Prompt 2846: Faceless
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May. 12th, 2026 03:22 pmwaterswordPolyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously named polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), affects one in eight women. However, the term PCOS is inaccurate, implying pathological ovarian cysts, obscuring diverse endocrine and metabolic features, and contributing to delayed diagnosis, fragmented care, and stigma, while curtailing research and policy framing. Building on an international mandate for change, we outline an unprecedented, rigorous, multistep global consensus process for the name change. Funding and governance were established with engagement of 56 leading academic, clinical, and patient organisations. Using iterative global surveys (with responses from 14 360 people with PCOS and multidisciplinary health professionals from all world regions), modified Delphi methods, nominal group technique workshops, and marketing and implementation analyses, we identified principles prioritising scientific accuracy, clarity, stigma avoidance, cultural appropriateness, and implementation feasibility. An accurate new name was prioritised over retaining the PCOS acronym or a generic name. Implementation approaches prioritised evolution rather than transformation. Preferred terms were polyendocrine, metabolic, and ovarian, reflecting the condition's multisystem pathophysiology, and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome was the consensus new name. Accuracy was improved by omitting cysts and by capturing endocrine, metabolic, and ovarian dysfunction. A co-designed global implementation strategy, including a transition period, education, and alignment with health systems and disease classification, is under way.
Teede, H. J., Khomami, M. B., Morman, R., Laven, J. S. E., Joham, A. E., Costello, M. F., … Piltonen, T. (n.d.). Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome: a multistep global consensus process. The Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00717-8
Good Omens S3
May. 12th, 2026 06:53 pmelisiSo, tomorrow is Good Omens Day. I don't know how to feel. To be honest, I kept forgetting it was happening.
I'm sad that this lovely show now has such a dark shadow cast over it. I'm sad that we only get 90 minutes instead of 6 episodes, all thanks to NG being a monster. I hope that the victims somehow manage to get closure and some kind of recompense. And it feels ridiculous to care about a TV show in the light of what he did.
So I debated a lot over whether to watch.
In the end, I think what swayed me was the fact that it was Terry Pratchett's family who intervened and managed to salvage a 90 minute special out of the axed 6 episode season. And - like with Buffy (or any of Joss' shows) - the people involved (actors, director, crew etc) were not responsible for the actions of the creator.
But, it's a difficult calculation, and I understand anyone who has added it all up and come to a different decision. I don't know if I will write about it, guess it depends what the story does.
My hope is that it manages to do what Serenity did for Firefly - tell a complete story and wrap everything up, rather than be something clearly cut down and rushed. (I loved S2 of OFMD, but you could tell how they were speed-running certain parts.)
Honestly, all I want is a happy ending. That's it. 🏡 For everything else, there is fic.
I'm sad that this lovely show now has such a dark shadow cast over it. I'm sad that we only get 90 minutes instead of 6 episodes, all thanks to NG being a monster. I hope that the victims somehow manage to get closure and some kind of recompense. And it feels ridiculous to care about a TV show in the light of what he did.
So I debated a lot over whether to watch.
In the end, I think what swayed me was the fact that it was Terry Pratchett's family who intervened and managed to salvage a 90 minute special out of the axed 6 episode season. And - like with Buffy (or any of Joss' shows) - the people involved (actors, director, crew etc) were not responsible for the actions of the creator.
But, it's a difficult calculation, and I understand anyone who has added it all up and come to a different decision. I don't know if I will write about it, guess it depends what the story does.
My hope is that it manages to do what Serenity did for Firefly - tell a complete story and wrap everything up, rather than be something clearly cut down and rushed. (I loved S2 of OFMD, but you could tell how they were speed-running certain parts.)
Honestly, all I want is a happy ending. That's it. 🏡 For everything else, there is fic.
Psychological safety
May. 12th, 2026 01:59 pmcosmolinguistI've just had a cute, kinda meta conversation about psychological safety at work.
I mentioned it offhandedly in the big team meeting this morning and just now a colleague called me just to ask about it. He said he hadn't heard of it before but he was interested. I'm no expert but I tried to explain that it's about feeling safe to challenge people, to be unpopular, to be more of your whole self at work.
It was nice that I could use an example where he once asked me about a new colleague he started working with who uses they/them pronouns; he wasn't sure what that meant or how to use them so he asked me.
And of course him asking me this is itself an example of psychological safety. Something that he noticed himself at the end of the conversation. He's cool, I really like him.
245 Doctor Who series 7 icons
May. 12th, 2026 11:39 amannabeth_roses posting in fandom_icons245 Doctor Who icons from Bells of St. John, Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to the Center of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, The Name of the Doctor, and some more The Snowmen icons.
All Eleventh Doctor with several of him & Clara in the same icon. Also Eleven and River. This was literally the "Eleventh Doctor batch."
Very image heavy.
Teasers:
here @ my journal
All Eleventh Doctor with several of him & Clara in the same icon. Also Eleven and River. This was literally the "Eleventh Doctor batch."
Very image heavy.
Teasers:
here @ my journal
The sign at the bus stop reminds me that farejumping comes with a fine up to $150
May. 14th, 2026 11:10 amconulyThe fare is $3. If you commute, you take the bus or train twice a day, five days a week. Every week you spend $30*. You'd have to be caught and ticketed more often than once every five weeks in order to make this math not work out in your favor. And that is never going to happen, because there aren't nearly enough enforcement agents. As it is, the ones we have cost more than they make back. It's all a racket, but you'll notice the buses still aren't free because Albany is still in control of the MTA.
* I'm making a few assumptions here, first, that you're not sharing the same card among several family members with staggered schedules; once you spend $35 in a week on the same card, subsequent trips are free. Also, this is the full fare for most buses and trains, but not for the express bus.
* I'm making a few assumptions here, first, that you're not sharing the same card among several family members with staggered schedules; once you spend $35 in a week on the same card, subsequent trips are free. Also, this is the full fare for most buses and trains, but not for the express bus.
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
May. 12th, 2026 09:38 amjames_davis_nicoll
Human paleontologists have the professional opportunity of a lifetime... but there's a catch.
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
An apologia for it taking me a fucking YEAR to read "Blight" by Rachel Rosen
May. 12th, 2026 09:15 amrydra_wongIn my defence, most of 2026 so far has been spent dealing with incapacitating levels of fatigue, which might finally be getting better (and that needs to be a separate post).
But the major problem is that I wanted to re-read Cascade, the first book in the trilogy, before starting Blight.
And while I loved Cascade -- here is my rave from way back when -- it produces an overwhelming sense of dread in me, even more than it did so on first read, because it captures, with remarkable precision and effectiveness, the sense of living in a liberal democracy that is teetering on the edge of ceasing to be one, and the stomach-dropping sensation when things begin moving unspeakably fast.
It's a very good book, but -- you see the problem.
Anyway, in recent weeks I finally got myself to re-read Cascade, and then I tore through Blight in a few days. Weirdly, I found it a much less difficult read because it's (both politically and environmentally) a post-apocalyptic novel, in which some kind of fightback is beginning.
Anyway it's fucking fantastic, without any of the common middle-book-of-a-trilogy doldrums. A really spectacular and unique mixture of wild magic, cosmic horror, and organizing for revolution, the last written with gritty specificity. The author is dead and all that, I don't know what's firsthand knowledge and what's research, but this is a book that (for example) writes with deep credibility about what it feels like to be in a crowd being tear-gassed.
As well as being a very good book, it also feels it's maybe a psychologically useful book to read right now.
I would like to do a proper write-up but I still have no idea what my energy's going to be doing day to day, so in the meantime here's a hype post, and if you want a review here'sjames_davis_nicoll's:
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/land-of-hope
ETA: Also it's on the Aurora Award shortlist for Best Novel:
https://www.csffa.ca/awards-information/current-ballot/
Ob!disclaimer that the author is an internet acquaintance, but I do in fact love the book.
But the major problem is that I wanted to re-read Cascade, the first book in the trilogy, before starting Blight.
And while I loved Cascade -- here is my rave from way back when -- it produces an overwhelming sense of dread in me, even more than it did so on first read, because it captures, with remarkable precision and effectiveness, the sense of living in a liberal democracy that is teetering on the edge of ceasing to be one, and the stomach-dropping sensation when things begin moving unspeakably fast.
It's a very good book, but -- you see the problem.
Anyway, in recent weeks I finally got myself to re-read Cascade, and then I tore through Blight in a few days. Weirdly, I found it a much less difficult read because it's (both politically and environmentally) a post-apocalyptic novel, in which some kind of fightback is beginning.
Anyway it's fucking fantastic, without any of the common middle-book-of-a-trilogy doldrums. A really spectacular and unique mixture of wild magic, cosmic horror, and organizing for revolution, the last written with gritty specificity. The author is dead and all that, I don't know what's firsthand knowledge and what's research, but this is a book that (for example) writes with deep credibility about what it feels like to be in a crowd being tear-gassed.
As well as being a very good book, it also feels it's maybe a psychologically useful book to read right now.
I would like to do a proper write-up but I still have no idea what my energy's going to be doing day to day, so in the meantime here's a hype post, and if you want a review here's
james_davis_nicoll's:https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/land-of-hope
ETA: Also it's on the Aurora Award shortlist for Best Novel:
https://www.csffa.ca/awards-information/current-ballot/
Ob!disclaimer that the author is an internet acquaintance, but I do in fact love the book.
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May. 11th, 2026 11:26 pmfanweeklymod posting in fandomweeklyHere are the entries for this week's challenge:
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Project Sekai Colorful Stage: your palms, they are not cold to me
May. 11th, 2026 11:04 pmi_like_the_stars posting in gensplosionFANDOM: Project Sekai Colorful Stage!
FIC LINK: https://archiveofourown.org/works/82737601
AUTHOR LINK:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
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RATING/WARNING(S): G, No Warnings
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Completed, 2,507 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Shiraishi An, Aoyagi Toya
FIC SUMMARY:
RECCER'S NOTES: LIGHT UP THE FIRE lives rent free in my head, even after all these years. What a wild, shocking, totally-unrealistic-in-that-way-only-gacha-games-can-be event! What's even worse, the setup was there all along. I could see it coming from a mile away. It still hit me like a freight train.
Anyway, the fic: An's grief is so specific to her circumstances, and so… not. As in, her grief is still relatable and incredibly gripping to the audience. I was starting to taper off of PJSK around this point, so I'm not sure entirely how An's character was handled from this point on, but from what I saw at the time and what I see now, I still think we moved on too quickly from this event. Let that girl GRIEVE, holy moly!
FIC LINK: https://archiveofourown.org/works/82737601
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RATING/WARNING(S): G, No Warnings
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Completed, 2,507 words
MAIN CHARACTERS: Shiraishi An, Aoyagi Toya
FIC SUMMARY:
The apartment is quiet. Almost eerily so, for the Shiraishis'. Toya makes his way to An’s room and knocks gently on the door. “Shiraishi? Can I come in?”
For a moment, there's just a quiet rustling sound– then An's voice pipes up. “Yeah, all good!”
She sounds… surprisingly upbeat. Toya pushes the door open.
He looks inside to see An sitting on her bed in day clothes, a significant upgrade from some other days he’s visited. A quick scan of the room tells him more; it isn't too messy, and the bed is made. The balled-up tissues beside the bin aren't quite as plentiful as they were last week.
She’s doing better.
---
In the aftermath of their confrontation with Taiga, Toya helps take care of An, as his teammate and best friend.
(written for the Ready Steady zine!)
RECCER'S NOTES: LIGHT UP THE FIRE lives rent free in my head, even after all these years. What a wild, shocking, totally-unrealistic-in-that-way-only-gacha-games-can-be event! What's even worse, the setup was there all along. I could see it coming from a mile away. It still hit me like a freight train.
Anyway, the fic: An's grief is so specific to her circumstances, and so… not. As in, her grief is still relatable and incredibly gripping to the audience. I was starting to taper off of PJSK around this point, so I'm not sure entirely how An's character was handled from this point on, but from what I saw at the time and what I see now, I still think we moved on too quickly from this event. Let that girl GRIEVE, holy moly!
Book review: Ninefox Gambit
May. 11th, 2026 06:50 pmrocky41_7 posting in booknookTitle: Ninefox Gambit (Machineries of Empire #1)
Author: Yoon Ha Lee
Genre: Fantasy
Author: Yoon Ha Lee
Genre: Fantasy
I went out of town for my little sister’s graduation this weekend and finished two books on the trip! The first was Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee, a fantasy-in-space story about a young infantry captain who has the soul of a famous traitor embedded into her mind to assist with a tricky military campaign.
I nearly had to eat crow on this book because I’ve said so many times I prefer when SFF books just dump you into their world rather than giving you an expositional primer, but Ninefox Gambit really tested my commitment to that. The first third of this book is a whirlwind of terms, practices, and concepts that not only are never explained, but for which the context is nearly nonexistent. I think you simply have to accept being confused to enjoy this one, which is why many reviews did not.
Semi-related, this may dress itself up as sci-fi, but it is fantasy. This is a magic system. A magic system that makes use of mathematics, but a magic system nonetheless. Accepting that going in will make dealing with the practical jargon much easier.
All that said, I ended up really enjoying this one, and I do plan to read the next two in the series. There’s just oodles of machinations and scheming and recontextualizations that I think are great fun and the end payoff was worth sticking with it.
As is the case with any story of this nature, our resident omnicidal traitor, Jedao, eclipses the book’s actual protagonist, Cheris. It’s just hard for our young, inexperienced infantryman to be as engaging as someone with as much history and baggage as Jedao. But I do think Cheris holds her own and doesn’t become just Jedao’s shadow. Additionally, Jedao, who is the most tactically brilliant mind the empire ever produced, gets plenty of opportunity to shine without making Cheris look like an idiot in comparison, which is a difficult needle to thread as the author. Furthermore, Cheris comes into her own more over the course of the book, which makes sense for her rapidly expanding level of experience.
Jedao is great fun to poke at and learn about, though I won’t say too much here to avoid spoilers. I hope we get to hear more from him in the next books.
Lee tees up the next book perfectly here without ending on a total cliffhanger. Nevertheless, I’ll be getting my hands on book 2: Raven Stratagem as soon as I can.
some music things
May. 11th, 2026 05:32 pmkareilaOn Saturday I saw the Carmina Burana ballet - two of my friends stuck with the chorus for the performance, so I and three other friends got free tickets (although that was offset by having to pay for parking). It was really interesting to see how the choreography underscored the text. However, the music did suffer a bit from the staging; the dancers were between the orchestra in the pit and the choir in the rear part of the stage, so they had trouble staying in sync. But the overall effect was undeniably dramatic. And I'm doubly glad I didn't participate, so that I was able to fully enjoy the show.
The latest symphony drama is that the principal director abruptly resigned (or was dismissed) with four weeks remaining in the season, and they had to scramble to get people to conduct the last few concerts. Luckily, the person they found for Carmina was already familiar with both the music and the choreography, and was likely instrumental (lol) in ultimately making it a success.
I'm definitely going to take at least the next year off from symphony chorus and see how things shake out with the personnel changes. I didn't get a callback from the other choir I was interested in, so I've accepted an invitation to play the G4/A4 position for the community handbell group this coming year. That's the position that Robby would play for our church group and one slot lower than my usual position at B4/C5, but it was where they had a vacancy, and at least it's not any lower (read: heavier) than that.
Our church has a new music director starting this week, hurray. I've known her for years; she's about my age and super nice. No previous church direction experience, but an excellent musician, and she does have experience organizing a local Girls Rock camp, so I don't anticipate her having any difficulty with the role. We're not exactly a demanding group.
I keep forgetting to write about my first Renn Faire experience last month. Going in, I wasn't really sure how to expect it to compare with an SCA event. I guess more than anything, it was like going to a fantasy-medieval version of Disney World with no rides. People dressed however they wanted, and there were lots of food options, tons of shops, and various entertainment shows scheduled throughout the day. My favorites were the electric renaissance musicians from Italy (Rota Temporis) and the audience-participation Shakespeare performance - my companion got drafted into the latter, which was hilarious. Instead of dressing in garb, I wore my TTRPG dice print dress, and got a ton of compliments. I'm really not used to being complimented on my appearance! It was weird but nice!
The latest symphony drama is that the principal director abruptly resigned (or was dismissed) with four weeks remaining in the season, and they had to scramble to get people to conduct the last few concerts. Luckily, the person they found for Carmina was already familiar with both the music and the choreography, and was likely instrumental (lol) in ultimately making it a success.
I'm definitely going to take at least the next year off from symphony chorus and see how things shake out with the personnel changes. I didn't get a callback from the other choir I was interested in, so I've accepted an invitation to play the G4/A4 position for the community handbell group this coming year. That's the position that Robby would play for our church group and one slot lower than my usual position at B4/C5, but it was where they had a vacancy, and at least it's not any lower (read: heavier) than that.
Our church has a new music director starting this week, hurray. I've known her for years; she's about my age and super nice. No previous church direction experience, but an excellent musician, and she does have experience organizing a local Girls Rock camp, so I don't anticipate her having any difficulty with the role. We're not exactly a demanding group.
I keep forgetting to write about my first Renn Faire experience last month. Going in, I wasn't really sure how to expect it to compare with an SCA event. I guess more than anything, it was like going to a fantasy-medieval version of Disney World with no rides. People dressed however they wanted, and there were lots of food options, tons of shops, and various entertainment shows scheduled throughout the day. My favorites were the electric renaissance musicians from Italy (Rota Temporis) and the audience-participation Shakespeare performance - my companion got drafted into the latter, which was hilarious. Instead of dressing in garb, I wore my TTRPG dice print dress, and got a ton of compliments. I'm really not used to being complimented on my appearance! It was weird but nice!
State muffin
May. 11th, 2026 10:48 pmcosmolinguistNot only did diffrentcolours greet me this morning with "Happy Minnesota statehood day," this evening he got me blueberry muffins.
Because the other day when he looked up Minnesota's state soil (when the polycule was talking about gardening and V and I were waxing poetic about how amazing soil is, as we do) he saw that a) this date was coming up and b) the state muffin is blueberry!
(Of course states are bullshit, the United States doubly so. Land back! But blueberries are tasty.)
Prompt 2845: Garden
May. 11th, 2026 11:22 pmimmortalje posting in dailyiconsToday's prompt is: garden
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