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Current Mood: tired

Today I got up and had breakfast and coffee. Then I showered and dressed, and

mashfanficchick and I and Winnie and Theo went to COSI, the children's science museum.

We had a really fun time. I took Winnie and

mashfanficchick took Theo and we mostly went our separate ways. First Winnie and I did the Star Wars exhibit, then Life and the Progress. We ended up in Gadgets, where we stayed for the remainder of our time there. It was a lot of hands on doing things.

Anyway, then Dani picked us up. Theo wanted to go home, and sp we dropped him off, and the rest of us went to a really nice park. It's designed to be inclusive, accessible for the handicapped. It is really nice.

After that, Dani and

mashfanficchick went to Trader Joes and I took Winnie to Barnes and Noble. I bought a book, because you can't go to Barnes and Noble without buying a book and I got one for Winnie because it would be cruel not to get her one when I got myself one.

Then we went to Skyline Chili and I had Cincinnati chili for the first time, a five-way. It was delicious. I loved it.

Then we came back. Been trying to get Theo to bed ever since. I hope to Team with the FWiB for a few minutes now.

And I just did.

Oh, RK texted, he took care of my pets today and all is well.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The science museum.

3. Barnes and Nob;e.

4. Got the third in the Godkiller series.

5. Friends.

6. Cincinnati chili.

xkcd_feed

https://xkcd.com/3099/

The installation of the pipes on the inside of the insulation can be challenging, especially when the neighbor could come home at any minute.

https://xkcd.com/3099/

jennlk

Current Music: Wanna Rock & Roll -- Cross Canadian Ragweed

but still some same ol' things.

LCCB is still far more freeform than I like. Every summer, I wonder why I play the summer schedule. DM is concerned about our stage comportment, but doesn't do a damn thing about the sprawling layouts with random people way far away from other people who mostly play the same part. But people seem to enjoy the concerts, so I guess that's why I keep playing....

Sup is doing the "why is this not done yet" queries, and my response is "because TW and HandymanDan haven't gotten back to me (or you) to schedule. *You* poke them...." BC is finally up to a trek into the basement to see the status down there, and OMG there's a lot of work to be done. No more than there was (less, actually, as I've taken the recycling in). Somebody else needs to take the rubbish. Other somebodies need to schedule TE and HD for a day of moving big stuff. OTOH, the AC is now working -- something in the compressor needed to be replaced, so it was and now it works. Just as well, as we are now in an "if you don't need to breathe outside, don't" portion of the summer. (Canadian prairies are on fire, and we get the smoke. yay?)

Early last week, I moved the main plants from the deckside garden to their new home. Then it got hot for a couple of days, and then it rained for about 18 hours, so they're well watered in. The East garden is very appreciative of the weather - everything is blooming! Peonies, Lupine, three shades of pink daisies, three very different irises (white, dark purple, yellow & bronze), and bright yellow paintbrush. And some scattered magenta & white & purple carnations.... It's been a few years since everything in that garden has flowered this profusely. There are some spring bulbs in there that I need to move, because they don't bloom before the shasta daisies around them get tall, so they're hard to see. If I move them to the new garden, we'll be able to see them!

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Posted by Bruce Schneier

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/friday-squid-blogging-squid-run-in-southern-new-england.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=70316

Southern New England is having the best squid run in years.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/friday-squid-blogging-squid-run-in-southern-new-england.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=70316

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Current Mood: happy
Current Location: my desk

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question: We all probably have multiple WiPs, but which of yours has been hanging around longest, waiting to be finished?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

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Posted by Bruce Schneier

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/hearing-on-the-federal-government-and-ai.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=70325

On Thursday I testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at a hearing titled “The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”

The other speakers mostly talked about how cool AI was—and sometimes about how cool their own company was—but I was asked by the Democrats to specifically talk about DOGE and the risks of exfiltrating our data from government agencies and feeding it into AIs.

My written testimony is here. Video of the hearing is here.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/hearing-on-the-federal-government-and-ai.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=70325

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Out Of The Storm
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo, OMC.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: While Dee and Ryo are on a camping trip, the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Word Count: 1313
Written For: Challenge 454: Clean at

fan_flashworks.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

( Out Of The Storm... )

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Invasion Of Privacy
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 605
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: As far as Ianto is concerned, this is a disaster.
Written For: The prompt ‘any, any, i found your journal’, at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Invasion Of Privacy... )

bruce_schneier_feed

Posted by Bruce Schneier

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/report-on-the-malicious-uses-of-ai.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=70322

OpenAI just published its annual report on malicious uses of AI.

By using AI as a force multiplier for our expert investigative teams, in the three months since our last report we’ve been able to detect, disrupt and expose abusive activity including social engineering, cyber espionage, deceptive employment schemes, covert influence operations and scams.

These operations originated in many parts of the world, acted in many different ways, and focused on many different targets. A significant number appeared to originate in China: Four of the 10 cases in this report, spanning social engineering, covert influence operations and cyber threats, likely had a Chinese origin. But we’ve disrupted abuses from many other countries too: this report includes case studies of a likely task scam from Cambodia, comment spamming apparently from the Philippines, covert influence attempts potentially linked with Russia and Iran, and deceptive employment schemes.

Reports like these give a brief window into the ways AI is being used by malicious actors around the world. I say “brief” because last year the models weren’t good enough for these sorts of things, and next year the threat actors will run their AI models locally—and we won’t have this kind of visibility.

Wall Street Journal article (also here). Slashdot thread.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/report-on-the-malicious-uses-of-ai.html

https://www.schneier.com/?p=70322

silver_chipmunk

Current Mood: cheerful

Yesterday as I posted I made it successfully to the airport, through security, and onto the plane and to Ohio. I was picked up by

mashfanficchick and Dani. We then went and did shopping at Target and Kroger, and then went back to the house where the kids Theo and Winnie, and John were waiting for us.

Also there were the two cats, Moo and Jiji, and the dog, Moose. Fun all around!

Today we went to Target again to get the new Switch which was just released, and which Target had limited supplies of. We got there with only two left in stock!

After that we spent the day in the house, they were playing with the Switch, and

mashfanficchick and I hung out and read with them in the living room.

There was a brief but drenching downpour at one point.

My Earthlink email was not working, it was receiving mail but not sending, so I switched to gmail to keep in contact with the FWiB.

At around 7:30 I Teamed the FWiB, until 8:00 when I called Middle Brother.

Played with Moose for awhile, now getting caught up here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Friends.

3. Fun times.

4. Cute pets.

5. They got the Switch in time.

6. Bed soon (I got very little sleep last night)

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Posted by Dan Savage

https://savage.love/savagelove/2025/06/05/struggle-session-calling-in-sick/

https://savage.love/?p=10671

There are so many great comments about this week’s column and podcast — confronting cologne addicts! sending nude pics! humiliating hung guys! — but I’m still COVID’s bitch and I don’t have the energy to respond. I’m so sorry! But I am gonna share a letter that just came in just now and invite you … Read More »

The post STRUGGLE SESSION: Calling In Sick… appeared first on Dan Savage.

https://savage.love/savagelove/2025/06/05/struggle-session-calling-in-sick/

https://savage.love/?p=10671

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Posted by Lute

https://www.transformativeworks.org/may-2025-newsletter-volume-200/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=265402

I. 200 NEWSLETTERS

This month marks the 200th edition of the OTW Newsletter! Starting in February 2012, the newsletter has consistently provided updates on committees across the OTW. Over time, the newsletter’s format has grown and shifted, settling into the format used today.

If you’re curious, older newsletter editions can be found on AO3 News and the OTW website! Thank you so much for supporting the OTW and our projects. Here’s to many more!

II. ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN

Policy & Abuse is currently running a weekly spotlight series about the AO3 Terms of Service. These news posts have been highlighting various nuances of AO3’s policies, and Policy & Abuse has been coordinating with Communications’ News Post Moderation subcommittee to answer follow-up questions in the comments.

AO3 reached 15 million fanworks in May! Communications published a news post to celebrate.

Also in May, Accessibility, Design, & Technology deployed a few enhancements related to username and password changes, as well as fixed some longstanding bugs in tag sets. Systems is preparing to mount new servers, after which they’ll be able to get them up and running for AO3.

Open Doors announced the import of Homosapien Press: the publisher of multi-fandom fanzines such as Samurai Errant, Homosapien, and Pure Maple Syrup. They also completed the import of Slash Advent Calendar and Snow Lands. Lastly, they launched a way for archivists and publishers to designate a Fannish Next of Kin to take over collection management post-import.

In April, Policy & Abuse received 2,734 tickets, while Support received 3,003 tickets. Tag Wrangling wrangled just over 490,000 tags, or approximately 1,100 tags per wrangling volunteer.

III. ELSEWHERE AT THE OTW

Fanlore’s annual Fanlore Bingo Challenge is in full swing! This year the event is running from June 2 to June 15, and the bingo is beach themed. All Fanlore visitors and editors, new and old alike, are invited to participate!

Fanlore also celebrated May with a themed month: Creature Feature! Their editing chat on the Fanlore Discord server was a big success; thank you to everyone who joined. You can check out Creature Feature highlights on Fanlore’s Tumblr.

Translation’s recent recruitment led to the addition of a new translation team for Irish! User Response Translation’s first ever recruitment has also concluded.

Transformative Works and Cultures continues to seek submissions for their upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms. The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2026.

IV. GOVERNANCE

Elections announced the 2025 Election Timeline in coordination with Communications and Translation. Candidates will be announced on June 22, and the deadline to become a member for voting is June 30.

Development & Membership is continuing to send donation gifts from April’s Membership Drive. They’re also starting to work on membership queries for the 2025 election and related mini-Drive in June.

Board, with the help of the Board Assistants Team, held a public board meeting on April 26, 2025. The meeting had 74 attendees, and Board answered 10 questions live and 7 questions asynchronously after the meeting. Meeting minutes are available on the OTW website.

Board also approved the creation of the Organizational Culture Roadmap workgroup, continued work on Crisis Procedures and Paid Staff Transition projects, and met with the Cybersecurity Delegate to discuss their report and next steps. The Board Assistants Team continued work on multiple ongoing projects, including updates to the Board Discord moderation guidelines, OTW roadmap goals, and non-profit training.

Lastly, Board announced the resignation of Zixin Zhang as a Board Director. We wish Zixin all the best in her future endeavors.

V. OUR VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers & Recruiting conducted recruitment for three committees this month: Fanlore, Finance, and Open Doors. Volunteers & Recruiting also began a large-scale project regarding their procedures on inductions and removals. This project aims to ensure documentation is consistent across all roles in the OTW, focusing especially on tools managed by Volunteers & Recruiting.

From April 21 to May 18, Volunteers & Recruiting received 154 new requests and completed 149, leaving them with 36 open requests (including inductions and removals listed below).

As of May 18, 2025, the OTW has 933 volunteers. \o/

New AO3 Documentation Volunteers: 1 Editor
New Open Doors Volunteers: Fandoms_addict and 1 other Admin Volunteer
New Policy & Abuse Volunteers: BlackTeaAndVodka, WonderfulWorld, Pent, and 1 other Policy & Abuse Volunteer
New Strategic Planning Volunteers: Everett Merian and Camilla Zhao
New Support Volunteers: 1 Tag Wrangling Liaison
New Tag Wrangling Volunteers: Ebonwing, Jazzberries, Keladry, megidola, and Tal (Tag Wrangling Supervisors)
New Translation Volunteers: Bluebear, flatlander woman, Lavinia, Mici Pici, ömer faruk, Somber, and 3 other Translation Volunteers
New TWC Volunteers: 1 Symposium Editor
New User Response Translation Volunteers: Ekevka, meat, Patkiecoo, Remu, and 4 other URT Translators

Departing AO3 Documentation Volunteers: 1 Editor
Departing Communications Volunteers: 1 Chair-Track Volunteer and 1 TikTok Moderator
Departing Fanlore Volunteers: 1 Policy and Admin Volunteer
Departing Open Doors Volunteers: Fandoms_addict and 3 other Import Assistants, and 1 Technical Volunteer
Departing Support Volunteers: 1 Support Volunteer
Departing Tag Wrangling Volunteers: Eirinen, Luhba, Vyslanté, and 2 other Tag Wrangling Volunteers
Departing Translation Volunteers: D.Taradi, dhriti, hedvig, Mai, Meep, and 4 other Translation Volunteers

For more information about our committees and their regular activities, you can refer to the committee pages on our website.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/may-2025-newsletter-volume-200/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=265402

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get_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Kept Unspoken
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Jennifer Jarreau, Will, Spencer Reid.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Set sometime before Season 14 episode Truth or Dare.
Summary: JJ has a secret that she never intends for anyone to find out.
Written For: Challenge 405: Amnesty 67 at

fan_flashworks, using Challenge 23: Secrets.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Criminal Minds, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Kept Unspoken... )

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Stupidity
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 591
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack has managed to do something so monumentally stupid that Ianto despairs of him.
Written For:

with_rainfall’s prompt ‘Any, any, quite possibly the dumbest way to die (Dumb Ways to Die)’, at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Stupidity... )

garryowen

I guess I wrote more Brilliant Minds fic. It's cheering me up rn.

Title: It Isn't Meddling If They Really Need Help
Rating: T
Pairing: Nichols/Wolf
Summary: Dana’s eyes widen. “Oh!” She pauses, and everyone watches her. “I have a plan to get mom and dad back together.”

( It Isn't Meddling )

silver_chipmunk

Current Mood: good

Posting from my phone cause I haven't got my computer set up yet. But I had no troubles with the airport or anything, got here just fine. More tomorrow.

xkcd_feed

https://xkcd.com/3098/

Ultimately, history would imperfectly record the story of the Foal of Troy.

https://xkcd.com/3098/

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get_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Constant Craving
Fandom: BtVS
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Angel.
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Early Season Two.
Summary: The thirst for human blood never goes away.
Written For: Challenge 471: Amnesty 78 at

fan_flashworks, using Challenge 460: Thirst.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Triple drabble.

( Constant Craving... )

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Feeling Small
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo, Bikky.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Bikky used to be so much smaller than Dee, but now it’s Dee who feels small.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Small’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Feeling Small... )

badly_knitted

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

Title: Secret Code
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Team.
Rating: PG-13
Written For: Challenge 868: Code at

torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The team think they’ve cracked Jack and Ianto’s secret code. They’re wrong.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.

( Secret Code... )

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silver_chipmunk - Day at COSI
xkcd_feed - Neighbor-Source Heat Pump
jennlk - and now it's different things....
bruce_schneier_feed - Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Run in Southern New England
badly_knitted in get_knitted - Check-In Post - June 6th 2025
bruce_schneier_feed - Hearing on the Federal Government and AI
badly_knitted - FAKE Fic: Out Of The Storm
badly_knitted - Ficlet: Invasion Of Privacy
bruce_schneier_feed - Report on the Malicious Uses of AI
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savagelove_feed - STRUGGLE SESSION: Calling In Sick…
otw_news_feed - May 2025 Newsletter, Volume 200
badly_knitted in get_knitted - Check-In Post - June 5th 2025
badly_knitted - Criminal Minds Triple Drabble: Kept Unspoken
badly_knitted - Ficlet: Stupidity
garryowen - Fic: It Isn't Meddling If They Really Need Help
silver_chipmunk - In Ohio
xkcd_feed - Trojan Horse
badly_knitted in get_knitted - Check-In Post - June 4th 2025
badly_knitted - BtVS Triple Drabble: Constant Craving
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Neighbor-Source Heat Pump

and now it's different things....

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Run in Southern New England

Check-In Post - June 6th 2025

Hearing on the Federal Government and AI

FAKE Fic: Out Of The Storm

Ficlet: Invasion Of Privacy

Report on the Malicious Uses of AI

Ohio Day

STRUGGLE SESSION: Calling In Sick…

May 2025 Newsletter, Volume 200

I. 200 NEWSLETTERS

II. ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN

III. ELSEWHERE AT THE OTW

IV. GOVERNANCE

V. OUR VOLUNTEERS

Check-In Post - June 5th 2025

Criminal Minds Triple Drabble: Kept Unspoken

Ficlet: Stupidity

Fic: It Isn't Meddling If They Really Need Help

In Ohio

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Check-In Post - June 4th 2025

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