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([personal profile] muccamukk May. 5th, 2026 09:48 am)
Live nearish to a school, and just saw a chain of students walk slowly by. Most were wearing red shirts, some of the adults beat frame drums. Intermittent singing of the Women's Warrior Song drifted across the street.

Today we hang red dresses and remember the women, girls and two-spirit people who could be wearing them, but are missing and dead.
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([personal profile] frith May. 5th, 2026 08:15 am)
Llama_foot

It's hilarious that a former über all natural shoe company, that sold expensive shoes to rich tech hippie types swimming in cash, have completely ditched the greenest of the green footwear now that software engineers are all getting the boot. The Allbirds footware company has pivoted to server farms "training" LLM's. Spicy autocorrect pin-the-bit-on-the output file programs. The ones that consume as much power and water as a small town while trying to develop into automated software engineers. Oh so very much not green. It's like that Smashmouth song all over again: What the hell happened?

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([personal profile] frith May. 4th, 2026 10:43 am)
Trt_Lily07

At long last, some good news for human teeth. It appears that everyone has a "third dental crest", a full set of tooth buds that are laying dormant, the development of which is switched off by a protein called USAG-1. When USAG-1 is blocked, the buds grow into new teeth which replace the permanent teeth that replaced your first set of "baby teeth". That would be a whole new set although I do not know if there are buds still where wisdom teeth have been surgically removed or where posts have been anchored into the jaw bone.

Dr. Katsu Takahashi et al at Kyoto University in Japan have developed a monoclonal antibody that blocks USAG-1 with a single injection. The monoclonal antibody, named TRG-035, binds to USAG-1, freeing the BMP and Wnt signaling pathways to start the growth process, turning the buds into fully functional teeth.

ElfTeeth

The researchers created a startup company, Toregem BioPharma Co., Ltd. and received permission to accelerate the usual test trial sequence necessary for approval of a novel medical treatment. A human safety trial on 30 healthy adult males aged 30 to 64 started in October 2024. The following phase of the study, sometime in 2025, is a two year efficacy trial involving children aged 2 to 7 born without a complete set of teeth. Large scale phase three efficacy trials will conclude in 2029. The objective is general availability of this TRG-035 shot by 2030.

What is strange is that this is not showing up in the Associated Press circuit. I see several "benchchem" pdf's, MSN in Spanish once, a few posts on Shitter ("X") and YouTube. Searching for 'toregem biopharma' got a mention on Global News and the National Post three years ago, plus more hits on Shitter and Instagram.

ComfyUI_Pony727

Dr. Katsu Takahashi appears in Local application of Usag-1 siRNA can promote tooth regeneration in Runx2-deficient mice found here: Scientific Reports 11, Article number: 13674 (2021); in a paper not found online: Takahashi, K. et al. Feasibility of molecularly targeted therapy for tooth regeneration [In New trends in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: official book of the Japanese Society of Regenerative Medicine (eds Hibi, H. & Hueda, M.) 55–65 (Intech, 2014).]; and in Scientific Reports Volume 8, P:1-13, Article number: 5169 (2018).

Scientific Reports is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific mega journal, the largest in the world by number of articles where anything is published, as long as it is technically sound in methodology and analysis. So this whole tooth regeneration thing might be legit. It looks like results from the first trial are due in about six months.

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([personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi posting in [community profile] 1word1day May. 4th, 2026 06:33 am)
nacreous [ney-kree-uhs]

adjective
resembling mother-of-pearl; lustrous; pearly, iridescent

examples
1. This one is tough--its nacreous, butterfly shell swings shut on its hinges, small black wings locked like a mouth. "Mussels" [poem] by Lucinda Roy.

2. "Looking like a "portal to the next dimension" or possibly a spaceship, the shimmering colours of nacreous cloud were spotted. "Rare 'rainbow cloud' spotted in UK skies." BBC. 21 December 2023

origin
1590s, "type of shellfish that yields mother-of-pearl," from French nacre (Old French nacaire, 14c.), from Italian naccaro (now nacchera), possibly from Arabic naqur "hunting horn" (from nakara "to hollow out"), in reference to the shape of the mollusk shell. Meaning "mother-of-pearl" is from 1718. The French adjectival form nacré was applied in English to decorative objects iridescent like mother of pearl (1895).

May the fourth be with you!

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([personal profile] alexcat May. 4th, 2026 12:11 am)
The ABC's of me.

A. Age: 66

B. Bed Size: Queen

C. Chore You Really Dislike: Dishwashing

D. Dogs: Allergic

E. Essential Start to Your Day: A cup of coffee

F. Favorite Color: B;lack

G. Gold or Silver: Gold

H. Height: 5’

I. Instruments You Play: None

J. Job: Retired

K. Kids: One daughter who was killed in 2005 in a car accident at 16.

L. Live: I live in the rural south

M. Mom’s Name: Mama

N. Nicknames: :Larry calls me Suzie.

O. Overnight Hospital Stays: I’ve stayed for 6 weeks.

P. Pet Peeve: Idiots

Q. Quote From A Movie: ‘Luminous beings are we. Not this crude matter.’ - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

R. Right or Left Handed: Right.

S. Siblings: No

T. Time You Wake Up: About 8 am

U. Underwear: Cotton granny panties.

V was not included. VCR - do yu still own one and dies it work? I do and I think it does.

W. What Makes You Run Late: Me.

X. X-Rays You’ve Had: Hundreds. I probably should glow in the dark.

Y. Yummy Food You Make: I’m a pretty decent cook.

Z. Zoo - Elephant

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([personal profile] itsanonyx posting in [community profile] your_favourites May. 3rd, 2026 06:57 pm)




Okay, if needed I can't extend this Challenge so I decided to go with a (hopefully) easy Challenge that we already had in 2016: Animal

Just icon your favorite Animal. :D If said Animal is part of any fandom you're allowed to go with those too. So - for example - you can go with Sonic the Hedgehog if Hedgehogs are your favorite Animals. <3 Of course you can go with Stock only too if this was easier for you. :o) Everything goes as long as it's classified as an Animal. :o)

Please NO Magical Creatures (like Dragons) since there are no proof that they really existed. Only Animals with clear proof that they really existed. (And, yes, I count Dinosaurs there too because we have proof of them. :D)



Giraffe by [personal profile] emmatheslayer | Cat by [personal profile] thesleepingbeauty | Tiger by [personal profile] tinny | Dolphin by [personal profile] sandy79


* You may icon 2 different Animals in this challenge (in case you cannot decide which one is your absolute favorite).
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* Please ask questions if you have any.

* DEADLINE: Sunday, May 17th 2026 (04pm Central European Time). [countdown]
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([personal profile] itsanonyx posting in [community profile] your_favourites May. 3rd, 2026 06:52 pm)


* Vote for the best THREE (3) ICONS in order of preference (f.e. 80, 66, 57). Voting is weighted, meaning first place gets 3 points, second place gets 2 points, third place gets 1 point.
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Voting: Challenge #235 - B/W with Favorite Color [Special Challenge] )

Please vote in comments, comments are screened.
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([personal profile] itsanonyx posting in [community profile] your_favourites May. 3rd, 2026 06:43 pm)


Thank you so much for all your votes! Congratulations to all winners!
If you would like to get a winner banner, please comment.

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([personal profile] frith May. 3rd, 2026 08:35 am)
Sprg_Beauty05

A few years ago, might have been four, the person who dropped off llamas on my property starting over a decade ago, wanted to grow catnip for a cat toy project. On my front lawn. Sure, why not. So he rented a rototiller, dug up a section, planted a bunch of plants, which never grew big enough to harvest. The crowd of volunteer weeders never materialized, and by the next year I think he lost interest. It's easier and probably cheaper to buy dried catnip in bulk. So I have a lumpy overgrown "garden" area, and I have a small mountain of woodshavings/llama manure compost. What to do, what to do. I hear that blueberry bushes like woodchip compost. Could be true. I sent an email this week to the catnip farmer indicating that I think the crop is pining for the fjords and that I'm toying with removing the plastic tarp weed suppressor material and burying the area in mulch... No answer yet. Often times, like when I say I'm running low on hay, he just shows up several days later.

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([personal profile] sallymn posting in [community profile] 1word1day May. 3rd, 2026 01:35 pm)

heresiarch [huh-ree-zee-ahrk, -see-, her-uh-see-]

noun:
a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.

Examples:

His son labels him a 'Heresiarch,' though this particular heresy is an attack not on religion but on the banality of life. (Ruth Franklin, The Lost, The New Yorker, December 2002)

The Waldenses are so called from their heresiarch, Waldus, who, of his own will (suo spiritu ductus), not sent by God, started a new sect, presuming forsooth to preach without the authority of a Bishop, without the inspiration of God, without learning. (Alan de Insulis, quoted in Henry James Warner, The Albigensian Heresy)

When he discusses Nestorius, the great episcopal heresiarch condemned at Ephesus, he says that his error was to think of himself as "the first and only one to understand Scripture (Thomas Guarino, 'St Vincent of Lerins and the development of Christian doctrine' Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, June 2014)

At first I skipped to the second volume, containing the "Philosophy of Abélard," and, after reading that with the greatest interest, I returned to the first, to the life of the great heresiarch. (Prosper Mérimée, Abbé Aubain and Mosaics)

He is constantly provocative of adverse, even of severe criticism; of half the heresies from which he has suffered - not only that of impressionism - he was himself the unconscious heresiarch. (George Saintsbury, A History of Nineteenth Century Literature)

Origin:
'arch-heretic; leader in heresy,' 1620s, from Church Latin haeresiarcha, from Late Greek hairesiarkhes 'leader of a school;' in classical use chiefly a medical school; in ecclesiastical writers, leader of a sect or heresy (see heresy + arch-)(Online Etymology Dictionary)

Continuing with 2018, this is a short, PWP ficlet I wrote about Rosita Bustillos and Waverly Earp, a pairing that had me obsessed back then (and that I remain very fond of).

Title: chillin' in a hot tub.
Fandom: Wynonna Earp.
Character/Pairing: Rosita Bustillos/Waverly Earp.
Rating/Warnings: E, none.
Summary: It doesn't stop at the kiss.
Word count: ~700-800.

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Waverly felt light-headed and reckless and overwhelmed, but most of all, she felt on ecstasy.

The kiss had been thoughtless. She was pissed and then she wasn't, and Rosita was there, beautiful and at peace and strangely wise. She seemed to get it, to have life all figured out.

Kissing her was a no brainer. By which she meant, her brain had at no point been consulted in the decision made between the bubbles and the instant their mouths collided.

It felt good. And Rosita didn't stop her, so she closed her eyes and didn't stop.

It started softly; a quiet brush of their lips, a tentative hand cupping Rosita's face. Her hands traveled to Waverly's neck, a feather-like touch.

Rosita moved away from the tub's wall, giving herself more space. Her knee grazed the inside of Waverly's leg, sending a shiver of concentrated heat through her whole body. She had to balance herself grabbing the ledge, barely suppressing the soft gasp that raised to her throat.

After half a second of hesitation, Waverly decided to climb on Rosita's lap, pressing closer to her; she moved her hands down her chest, exchanging slow, seemingly eternal kisses. Rosita's hand grasped her hips, holding her in place.

She leaned back, tentatively tugging at her bikini bottom with a questioning look in her eyes, and Waverly nodded quickly before diving back in, refusing to stop their kiss.

Rosita pulled it down all the way to her knees, leaving her feeling wonderfully exposed. Waverly's breath grew quicker, her kisses more frantic, hungry, impatient.

The brush against her clit —light, quick, almost hesitant— felt like a soft shock of electricity, and it made her gasp louder than she was comfortable with.

She moved towards Rosita's hand, signaling to her what she wanted. Soon, those fingertips came back, caressing her clit, her labia, each time steadier and more confident.

Rosita stopped the kiss, dragging a petulant whine out of her, until she started placing soft, wet kisses down her jaw; her neck; her shoulder.

As she started giving her a hickey right above her breast, Waverly pulling lightly at her hair and digging her nails on her shoulder, she introduced one of her fingers, as tentative as her first touches. She circled it, pressing, and Waverly had to bite down on her own lips, hard, to prevent any possible noise. She pushed in a second one, and yet another one, curling them and pressing it just right, as she kept rubbing her clit with her thumb.

Waverly remembered to open her eyes —she loved this moment. And somehow the look on Rosita's face, hyper-focused and —uncharacteristically, given the situation— serious, even more than anything else, was what finished building up her orgasm.

A high whine left her lips, a little too loud, and Rosita's free hand quickly covered her mouth, suffocating the next ones, until it was over.

She heard a soft thud, barely registering it in the back of her head. And it was then, with Rosita's fingers still inside her, when the guilt crashed into her, as if a dead cold knife stabbed her in the stomach.

She saw an echoing, somehow more disenchanted and jaded, guilt-ridden look on Rosita's eyes.

"We should—"

"Yeah."

They separated, incapable of looking each other in the eye.

She pulled up her bikini, something that made her feel even dirtier than anything else they'd done.

She climbed out of the hot tub and put on her bathrobe, trying to silence the ridiculous voice in her head talking about rudeness and reciprocation. 




If once Shorty's had been like a second home to her —sometimes, a first home—, that night entering it felt like trespassing.

Rosita was on the bar, cleaning it, with a glass and a half-full bottle next to her.

She walked to her, reluctant, and sat a few chairs away.

"Nothing happened," Rosita said, gently. "It'll be easier that way."

She was probably right. Though she had the feeling it'd be a long time before she could forget everything Tucker said to her, while she still thought Rosita had been left to die on the floor.

She had a million things she wanted to say, from apologies to thank yous; from promises of secrecy to questions about what it was like to be a Revenant, and how maybe they weren't that different in that regard.

But the only thing she felt the strength to do was patting a second glass with her fingers, with what she hoped was an unguarded pleading look.

For the first time since they came back from the spa, Rosita's shoulders relaxed, an easy smile expanding across her face, and maybe, maybe Waverly hadn't screwed everything up.

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([personal profile] queenslayerbee May. 2nd, 2026 07:44 pm)
First of all, in celebration of (finally!) getting to the end of Twin Peaks' decades-long tale, I got a new default icon of my best beloved girl: Laura Fucking Palmer.

Second of all: in my community dedicated to femslash ships in the DC universe, after a little Self-Promotion event in April, I'm running an OTP weekend later in May, from the 22nd to the 24th. Everyone is welcome to participate!


Image of two swans with their beaks together in semblance of a kiss. It's been edited so it looks like a difusse oil painting, and it largely contains white, blue, black and pink tones. It features the text "DCU FEMSLASH OTP WEEKEND."
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