State of the FTH fics
Monday, April 27th, 2026 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senmutFic 1 is, as of a couple hours ago, complete and sitting in my unrevealed collection so I can re-read it in a few days.
Fic 2 (which will be multi-fandom short fics) has 1 completed fic, and is in brain-marinating mode for the next bit.
Fic 3 (which will have multiple fics in a single fandom) has a completed fic and the beginning of the 2nd.
Fic 4 will likely be the next one I finish, as it needs maybe 2 scenes to be done and join fic 1 in the unrevealed collection.
My intent is to complete ALL of them first, and then release them over the span of a week or so. Hopefully in May. I have continually reminded myself they are not due until Dec 31 this year, that I can take the time, and taking the time leads to better end results.
木登りみり。Miri on the tree.
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maru_feedwith more sparkle and pop is the only way to live
Monday, April 27th, 2026 07:35 pmmusesfoolAnd Then It Was Less Bleak Because We Said So
by Wendy Xu
Today there has been so much talk of things exploding
into other things, so much that we all become curious, that we
all run outside into the hot streets
and hug. Romance is a grotto of eager stones
anticipating light, or a girl whose teeth
you can always see. With more sparkle and pop
is the only way to live. Your confetti tongue explodes
into acid jazz. Small typewriters
that other people keep in their eyes
click away at all our farewell parties. It is hard
to pack for the rest of your life. Someone is always
eating cold cucumber noodles. Someone will drop by later
to help dismantle some furniture. A lot can go wrong
if you sleep or think, but the trees go on waving
their broken little hands.
*
Sonic Boom
Monday, April 27th, 2026 11:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Sonic Boom
A boy of around twelve or thirteen approach the woman working there, who looks to be late teens or early twenties.
Employee: "Hi, what can I get you?"
Boy: "Your phone number."
Read Sonic Boom
Ten Out Of Ten Gets You Ten
Monday, April 27th, 2026 10:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Ten Out Of Ten Gets You Ten
We talked one-on-one with the managers, who revealed our new hourly rate. One of my more experienced coworkers stormed out of their meeting.
Me: "What's wrong?"
Coworker: "I got a ten out of ten, and got a whole dime per hour raise!"
Signal Failure
Monday, April 27th, 2026 09:30 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Signal Failure
[Man] was parked on the passenger side of our car, clearly waiting for us. He got out of his car, slamming the door into my friend’s car, and approached us as my friend opened her door.
Man: "You f****** got something to say? Huh? You got a problem?"
Read Signal Failure
The Father Of All Cheapskates
Monday, April 27th, 2026 09:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead The Father Of All Cheapskates
I am delivering a pizza to a house. After knocking on the door, I see three children's faces at the window. None of them looks older than five. I wave and smile at them, holding up the pizza. They just stare back at me with their blank little faces.
Me: "I have the pizza your mommy or daddy ordered."
Kids: *Nothing.*
Eldritch Etiquette
Monday, April 27th, 2026 08:00 pmnotalwaysright_feedRead Eldritch Etiquette
A group of coworkers comes out of a meeting in a meeting room with glass walls, so I could see in. They were giving a PowerPoint presentation to senior managers, and I could tell from my desk that they had some technical issues.
Read Eldritch Etiquette
Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials
Monday, April 27th, 2026 09:04 pmarstechnica_feedOpen source software with more than 1 million monthly downloads was compromised after a threat actor exploited a vulnerability in the developers’ account workflow that gave access to its signing keys and other sensitive information.
On Friday, unknown attackers exploited the vulnerability to push a new version of element-data, a command-line interface that helps users monitor performance and anomalies in machine-learning systems. When run, the malicious package scoured systems for sensitive data, including user profiles, warehouse credentials, cloud provider keys, API tokens, and SSH keys, developers said. The malicious version was tagged as 0.23.3 and was published to the developers’ Python Package Index and Docker image accounts. It was removed about 12 hours later, on Saturday. Elementary Cloud, the Elementary dbt package, and all other CLI versions weren't affected.
Assume compromise
“Users who installed 0.23.3, or who pulled and ran the affected Docker image, should assume that any credentials accessible to the environment where it ran may have been exposed,” the developers wrote.
Victory!
Monday, April 27th, 2026 06:47 pmaurumcalendulaDeveloper proposes turning old Marian Manor nursing home in South Boston into apartments
Monday, April 27th, 2026 09:53 pmuniversal_hub_feedLocal developer Joey Arcari says he will soon file plans with the Boston Planning Department to convert the former Marian Manor nursing home at 130 Dorchester St. in South Boston into 204 apartments - with roughly 37 affordable units and some 164 parking spaces.
In a "letter of intent" filed Friday, Arcari committed to working with the community to figure out the best way to memorialize "the Manor," which closed in 2024:
In recognition of the unique history and community significance of the former Marian Manor, the Proponent intends to incorporate a commemorative element within the Project Site to acknowledge the role the facility has played in the lives of residents and their families. Rather than prescribing the form of such an element in advance, the Proponent is committed to engaging with community members and local organizations during the Article 80 [planning] review process to solicit input as to the most appropriate and meaningful manner in which to honor this legacy, whether through a memorial, interpretive feature, or other form of recognition.
The letter continues that the detailed plans Arcari will soon follow will show re-use of the larger nursing-home and former Carney Hospital buildings for the apartments on the two-acre site, but with two smaller buildings on the Old Harbor Street side of the campus removed entirely to make way for a new parking garage.
The letter notes the Manor's proximity to the historic Dorchester Heights:
The Proposed Project, through the adaptive reuse of an existing institutional campus, is consistent with the longstanding pattern of layered historical development in the area and represents a continuation of the neighborhood’s evolution while respecting its established character.
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Mini Fanmix Meme at fanmix_monthly
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 06:57 ammatsushima posting in 3weeks4dreamwidth
As part of
3weeks4dreamwidth, fanmix_monthly is hosting a mini mix meme! Come get some music recommendations and revive a fading part of fandom culture.
Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI's future
Monday, April 27th, 2026 08:45 pmarstechnica_feedA hotly anticipated trial starts this week, where Elon Musk will attempt to prove that OpenAI, under Sam Altman, has abandoned its mission to remain a nonprofit in order to ensure that artificial intelligence serves humanity, and not just billionaires.
Many view the lawsuit as a grudge match between Musk—who left OpenAI after serving as an early major donor and advisor—and Altman—who currently runs OpenAI, despite insiders' allegedly growing distrust in his commitment to the dominant AI firm's mission. But the lawsuit is about much more than a couple billionaires' big egos. The outcome could radically change the AI landscape, impacting how OpenAI runs and what resources the firm will have to uphold its mission.
If Musk wins, OpenAI's hopes of growing a for-profit arm that can fund the nonprofit could be dashed. Additionally, Brockman and Altman could be dropped as officers, and Altman risks losing his seat on OpenAI's board.
OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft
Monday, April 27th, 2026 08:10 pmarstechnica_feedSince Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, the exclusive partnership between the two firms has been one of the strongest and most consequential in the AI industry. Today, though, OpenAI and Microsoft jointly announced an amended agreement that will allow the company to go beyond Microsoft's Azure and "serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider."
The announcement clarifies that Microsoft will continue to have a license for OpenAI's IP and models through 2032 and that Azure will remain the "primary cloud partner" for OpenAI during that time (should Microsoft continue to be able to honor that). But Microsoft's license "will now be non-exclusive," the announcement reads, letting OpenAI make its models available through other major cloud providers going forward.
While OpenAI will continue to make the same 20 percent revenue share payments to Microsoft under the amended deal, that total payment will now be limited to an unspecified cap and is only guaranteed to run through 2030. Importantly, that revenue share is now "independent of OpenAI’s technology progress," an apparent reference to the infamous "AGI clause" in the original partnership that would have scrapped the exclusivity deal if and when OpenAI achieved the hard-to-gauge benchmark of artificial general intelligence.
EU tells Google to open up AI on Android; Google says that's "unwarranted intervention"
Monday, April 27th, 2026 08:03 pmarstechnica_feedIn January, the European Commission began an initial investigation, known as a specification proceeding, into how Google has implemented AI in the Android operating system. The results are in, and the EU says Android needs to be more open, which is not surprising. Meanwhile, Google says this amounts to "unwarranted intervention," which is equally unsurprising. Regardless of Google's characterization of the investigation, the commission may force Google to make Android AI changes this summer.
This action stems from the continent's Digital Markets Act (DMA), a sweeping law that designates seven dominant technology companies as "gatekeepers" that are subject to greater regulation to ensure fair competition. Google has consistently spoken against the regulations imposed under the DMA, but it and the other gatekeepers have been subject to the law for several years now, and there's little chance the commission backs away from it.
The issue before the commission currently is the built-in advantage for Gemini on Android. When you turn on any Google-powered Android phone, Gemini is already there and gets special treatment at the system level. The European Commission is taking aim at the lack of features available to third-party AI services. The commission believes that there are too many experiences on Android that only work with Google's Gemini AI, and as a gatekeeper, Google must change that.
With new patch design, the Crew-13 astronauts clearly aren't superstitious
Monday, April 27th, 2026 07:45 pmarstechnica_feedNASA has assigned its first crew to launch on a mission "13" since Apollo 13 "had a problem" on the way to the Moon 56 years ago.
Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney with NASA, Joshua Kutryk with the Canadian Space Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov will lift off for the International Space Station as Crew-13 on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in mid-September. The four will serve as members of the station's Expedition 75 and 76 crews, before returning to Earth about five months later.
"This flight is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX," NASA's announcement read. "The crew will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the moon and Mars, and benefit people on Earth."