Checking In - 14 Oct 2026
Oct. 14th, 2026 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dewlineStill here, still doing the stuff I need to do. I got my flu vaccine update yesterday. Hoping to try out Nuvaxovid for my next COVID vaccine update.
Thoughts, anyone?
Thoughts, anyone?
dewline
Victoria Festival of Authors - Free Online Event Oct 15 7:30 pm PST
Oct. 14th, 2026 04:44 pmradiantfractureThis one is an in-person panel that is being livestreamed.
From the writeup:
Moderator Samantha Beynon sits down with Monique Gray Smith, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Jordan Abel, and Amanda Peters for a warm and wide-ranging conversation about story, craft, and what it means to write and bring their stories to life. Monique’s Sharing the Light is full of heart and the kind of wisdom that stays with you. Michael’s The Lost Haida Manga: A Compendium will genuinely surprise you with how far a story can stretch and still hold together. Jordan’s Dad Era is intimate, layered, and unlike anything else you will read this year. Amanda’s The Birthing Tree is not to be missed. There will be bannock bites for the audience and bannock and tea for the authors. Join us for good company, great books, and the kind of conversation that makes you want to go home and read everything.
https://victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/events/how-stories-breathe
From the writeup:
Moderator Samantha Beynon sits down with Monique Gray Smith, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Jordan Abel, and Amanda Peters for a warm and wide-ranging conversation about story, craft, and what it means to write and bring their stories to life. Monique’s Sharing the Light is full of heart and the kind of wisdom that stays with you. Michael’s The Lost Haida Manga: A Compendium will genuinely surprise you with how far a story can stretch and still hold together. Jordan’s Dad Era is intimate, layered, and unlike anything else you will read this year. Amanda’s The Birthing Tree is not to be missed. There will be bannock bites for the audience and bannock and tea for the authors. Join us for good company, great books, and the kind of conversation that makes you want to go home and read everything.
https://victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/events/how-stories-breathe
Did Katie Zacharia pass the bar exam? What we know about her legal credentials
Oct. 14th, 2026 10:39 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
snopes_feedWe searched lawyer directories in all 50 U.S. states and reviewed Chinese rules for any evidence that Zacharia is actually licensed, as she claims.
Did Trump post AI video of himself playing with tiger after deadly UK attack?
Oct. 14th, 2026 10:05 pmsnopes_feedThe president also posted authentic footage of the tiger mauling in Yorkshire, England.
Does image show protester removed from crowd at Trump rally in Ohio? Don't be fooled
Oct. 14th, 2026 06:36 pmsnopes_feedThe claim spread after members of the audience grappled with an apparent protester during the rally.
Claim NY Democrats fined unvaccinated Amish children $2K per day distorts facts
Oct. 14th, 2026 03:00 pmsnopes_feedThe state fined three Amish schools for failing to comply with state law on student vaccinations.
10 alleged Hegseth quotes, investigated
Oct. 14th, 2026 01:00 pmsnopes_feedWe compiled our coverage of what the Secretary of Defense has (and hasn't) said.
Ilhan Omar: 18 rumors we've examined
Oct. 14th, 2026 11:00 amsnopes_feedAs news broke that federal agents searched her home, we took a look back at the rumors we've analyzed about the Minnesota Democrat.
Did DHS waive New Mexico water laws to access wells for border wall construction?
Oct. 14th, 2026 10:00 amsnopes_feedPeople claimed the waiver removed the state's ownership of water wells during a lawsuit against the federal government.
PHONE RETURNED
Oct. 13th, 2026 07:48 pmjazzfishAfter probably the least pleasant twenty-eight hours in recent memory, I got an email to the email address I'd put in the 'lost phone' screen saying "my cousin's mom found this and thought no one was looking for it, but i saw the email address on the screen so now you know your phone didn't get stolen." I am explicitly not poking at the story, particularly not since I have recovered my phone and the people were very nice about it all.
Spent the last couple of hours restoring from backup and convincing it to restore the eSIMs for the actual phone lines. Tomorrow I will attempt to call the county and see if I can sort out this Medical Assistance mess.
I am tired and headachey and will probably fall over very soon. Thank you all for supportive comments etc. <3 <3 <3
Spent the last couple of hours restoring from backup and convincing it to restore the eSIMs for the actual phone lines. Tomorrow I will attempt to call the county and see if I can sort out this Medical Assistance mess.
I am tired and headachey and will probably fall over very soon. Thank you all for supportive comments etc. <3 <3 <3
Trump claims Russia and Ukraine agreed to 'energy ceasefire.' Is there proof?
Oct. 13th, 2026 11:38 pmsnopes_feedThe president didn't provide any evidence that the two warring countries had reached such an agreement.
Did Ukraine's strikes on Yandex servers take out Russian bots? What we know
Oct. 13th, 2026 11:06 pmsnopes_feedUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there were "fewer bots" online after Ukraine struck three of Yandex's servers.
Trump's quote about being 'last Republican president' is real, but missing context
Oct. 13th, 2026 10:32 pmsnopes_feedThe president made the comment during a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, where he endorsed Republican candidates in the midterms.
Ad targeting Maine Sen. Susan Collins' opponent Troy Jackson ran in wrong state. Who paid?
Oct. 13th, 2026 08:08 pmsnopes_feedSnopes confirmed a political ad meant to air in Portland, Maine, aired in Portland, Oregon, instead.
Did RFK Jr. say 'infertility is genetic'?
Oct. 13th, 2026 03:00 pmsnopes_feedWhile the health secretary has long been concerned about infertility issues, this alleged quote needs a fact-check.
Is your ballot disqualified if poll workers mark it? Here's the truth
Oct. 13th, 2026 02:37 pmsnopes_feedSeveral states require poll workers to mark ballots as part of the verification process.
Did Charlie Kirk say children could watch public executions as 'initiation' at 'certain age'?
Oct. 13th, 2026 01:00 pmsnopes_feedKirk's comments from 2024 resurfaced after the U.S. military said it would livestream an execution by firing squad.
Did Erika Kirk confront Heather Cox Richardson during panel?
Oct. 13th, 2026 11:00 amsnopes_feedA fake story about Charlie Kirk’s widow and a historian circulated on Facebook.
snopes_feedThe DAs say a law that would make several races "nonpartisan" across five Atlanta metro counties in 2028 is unconstitutional.