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Incredible Video Shows Sperm Whales Come Together to Birth a Calf

The beautiful moment when an entire group of sperm whales came together to support the birth of a calf has, for the first time, been recorded in unprecedented detail.

Over several hours on 8 July 2023, scientists recorded two sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) family groups coming together in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Dominica, taking turns to assist with the birth and help the newborn calf stay at the surface to take its first breaths.

Species survival depends on cooperation.

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twistedchick

This is a prayer for Baba Yaga. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for the magic of chicken feet, the heat of old hates, the way old bones hurt. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for hat knitters, sign-carriers, Congress-callers. Old women make up the Resistance.

This is a prayer for casserole-bakers, newsletter-writers, nuisances. Old women make up the Resistance.

This is a prayer for phone-bankers, neighborhood-canvassers, early-voters. Old women make up the Resistance.

When the Moon is full, I call to Her.

I bring coals for Her oven. I bring flour, to cover Her tracks. I bring paprika salve for Her old, sore joints.

I bring a list of complicit women. I bring a doll poked with pins and bound with vines. I bring a bottle of ancient anger.

“Come, Baba Yaga,” I say. “Come find me alone in the woods.”

She comes as she always comes: after a long, scary wait.

She comes as she always comes: riding a mortar, a mop handle, a big, black bird.

She comes as she always comes: hungry, grumpy, alone.

“Old One,” I cry, “We are deep in the darkness. We stand on the front lines, but we are afraid.”
Old One,” I say, “We are tired, our legs get shaky, our fingers are sore.”

“Old One,” I whisper, “It seems to us as if we have worked all our lives and only gone backwards.”

“Oh, shut up,” Baba Yaga says, grabbing all the cookies and putting them into her bag. “Give me those for my cat,” She demands, pointing to liver mousse, sausages, cheese.

She pulls down the skin below my eyes. “Not enough yogurt,” She decides.

“Oh,” She says, turning her chicken hut around and going way past the speed limit, “You’ll be fine. I saw it in some tea leaves. This all works out in the end.”

“Build you a fence made of bones,” She says. “Write this on your wrist: ‘By my mother’s blessing.’”

This is a prayer to Baba Yaga. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for women in sneakers. This is a prayer for Resistance.

This is a prayer for one more phone call. This is a prayer for Resistance.

-- by Hecate Demeter

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She did not write one for Ostara, but I found this one, from near the same time of the year a few years ago, and I think it's suitable on the eve of NO KINGS.

marycatelli

capri0mni

Just shy of two weeks ago, I caught an episode of the YouTube Channel/Podcast "The Rest is Science: Cognitive Ghosts," about weird perceptional things like de ja vous, and the uncanny sensation that there's someone in the room with you. In the very last chapter of the video, They talk about the almost universal experience of people in the process of dying having dreams of loved ones who've died before them.

And they mentioned the hypothesis that it could be the brain's way of distracting the dying person from the physical pain of their body shutting down. Which is lovely to think that your last thoughts in life will be of love. But I also think, that as a uniquely, intensely cultural species, passing on our values and knowledge and life lessons is just as, if not more, important than passing on our genetic material. So our brains go into overdrive, with all the fervor of a salmon swimming upstream -- reminding us of all the most important knowledge we've learned (love each other, forgive each other), so we can pass pass that knowledge on to those who will live after us.

ysabetwordsmith

Our theme for this session was "World Cuisine." I wrote from 12 PM to 3:45 AM, so about 13 hours 45 minutes, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 3 poem on Tuesday plus 3 later in the week.

Participation was up, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 40 on Dreamwidth. A total of 11 people sent prompts. There were no new prompters.

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The following poems from the March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Confident Guesswork and Improvisation"
"Nuff Respect"
"Refusing to Melt"

"To Understand Water" (Polychrome Heroics, October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl)

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If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from March 3. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: [Bad username or unknown identity: janetmiles>, <user name=], and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 0 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.

The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

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hannah

Picking up the materials for a new contract project today had me thinking about average expectations. It's a small enough project to fit inside a banker's box, and a deep enough project to keep me busy for quite a few weeks. It's also not a heavy project - like I said, banker's box - but I was told I might need a cart to carry the box the few blocks from its owner's apartment to mine. I carried it on top of the twenty-some-odd jars of herbs and spices I'd bought from someone moving out of their apartment, plus the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and jarred tomato products. It was inconvenient to maneuver, but not hard to carry.

It's going to involve cataloging personal letters, probably with indexing who sent them and who received them, who else was mentioned and where they were sent from, and I'm already thinking about how to set this all up for optimal ease of use. The hauling it over was the easy part. It's why I keep going to the gym - vanity's a small part of it, and a much larger part is being able to haul stuff around without needing the help of other people, or even much in the way of carts.

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: nothing now

cornerofmadness

You know I'll defend medicine/doctors tooth and nail EXCEPT when they exhibit asshole behavior. Once I get through my testing I'm finding a different new cardiologist. the one I met today didn't listen to me. rolled his eyes at me and then berated me and my other doctors.

So why are you here? I explain that I've been coughing and while I think I'm coughing down the hiatal hernia, my GP suggested it might be me internally massaging aFib into rhythm. He literally rolled his eyes and I knew it was on. He then basically went on attack WHY are you still on blood thinner 5 years after your accident. You should have been taken off these years ago.

Well I have a stent.

yes but that's old school giving plavix for it. Yes I guess it's been a while since I wrote for that drug for MY patients (i.e. you're talking to another doctor in case you didn't bother to look) I had to say several times that I will ask my vascular surgeon about it in a few weeks. i.e. I'm not switch my care to you but yes I'll take that drug name and ask him (seriously if I could be off the blood thinners I'd be thrilled).

So again why are you here? Because of what I already told you and I'm tachycardic (my heart rate it too high) and has been for years because we thought it was compensation for my very low blood pressure. And in the last year I've gained 10 pounds (for no real reason) and my pressure has gone high 140-150. I thought it was the wellbutrin but going off hasn't helped.

You're diabetic WHY aren't you on statins and ace inhibitors. Ace inhibitors save kidneys! (said in an affronted tone like he'd like to throw down with my endocrinologist)

Did you NOT hear me? I have had low blood pressure. If you put me on an ace inhibitor I'd pass out. (We are trying one now because he wouldn't shut up and my pressure has been high)

You need to be on a statin. No, my family doesn't tolerate them. I've tried. muscle pain, fuck that. I'd rather try adjusting my diet/exercise. He scoffs you're at 110. So? Well the NEW number is 70. (Don't get me started on the fact that the only ones doing drug research are pharm companies with a vested interest in lower numbers to sell more pills).

Finally he stops harping on my other doctors and my unwillingness to try a battery of new meds (one, dude, let's start with one) and decided I need an echocardiogram. Agreed. Your last one was 2017 (said in a tone that said he was shocked I had one because he hasn't been fucking listening to me about the tachycardia, low pressure and heart zoomies in the middle of the night) and I'm like really and holy hell how is that nearly a decade ago and not last year?

You need to take your blood pressure 3 times a day and we'll give you a log.

And you need to be on a Holter monitor which is what I was hoping for. He fucks off to go be a ray of sunshine with someone else and the nurse comes in with the Holter monitor and tells me I need to return in two months (which I bargain down to about 6 weeks because I'll be traveling by then). I'm used to Holter monitors being 72 hours. Not this time. 1 month. ONE month! 'it gives us more info' True. 'if nothing is happening we'll call you in 2 weeks and you can take it off then but if something is wrong' Sounds great.

She shows me two placements (straight between the boobs, across the left boob) she goes left and now the fucking monitor jabs me in the tit every time I move my left arm. I don't have enough glue pads to take it off just yet. Also it has its own little phone that records and sends it to the hospital too but now I have to carry my phone, this phone AND the dexcom reader. I need a wee purse for all this crap.

So once all this is done and if it finds anything seriously wrong (according to him my heart beat was irregular via ascultation) I will find someone else. I can not imagine staying in this dude's care. And that is something I highly encourage everyone to do. If you can (not everyone can) if you don't like your doc get a second opinion. There is never a need to stay with someone you don't like (within reason like my insurance, I don't know if it'll pay for Marshal U's docs in WV but I am going to look into it. I have found teaching hospital doctors to be a bit nicer).

No story from me this week (been working on meta) but have the fannish 50 fandom recs

Unexpected Treasure Torchwood

Finding Carol FAKE

it’s not easy being green. Merlin

Enter the Sixth Ranger Hazbin Hotel

Home No More Torchwood

warm all over Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Wolf and Seasons Ookami to Koushinryou | Spice and Wolf

Rain, Games, and Ferrets Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three HousesFire Emblem Musou: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

the little bird that got away 陈情令 | The Untamed

Being Green Torchwood

The Most Important, Bejeweled, Gold Tipped Cog Hazbin Hotel

pinned and mounted (wings) Hazbin Hotel

Better than Tons of Gold and Cases of Diamonds
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo

the Love Songs of the Urban Borahae Bird 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS

Secrets in the Shadows Hazbin Hotel

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Current Music: Death in Paradise

ineptshieldmaid

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ysabetwordsmith

The following poems from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."

"An Expression That Crosses Boundaries"
Story Date: Saturday, July 9, 2016
Summary: Shiv and Pain's Gray make treats to celebrate Rutledge setting up a teleport hub, and they visit Kardal at the Syrian Foods truck.
236 lines, Buy It Now = $118

Shiv had heard that Rutledge
was going to get a teleport hub.

"Foraging Forever"
Summary: Refugees of the Fall struggle to find enough food and cope with cultural differences.
195 lines, Buy It Now = $98

If there was one thing
they all had in common
after the Fall, it was hunger.

"Walnut Park"
Story Date: Monday, June 6, 2016
Summary: Boss Blaster looks at an empty lot and imagines a food truck park.
505 lines, Buy It Now = $253

Just after breakfast,
Boss Blaster's phone rang.

Checking the screen, he saw
that it was Farrah Van Andel,
his usual real estate agent.

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daeron_2019

We finally came to our house on the coast of France:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81979626

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Author: Silvertrails
Title: The Light of Ithil
Text type / Format: Fixed format
Source / Fandom: The Silmarillion, Avengers
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 300
Summary: Daeron remembers the past while spending some time with Maglor and Bucky near the sea. This story is part of one of my crossover arcs. I am posting it for the March Challenge.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81979626

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ismo

We saw Project Hail Mary yesterday. It was great, and cleverly put together, and had some amazing scenery. I had been hoping it would help me escape the feelings of cosmic vertigo and dread to which I've been prone lately, but alas, no. If anything, it made them worse, because there are so many moments where Ryland Grace, our viewpoint character, experiences just that! For me, it's not physical vertigo, but rather an internal sensation of things spinning out of control, of being not very tightly roped up to a thin edge of the precarious. And Ryland Grace provides many scenes of exactly that. But I still recommend the movie highly. Hopefully you won't have quite the same reaction I did. When I got home, I tried a couple of shots of the paczki-flavored vodka I had in the freezer, to see if that would ameliorate the situation. It had no effect whatsoever, and I dared not increase the dosage lest my stomach spontaneously combust with the firewater.

It's imperative that I use every spare moment to get things ready around here, because we'll return from Chicago on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Tron and the Lumberjack will arrive for their first visit in ages! But I've never been good at using those spare minutes in a practical way. This morning, I put some laundry in, made a weak start at packing, and dashed to the bakery outlet for more bread and a ham and cheese croissant for the Sparrowhawk. He worked at removing some of the carpet furring strips from the edges of the guest room so the Lumberjack won't step on them and hurt his feet. The cement nails that held them down will not come out, so we'll have to tape over them or something, but at least some of the vicious little tacks that were sitting there point up are gone. This evening, we went down there and made sure the tv was working, by watching Jeopardy while I tried to scrape up more of the carpet pad remnants that are stuck to glue swirls on the floor. I didn't have great success, but I made some progress.

What I look forward to all day is climbing into bed and watching another episode of Magnum PI. We've almost finished them, so we'll have to find a replacement. I might try The Rockford Files--I enjoy watching James Garner grumble at his pappy and then get beat up by each week's contingent of sweaty thugs. That man has a durability that is inspiring.

snopes_feed

Posted by Jordan Liles

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/los-angeles-chase-ice/

The clip allegedly shows a masked person punching a masked ICE agent, followed by a crowd rushing and chasing away three uniformed men.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/los-angeles-chase-ice/

ysabetwordsmith

Moon base and Mars! NASA makes exciting announcements

NASA is committed to achieving the near-impossible once again, to return to the moon [by early 2029], build a moon base, establish an enduring presence, and do the other things needed to ensure American leadership in space.

It's good to hear serious space aspirations again.

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mistressofmuses

The final post about our trip to the zoo!

Once again, most of these pictures are from inside the Tropical Discovery building, which is always my favorite, ha.

Eyelash viper, indeed showing off some lovely lashes.

Eight pictures below the cut:

This monitor was climbing up the tree right as we arrived.

Cobra!

They seem like they're just hanging out.

This guy looks like a little dragon!

Last time someone said the alligator snapping turtle looked like it was just an ordinary-sized turtle, so this time I attempted to get an object for scale. Unfortunately a large crowd of people were coming up, so I didn't get to position my for-scale water bottle the best. The bottle is closer than the turtle, so he's really still even bigger than he looks!

Just a wonderfully polite looking komodo dragon. Would never bite you and leave you to die of sepsis.

Chameleons are so cool. I love their mitten hands.

This guy came right up to stare back, haha.

I love the salt and pepper rattlesnake. :)

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my apartment

scrubjayspeaks

The lake monster bopped its nose into a large, red button set into the side of a rig that had been installed with much excitement by the Engineering and Cultural Studies departments at the community college. The waterproof cabinet to which it connected, after a moment for the signal to be transmitted across many miles and a great deal of water, lit up with a display of another aquatic mystery creature waiting in its murky loch. One did not live long as a lake monster without a healthy appreciation for alone time, but it was still a treat to be able to sing with its Scottish cousin now and then.

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LL#1375

cupcake_goth

We took Miss Erzabet No Biting to the vet yesterday; despite her thyroid ear goo, she's lost weight, is still peeing and pooing everywhere, has been throwing up a lot, has been drinking a LOT of water, and has days of sneezing and being listless.

They drew blood, did x-rays, then gave her some fluids, vitamins, and steroids. The vet said that we'll have test results in a few days, but she has lost weight and just looking at her he's pretty sure there's something wrong. On the x-rays her kidneys looked smaller than they should, and her intestines "didn't look right", but he needs the tech to increase the contrast before he can make a diagnosis.

He used the phrase "be prepared in case of end of life procedures are needed". Not a phrase anyone ever wants to hear, and it sent me straight to my anti-anxiety meds.

For all we know, she'll be put on an additional med and she'll be healthy and happy for years. That's what I'm hoping for. Because while I love(d) all of our kitties, past and present, Miss Erzabet No Biting is the spiritual successor to my beloved Dread Beastie, and I'm not ready for her to leave.

Dear 2026, DO NOT.

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This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #34419 Daily poll

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 22

How are you doing?

I am okay
12 (54.5%)

I am not okay, but don't need help right now
10 (45.5%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans are you living with?

I am living single
10 (45.5%)

One other person
5 (22.7%)

More than one other person
7 (31.8%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

soc_puppet

Still plugging away at this! I've mostly gotten over the motion sickness, but it does pop up from time to time. That said, a new contender for annoying traits has arisen: The absolute supremacy of the night/day changeover. Surely, even if simply challenging someone in the Z-A Royale isn't enough to override the change, being mid-battle with a wild Pokémon should be?

Speaking of things getting interrupted in the Z-A Royale, I'm definitely miffed that another trainer can spot and challenge me when I've already sent my Pokémon to challenge them. Very annoying! I should absolutely get first strike if I've already targeted their 'mon and set mine to attack it! Harrumph!

On the plus side, in addition to the guaranteed shiny Mareep, I've picked up a shiny Alpha Bellsprout and a shiny regular size Weedle, so I'm ahead of the game on shinies! Thank goodness for the shiny announcement side effect, or I never would've noticed the Weedle.

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ysabetwordsmith - Wildlife
twistedchick - This is a prayer to Baba Yaga; this is a prayer of resistance.
marycatelli - Nadine and the Rampaging Lesson
capri0mni - Watched a video, have had a ~Thought~ ever since
ysabetwordsmith - Poetry Fishbowl Report for March 3, 2026
but_can_i_be_trusted in genprompt_bingo - [BINGO] Combined Blackout (Round 29)
hannah - New work.
cornerofmadness - A rough end to a rough week
ineptshieldmaid - Things I have researched, for Heated Rivalry purposes
ysabetwordsmith - Unsold Poems for the March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
daeron_2019 - Fic: The Light of Ithil
silver_trails in tolkienshortfanworks - The Light of Ithil, by Silvertrails
ismo - Sumac of Trill
snopes_feed - Video shows LA residents chasing away ICE agents?
ysabetwordsmith - Space Exploration
mistressofmuses - Monday, March 09: The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (Part 3 - reptiles)
scrubjayspeaks - Lake Lewisia #1375
cupcake_goth - No. Do not want.
adafrog in fandom_checkin - Daily Check In.
soc_puppet - Pokémon Legends Z-A again

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This is a prayer to Baba Yaga; this is a prayer of resistance.

Nadine and the Rampaging Lesson

Watched a video, have had a ~Thought~ ever since

Poetry Fishbowl Report for March 3, 2026

[BINGO] Combined Blackout (Round 29)

New work.

A rough end to a rough week

Things I have researched, for Heated Rivalry purposes

Unsold Poems for the March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl

Fic: The Light of Ithil

The Light of Ithil, by Silvertrails

Sumac of Trill

Video shows LA residents chasing away ICE agents?

Space Exploration

Monday, March 09: The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (Part 3 - reptiles)

Lake Lewisia #1375

No. Do not want.

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