User: free_speech (posted by pauamma) Date: 2026-01-23 03:59 Security: Public Tags: links collection entry Subject: Fortnightly links collection entry #233

It's that time of the fortnight again. If you have a link related to free speech but no time or energy to write an entry around it, or if you want or need to remain anonymous, this is the entry to do it for the next 2 weeks. Or, if a comment sparks a thought, feel free to jump in and reply or join the conversation.

User: kaberett Date: 2026-01-22 22:56 Security: Public Subject: some good things make a post

1. Saw the Child! Was given a Very Important Solar System Biscuit.
2. Successfully slogged through a Whole Entire Exercise Routine, thanks be to company, and only tried to fall over for balance reasons rather than presyncope reasons. The Socks Continue Good. (We shall leave aside the part where my watch firmly told me I should start winding down for bed right before I began it...)
3. A has indulged me to the tune of staying up late (post-wiggles and once we have finished our takeaway, which we have) so that the bread I did not manage to bake earlier in the day will be Ready To Be My Breakfast.
4. Brain was willing to put down sudoku and actually read some book today! I am a bit closer to finishing a reread and embarking on the new thing!
5. It feels like I might actually be able to fall asleep in reasonable time today. Goodnight. <3

User: ysobel Date: 2026-01-22 14:29 Security: Public Tags: fop sucks, i amuse myself, omg i am a dorkface Subject: Prednisone song, updated

Back in 2015 I wrote an anti-ode to prednisone. Last night my brain came up with another verse, so I'm posting the revised version for posterity.

(Youtube version of the original is here)

Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
How fucked-up are your side-effects!
You make my mood go here and there
And make me sweat, like, everywhere
Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
How fucked-up are your side-effects!

Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
You make me so unhappy
Because I'm hungry all the time
I can't think of a proper rhyme
Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
You make me so unhappy

Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
I really dislike taking you
The anti-inflammation's great
But all the rest is cause for hate
Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
I really dislike taking you

Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
I can't wait til I'm done with this
You taste like shit, and what's more wrong
You made me filk this stupid song
Oh prednisone, oh prednisone,
I can't wait til I'm done with this

User: firecat Date: 2026-01-22 12:38 Security: Public Subject: Where do you get your coffee beans?

*sigh* I was just reminded that Peet’s Coffee is owned by a larger corporation now (has been for some time). I‘d rather support a smaller company. If you make coffee from ground beans at home, what is your go-to source? Bonus for fair trade and all those other green, good-citizen buzzwords.

User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-22 06:48 Security: Public Mood: busy Tags: heated rivalry Subject: also

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User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-22 06:26 Security: Public Mood: enthralled Tags: heated rivalry, hr fic rec Subject: ARGH Heated Rivalry rec

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User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-21 20:58 Security: Public Mood: cheerful Tags: heated rivalry, hr fic rec Subject: Heated Rivalry rec

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User: xkcd_feed Date: 2026-01-21 05:00 Security: Public Subject: Cost Savings

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User: kaberett Date: 2026-01-21 23:11 Security: Public Tags: food, my least favourite hobbies: embodiment Subject: [food] parsnip risotto, redux

Back in November I made a ridiculously overengineered parsnip risotto, as a way of dipping a toe into my next cookbook project. I said at the time that it was very tasty, and also I was unlikely to ever make it again.

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User: highlander_ii Date: 2026-01-21 15:30 Security: Public xpost https://highlander-ii.insanejournal.com/470475.html http://highlander-ii.deadjournal.com/296042.html Tags: [challenge]: snowflake challenge Subject: Snowflake Challenge #11

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User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-21 13:52 Security: Public Subject: The Night Manager S2

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User: dinosaur_comics_feed Date: 2026-01-21 00:00 Security: Public Subject: wait wait wait, these feelings don't go away? I NEVER EVEN ASKED FOR THEM AND ALL MY FAVOURITE FICT

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User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-20 21:25 Security: Public Mood: cheerful Tags: heated rivalry, hr fic rec Subject: Heated Rivalry rec

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User: ysobel Date: 2026-01-20 15:09 Security: Public Tags: fop sucks, game: heartopia, vent: mom Subject: (no subject)

Not dead. Just a lot of stuff.

Mom has been moved to the new place (which is also memory care -- she hates being locked in) and when I visited her last week it was not great at all. The place looks nice but mom was insistent that she needed to go back to OldPlace and I could take her. (I declined. Six times.). I need to decide how often I'm visiting her, because I can't do every week.

Wrote a story for Yuletide (pinch hit) and I love the source and I have no energy to write up all the stuff I want to say

Have FOP flareup under my jaw. I can still chew but mouth opening is restricted -- about the size of a slice of bread's thickness -- and chewing is effortful. Have to take smaller bites so there's more chewing needed too. Have started prednisone (ee) so hopefully that will help. No clue if this is permanent or will resolve. At night it feels like I have something heavy resting on my neck; it doesn't interfere with breathing but it's kinda uncomfortable and getting to sleep is harder.

I've been playing a (free with gacha elements) casual life sim game called Heartopia. So cute. I've just adopted a cat (golden spotted, looks like a bengal) and have unlocked the option to adopt a dog but can't decide which one (golden retriever I name Phoebe? Black lab named Yahtzee? Shiba Inu? Corgi? Husky?). Also you can interact with wildlife. So much cuteness! I love.

User: kaberett Date: 2026-01-20 23:03 Security: Public Subject: some notes on embodiment

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User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-20 07:47 Security: Public Mood: geeky Tags: heated rivalry, hr fic rec Subject: Heated Rivalry rec (WIP)

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User: princessofgeeks Date: 2026-01-20 05:37 Security: Public Mood: ecstatic Tags: heated rivalry, hr fic rec Subject: Heated Rivalry rec, incendiary warning

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User: azurelunatic Date: 2026-01-19 21:54 Security: Public Subject: Ow

Two canes can be better than one.

I have a battery of tests aimed at me for the leg weakness, in case it's neurological.

And my primary care is leaving (again) within a few months. They said last time that I would be assigned to someone in the same practice. That was inaccurate. They're saying it again this time, so I will prepare for battle.

Cats are nice and warm, and extraordinarily heavy on the knees.