So a year into the war, a reminder on this Russian-owned site that Putin is a war criminal.

I figure if it should be said anywhere, it's on this Russian-owned site:

Putin is a war criminal.
Putin is also a full-fledged fascist.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is evil.

Logging into LJ to note solely that I won't be posting here in the foreseeable future, not because of my usual lazy-ass forgetting about it, but because Russia's fucking invasion of Ukraine is immoral and appalling (and I have strong doubts about whether they'll let this post be). Anyway, also posting this to DW for posterity, where any lack of ( Read more... )

You know what one small feature I'd love to have in LJ? A filter/block for LJ posts that are just user's Twitter updates compiled. It was a fine thing when it first launched, but now, if I want to see someone's Tweets, I can go to Twitter, and most of those feeds are from folks who have otherwise abandoned their LJs. Yes, I can filter/unfollow, but ( Read more... )

It sucks to only remember to update LJ when someone passes, but yeah, the world lost gegenschein. We met ages ago in person, when we were visiting South FL. She moved to GA not long after we moved away, but we'd continued to keep in touch via LJ and then FB (she was literally the first person to post on my wall). Watching her grow as a human -- giving birth, ( Read more... )

Robert Ludlum's novels were mostly titled as "The X Y," with the X generally being a proper noun used as a modifier and the Y being a more traditional noun. So, "The Bourne Identity," "The Scarlatti Inheritance," "The Gemini Contenders," The Holcroft Covenant," etc ( Read more... )

I realized something recently ( Read more... )

We binged the series the other day. A few thoughts:
[Spoiler (click to open)]1. In many ways, this was as much a show from the '90s as a current show; we not only had Picard and Seven, we also had Riker and Troi, and then folks like Hugh, Maddox, and even poor Icheb ( Read more... )

Woke up to some utterly awful news on FB, that photognome had died suddenly last night. I'll repeat what I posted on FB here ( Read more... )

So I read Doomsday Clock last night, and honestly? Kind of liked it. A few random and largely unspoilery thoughts ( Read more... )