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I left so many things out of the zoo post on Saturday (that I have still not gone back to add in) but the one I am telling you about today (aside from the dwarf mongeese, which I mention only in passing) is Snake, But What If Unicorn:

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This Creature is Gonyosoma boulengeri, the rhinoceros ratsnake. The accompanying distractions included, gloriously,

The function of their majestic nose-points is unknown as we still have a lot to learn about these beautiful animals.

puckling

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tassosss

Ebook is available on all retailers.
Paperback is available on Amazon.
If you'd like a signed paperback, let me know in comments. I don't have my author copies yet, so it will be a little bit of a delay.

Wordcount: ~114,000
Rated: Teen for swearing and violence
No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

They saved the ship. Now everyone wants them dead.

Jacks Harrison and chief engineer Antony Watts avoided a catastrophic collision between their generation ship Peace and their three sister ships that would have killed every human in the fleet. But saving their people came with a cost, and now Jacks and Antony are wanted by the rebellious factions that overthrew Peace’s corrupt governor.

With Peace’s two cities in shambles and neighbor turning against neighbor, Jacks and Antony must fight their way to safety only to find that the people on Peace are still in terrible danger: the ship’s water system is bleeding out, and it’s up to them to figure out how stop it.

Along the way, Jacks must reckon with the violence she finds herself too comfortable with and Antony must confront his past complicity in the corrupt regime. Because Peace doesn’t hand out easy answers, and they both have to decide how far they’re willing to go to ensure they survive.

ursamajor

One of these days, I will get around to making myself a bike icon or three. I've only been biking for transportation as an adult for 18 years now!

( recent bike rides: coffee ride, bike party, Kidical Mass, and biking to the library to get a Star Trek-themed library card )

Still, I did take this most recent Sunday off from running because of the higher-than-normal activity, and squeezed a quick jog in this morning before the heatwave really set in. It should not be this close to 90F in the Bay Area in March, but at least I still have otter pops in the freezer. Worth noting: I'm finally at a point in my fitness where I can consistently jog 20 minutes in a row. I'm still slow af, but one of my fitness goals this year is to be able to jog a 5k without a significant walk break. I've done races in the past with run-walk intervals, I just want to broaden my toolset. And the cardio is good for breath control, key to singing, so I'm trying to encourage this virtuous feedback loop :)

Despite the heat, I had already defrosted the corned beef for boiled dinner for St. Patrick's Day dinner tonight, and it's one of

hyounpark's faves from our Boston era, so tradition upheld. I also baked soda bread, or at least a slightly nontrad version that called for yogurt instead of the buttermilk we never have on hand. And of course I modded that; we do raisins or currants in ours, not nuts, and for once, I even had caraway seeds on hand thanks to a recent Buy Nothing spice exchange), and that came out so well we've already finished half the loaf. So I got that all on the stove as early as possible to not overheat the house.

In between all the biking and baking, we managed to sneak in brunch on the patio at Oceanview Diner with CJ and Chung and their kids. I ordered the souffle pancake, knowing it was going to show up as dessert, and it was worth the wait (and the looks on everyone's faces 😁 ). Their souffle pancake is really more of a Dutch baby, which their predecessor called a Dutch bunny when I would order it as a kid decades ago, fluffy and just a bit eggy and perfect.

It's too hot to sleep; I think I'll have another otter pop.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: i'm shipping off to find my wooden leg

kaberett

Allotment salad!
Got Things Into The Ground (as well as out of it); I am as ever running massively behind but the weather was lovely and touching soil remains very good.
It was warm enough to have the back door open for a bit.
I am really, really enjoying the self-indulgent Very Expensive Lebkuchen I got from SousChef in the January sale. They make an excellent supper.
Bloods taken today do include a full blood count; alas no ferritin (that's scheduled for... May? April?) but I do get a sneaky extra update on how my estimated haemoglobin is doing.
libgourou continues to Work. I remain very pleased about this.

rydra_wong

https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/

March 17-31, 2026

The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st.

We are calling on the reader community to read and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters.

As before, I would like to request that people shout out their favourite eligible books in the comments!

musesfool

Oscar winner Michael B Jordan! Woohoo! I did not watch the Oscars but I am so happy for MBJ!

Also for Kpop Demon Hunters and "Golden!"

Here are two links I enjoyed this morning:

= Don't Fence Ted McGinley In (NYT gift link) (also, spoilers for aired episodes of Shrinking)

= 'The Pitt,' as Told by Its Patients

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Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: Golden - Huntrix

angry_asian_man_feed

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http://blog.angryasianman.com/2026/03/kpop-demon-hunters-wins-big-at-academy.html

And Other Items of Note From Angry Asian America.

'KPop Demon Hunters' makes Oscars history after dominating awards season

Kpop Demon Hunters took home two trophies at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday night, capping off a triumphant awards season run for Netflix's most watched movie of all time. "To all the fans who got us here and for all of those who look like me, sorry that it took us so long to see us in a movie like this. But it is here, and that means that the next generations don't have to go longing," said co-director Maggie Kang said while accepting the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. "This is for Korea and for Koreans everywhere."

The team behind the movie's record-breaking hit anthem "Golden" won Best Original Song, becoming the first K-pop song to win an Oscar. "Growing up, people made fun of me for liking K-pop, but now everyone’s singing our song and all the Korean lyrics," said EJAE, who co-wrote the song with Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park. "I’m so proud. And I realized, the song, this award is not about success; it’s about resilience."

It was a moving moment, but cut short. The team was abruptly played off as soon as Lee took the microphone, and the show cut to a commercial. The disrespect! Later, backstage, EJAE elaborated on what the team wasn’t able to finish in their televised speech: "Golden" Songwriting Team Speaks Out Backstage After Oscars Acceptance Speech Was Cut Off

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'Golden' From KPOP DEMON HUNTERS Live at the 98th Oscars

Speaking of "Golden," here's that dazzling performance of the Oscar-winning song by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami -- the ladies of HUNTR/X -- on the Academy Awards stage, which included pansori performers, hanbok-clad dancers, traditional drummers, and an army of audience members wielding light sticks. Honestly, until I saw it, I didn't realize I had been waiting to see this moment since I was kid.

'Sinners'' Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes first woman to win cinematography Oscar

Autumn Durald Arkapaw won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for Sinners, making history as the first woman ever to win in the category. Arkapaw, who is of Filipino and Creole descent, is only the fourth woman nominated for the award, and the first woman of color. During her speech, Arkapaw asked for all the women in the audience to stand, saying, "I don’t get here without you guys."

Congress marks 5 years since 8 killed in Atlanta spa shootings

Today, several members of Congress introduced a resolution commemorating the five-year remembrance of the Atlanta spa shootings. U.S. Reps. Lucy McBath of Georgia, Grace Meng of New York, Judy Chu of California and Nikema Williams of Georgia announced the measure, marking the anniversary of the 2021 attack, in which a gunman killed eight people, including six Asian women, and injured another person during shootings at two spas and a massage parlor in the Atlanta area. The violence occurred during a nationwide surge in anti-Asian hate crimes linked to rhetoric blaming Asian Americans for the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Five years after the Atlanta spa shootings, our city still carries the grief of the eight lives stolen in an act of anti-Asian hate," McBath said. "That tragedy shook our community and left lasting pain for the families, loved ones, and neighbors who continue to mourn."

Understanding the Complex History of Anti-Asian Racism

"While individuals may harbor unconscious bias, this calculated form of erasure stems from the willful amnesia at the core of the U.S. empire. The ideology of American exceptionalism set in place the myth that the United States was born free and uniquely destined to spread liberty and democracy, acting solely out of virtue. Under Donald Trump, the U.S. government is brutishly acting to rewrite history to promote white nationalism. Overcoming this willful amnesia is a crucial first step in addressing the problem. We cannot expect better policies or leadership to stop anti-Asian violence until we develop a better understanding of its historical and contemporary causes and manifestations. But power emanates from historical consciousness. It can reshape collective identity and foster the shared awareness necessary to build multiracial coalitions linking our struggles to transformative movements for social justice."

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2026/03/kpop-demon-hunters-wins-big-at-academy.html

tielan

Every time I lay down for a nap or an early night, or stay in bed for a longer sleep-in, I get disrupted by someone.

I'm not sleeping well. Is it a stress thing? A perimenopause thing? A thing with the weather? A 'life the universe and the end of the world as we know it' thing? Who even knows!

Unfortunately, I don't get a break in evening events until Thursday. And while I could stay home for each of them, in the first instance I'm the president, in the second a young woman is coming along for the first time, and in the third it's a social event.

I think I may have to take the sleeping drugs tonight. Well, melatonin.

kaberett

Reading. I continue to work my way through the She's A Beast archives, to a degree that is not necessarily ... uh ... optimal, in terms of all the other things I want to do...

I slowed down on LIFTOFF, on account of resuming reading from the start with A, and then this evening I tripped and fell and am. More. of the way through it. again.

Finished What Is Queer Food? by John Birdsall. Ultimately the argument is that the queerness is a function of community -- the role that food plays in eating together -- though he also tries at various points for "enjoying food is queer" (among other things), which I do not think I am the target audience for. (Having said which I am now wondering what it would take to convince me of that line of reasoning, and Ideas Are Stirring. Hmm.) Overall a mixture of anecdotes from culinary history and fiction to fill in events that went unrecorded; he does hold space for people to be complex and flawed, and I appreciated the history that was actually history, but -- alas, this did not really work for me.

Writing. Words. Continue. To be. Eked out.

Watching. The 2026 Migraine World Summit is ongoing and eating a lot of my time and brain; thus far nothing has made me actually vibrate with fury and I've had a couple of useful joining-the-dots moments, so mustn't grumble there, really. And I have finally watched the talks from last year's Day 2 that I missed due to time changes, and have started transferring my digital notes from last year into my notebook...

Playing. Inkulinati: we continue Not Dead Yet in the Exploders run on Master difficulty.

The Ridiculous Colours Game.

Sudoku... appears to have let go of my brain for now?

Cooking. This evening I have been attempting to remember how to make Spätzle, and got there eventually (part of the difficulty being that this is the first time I've made them since acquiring a dedicated Spätzlebrett, and I needed to reestablish correct consistency of the dough...)

Eating. This morning we engaged in a Weekend Morning Ritual of going down to the local fancy bakery and getting brunch from them. We also got Treats for Afternoon Tea; I am delighted that they'll supply me with cardamom buns that I don't have to actually make myself.

I have also been Craving Brownies, but not enough to actually make them myself (and also The Oven Is Broken), and consequently have eaten them courtesy of both Wagamama (ritual Thursday night takeaway) and London Zoo (Saturday afternoon tea).

Exploring. London Zoo! Saw creatures! Maybe I will even go back and edit in more details about the creatures! Creatures: good.

Several bimbles around local front gardens (etc) to enjoy Spring Flowers.

Growing. Harvested (and consumed!) more salad. Transplanted some garlic. Wrangled some more weeding. Have yet to sow any more things but really want to have Actual Plants this growing season so, uh, maybe that can be a priority for Breaks From Migraine World Summit, not that that's worked so far...

Observing. THE BAT.

And then for brunch this morning we took our breakfast slightly further than usual to a different park bench, this one surrounded by daffodils, and then additionally wandered a little way down the New River (neither new, nor a river) to see if the coots were doing things yet (which I have also been checking every time I go to the pharmacy to pick up meds). The coots aren't, BUT there were TEN EGYPTIAN GOSLINGS peeping about the place!!! At least one of whom was Extremely keen on coming All the way down the bank and plapping along the edge of the bricks, presumably because they were warm and felt nice on feet? Certainly two very gentle attempts to chase it back towards its parents got them contemplating hissing at me, and only persuaded it to maybe do the thing for about thirty seconds at most, so I gave up on that and just stood back and watched them for a bit, and then was very relieved that the foolhardy baby did upon parents Alarm Calling (as best we can tell about A Passing Dog) go FWEEP FWEEP FWEEP all the way back up and into the bundle of its siblings. An unexpected and very welcome delight.

musesfool

Got up yesterday morning baked 4 loaves of soda bread (here's a picture of 2 of them), ate some myself (I kept the 4th loaf) then schlepped out ot the island to deliver them to my brother, sister, and niece.

We went out for a fun dinner - the onion rings at this place are so good! even if the service was a little haphazard - and then I went home with my brother's family. It was early enough that I could have come back here, but my middle niece was like, "aren't you going to hang out with us?!" so of course I stayed, and ended up watching KPop Demon Hunters with middle and youngest niece (youngest was like I don't wanna! but at the end she was like, that was really good!). I should note that they are 27 and 24, but they still like hanging out with me! <333 And now we want the prequel about Rumi's mother and her demon affair.

My car this morning came 90 minutes early, so I rolled out of bed expecting to be able to have a bagel and a cup of coffee before I had to leave, but there he was, blocking the driveway, so I got home before I was even scheduled to leave.

The amount of benadryl and Zyrtec I have to take at their house because of the cat is ridiculous, and I ended up coming home and sleeping for most of the day. I'm glad I didn't cancel my PTO day tomorrow though - I scheduled it when this dinner was originally planned for tonight. I did tell my boss she could ping me if she needed me ahead of their meeting with the board chair tomorrow afternoon, but I so hope she doesn't.

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Current Mood: relaxed
Current Music: What It Sounds Like - Huntrix

siria

Duty
The Pitt | Whitaker, Abbot Gen | ~2700 words | Thanks to

sheafrotherdon for betaing. Episode fic for 2.10.

(Also on AO3)

( Dennis doesn't know if he's overreacting. )

foxinthestars posting in

anime_manga

The spring season starts in about two-and-a-half weeks. What are y'all looking forward to?

I am very hyped for the new Ascendance of a Bookworm season.

More guardedly looking forward to Witch Hat Atelier. I've heard good things about the manga and it seems likely to be up my alley but I've never read it so I don't know.

I'm also always up for a fun "villainess" show and I'm seeing a couple of those to check out.

Upcoming anime lists:
Anime News Network: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime/upcoming/tv
Anime-Planet: https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/seasons/upcoming

kaberett

highlights included:

the lion ROARING
glasswing (Greta oto) pupae: tiny, bright leaf green, with sparkly metallic bits (gold and silver)
the rhinoceros ratsnake (Gonyosoma boulengeri): has a NOSE. why is its NOSE pointy? no(se) idea!
turquoise gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)

otherwise everything is still Migraine World Summit (though I have once again learned a useful thing today! neck pain can be a prodrome symptom!) and Special Interest.

mark posting in

dw_maintenance

Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

siria

Good Talk
The Pitt | Jack/Robby | ~3100 words | Thanks to

sheafrotherdon for betaing.

(Also on AO3)

( Five times that Robby walked in on Jack having a conversation that made him pull a confused face. )

siria

It's Spring Break here, and I look forward to sleeping and drinking a lot of tea. Hurrah.

( The Pitt, 2.10, 4:00P.M. )

tassosss

I did not mean to let a month go by without posting.

I've been busy lately with getting my book Surviving Peace ready to publish next week--and the subsequent crash after I got everything loaded to retailers, and my brains was like - Done! I'm sorry in advance that I'm going to be posting about it a bunch next week.

In other fun news, I finally finished watching season 1 of The Pitt last week and I'm through episode 4 of season 2. I absolutely love the show and am obsessed. We're shipping Robby and Abbot, right? Because yes please.

On the game front I am working through Hades II, which has been a lot fun. I like that they've put two pathways in. It's really helped with each run to have another option. They've done a really great job with the game and story. I <3 Nemesis and Dora on the companion side of things.

For other tv, Husband and I are watching The Apothecary Diaries. We were coming off of season 1 of Frieren (so much love), so at first we were a little meh, but now we're all in. The hard part is the complicated court politics reveals that happen very quickly so we sometimes have to pause and figure it out. Mao Mao is wonderful though, such a gremlin and I'm here for it.

Currently, I'm reading the third book in a romance series, Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez. It's good. The whole series has been good. She lets there be obstacles that come from real pain and baggage, which make the third act much more bearable. I think one of my issues with traditional romance beats is that I myself take people at their word in relationships, and I find it so frustrating when a character in their head goes "he says he loves me. but of course he loves his ex not me." And I get that this is a real thing, but it is so foreign to my own thought processes that it drives me nuts. Jimenez's writing makes me much more empathetic to her characters when they do that, because that is very much part of their journey in a genuine way, rather than it feeling forced. Anyway. They're good. I'm having fun.

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And Other Items of Note From Angry Asian America.

Woman named Alysa Liu has Instagram suspended for sharing name with superstar skater

Her name is Alysa Liu. No, not that Alysa Liu. As the Bay Area celebrates the Olympic gold medalist, a young woman in San Francisco is finding out what it's like to share a name -- spelled the exact same way -- with the figure skating phenom. Not only has Alysa Liu, a tech worker, been getting some online attention meant for the skating superstar, she has apparently been deemed an imposter by Instagram.

Asian American Food Habits Survey

Help out some academic researchers who are some interesting work around Asian Americans and food. The study, administered by Dr. Oliver Wang (California State University Long Beach), Kelli Kimura (UC Irvine), and Sam Titus (UC Irvine), aims to explore intersections between food and identity, especially as it relates to the diverse community of Asian Americans. You can help thenm out by completing an online survey.

Watch on YouTube

Jimmy O. Yang Sets Theatrical Release For Comedy Special 'Finally Home'

Comedian Jimmy O. Yang has set a theatrical release for Finally Home, his third comedy special, taped during a sold-out arena run in his hometown of Hong Kong. The special promises to be a full-scale homecoming celebration -- complete with pyrotechnics, musical moments, and surprise cameos. Finally Home will screen exclusively in Hong Kong at Emperor Cinemas beginning March 20, and open in theaters across the U.S. and Canada on March 27.

Watch on YouTube

God and Buddha Are Friends

God and Buddha Are Friends is a short dramedy that grapples with religion and spirituality from a Taiwanese American child's perspective. Written and directed by Anthony Ma, the story is inspired by a real childhood event. When a young boy is told by a fiery pastor that his Buddhist jade necklace is a "devil’s totem," it sparks a comedic yet emotional clash between faith, culture, and a fiercely protective Buddhist mother. Watch it here.

Godzilla Popcorn Bucket

Kaiju fans! Your movie night is not complete without this collectible limited edition Godzilla Popcorn Bucket, designed by Scott Sugiuchi. Just open up the King of Monsters' mouth and in (and out) go the snacks.

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2026/03/when-your-name-is-also-alysa-liu.html

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Posted by Unknown

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2026/03/the-kpop-demon-hunters-sequel-is.html

And Other Items of Note From Angry Asian America.

'KPop Demon Hunters' Sequel Officially a Go From Netflix

It's on. Kpop Demon Hunters is getting a sequel. There have been months of unconfirmed rumors and reports, but now it's officially official. Netflix has closed deals for directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans to return for the sequel as part of a new, multi-year writing and directing pact. No word on when we can actually expect to see this sequel, but considering how long it takes to make animated movies, it's going to be at least a few years. But before they get to any of that, you can count on Kpop Demon Hunters collecting a couple of trophies this weekend at the Academy Awards.

'She is our hero': Oakland celebrates Alysa Liu after Olympics triumph

Nearly 5,000 people gathered in Oakland on Thursday afternoon to celebrate local hero Alysa Liu – a fitting homecoming for the two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist. At a lively celebration that included fans sporting Alysa-inspired striped wigs, performances from local artists, and tributes from other Bay Area sports legends, mayor Babara Lee presented Liu with the key to the city.

Chef Shirley Chung Returns to TOC

Chef Shirley Chung is a badass. After being diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer and beating it, she returns to compete on Food Network's Tournament of Champions, just as she promised host Guy Fieri she would do. She faces off against chef Date Talde on the latest episode, airing Sunday at 8/7c.

Chinese-American Novelist Yulin Kuang Grew Up Feeling “Shame” Around Sex, But Now She’s Known For Writing Incredible Smut

"A lot of the [Asian American books] I've read that get elevated to the point of best seller status, they can feel very deep and thought-provoking and all of these things. And I think I need to be all of those things too, [but] I guess what I'm here to do is represent our horny side as well. We can be sad, and deep, and horny, as well."

Watch on YouTube

XO, Kitty: Season 3 | Official Trailer

It's a surprise Song-Covey sister reunion. Lana Condor will reprise her role as Lara Jean in the upcoming season of XO, KITTY, making it her first time appearing in the series and officially returning to the franchise, which kicked off with the To All the Boys I've Loved Before film series.

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2026/03/the-kpop-demon-hunters-sequel-is.html

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