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1) Looks like this obsession with identifying people online is spreading to all sorts of places. I've been working with two survey companies for a long time for some extra cash. One of them recently prompted users to verify their accounts, offering better opportunities if they did. The other unexpectedly asked me to set up verification to access my account, which included uploading ID and revealing other information.

This is an account I've had for over 20 years. No matter what age I was when I opened it, I would clearly be of age since, and I have contacted customer service various times in the past due to problems. They know I'm a real person who has almost always accessed them from the same IP. I even had "diamond status", meaning I got extra points with each survey completed for faster rewards, as a result of being such a longtime member.

Apparently that was unimportant. I closed my account and they have not contacted me. Makes me wonder how many other people are doing so as well.

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2) Brazil versus Norway. ( Read more... )

England versus Mexico. ( Read more... )

Portugal versus Spain. ( Read more... )

United States versus Belgium. ( Read more... )

Argentina versus Egypt. ( Read more... )

Switzerland versus Colombia. ( Read more... )

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Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Pairings/Characters: Izzy/Ed, Izzy/Ed/Stede
Rating: E
Length: 31,803 words
Creator Links: redshift
Theme: Unreliable narrator

Summary: Izzy has spent years at Edward's side. The occasional petal here and there, the intermittent rasp that makes itself a permanent home in the hollows of his throat, the cough that comes and goes; it's all worth it, to be the person Ed turns to. It's a price he pays willingly.

Now, though. Now, Izzy knows what love looks like on Edward Teach, and it is soft and sweet and open and nothing like what Izzy has ever been able to give. Izzy's place is at Edward's side, and it's killing him.

That's okay. He's always wanted to die for something that matters.

Reccer's Notes: Izzy has hanakaki disease, and I love how the author writes it likes it's an almost chronic illness. Izzy is an unreliable narrator in how he thinks about Ed and Stede and their motivations. We as the reader can tell by their actions that their intentions are not what Izzy probably thinks, but Izzy's thought's are very much coloured by the experience he is going through and he's not seeing things for how they truly are, and of course he refuses to talk to Ed about his feelings and what going on, which only makes everything worse.

One note, this is canon-divergent after season one.

Fanwork Links: AO3

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1) Saw Project Hail Mary and had no idea it was a comedic buddy film with pathos. ( Read more... )

2) Also saw Sheep Detectives. ( Read more... )

3) Switzerland vs. Algeria. ( Read more... )

Spain versus Austria. ( Read more... )

Portugal versus Croatia. ( Read more... )

Australia versus Egypt. ( Read more... )

Argentina versus Cape Verde. ( Read more... )

Finally the round of 32 ends with Ghana vs. Colombia. ( Read more... )

Paraguay versus France. ( Read more... )

Canada versus Morocco. ( Read more... )

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Today, on July 4, I celebrate the greatest American virtue -- stubbornness.

(While writing this, I had to put a great deal of effort into NOT making all the examples come from media, like the images of the new Slayers standing up to threats, like Captain America ... well, you know. All of them. There's one movie named in the column that is definitely about someone standing up against overwhelming odds and winning -- and she's standing up again.)

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Fandom: Navy Seal Copypasta (Internet meme): Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical, by Copypasta Sings.
Pairings/Characters: Self-insert OC.
Rating: Teen and Up
Length: 287 words; 3:52
Content Notes: Unreality, stalking threats, death threats, Critical Research Failure (U.S. military), Lyrical Dissonance, macho edgelordship, profanity. The archived original 4chan forum discussion under the OP link gets even nastier.

Creator Links: Copypasta Sings:

copypastasings7991; the OP, for obvious reasons, remains ultra-classified.

Theme: Unreliable Narrator, Filk, Music, Non-AO3 Works, Social Media

Reccer's Notes: This trash-talking ßadass Boast by a Master of Gorilla (sic) Warfare and Top Army Sniper of the Navy SEALs has inspired a zillion adaptations and memetic mutations; dramatic readings have tended to the most gravelly depths-of-the-scrotum basso the speaker can muster.

Copypasta Sings takes it in a diametrically opposite direction, setting the lyrics to a sensitive singer-songwriter acoustic ballad.

Fanwork Links: Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsZMbs5PC64

Current Music: Implicit in the subject.

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1) Relishing the opportunity to spend a day without interruptions, I resolved to make some use of our Prime viewing options. So I tried Etoile ( Read more... )

2) Night Manager S2 ( Read more... )

3) US versus Bosnia Herzegovina. ( Read more... )

Belgium versus Senegal. ( Read more... )

Mexico versus Ecuador. ( Read more... )

England versus Congo. ( Read more... )

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* waves feebly *

Here's my Readercon schedule, which I'll also put behind the cut:

Readercon schedule

Friday, July 10, 2026
18:00
Lois, Megan, and Tammy; Miles, Gen, and Alanna
Salon A-B, Duration: 60 mins
Bethany Powell, Kate Nepveu (moderator), Marissa Lingen, Sophia Babai, Victoria Janssen

Fans of Lois McMaster Bujold often speak of both Megan Whalen Turner and Tamora Pierce in the same breath, saying their writing and characterization feel the same, that these women are writing in the same vein, scratching the same itch for their readers. Why are these writers being grouped together by fans? How are their works in conversation with each other? Are there additional authors and series that belong on the same list?

Saturday, July 11, 2026
12:00
Building a Seven Stories Mountain
Create - Collaborate, Duration: 60 mins
Graham Sleight, Kate Nepveu, Katherine Karch, R.W.W. Greene (moderator), Rich Horton

Powerful, literary aliens, flattered by our interest in worlds not our own, show up in Earth orbit and demand we choose seven spec-fic books that represent honestly the pros and cons of humans as a species. Lies, omissions, and puffery will be met with extermination. What list of essential (existential!) reading will this panel generate, and what will that list say about how we see ourselves?

Saturday, July 11, 2026
19:00
Miles to Go: The Vorkosigan Saga at 40
Salon A-B, Duration: 60 mins
Ian Strock, Kate Nepveu (moderator), Katherine Crighton, Meredith Schwartz

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga! Miles Vorkosigan and his parents Cordelia and Aral have fascinated readers for four decades of compulsively readable books that offer lessons on biology, engineering, manners, shenanigans, and the argument that societies are shaped (and reshaped) by reproductive rights and control. What have we learned from the Vorkosigans, and what are we still learning? What dreams from the Saga are still on our horizon?

Sunday, July 12, 2026
11:00
The Odyssey in 2026
Salon A-B, Duration: 60 mins
Charles Allison (moderator), Kate Nepveu, Kenneth Schneyer, Sonya Taaffe

Homer's Odyssey is having a moment: a new major translation by Daniel Mendelsohn (following other major ones by Emily Wilson and Peter Green), a recent movie starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche (The Return), a musical adaptation that is a social media sensation (Epic), and a forthcoming blockbuster movie written and directed by Christopher Nolan. What aspects are these translations and adaptations highlighting compared to past versions, and what elements are ripe for more attention?

Sunday, July 12, 2026
14:00
Things Everyone Likes But You
Salon E, Duration: 60 mins
Casella Brookins, John Kessel, Kate Nepveu (moderator), Katherine Karch, Tracy Majka

We all love talking about books we love, but you know what else is fun? Complaining about books everyone else loves. This curmudgeonly panel will discuss some of the most popular, beloved works that they just can't stand.

I also booklogged! Twice!

Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was so, so much fun.
Emily Tesh’s The Incandescent did not quite work for me, for reasons that may not be entirely fair to it, but it’s still very interesting (and "You are, in fact, self-actualising! Well done!" alone made it worth reading).

* whooshes away to do more of the many things what need doing *

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Fandom: Batman - All Media Types
Pairings/Characters: Jason Todd/Bruce Wayne
Rating: Mature
Length: 11,401 words
Creator Links:

gatheringwool
Theme: unreliable narrator

Summary: Jason always knew everyone would flip out when they found out about him and Bruce.

He just always assumed it would be more along the lines of Jason, you dirty whore you. Not whatever the hell this was.

Reccer's Notes: The best example of the "unreliable narrator" tag I've ever seen. Bruce's actions are unequivocally terrible, but because the fic is told from Jason's perspective and Jason genuinely doesn't believe there's anything wrong with their relationship you start questioning your own judgment too. Chilling. Absolutely amazing, but chilling.

Content Notes: discussion of past underage sex (adult with a child), rape/non-con, sexual abuse, incest

Fanwork Links: (you kept me like a secret) i kept you like an oath

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Big ol' spider I stumbled upon when on a walk about a day or two ago. I think she has babies on her back!!!!!

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Our theme for July is unreliable narrator!

An unreliable narrator is one you just can't trust—or shouldn't—whether you know it or not. They may be lying (to the text or to themselves), purposely withholding information, or just not in a position to fully appreciate the situation they're in because of a limited perspective, such as with child, animal, or object narrators.

The tag for this round is: theme: unreliable narrator

If you're just joining us, be sure to check out our policy on content notes. Content notes aren't required, but they're nice to include in your recs, especially if a fanwork has untagged content that readers may wish to know about in advance. For this particular theme, consider including notes for things like gaslighting or unreality (like Tumblr's fake Martin Scorsese movie, Goncharov).

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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Rating: Gen
Length: 2917
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply
Creator Links: glittercity on AO3
Themes: Just like canon, LGBTQ+ canon characters, Hurt/comfort, Humor, In vino veritas

Summary: “Ilya?” Shane said in that same dreamy, loopy voice as that morning. Ilya exhaled in a rush.
“Shane,” he said, and wanted to sag against the glass with relief. “What happened? Is something wrong?”
“Not! Any moooooooore.”
Ilya swallowed. Shane hadn’t gotten any quieter in the past seven hours.
“Why are you calling me? You need to be resting,” he said, and it sounded softer than he’d meant it to.
“I forgot to tell you something. Important.”
“You should not be telling me anything, you should be—”
“My cottage has really good water pressure,” Shane announced.
Ilya stared out the window while a small plane taxied past.
“What?”
——————
Shane's cottage has a lot of amenities, and he needs to tell Ilya about all of them.

Reccer's Notes: This is a lovely, funny fic giving us more of "loopy on the good drugs" Shane from canon, after he takes the hit on the ice and is briefly in the hospital. Shane high on pain meds is adorable and Glittercity gives us more, as Shane tries to impress on Ilya how wonderful his cottage is, in the hope of persuading him to visit. Short, sweet and a favourite.

Fanwork Links: The same number of stars everywhere, and there's a podfic by jennisaisquoi

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Fandom: Master Li and Number Ten Ox - Barry Hughart
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Master Li, Number Ten Ox
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 322
Content Notes: No AO3 Warnings Apply
Creator Links: (AO3)

Gryphonrhi; (Dreamwidth)

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Theme: Just Like Canon, Book Fandoms, Old Fandoms, Small Fandoms

Summary: On the possible origin of a proverb…

Author’s Notes: For Sleeps With Coyotes.
Disclaimers: Barry Hughart wrote these wonderful characters. I'm only borrowing them briefly. No infringement intended, no moneys made. Written for Sleeps With Coyotes; she'd had a lousy day.
Rated: G.

…Master Li & Number Ten Ox are from The Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen, or, in omnibus (and illustrated by Kaja Foglio), The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox. The omnibus is consistently on my 'top ten books' list, and I cannot recommend them highly enough, although finding them is a quest in and of itself.
Yes, there is a cloud dragon in Chinese myth. No, actually, I'm not sure they have silver scales.

Really. Go read the books. ;->

Reccer's Notes: This gorgeous illo-op of a vignette, written for the prompt “silver”, could easily serve as a prologue to one of Master Li and Number Ten Ox’s picaresque Wuxia detective adventures in an Ancient China That Never Was; Gryphonrhi nails the fairytale logic and Ox’s earnest and eloquent narrative voice.

Fanwork Links: Broken Silver Linings, by

Gryphonrhi for Sleeps With Coyotes: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62486

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1) Finally the apartment is done. The maintenance guys never showed up yesterday and I called the property manager this morning to see if we were on the list. Thankfully they came within the hour. They had various things to reinstall, and also helped me put the major furniture back in place.

I think the apartment was some 8 degrees cooler inside once the blinds were up (since I added our solar curtains). Celebrated by breaking out a jigsaw puzzle and spending a relaxing afternoon doing that and catching up on World Cup games.

2) Japan versus Brazil. ( Read more... )

Germany vs Paraguay. ( Read more... )

Speaking of, Netherlands vs. Morocco ( Read more... )

Ivory Coast versus Norway. ( Read more... )

France versus Sweden. ( Read more... )

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On to the Quarterfinals!

Hikyō eki 秘境駅 | A JJK Dead Dove Zine | PRE-ORDERS OPEN!

Classic Film Exchange

OFMD: bloom & wilt by redshift

On to the Round of 16!

Six Sentence Sunday

Rusty Quill: Mini Bang 2026

New Substack post

Navy Seal Copypasta (Internet meme): Navy Seal Copypasta - The Musical, by Copypasta Sings.

Interest check for Comic4Comic

Plenty of TV

I live (and have a Readercon schedule and two booklog posts)

Batman: (you kept me like a secret) i kept you like an oath by gatheringwool

Fancake Theme for July: Unreliable Narrator

Spider

Round 188: Unreliable Narrator

Falling In Love: A Fall Themed Getting Together Exchange 2026

Heated Rivalry: The same number of stars everywhere by Glittercity

Master Li and Number Ten Ox: Broken Silver Linings, by Gryphonrhi.

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