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Atkinson Hyperlegible Updated

Couple years back I squeed about a lovely new font designed for maximum accessibility. I’m delighted to report it’s been updated to Atkinson Hyperlegible Next and Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono. Now it’s available in six weights—light, regular, medium, semibold, bold and extra bold, plus italic versions of each, for a total of 12 faces. (I was able to use the AO3 site skin wizard to cobble together AO3 Hyperlegible, but I haven’t replumbed the Dyslexic skin I mentioned then.)

Thanks to a post in [community profile] ebooks, I installed Atkinson Hyperlegible on my Kobo Libra 2 e-ink reader.

Awesome Due South Fan Comics

[personal profile] petra not only writes excellent limericks and drabbles to your prompts, they frequently recs great stuff. Today it was [tumblr.com profile] gjdraws’s Try sometimes (and you might find) is a wonderful 7-page comic coda to s4, e8 Good for the Soul. Cheery and detailed full-color images capture the confusion and delight when Fraser meets RayK.

You can view all the Due South art on tumblr or on the AO3!

As befits a fandom old, they've got two pseuds [archiveofourown.org profile] trq and [tumblr.com profile] gjdraws

"We’re All Going to the Conclave Larp"

(I wish I could thank whoever linked me to this excellent essay from Adrian Hon)

The tragic passing of Pope Francis combined with the recent movie Conclave has turned minds to the notion of a Papal conclave larp. Think of the clothes! The pageantry! The intrigue! The voting! A Papal conclave larp is such a good idea, in fact, that it’s already been done many times.

[… snip …]

But the most impressive and rigorous conclave larp must be Ada Palmer’s annual event at the University of Chicago.

https://mssv.net/2025/04/22/were-all-going-to-the-conclave-larp

SF writer David Levine reports on a 3-day speed-run of Dr. Palmer’s Papal Larp before Chicago WorldCon back in 2022:

But by the end of the day I had found my feet and made good progress, and in particular I had set up a marriage between Alfonso and Joanna the Infanta of Castile, an excellent match which would create a strategic alliance between Ferrara and Spain. All that remained was to work out a few details about the dowry; the union would be finalized (meaning that Jo Walton would affix the cards representing the bride, groom, and dowry to the marriage contract with the Holy Stapler) first thing in the morning. I spent the night strategizing about how to exploit the relationship.

The next morning: disaster! I had a huge pile of mail, including a bloodstained letter from my brother the Duke which said, in effect, “It was, it was, it was… aaaaaaargh.” My brother had been assassinated by his younger brother Fernand (who had always hated Alfonso and me), who now squatted on the throne. So much for the alliance with Spain!

https://daviddlevine.com/2022/09/pope-larp-report/

ETA: 24 May 2025 correct pronouns

jesse_the_k: Closeup realistic drawing of an eye where lower lashes are four fingers crawling up over the lower lid (hand eye comic)

Skyview skyview.social lets you view and share Bluesky threads without needing an account. It offers a tree view, as well as an unrolled (all replies) and embed (haven’t tested it). Plus bots to save all of those; claims to track nothing.

I’d offer an example but even the briefest time on Bsky today has crashed my news wall like woe.


Excellent tool for managing time zone information https://dateful.com

The link you create a link automagically translates an event’s time to the user’s current time zone and day. When you create a free account, you can edit those links.

For example, a Media & Disability Communication Online Con


Seen on electric signboard on US Highway 12/18 E just south of Madison, 23 November 2024

Make it to deer camp safely buckle up


[personal profile] resonant revises John Henry for the modern day:

The Ballad of John Henry's CEO

You can't fight fate, gotta automate,
Keep the cost of production down, lord, lord,
The cost of production down.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62395177

First published in 2012, still relevant as fuck.


I’ve always known that the most stressful equipment failure is when something breaks on my powerchair.

Previously, I would have put computing equipment in second place, but today I learned a new contender: when my tea kettle won’t turn on! Thankfully MyGuy recognized I was in anxious mode, and the store had a replacement, and all is well.

Well, all is .... I have tea.

jesse_the_k: City of Atlantis shining in Shephard's mind (sga pretty city is pretty)

… witnessing us enjoying each other’s work.

I was so charmed this morning when I listened to [personal profile] anatsuno's delicious podfic of [archiveofourown.org profile] busaikko’s kind, sweet gen-ish fic A Mark of Time, where asexual John and sexual athlete Rodney find a happy togetherness in fursuits.

As I left a comment on [archiveofourown.org profile] busaikko’s fic (which includes useful background on how/why furries are reviled, and why that’s a bad idea), I learned that it had inspired [archiveofourown.org profile] bomberqueen17 to mention furry cuddling in an Atlantis-wide intranet RPS archive as part of her Two-Body Problem (WIP) series.

That fic is I ship it and it stands alone. [archiveofourown.org profile] bomberqueen17 creates an OFC, eager to join a gate team, who inadvertently goes on a fool's errand to sign up with Lorne, since he’s rumored to do all of Shepherd’s scutwork. Which ends up with a fake McShep kiss to give the new kids something to gossip about, as well as a true McShep kiss that’s what they deserve.

jesse_the_k: Swim fins which are also high heels. (shoes are swimmer deluxe)
Wow I love swimming. splish splash )

Jesse Walks! )

So Sherlock BBC fandom has eaten my brain. chomp chump DVD details )

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