Bot on the Loose
Feb. 16th, 2026 07:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seleneheartThere is another comment bot scraping through due South fic, a different one than last month.
"Your story carries a sophisticated commanding presence that unfolds naturally and continues to create deep lasting resonance I believe this could bring a fresh twist to your story. Want to explore it? Let’s connect dis: f r e y o1 2 4 (Make sure to search without adding any spaces)"
So heads up all my due South friends. I've already reported it to the Abuse team, but this one doesn't have a user name. I hate to block anyone but registered users from commenting on my fic, but that may be where we are now.
"Your story carries a sophisticated commanding presence that unfolds naturally and continues to create deep lasting resonance I believe this could bring a fresh twist to your story. Want to explore it? Let’s connect dis: f r e y o1 2 4 (Make sure to search without adding any spaces)"
So heads up all my due South friends. I've already reported it to the Abuse team, but this one doesn't have a user name. I hate to block anyone but registered users from commenting on my fic, but that may be where we are now.
Book Review: The 4midables: The Legend Grows
Feb. 15th, 2026 09:11 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
ceejaywriter_feedBook three of the fast-paced The 4midables series continues the adventures of Madison, Ethan, Rafael and Maya, as they make good use of their smarts, energy, and bravado, along with the device that allows them to be anywhere in the world in the blink of an eye.
Book Review: The Witch’s House
Feb. 13th, 2026 09:19 pmceejaywriter_feedAuthor H.G. Ahedi's confident writing style quickly grabs you by the hand and pulls you along on the search for The Witch's House.
Rest Easy, My Friend
Feb. 15th, 2026 05:42 pmseleneheartI have just heard that spikedluv passed away. There is information and a link to her obituary in the comments to her last post.
She and I worked together to mod the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
snowflake_challenge for many years.
She was such a positive light in fandom and I loved how she discovered Murder, She Wrote in the past year or so. She was also on of the few people who wrote my favorite ship in Teen Wolf - Chris Argent/Peter Hale.
I will miss seeing her newsy update posts and pictures of her little corner of the world.
Godspeed.
spikedluv passed away. There is information and a link to her obituary in the comments to her last post.She and I worked together to mod the
snowflake_challenge for many years. She was such a positive light in fandom and I loved how she discovered Murder, She Wrote in the past year or so. She was also on of the few people who wrote my favorite ship in Teen Wolf - Chris Argent/Peter Hale.
I will miss seeing her newsy update posts and pictures of her little corner of the world.
Godspeed.
For UK trans/nb/gender-diverse people (or anyone who might want to signal-boost)
Feb. 15th, 2026 08:13 pmrydra_wonghttps://www.scenemag.co.uk/lancaster-university-launches-national-consultation-to-shape-future-of-adult-gender-healthcare/
https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/transadultspsp/
The focus is identifying priorities for future research, specifically related to "non-surgical, transition-related healthcare for people aged 18 and over", and they're starting with a survey.
Funded by Gendered Intelligence, led by a steering group which is half people with lived experience (in fact more than half, as some of the healthcare professional members also ID as trans), one of the two co-leads is a trans woman, and they're partnered with TransActual and GIRES, so this looks like real genuine co-production.
https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/transadultspsp/
The focus is identifying priorities for future research, specifically related to "non-surgical, transition-related healthcare for people aged 18 and over", and they're starting with a survey.
Funded by Gendered Intelligence, led by a steering group which is half people with lived experience (in fact more than half, as some of the healthcare professional members also ID as trans), one of the two co-leads is a trans woman, and they're partnered with TransActual and GIRES, so this looks like real genuine co-production.
Come to Dark Souls
Feb. 14th, 2026 09:33 pmrydra_wongWe have terrible platforming, shortcut porn, hostile shrubbery, BOXRATS!!!, extremely smashable vases, “amazing chest ahead” (male), “amazing chest ahead” (female), “amazing chest ahead” (mimic), weirdly sexualized moaning (male only), repeatedly falling down inside a giant hollow tree to your death, Moss Lady, a magic medieval snakeskin-covered gramophone, hidden areas hidden behind other hidden areas hidden behind illusory walls, combat skirts (unisex), giant snakes with horse teeth, pretending to be an egg, quite a lot of jank, a very angry elderly cat who scolds you in bad faux-Shakespearian and is also a faction leader, the secret lake underneath the bottom of the world, “jolly co-operation,” chibi mindflayers, clams full of skulls, a trident that lets you do a silly little dance, ridiculous ragdoll corpse physics, a really cool double helix staircase probably based on the Château de Chambord, ball/crab things that turn up unexpectedly in your game and try to magic missile you because somebody in another game lost some stuff, getting punched to death by mushrooms, and Gender.
This is such a weird game (complimentary).
This is such a weird game (complimentary).
