, with Sayaka/Kyouko
Rating: General audiences
Summary: Sayaka is going to end this charade and Homura’s little play. Tomorrow, she will do it.
Post-Rebellion, in which Miki (attempts to) right wrongs and ends up procrastinating (just a little bit).

Check out the story in ao3!
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natalia_il_1992 ([personal profile] natalia_il_1992) wrote2026-02-02 04:19 pm

Сегодняшняя прогулка

Побродили немножко по району Вардия.
Вардия — престижный и зелёный район Хайфы, большинство домов — частные виллы и коттеджи с большими участками.



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