Database maintenance

Oct. 25th, 2025 08:42 am
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[staff profile] mark posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance

Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

emotional support spinning

Oct. 25th, 2025 08:12 am
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[personal profile] yhlee
(cross-post with more technical details: [community profile] prototypediablerie)



Three-ply yarns where each single is a different wool variety since I was going through and spinning up some samples. Next up will be an experiment in dyeing.



Also, the next owner of this spinning wheel is going to have to live with the aftermarket addition of Warhammer 40,000 base magnets to hold the hecking orifice hook because I keep losing them (and having to DIY new ones out of paper clips - this works quite well and is easy but also, I'm running embarrassingly low on paper clips).

Just Create - Cat Tree Edition

Oct. 24th, 2025 09:04 pm
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What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
 
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
 
What do you just want to talk about?
 
What have you been watching or reading?
 
Chores and other not-fun things count!
 
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.

Tuesday, October 14: The Greenbelt

Oct. 24th, 2025 07:11 pm
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[personal profile] mistressofmuses
Last week, we were lucky enough to have a pretty nice day, so we definitely wanted to take advantage of it!

It was a very beautiful fall day. There were lovely colors, it was warm, and it was all around fairly perfect to be out.


Much gold! And the creek down in the corner.


Liked the view looking up. The sky was also just extremely blue.


Look, it's Bella!


Eleven more pictures:
This time we walked past the other two mosaics on the road bridg:






A boxelder bug nymph!


Ducks on the creek! And some nice fluffy milkweed seeds.


A late chicory flower.


More ducks and colors!


This goober.

(This was right after she took a wade in the very cold creek, immediately got the zoomies from being overstimulated by the cold, rocketed around for a bit, and slammed into my shin hard enough to make both of us yelp, lol.)


Flowers!

We went down to the little stone house for a bit.


It's Bella again!


Really nice colors!


I love the color of these geraniums, but it also seems like a fake color, haha.

Recs for books with mute characters?

Oct. 24th, 2025 06:39 pm
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[personal profile] vriddy
Would any of you have book recs for stories with a mute protagonist/major character(s)? I'm usually more of a SFF reader, but any genre where this is done well would be wonderful. Thank you!!

Call for Volunteers!

Oct. 24th, 2025 08:30 am
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[personal profile] boxofdelights posting in [community profile] wiscon
Hey you. Want to volunteer for a Feminist Inclusive Convention?

https://wiscon.net/volunteer/concom/

#WisConCommunity #WisCon #WisCon2026 #FeministSFF #Volunteer

Follow Friday 10-24-25

Oct. 24th, 2025 12:53 am
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[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith posting in [community profile] followfriday
Got any Follow Friday-related posts to share this week? Comment here with the link(s).

Here's the plan: every Friday, let's recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth. That's it. No complicated rules, no "pass this on to 7.328 friends or your cat will die".

Thursday Recs

Oct. 23rd, 2025 09:50 pm
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[personal profile] soc_puppet posting in [community profile] queerly_beloved
Scooting in with some Thursday Recs!


Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!

Or have you tried something that's been recced here? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear about it!

(no subject)

Oct. 23rd, 2025 07:49 pm
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[personal profile] mistressofmuses
I've had a sore throat for two days now (I tried to lie to myself yesterday that it was 'just allergies'.)

It hasn't gotten better, but it hasn't gotten worse...

But if it doesn't go the fuck away, I'm going to be pissed.

I don't want to be sick for my time off. ;_;
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Ahoy there, adventure gamers! [community profile] monkeyisland is a community for the beloved classic game series Monkey Island, featuring the comedic swashbuckling adventures of the improbably-named Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate™. Anything about Monkey Island is fair game: your own fanworks (art, fic, videos, games, music, cosplay, memes/silliness, whatever), recs of others' fanworks, livestreams/let's-plays, discussions, news and articles, tips for messing about in the game resources or scripting, requests for hints, screenshots, all that good stuff. If Monkey Island is your jam rum rum and jam (it's an old pirate favorite, everybody knows that), then come on over and have a grog.

Monkey Island text logo

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A Random Walk through the Goblin Library" by Chris Willrich [Beneath Ceaseless Skies]. Superlative fantasy + math short story. I am excited to FINALLY be able to shout about this now that it's published - I had the privilege of reading this in draft and I love it to pieces. :3
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handspun yarn

This one's headed for [personal profile] helen_keeble. :3

(Sorry, I need to source some purple spinning fiber! I'm running low on inherited detash wools and most of what I have is blues or neutrals.)

cat loafing on spinning fiber

Cloud was VERY HELPY.

Community Thursday

Oct. 23rd, 2025 12:56 pm
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Community Thursday challenge: every Thursday, try to make an effort to engage with a community on Dreamwidth, whether that's posting, commenting, promoting, etc.

Over the last week...

Commented on [community profile] getyourwordsout.

Commented on [community profile] anime_manga.

Posted & commented on [community profile] bnha_fans.

Part 7, Week 1

Oct. 22nd, 2025 11:26 pm
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[personal profile] soc_puppet posting in [community profile] moodthemeinayear
Ack, I almost missed it!

This week's Minimu moods are: Angry, Awake, Confused

This week's Maximum moods are: Drained, Groggy, Sleepy

No Medium moods for Part 7, because there aren't enough weeks in Part 8 to get through a whole cycle. Anyone who wants to go for the Medium track is welcome to get a jump on the first six weeks by following the Minimum track for Part 7, then pick up again in Part 2, or to wait and start with the new year on January 1st.

Anyway, moods! Thoughts! Thoughts on moods? Let's talk about it!

Vibrating in place:

Oct. 22nd, 2025 07:58 pm
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[personal profile] mistressofmuses
I have a feeling this week is going to *feel* painfully long, but I'm hoping not.

I took all of next week off, and I am so very much looking forward to having a whole week not at work!

We have an event this Saturday, so I am taking a half day that day, too.

So I need to make it through two and a half more days, then I have a half day off, then one more (long) day at work, then I'm free for nine whole days.

It's hard to plan what we want to do, because we don't know what the weather will be like. We've had some nice days the last couple weeks, with a couple overnight frosts mixed in. I would love it if the pattern would hold, but it sounds like we're probably expecting some shitty weather to move in, which sucks. Ah well.

-



One of our main local promoters just announced this festival for next year. That is QUITE a lineup!

Now I'm just trying to decide if I suck up the online ticket fees or try to hit up the sponsoring clothing store and see if they'll have hard-copy tickets. I'd rather have hard-copy tickets, but I also imagine I should try to get tickets before too terribly long.

-

I feel like I have a bunch of stuff I should try to get done (mostly stuff like "catch up on comments" and "write up some book reviews") but I have not been able to summon much in the way of motivation!

Question thread #145

Oct. 23rd, 2025 12:36 am
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[personal profile] pauamma posting in [site community profile] dw_dev
It's time for another question thread!

The rules:

- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
- You may also answer any question, using the guidelines given in To Answer, Or Not To Answer and in this comment thread.

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