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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 16, 2026 is:

vendetta • \ven-DET-uh\ • noun

Vendetta refers to an active and mutual hatred between two families or groups, also known as a blood feud. It can also refer to an often prolonged series of retaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts, or to a commitment to carrying out such acts.

// The student insisted that the principal had a personal vendetta against her.

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Examples:

"Rita publicly refused a vendetta at his funeral. She wouldn't ask her sons to avenge him, even though that wasn't just normal for the time, it was expected." — Rita Halász, Deep Breath: A Novel (translated by Kris Herbert), 2025

Did you know?

English speakers borrowed vendetta, spelling and all, from Italian in the 19th century; literally meaning "revenge," vendetta first referred specifically to Italian and especially Corsican family- or clan-based feuds. It later extended in meaning to cover the acts that tend to feature in such feuds, and later still expanded further to refer to a commitment to carrying out such acts. Vendetta ultimately traces to the Latin verb vindicta, meaning "revenge" or "vindication." That Latin word is also in the family tree of other English terms related to getting even, including avenge, revenge, vengeance, vindicate, and vindictive.

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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/blooming-seas-around-the-chatham-islands/

https://science.nasa.gov/?p=1191996

A phytoplankton bloom in the southern Pacific Ocean appears as an oval-shaped area of green and chalky blue water surrounding a group of small islands.

January 10, 2026

At about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of New Zealand’s South Island, the sparsely populated Chatham Islands are rugged, remote, and often inconspicuous. In January 2026, however, a ring of bright green and blue swirls in the ocean put a natural spotlight on the far-flung specks of land.

A bloom of phytoplankton—tiny photosynthetic organisms that become visible to satellites when their numbers explode—encircled the Chatham Islands in austral summer. Surface currents and eddies carried the floating organisms into intricate wisps and swirls. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of the display on January 10, 2026.

The Chatham Islands sit on the Chatham Rise, an underwater plateau that extends eastward from the South Island of New Zealand. The top of the rise is relatively shallow and separates areas of deeper water to the north and south. These seafloor contours make blooms common along the Chatham Rise, where cold, nutrient-rich currents from the Antarctic and warm, nutrient-poor water from the subtropics converge. The well-mixed water, coupled with long daylight hours, can boost phytoplankton populations.

With phytoplankton at the base of the food web, the waters around the Chatham Islands support productive fisheries, with valuable species such as pāua, rock lobster, and blue cod. The region is also home to an array of marine mammals, including five seal species and 25 whale and dolphin species. Amid this abundance, however, the islands are a hotspot for whale and dolphin strandings, in which hundreds of animals are sometimes beached.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Lindsey Doermann.

References & Resources

Murphy, R. J., et al. (2001) Phytoplankton distributions around New Zealand derived from SeaWiFS remotely‐sensed ocean colour data. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 35(2), 343–362.
NASA Earth Observatory (2009, December 28) Phytoplankton Bloom Over Chatham Rise, South Pacific. Accessed January 15, 2026.
NASA Earthdata Ocean Color. Accessed January 15, 2026.
New Zealand Department of Conservation Chatham Islands marine mammals. Accessed January 15, 2026.
Pinkerton, M.H. (2011) A balanced trophic model of the Chatham Rise, New Zealand. Unpublished NIWA report.

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Honestly we didn't get a lot of snow but under it was ice. On the road between Jackson and Gallipolis (the two places I talk about all the time) had TWO five vehicle crashes and multiple small ones including the fire chief getting run over by someone who doesn't know what red lights mean (he was transported to the same trauma center I had been in) By 1 pm the most of it had melted but you know what I'm not arguing with a day off.

Mom, of course, thinks any spare second I have should be me cleaning. She's not wrong but still...that said I DID pick one major project and I did it, namely three bins of sockets and undies and a huge ass pile of clothes (still mostly socks) so I made 5 piles, summer socks, winter socks, fuzzy socks, socks I don't want period and lonely socks looking for mates.

So the piles are gone. The undies are gone because why in the name of god was I holding onto them. Many socks ready for donation and two uncomfortable realizations.

1. I have more fuzzy socks that any one human should. I know some are tight and need to be donated. Some have holes that I wear in bed in the fall/early spring while reading if my Raynaud's kicks in. Well pick two pair Dana and toss the rest.

2. That was NOT a bin of old undies. Under them was dozens of printed out stories, catalogues for book clubs that have been online only for YEARS and books. WTF? At least the books are now out on a shelf, the catalogues in the recycler and I'll sort the stories later to see what needs read and what can hit the recycler.

I did finish the last two stories I could possible write for

fandomtrees and maybe if we're lucky everything will release this weekend. Both of the recipients had 2 by the time I got these done but that's fine. Now they have 3.

I found a place in Pittsburgh I need to visit (and I thought about a little vacation right there in the city if it's not crazy expensive) the weeping glass

I have some community recs this thursday

fandomtrumpshate is gearing up so if you want to look it over to join in an raise money to do good now's the time.

And I got a few communities (new to me) from

tozka that looked cool. Check them out

vintageads I think I'll need to join this one. It'll be a good source for historical fic

bookclub_dw This is a monthly book club where members of the community host book club discussions once a month. - I don't need a new one but maybe you do

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: Murder She Wrote

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silver_chipmunk

Got up at 9:15 and showered and dressed.

mashfanficchick had a very bad backache, so ultimately we decided to not take the subway to the Moynihan Train Hall, but take a Lyft instead. Which I think was a very good idea, because we were wrestling with three suitcases, two backpacks, my laptop case and purse, and zer cane.

So we got to the train hall with just enough time to buy breakfast before our train, but not enough time to eat it. So we boarded and found seats together, somehow, and ate there.

The ride was supposed to be four hours but was late getting in, so we arrived around 5:00. Called for a Lyft and got to the hotel and checked in.

The room is very nice. We went down to the con suite to see Larry, and then came back and settled in. I Teamed the FWiB, after much trouble with the computer and the hotel WiFi.

At 8:00 we watched 911, and then 911: Nashville.

mashfanficchick started feeling unwell, but thinks it may just be lost sleep due to the back pain. We ordered food, Thai, and Japanese, and had it delivered.

The Kid is already here, but I don't know her room number. She's on the 10th floor.

The con starts tomorrow. Can't wait!

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Got here safely.

3. Good dinner.

4. Fun TV.

5. Nice room.

6. Arisia!

Edited to add: Forgot to say, called Middle Brother, he's fine. Nothing new.

Current Mood: good

brightknightie

havocthecat asked a question that made me realize that the casting news for the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie may have flown fully under the radar last year, for people less obsessed than me, because the studio very deliberately cast virtual unknowns:

Bo Bragason plays Zelda. Her IMDB entry.
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth plays Link. His IMDB entry.

These two were announced last July. No others have been announced, but an unconfirmed leak strongly indicates a certain third character. Perhaps interestingly, that leak, which happened in November when someone took sneaky unauthorized video footage, was successfully drowned out for virality when the studio responded by releasing three official stills of the leads in costume, in character, on set: a portrait each of Zelda and Link, and one of the two of them together looking out across Hyrule (as played by New Zealand).

This IGN article has all three official photos, the story of the leak and official release, and a link to the spoiler leak footage. Here's the Zelda portrait:

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mindstalk

5 days ago (minus 8 hours): I decide to risk eating out. Upper story mall restaurant; half-open walls; CO2 generally under 600; not crowded. Sounds low risk, right? Drawbacks: it was after 7 PM, so a lot of people might have passed through; I was eating hot soba soup, so had to be unmasked for a while. (Vs dumplings, say, where you can just pop it under the mask and avoid breathing unfiltered air.) No one was coughing, though a couple women near by were talking a lot.

2 days later: I feel slightly oogy. Got more sleep, woke up tired (there were other plausible explanations), low energy by 4 PM, just a bit of nasal drip (as from dusting a lot, say)

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Future behavior: so literally the first time I try to "live normally" on my own, I get infected. This is not making it more likely for me to dine out indoors. Maybe I'm susceptible because my innate immune system is quiescent, I dunno. But, staying masked seems to work in avoiding actual severe illness, so I'll keep doing that.

OTOH with the tests here so cheap, I think I'll start doing regular surveillance testing, rather than only after some symptoms.

I'm also extending my stay here some more, in case things turn worse; last thing I want is to have to try to change Airbnbs while really feeling a flu. Turns out the price was dropping too, neat; still not as cheap as I could get by leaving Tokyo, but hey, health.

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dirty_diana

Okay, I have successfully not defaulted on festivids and am trying to shake off the doomscrolling, and now I am going to rescue some drafts and catch up on January Posting! In order because that is simply How My Brain Works.

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snowflake_challenge
1. The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.

I'm dirty_diana or sweeter_than. I write, draw, and vid, read and watch a lot of tv. I am hoping to get back into using dreamwidth a bit more steadily with this challenge, and also I guess enjoy some transformative fandom community vibes? Since I have been very much on the edges of that recently. Been reading other people's posts and feeling warm and fuzzy about everyone. ❤️

2. Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

I've never had a pet. Allergies. I do have a horrible antisocial roommate and surprise! she has a horrible antisocial cat that hates me for some reason. Pets from canons, hmm, Rivals has this very cute shaggy dog, Gertrude! Played by a cute little doggie actor named Ponti. Also in Rivals is the character of Rocky the horse, I think Rocky is actually a retired showjumper but now he gets to chill and eat grass and get pats. The Rutshire Chronicles series is generally full of animals, but in a very English way where it's all dogs and horses and many of them have jobs, lol.

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and Talk Meme! still open for questions I can belatedly fill here.

Tell me about a small, nice thing you did for yourself recent(ish)ly? from

chase_acow

Do I do enough nice things for myself? Now I'm not sure. I am recently enjoying bulking up my art supply collection, even though frankly I owned enough art supplies to begin with. But I hang out on art tik tok, and to a lesser degree art youtube, and man those people are always showing you cool products. I am trying to not get sucked into the Being a Consumer of it all, but it is also worth it sometimes to not overthink whether you Deserve the fun thing, whether you'll use it enough or with the right skills, etc. I am currently messing around with acrylic paint markers? (Markers and pens are in general great for me because my nemesis chronic fatigue is never going to pull out an entire set of paints.) I did this raspberry lemonade piece for

doodle4doodle. I will show you all some more acrylic pen art at some point, but if I stop to scan things now this post will never get up, lol.

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And I should say: for Yuletide I wrote The Heart of the Matter, a Rivals Rupert/Taggie fic. Pining, kissing. And featuring Gertrude and Rocky, in fact.

I got whatever you ask for, that’s what i’ll be by vialethe, also Rivals, Rupert/Taggie. RuTag are adorable in London, topped with a spicy daddy kink garnish.

It was a year where I didn't recognise many fandoms, but this Travelers fic was quite nice? Marcy figures out the holidays. And both the Blood on the Clocktower fics were just the right amount of mysterious and creepy.

That's it for now, the catch up will continue!

Current Mood: tired

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Snowflake Challenge: A flatlay of a snowflake shaped shortbread cake, a mug with coffee, and a string of holiday lights on top of a rustic napkin.

Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.

Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.

lol, I don't exactly have a process. Sometimes I've tried the outline method for creating a story, and sometimes that even works. A lot of times it doesn't. Other times something sparks an idea and I'm able to just start writing.

A large part of the time I'm wracking my brain over what I'm going to write for the many bingo card prompts I've collected.

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How is it only the third Thursday of the year? It feels like it should be the twelfth Thursday at the very least!

Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!

Or have you tried something that's been recced here? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear about it!

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Going strong with the third week of Part 1! This is the half-way point of the first Part, which also means it's half-way through the Minimum Mood Track; if you're only in the game to make something small but mighty, you could be half way there this week!

This week's Minimum, Medium, and Maximum moods are: Enthralled, Happy, Indescribable

Some nicer moods this week, along with one that's a little more difficult to depict. Enthralled and Happy are straightforward enough, but what do you do for Indescribable? Do you have any thoughts on the subject? If you've made a mood theme before, what have you used for this mood? Need any help brainstorming? Or maybe you're working from the worlds angstiest fandom and actually need help with Happy and/or Enthralled? Let's talk about it!

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(Giggling quietly because "trust the process" to me is a reference to the Philadelphia 76ers 🤭 this has nothing to do with the actual post. It was just amusing joke to myself. IYKYK)

Anyway...

Challenge #8

Talk about your creative process.

Oh this is gonna be a rambly answer... 😅

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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 Thursday, January 15, to midnight on Friday, January 16 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34086 Daily check-in poll

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 17

How are you doing?

I am OK
11 (64.7%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
6 (35.3%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
8 (47.1%)

One other person
7 (41.2%)

More than one other person
2 (11.8%)

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.

donutsweeper

So... ummmm... this January has been something, huh? Although I don't go out of my way to talk about where I live I don't try to hide it either so let me just say that while things are chaotic in my general area, it's not in my (very) specific immediate area and me and mine are fine. Generally speaking, there's the potential for things here to get as bad, if not worse, as when there were the riots a few years ago but here's hoping it all dies down before then. With the egos involved it seems unlikely (which really says something about the world today that I am even typing that) but, hey, it's possible.

But, in trying not to dwell on any of that or going into details on an unlocked post... craft spam time!

Feast your eyes upon this adorable Werewolf in a Top Hat (made by request and done by adapting a few different patterns)

He's a fine gentleman and tipping his hat to you in greeting. :)

I've also made two rugs

The pictures are a bit deceiving, the white and grey one is small-medium sized, 27"x17", while the following blue and white one is one of the larger I've made, 43"x30".

I don't really have a plan or a place for either (nor for the one I'll make out of the fabric strips I'm currently cutting) but upcycling stained/torn sheets and shirts is better than tossing them and I enjoy doing it so who cares.

Have two weeks of

recthething recs! One MDZS/Untamed fic and tumbr art for that, Merlin, Murderbot and ST:TOS:

I'll Stop the World (And Melt With You) by Rainewritesfanfics (28k)
Summary: Lan Zhan comes from a long line of aerokinetic heroes. Over time, his family came to found the Cloud Recesses School for Young Heroes. Lan Zhan will now be attending this very same school, however he, unlike his relatives, has no powers. To make matters worse, even though Wei Ying is only steps away, they are barely on speaking terms since the incident before summer break. Add in a dash of conspiracy, a school full of ghosts, and cryptic fortunes, and Lan Zhan and Wei Ying are in for a lively first year! (This is a Sky High fusion but I only know the broad strokes of that movie and still thoroughly enjoyed this fic and its accompanying art)

tumblr art:
MDZS/The Untamed
- Something is gained when something is lost (3 panels, LWJ and A-Yuan, oh my heart)
- When had children started growing up so fast? (two LWJ raising A-Yuan sketches, adorable)
- Wei Ying and his ducklings (adorable wwx and the juniors art)

Merlin
- Still waiting for his king… (hauntingly beautiful)

Murderbot
- I just want to watch my shows I can relate, Murderbot. I can relate. (too valid these days)

Star Trek:TOS
- uhura sketch ^^ (love this style)

And, not rec related, but I know there's some due South fans here and I wanted to share an excellent fandom-specific resource I just discovered: A due South tumblr that posts archival stuff from the show like making of episodes and scripts as well as character bios and episode storylines and whatnot. (I really love the first 5 pages of the second draft to the pilot posted here)

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