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National Theatre's Importance of Being Earnest (2025)

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Free to view now until the 18th, GMT, I assume.

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These questions were suggested by

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1. Have you ever watched illusion magic? Close-up, or in a stage show, or on television? Did it work for you?

2. Have you ever wished on a star, or a lucky cat, or a coin in a wishing well? Did it work in some way?

3. Have you ever cast a spell, made a love charm, or tried a curse? Did it work in some way?

4. Are there any other traditional superstitions you pay attention to? Do they work in some way?

5. Would you want major magical powers like in a fantasy story? Which powers, and how would you use them?

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Link: Round 21 Sign Ups | Round 21 Themes

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Schedule: Round 21 sign ups are open NOW. Icons are due March 30, 2026.

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The Battle Against Enshittification

dw_dev: AI and Dreamwidth.
Great post from

mark about exactly how DW could use AI (potentially spam filtering), and how it will never use it (feeding your posts into the maw).

404 Media: 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back.
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

The Verge: Grammarly is using our identities without permission.
When users select the 'expert review' button in the Grammarly sidebar, it analyzes their writing and surfaces AI-generated suggestions 'inspired by' related experts. Those 'industry-relevant perspectives' include the likes of Stephen King, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan, among many others.

Wired: Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature.
I'm sure everyone enjoys getting sued by Stephen King.

The Flytrap: Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm.
Mostly about payment processors, but also about filtering: the endless dance around content bans requires constantly coming up with new ways to craft video titles and content that are frustrating not only for adult performers, but also their customers.

The Guardian: The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all.
Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon.

Canadian Politics
(I'm actually saving fewer links about this, because it's mostly pretty disheartening. And I can't deal.)

TheBreach: Pierre Poilievre is misleading the public about refugee healthcare (Video: 3 minutes).
Desmond Cole fact checks his misinformation and explains how blaming the most vulnerable distracts us from fighting for good health care for all.

The Tyee: Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses.
But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn’t go far enough after finding police discrimination.
Nominally good news, but so much about this case pisses me off. $7k each? Seriously? Reminder that the one person who got state protection in all of this, the guy who (allegedly) abused all those people, is John Furlong. Fuck that guy.

The Breach: A notorious RCMP unit shaped B.C. universities’ reaction to Palestine encampments.
From Fairy Creek to university campuses, CRU-BC is positioning itself as the go-to police force for repressing dissent.
Category: jackbooted thugs.

Kind of Cool, Actually:

HeatherCoxRichardson: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Reckoning with Jason Herbert Podcast (Video: 1:43 hours).
Words cannot express how validating this was. Lo! How many long years have I said that AL:VH is the most historically accurate Lincoln movie? HCR agrees.

The Tyee: What Can You Do with Used Plastic and 3D Printers? Meet Two Pros.
Not sure how scalable this is, but it's a cool project.

The Narwhal : In northeast B.C., fresh food is scarce. This First Nation hopes geothermal energy could change that.
Cool project to restore food security after Site C fucked it up, hopefully they can get funding.

NorthernBallet: Northern Ballet's Gentleman Jack | Costumes (Video: 2 minutes).
I've really been enjoying the promo clips for this new ballet. I hope there's some way to watch it online.

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Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancrafts/fanart/fics/fanvids/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

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It's time to celebrate the annual due South fandom holiday!

Current Mood: celebratory
Current Location: near the lake they call Michigan

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Woohoo, big bang sign ups are here!

For primary sign-ups, you can make 20,000-word fics or podfics or equivalent art/vids/craft of any sort, for due South or any other Canadian Six Degrees fandom. There is no cutoff date for signing up - sign-ups stay open until the August deadline.

Check out the sign-up post for this year's schedule - and to sign up!

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Still no dice? Please shoot us a message at our gmail address (fandomtrumpshate).

As a reminder, the donation deadline for high bidders is March 18th.

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but at least the Alexander brothers are going to jail, possibly forever (content warning on that link: semi-graphic descriptions of sexual assault).

(Yes, I know, carceral feminism, etc, let me have this.)

Current Mood: satisfied

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Event: Five Figure Fanwork Exchange - multifandom gift exchange for 5k+ fanfic and 20+ panel comic-style fanart
Event link:

fffx / https://fffx.dreamwidth.org
Pinch hit link: https://fffx.dreamwidth.org/tag/pinch+hits
Due date: 11:59pm EDT, Thursday 19 March

Five Figure Fanwork Exchange is seeking pinch hitters who can create a story of at least 5,000 words or a comic of at least 20 panels. Please help us get to reveals with a thoughtful gift for everyone.

Pinch hit #32
10k fic or 5k fic
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)
Murder She Wrote
Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon)
G.I. Joe (Cartoon)
Voltron: Lion Force (1984)

Pinch hit #39
5k fic
Stargate Atlantis
Kolja | Kolya (1996)
Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies)

Pinch hit #62
5k fic or 20-panel comic
少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV)
莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV)
琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV)
伪装者 | The Disguiser (TV)
少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV)
杀破狼 | Sha Po Lang - priest

Pinch hit #65
5k fic
Columbo
Criminal Minds (US TV)
Grey's Anatomy
Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
NCIS: Los Angeles
SEAL Team (TV)
Sherlock (TV)
The Professionals (TV 1977)

Pinch hitters are also very welcome to leave prompts of their own.