gay pride wednesday
Jun. 5th, 2026 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thegreatratsbyi posted this on wednesday on neocities. so it counts.
home for a week to visit family, boyfriend, etc. yay :-)
listening
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home for a week to visit family, boyfriend, etc. yay :-)
listening
- shriekcast
- trueanon eps 551/552 'dead load' from their patreon. honestly banger episodes, centered around the idea of the israeli Nut Retreival Thing(tm) but focuses way more on the religious background behind it as a concept, some of the controversies, etc. the content warning at the beginning is for "discussions of cum and homunculi" which rules
- i don't know how i avoided listening to system of a down for so long but they fuck? they fuck hard? i think it's because i don't really care for chop suey as a song, it's Fine, but that's the one that always gets trotted out as The system of a down song. gateway back in was 'lonely day' and the rest is history, listened to albums 'toxicity' and 'hypnotize' on the plane today
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Do videos show Trump appearing to fall asleep during Oval Office coal industry announcement?
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snopes_feedSocial media users widely shared video clips allegedly showing the president dozing off during a June 4, 2026, event at the White House.
New York bill would replace 'mother' and 'father' with gender-neutral terms in family law
Jun. 5th, 2026 10:52 pmsnopes_feedThe bill would replace the gendered terminology with "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent" to acknowledge diverse family situations.
Trump flaunted mostly accurate chart comparing reflecting pool to US skyscrapers
Jun. 5th, 2026 08:06 pmsnopes_feedSome measurements differed slightly from official reports, but Trump's graphic was generally correct.
snopes_feedSocial media posts claim George Clooney received near identical responses he "never expected" from Gaither, Dolly Parton, Hailey Kinsel and more.
Is McDonald's charging $1 'convenience fee' for drive-thru?
Jun. 5th, 2026 04:01 pmsnopes_feedSocial media users shared numerous images allegedly showing new signs cropping up at McDonald's drive-thru lanes.
Did Trump post image of himself as football star surrounded by male cheerleaders?
Jun. 5th, 2026 03:00 pmsnopes_feedThe AI-generated image appeared to originate from an account that frequently posts content intended to troll Trump and his supporters.
May 2026 Newsletter, Volume 211
Jun. 5th, 2026 02:17 pmotw_news_feedI. SPOTLIGHT ON OPEN DOORS
Open Doors is preparing to import ArtisticAlley, the last FictionAlley house. Unfortunately, they’ve only been able to retrieve thumbnail versions of the artworks. They’re currently asking creators if they can provide copies of the full versions. If you’re an ArtisticAlley creator and can provide your full artworks—or would like Open Doors to do anything other than import the thumbnail copies—please check your emails and reply, or get in touch with Open Doors directly. They will begin importing after 30 June.
In May, Open Doors also announced the import of multifandom fanfiction archive Mediafans and its hosted Duncan/Methos zine Futures Without End. They also completed the semi-automated portion of the import of HBO Oz archive Unit B, with more works being imported manually in the coming months. These additional works comprise Big Bang fics, the Unit B Yahoo Group, and the Cellblock 5 Yahoo Group. Thank you to everyone on Open Doors’ technical and administrative teams who contributed!
II. ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN
Accessibility, Design & Technology worked on more security updates as well as quality-of-life bug fixes and AO3 internationalization work. Thank you to the coders for those fixes and to the testers for helping with swift releases! They also published release notes for March.
In April, Policy & Abuse (PAC) received 4,358 tickets. PAC also worked with Communications to publish a news post spotlighting ways to keep your AO3 account secure as part of World Password Day. Also in April, Support received 4,325 tickets. User Response Translation completed 77 requests from PAC and Support.
Tag Wrangling wrangled over 638,000 tags in April, or approximately 1,300 tags per wrangling volunteer. They also collaborated with Communications to publish a Tumblr post about a new Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom metatag and a news post announcement of 21 new “No Fandom” tags.
III. ELSEWHERE AT THE OTW
Fanlore celebrated Public Domain Fandoms, or Public DoMay, on their socials all throughout the month! Check out their Bluesky, Tumblr, and Twitter/X for fun featured articles and posts.
Their annual Bingo Challenge also will begin on June 16 and will end June 29! It’s open to new and experienced editors alike, and everyone is encouraged to join in!
Legal continues to answer internal and external questions and monitor the changing legal situation for privacy and free speech.
TWC continued to work on their planned issues related to Music Fandom and Latin American Fandoms. May was the deadline for nominations for the Fans of Color Research Prize, which recognizes the best article about fans and/or fandoms of color published in TWC. The next issue will be a general issue published in September.
IV. GOVERNANCE
Elections continues to prepare for the 2026 OTW Board of Directors election, which will fill four seats (three full term seats and one partial term seat).
If you’d like to vote this year, you must become an OTW member by June 30. To become a member, you must donate at least $10 USD in one donation and check the yes circle under “Do you want to be an OTW member?” on the donation form.
Board, Board Assistants Team, and Organizational Culture Roadmap spent the month collaborating on projects, including sharing the Code of Conduct draft for review from OTW volunteers and working on tasks related to closing out the OTW Crisis Management Plan project.
Finance completed the audit of the OTW’s 2024 financials and began preparing our 2025 financials to be audited.
Development & Membership worked on wrap up from the April Membership Drive and began thinking ahead to the next one in October.
V. OUR VOLUNTEERS
In May, Volunteers & Recruiting opened recruitment for four roles for the Fanlore, Communications, and Open Doors committees.
From April 22 to May 23, Volunteers & Recruiting received 202 new requests, and completed 177, leaving them with 70 open requests. As of May 23, 2026, the OTW has 1,040 volunteers. \o/ Recent personnel movements are listed below.
New Communications Volunteers: 2 Event Coordinators and 1 Fanhackers Volunteer
New Open Doors Volunteers: 1 Senior Technical Advisor and 1 Digital Collections Intern
New Policy & Abuse Volunteers: Arashi, Bellis, Citrine, lazyredheeler, Rika G, SaltDove, ZoeT, and 3 other Volunteers
New User Response Translation Volunteers: 1 Translator
Departing Committee Chairs/Leads: 1 Policy & Abuse Chair and 1 Organizational Culture Roadmap Head
Departing Communications Volunteers: 1 Fanhackers Lead and 2 Convention Specialists
Departing Fanlore Volunteers: 1 Gardener
Departing Finance Volunteers: 1 Financial Analyst
Departing Open Doors Volunteers: 1 Senior Technical Volunteer and 1 Import Assistant
Departing Policy & Abuse Volunteers: 1 Volunteer
Departing Tag Wrangling Volunteers: Allonym and 15 other Tag Wrangling Volunteers
Departing Translation Volunteers: Katarina Hjarpe and 1 other Translator
Departing Volunteers & Recruiting Volunteers: 1 Volunteer
For more information about our committees and their regular activities, you can refer to the committee pages on our website.
Are human traffickers posing as Walmart employees? There's no proof
Jun. 5th, 2026 01:00 pmsnopes_feedSocial media users falsely promoted the trafficking warning, including failing to cite credible reports confirming the alleged criminal act.
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June 5th, 2026: Okay I know you have many questions so HERE IT IS, YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE. I'm at TCAF this weekend! Mostly just walking around but I do have a panel on Sunday at 11:30am (the Comic Book Gig Economy, in the Bunker on the 3rd floor) and a signing afterwards at 1pm at the Penguin Random House booth, #117! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! – Ryan | ||
Does woodpecker's tongue protect its brain? We drilled into research
Jun. 5th, 2026 11:00 amsnopes_feedFiguring out how woodpeckers avoid brain damage has inspired humans working in fields like crash safety and helmet design.
Fanfiction: The Other (The Goes Wrong Show, Robert/Chris)
Jun. 5th, 2026 11:44 amrionaleonhartI originally just wanted to write a PWP for smut practice! And then I got so tangled up in setup, and in the question of how Robert and Chris's relationship would differ in this AU, and in the end I toned down the intended smut because it no longer felt fitting to go into heavy detail, so my smut remains tragically unpractised.
It was an interesting challenge to write Chris as a cis woman, and I hope the result works for you! I think Robert would treat a female Chris much the same as he treats Chris in canon, but, aswolfy_writing commented, Chris would probably interpret Robert's behaviour differently.
This is technically set after Adaptability, my Robert/Chris/Robert fic in which people are similarly casual about the existence of other universes, but you can just read this fic on its own; it should make sense even if you haven't read its predecessor!
Title: The Other
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show
Rating: 15
Pairing: Robert/Chris
Wordcount: 3,600
Summary: “My alternate-universe self is a man,” Chris says. “And it didn’t occur to you to mention this?”
( The Other )
It was an interesting challenge to write Chris as a cis woman, and I hope the result works for you! I think Robert would treat a female Chris much the same as he treats Chris in canon, but, as
wolfy_writing commented, Chris would probably interpret Robert's behaviour differently.This is technically set after Adaptability, my Robert/Chris/Robert fic in which people are similarly casual about the existence of other universes, but you can just read this fic on its own; it should make sense even if you haven't read its predecessor!
Title: The Other
Fandom: The Goes Wrong Show
Rating: 15
Pairing: Robert/Chris
Wordcount: 3,600
Summary: “My alternate-universe self is a man,” Chris says. “And it didn’t occur to you to mention this?”
( The Other )
DOJ charged 2 NIH scientists with smuggling deactivated monkeypox virus into US
Jun. 5th, 2026 10:00 amsnopes_feedThe two researchers, who are Dutch and Cameroonian citizens, reportedly pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Just One Thing (05 June 2026)
Jun. 5th, 2026 09:36 amnanila posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
awesomeersIt'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.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
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.
Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished! Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!
Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.
Go!
Fighting Fire With Fire
Jun. 5th, 2026 04:01 amearthobservatory_iod_feed
In May and June of most years, NASA satellites typically begin to detect large numbers of wildland fires throughout the Top End and Arnhem Land regions of Australia’s Northern Territory. On some days, especially in the afternoon, the blazes can resemble sizable wildfires in satellite imagery, spreading widely and producing expansive smoke plumes.
That was the case when NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of smoke and fires on the afternoon of May 28, 2026. Often, however, fires burning in this area look smaller and less imposing. In the mornings just a few days earlier and later, for instance, NASA satellites detected little smoke despite observing many thermal anomalies, or hotspots, that indicated fire activity.
The pattern of burning, location, and timing are consistent with prescribed fires lit intentionally to manage the landscape. Land managers tend to light fires in the morning, and smoke builds over the course of the day. The process sometimes creates sizable plumes when there are updrafts and winds of moderate strength that carry smoke away from the fires, as happened on May 28 and again on June 2. The fires typically burn through the fire-adapted grasses, underbrush, and scattered trees in the region’s tropical savanna ecosystems.
Over the past few decades, the region’s land managers have combined deep-rooted Indigenous land management practices and modern technologies to establish large-scale landscape management programs such as the West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement project and Arnhem Land Fire Abatement. The goal of such efforts is to intentionally burn some of the savanna underbrush to create firebreaks and reduce fuel loads early in the dry season, reducing more destructive and emissions-intensive fires later in the season. The dry season generally begins in May and extends through September, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology.
While research is ongoing, there are signs that the prescribed burning efforts are having the intended effect. Analysis of satellite observations of the fires suggests that prescribed burning efforts have shifted fire activity from late to early in the dry season, leading to a reduction in high-intensity fires and emissions.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.
References & Resources
- Ansell, J., et al. (2020) Contemporary Aboriginal savanna burning projects in Arnhem Land: a regional description and analysis of the fire management aspirations of Traditional Owners. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 29(5), 371–385.
- Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (2026) Our Projects. Accessed June 4, 2026.
- Carbon Market Institute (2026) West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) Project. Accessed June 4, 2026.
- Edwards, A., et al. (2021) Transforming fire management in northern Australia through successful implementation of savanna burning emissions reductions projects. Journal of Environmental Management, 290, 112568.
- Evans, J. & Russell-Smith, J. (2020) Delivering effective savanna fire management for defined biodiversity conservation outcomes: an Arnhem Land case study. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 29(5), 386-400.
- NASA Earthdata, Questions About Real-Time (RT) and Ultra Real-Time (URT) Active Fire Data. Accessed June 4, 2026.
- NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (2026, May 28) Fires/Hotspots. Accessed June 4, 2026.
- Russell-Smith, J., et al. (2026) Incentivising savanna fire management for emissions reduction, biodiversity conservation and community livelihood outcomes. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 35(4), 26039.
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