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The March [community profile] crowdfunding Creative Jam is now open with a theme of "Opportunity."


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need technology to get smart enough to know exactly when kossai actually intend to hit that button or not . so many mistakes just because fingers decide to double click , swap right and left clicks , or scroll one space too far ... sometimes all of these in combination . current accessibility features can only go so far when hit intended buttons in intended ways , but just on accident

as signed by kossai who just , in minecraft , kill rabbit through accidental extrusion of 9000 blocks . axiom mod give and axiom mod take . :(
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Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

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Today is cloudy and chilly.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

3/14/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

 
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People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What will be/are some of the by-products to society of everyone having the ability to take pictures or a video at any time?

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Separation of Church and Parking Lot

How can we repurpose church parking lots for the better?

But unlike the bank in the bottom left of the first map, whose lot is never full—even predictably so—and where one might justify changing the parking requirements to accommodate this phenomenon, churches are assembly halls. Once or twice a week, they do fill up.

And unlike the banks, churches, mosques, temples, and other houses of worship are civic spaces. These spaces are where neighbors come together to share meals and company, or where folks from dispersed corners of a city unite under a common purpose. If a city lacks the density to begin with, and driving to church is the obvious option, there is no good argument for denying a church its parking—they use it!

But a dilemma lies in the five or six days of the week in which these lots sit empty. Churches and other houses of worship are amenities within neighborhoods, but blocks of street-facing parking lots are the opposite. They sit unused for about 250 to 300 days of the year.


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Scientists warn that a certain type of earthquake is much more destructive and being overlooked

In a typical quake, a rupture spreads along a fault at a speed slower than shear waves, seismic waves that shake the ground sideways. A supershear rupture outruns those waves, so energy piles up at the rupture tip and forms a sharp shock front.

That shock front is why these quakes can be so damaging. A nearby town can get hammered first by the high speed rupture front, then by the trailing waves in what Elbanna describes as a “double strike”.

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Today we went to the Home and Garden Expo at the Otto Center. The parking lot was so full, we had to go all the way in the back to find a space -- there's a whole extra lot back there that we'd never even seen before.

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Seed Library Network
This website has extensive resources on seed libraries and seed swaps.

Seed the Map
Is your seed library open? Take 5 minutes to get on the Global Seed Library Map.

Explore the Map
Search the map to find other folks in similar regions or at the same type of location.

Seed Library Networks
Check out the other seed library networks & learn about how you can create your own.
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start to restructure some of introductory stuff because , need to face , this become neglected spaghetti again . :P post is now set to private , and will have to tidy up main pin to match . 

come to think more that some of this do not really need to be in introduction to begin with - not that this is all super private , or else would not share to public in first place , but just no longer feel need to have explanation front and centre . with physical nonhumanity in particular , do not really want to feel as if try and justify to others - and think explanations tend to fall short no matter what simply because others do not already have this exact experience . 

but hey , can show off this fun little song page now !
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Today is partly cloudy and chilly with blustery wind.

I fed the birds.  I've seen several sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove.

I put out water for the birds.

3/13/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

3/13/26 -- I moved the 16 water jug greenhouses from the parking lot to near the barrel garden.  Many of them have sprouts inside now!  :D

3/13/26 -- I trimmed brush along the north side of the house.

I am done for the night.
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New Worlds: Miscellaneous Arts

Throughout the art sections of this Patreon, I've been grouping them into broad categories: visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, and so forth. But what about the arts that are kinda of . . . none of the above?


This is a fun ramble through many different arts and crafts.
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I just had my first experience with what looks like a berserker shift.

I've experienced so many different shifts, including mental. I know what my mental shifts are like, and they tend to make me more irate than usual among other things, and it goes away after some time with little to no issues. This one shift, however, is different.

I was playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate, specifically the World of Light mode. I was minding my own business, fighting my way through the map.

But then, I saw it. The Groudon spirit.
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Today's theme is Love.

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These questions come from [community profile] thefridayfive.

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start to think that maybe try too hard to make things happen in lucid dreams .

at one point talk about dream in which fail to open door with telekinesis . remember that first instinct of how to cast telekinesis was theatrical - take power stance , one leg forward and one back , with wavy magical hands . when that fail , next instinct was to strain , as if this was incredibly physical task . and still , this did not work , and eventually reach forward to just open normal-kinetically .

in more recent dream , where forcibly shapeshift one of dream characters , that falter and leave in hybrid state . first instinct of how to cast this force-shapeshift was to focus intensely on character's original form , and so when that inevitably fade from memory , so too did control over character . could no longer focus intently enough to just finish job , and lose lucidity . 

but when actually look back on very first success of lucid dream , in which ... well , no way to put this lightly , summon in character to viciously make out with , there was no effort taken in this . did not have to struggle and build character from ground up . no , process there was simple . first step , think about character . second step , look away from current position . third step , look back , and now character was simply just there to do anything which please . 

then many years later , there was time that become lucid during nightmare , and understandably want to get out . solution there was just about as simple - think of new location , and spin around once to be sent there . 

... of course , if this is core of problem , then have to step back and understand how get here in first place - and think that is just because simple solutions do not feel as satisfactory as all these theatrics . there is no way to harness these abilities when in front , and some courtiers do truly miss abilities like this , so only way to use when front is through dreams . when natural motions of these abilities do not work , theatrical ones become more and more pronounced , until eventually just need to give up . 

but maybe just need to look away , and look back . 
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There will be a bonus fishbowl on Tuesday, March 17. The theme will be "anything goes." If you want a continuation of an earlier piece, or something totally new, that doesn't fit the usual themes, then now's your chance. Brainstorm in advance and jot down ideas for later. You can also request any favorite series, character, setting, etc.
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Complete Guide To (57) Almost All Types Of Fiber Arts With Photos

This guide covers 57, and counting, types of fiber arts. They are broken down into two major categories:

1) String work, which includes spinning treatments, knotting, lace making, weaving and needlework.

2) Felt work, which includes sculpture, string felt, fur felt, wet felting and dry felting.

Fiber art, in its strictest sense, is fine art made with natural or synthetic fibers, such as wool and cotton, to acrylic and nylon, where the resulting work is valued for aesthetic and artistic expression over utility. You could add that the artisanship and materials used are also an essential part of the creation.
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Today is mostly sunny and chilly.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I planted the first 2 of 6 'Patriot' hostas in the purple-and-white garden.  These have green leaves with a wide white margin.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I planted 2 hostas in the forest garden.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I planted the last 2 hostas in the log garden.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I sprayed weed killer on the sprouting stumps in the parking lot.

I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.  There are many more house finches now than last month.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- My partner Doug found someone to come out and remove stumps from the parking lot, path to the east edge of the yard, and in front of the shed.  Also he's going to take down the last two saplings in front of the garage.  We have price and a date for next Thursday. :D 3q3q3q!!!

I filled a bag with loose cans and other garbage that had collected in the parking lot.  Still more to do, but it's a good start.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 3/12/26 -- I filled another bag with loose cans from the parking lot.  I think that's all the small stuff that I can clear quickly.

I am done for the night.

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not sure how to actually do this kind of stuff , but also really want to do this for months now - and after really weird wonky day have feeling that just need to do this , get some more fun faerie inspiration out in world . 

so yeah ! fairy-faerie journal jam , or like , FFJJ - just casual little thing . realise some people make things like birthday jams which is possibly most self-indulgent that jam can be , and those get submissions because people just like to make things , so hopefully this can get at least 1 non-kossai submission . 
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