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Promethia and I posted the final chapter of In the Sight of Angels (and Ghosts), our Good Omens/Dead Boy Detectives crossover. :)

Summary: The story of how Edwin Payne, Dead Boy Detective, met and befriended Aziraphale, Angel and Bookseller. And how that friendship flourished despite initial set-backs.
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Also, if you wonder why AO3 was down the other day the explanation is better than you could ever hope for.

If you want to donate to help people in Gaza, The Sameer Project is a good choice.

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I don't really have any interest in Glastonbury, but if you're curious about what's happening this year (ie Kneecap specifically), here's a video laying a lot of it out very clearly:



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And a Petition: Legislate to Reverse Supreme Court Decision on Transgender Women

Here is something for a Friday night:

My Way - Domingo x Carreras x Dimash x HAUSER | Virtuosos 2025


Someone in a comment on youtube said that Carreras and Domingo have never performed with another tenor since Pavarotti died. I have no idea if this is correct, however when trying to verify it I came across this article from 2017: CARRERAS AND DOMINGO VIRTUALLY RECREATED THE THREE TENORS' ATMOSPHERE WITH "MY WAY" AT THE ARENA DI VERONA. And to then use that specific song that with Dimash is clearly a huge honour. <3

I should probably also mention that to sing with them is literally Dimash's childhood dream, he had a VHS with The Three Tenors that he would watch, and that helped inspire him to become a singer.

Also, I doubt they had much time to rehearse - this performance was during The Virtuosos ('a classical music talent show with a unique format, focusing on discovering young classical talent and then giving the talented youngsters a chance to develop and progress in a way that few others have'), they'll all have been v busy. ^_^

Some of you may remember, but almost 6 years ago Promethia created a wonderful spreadsheet of Classic Who, giving an overview of the showrunners and descriptions of the different eras.

Recently I became inspired to do one for New Who. It's a bit more comprehensive than the one for Classic Who, and very much my own take on everything. Also it's a little tongue-in-cheek.

Spoilers for everything aired so far.

( Here be spoilers for Doctor Who 2005-2025 )

Please note that I will (at some point) probably write up some actual thoughts about Disney Who so far. However I have all the time in the world for that, so just be aware that this is not the post for yelling about last night's episode. I mean - you may yell, but I'm very zen about it all. 🫶

Firstly, Dead Boy Detectives is now available on Amazon Prime. And you can buy the whole show!!

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A very random and rather delightful story:

School evacuated as grenade brought to show-and-tell
A school was evacuated and army explosives experts called after a pupil unexpectedly produced a grenade from his pocket in a show-and-tell assembly.

(Everyone was FINE.)

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Apparently today's Doctor Who is excellent, which is nice. I am hiding from all spoilers.

( Spoiler only for the name of the episode - which, to be fair, is spoilery )

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And finally Dimash has released a new song/music video. It is very silly, and he clearly enjoys poking fun at himself and his fans.

Dimash Qudaibergen - 'TAU ISHINDE' OFFICIAL MV


(“Tau ishinde” was originally written by prominent Kazakh poet and writer Saken Seifullin — a foundational figure in Kazakh literature.)

ETA: Dimash Masterpost

"On 6 May 1933, the Berlin chapter of the German Student Union made an organised attack on Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute of Sex Research).

The institute's library included many thousands of volumes on sexuality and other matters relating to its work. The institute also had a substantial collection of objects, photographs and documents including research, biographies and patient records. Estimates of total size vary. The looted material was witnessed by the international press being loaded on to a truck and, on 10 May, it was taken to the Bebelplatz square at the State Opera, and burned them along with volumes from elsewhere."
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Pink News:
VE Day 80: It took the world less than a century to forget what World War II was fought for

(OR: That poem should go 'First they came for the Trans people')

Also thissterlingcrew has a lot of good resources, such as:

Email Your Representatives About the Supreme Court Decision

Early Day Motion recognizing Trans+ History Week

As it happens, we watched 'Conclave' (the movie) on Sunday. It's excellent and hereby highly recommended. And go in blind - spoilers will ruin it.

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However as regards the actual Conclave, then this struck me:

The cardinal leading the Mass before the conclave, Giovanni Battista Re, has called on his peers to choose a leader who can guide the Catholic Church during what he calls a "difficult and complex" point in time.

"This is a strong call to maintain the unity of the Church... a unity that does not mean uniformity, but a firm and profound communion in diversity," he said during Mass.

Re, who is 91, is too old to vote in the conclave. Voters need to be under the age of 80.

He emphasised that the vote was of "exceptional importance" and that cardinals needed to set aside "every personal consideration".

From the BBC

ETA: Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the actual conclave

Pink News: Crab Museum comes out swinging for trans people after Supreme Court ruling: ‘Not how biology works’
A museum that highlights the “science, humour and philosophy” of crabs has issued a condemnation of the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman.

Also check out this post by thissterlingcrew:

Support UK Trans folks

Two recent articles:

Fans Rally for a Resurgence of the Canceled Series Dead Boy Detectives

Fans Fight to Bring Dead Boy Detectives Back to Life

I love this fandom.

Petition in case there's anyone who hasn't signed.

Steve Yockey (writer, developer and executive producer) is impressed with the billboard campaign(s). :)

Yes there are so many terrible things in the world, but art and stories always matter. 💙❤️💜💗

I hate it here.

JK Rowling toasts ‘TERF VE Day’ and confirms donation to group behind Supreme Court case

Someone said that she's basically our Musk (meaning that HP is like Tesla) and alas they are right. :( The billionaire to Bond villain pipeline is definitely a thing.

Here is a link to all current gov.uk Trans petitions.

Also, let's remember that some people are wonderful. From 2020:

Daniel Radcliffe declares ‘trans women are women’ in response to JK Rowling’s anti-trans tirade

And via Owls (behind paywall for me, but might work for others):

Trans people like me will still be protected by law, no matter what opponents think

ETA: Via Kerk:

A brief summary of the Transgender/Equality Act court case

And from that post, a change.org petition:

Overturn the UK's New Legal Definition of a Woman

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Also since I am here, a post about the benefits changes, also with many links.


(Icon from this fanart.)