Church notes - 15th March 2026
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Exodus 1:1 - 2:10
The Egyptian elites, especially the new Pharoah, viewing the Israelites as a threat.
Moses' mother's act of faith in placing Moses on the Nile.
Moses grew up with both Egyptian and Hebrew educations.
No matter how desperate your situation is, God is with you.
A picture of what Jesus has done for us.
Exodus 1:1 - 2:10
The Egyptian elites, especially the new Pharoah, viewing the Israelites as a threat.
Moses' mother's act of faith in placing Moses on the Nile.
Moses grew up with both Egyptian and Hebrew educations.
No matter how desperate your situation is, God is with you.
A picture of what Jesus has done for us.
FAKE Double Drabble: Day Of Leisure
Mar. 14th, 2026 06:16 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Day Of Leisure
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo, OCs.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: It’s Dee and Ryo’s day off, and they’re having fun.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Beach’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
Doctor Who Drabble: Getting Out
Mar. 14th, 2026 06:05 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Getting Out
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 1008: ‘Vent’ at
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dw100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Amy and the Doctor got inside alright, but…
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
( Getting Out... )
Double Drabble: Life Unlived
Mar. 14th, 2026 05:54 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Life Unlived
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Tosh.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 908: Sad, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Exit Wounds.
Summary: Tosh knows she’s dying.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Life Unlived... )
Stargate SG-1 Fic - Into The Light
Mar. 13th, 2026 07:10 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Into The Light
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Daniel Jackson, OC.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1160
Spoilers: The Serpent’s Lair.
Summary: Daniel escapes the ship just as it blows up, gating to the only planet whose address he can come up with.
Written For: Challenge 436: Sunshine at
fan_flashworks.Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate: SG-1, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
Fic: Box Of Treasures
Mar. 13th, 2026 05:57 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Box Of Treasures
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1558
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto finds a very strange delivery on his doorstep.
Written For: Weekend Challenge: High Concept at
1_million_words.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
It's Here!
Mar. 12th, 2026 09:00 pmmuccamukkNational Theatre's Importance of Being Earnest (2025)
Free to view now until the 18th, GMT, I assume.
Free to view now until the 18th, GMT, I assume.
The Fantastic Journey Triple Drabble: Shame
Mar. 12th, 2026 06:50 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Shame
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jonathan, Liana, the travellers.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Beyond the Mountain.
Summary: Jonathan is ashamed of the way he treated not only the Arusians, but Liana and her friends.
Written For: The prompt ‘Stain’ on my
1character table.Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Shame... )
Ficlet: While He Sleeps
Mar. 12th, 2026 06:05 pmbadly_knittedTitle: While He Sleeps
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 595
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto wakes in the night and watches Jack sleep.
Written For: The prompt ‘Any, any, watching someone sleep,’ at
threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
links list (the Internet may be getting worse)
Mar. 12th, 2026 08:52 ammuccamukkThe Battle Against Enshittification
![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
dw_dev: AI and Dreamwidth.
Great post from![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
mark about exactly how DW could use AI (potentially spam filtering), and how it will never use it (feeding your posts into the maw).
404 Media: 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back.
The Verge: Grammarly is using our identities without permission.
Wired: Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature.
I'm sure everyone enjoys getting sued by Stephen King.
The Flytrap: Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm.
Mostly about payment processors, but also about filtering:
The Guardian: The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all.
Canadian Politics
(I'm actually saving fewer links about this, because it's mostly pretty disheartening. And I can't deal.)
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TheBreach: Pierre Poilievre is misleading the public about refugee healthcare (Video: 3 minutes).
The Tyee: Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses.
Nominally good news, but so much about this case pisses me off. $7k each? Seriously? Reminder that the one person who got state protection in all of this, the guy who (allegedly) abused all those people, is John Furlong. Fuck that guy.
The Breach: A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments.
Category: jackbooted thugs.
Kind of Cool, Actually:
HeatherCoxRichardson: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Reckoning with Jason Herbert Podcast (Video: 1:43 hours).
Words cannot express how validating this was. Lo! How many long years have I said that AL:VH is the most historically accurate Lincoln movie? HCR agrees.
The Tyee: What Can You Do with Used Plastic and 3D Printers? Meet Two Pros.
Not sure how scalable this is, but it's a cool project.
The Narwhal : In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. This First Nation hopes geothermal energy could change that.
Cool project to restore food security after Site C fucked it up, hopefully they can get funding.
NorthernBallet: Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack | Costumes (Video: 2 minutes).
I've really been enjoying the promo clips for this new ballet. I hope there's some way to watch it online.
dw_dev: AI and Dreamwidth.Great post from
mark about exactly how DW could use AI (potentially spam filtering), and how it will never use it (feeding your posts into the maw).404 Media: 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back.
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
The Verge: Grammarly is using our identities without permission.
When users select the 'expert review' button in the Grammarly sidebar, it analyzes their writing and surfaces AI-generated suggestions 'inspired by' related experts. Those 'industry-relevant perspectives' include the likes of Stephen King, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan, among many others.
Wired: Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature.
I'm sure everyone enjoys getting sued by Stephen King.
The Flytrap: Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm.
Mostly about payment processors, but also about filtering:
the endless dance around content bans requires constantly coming up with new ways to craft video titles and content that are frustrating not only for adult performers, but also their customers.
The Guardian: The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all.
Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon.
Canadian Politics
(I'm actually saving fewer links about this, because it's mostly pretty disheartening. And I can't deal.)
Desmond Cole fact checks his misinformation and explains how blaming the most vulnerable distracts us from fighting for good health care for all.
The Tyee: Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses.
But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn’t go far enough after finding police discrimination.
Nominally good news, but so much about this case pisses me off. $7k each? Seriously? Reminder that the one person who got state protection in all of this, the guy who (allegedly) abused all those people, is John Furlong. Fuck that guy.
The Breach: A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments.
From Fairy Creek to university campuses, CRU-BC is positioning itself as the go-to police force for repressing dissent.
Category: jackbooted thugs.
Kind of Cool, Actually:
Words cannot express how validating this was. Lo! How many long years have I said that AL:VH is the most historically accurate Lincoln movie? HCR agrees.
The Tyee: What Can You Do with Used Plastic and 3D Printers? Meet Two Pros.
Not sure how scalable this is, but it's a cool project.
The Narwhal : In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. This First Nation hopes geothermal energy could change that.
Cool project to restore food security after Site C fucked it up, hopefully they can get funding.
I've really been enjoying the promo clips for this new ballet. I hope there's some way to watch it online.
BtVS Double Drabble: Someone To Talk To
Mar. 11th, 2026 06:38 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Someone To Talk To
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Buffy, Angel.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 492: Talk at
drabble_zone.Spoilers/Setting: Helpless.
Summary: Buffy knows she can always turn to Angel when she needs someone to talk to.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
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FAKE Triple Drabble: Show And Tell
Mar. 11th, 2026 06:29 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Show And Tell
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Bikky, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: Early in the manga.
Summary: Bikky doesn’t know what to take to school for show and tell.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Tell’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Show And Tell... )
Double Drabble: Immortal Life
Mar. 11th, 2026 06:21 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Immortal Life
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 908: Sad, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Sometimes, Ianto feels sad.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble. Set in my Ghost of a Chance ‘Verse.
( Immortal Life... )
Spider Quinn 20 The Imitation Tempest Part 8
Mar. 11th, 2026 08:36 pmfardell24Sandi entered Cashmans and saw that the knockoff clothes were still on sale. “There are still a lot of them,” she said.
Theresa appeared from behind a rack. “Sandi,” she said. “They haven’t really been selling.”
“They haven’t?” Sandi asked.
“No. Only the occasional person. But most look at the quality and just put them back with disappointment.”
“Just as well.”
“I haven’t heard anything of clothes based on the other heroes of Lawndale,” Theresa added.
“That’s probably just as well,” Sandi said. “Like, SpiderGirl as the first, draws all the attention.”
“I don’t think that’s right.”
“Ninja Talon too, I guess, as she was the second, but it was Dafoanairi who disabled that robodactyl.”
“I’m sure they did it together,” Theresa said.
“You’re right.”
“I have also heard people talking. Many people don’t like the fact that someone is trying to commodify SpiderGirl.”
“That is exactly what is happening,” Sandi groused. “It’s like what happened with the interview, just different.”
Theresa nodded. “I knew something was wrong when I watched it. What was surprising was that Lynn Anders went along with it.”
“I know. Like, I met her briefly in the Historia just before the robodactyl incident, and how she acted then was completely different to when she took over the airwaves.”
“You’re saying that it was more than that she was drinking?”
“Exactly,” Sandi answered.
Fields arrived at the Historia shortly after six. She went up to the box office. “One to see Tempest tonight, please,” she said.
“That will be 25 dollars,” the girl said. “It will start at 6:30.”
“Thanks,” Fields said as she took the ticket. She then went to the café. There were many teenagers there. ‘Any of girl’s could be SpiderGirl or Ninja Talon,’ she thought as she went to the counter.
( Read More )
Theresa appeared from behind a rack. “Sandi,” she said. “They haven’t really been selling.”
“They haven’t?” Sandi asked.
“No. Only the occasional person. But most look at the quality and just put them back with disappointment.”
“Just as well.”
“I haven’t heard anything of clothes based on the other heroes of Lawndale,” Theresa added.
“That’s probably just as well,” Sandi said. “Like, SpiderGirl as the first, draws all the attention.”
“I don’t think that’s right.”
“Ninja Talon too, I guess, as she was the second, but it was Dafoanairi who disabled that robodactyl.”
“I’m sure they did it together,” Theresa said.
“You’re right.”
“I have also heard people talking. Many people don’t like the fact that someone is trying to commodify SpiderGirl.”
“That is exactly what is happening,” Sandi groused. “It’s like what happened with the interview, just different.”
Theresa nodded. “I knew something was wrong when I watched it. What was surprising was that Lynn Anders went along with it.”
“I know. Like, I met her briefly in the Historia just before the robodactyl incident, and how she acted then was completely different to when she took over the airwaves.”
“You’re saying that it was more than that she was drinking?”
“Exactly,” Sandi answered.
Fields arrived at the Historia shortly after six. She went up to the box office. “One to see Tempest tonight, please,” she said.
“That will be 25 dollars,” the girl said. “It will start at 6:30.”
“Thanks,” Fields said as she took the ticket. She then went to the café. There were many teenagers there. ‘Any of girl’s could be SpiderGirl or Ninja Talon,’ she thought as she went to the counter.
( Read More )
FAKE Double Drabble: Black Humor
Mar. 10th, 2026 06:51 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Black Humor
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: OCs, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: As a cop in violent crimes, you have to take your laughs where you can find them.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Humor’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Black Humor... )
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Doctor Who Drabble: Getting In
Mar. 10th, 2026 06:39 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Getting In
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 1007: ‘Piffle’ at
dw100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: The Doctor’s current course of action could be a bit risky.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
( Getting In... )
Double Drabble: Wise Advice
Mar. 10th, 2026 06:29 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Wise Advice
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 908: Sad, at
torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack is busy moping.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
( Wise Advice... )
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we may not have much...
Mar. 10th, 2026 08:47 ammuccamukkbut at least the Alexander brothers are going to jail, possibly forever (content warning on that link: semi-graphic descriptions of sexual assault).
(Yes, I know, carceral feminism, etc, let me have this.)
(Yes, I know, carceral feminism, etc, let me have this.)
You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
Mar. 10th, 2026 05:34 amfirecat”In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad” by several authors
The details about which countries line up where on the individual issues that Pew chose to use in its survey is interesting, but what really strikes me about this article is the list of issues itself.
How did they come up with this silly list and what does it have with morality? At first I thought it was based in monotheistic religions, but there’s only one overlap with the Ten Commandments and I don’t remember anything about most of those in the New Testament either. (I don’t know much about the others.) All of the things in this list are either completely morally acceptable (contraceptives, being gay) or are unacceptable only insofar as they often lead to harming others (alcohol). Whereas murdering, stealing, and telling lies about other people should be in any list of potentially immoral behaviors. Because “does it cause lasting harm to others” is the most important determinant of what’s moral and immoral. At least that’s how it looks from here.
/soapbox
How does the concept of morality fit into your life?
The details about which countries line up where on the individual issues that Pew chose to use in its survey is interesting, but what really strikes me about this article is the list of issues itself.
- Married ppl having an affair
- Using marijuana
- Viewing pornography
- Gambling
- Having an abortion
- Homosexuality
- Drinking alcohol
- Getting a divorce
- Using contraceptives
How did they come up with this silly list and what does it have with morality? At first I thought it was based in monotheistic religions, but there’s only one overlap with the Ten Commandments and I don’t remember anything about most of those in the New Testament either. (I don’t know much about the others.) All of the things in this list are either completely morally acceptable (contraceptives, being gay) or are unacceptable only insofar as they often lead to harming others (alcohol). Whereas murdering, stealing, and telling lies about other people should be in any list of potentially immoral behaviors. Because “does it cause lasting harm to others” is the most important determinant of what’s moral and immoral. At least that’s how it looks from here.
/soapbox
How does the concept of morality fit into your life?