September 26th, 2025

Posted by James Whitbrook

Nacelle Star Trek Figure Reveal Bem Tpol

Just in time for the 25th anniversary of 'Enterprise', io9 has your first look at a new T'Pol figure, and a 'Star Trek: The Animated Series' deep cut.
posted by [syndicated profile] go_fug_yourself_feed at 07:00pm on 26/09/2025
posted by [syndicated profile] xkcd_feed at 04:00am on 26/09/2025

Posted by Cheryl Eddy

Alien Earth Wendy Window

We don't yet know why Sydney Chandler's Wendy can communicate with aliens, but we have some new insight into how the show pulled off the effect.

Posted by Raymond Wong

iPhone Air in Sky Blue

If you want an iPhone Air, get it now, or you'll just be disappointed when the iPhone Air 2 also has a single rear camera.

Posted by therealmorticia

We’ve just given the code for collection browsing and filtering a much-needed overhaul! In addition to some long overdue performance improvements, this update introduces collection tags — a new way to find collections featuring the fandoms, relationships, tropes, and other topics you enjoy.

How do collection tags work?

Collection owners can now use up to 10 tags of any type (What are the different types of tags?) to describe their collection. The tags are listed on the collection blurb, and the collection filters have a new “Filter by tag” autocomplete field to help users find collections matching their interests.

A collection blurb next to the collection filters. The blurb has tags listed under the collection title and the filters have a 'Filter by tag' field beneath 'Filter by title.'

While it is possible to use brand new tags on collections, we strongly encourage owners to use existing canonical tags or their synonyms. This makes it easier for users to find your collection using the autocomplete options in the collection filters.

We’ve also added a “Multifandom” option specifically for collections that feature a wide variety of fandoms. Collection owners can select this option to help users find collections where the focus isn’t a specific fandom, but rather a theme like fanvids of old films or fic written in first person. We think this will be particularly useful for users whose fandoms don’t have their own prompt memes or gift exchanges, but who want to find challenges they might be able to participate in.

Please note that while we encourage collection owners to start using the “Multifandom” option right away, there are a few more changes we need to make before it will be possible to filter collections based on their multifandom status. We’ll update this post when multifandom filtering becomes available.

What about existing collections?

Together with the collection tags feature going live, we automatically tagged existing collections with the fandoms from their works and bookmarks, as well as any works or bookmarks in their subcollections.

Additionally, collections with more than one unrelated fandom were automatically marked as multifandom. We used our tag wrangling system to determine whether fandoms are related, just like we do when marking works as crossovers. Collections with more than 10 fandoms (the limit for collection tags) were marked as multifandom but did not have any fandom tags added.

Collection owners are welcome to edit their collection and change any information we automatically added.

Other changes

As part of the browsing and filtering overhaul, there are a few other noticeable changes to collections.

  • Subcollections are now listed on the main Collections page and included in the results when filtering.
  • In order to make room for collection tags, we’ve combined the list of owners and moderators in blurbs, similar to the way they’re combined on the collection profile. Because we know this distinction may be important to some users, we’ve made it possible to style owners and moderators separately by using the a.owner and a.mod selectors in a site skin. (Your styles will apply in the blurb and on the collection profile.)
  • The Open Challenges page, including the Open Gift Exchanges and Open Prompt Memes pages, now list collections that are closing the soonest at the top of the page.
posted by [syndicated profile] cakewrecks_feed at 01:00pm on 26/09/2025

Posted by Jen

Continuing my mini series on the wonders of punctuation, let's take a look at what happens when grammar goofs go horribly, seriously funny.

Drat. They're on to me.

 

Because no matter what your efforts, there will be times when you ask for a symbol and get a whole lotta trouble instead.

When a simple slash turns into a case of indecent exposure.

 

For clarity's sake, you might want to mention when a word should be plural.

Don't.

 

In fact, you should never spell anything out. Period.

Especially the actual period. Period.

 

And you know what they say about bad commas, don't you?

That's right: they always come back to bite you.

"Good night, good luck, must dash!"

- Edward R. Murrow with a full bladder

 

Thanks to Kristin D., Kristin S., Stephanie A., Doreen L., Kate A. for what I'm calling our "literal" period.

*****

P.S. Here's a giggle for my coffee-loving friends:

"My Four Moods" Dragon Tee

:D
It comes in both Men's & Women's cuts, plus a bunch more colors.

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

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September 26th, 2025next

September 26th, 2025: This comic was inspired by the robots in my life!! There are many, especially if you are generous with your definition of "robot"! For example, my toasting robot is sadly inconsistent on one side of the bread.

– Ryan

kalloway: (GS MSV Strike Rouge)
posted by [personal profile] kalloway at 12:04am on 26/09/2025 under
mirroring from [community profile] iddyiddybangbang

Title: Astraze Ein
Creator: [personal profile] kalloway
Fandom: Gundam Series
Numbers: 30+ Photographs & 3000+ word project log, in-verse fiction, and a bit of rambling.
Rating: All-Ages
Content Notes: None.
Summary: This is a fully-documented and photographed 'kitbash' 1/144 Gundam scale model from initial conception to finished piece.

thumbnail image of a black and blue humanoid robot scale model of the Astraze Ein surrounded by its weapons
Astraze Ein & Project Log on DW

Posted by Kyle Barr

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld hands-on

If you were planning to get an Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, get it before Microsoft hikes the price even more.
September 25th, 2025

Posted by Sabina Graves

Hhn East Art The Clown Gizmodo

Universal Studios Orlando is proving to be the place to beat this spooky season, with its offerings for the 34th annual Halloween Horror Nights events.

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