Well you didn't think you'd escape that easily did you?

An update for everyone:

Piper is hard at work on the site figuring out what's going on and trying to fix it. Part of that process is involving a lot of backups and a lot of software updates. As a result, there is a chance the site may go down for an extended period of time as we work on the issues.

We apologize for the interruptions this is causing, but ultimately our goal is to keep the site a safe place to visit and post your fiction and comments.

Hey everyone.

We know that there are a lot of issues folks are having with weird popups and stuff right now. We're trying to tackle it as best we can, but it's a bit slow going -- we're managing to fix the symptoms as we find them, but we're still rooting out the causes.

If you're having issues with things on the site that you think are specifically related to this situation, let us know here before posting another blog, please. That way we can keep things easy to find while we look into this.

Information that would help:

If you have ever searched for a job or done any hiring, Indeed is a well known and often used company that helps connect employers and job seekers. But apparently it is also a good place to work as well.

and any other colour you can think of!

Given the murder of a non-binary child in the US recently, this article was interesting. It claims the parents of other schoolkids are more trouble than the kids who are interacting with a non-binary child. And remember most opinions held by children, including prejudices, come from the parents.

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/child-non-binary-friends...

which isn't ideal when you have stuff to do that involves going outside!

and some weather!

To dispel my own irritation, here are some important definitions:

Space is anywhere outside the Earth's atmosphere.

Deep Space is outside this Solar System.

Galaxy is a generally spiral shaped collection of stars and other matter that is thought to orbit around a Black Hole. The number of stars in our Galaxy is thought to be in the billions. At light speed, Scientists say that it would take 200,000 years to cross it.

The Universe has unnumbered Galaxies in it. Our own Galaxy is thought to be in a group of Galaxies that occupy the Lanea kea group.

but i'm here now!

The children who brutally murdered a transgender girl have been named, in a positive article about her death, Zoe Williams comments that transphobia seems to be a component of why Brianna was murdered and how it is whipped up by the right-wing press and politicians, I think it's worth a read and I agree we should remember the name of the victim not the perpetrators, who will locked up for years.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/02/briann...

of 2024!

Heya folks!

Just a head's up that the site might be seeing some downtime later this evening (24th January 2024.) There are going to be some updates coming through, and while they're going to be processed as quickly as possible, they might result in the site being unavailable for a while.

If I get any more information on specifically when to expect such outages I'll try to let folks know here.

Thanks for your patience!

Melanie E.

or not as the case may be!

the forecast for this bit of the world is a bit 'Northern'!

or more excuses for a late post!

A BCTS Author had a fire in her apartment building.

I found this:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travelbuzz/289078-how-surviv...

Advice is sane, sensible and authoritative.

So i'll start by sending you all the relevant greetings to mark the passing of another year!

Trans people playing Chess at the top level.

A trans man won the non-binary division of the NY Marathon Link: Check out this video on Lansing State Journal: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/sportskind/2023/12/05...

In the UK the trial of the murder of a poor, shy trans girl was concluded recently.

Two seemingly normal 15-year-olds with no previous convictions planned to murder Brianna in February this year.

The whole story is so sad, it brings a tear to your eye when you read it. It does make you wonder what hope there is for humanity when there are children around like this.

What can possibly twist two young minds this way?

I'd had never heard of this site before, am I the only one?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/16/transan...

Well it did mean i got a bit of writing done instead!

A lot of fairly nonsensical things were stated by the Republican presidential candidates in last night’s debate. Some were hateful, that concerned our community.