Having a White Cockades moment...
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sanguinityFrom Carolly Erickson's Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography (1989), an excerpt about the aftermath of BCP's 1748 arrest in Paris:
*gasps* Andrew Boyd, is that you???
Heh, no, I know Andrew was sixteen the summer after Culloden, which would make him eighteen, maybe even nineteen, when BCP was arrested.
(For those not in the know, this post is a spoilery reference to Edward Prime-Stevenson's 1887 novel, White Cockades: An Incident of the Forty-Five.)
While Daniel O'Brien, Charles's "confidential valet" looked on to prevent breakage and theft, the soldiers searched the house and locked up the contents, including furnishings, plate, silver, papers, swords and guns (twenty-five muskets and thirty-four pistols—an arsenal indeed). In the process they turned out five miscellaneous persons who had been enjoying Charles's hospitality: three indigent Britons, one a refugee from the rebellion, a manservant and sometime wigmaker, and a fifteen-year-old Scottish boy whom Charles had taken in out of kindness. (p.246)
*gasps* Andrew Boyd, is that you???
Heh, no, I know Andrew was sixteen the summer after Culloden, which would make him eighteen, maybe even nineteen, when BCP was arrested.
(For those not in the know, this post is a spoilery reference to Edward Prime-Stevenson's 1887 novel, White Cockades: An Incident of the Forty-Five.)
Robot > Me
Aug. 14th, 2025 11:05 pmdhampyresaCouple days ago I was hanging out with a friend and she got distracted by texting her phone. I asked if it was about [specific thing going on in her life] but no. No. Instead she was talking to ChatGPT.
Feeling very "what’s even the point of me" over it. Much existential dread very depressed, wow.
Feeling very "what’s even the point of me" over it. Much existential dread very depressed, wow.
Oh no, oh no
Aug. 14th, 2025 11:06 amscifirenegadeHere's an article on Mubi about Il Cinema Ritrovato's 2014 edition, which premiered a shiny, new, HD restoration of Caligari. But the section about it is, uh,
It's true, but you shouldn't say it. Or at least do so in private, as we have enough TMI weirdness as is (and I say it perfectly aware of the shit I say).
[...] it also shows us Veidt's private parts through his too-tight leggings. Which may not appeal to everyone, but at least what we see is suitably impressionist: a thin, jagged penile bayonet.
It's true, but you shouldn't say it. Or at least do so in private, as we have enough TMI weirdness as is (and I say it perfectly aware of the shit I say).
to do
Aug. 13th, 2025 09:14 amtielanBack, quilt, bind, and sleeve ShowQuilt1.
Sleeve ShowQuilt2.
Sort out 1 night in Tblisi, 1 night in Naples, 1 night in Toronto.
Finish![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
justmarriedexchange.
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Those first two are going to be the most intensive... hoo boy
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Also:jenab thanks for the postcard - lovely art!
Sleeve ShowQuilt2.
Sort out 1 night in Tblisi, 1 night in Naples, 1 night in Toronto.
Finish
justmarriedexchange. --
Those first two are going to be the most intensive... hoo boy
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Also:
jenab thanks for the postcard - lovely art!Costume Bracket: Round 4, some stats
Aug. 12th, 2025 07:45 pmpurplecatOutfit with the most votes
Romana in Destiny of the Daleks and Martha in Blink, both with 15 votes.
Outfit with the least votes
Bill in The Pilot.
Highest Average Votes per outfit (excluding characters with only one outfit in the round)
Winner: Romana 2 (12 votes per outfit)
Second Place: Martha (11 votes per outfit)
Third Place: Yaz (10.6 votes per outfit)
Most Winning Outfits
Yaz (2 outfits)
Highest Average number of winning outfits
Ryan (1 outfit, 100% success rate)
Second Place: Yaz (3 outfits, 66% success rate)
Third Place: Nyssa, the Romanas, Martha, Bill (2 outfits, 50% success rate)
Taking a week off since I'm on leave, then I'll start the quarter finals!
Romana in Destiny of the Daleks and Martha in Blink, both with 15 votes.
Outfit with the least votes
Bill in The Pilot.
Highest Average Votes per outfit (excluding characters with only one outfit in the round)
Winner: Romana 2 (12 votes per outfit)
Second Place: Martha (11 votes per outfit)
Third Place: Yaz (10.6 votes per outfit)
Most Winning Outfits
Yaz (2 outfits)
Highest Average number of winning outfits
Ryan (1 outfit, 100% success rate)
Second Place: Yaz (3 outfits, 66% success rate)
Third Place: Nyssa, the Romanas, Martha, Bill (2 outfits, 50% success rate)
Taking a week off since I'm on leave, then I'll start the quarter finals!
Prize-winning Paper
Aug. 11th, 2025 06:53 pmpurplecatDo you recall this paper (which is also summarised in this article in the Conversation) about which a YouTube video was made?
Well it's just gone and won the journal's best paper award.
I continue to think one should be wary of indulging in futurism and remain glad I managed to keep the words "Rogue AI" out of it.
Well it's just gone and won the journal's best paper award.
I continue to think one should be wary of indulging in futurism and remain glad I managed to keep the words "Rogue AI" out of it.
tax return
Aug. 11th, 2025 08:21 amtielanDo I do it now, in the midst of everything preparatory before going away?
Or do I do it when I get back, in the midst of everything aftermath when I get home?
It's usually a tax return rather than having to pay tax, my income is taxed very highly, and there was a fair chunk of time I didn't work in 2023-2024.
ehhh. Gonna do it when I get back.
I have so many other things to do before I leave right in the middle of the 'everything is waking up and GROWING' season...
Not to mention getting my quilts in for the quilt show. Still haven't quilted one, although I've at least done the backing.
I did make a cake and got friends to eat it. it was kind of birthday cake - but more of a gift for me to make, from red velvet cake to ermine buttercream icing, and for me to decorate (rather awkwardly, imo). But it was delicious.
Or do I do it when I get back, in the midst of everything aftermath when I get home?
It's usually a tax return rather than having to pay tax, my income is taxed very highly, and there was a fair chunk of time I didn't work in 2023-2024.
ehhh. Gonna do it when I get back.
I have so many other things to do before I leave right in the middle of the 'everything is waking up and GROWING' season...
Not to mention getting my quilts in for the quilt show. Still haven't quilted one, although I've at least done the backing.
I did make a cake and got friends to eat it. it was kind of birthday cake - but more of a gift for me to make, from red velvet cake to ermine buttercream icing, and for me to decorate (rather awkwardly, imo). But it was delicious.