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1. It was nice and overcast again today. Still very muggy, though. (It even rained a little overnight again.)

2. I beat Donkey Kong Bananza tonight. It's definitely a fun game. Looks like there's a ton of post-game stuff to do, and then there's a (paid, boo) DLC as well. I also want to play Final Fantasy Tactics, which is out at the end of the month, but I'll probably hold off on that and keep playing Donkey Kong for a bit first.

3. The lady at the farmers market had passionfruit bars again. They were soooooo good last week, I was really hoping she'd make them again. And the almond stand was back, so I was able to get my orange almond butter.

4. Jasper's posing for his mall photo.

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We've almost made it to the end of September and hopefully you've had a better and more successful month than I have. This has been my worst Stampede yet - I've failed at posting and I've not remotely kept up with tasks either, so I sincerely hope the month has been better for everyone reading this.

If you've been using the table and tackling something each day, feel free to tell us all about it this week. If not here's the table and pick up with today's (or any other day that suits) and tell us about it when you can - This will be the last post for September so feel free to tell us about your most recent achievements or about the month as a whole.

Remember this is supposed to be a low-stress challenge - if you miss a day, it doesn't matter, if the day's challenge doesn't suit, repeat the day before or start on the next day's. With the exception of two days, the challenges should take about 10 minutes, if you want to spend longer that's great, judge by your personal available time and energy.

To make it easier to take part and not be held up by time differences and days when I'm not able to post, all challenges will be posted in the table below the cut to aid both those taking part and the daily poster.

My biggest request for the month is that, whenever you can, you join in the chat - even if you haven't done the day's challenge come and cheer for others. We're here for the ups and downs this month so you can tell us when you're struggling as well as celebrate your successes.

( Daily Challenge Table shown below the cut )

And so today's challenge is, depending on where/when you are reading this (but I'll go with the 27th/28th) to either dusting skirting/baseboards or time finishing something you started but didn't quite finish previously.

My final thought for this post is one of looking forward to October. As my current situation is unlikely to improve next month, would it work for everyone if we have a similar plan for next month? Maybe have an 'Organisational October'? If that would work for you, please comment and feel free to leave some suggestions of things we could organise.

Good luck and enjoy what's left of your September.

torachan

Since it's been cooler and overcast, we did a late morning/midday trip, which meant the park was at its most crowded, but honestly it wasn't too bad. And the weather was very nice (though still muggy).

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jesse_the_k

Just found a great episode on 20,000 Hz, a favorite podcast of mine.

SUBTITLES ON: WHY IS MOVIE DIALOGUE SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

Answer at access_fandom, a comm I co-mod where we talk about making sure the full fandom experience works for all of us, no matter how our bodyminds work. Like many DW comms, it hosts useful knowledge going back a while, and is always ready to be revived.

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The 20 Thousand Hertz podcast dives deep into Why is movie dialogue so hard to understand?, providing six possible reasons why more and more people are turning on subtitles/captions for movies, TV, and the streaming services we use to watch them. Reason six comes with a solution!

Dallas Taylor, 20k.org’s founder, points out video games have solved this problem: most permit users to individually adjust the loudness settings for

music
sound effects
dialogue

Movie sound, on the other hand, is designed to be impressive in a great big theater. But of course most of us watch the screen sector’s output at home.

https://www.20k.org/episodes/subtitleson has both the 30-minute audio and a transcript

I’m a big fan of this podcast, which is often disability-adjacent. In its nine years, it's covered how artists shape sound to convey meaning, how manufacturers tune their devices to be friendly, and how Beethoven created great music when he couldn’t hear at all.

Not surprisingly, many fans work with sound. Taylor solicited listener-produced contributions; I enjoyed the sixteen he chose. The overall winner celebrates the sonic scrapbook a Canadian sound designer keeps of his blind son’s upbringing, and introduces generational delight to the stop announcements on the Montreal transit system.

Accessibility Issue: I couldn’t open the SquareSpace transcript window using my tab key (crucial for those of us who don’t use mice) so I hope this highlight link to the control opens the transcript—let know about trouble/solutions in the comments.

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i was able to fix the problem i was having by removing the

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problem i was having

hello! i'm back again~ working on another thing, and having issues with the module userpic and hiding it or moving it, essentially. i was able to move where i want the contents of the module userpic to be displayed and how i want the module content to be displayed, but i'm still having the issue of it showing up at the center and top, with the border.

you can view the live version at

testerjournal, and the image here. as you can see, or hover over the circle at the top it still shows as if the module userpic is up there which i don't want it to do.

module coding is here, and i can't figure out how to fix this

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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

princessofgeeks

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rydra_wong

For fans of body horror and/or excellent boss design, please enjoy the Gaping Dragon:

Watch on YouTube

Look, I just love its whole vagina dentata/Venus fly trap/ribcage/entire-body-as-maw/spine-snapping-backbends thing, okay? And it’s a fun fight, despite its absurd number of hitpoints and ability to kill you if it bumps you with a leg while it’s charging.

For anyone curious about how the process of figuring out a Dark Souls boss fight can go, some samples:

https://youtu.be/nnZP6WkKRpg?si=M3abOUFachMgs6cP&t=1143
https://youtu.be/u2U5mlfI6zM?si=Scx5xCM_Z7lB4bbX&t=5560 (after getting Capra on the second try, Mapocolops enters the Montage Of Despair zone)

Important context for some of what’s happening: Dark Souls has no animation cancelling, so if you press the “light attack” button twice, your character will swing twice, and if you press the “heal” button they will start the (slow) flask-drinking animation, even if you’ve subsequently realized this was a terrible idea and are now frantically pressing the buttons to dodge and screaming at your character to move. This is part of what requires you to be more deliberate and tactical; you can’t button-mash your way through even if you can mash buttons quickly.

(Also, both Reggie and Mapo started off summoning an NPC for assistance, but the trouble with it in this fight is that the NPC AI is not very bright and tends to stand in front of the dragon and get eaten early, leaving the player dealing with a boss that still has the extra HP to make up for the summons.)

Conversely, after having a horrendous time with Capra, Symbalily reads the fight near-perfectly on her first try: https://youtu.be/ByTGX1NRFs0?si=VBbn5DLh0hK-Gqp5&t=3183

(Team Halberd for the win; that two-handed R2 is so good.)

torachan

1. I got tickets to see MCR next October (2026) at the Hollywood Bowl! I didn't realize they were going to be coming back to LA so soon, but

gorgeousnerd mentioned it on bluesky the other day so I checked it out and there are three shows here, which went on sale at noon today. I was in the waiting room about fifteen minutes before and then in the queue itself for another ten to fifteen minutes or so. It was surprisingly painless. The last two times I bought tickets for them was much more of a struggle. This time both Carla and I are going, so that will be fun.

2. It was so nice and overcast today (actually rained a bit overnight, but not much) that I took a walk at lunchtime and there was no sun blazing down on me at all, and I was able to do a mile walk without getting sweaty or warm.

3. I interrupted Tuxie mid-groom.

twistedchick

What would Sec. Def. Hegseth know about 'the warrior ethos' that hardened generals and admirals didn't learn decades ago? I suspect this is a big show about his sexist, racist ideas to make the military more Aryan.

watersword

An excellent teaching experience today; the kids were more engaged and we had fewer tech snafus (and were better prepped to pivot for almost all of them), the one downside being that I did not act fast enough before the kids descended like locusts on the leftover lunchboxes and therefore I gotta get my own lunch.

But at least I had already prepared to buy myself dinner as a "yay you did a teaching!", so I can just get a gyro wrap and fries instead of bánh mì and spring rolls without any kind of emotional agonies.

A friend's yard sale is tomorrow and I have successfully offloaded a surprising number of things for that — two curtain sets! branded mugs! IKEA plates! — and I need to set up folks to care for the gherkin while I am away, and someone to pick up the corms for a public beautification project that is also happening then, and after a followup call, the Parks Department has finally finally admitted to looking at my pollinator garden plans and has feedback, which I gotta respond to. Also laundry needs to happen.

princessofgeeks

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Posted by therealmorticia

https://www.transformativeworks.org/collection-tags-and-improvements-to-collection-filters/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=268822

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.

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.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/collection-tags-and-improvements-to-collection-filters/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=268822

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An assortment of presents on a light green background with the text "Late Treat Bonanza."

Link:

latetreatbonanza | AO3 Collection

Description: Do you have a late gift that you started a long time ago and need a little push to finish up? Post it for Late Treat Bonanza! Late Treat Bonanza is an event designed to motivate people to finish up old gifts for a deadline. You can add your late gifts to our collection, which will keep it hidden until everything gets revealed all at once on December 25th! We also provide a 1-week anonymous period to make it a Secret Santa-like gifting occasion. If you've been having trouble finishing up a late treat, maybe this event will provide you the motivation you need!

Even if you aren't planning on making anything, if you've signed up for exchanges and other gift-giving events in the past, you may want to sign up to indicate your interest in receiving late gifts. People already working on treats or looking for some old requests for inspiration might be motivated to create something for you!

* Note that Late Treat Bonanza is now running once a year during this Christmas time period, so get your late treats in now while you can!

Schedule:
Sign-ups end/works due: 24 December 23:59 PST (UTC-8)
Creator reveals/collection closed: 31 December 23:59 PST (UTC-8)

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torachan

1. I am still mostly waiting for people to get back to me with things, so today was another fairly slow day at work, though I did get started checking one file I was provided. Overall I do feel like we're making really good progress on this.

2. We've entered into some nice overcast weather that's really feeling a bit like fall. I just checked the forecast and it should stay in the low 70s for most of the next week.

3. Gemma enjoying the sun on another, not-overcast day.

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Link: Round 17 Sign Ups | Round 17 Themes

Description:

celebrity20in20 is a 20in20 community dedicated to making icons of actors and actresses. You have 20 days to make 20 icons about a celebrity of your choice, based on a set of themes for the round.

Schedule: Round 17 sign ups are open NOW. Icons are due October 13, 2025.

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Posted by Elintiriel

https://www.transformativeworks.org/transformative-works-and-cultures-releases-issue-no-46/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=268791

Transformative Works and Cultures has released No. 46!

In the opening editorial of this issue, the editors explain that the journal is focused on diversifying fan studies by diversifying “the scholarly grounds upon which we do our work” to work against “the existence of a sort of canon of fan studies scholarship”.

Over the last year, the editors goal has been to “make room for the fandom killjoys (Pande 2018) and troublemakers who can unsettle those foundations” and this general issue continues to engage with that work.

Each issue includes articles representing theory, fannish meta, and book reviews, such as the following:

Further, this issue introduces a new special section, “New Currents,” which collects articles on new topics or approaches at a smaller scale than a special issue. In this issue, New Currents focuses on how fans and fan studies scholars engage with AI as a tool for transformative engagement with fannish texts. It features four articles and two symposium pieces, along with an introduction by the section’s guest editors, Suzanne R. Black and Naomi Jacobs.

TWC’s current calls for papers include the following issues:

Music Fandom, papers due 01/01/26
Latin American Fandoms, papers due 01/01/26

We accept submissions for our general issues on a rolling basis. The general issue is always released on September 15.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/transformative-works-and-cultures-releases-issue-no-46/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=268791

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Wild und kraus kreist die Welt!

Daily Happiness

Last Post of September Stampede

2025 Disneyland Trip #64 (9/27/25)

Why More and More of Us Are Using Captions/Subtitles to Understand Dialog

Finally! Why It’s Harder to Hear Dialogue These Days

[solved] moving around the module content or hiding it!

Speak Up Saturday

postscript

"Don't get vored"

Daily Happiness

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Small victories

Collection Tags and Improvements to Collection Filters

How do collection tags work?

What about existing collections?

Other changes

Multifandom: Late Treat Bonanza - sign-ups/posting open

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celebrity20in20 Round 17

celebrity20in20 Round 17

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