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The GlitchCat #SundayPost offers news and updates from our corner of the fediverse to yours.

§ From Our Users :—

• @wallhackio built a PC (technically last weekend, but I was lazy and so we’re celebrating it now)!

• @Satsuma visited a lot of museums, which I know because I am subscribed to their Photo Journal™ of it all.

• We’ve all been playing lots of pokémon, although only some of us are doing it for furry reasons. This is now a Meowscarada fan‐instance. Send fanart to @aescling.

Over on Twitter, fiercynonym put together an excellent thread of questions for the #OTW regarding its anti-racist work (or lack thereof): https://twitter.com/fiercynonym/status/1615183026492968960

Because Twitter, I got fiercynonym's permission to collect the questions and share them in a Dreamwidth post: https://runpunkrun.dreamwidth.org/974053.html

Let the OTW Board know their extended silence on this matter is unacceptable. Write and ask them what they're doing to protect BIPOC fans from racist harassment on OTW platforms: https://www.transformativeworks.org/contact_us/

Just in case anybody is interested in checking out #dreamwidth, I wrote a little masterpost of useful resources: https://mx-morden.dreamwidth.org/3142.html mostly about #fandom #fanfic / #fanfiction #kpop

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Not a Fandom challenge so I'm separating it from the main thread, but: Guardian Cdrama weekly rewatch. Started Jan 14, thru Oct.
https://fandomcalendar.dreamwidth.org/928174.html

#danmei #guardian

My black cat bookends are coming to life.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Just browsing the Fandom Calendar https://fandomcalendar.dreamwidth.org/ and I see that Candyhearts needs pinch hitters for some unmatched fic requests. Check them out, maybe make someone's day - I can't because I'm not in many fandoms these days and the series/film/game names alone leave me clueless.

Anyway, check 'em out if you're willing to fill, but also check out the calendar for other fun events coming up. https://candyheartsex.dreamwidth.org/3581.html https://candyheartsex.dreamwidth.org/3635.html

@fandom #fandom #fanfic

The GlitchCat #SundayPost offers news and updates from our corner of the fediverse to yours.

§ Current Events :—

• cybre.space has switched into read‐only mode, as was the plan for the new year.

• The American Dialect Society has announced the 2022 Word of the Year, and it’s -ussy. A·D·L writes “now everything is either a cat or a cavity”, but of course we all know which of those is the affix’s usual referent.

§ From Our Users :—

• @aescling is playing Pokémon Scarlet and enjoying the poképussy so far (Meowscarada).

• @Satsuma is now in a different time zone, so expect favs from them to come a few hours offset from when they were before.

§ Holidays and Observances :—

• ⏳ 11 January is Carmentalia. This is a Roman festival we know very little about, except that it was celebrated on two dates (the other was 15 January), observed primarily by women (Carmenta was a goddess of childbirth and prophecy), and invoked Postvorta and Antevorta, aspects of Carmenta pertaining to looking back (into the past) and forward (into the future). As a date near the new year, it’s a good opportunity for reflection and resolution; I really couldn’t care less otherwise regarding the original Roman meaning.

I wrote up a brief summary of today's #OTW board meeting: https://runpunkrun.dreamwidth.org/972062.html

The OTW Board meeting starts in TEN MINUTES and they take questions! Come join me in the cheap seats: https://discord.gg/e7StHgTA

RMT calls out government for "blocking" rail resolution ahead of strikes starting tomorrow

40,000 workers on Network Rail and 14 train operating companies will take action on 3,4,6 and 7 this week, shutting down most rail services across the country.

Despite the union's best efforts over the Christmas period, rail employers have not arranged any formal negotiations with RMT to resolve the dispute.

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-calls-out-government/