Update, the SF Edition

Apr. 9th, 2026 01:03 pm
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We saw Project Hail Mary last Saturday at the cinema and really enjoyed it. I managed to avoid spoilers (I have the audio book on reserve) and it was particularly lovely in concert with all the delightful Artemis II updates I've been following.

I also listened to the Becky Chambers novella To Be Taught, If Fortunate, which has less people dying in space but otherwise similar themes, and I recommend it. As an audiobook I found it meditative and soothing.

While I was sick the dude and I watched a lot of Classic Doctor Who, mostly Four and Five. It was a lot of fun, and we found we can order the new Blu-Ray sets from the UK cheaper than they're available here (my BIL calls it the Australia Tax). I'm trying to remember if Adric was a fake from Castrovalva, or if he was swapped out later. Anthony Ainley makes a decent Master. *g*

I watched a couple of episodes of Resident Alien with the lad, but I gather that spoilers ) so I don't know if I'll manage to keep watching it.

I read a delightful Star Wars/Indiana Jones mashup and it's the only Sequel I now want!
fame and glory, kid (are not the real treasures here) (3793 words) by searchingforserendipity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Indiana Jones Series, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa/Han Solo, Han Solo & Kylo Ren
Characters: Han Solo, Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker
Additional Tags: indiana is pretty cool but han is the hero of this story, indiana solo aka han's dad, Family Feels, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It, Crack Treated Semi Seriously, Father-Son Relationship, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Summary:

"It's no use, Solo," sneered the evil droideka General. "Give us the holocron, and perhaps your death will serve the Nhazi forces of the Separatist army. "

"How about no," Indiana said, and adjusted his hat.

 

In which Ben Solo takes to idolizing his grandfather from a young age. No, not that one. Not that one either.



Yesterday I picked up a pre-owned copy of the second season of Blake's 7, which I am nerdily excited about.

In conclusion, spaaaaaaaace!

What I'm Doing Wednesday

Apr. 8th, 2026 03:52 pm
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gnu MinoanMiss/RubyNye's Online Memorial
Go here to sign up & get the zoom link to Ny's Memorial for this Sunday, April 12th at 1pm EDT. I'll be there & I hope you will, too.

books
The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East by Andrew Scott Cooper. 2011. Edition with the 2015 preface. Not great, but some interesting details of the Nixon-Ford years.

The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper. 2016. Utterly misleading title. By and large, this is NOT HISTORY. This is a fawning, one-sided biography of the Pahlavi family. I mean, I'm sympathetic to Farah and the kids, but there's no need to write an apologia for the shah's actions. :(((

Decoding Iran’s Foreign Policy: Strategic Interests, Power and Influence by Ross Harrison. 2025. I'm just sitting here wondering what it would be like to have a president who's smart enough to read books like this one. It's been a while.

currently reading: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer. 2006. Imperialism is so gross.

yarning
Made the mushroom. Got the blue bunny put together and both in the mail. Waiting for more sales. Need to resume social media self-plugging. Here's something cute: Kitten Academy kittens doing a Statler & Waldorf on their mother's kickbunny:


healthcrap
Had Botox for migraines Friday. Usual doc wasn't there, and I couldn't recall the alterations we make to the standard protocol, so we'll see how this round works in their absence. Major cold front with torrential rain came in Friday night and knocked me flat for days. Had a much belated allergy shot Monday, which knocked me flat again.

#resist
I am utterly furious at the orange menace, Netanyahu, and their toadies.
May 1: No Kings 4 + general strike.

#astrology
Mars enters Aries on May 10, completing a major traffic jam of planets in Aries, sign of war, which has me exceptionally worried. Praying for peace.

I hope all of y'all are doing well and staying safe and sane and healthy. <333

Monthly dS Art Digest (March 2026)

Apr. 7th, 2026 01:38 pm
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Before I completely forget, here are the new dS artworks from March:

 
ARTIST: allofthebeanz and dirtyzucchini

I survived the 11the of March (Dief)
ARTIST: look_turtles

The Reaching Out One (Manip) (F/K)


ARTIST: Middlepeep

Ohhh I donno (F/K)
ARTIST: Wandererseas

Ray V and Fraser sketch
 

What I'm Doing Wednesday

Apr. 1st, 2026 04:51 pm
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[personal profile] sage
books
+ Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany. 2022. So very thorough, determined to give women equal focus, and surprisingly granular, given the subject.
+ Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher. 2026. Horror. TW massive body horror, insects.
~ The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen. 2012. Hard to rate this. Hansen chooses only one of the several overland "silk roads" to research and does some solid scholarship about it. However, she draws general and highly questionable conclusions about ALL of the silk roads from her single study.
+ America and Iran: A History 1720 to the Present by John Ghazvinian. 2020. Outstanding! The best contextualization of the US-Iran relationship I've ever read. I only wish it included an appendix covering the last six years since publication. Highly recommended.

yarning
Got an order for a bunny, a heart, and a mushroom, which I finished today. Also got an order for a different bunny and a different mushroom, which I'll start on tonight. Got the dinosaur for nibling in the mail.


healthcrap
I successfully got my health coverage renewed for a full year, instead of the mere four months it was, initially & inexplicably, set for. Got my second shingles shot Friday. Got meds refilled & resumed the one I had totally run out of, doh. Got hit by ALL the shingles shot side effects, which is like a bad case of the flu (worse than covid). So not fun, but good to have it finished for life. Botox for migraines this coming Friday. Generally feeling somewhat better.

#resist
I hope some (many?) of you were able to march Saturday for No Kings Day 3.
+ April 5: General Strike
+ May 1: General Strike. (https://generalstrikeus.com/)

I hope you're all doing well! <333

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