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Sunshine Revival Challenge 7: The Ferris Wheel

Journaling: Life in fandom goes through ups and downs. Reminisce about the "wild ride" of your time in fandom or in other online communities.

Creative: Create an image or a photo with the theme "let's go for a ride".

Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



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Today is partly sunny and sweltering.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches. Some of them are dustbathing in the burn barrel; they like the fresh ashes.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I picked herbs to make omelettes for supper, which also included some cherry tomatoes from yesterday.

It's drizzling a bit.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I refilled the birdfeeders.

EDIT 7/25/25 -- I did more work around the patio.



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The future of antisemitism

We can't get confused about what constitutes anti-Jewish prejudice.
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That's why we have to face a painful paradox: when it comes to the continuing agony of Gaza, Israel's most fervent defenders are the ones muddying the water. They seek to define criticism of the actions of Israel as anti-Jewish prejudice.

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Individualism is Killing The (Online) Aspec Community

But whilst I know I’ve changed in my queer journey, the communities I’ve been involved in have not. When I was a baby ace, I needed to know aspec 101, distinguish your aro from your ace from your agender, what the cake memes were for, what the split attraction model is and so on. But 5 years on, half a decade mind you, the online community that was once my intro and a place that helped me learn more about myself now feels like a burden, a constant reminder of pain and like being a teenager again in Catholic secondary school; not standing the people I’m with and wanting to just go home.
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Most people tolerate asexuality, but they don’t support asexuality. That's not the same. They think asexuality is valid but they don’t support it. They only support asexuality if it’s palatable to their own sexuality. In an attempt to push back on the very real infantilisation of asexuality (looking at you ‘but we can’t have kink at pride because of the aces’ discourse), but we’ve (not me!) walked back into compulsory sexuality and basing support of asexuality based on how well asexuals perform the sexual script, instead of supporting it in its own right.

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Today is sweltering again, 86°F with a heat index of 98°F. :P So I have to break up yard tasks into smaller sections.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I refilled birdfeeders.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I picked 4 red cherry tomatoes. :D

I watered the new picnic table garden.

EDIT 7/24/25 -- I potted up 12 sweet cherry seeds.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

Here are the notes for "Fed from So Many Sources."

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This poem is spillover from the July 15, 2025 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from janetmiles, chanter1944, and discussions with dialecticdreamer. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem also fills the "Redemption Story" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. It belongs to the series Frankenstein's Family and follows (several months later) the poems "Signs of Their Trespass" and "Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness" so read those first or this won't make much sense. It is the second in the triptych between "Strong, Competent, Capable" and "Fed from So Many Sources."

Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes disappointment, worry, reference to minor character death, unpleasant social duties, loss of a friend, alarming personality changes, trouble caused by loss of horses, signs of hunger, reference to domestic abuse, legal issues, confusion, desperate hope, and other mayhem. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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This poem is spillover from the July 15, 2025 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from janetmiles, chanter1944, and discussions with dialecticdreamer. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem also fills the "Sunrise / Sunset" square in my 7-1-25 card for the Western Bingo fest. It belongs to the series Frankenstein's Family and follows (several months later) the poems "Signs of Their Trespass" and "Incompetence, Sloppy Thinking, and Laziness" so read those first or this won't make much sense. It is the first in the triptych followed by "The Future by Consequence, the Past by Redemption" and "Fed from So Many Sources."

Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics, including canon-typical levels of violence. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes a fruitless hunt, irrational behavior, legally risky action in effort to protect people, unplanned and unmarried pregnancy, domestic abuse, verbal abuse, death threats, pregnant woman fleeing from danger, rude language, minor character death due to terminal stupidity and testosterone poisoning, begging for mercy, uncertainty, and other mayhem. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward. Readers with a history of domestic unrest may wish to think twice about this one, but skipping it would leave a major gap.

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