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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

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rmc28

Last weekend I was in Sheffield with Cambridge Huskies, playing in the BUIHA Non-Checking Tier 1 Nationals. Spoiler: we won. It was a lovely weekend, full of hockey and team and hard work and silliness. Also full of small reunions with hockey friends in other teams. I am so glad I got to go. I am so glad we won, especially for the people who are leaving soon. I love this team very much.

Friday:

picked up 9-seater van mid-afternoon, packed it full of kit and passengers at the rink, drove to Sheffield and our airbnb
went out in Sheffield, joined the BUIHA social involving white tshirts and sharpies
skipped the clubbing, sat up late chatting and watching teammates playing pool in the airbnb instead

Saturday:

team brunch, kit van to the rink, shopping at Puckstop
three group-stage games at roughly 3pm, 6pm and midnight. We won one, lost one, went out to dinner and strategised, redid the lines, went back and won the third
post-game maccies and then more pool back at the house

Sunday:

packing up and getting out of the house by 11
IKEA brunch for some of us
two more group-stage games at roughly 2pm and 7pm (I had the most amazing nap in between thanks to a teammate with a room in the hotel next to the rink) - we won them both
gold semi final at ~10pm and final at ~midnight
celebrations on the ice and in the changing room, and then eventually the mundanity of packing kit and people back into the van and the assorted cars

Monday:

drove back to Cambridge in the small hours, dropped people off as near as I could get to their colleges, got home about 04:30
woke up at 7 as usual to do the morning school run, moved the van to my friend's street without residents parking restrictions (easier than trying to get it into my off-road parking space), went back to sleep for a few hours
took the van back to the rink, met captain to unload all the remaining kit into the club storage, returned the van to the hire place, went back home and let the post-event drop hit me

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Today I made two short trips to a local stream and saw quite a few different kind of birds, partly with the help of binoculars:

Great blue heron wading in the stream
Hawk (red-tailed?)
Green-winged teals
Black-capped chickadees
American robins
A reddish finch (house finch?)
A hummingbird too far away to identify and too quick for me to binocular
A little yellow-and-black bird, probably a goldfinch but it was gone before I got a good look at it.
A tiny bird that I suspect was a golden-crowned kinglet because I think I saw a splash of yellow on its crown but again I didn't get a good look before it was gone.
Some brown sparrow-y birds that I couldn't identify
Plus the city birds I see all the time without going anywhere: pigeons, crows, starlings, gulls (glaucous-winged?)

I also saw some red admiral butterflies and I think I caught a glimpse of a scampering mouse-sized mammal but it got into cover too quickly for me to really see (probably just a mouse).

fridi posting in

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Europe is a metal powerhouse! 🤘
Finland leads with an incredible number of metal bands per capita, followed by other Nordic countries.

Source.

Which are your favorite metal bands?

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Looked out at the sky the other night and the moon was not that bright. Despite what appears in the photo below, we could see the entire ball of the Moon. It was just that the slice was brighter.

What was also very noticeable was Venus. After a number of attempts I was finally able to get a non wavery shot of it in close-up.

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Posted by Nancy Hartunian

https://savage.love/after-action-report/2026/04/24/after-action-report-26/

https://savage.love/?p=11774

They say we don’t choose our kinks- our kinks choose us. But what if you get turned on by a mundane, routine experience most of us either just tolerate or even dread? Meet Mitchell, who had to regularly suppress erotic excitement all his life, until his GGG girlfriend created the perfect scenario for him. Do … Read More »

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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".

Current Mood: busy

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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

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With many thanks to S. Baum and Erin in the Morning for their words and timely reportage:

Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the FCC would be seeking comment on whether the TV Parental Guidelines rating system needs to be changed to address shows with transgender or nonbinary characters.

If you, like me, trust Trump’s FCC chairman no farther than you can throw him, then please feel free to register your dissent.

The public comment period is open now through May 22, 2026. Anyone can submit comments opposing this effort through the FCC's Comment Filing System under MB Docket No. 19-41. LGBTQ+ organizations, parents, animators, and allies are encouraged to make their voices heard—the FCC is required to consider all comments submitted during the period.

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Posted by Dan Savage

https://savage.love/savagelove/2026/04/23/struggle-session-and-the-thursday-letter-3/

https://savage.love/?p=11805

Struggle Session is a bonus column where I respond to comments from readers and listeners. I also share a question submitted to Savage Love and let my readers have the first crack at giving the advice. Wanted to kick things off by highlighting this pearl of wisdom from NoCuteName… There is no such thing as … Read More »

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It's challenge time!

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Happy Wednesday!

I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!

Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!

Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.

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It's challenge time!

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Posted by Patrick Kearney

https://savage.love/savagelove/2026/04/21/the-reveal/

https://savage.love/?p=11800

Are there rules to revealing a cheating ex on social media? Three weeks ago, I confronted my boyfriend about his repeated requests that we “find a time to talk.” These requests were never followed by any actual talk. We’d been together for three years by then. After his third futile attempt (“We still need to … Read More »

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https://savage.love/?p=11800

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Posted by Nancy Hartunian

https://savage.love/lovecast/2026/04/21/not-this-unicorns-ass/

https://savage.love/?p=11787

Sometimes the questions we get here at Savage Lovecast Industries™ are nothing but pragmatic. A man with a moldy home asks how he can properly dry his Fleshlight. Seems important. A woman fell off a trapeze 15 years ago and has suffered sexual dysfunction ever since. Dan brings on pelvic floor therapist Dr. Rachel Gelman … Read More »

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https://savage.love/lovecast/2026/04/21/not-this-unicorns-ass/

https://savage.love/?p=11787

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It's hard not to see the upcoming 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico less as a celebration of football and more as a case study in how global events drift away from ordinary people.

On paper, it's the biggest and most profitable tournament ever: 48 teams, top-tier infrastructure, a showcase of globalisation. In reality, it looks increasingly inaccessible, especially for European fans. Ticket prices alone tell the story: officially "affordable", but in practice driven up by dynamic pricing and resale markets to €400-700 even for group games, and far higher for knockout matches. That effectively turns stadiums into corporate spaces rather than places for real supporters.

Then comes logistics. Transatlantic flights are just the start: moving between host cities across a continent, with limited rail alternatives, means fans are locked into expensive domestic flights. Accommodation prices have surged to the point of absurdity, with hotels inflating rates by several hundred percent. A short trip for a single match can easily exceed €3,000.

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duskpeterson

As you leave the council chamber, you may observe many people entering and leaving a room to your left. This is the palace headquarters of the Emorian subcommander, who has charge over the Emorian army. During the daytime, the subcommander is generally to be found at the home camp of Emor's army, located on the palace grounds. However, most of the army clerks and scribes work in the subcommander's headquarters. Because the chamber contains valuable documents, it may not be entered except by prior invitation.

Further down the corridor, you will pass another door on the left, where palace guards are entering and exiting. Do not travel through this door. It leads to the guardroom. If you are a noble prisoner, you will be brought here and confined until your trial.

When you reach the end of this corridor, turn right. The corridor you are on wraps around the back of the court. You will see on your left the north doors to the court, which I mentioned before. Directly opposite them is another door, unguarded.

Do not enter. This door leads to the dungeon. Anyone who opens this door, who has no business in the dungeon, is assumed to be a spy and is promptly made a "guest" in the dungeon.

If you receive a formal invitation to visit the dungeon, I suggest that you not eat on the morning of the visit. Strong warriors have been known to regurgitate the contents of their morning meal when they witness what takes place in that dungeon. The Chara's dungeon represents Emor at its worst. You may wish to see Emor at its worst, if you are contemplating attacking Emor.

As you continue your journey around the back of the court, you will encounter a heavily guarded door. This leads to the North Wing of the palace, where many council lords and palace officials live. All of the guards will have their backs to you. Anyone who has been granted entrance to the West Wing may enter the North Wing, but upon your return, you will have to undergo the process of having your credentials checked again. Unless you have business in the remainder of the palace, it is best to remain within the East Wing.

[Translator's note: A little back tour of the East Wing occurs in Empty Dagger Hand, under increasingly unfortunate circumstances.]

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