Daily Check-in
Sep. 2nd, 2025 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, September 02, to midnight on Wednesday, September 03. (8pm Eastern Time).
How are you doing?
I am OK.
14 (73.7%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
5 (26.3%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
8 (42.1%)
One other person.
7 (36.8%)
More than one other person.
4 (21.1%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Promises, Promises
Sep. 1st, 2025 10:09 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png)
Yay stop trying to be coquettish it's weird
September Monthly Post
Sep. 1st, 2025 07:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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The September
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Daily Check-in
Sep. 1st, 2025 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Monday, June September 01, to midnight on Tuesday, September 02. (8pm Eastern Time).
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 24
How are you doing?
I am OK.
12 (50.0%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
12 (50.0%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single.
8 (33.3%)
One other person.
12 (50.0%)
More than one other person.
4 (16.7%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Another SF RPG Bundle - Fragged Empire 2E
Sep. 1st, 2025 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Fragged2E

Briefly, Humanity has gone extinct 15,000 years in the future, and the heirs - eight bio-engineered species - have to pick up the pieces and "rebuild the galaxy".
While this edition is new, a January 2023 bundle offered the first edition and some other games as alternatives to D&D. The current version seems to be a playable system and is well presented - there are a few instances of the "men in heavy armour / women in tight revealing clothing" school of art, but it's not as ridiculous as some other examples I've seen. It's reasonably priced and I think it's worth a look if you like SF RPGs.
Code deploy happening shortly
Aug. 31st, 2025 07:37 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
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Per the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.
There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.
Daily Check-In
Aug. 31st, 2025 08:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 24
How are you doing?
I am OK
13 (54.2%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now
11 (45.8%)
I could use some help
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single
9 (37.5%)
One other person
9 (37.5%)
More than one other person
6 (25.0%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Mississippi site block, plus a small restriction on Tennessee new accounts
Aug. 31st, 2025 12:28 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
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A reminder to everyone that starting tomorrow, we are being forced to block access to any IP address that geolocates to the state of Mississippi for legal reasons while we and Netchoice continue fighting the law in court. People whose IP addresses geolocate to Mississippi will only be able to access a page that explains the issue and lets them know that we'll be back to offer them service as soon as the legal risk to us is less existential.
The block page will include the apology but I'll repeat it here: we don't do geolocation ourselves, so we're limited to the geolocation ability of our network provider. Our anti-spam geolocation blocks have shown us that their geolocation database has a number of mistakes in it. If one of your friends who doesn't live in Mississippi gets the block message, there is nothing we can do on our end to adjust the block, because we don't control it. The only way to fix a mistaken block is to change your IP address to one that doesn't register as being in Mississippi, either by disconnecting your internet connection and reconnecting it (if you don't have a static IP address) or using a VPN.
In related news, the judge in our challenge to Tennessee's social media age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance law (which we are also part of the fight against!) ruled last month that we had not met the threshold for a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law while the court case proceeds.
The Tennesee law is less onerous than the Mississippi law and the fines for violating it are slightly less ruinous (slightly), but it's still a risk to us. While the fight goes on, we've decided to prevent any new account signups from anyone under 18 in Tennessee to protect ourselves against risk. We do not need to block access from the whole state: this only applies to new account creation.
Because we don't do any geolocation on our users and our network provider's geolocation services only apply to blocking access to the site entirely, the way we're implementing this is a new mandatory question on the account creation form asking if you live in Tennessee. If you do, you'll be unable to register an account if you're under 18, not just the under 13 restriction mandated by COPPA. Like the restrictions on the state of Mississippi, we absolutely hate having to do this, we're sorry, and we hope we'll be able to undo it as soon as possible.
Finally, I'd like to thank every one of you who's commented with a message of support for this fight or who's bought paid time to help keep us running. The fact we're entirely user-supported and you all genuinely understand why this fight is so important for everyone is a huge part of why we can continue to do this work. I've also sent a lot of your comments to the lawyers who are fighting the actual battles in court, and they find your wholehearted support just as encouraging and motivating as I do. Thank you all once again for being the best users any social media site could ever hope for. You make me proud and even more determined to yell at state attorneys general on your behalf.
Daily Check In.
Aug. 30th, 2025 05:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 31
How are you doing?
I am okay
19 (61.3%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
12 (38.7%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
10 (32.3%)
One other person
15 (48.4%)
More than one other person
6 (19.4%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
a cautionary note
Aug. 30th, 2025 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
But in the process of doing that, I looked online and discovered that it was illegal, in the state I was living in, to sell any object or garment made from fur that could be construed as pet fur.
Why? Because nobody wanted to start having to deal with trapping pets and killing them for their fur. Never mind that it was shed fur and combed off a still-living pet. It was still illegal. I don't remember what the penalties were.
There are already enough dognappers stealing pets from hunting-type breeds to sell as 'trained hunting dogs.' One of my cousins lost a dog that way for a month, until he turned up in a neighboring town after running all the way back from the Adirondacks to Rochester, well over 100 miles. I still don't know how he survived.
So, a suggestion: check the laws in your state about this, if you plan to card and spin and knit something that isn't for yourself from Bowser's or Fifi's fur.
Office suite update
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Daily Check In.
Aug. 29th, 2025 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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How are you doing?
I am okay
17 (63.0%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
10 (37.0%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
9 (32.1%)
One other person
13 (46.4%)
More than one other person
6 (21.4%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Daily Check-In
Aug. 28th, 2025 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 28
How are you doing?
I am OK
16 (57.1%)
I am not OK, but don't need help right now
12 (42.9%)
I could use some help
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans live with you?
I am living single
9 (32.1%)
One other person
13 (46.4%)
More than one other person
6 (21.4%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Another Hostile bundle - Hot Zones
Aug. 28th, 2025 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
HOSTILE HOT ZONES (new)
https://bundleofholding.com/p

Eventually remembered this - various supplements for military and civilian adventures, with quite a lot of material included if you go for the full package. Not sure it's for me, but there might be stuff of interest if you're into the game and setting.