Economics

Jun. 8th, 2026 05:07 pm
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SpaceX rejected in attempt to get listed in the S&P 500 index! Bodes ill for AI IPOs...

As you may have heard, SpaceX has filed to do an IPO (initial public offering [of stock shares]) and go on the stock market. Lots and lots of people are salivating, perhaps Leon Muskbrat most of all. They also filed with the New York Stock Exchange for a quick listing on the Standard & Poor 500 stock market index.

And they were rejected to get listed on that index.
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The AI company Anthropic has also filed for an IPO. It's sealed, so details are not much available, like what percentage of shares will be let loose. But like all AI companies, it is not profitable.


I'm glad that some people still have standards.

So much of the tech industry and AI is just ... hype. People want it to be valuable and profitable. But that doesn't actually make it so. That's before counting the fact that AI value is stolen from other people's work, not creating new worth.

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Event: Everything is Femslash Exchange
Event link: [community profile] everythingisfemslashex
Pinch hit link:
 PDPH post
Due date: June 13th (but if you need more time we may be able to work something out)

Everything is Femslash is an exchange focused on F/F romantic and/or sexual relationships where the characters are either canonically female or genderbent (cis and trans are both welcome). Matching is on fandom, relationship and medium. Minimum for fic is 1000 words and minimum for art is a finished artwork (more details in the rules).

Mandatory:

IPH3
Fandoms: Hit Man (2023), Twister (Movies 1996 2024) , Gotham (TV)
Requests on the app: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EverythingIsFemslash2026/user/fearfun 

IPH10
Fandoms: アサルトリリィ BOUQUET | Assault Lily Bouquet (Anime), Goshujin-sama to Kemonomimi no Shoujo Mel | My Master & Furry-eared Girl Mel (Manga), 魔女ノ結婚 | Majo no Kekkon | The Witches' Marriage (Manga) ,  Octopath Traveler (Video Game)  , Octopath Traveler II (Video Game)  , Octopath Traveler 0 (Video Game) , Ookami no Kawa o Kabutta Hitsujihime | Sheep Princess in Wolf's Clothing (Manga)  , 少女たちの痕にくちづけを | Shoujo-tachi no Kizuato ni Kuchizuke wo | Kiss the Scars of the Girls (Manga)  , 終末のイゼッタ | Shuumatsu no Izetta | Izetta: The Last Witch (Anime)  , よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games)  
Requests on the app: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EverythingIsFemslash2026/user/rubylily 

IPH13
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)  , Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha  , 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games)  , Always Human (Webcomic)  
Requests on the app: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EverythingIsFemslash2026/user/Vyslante 


PH18
Fandoms: True Detective: Night Country (2024), Dickinson (TV), The Borgias (Showtime TV), Ready or Not (Movies), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
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PH19
Fandoms: Devil May Cry (Gameverse), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Movies), Young Sherlock (TV 2026), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Knives Out (Movies), The Witcher (TV)
Requests on the app: autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EverythingIsFemslash2026/user/beta_mirach


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IPH12
Fandoms: Yellowjackets (TV)
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PH17
Fandoms: Trolls (DreamWorks Movies), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
Requests on the app: autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/EverythingIsFemslash2026/user/IncurablePeppermint 



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Poem: "Zakkyo"

Jun. 8th, 2026 03:16 pm
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This poem came out of the June 2, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] greghousesgf. It also fills the "Clothes" square in my 6-1-26 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. It has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles.

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Jun. 8th, 2026 07:32 pm
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The weekend ended up being extremely low energy at the nights so I didn’t do as much as I’d hoped. I pretty much either crashed energy wise or my eyes went achy or both. So I didn’t do the things I was hoping to do on the nights. Ugh. But I did watch an ep of The Pitt on Friday. (How many scrubs has Whittaker gone through already?)

However this weekend was also summer games fest, which was a load of gaming reveals. Summer Game fest itself was Friday but there were other streams over the weekend. There were plenty of interesting games revealed including, but not limited to.

*Star Trek Shadow Frontier, a Star Trek horror game with Ro Laren
*Clockwork Revolution, a cool steampunky time travel game (with a robot dog!)
*Fable, a new trailer revealing Hayley Atwell is playing the villain
*Grace Seasons, a Stardew type farming game… that’s also a murder mystery
*Bad Magpie, a game where you play as a mischievous magpie (giving Untitled Goose Game vibes)
*vivarium, a beautiful looking hand drawn game that gives Ghibli vibes
*Alien Isolation 2 and Control Reaonant (both making me wanna go back the original games)
*Saw Genesis, a Saw game set… 100 years ago which ??

Plus there were new trailers for Star Wars Galactic Racer (ahhh a nautolan!) and Zero Company which both look cool.

(I’m so sure I’ve forgotten so many other cool/interesting games, I know I missed at least two. Showcases cause I didn’t realise they were on).

Plus the wholesome direct has tees with proceeds going to a trans charity.

Nintendo has a direct coming tomorrow so I’m hoping for some good reveals there too. (I still need Hyrule Warriors)

Today was a trip to town which I wasn’t sure would happen (cause of rain and feeling off last night). It was Ocean with David Attenborough and Scary Movie which was a weird contrast, it was also funny both were on the same screen and I was only one seat away from where I sat in each.

The most exciting thing trailers wise was seeing a trailer for Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma because it meant we’ve getting a uk release for it. I didn’t think we would, especially with Leviticus being a no show but it seems we are. I’m so curious about it, it looks so weird. (Plus Gillian Anderson is always a plus)

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The whole trip today ended up being free cause the ticket machines were out of order and the food in Burger King was a points redeem. (I’d gave got a demogorgon figure from smyths but it seems none were there despite the site saying they had 2)

Next cinema trip should be Saturday which’ll be Disclosure Day along with Mandalorian and Grogu, then maybe Angel’s Egg Wednesday (depending on mood, maybe with something else when listings go up, I might rewatch Masters Of The Universe if I can).

When I got back there was a letter and, ugh. It’s another hospital appointment and this time it’s late. But I also noticed it said it’s the exact same test I had when I was there last time. So I’m gonna call up tomorrow after the library stint and a: find out if it’s a mistake and 2: see if there’s a better time. I’m thinking it might be a,test in the same department just another machine, but if so why couldn’t they have done that last time? Ugh it’s so annoying (plus it’s next week which is part good cause momey will be in, but part annoying).

Also apparently there’s a new Poirot series coming from the bbc? Which will be.. interesting.

Tonight I’m gonna rest up for library/call/Nintendo direct.

Poem: "Lichengloss"

Jun. 8th, 2026 01:51 pm
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This poem came out of the June 2, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Growth" square in my 6-1-26 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles.


"Lichengloss"
noun: the painfully slow struggle to learn a foreign language


For some learners,
a new language comes
as quickly and easily
as water flowing.

For most, it is not
so simple or swift.

It is a labor of
endless hours
and days, grasping
at ideas that slip
through fingers
like so much mist.

The knowledge is
hard-won yet halting.

Every word learned
must be maintained,
practiced, lest it
fade and be lost.

Every new twist of
grammar seeks
to bind them.

Language lies
over the tongue,
wrinkled and strange,
stretching itself.

It grows as
slowly as lichen
covering a stone

but nevertheless it grows.

Safety

Jun. 8th, 2026 01:49 pm
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3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics

Their grand prize-winning invention is called Plas-Stick, and used powdered tamarind seed as the base for an all-natural microplastic clumping agent. After a short agitation period, the clumped microplastic-tamarind mass can be removed with nothing more than a magnet.

Notably, Plas-Stick is the first-ever Global Winner of The Earth Prize from India.

Designed for use in shared water containers, the biodegradable powder binds invisible plastic particles into visible clumps that can then be easily removed with a handheld magnet, offering a simple and low-cost alternative to complex filtration systems.



Gizmology for the win! \o/ Extra credit for sustainable ingredients.

Poem: "Ĉiu Kreas Sian Forton"

Jun. 8th, 2026 12:54 pm
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This poem came out of the June 2, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] fuzzyred. It also fills the "Pin" square in my 6-1-26 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the Big One and Shiv threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Call for Themes

Jun. 8th, 2026 12:31 pm
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We've reached the end of scheduled themes for the Poetry Fishbowl project. It's time to brainstorm some new themes! These are a few that I've jotted down earlier, ones that I've thought up or people have suggested, to give you an idea what kind of stuff might be suitable:

* Activism
* Climate Change
* Fantasy and Science Fiction Professions
* Help That's Actually Helpful
* Hold My Coat
* Hope
* Oh HELL no!
* Squeaky Toys
* Weirder Than That

What other themes would you like to see me write about? What would you like to buy? Suggest them in a comment below this post.

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This poem came out of the June 2, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It also fills the "Change" square in my 6-1-26 card for the Pride Fest Bingo.


"The Art of Morphological Derivation"


There are many ways
to create new words.

Morphological derivation
is the fine art of changing
one part of speech into
another part of speech
to devise a new word.

Verbs become adverbs,
nouns become verbs, and
so on around the wheel.

Of all tools, beyond
stone knives and
bearskins, beyond
even fire itself, words
are the tools that made
primate ancestors human.

They are the most versatile
of all tools, turning into
something new at need.

It's a strange process,
but creation is like that.

We can refer to this as
morphological derivation,
but it's quicker and clearer to say:

"Verbing weirds language."

* * *

Notes:

Morphological derivation, in linguistics, is the process of forming a new word from an existing word, often by adding a prefix or suffix, such as un- or -ness. For example, unhappy and happiness derive from the root word happy.

"Verbing weirds language."
-- Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Birdfeeding

Jun. 8th, 2026 11:41 am
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Today is cloudy, mild, and wet.  It rained enough to make puddles earlier, let up just long enough to get outside a bit, then started raining again.  I can hear thunder.  We need the rain, especially after yesterday's seed sowing.  It's supposed to get hot later.

I fed the birds.  The windows are too wet to see through, so I'm not sure of activity.

EDIT 6/8/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio during a break in the rain.  It was pouring for at least an hour, most of the patio underwater, and lighter rain most of the rest of the day. 

The birds seem to be hiding somewhere, very sensible of them.

EDIT 6/8/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 6/8/26 -- I did more work around the patio.





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scaturient

Jun. 8th, 2026 07:09 am
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scaturient (skuh-TOOR-ee-uhnt) - adj., overflowing, gushing; overly demonstrative, effusive.


So physically and metaphorically overflowing. Bubbly also works in those two ways. Not a common word -- I can't recall meeting it until it showed up on a word-of-the-day list. Dates to around 1670, that prime area of Latinate imports, from Latin scaturient-, stem form of scaturiens, present participle of scaturire, to gush out, from (I think as a frequentive form?) scatere, to bubble/gush.

---L.

Family Skills

Jun. 8th, 2026 01:01 am
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1950s Marriage Family Nostalgia

A majority of Americans believe our country’s culture and way of life have “mostly changed for the worse” since the 1950s, according to the Public Religion Research Institute’s 2025 American Values Survey. That includes 55% of white people, 53% of Black people and 57% of Latinos.


Well, it's had a lot of ups and downs. Some things have changed for the better, others for the worse -- and indeed, some of the improvements led to disasters in other areas. I would say it has peaked, as we are now losing some hard-fought gains but we haven't gotten back things we lost from earlier.

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Monday Update 6-8-26

Jun. 8th, 2026 12:01 am
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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Books
Economics
Politics
Spirituality
Climate Change
Politics
Birdfeeding
Gardening
Philosophical Questions: Morals
Audio
Entertainment
Birdfeeding
Crafts
Today's Adventures
Wildlife
Moment of Silence: Anthony Head
Birdfeeding
Friday Five
Follow Friday 6-5-26: My Chemical Romance
Nature
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Community Thursdays
Unsold Poems for the June 2, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Cyberspace Theory
History
Cyberspace Theory
Birdfeeding
Conservation

Food has 24 comments. Poem: "Walnut Park" has 46 comments. Early Humans has 22 comments. Safety has 85 comments.


"Let's Go on This Journey Together" belongs to Polychrome Heroics. It needs $151 to be complete. Linus struggles to deal with a broken arm.

"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $35 to be complete. Josué reads a funny poem to Maria-Vera.


The weather has been hot and humid here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a pair of cardinals, a mourning dove, and a fox squirrel. Red-winged blackbirds are singing overhead; I guess some are staying in our yard for the summer, which is nice for birdsong. I've seen at least 3 bats swooping around the yard. :D Currently blooming: pansies, violas, sweet alyssum, marigolds, honeysuckle, snapdragons, lantana, million bells, blue lobelia, petunias, portulaca, nemesia, fan flowers, wild chives, mock orange, firecracker plant, pineapple sage, yucca, Asiatic lilies, daylilies. Green fruit: blackberries. Ripe fruit: peas, mulberries, black raspberries.

I am a grownup

Jun. 7th, 2026 10:53 pm
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I will not stay up all night writing the current ship of my heart, even if I did just rewatch The Empire Strikes Back and need the triangulation-comfort Luke/Leia novel.

I will not stay up all night listening to text-to-speech reading me my story History turner, either. But I may download it for bedtime reading.

I will not stay up all night watching John Oliver so I can write Petrova Truthers, because I am only in the middle of listening to the audiobook of Project Hail Mary and I need a better grasp on the canon before I feel comfortable really putting the lie to Andy Weir's And Everybody United narrative.

I will not stay up all night reading The Astrobiology Immersion Program, even though Grace & Rocky bodyswap, well done, is so, so delightful.

And I will not even stay up late enough to watch The Vampire Lestat ep 1, even though I have it in my hot little hands, because I want to watch it with [personal profile] sage or [personal profile] hannah or [personal profile] buggery or a combination thereof.

Because! I am a grownup! Yes, I am.

Fandom5K Pinch Hits due 25 June

Jun. 7th, 2026 09:21 pm
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Event: Fandom5K is a multi-fandom gift exchange for fic with a 5,000-word minimum and comics with a 5-page minimum.
Event link: [community profile] fandom5k
Pinch hit link: On DW
Due date: 25 June


These pinch hits are due on 25 June, though I'm open to offers if you're interested but need more time than that.

Please see individual requests for details on mediums (comics vs fic) and relationships requested.


PDPH 1 (either fic or comics) - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), How to Train Your Dragon - All Media Types, How to Train Your Dragon - All Media Types, Crossover Fandom

PDPH 3 - Marvel Cinematic Universe (fic only), H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos & Related Fandoms (fic or comics), Old Gods of Appalachia Podcast (fic or comics)

PDPH 4 - Riverdale TV (fic or comics), Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen TV (fic only), Euphoria TV (fic only)

PDPH 6 (fic only) - The Chronicles of Morgaine - C. J. Cherryh, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

PDPH 7 (fic only) - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games)

PDPH 8 (fic only) - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)

PDPH 10 (fic only) - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV)

PDPH 11 (medium varies by relationship) - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox)

PDPH 13 (fic only) - Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Video Games), A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV), Fargo (TV)

PDPH 14 (fic or comics) - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)

PDPH 15 (fic only) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Tortall - Tamora Pierce

PDPH 17 (fic only) - A League of Extraordinary Women - Evie Dunmore, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn

Poetry Fishbowl Update

Jun. 7th, 2026 08:50 pm
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So far, nobody has bought anything from the June Poetry Fishbowl.  :(  If you're still shopping, now's the time to make your selections. 

Economics

Jun. 7th, 2026 04:41 pm
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Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well.

Female home owners report feeling stuck between men’s contradictory expectations – they are told to be independent, but not assume the breadwinner role.


Bluntly put, if a man has a problem with a female homeowner, he is not looking for an equal partner -- he is looking for a long-term prostitute/housekeeper. A female homeowner is unlikely to want that position, so she might as well dump his ass immediately. She can do better.

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