Lullaby
Jan. 22nd, 2026 05:19 am![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
nfl_rpf_ao3_feedby rosalina2124
When Joe gets heat stroke will everyone be there when he needs them?
Words: 745, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
nfl_rpf_ao3_feedThe OTW is Recruiting for Open Doors Digital Collections Intern
Jan. 22nd, 2026 01:05 amao3_news_feed
Are you a current or former Digital Humanities or Library and Information Science student? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!
We're excited to announce the opening of applications for:
- Open Doors Digital Collections Intern - closing 29 January 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 40 applications
We have included more information on each role below. Open roles and applications will always be available at the volunteering page. If you don't see a role that fits with your skills and interests now, keep an eye on the listings. We plan to put up new applications every few weeks, and we will also publicize new roles as they become available.
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Open Doors Digital Collections Intern
Open Doors is a committee dedicated to preserving fanworks in their many formats, and we’re looking for a temporary intern to support this goal. The work we do preserves fan history, love, and dedication to fandom: we keep fanworks from offline and at-risk archives from being lost, divert fanzines from the trash, and more.
Open Doors is seeking a current or former Digital Humanities or Library and Information Science student to join us for approximately 8-12 weeks (start date is flexible between 1 April and 1 July 2026). The intern should be able to commit at least 10-15 hours per week for the duration of the position. This internship will provide the intern with a temporary position on Open Doors during which they will complete at least one of several available relevant projects while learning more about the committee’s work. The primary project available is to scope and gather requirements for a digital asset management system for archives/zines. However, time permitting, there may be additional projects available, such as investigating options for automating metadata cleanup.
Applicants should be studying toward (or have completed) a Library and Information Science or related degree (in the US or elsewhere in the world), and they should be fluent in written English. The position will be unpaid and entirely virtual/remote. (We may be able to work with university programs that provide compensation or credit for nonprofit work, but we cannot provide in-person supervision.) We will need your assistance connecting us to any university program that may need documentation to provide credit for you.
The intern might be offered a continuing (unpaid, not for credit) volunteer position upon completion of this internship. However, Open Doors cannot guarantee that completing this internship will result in a continuing volunteer role, and the intern will not be required to accept a continuing role if one is offered.
If you're interested, please click through to the application form! Please note you will be required to provide an unofficial college/university transcript as well as a resume/CV as part of your application. For your application to be considered, you will be required to complete a short task within 3 days of submitting your application.
Applications are due 29 January 2026 or after 40 applications
Apply for Open Doors Digital Collections Intern at the volunteering page! If you have further questions, please contact us.
The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, OTW Legal Advocacy, and Transformative Works and Cultures. We are a fan-run, donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.
‘Call to Unity’ re-enactors on MLK Day
Jan. 21st, 2026 10:35 pmslacktivist_feedIn every age, the Very Serious People have insisted that protesting injustice is far worse than injustice itself.
[Sponsor] Meh
Jan. 21st, 2026 10:23 pmdaringfireballfeed_feedEverything sucks. The whole world’s going to shit, especially our part of it, and it can feel like anything fun or silly is sticking your head in the sand.
And yet. It doesn’t help to just be miserable. If you’re going to last, you’ve got to find your little moments of joy, or at a break from the misery.
Buying our crap at Meh is not how you solve the world’s problems. We’re not that crass. But maybe a minute a day of reading our little write-up, and a couple minutes of catching up with the Meh community, of making a few new online friends, and yes, of occasionally picking up a weird gadget or strange snack you’ve never heard of is just a few minutes you get to take a break, not giving in to how bad everything else is.
Of course we would say that. Of course we benefit from that. But it is also part of why we have a quirky write-up. Why we have a community. Why we’re selling whatever weird thing is over at Meh today.
Gurman Scoops ‘Campos’, Apple’s Codename for a Chatbot-Based Siri in Next Year’s Version 27 OSes
Jan. 21st, 2026 10:18 pmdaringfireballfeed_feedMark Gurman, at Bloomberg (gift link):
Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race dominated by OpenAI and Google. [...]
The previously promised, non-chatbot update to Siri — retaining the current interface — is planned for iOS 26.4, due in the coming months. The idea behind that upgrade is to add features unveiled in 2024, including the ability to analyze on-screen content and tap into personal data. It also will be better at searching the web.
The chatbot capabilities will come later in the year, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans are private. The company aims to unveil that technology in June at its Worldwide Developers Conference and release it in September.
Campos, which will have both voice- and typing-based modes, will be the primary new addition to Apple’s upcoming operating systems. The company is integrating it into iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, both code-named Rave, as well as macOS 27, internally known as Fizz.
Apple ought to just go back to calling it “iOS” on both iPhone and iPad, because it’s always been the same system fundamentally. If they really do have the same codename, it sure suggests that Apple’s engineering teams see it that way too.
The 180° turn on chatbots is welcome, and I think inevitable. The chat interface is just too useful. One of the most maddening things about Siri is that even when it’s helpful today, even when it gets things right, you can never refer back to previous interactions. I refer back to previous chats in ChatGPT almost every day.
Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, said in a June interview with Tom’s Guide that releasing a chatbot was never the company’s goal. Apple didn’t want to send users “off into some chat experience in order to get things done,” he said.
I quote this paragraph only to point out that Gurman/Bloomberg could have, but chose not to, link to the interview with Federighi (and Joz) at Tom’s Guide. Every single link in the article goes to another page at bloomberg.com. [Update, next day: As of this morning, Bloomberg’s article now has a link to the interview at Tom’s Guide. Nice.]
The iOS 26.4 update of Siri, the one before the true chatbot, will rely on a Google-developed system internally known as Apple Foundation Models version 10. That software will operate at 1.2 trillion parameters, a measure of AI complexity. Campos, however, will significantly surpass those capabilities. The chatbot will run a higher-end version of the custom Google model, comparable to Gemini 3, that’s known internally as Apple Foundation Models version 11.
In a potential policy shift for Apple, the two partners are discussing hosting the chatbot directly on Google servers running powerful chips known as TPUs, or tensor processing units. The more immediate Siri update, in contrast, will operate on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers, which rely on high-end Mac chips for processing.
A policy shift indeed, if that comes to pass.
More From The Verge: ‘What a Sony and TCL Partnership Means for the Future of TVs’
Jan. 21st, 2026 09:56 pmdaringfireballfeed_feedJohn Higgins, The Verge (gift link):
As of today, Sony already relies on different manufacturing partners to create its TV lineup. While display panel manufacturers never reveal who they sell panels to, Sony is likely already using panels for its LCD TVs from TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), in addition to OLED panels from LG Display and Samsung Display. With this deal, a relationship between Sony and TCL CSOT LCD panels is guaranteed (although I doubt this would affect CSOT selling panels to other manufacturers). And with TCL CSOT building a new OLED facility, there’s a potential future in which Sony OLEDs will also get panels from TCL. Although I should point out that we’re not sure yet if the new facility will have the ability to make TV-sized OLED panels, at least to start.
The gist I take from this is that Sony is already dependent upon TCL. I think the mistake Sony made was ever ceding ownership and control over their display technology.
There’s some concern from fans that this could lead to a Sharp, Toshiba, or Pioneer situation where the names are licensed and the TVs produced are a shell of what the brands used to represent. I don’t see this happening with Sony. While the electronics side of the business hasn’t been as strong as in the past, Sony — and Bravia — is still a storied brand. It would take a lot for Sony to completely step aside and allow another company to slap its name on an inferior product. And based on TCL’s growth and technological improvements over the past few years, and the shrinking gap between premium and midrange TVs, I don’t expect Sony TVs will suffer from a partnership with TCL.
I’m heartened by Higgins’s optimism. (And I’ve heard good things already from DF readers who own TCL TVs.)
Sony’s TV Business Is Being Taken Over by TCL
Jan. 21st, 2026 08:29 pmdaringfireballfeed_feedJess Weatherbed, at The Verge:
Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a non-binding agreement for Sony’s home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new venture and Sony holding 49 percent. [...]
The new company is expected to retain “Sony” and “Bravia” branding for its future products and will handle global operations from product development and design to manufacturing, sales, and logistics for TVs and home audio equipment.
I’ve only ever purchased three main TVs in my life. The first was a 32-inch Sony Trinitron CRT, like this one. Might have even been exactly that model — that sure looks like it. I bought it in 1999 at a Best Buy. One of the last curved Trinitrons ever made. For CRTs I always kind of liked a slight curve — flat CRTs never looked quite right to me. It weighed like 150 pounds and came in a very big box. My now-wife and I had just moved into a fourth-floor walk-up. I remember bringing it home. I’d always wanted a Sony TV, and this one confirmed my lifelong desire to own one. It was great. I introduced my son to video games on that TV.
We replaced it in 2008 with a 50-inch plasma from Pioneer that cost about $2,100. It was only 720p but I’d worked out the math for our then-living room viewing distance, and the math said 1080p wouldn’t make a noticeable difference for a 50-inch screen from our sofa distance. That Pioneer is one of the most beloved purchases I’ve ever made in my life. Just remarkable color. We still have that thing in our guest room. Sony wasn’t even in the running for that purchase. They sold Sony-branded plasma TV for a while but never made their own panels, and as I recall, no one with taste recommended them. What made Sony TVs Sony TVs back in the day was that they made their own CRTs, and they were the best. (All of my favorite CRT computer monitors had Trinitron tubes, as I recall.)
In 2020 we bought our current TV, a 77-inch 4K OLED from LG that cost about $5,000 at the time. I’ll go to my grave believing that plasma looks better than OLED when watching movies in a dark room, but overall, LG’s super-bright OLED looks fantastic. And it’s big as hell, which I love. Sony was at least in the running when I shopped for this, but they didn’t have anything that compared to this LG’s size and quality. It wasn’t a hard decision to rule Sony out. (This history also means I’m likely to go to my grave never having owned a 1080p TV, nor an LCD TV.)
So, I’m sad to see Sony selling control of their TV business to TCL. But I think the writing has been on the wall for decades. Sony TVs haven’t been the Sony TVs of yore for a very long time.
Update: John Siracusa tells me I need to run a retraction — he even used an exclamation mark — on the grounds that Sony Bravia models have won “best TV in the world” awards several years running, including 2025 for the Bravia 8 II. I’m happy to retract, and glad Sony has regained its place at or near the top of the industry in recent years. I hope they stay there.
At the Villa Rose, by A. E. W. Mason
Jan. 21st, 2026 04:43 pmstandardebooks_new_feedA wealthy widow is murdered at her villa in Aix-les-Bains, and her companion is missing.
Wednesday Reading Meme
Jan. 21st, 2026 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinealaWhat I Just Finished Reading
Nothing! But, hey, I do get to increase my dose of migraine preventative! Hooray!
What I'm Reading Now
Comics Wednesday!
( Alien vs. Captain America #3, Captain America #6, Fantastic Four #7, New Avengers #8, Ultimate Black Panther #24, Wiccan Witches' Road #2 )
What I'm Reading Next
IDK. Ask me when I'm not having a migraine every 48 hours. If that ever happens.
Nothing! But, hey, I do get to increase my dose of migraine preventative! Hooray!
What I'm Reading Now
Comics Wednesday!
( Alien vs. Captain America #3, Captain America #6, Fantastic Four #7, New Avengers #8, Ultimate Black Panther #24, Wiccan Witches' Road #2 )
What I'm Reading Next
IDK. Ask me when I'm not having a migraine every 48 hours. If that ever happens.
Oh okay
Jan. 21st, 2026 02:28 pmcimoreneApparently I have shingles....
Going to the pharmacy for antivirals and bandages when Wax is done with work.
This raises the interesting possibility that I've had headaches and fever for the last week without really noticing because I'm already miserable, huddling in blankets with no energy as my default state in January.
Going to the pharmacy for antivirals and bandages when Wax is done with work.
This raises the interesting possibility that I've had headaches and fever for the last week without really noticing because I'm already miserable, huddling in blankets with no energy as my default state in January.
Admiral McDermott Takes His Leave
Jan. 21st, 2026 08:01 amthedrawplay_feed
In case you don’t get the Admiral thing, upon firing McDermott the Bills released the usual press statement saying thank you, blah blah blah, and apparently forgot to run the statement past a proofreader because instead of saying “Admirable”, they said Admiral. Well..I guess I’ll give them credit for writing it themselves instead of letting ChatGPT do it for them.
I think this was a mistake by the Bills. Feels like an emotional scapegoating after another tough playoff loss. I don’t see how this move ends well for them. It reminds me of when the Giants cut Tom Coughlin loose. That was the beginning of a severe decline because it started with the wrong person getting blamed, even if that person wasn’t blameless.
This year has been an absolute bloodbath of something I’ve begun calling “Coach Malaise”. When a team has a good coach, but for whatever reason the team has not gotten over the hump and advanced to the super bowl or better. Maybe a long series of playoff failures or “almosts” that leave fans dissatisfied. The fanbase starts to let their eyes wander to other successful teams. They start nitpicking the coach harder and harder until you run into fans of these perennial playoff contenders who will tell you to your face that their coach sucks, actually. I’ve seen Ravens fans bitching about how John Harbaugh is the problem for years. Same with Tomlin. I’m seeing it now with Matt LaFleur. I predict we are only a few years away from Dan Campbell starting to get hit by the malaise, provided the Lions don’t make it past the divisional soon.
It’s a perspective problem. When the floor of your team is raised for an extended time, you forget how deep the foundation can be if you remove it, because you keep looking up at the ceiling instead. These fanbases have achieved a level of comfort they do not know they have. Trust me, it can get worse. It can get much worse. Winning in the NFL is fucking hard. So much has to go right for any playoff success, a lot of factors that aren’t even in a team’s control. I have always believed that all you need out of a coach is a guy who can consistently get you to the dance and make good decisions overall. You don’t need a perfect coach. No coach is. You just need a guy who can lead you to the battles you have to fight.
To me, McDermott easily reached that level. Every year the Bills stumble somehow and we look at them like “oh, they are falling apart”…but they wouldn’t. They’d get back on track. They’d end up comfortably in the playoffs and win a game or two before losing a close game. To me, that’s the sign of a well-coached team. Despite the roster problems, the Bills managed to make it anyway and they even had a really good pass defense. Whatever flaws McDermott has, and he has a few for sure…he was getting them deep into the playoffs on a regular basis. Bills fans seemed to give Josh Allen all the credit for this. He’s the engine, but you need a good conductor. McDermott wasn’t pulling a Tomlin or LaFleur, squeaking in and getting exploded. The Bills were winning playoff games! Just not enough of them.
But even if Bills fans were beginning to feel the malaise over McDermott, most of them still clearly see this as a mistake, because of the part I haven’t mentioned yet: Brandon Beane. The Bills roster has been slowly crumbling year after year and most Bills fans who know ball pointed the finger at Beane. Granted, when you draft in the late 20’s every year the chance you find a real impact guy diminishes but that’s not a great excuse. Beane has not built the roster to support the team. They needed better WRs to help Allen, they got *checks notes* Brandin Cooks I guess. The defense needs help, let’s go overpay *checks notes* the corpse of Joey Bosa I guess. Instead of firing Brandon Beane along with McDermott…they promoted him!
Beane is now the President of Football Operations. That’s LinkedIn speak for “guy the owner put in charge of everything because he can’t be bothered”. Beane is now the top boss and the new coach will be his direct underling, with no reporting to Terry Pegula. Giving more power to the guy who many people believe should have been fired first or at least in tandem with McDermott is a very questionable move, and it marks Beane as the NFL’s newest Scheming Vizier. In contrast, the Giants pretty much demoted Joe Schoen. While Schoen also deserved to get let go but wasn’t, he’s clearly been diminished in power and influence to make way for Harbaugh. Now Schoen is basically on the hot seat and needs to perform and work closely in tandem with Harbaugh or his ass is toast. Short leash. Appropriate.
What are the Bills going to do now? I assume they probably want to go with another defensive coach, since the offense just needs “guy who can tell Josh Allen to be Moose”. Shula from the Rams? Flores? The Bills job is pretty attractive with Allen there, I’m curious where this goes. I do not have high hopes that they are headed in the right direction.
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Recent reads (1.20.26)
Jan. 20th, 2026 08:36 pmslacktivist_feedTwo stories about single-building cities (one can float, one can flush), the rocks we eat, and Mississippi and Alabama being Mississippi and Alabama.
simple crispy pan pizza
Jan. 20th, 2026 05:12 pmsmittenkitchen_feed
【chouse】盲人摸象
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:38 pmhouse_chase_ao3_feed“不爱我没关系，一起做爱就好了”
论蔡医生一个晚上的心路变化
🚗 s5e9背景
第二人称
Words: 1605, Chapters: 1/1, Language: 中文-普通话 國語
- Fandoms: House M.D.
- Rating: Mature
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: M/M
- Characters: Robert Chase (House M.D.), Gregory House
- Relationships: Robert Chase/Gregory House
- Additional Tags: Top Gregory House, Bottom Robert Chase
The Breaking of the Storm, by Friedrich Spielhagen
Jan. 20th, 2026 04:40 amstandardebooks_new_feedTwo families in north Germany deal with love across rigid class boundaries in turbulent times.
The Trail of the Serpent, by M. E. Braddon
Jan. 20th, 2026 04:14 amstandardebooks_new_feedIn the town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy, the fate of Richard Marwood and Jabez North intertwine in a story of crime, intrigue, and redemption.
On the Eve, by Ivan Turgenev
Jan. 20th, 2026 03:50 amstandardebooks_new_feedA young Russian woman falls in love with a Bulgarian patriot on the eve of the Crimean War.
When Songbirds Cry
Jan. 19th, 2026 02:05 amlittle_women_ao3_feedThe Hunger Games--a reminder of the Dark Days, before the Treaty of Treason ended the war and brought peace to the Capitol and its Districts.
Soon the sun will rise on the day of the First Quarter Quell, the 25th Hunger Games. For most within District 2, this is an honor... however for Mion Sonozaki, it is a reminder of her impending fate. To remind the districts of the choice they made to rebel, the Capitol has made it so that this year the tributes must be voted on by the entire district. After a horrible year as Mayor of District 2, Mister Sonozaki has painted the largest of targets on his back. When Mion finds herself caught up in the crossfire of this feud--she gets thrust into the role of tribute, and without any preparation she has to find a way to survive.
However what is there in surviving alone?
With every factor seemingly against her--Mion must maneuver the extravagancy of the First Quarter Quell and hold on to any hope of returning to her family alive. But when the extent of her circumstance is made evident.. she has to make a difficult decision.
Is it good enough simply to go home, or is there light beyond the void..?
Words: 13604, Chapters: 4/?, Language: English
Series: Part 1 of Ad Meliora
- Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott, Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
- Categories: Gen
- Characters: Sonozaki Mion, Josephine "Jo" March, Ryuuguu Rena, Maebara Keiichi, Ushiromiya Jessica, Coriolanus Snow, Sonozaki Shion, Sonozaki Akane, Houjou Satoshi, Nancy Drew, Ooishi Kuraudo, Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman, Azula (Avatar)
- Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover, Minor Character Death, Female Protagonist, Platonic Relationships, Child Death, Teenagers, Blood and Violence, Near Death, 25th Hunger Games, Panem (Hunger Games), Hunger Games, Alternate Universe - Hunger Games Setting, District 2 (Hunger Games), Quarter Quell (Hunger Games), Coriolanus Snow Being an Asshole, Rebellion, Original Arena(s) (Hunger Games), Arena (Hunger Games), Aftermath of Violence, Hunger Games-Typical Death/Violence, Execution, District 12 (Hunger Games), District 4 (Hunger Games), District 3 (Hunger Games), Hinamizawa Syndrome (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni), Protective Siblings, Twins, Dystopia
An Annual "In Sickness and In Health"
Jan. 20th, 2026 02:36 amhouse_chase_ao3_feedby leester
Being bored and having a fellow who's borderline careless is a good recipe for... something.
Words: 3120, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: House M.D.
- Rating: Not Rated
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: M/M
- Characters: Gregory House, Robert Chase (House M.D.)
- Relationships: Robert Chase/Gregory House
- Additional Tags: Medical Examination, Impromptu!, Talking, Fairly Canon Compliant, Crushes, Banter, Canon-Typical Behavior, Typical levels of House's Harassment