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people don't talk enough about how fucking funny it is that bruce can sub in his kids as batman when he's too busy. like can you imagine it from the league's perspective? imagine you have this really mysterious, geniusly scary guy that you know next to nothing about, never cracks a smile and yet always comes out on top, and one day he shows up to a league meeting and there's just something... off. about him.

you can't pin it down because he's literally acting exactly the same as usual and there's no reason to think there's anything wrong, but maybe he shifted in his seat one to many times, or he looked just a tad bit too bored during green lantern's case review, but something's just... odd. so you quietly ask superman after the meeting if anything's up with the bat bcs you know those two are closer and also clark can hear heartbeats so if something's wrong surely he'll pick it up? and without hesitation he leans over to you and mumbles 'yeah batman was busy, that's his 17 yr old son. he's a crime lord and kills people sometimes though so we're not allowed to let him into the weapons department.' and then walks away like it's normal.

like the whiplash the league must go through every time they realise that no, this is not their fearless dark and brooding leader, this is in fact one of his dipshit kids being forced to sub in bcs the real batman broke an ankle, is incredible.

wonder woman: so that's my proposed plan, what are your thoughts batman?

batman: hn. i think that- *voice raising two octaves* oh shit hold on my phones buzzing

the league:

batman, answering the phone and immediately dropping the Bat Posture™: what do you mean- aw come on little wing that's not fair! but- no, NO DON'T YOU DARE TELL ALFRED I'LL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU- IM SORRY OK I'LL BUY YOU MORE- *catches sight of the league watching him, baffled* *stiffens* ok listen i promise to replace them but i gotta go, please show me mercy iloveyoubye *hangs up*

the league:

batman:

batman: *coughs awkwardly*

superman: *sighs*

batman, to superman: ...red hood found out i ate his chocolate pretzels-

superman, shaking his head: just... just stop.

the flash: so this isn't batman either, is it?

wonder woman: if this one's also a criminal im losing my mind.

superman, tiredly: no no, this one isn't a criminal. this one's actually a cop.

batman: *sinks down in his seat* b's gonna kill me

green lantern, mystified: where does he keep GETTING you all from!?

'batman' dick, who made a pact with jason to Always Fuck With Bruce Whenever The Opportunity Arises: batman is a whore.

they think they've finally sussed out all 2 of batman's kids and then one day during a meeting 'batman' ends up on a 30 minute rant about different hacking methods this tech villain could be using that results in him half way through a sentence breaking off to say '-oh uncle clark could you pass me that pen- thanks, anyway so-' and then five minutes after that when the league have all been exchanging incredulous looks he finally freezes and is like. SHIT.

wonder woman: you're different from the other two, aren't you?

batman: maybe i am maybe i'm not, you can't prove it.

wonder woman:

green lantern: so like, are you new or have you just managed to avoid sub duty up until now?

superman, coughing: actually, this is this ones ninth occasion of replacing batman. you've just never realised before.

the league:

batman: yeah actually the other two are kinda mad i lasted longer than them...

the flash: how the fuck does he keep getting kids with the exact same build as him!??!?

'batman' tim, spent 20 minutes padding the suit out so he would look the part, still mad that bruce keeps palming WE work off on him: oh he forces us to take steroids for it.

the league, concerned:

superman, pinching the bridge of his nose: now come on red robin-

batman, fully tearing up and looking distraught: PLEASE uncle clark, it HURTS, you can't keep COVERING FOR HIM!

superman, frantically to the league: this one lies.

bonus

the league, squinting at batman:

the league: ...

superman: *head in his hands, too disappointed to do anything*

the league: *silently exchanging looks, wondering if anybody's brave enough to say anything*

duke as batman, fully aware this is fucking stupid but jason and tim fell on the floor laughing when dick came up with the idea and frankly, he wanted to see if anybody would have to guts to call him out: so, are we all ready to start the meeting?

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Because M$ is being aggravating:

I recently processed a bunch of Windows updates (Windows 11 Home) and I am now being told that my copy of Windows 11 Home is not activated, and I don't have a valid activation code.

I have not changed the hardware.

I have not installed any new software since the updates ran.

I did not re-install Windows.

I have restarted my computer to run the updates at approximately 5.30pm AWDT (GMT +8) Today, 24 January 2025. This "authentication failure" has started since I ran the restart.

I am unable to get any help from Microsoft's automated "help" for this matter.

I am NOT willing to pay for another copy of Windows 11. I do not have access to the original box and CD that my copy of Windows 11 Home came on, because that is either in storage, or it's been thrown out by my partner in a fit of "efficiency" when we were moving out of home about a week ago. However, my copy of Windows was authenticated up until about 5.30pm today, and I presume Microsoft has some kind of record of this. It is THEIR fucking update which broke things, and I am NOT willing to pay them money to fix a problem they fucking well caused.

So I am sitting here with a watermark in the corner of my screen, telling me to activate Windows, and basically, the only damn solution Micro$oft is willing to give me for the problem is "buy a new copy off our online store". Presumably their bottom line isn't sufficiently robust.

If you're running Windows 11, don't run the latest set of updates before you've located your product key and put it somewhere secure in your system

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Chapters: 11/11 Fandom: The Witcher (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion Characters: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Jaskier | Dandelion, Jaskier | Dandelion's Mother, Lambert (The Witcher) Additional Tags: Non-Human Jaskier | Dandelion, Family Reunions, Original Female Character(s) - Freeform, there's a dog, the dog lives, Everyone lives, things your mother didn't tell you that she thought you'd worked out ages ago, jaskier dosen't know he's not human, Alcohol, Wine, no beta we die like we were born, naked and screaming Summary:

He made a tiny confused noise.

Yennifer’s shoulder twitched slightly. A small sharp noise from her nose.

She moved the tea things to one side and set a bottle of wine down instead before resuming. “Jaskier, if you are only now figuring this out, what exactly happened when you ran off to that school?” she asked.

Yennifer made a smothered noise next to him.

Jaskier turned a betrayed look in Yen's direction. She was restraining herself from laughing, wasn’t she? He was having a very trying day and she thought it was funny. The utter bitch. He hadn’t wanted to push her into a mud puddle this badly since...

Well. Ages.

“I hope you crack a rib,” he hissed at her.

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CC-1010 | Fox & Darth Maul, Coruscant Guard Clone Troopers & Darth Maul Characters: CC-1010 | Fox, Darth Maul, Clone Commander Thorn (Star Wars), Coruscant Guard Clone Troopers (Star Wars), Original Clone Trooper Character(s) (Star Wars), CC-5869 | Stone, CC-4477 | Thire, Coruscant Guard Trooper Hound (Star Wars), Feral (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Savage Opress, Clone Trooper Slick (Star Wars) Additional Tags: Bad Things Happen Bingo, Enemy Turned Caretaker, Enemies to Friends, the coruscant guards stray tooka (Darth Maul), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Crack Treated Seriously, Hurt/Comfort, Mentioned Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, they took one look at each other and was like "I could make him worse", Bloodstained Clothes, Stitches, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, nothing explicitly stated but i wanted to warn for it, Murder, enemies to found family who will kill for each other, Dead Sheev Palpatine Summary:

“Thorn,” Fox says, blankly staring down at this whole fucking mess that’s been dragged into his life. “What the fuck.” “I found him in the lower levels.” “And you thought bringing him back here was a good idea?” --- The Guard picks up a stray and Fox would very much like it to stop leaving dead Senators on his doorstep.

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If anyone remembers the old story about how male prisoners were found to be calmed when their cells were painted pink; (oft cited to prove that the color pink has a calming effect on men) apparently this research was replicated with other paint colors and it was found that any color of paint has the same effect, including painting the walls the same color that they were before. As it turns out, you have to clean in order to paint, and people are happier when their environment has been recently cleaned. The obvious takeway is that correlation does not equal causation, but the even MORE obvious takeaway is the many times proved but seldom acknowledged law that one should never attempt to extrapolate general principles out of studies done in a prison

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Caria chrysame psittacus, a type of metalmark butterfly known for its shimmery green markings. Photo credit: Kim Garwood

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Kanan (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: CC-5052 | Bly & CC-2224 | Cody, CC-2224 | Cody & CT-7567 | Rex, Boba Fett & CT-7567 | Rex, CC-5052 | Bly & CC-3636 | Wolffe Characters: CC-5052 | Bly, CC-3636 | Wolffe, CC-2224 | Cody, Boba Fett, Jango Fett, CT-7567 | Rex, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, CT-5597 | Jesse, Clone Trooper Slick (Star Wars), CC-5576-39 | Gregor, CT-1157 | Stance, CC-10/994 | Grey, Clone Trooper Styles (Star Wars) Additional Tags: Domino Squad Lives (Star Wars), Time Travel Fix-It, Pre-Canon, Post-Order 66 (Star Wars), Everybody Lives, Grief/Mourning, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Reunions, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Planet Yavin 4 (Star Wars) Series: Part 32 of What-If Star Wars AUs, Part 2 of Can We Start Over? Summary:

Clone Commanders all up and down the hall came awake at the same moment. Some had died in the war. More had lived beyond it.

Bly’s little puddle of vomit didn’t remain alone for long.

Wolffe, of all people, managed to get them moving. He stormed through each hall of sleep tubes, barking at his brothers to straighten up, grab their gear, hurry up and fall in. “You want to save our Jedi? Or sit around crying until the war starts again?”

Swallowing, Bly snagged his personal datapad and joined the growing line.

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I find the older I get, the less patience I have for stories that are unrelentingly grim. That's not 'gritty and realistic', it's self-important misery porn. If you can't make me think about What It Is To Be Human while telling a ridiculous little story about Death as Santa Claus, why are you even talking to me?

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Chapters: 18/18 Fandom: Batman (Comics), Daredevil (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Lady Shiva, Wilson Fisk, Victor Stone, Infomorph, Barbara Gordon, Raven (DCU), Reed Richards, Susan Storm (Fantastic Four), Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Crime Fighting, Crossover Summary:

When Bruce Wayne finds himself in a bit of legal trouble in New York, he discovers that good attorneys are easy to find, but hard to keep in the dark—even when they're blind!

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Chapters: 10/10 Fandom: Batman (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Bruce Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Jim Gordon, Dinah Lance, Roy Harper, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul, Doctor Hurt, Jezebel Jet, Hugo Strange, Clayface, Black Glove, The Joker, Jason Todd Additional Tags: Background Dinah/Ollie, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Family Drama, Temporary Amnesia, Drug Withdrawal, Medicinal Drug Use, Minor Character Death Summary:

An AU version of Batman, RIP. When the GCPD makes a surprising arrest, Gordon knows he needs to call in support. Contains MASSIVE spoilers for Batman #678.

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the commanders

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake (DCU) & Danny Fenton, Danny Fenton & Tucker Foley & Sam Manson, Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton & Valerie Gray, Danny Fenton/Valerie Gray, Tim Drake (DCU)/Danny Fenton Characters: Danny Fenton, Tucker Foley, Sam Manson, Jazz Fenton, Nocturn (Danny Phantom), Tim Drake (DCU), Valerie Gray, Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain Additional Tags: Literal Sleeping Together, in the nocturn sense, Dreamwalking, Outer Space, Amity Park (Danny Phantom), Magic, Danny is Sleeping Beauty, except he went looking for the spinning needle so sad lmao, Tim Drake is Sleep Deprived, this turns out to be a good thing tho, I do have some zingers in this one, beta'd by someone who's not really in either fandom, that's how you know its good lmao, Ghost King Danny Fenton, eh kinda, Pre-Relationship, Could be romantic or platonic I'm not fussed Series: Part 27 of Livy's Misc Oneshots Summary:

Everything is perfect for Danny. He has a girlfriend, two besties, he's graduating soon, and everyone knows he's Phantom and don't care! His parents are proud of him, his sister makes bomb ass pizza, his grades are awesome! Everything is wonderful!

Then someone new shows up. Someone who isn't supposed to be there at all. Nocturn promised no one could interfere and try to wake him up, he PROMISED-

Everything is perfect.

  You have to wake up, Danny.

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Chapters: 25/25 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Alfred Pennyworth Additional Tags: Tim Drake-centric, Tim Drake Needs a Hug, Child Neglect, I really make Tim's parents awful in this one, The Joker is dead, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Bruce Wayne is doing his best, Bruce Wayne's B+ parenting, Genius Tim Drake, Psychopath Tim Drake, Angst and Humor, Fluff and Humor, Everyone is forcibly adopting Tim Drake and he doesn't know what to do about it, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, as in I hardly know canon at all anyways, lots of fanon characterization in this one and LOTS of me doing whatever with the characters, Stalker Tim Drake, Good Sibling Dick Grayson, Crack Treated Seriously, Found Family, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, BAMF Jason Todd, BAMF Tim Drake, implied/referenced suicidal ideation, Touch-Starved Tim Drake, Good Sibling Jason Todd, ...eventually, Identity Shenanigans Summary:

Tim Drake never actually wanted to become part of the Robin-Batman-vigilante outfit. No, really. But the last Robin up and died, and now Batman is going crazy, and no one else is doing anything about it, so...Tim decides to become Robin. He might as well, right? At the very least it'll give him something to do while his parents are gone.

Still, Tim's not taking up the mantle until he can put a couple of things in order. Step one? Making sure the Joker can't get it into his head to kill another Robin. Not ever again. (Good thing Tim's not the one with a 'no killing' rule.)

And then after that? Well, after that it's only just a matter of keeping Batman from learning Tim's identity and subsequently chasing him off. Not until Bruce can get back on his feet and pick a new Robin, a real one this time. Easy-peasy.

Sort of.

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The largest and deepest sinkhole in the world is Xiaozhai Tiankeng, in Fengjie, China. Its name means something like "well of heaven" or "heavenly."

With its 662 meters deep, 626 meters long and 537 meters wide, it is one of the most impressive natural attractions on Earth.

In addition to a great variety of fauna and flora, it is home to an underground river that measures a total of 8.5 km that ends in a spectacular waterfall. In the rainy season, a waterfall is also generated at the mouth of the sinkhole.

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Chapters: 45/45 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth Additional Tags: Batfamily Feels, Memory Alteration, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Tim Drake is Red Robin, Jason Todd-centric, Tim Drake-centric, Canon-Typical Violence, Damian is Robin, Musicals, Tim canonically plays piano, Rating for Language Summary:

Tim might have a tendency to overwork, but he did not tend to forget people he personally hired for WE's research team. 'Course, the rest of the family didn't tend to forget Jason Todd existed either. Conclusion: You could never be too careful handling alien artifacts.

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Professor and students prototype machine to unravel textiles for re-use rather than cutting them

University of Minnesota Duluth associate professor Abbie Clarke-Sather, Ph.D., envisions a world where textile recycling is commonplace. Where thrift stores, recycling facilities and clothing brands can manage their own textile waste, turning it back into fibers that can be reused instead of going to landfills by the literal millions of tons. She and her team have been developing the Fiber Shredder for the past six years. It’s a little bit of a misnomer, as the machine pulls apart textiles rather than cutting them, leaving the fibers longer and more usable for re-spinning. It does the job in about 90 seconds.

photo: Hira Durrani (left), who is working toward her master’s in applied material science at the University of Minnesota Duluth, has developed nonwovens from recycled cotton. Paulo Alves graduated with a master’s in mechanical engineering and is working with associate professor Abbie Clarke-Sather, Ph.D., at Waypoint Forward LLC to commercialize the machine.