Use “Reduce Bright Effects” to Eliminate Shiny Flashing in iOS 26 Liquid Glass
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osx_daily_feedThe newest versions of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 have another Accessibility toggle that can help to further reduce the intensity of the Liquid Glass interface appearance for iPhone and iPad, called “Reduce Bright Effects”. As you might have guessed by the name alone, toggling the switch on will eliminate the brighter and flashier effects ... Read More
Unsent Letters Post-Deadline Pinch Hits
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yuletideunsent_letters_exchange is an exchange for in-universe correspondence! We have some post-deadline pinch hits.Requirements: 1000 words of fic, of which at least 500 words should be in a requested epistolary format
Due date: May 1st, 11:59PM UTC
Requirements: 1000 words of fic, at least 500 of which must be in a requested epistolary format.
PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's x2, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, ベイブレードバースト | Beyblade Burst (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
PH 17 - Thoroughbreds (2017), Succession (TV 2018), The Secret History - Donna Tartt
PH 18 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Crossover Fandom, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), TMNT (2007)
For more details, or to claim: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/27840.html
Thank you for your consideration!
The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, volume 1) by Walter Jon Williams
Apr. 28th, 2026 09:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
The Shaa conquered the universe. Soon, there will be no Shaa. Who will take their place?
The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, volume 1) by Walter Jon Williams
Tuna Meltdown by roger-rozander (SFW)
Apr. 28th, 2026 08:48 pmmific posting in fanart_recsFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander (/Ilya Rozanov)
Content Notes/Warnings: sound might be a bit loud!
Medium: digital art, made into a gif
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: roger-rozander on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: An amusing gif made from the artist's digital art, celebrating the infamous tuna meltdown. Make sure to check out this artist's portrait of Ilya with a red background too - it's a stunner.
Link: Tuna Meltdown, backup link here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander (/Ilya Rozanov)
Content Notes/Warnings: sound might be a bit loud!
Medium: digital art, made into a gif
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: roger-rozander on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: An amusing gif made from the artist's digital art, celebrating the infamous tuna meltdown. Make sure to check out this artist's portrait of Ilya with a red background too - it's a stunner.
Link: Tuna Meltdown, backup link here
Seeking Recommendations: Beefleaf fic Available to Pod
Apr. 28th, 2026 06:22 pmwolffyluna posting in c_entFor Fandom Trumps Hate this year, I offered to record podfic. The winner of my auction requested podfic that was:
- for the BeefLeaf ship for Tian Guan Ci Fu
- 5-10k words long
- had a happy or hopeful ending
And I am having a little trouble finding such a fic that the author has given permission for people to make podfic for.
If anyone has any recommendations, that would be very helpful. (And self recommendations are more than welcome!)
Free Epic Poll
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:54 pmysabetwordsmithThe April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl has made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Tuesday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it; otherwise I may leave it open a little while longer. Here are your options...
"Better to Be an Outcast"
Summary: Shahana and Ari encounter a former paladin of Gorrein.
122 lines
"Filled with Things You Don't Know"
Story Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Summary: Marjane works on library decor and gets a new assistant.
98 lines
"Better to Be an Outcast"
Summary: Shahana and Ari encounter a former paladin of Gorrein.
122 lines
"Filled with Things You Don't Know"
Story Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Summary: Marjane works on library decor and gets a new assistant.
98 lines
Poll #34530 Free Epic for the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4
Which of these should be the free epic?
General Fund Poll
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:24 pmysabetwordsmithThe general fund currently contains $25. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Tuesday night. If there is a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open at least a little longer. Here are your options...
"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera. You could reveal a bunch of new verses here.
"The Doom Puff" is $15. You could sponsor that outright, and have $10 left for "No Faster or Firmer Friendships."
There are four epics from April: "Any Terms You Offer," "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good," "Edge of Enchantment," and "An Equally Valid Way of Being." This would make a good start on any one of those.
"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera. You could reveal a bunch of new verses here.
"The Doom Puff" is $15. You could sponsor that outright, and have $10 left for "No Faster or Firmer Friendships."
There are four epics from April: "Any Terms You Offer," "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good," "Edge of Enchantment," and "An Equally Valid Way of Being." This would make a good start on any one of those.
Poll #34529 General Fund Poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4
How do you want to distribute the $25?
View Answers
$15 for "The Doom Puff" and $10 toward "No Faster or Firmer Friendships"
4 (100.0%)
ALL $25 into "No Faster or Firmer Friendships"
0 (0.0%)
Open a new epic
0 (0.0%)
Unsold Poems for the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:13 pmysabetwordsmithThe following poems from the April 7, 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 "A Sense of Weather Changes," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."
"Any Terms You Offer"
Story Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
Summary: Barb feels confused by changes, but he's still standing up for himself.
125 lines, Buy It Now = $63
Gideon came home to find
a puddle of black fur
moping on his bed.
"The Doom Puff"
Summary: What started out as a cute fluffy bunny didn't stay that way.
39 lines, Buy It Now = $15
"Eat It Happily Because It Is Good"
Story Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: In which Shiv is a salad snob.
501 lines, Buy It Now = $251
Professor O'Keeffe had done a great job
of showing everyone around Memorial Park,
pointing out where the canna bulbs and
other tender perennials had already been
dug up to store over the winter or how
the rosebushes were dropping leaves.
"Edge of Enchantment"
Story Date: Morning of Thursday, May 1, 2025
Summary: Digby and Maerwynn come to a trading post where they meet the first people in their new world.
357 lines, Buy It Now = $179
In the morning, Digby and Maerwynn
woke to song, but only half of that
came from the familiar birds.
"An Equally Valid Way of Being"
Summary: Xavia finds that becoming a werewolf improves her mental as well as physical health.
66 lines, Buy It Now = $33
Xavia Brown had been
an indifferent college student
and an avid bicycler when
bad bicycle crash left her
with arm and leg impairment
on the left side, a lot of scars,
and chronic pain that made
every day into a struggle.
"Any Terms You Offer"
Story Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
Summary: Barb feels confused by changes, but he's still standing up for himself.
125 lines, Buy It Now = $63
Gideon came home to find
a puddle of black fur
moping on his bed.
"The Doom Puff"
Summary: What started out as a cute fluffy bunny didn't stay that way.
39 lines, Buy It Now = $15
"Eat It Happily Because It Is Good"
Story Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: In which Shiv is a salad snob.
501 lines, Buy It Now = $251
Professor O'Keeffe had done a great job
of showing everyone around Memorial Park,
pointing out where the canna bulbs and
other tender perennials had already been
dug up to store over the winter or how
the rosebushes were dropping leaves.
"Edge of Enchantment"
Story Date: Morning of Thursday, May 1, 2025
Summary: Digby and Maerwynn come to a trading post where they meet the first people in their new world.
357 lines, Buy It Now = $179
In the morning, Digby and Maerwynn
woke to song, but only half of that
came from the familiar birds.
"An Equally Valid Way of Being"
Summary: Xavia finds that becoming a werewolf improves her mental as well as physical health.
66 lines, Buy It Now = $33
Xavia Brown had been
an indifferent college student
and an avid bicycler when
bad bicycle crash left her
with arm and leg impairment
on the left side, a lot of scars,
and chronic pain that made
every day into a struggle.
The good news is
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:27 pmcornerofmadnessMy hair is no longer washed out color and grey. The bad news I'm 98% sure someone put black cherry dye in my violet box. Because this sure as shit ain't purple (and this is a brand and color I use often) but it IS definitely cherry red. Eye rolls. Still better than it was.
I'm 100% over everything.
At least the majors did well on the label the organs exam.
And I did get my holter monitor UPSed off.
We decided as a group we're going to do water aerobics next monday by ourselves. That feels good. I need this pool time
I'm thinking of not doingintoabar this time but I keep reminding myself it DOES NOT have to be a freaking epic.
I got a disappointing email today. They canceled the writing contest/anthology for the Bourbon City Steampunk fest. I was the only applicant. Awww. They said I could do a reading if I want. I'll put that back on them. If they want me to fill that slotted time with a reading I sure can. If not, that's fine too. I won't be disappointed not to have to read. I am sorry there won't be a paying anthology though. But who knows this could be a networking opportunity for me.
It's music monday 30 weeks of music. This week's prompt is # A song that reminds you of your favorite season. Boy I read that wrong. I thought it said all seasons. Ah well. Share my friends, share
( There is one that easily comes to mind )
here's the whole prompt list
( All under here )
I'm 100% over everything.
At least the majors did well on the label the organs exam.
And I did get my holter monitor UPSed off.
We decided as a group we're going to do water aerobics next monday by ourselves. That feels good. I need this pool time
I'm thinking of not doing
intoabar this time but I keep reminding myself it DOES NOT have to be a freaking epic.I got a disappointing email today. They canceled the writing contest/anthology for the Bourbon City Steampunk fest. I was the only applicant. Awww. They said I could do a reading if I want. I'll put that back on them. If they want me to fill that slotted time with a reading I sure can. If not, that's fine too. I won't be disappointed not to have to read. I am sorry there won't be a paying anthology though. But who knows this could be a networking opportunity for me.
It's music monday 30 weeks of music. This week's prompt is # A song that reminds you of your favorite season. Boy I read that wrong. I thought it said all seasons. Ah well. Share my friends, share
( There is one that easily comes to mind )
here's the whole prompt list
( All under here )
Swap.
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:28 pmhannahIn an effort to declutter, bringing stuff into the apartment isn't the best strategy. But bringing it in to take it back out is acceptable. Case in point: a couple weeks ago, someone moved out and I grabbed a box of vinyl records, which I hauled for ten blocks to be offered either $10 cash or $20 store credit. I took the cash.
I looked through them beforehand, and a couple tempted me, but I only kept Abbey Road as an object to enjoy. The rest that didn't get accepted by the used bookstore were hauled another couple blocks to a local library, where they'll be processed for the next used book sale or disposed of safely by professionals.
For hourly rates, it's not very good; for something that only cost me the effort to haul them over there, I think I turned a reasonable profit. A dollar a block.
I looked through them beforehand, and a couple tempted me, but I only kept Abbey Road as an object to enjoy. The rest that didn't get accepted by the used bookstore were hauled another couple blocks to a local library, where they'll be processed for the next used book sale or disposed of safely by professionals.
For hourly rates, it's not very good; for something that only cost me the effort to haul them over there, I think I turned a reasonable profit. A dollar a block.
4th Beta of macOS Tahoe 26.5 & iOS 26.5 Available for Testing
Apr. 28th, 2026 01:56 amosx_daily_feedApple is back with an accelerating beta timeline, with the fourth beta version of iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, and MacOS Tahoe 26.5, now being available for developers to test. Anyone participating in the beta testing programs, developer or public, for Apple system software can get the newest beta releases on their enrolled devices. Presumably the ... Read More
Tuesday Pinch Hit ✎ X Words of Y [LJ]
Apr. 28th, 2026 01:45 amToday's theme is "X words of Y." In your prompts, please specify a word count (let's go with any number from 50 to 500) and a genre, trope, situation, emotion, radical AU theme, form of relationship, time of day, event/activity, writing format... Y'know, anything like that. Try to keep the prompts short and sweet! For fills, use whatever word counting method you like!
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get things started...
+ DC comics, any Gotham resident +/ any, 150 words of outsider POV
+ Resident Evil (game/CGI 'verse), any playable character +/ any, 300 words of interaction over comms
+ author's choice, any +/ any, 250 words of a "different first meeting" AU
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2026 collection. See further notes on this option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. Fret not, DW members; we are working on a way to search through old entries for prompts for you! As of right now, the best way to search for a lonely prompt on DW is to search the community’s archive, which can be found [[HERE]].
While the use of LJ's advanced search and DW’s archive are options, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.
As a friendly reminder about our schedule, Lonely Prompts and sharing completed fills are encouraged on Sundays, while new themes and prompts are posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturdays are a Free for All day. We'll share our posts on DW and LJ for everyone's convenience. Keep an eye out for notifications!
If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so… and spread the word!
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