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amireal, posting in metafandom:

• flourish: What would I do if I were LJ? - My friend Mike Arauz got me thinking about what I would do if I were LiveJournal/SUP to start making money. -
  
  (tags: LJ)


• miriam_heddy: Why we do what we do: riding the wave - If I stick with a given fandom even after noticing it is racist or misogynist, even after being hurt by it, and my friends allow me to do so by providing a cushion of sorts that makes the unpalatable acceptable, then is this a good thing? Is it a positive thing? Are we becoming resistant readers to that racism and misogny, or merely callous toward it? -
  
  (tags: fandom gender race merlin)

oddnari, posting in daily_snitch:

• Actors and Movies: Timothy Spall, who assayed the role of Peter Pettigrew, talks of the Harry Potter films and his career
  
  
• Challenges: Snarry100 have posted Challenge 144: Music Challenge
  
  
• Communities: Vidders, authors and artists are invited to sign up for the hd_worldcup. Sign-ups will close on January 9, 2009.
  
  hp_april_fools have put up their sign-up post. Sign-ups will continue till January 31, 2009
  
  Mod post on lupin_snape about Snupin Santa gifts
  
  
• Participate: Contest to win Collector's Edition of Tales of Beedle the Bard. The contest closes on January 20, 2009
  
  
• Searches: daily_snitch are looking for fan-works and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange
  
  

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bewarethesmirk, posting in daily_snitch:

• Actors and Movies: Half-Blood Prince gets PG rating in US
  
  Half-Blood Prince tops MTV Surefire 2009 Blockbuster List
  
  Robert Pattinson keeping a low profile
  
  Emma Watson doesn’t want to be skinny
  
  Hi-res Half-Blood Prince behind-the-scenes set photos
  
  HP Fan Trips goes to the world premiere of Half-Blood Prince
  
  
• Communities: springtime_gen has started sign-ups, which continue till January 20, 2009
  
  
• Hot Recs: The Remainder of Their Days, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, Remus/Petunia, Remus/Fenrir, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Pith and Resin, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, R, see warnings)
  
  Shifting/Suspicious Minds, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, Remus/Sirius, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Blood Moon, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Then Again, Maybe “I Do”, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, PG)
  
  And Days of Auld Lang Syne, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, Severus/Regulus, Severus/Remus/Regulus, NC-17)
  
  Wedding Bells, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, PG)
  
  How to Save a Life, by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, R)
  
  
• Participate: Azkatraz is looking for more proposals
  
  
• Resource: The Snupin Santa 2008 Masterlist has been posted
  
  

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fairestcat, posting in metafandom:

• sarken: A magic question? - So last night, as I lay in bed wondering, "What happens next?", I realized I was asking the wrong question. -
  
  (tags: writing fanfic)

sistercoyote, posting in fandom_lounge:
Is LJ being exceptionally robust, or is it just me?  Vandalism by pissed-off ex-employees?

It's probably just me.  But I can't get to LJstatus to find out for sure, so I thought I'd post here.

Sorry to bother everyone (okay, I'm not.  Not really.)

Edited to add:  Okay, not just me, then.  On the one hand, Phew.  On the other hand...I bet this has the potential to become epic.  Even when it turns out to be just a hiccup.

Edited again to add:  Now when LJ comes up it shows the following message:  LiveJournal.com is currently unavailable due to emergency maintenance. Don't worry, this has nothing to do with our recent company layoffs! It's a technical problem, not a lack-of-personnel problem.

Thank you for your patience.

Final edit:  It's baa-ack.  And I'm going to the bookstore.

sushi, posting in fandom_lounge:
And GreatestJournal is dead.

http://www.greatestjournal.com

A week in the new year, and two journaling services are already dead? That's harsh. Check out the 403 error.

hypno_jango, posting in fandom_lounge:
While gamer sites are doing the "Best/Worst of 2008" awards, Zero Punctuation decides to do one too... but a little bit differently.

ziasudra, posting in daily_snitch:

• Archive: Walking the Plank, a Harry/Snape archive, has been updated with new stories and art.
  
  
• Challenges: catchmysnitch posts its January Challenge: Invisibility Cloak
  
  fwhg_ldws announces Round 2 signups for Fred Weasley/Hermione Granger Last Drabble Writer Standing.
  
  Prompt claiming is open for the do_me_veela Veela Fest 2009. More information here.
  
  
• Communities: hp_beholder will begin signups for Round 2 on January 29.
  
  hp_rarities posts information about its upcoming fest.
  
  Nominations are now open for hpgw_otp's Fourth Annual Best Of Awards.
  
  springtime_gen posts Springtime Gen 2009: Rules, FAQs, Guidelines.
  
  sshg_exchange has started posting.
  
  
• General Interest: LiveJournal Inc Press Release
  
  
• Have a Laugh: regan_v posts HP on LJ: how would HP characters have used LJ, if it had been available at Hogwarts? And its sequel: Harry & Co. on LJ.
  
  
• Hot Recs: Forbidden Passion: A Soap Opera in Five Acts, by Anonymous. (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  Taste, by Anonymous. (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings)
  
  
• News: Emma Watson talks life, Deathly Hallows & more in new interview
  
  High Res Weasley Wheezes, Trio and Slughorn Half-Blood Prince Photos
  
  HP Fan Trips Including London and the World Premier of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  
  
• Participate: bottomsnape is looking for helpers to gather art and fic links.
  
  
• Resources: metamorfic_moon has posted the Pink Christmas Advent Index.
  
  snapeartcontest posts the masterlist of past contests.
  
  
• Search: daily_snitch is looking for fan works and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange.
  

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anarchicq, posting in fandom_lounge:
Doubtless you saw this in Metafandom, but I thought I'd post it here too.
Portfollies.com poll

"Portfollies will be a social networking website where people can upload their portfolios (text, image, video and audio files), both original and fan works. The website will also offer communities/forums, and a variety of tools to help with creation and communication."

painless_j:
Sort of meta, very, very funny! Not quoting because it's a tiny thing but go look, it's so worth it! Marauders’ Era on LJ, by Regan V.

lexin:

GOVERNMENT TO OFFER TRAINING TO HELP LONG-TERM EMPLOYED BACK ON THE DOLE

The government has today launched its new Train in Vain programme, an ambitious project to move millions of long-term employed Britons onto the dole.

Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell said: 'High numbers of the UK workforce haven't set foot in a jobcentre in over a decade, and many of the forms are now a completely different colour.'

The move is expected to save the jobs of up to 3000 Jobcentreplus workers, who had been hit hard by several years of unrelenting prosperity.

Wendy Cross, Operations Director of Jobcentreplus said:

'This is a real shot in the arm for Britain's minor functionaries. Nothing was getting people in the door - we tried coffee bars, soft furnishings and even just giving the money to anyone who turned up with their arm in a cast. The new programme means we can look in detail at the career aspirations of people who have recently been in work, then offer them the first thing that comes along, because otherwise we stop their money. We're going to get the country moving.'

The government has also promised to tackle barriers to unemployment by ensuring the widest range of people are out of work.

'For many years the system has favoured the workshy, the low skilled and lone parents,' argues Cross, 'but finally we have opened up the benefits network to investment bankers, airline pilots and lawyers. If the government continues to steer the same economic course then I think it's safe to say that Britain will end up with one of the most highly skilled unemployed workforces in Europe, if not the world.'

Good news for benefit claimants

In a shock move designed to alleviate some of the worry that these uncertain times provoke, the government has announced that anyone losing their job due to the current financial crisis can take part in a new scheme. Any newly unemployed person who can find a Jobcentre that is open, and manages to make an appointment to see somebody will be entered into a free draw for the chance of their claim being looked at within 8 weeks. Terms and conditions will apply, and these will be announced at a later date.

Swap-around benefit reforms 'will halve claims'

The government has also announced changes to the benefit system which will halve the number of claims and double the efficiency of the system, a DWP spokesperson announced today.

"Basically, what we are proposing is that claimants come into the Jobcentreplus office, undergo a Work Focused Interview, and then swap round to the other side of the desk. The newly unemployed jobcentreplus staff-member will then come in and undergo a Work Focused Interview.
They then swap round to the other side, and so on, until someone has to go home and feed the kids."

dogbite12, posting in fandom_wank:

Transformers comic book fandom wank.. Early this morning, it was about pedophilia.

My doppelgänger from the IDW fan forum Skwege learned that he had been accused of having sex with children by the IDW forum fantards on Transfans.net. Sprunkner is a real internet tough guy. Unfortunately, he made it quite easy to find his dox.

Skwege was not happy to find he'd been slandered as a pedo. So he calls (yes, as in calls Sprunkner's landline) to tell him to take it down. No yelling, just something along the lines of "call me whatever you want but accusing me of child fucking is not cool."

What does Spencer (Sprunkner's IRL name) do? He freaks out and hangs up!

That's right-he's a coward. So Skwege leaves him a voicemail:

"Hi Spencer :

You like to make libelous accusations about people having sex with kids? That is really grown up of you. Oh wow, you live in Washington State as well? What a coincidence! Bellingham is only an hour from here.

It's not funny! I know little punks like you think they can run around all anonymous on the internet and think nothing can bite them in their ass. However let me tell you little man, you are going to retract your statement, and then apologize. Talking shit about someone is one thing, but making a disgusting and FOUL comment like that is libelous. I have the time, money, resources, and most importantly the fucking patience to see this through so don't toy with me little man."

Then Sprunkner has his wife (yes, someone actually agreed to marry him) respond. He doesn't have the balls to answer Skwege himself-he makes his wife call him back and tell him not to call. Unfortunately, Spencer posted her phone number and email as his contact information.

Some PMs get exchanged on the IDW forum and Sprunkner accuses Skwege of threatening him (although I doubt the police consider being asked to take down a post or telling someone you're suing them for slander are violations of any particular laws). He makes an announcement on Transfans.net, crying that Skwege is harassing his family and that he called the po-po on him.

Sprunkner did call the police and they in turn contact Skwege.

The result? The police are highly pissed off-at Sprunkner. Because this is much ado about comic books.

All this name calling and wank is over whether or not the comic book series All Hail Megatron is in continuity.

The police were not too happy about being called to mediate a dispute over Starscream's alt mode.

They lecture Sprunkner and felt Skwege was somewhat justified. Skwege apologizes for dragging the wife into the mess because being accused of fucking children is serious business that involves the IRL banhammer.

The wank continues on Tranfan.net where Sprunkner whines some more (I guess his wife made him sleep on the couch) and Skwege threatens to post a scan of the police report.

These fine examples of male adulthood continue to fight about giant robots. I believe Sprunkner's wife summed it up succinctly in an email to Skwege: "This is a fight over made up robots-let it go."

Unfortunately, everyone ignores her.

Edit: I accept this is total fail. Need more recipes and fail macros, please.

arionhunter, posting in fandom_lounge:
2.1-Meter-Tall Pine-Cone Totoro Unveiled in Japan.

If only that had been in the Rose Bowl Parade, I might have watched.

ilya, posting in fandom_lounge:
The bubble in social networking has burst, decisively. LiveJournal, the San Francisco-based arm of Sup, a Russian Internet startup, has cut about 20 of 28 employees — and offered them no severance, we're told.

The company's product managers and engineers were laid off, leaving only a handful of finance and operations workers — which speaks to a website to be left on life support. Matt Berardo, a Yahoo executive hired on last summer, is also believed to be gone.

Source

Can you imagine the amazing bitchfest wankery that would go on if anything happened to LJ??? The internet would implode...

padme_kenobi, posting in daily_snitch:

• Actors and Movies: Tom Felton visits Universal Orlando Resort.
  
  Gary Oldman marries fourth wife.
  
  Rupert Grint enjoys New Year drink with his co-star girlfriend.
  
  
• Communities: Signups are open at hd_worldcup.
  
  The Snupin Santa 2008 Guessing Poll ends this Wednesday, January 7, at lupin_snape.
  
  The 2008 Master List has been posted at smutty_claus.
  
  The Fall Fest Exchange Reveal List has been posted at ron_draco.
  
  lupin_snape has Snape's Birthday Challenge.
  
  
• Hot Rec: The Gryffindor Gambit by Anonymous (Rated NC-17, Remus/Charlie)
  
  
• News: Games company denies new Harry Potter Lego game rumors.
  
  
• Searches: daily_snitch daily_snitch is looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange.

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shark, posting in fandom_lounge:
This one is for my mom - she just finished reading Phantom of the Opera (book, obviously) and wants to know where the fandom is - or at least where the fanfiction is: if anyone could rec me some good bookverse fic* I would be very, very much obliged. Good mimickry of Gaston Leroux's style (in the puffin classics translation) is a gigantic bonus.

Also one from/for myself - now that I've exhausted Yuletide's offerings and am already in the middle of the Dragonchoice duology (it's good!) - is there any other good Dragonriders of Pern fic on the net? I'll read most anything, although I really like metay fic.

* (gen or het, ideally; I think she would freak if I linked her slash. Also, non-porny, since I would freak at sending links to porn to my mom)

beccafran, posting in smutty_claus:
Here it is -- the master list of all art and fic posted in smutty_claus in the fifth fabulous year of the fest. All stories are also mirrored at our JF community.

I hope you enjoyed this year as much as I did, and will join us again in 2009!

( Specialis Revelio! )

kiltslave, posting in metafandom:

• francescacoppa: [in otw_news] Is YouTube Blocking Your Vids? Exercise Your Right To Fair Use! - Fair use is a muscle: it gets stronger when you exercise it, so if you believe that your vid is fair use, that it transforms copyrighted material for a new critical or creative purpose, you should dispute the claim. -
  
  (tags: fair_use vidding)

negativecosine, posting in fandom_lounge:
Written up here by stewardess.

(May shortly be wanky, but not provocative enough for clairvoyantwank just yet, I thought.)

titti, posting in daily_snitch:

( R and NC-17 )

If you have more fic rated R or NC-17 that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here.

Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen