Rebuilding journal search again
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dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Civic Duty: Done
Jun. 30th, 2025 09:55 amgreen_knightThe EHRC consultation on their code of practice closes today. I learnt about it yesterday, which is not ideal, and have just spend around 2-3h hours filling it in.
https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/
has guidance and talking points. You don’t need to fill out everything, but every voice helps.
It’s a transphobic mess. Their stance is basically that it’s fine to get trans people coming and going; they believe in the the ‘trans women are better athletes’ myth and don’t believe that trans women should see gynaecologists.
It’s ugly. I have little hope to have made a difference, but I am spitting mad.
https://transactual.org.uk/equality-act-campaign/responding-to-the-ehrc-consultation/
has guidance and talking points. You don’t need to fill out everything, but every voice helps.
It’s a transphobic mess. Their stance is basically that it’s fine to get trans people coming and going; they believe in the the ‘trans women are better athletes’ myth and don’t believe that trans women should see gynaecologists.
It’s ugly. I have little hope to have made a difference, but I am spitting mad.
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Babylon White
Jun. 29th, 2025 01:18 pmmarycatelli posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
booksBabylon White by Kit Sun Cheah
The grand conclusion! Spoilers for earlier books ahead.
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The grand conclusion! Spoilers for earlier books ahead.
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Watson Birthday Prompt Fest
Jun. 29th, 2025 10:27 amkingstoken posting in sherlockbbc![a collection images of Watsons from various adaptations](https://i.ibb.co/6Jt4xF8p/Watson-Birthday-Prompt-Fest-smaller.png")
Description: Welcome to the Watson Birthday Prompt Fest! According to some sources, John Watson's birthday is August 7. So, lets celebrate it, by having a prompt fest!
Come over to the Ao3 collection and leave a prompt or claim a prompt. Open to all Sherlock Holmes related fandoms, and all genres, ratings, and relationships (ships, gen, etc). The main rule being that all fanworks should focus on our beloved Watson.
The goal is to have lots of fanworks to enjoy for Watson's birthday on August 7th
Schedule: Prompting and claiming will be open until August 7, 2025
Links: Fest
Magpie Murders
Jun. 29th, 2025 07:39 amused_songsThis book was recommended to me by a former colleague who loves mysteries. She was reading the author's newest book, but she said this was the book to start with since I had never read anything by Anthony Horowitz.
I thought about quitting for the entire first half of the book, tbh, but I trust her so I kept going. It was such a pastiche - Poirot meets any number of imitators, set in the post-war time period but with few period details and even fewer period attitudes. It really just had old tech/no modern tech to set in it the post-war era. Having read Lavender House recently, which is set a few years later, it didn't hit the mark when it came to implying the setting.
( A bit of a spoiler )
I'm much more invested in it now. I do think it was a risk to take 213 pages to get to this point, but I am curious to find out what the hell is going on. It remains to be seen whether I will pick up any other books by Horowitz. Regardless, I will definitely finish it now (probably tonight) and we will see if it was worth it!
I thought about quitting for the entire first half of the book, tbh, but I trust her so I kept going. It was such a pastiche - Poirot meets any number of imitators, set in the post-war time period but with few period details and even fewer period attitudes. It really just had old tech/no modern tech to set in it the post-war era. Having read Lavender House recently, which is set a few years later, it didn't hit the mark when it came to implying the setting.
( A bit of a spoiler )
I'm much more invested in it now. I do think it was a risk to take 213 pages to get to this point, but I am curious to find out what the hell is going on. It remains to be seen whether I will pick up any other books by Horowitz. Regardless, I will definitely finish it now (probably tonight) and we will see if it was worth it!
the squirrels are in the tree
Jun. 29th, 2025 12:03 amursamajorhyounpark and I wrapped up our extremely concert-filled June last weekend with two shows in Wine Country, backing up Andrea Bocelli and friends. Three rehearsals in ten days with almost entirely new-to-me repertoire - it felt good to have that kind of intensity of practice again. It's different from regular rehearsal, where we have a month, two, sometimes even three to slowly, steadily polish a single piece. Harder to cram into daily life, but always worth it.Saturday was also Hyoun's birthday, so I was highly amused when the sound check opened with La donna è mobile from Rigoletto. Because I originally learned that melody in fourth grade as a birthday song!
( Archiving the lyrics here because I know I was able to find it on the internet at some point in the past, but no longer. )
( the rest of the Bocelli concert experience )
And now, my Wednesday nights are free for a (very) few weeks! (Summersings start July 23, and then after that we're right into rehearsals for Verdi; I hope I'll be able to cram in one or two Wednesday night Friends With Bikes rides during the time off, but we'll need to see.)
