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([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nov. 27th, 2025 02:43 pm)
Today is mostly sunny and cool.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.








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coolseabird:

vincentbriggs:

A couple years ago I found a bicycle brooch at a thrift store and recently I found another of the same at a different thrift store, so now it’s like two invisible friends going for a little bike ride on my jacket.

😟

So glad I’m not the only person who didn’t pick up on this!!

That’s just Mr. Fibreglass.

He used to work at the same clothing store I work at, but then he and his brothers all got replaced so now he’s unemployed.

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([personal profile] sartorias Nov. 27th, 2025 12:36 pm)
Wishing those who celebrate a warm day with plenty of good things to eat in company you cherish.
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Really, this year as with every year I'm thankful for all French cars, because they're just the best, but the retro 5 is absolutely perfect.

Posted by Lori Dorn

Broadcaster Derek Cooper of the BBC science show Tomorrow’s World visited industrial consultant Rex Malik at his London home to learn more about SCAN, the very first home computer in Europe. While Malik was still getting used to the computer, his young son was captivated.

From his bed in Highgate, London, industrial consultant Rex Malik has the world at his fingertips…Rex is the lucky owner of a home computer terminal, and while he is still figuring out the best way to use it, his four-year old son has enthusiastically embraced the new technology.

In this clip, which was originally broadcast in September of 1967, Cooper made a prophetic statement that eventually came true.

One day, it’s thought, we might all have a computer terminal in our homes.

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Posted by Lori Dorn

Rondò Veneziano, a Venetian electronic chamber orchestra from the 1980s that seamlessly combines classical music with modern pop, played their original song “La Serenissima” while dressed as Baroque robots.

Rondo Veneziano performing “La Serenissima” at Sunday Sunday

The Animated Music Video For ‘La Serenissima’

via The Awesomer

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Museum welcome sign

The Makah Cultural & Research Center Museum celebrates the history and legacy of the Makah Tribe of the lands that are now NW Washington state. 

After a storm in the winter of 1969 gave light to a number of wooden artifacts on the coast of Neah Bay, an excavation project was launched. The 11-year excavation of the Ozette Archeological Site uncovered around 55,000 wooden artifacts, including six intact longhouses and their contents, which are estimated to be pre-contact (around 500 years old).

The local tribe was given custody of the artifacts and in 1979 opened the Museum to interpret and share these artifacts with others. The museum displays around 500 objects from the site, as well as full-size replicas of Makah longhouses and canoes. 

The Museum is dedicated to preserving and protecting the Makah culture and language and the center runs many education programs such as the Makah Language Program which aims to restore the Makah language to spoken fluency and conducts language lessons in local schools. The Center is also home to the Makah Tribal Historic Preservation Office. 

 

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([personal profile] glinda Nov. 27th, 2025 08:04 pm)
Sometime this summer, I rediscovered my fic writing muse. Which has been great, but has unfortunately also meant that I’ve fallen quite behind on writing up my monthly albums - I have several months of backlog! Fortunately, I have still actually been listening to the albums and noting them down, so I’ve been able to look back at my list and write them up.

First up, we’re all the way back to the summer, for my August album, which was Fable by Ainsley Hamil. (I really thought I’d at least started this post, I definitely remember sitting down in the days after the gig with the album on and the intent to write about it. I suspect I probably started writing it into the ‘create entries’ page and lost the draft.) I mostly know Ainsley Hamil as a Gaelic singer - competed for the Gold Medal at the Mod a couple of time - and this album is split pretty evenly between songs in Gaelic and English, with a Burns number thrown in for good measure. Personally I think if we’re talking traditional Gaelic modes, she’s better suited to puirt-a-beul than the strictures of the Gold Medal - I’ve seen her do puirt live and she’s very good, it’s not easy to keep up that level of articulation at that speed especially not in the middle of a gig! She has such a rich, warm singing voice, it’s a pleasure to listen to her sing, and always so tempting when the album finishes, to just stick it on again for another play through!

Unusually, I was listening to this album extensively because I was going to a gig, rather than going to the gig because I’d been listening to the album a lot. My local art centre hosts a folk music festival in a tent on it’s lawn every summer. (Not in one intense weekend but two bands per session, two sessions a night, five nights a week across two months.) Living near by and being a regular gig go-er, I go to a lot of these sessions, sometimes with friends, sometimes alone, sometimes pre-planned, others spur of the moment because I walked past and thought ‘oh they’re good’ and stayed. The Ainsley Hamil gig was planned fairly far in advance, as a friend texted me just after the programme came out and asked if I fancied it, and as I did and it was a day I was on a helpful shift, we booked it and went. As it was her idea, and I’d agreed on the basis that I remembered what I’d heard of Hamil’s latest album being good, I thought I better swat up beforehand.

(It’s a lovely album, but gosh, live really is her forte, she was such a compelling and warm presence on stage, making her music come alive. In both Gaelic and Scots, her delivery on the album is more precise and probably more technically correct, but live she was so much more natural and felt much less constrained.)

The Titan Tin

In the hamlet of Knowlesville, N.Y. - just outside the village of Albion in Orleans County - is a pie pan that was once the home of the world's largest apple pie.

Orleans County previously boasted being the home of the world's largest apple pie when the record was first set with a 6,000 pound sweet treat in 1928. However, the world of competitive large pie-baking waits for no one, and that record was swiftly broken by other colossal crumbly delights (it's unclear whether all were apple). 

Orleans County locals set out to reclaim their title in the 1970s. The first attempt to do so, on August 2, 1977 at the Orleans County Fairgrounds, ended in disaster when the tin that held the 17,985lbs. pie broke mid-bake and the half-baked pie covered the fairgrounds' parking lot.

Undeterred, local pie-enthusiasts made another attempt to bake their name in history the following year. After 5 hours and 58 minutes of baking, Orleans County's apple pie glory was finally restored with a 21,210 pounds pie filled with around 300 bushels of apples, as well as 3,500 pounds of sugar, 76 pounds of salt, 600 pounds of apple juice and water, 1,144 pounds of spices and stabilizer, and 600 pounds of French pastry crust.

Unfortunately, that record was broken in the 1980s by a group from England, and is now held by the town of Wenatchee, WA, whose 40,000lbs. effort baked in 1997 still holds the title. 

But Orleans County was the only record-setter to preserve the tin in which their pie was baked, and that tin is still proudly displayed. The pan received a new paint job and updated signage in 2022 as part of the 75th Orleans County Fair. Today, you can view the pan along with a sign of the pie's recipe with the tin's dimensions next to the Lartz Commercial Exhibit Building. With a diameter of over 16 feet, the pan is the world's largest apple pie tin - try bringing that to Thanksgiving!

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([personal profile] runpunkrun posting in [community profile] gluten_free Nov. 27th, 2025 11:36 am)
A kind benefactor has given us a year of paid time here at [community profile] gluten_free, which, among other things, gives us the ability to search the entire comm, including comments, which I use all the time. Thank you!

I hope everyone is having a lovely day, especially those of us in the U.S. where it is Thanksgiving. I just took my gluten-free dairy-free pumpkin pie bars out of the oven and they're cooling in the microwave where the kitten can't get at them.

If you have a second, or more than one, come share your Thanksgiving menu or a favorite fall dish in the comments!
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([personal profile] laurajv Nov. 27th, 2025 02:23 pm)
The View from T'Khut (5776 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/8
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk/Spock, Sarek & Spock (Star Trek), Spock & Spock Prime
Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Spock Prime, James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, T'Pau (Star Trek), Sarek (Star Trek), Vulcan Characters (Star Trek), Crew of the Starship Enterprise
Additional Tags: Vulcan Culture (Star Trek), Vulcan Mind Melds (Star Trek), Vulcan Language (Star Trek), jj abrams should be ashamed of himself, Vulcan history, Vulcan mythology, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, symbiotic red algae
Series: Part 1 of The View from T'Khut
Summary:

Part I: The Absent World. The planet vanishes, but her people go on.

Part II: An Archaeology of Loss. The world-death left a scar in spacetime, and a void in the heart of the Federation.

Part III: Time and Darkness. In which Ambassador Spock fires unexpected shots.



This story was a very long time coming. I have had the title for it for over a decade, and this summer I realized what story went with that title. It is complete but being posted in parts over the next few weeks and runs about 50K words all told.
Catégorie : Chaudron, Foudre, et Clair de Lune (Fantastique - Magie - Sorcière - Potion - Infusion - Herboristerie - Amour - Famille)



C'est un space opera, dont j'ai lu les deux premiers tomes, qui se passe sur un grand nombre de planètes et de systèmes. Marko et Alana étaient d'espèces différentes, dans des camps opposés. Elle a été sa geôlière, ils se sont rapprochés, et ils se sont enfuis ensemble. Maintenant ils essaient de survivre avec une toute petite fille et de nombreux chasseurs de primes à leurs trousses.

(On sait que la petite ne meurt pas. L'histoire est racontée de son point de vue, après)

J'aime beaucoup ! Le mélange d'humour est de sérieux est bien fait, la romance aussi, tous les personnages dans tous les camps, y compris ceux qui sont assez horribles, ont des personnalités intéressantes. L'univers est foisonnant, on a toujours l'impression qu'on va découvrir un nouveau concept. Là la suite est empruntée à la bibliothèque, mais clairement je vais en lire plus !

Posted by Niccolo Conte

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U.S. map of thanksgiving air travel in 2025

Mapped: Thanksgiving Travel by Airport in 2025

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Key Takeaways

  • Long Beach (LGB) and Oakland (OAK) show the sharpest increases in Thanksgiving week arrivals, rising 111% and 84%, respectively, year-over-year.
  • Major hubs like San Francisco International (SFO) and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta (ATL) expect declines in Thanksgiving arrivals, highlighting 2025 travelers’ preference for smaller airports.

Thanksgiving remains one of the busiest travel periods in the United States, with millions of passengers moving through airports nationwide.

This visualization uses data from Amadeus to map out where air traffic is rising the most—and where it is falling—across 100 airports for Thanksgiving week 2025 compared to 2024.

Thanksgiving Air Travel Across the U.S. in 2025

The key trend in Thanksgiving air travel for 2025 is that smaller regional airports are experiencing surges in arrivals while major hubs are seeing notable pullbacks.

The data table below shows the year-over-year change in scheduled Thanksgiving week arrivals for 100 U.S. airports. Thanksgiving week is defined as the period from November 25th to December 2nd.

Airport codeDestination airportAnnual change in Thanksgiving week (2025) arrivals
LGBLong Beach Airport (Daugherty Field)111%
OAKSan Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport84%
BURHollywood Burbank Airport39%
PVDTheodore Francis Green State Airport35%
SACSacramento Executive Airport31%
SANSan Diego International Airport31%
ELPEl Paso International Airport27%
PITPittsburgh International Airport27%
MSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport23%
BZNBozeman Yellowstone International Airport22%
PWMPortland International Jetport22%
TULTulsa International Airport22%
SJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport21%
AUSAustin Bergstrom International Airport19%
ECPNorthwest Florida Beaches International Airport19%
COSCity of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport18%
ROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport18%
BOIBoise Air Terminal/Gowen Field18%
SNAJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport17%
LIHLihue Airport17%
RNOReno Tahoe International Airport16%
ICTWichita Eisenhower National Airport16%
ALBAlbany International Airport16%
CMHJohn Glenn Columbus International Airport15%
INDIndianapolis International Airport15%
MKCCharles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport15%
OMAEppley Airfield15%
BHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport14%
OGGKahului International Airport14%
ABQAlbuquerque International Sunport14%
SATSan Antonio International Airport13%
STLSt. Louis Lambert International Airport12%
TUSTucson International Airport / Morris Air National Guard Base12%
BNANashville International Airport12%
FATFresno Yosemite International Airport11%
EUGMahlon Sweet Field11%
GRRGerald R. Ford International Airport11%
KOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole11%
HFDHartford Brainard Airport10%
OKCWill Rogers World Airport8%
MYRMyrtle Beach International Airport7%
MSNDane County Regional Truax Field7%
PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport7%
CHSCharleston International Airport7%
HARCapital City Airport7%
LITBill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field6%
PBIPalm Beach International Airport6%
RICRichmond International Airport6%
SRQSarasota Bradenton International Airport6%
DSMDes Moines International Airport6%
FMYPage Field6%
HNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport5%
FLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport5%
ORFNorfolk International Airport5%
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport5%
BOSLogan International Airport4%
MEMMemphis International Airport4%
SBASanta Barbara Municipal Airport4%
JFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport3%
SLCSalt Lake City International Airport3%
TPATampa International Airport2%
PSCTri Cities Airport2%
GSPGreenville Spartanburg International Airport2%
FYVDrake Field2%
MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold‚ Chamberlain Field2%
MKEGeneral Mitchell International Airport1%
LAXLos Angeles International Airport1%
ORDChicago O'Hare International Airport1%
MIAMiami International Airport1%
PSPPalm Springs International Airport1%
GEGSpokane International Airport0%
FSDSioux Falls Regional Airport / Joe Foss Field0%
SAVSavannah Hilton Head International Airport0%
LASHarry Reid International Airport0%
HOUWilliam P Hobby Airport0%
JAXJacksonville International Airport-1%
ORLOrlando Executive Airport-1%
JANJackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport-2%
VPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach Airport-2%
SFOSan Francisco International Airport-2%
DFWDallas/Fort Worth International Airport-2%
SEASeattle‚ Tacoma International Airport-2%
BUFBuffalo Niagara International Airport-3%
RDURaleigh Durham International Airport-4%
SDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport-5%
IADWashington Dulles International Airport-5%
ATLHartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport-6%
PNSPensacola International Airport-6%
HSVHuntsville International Carl T. Jones Field-8%
PDXPortland International Airport-9%
DENDenver International Airport-11%
ANCTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport-12%
CLECleveland Hopkins International Airport-12%
PHLPhiladelphia International Airport-13%
CVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport-13%
CLTCharlotte Douglas International Airport-14%
TYSMcGhee Tyson Airport-15%
SYRSyracuse Hancock International Airport-15%
GSOPiedmont Triad International Airport-24%
CAEColumbia Metropolitan Airport-26%

Across the dataset, changes range from a 111% surge at Long Beach Airport (LGB) to a 26% decline at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE).

While Thanksgiving week air bookings in 2025 have increased 4% compared to last year, mid-sized and secondary airports have seen 9% growth, suggesting travelers are being more deliberate about their destinations as they try to avoid congestion.

West Coast Airports Lead Thanksgiving Arrivals Growth

The strongest growth appears at several California airports. Long Beach (111%), Oakland (84%), and Burbank (39%) rank as the top three increases in Thanksgiving airport destinations in 2025.

These gains suggest that travelers are favoring secondary West Coast airports, especially as San Francisco International Airport sees a 2% decline.

Sacramento Executive Airport (SAC) and San Diego International Airport also both feature a notable 31% rise in 2025 compared to last year’s Thanksgiving week.

Providence’s Theodore Francis Green Memorial State Airport (PVD) posts a 35% increase—one of the stronger gains outside the West Coast.

Thanksgiving Travel Declines Concentrated in the Southeast

The steepest declines in Thanksgiving arrivals in 2025 compared to last year are primarily across Southern airports.

Columbia (CAE) sees a 26% decline, followed closely by Greensboro’s Piedmont Triad (GSO) at -24%.

Other airports such as McGhee Tyson (TYS) in Tennessee, Syracuse Hancock (SYR) in New York, and Charlotte Douglas (CLT) in North Carolina also show double-digit decreases.

Overall, some of the country’s largest airports are seeing significant declines, like Atlanta International Airport (the world’s busiest airport in 2024) expecting 6% fewer arrivals compared to last year.

Other major airports with declines include Dallas/Fort Worth (-2%), Denver International (-11%), and Philadelphia International (-13%), all of which expect significant drops in Thanksgiving travel in 2025.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

To learn more about Thanksgiving in 2025, check out this graphic on the Voronoi app, which breaks down the most affordable grocery stores for Thanksgiving dinner items.

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