AWS outage
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dw_maintenanceDW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Dear Yuletide author, happy Yuletide!
Oct. 19th, 2025 07:43 pmjenettIt's been two years since I signed up for Yuletide, but I'm looking forward to it this year!
Thank you so much for writing for me, and I hope you also have a fantastic Yuletide exchange, whatever that looks like for you. I've included both what I particularly like about each canon and a couple of prompt ideas, but I'm up for anything that doesn't hit my DNWs and includes the characters.
( General notes, things I love, my do not wants )
( All Of Us Murderers - K.J. Charles )
( Greta Helsing Series - Vivian Shaw )
( England Series - K. J. Charles )
( The Odyssey - Homer )
Thank you so much for writing for me, and I hope you also have a fantastic Yuletide exchange, whatever that looks like for you. I've included both what I particularly like about each canon and a couple of prompt ideas, but I'm up for anything that doesn't hit my DNWs and includes the characters.
( General notes, things I love, my do not wants )
( All Of Us Murderers - K.J. Charles )
( Greta Helsing Series - Vivian Shaw )
( England Series - K. J. Charles )
( The Odyssey - Homer )
Benediction
Oct. 16th, 2025 06:54 amsyzygisIf I have a thousand words may each word reach you
Hold you or teach you
If need be, preach too
If I gave a thousand sticks you could make fire
A raft or higher
Whate'er'ed inspire
If I threw a thousand ropes you'd have a strong net
Or rope for miles yet
Or one thick garment
But I wrote two hundred poems if you want to see
I shared a part of me
Use them as you may need
-K Royka, 10/16/2025
Hold you or teach you
If need be, preach too
If I gave a thousand sticks you could make fire
A raft or higher
Whate'er'ed inspire
If I threw a thousand ropes you'd have a strong net
Or rope for miles yet
Or one thick garment
But I wrote two hundred poems if you want to see
I shared a part of me
Use them as you may need
-K Royka, 10/16/2025
Cynical
Oct. 13th, 2025 04:43 pmsyzygisHistory is whitewashed
It's more than shades of gray
But people who ate mummies
Couldn't bear to think that way
History was vibrant
But marble's more refined
According to those rich thieves who
Can't keep an open mind.
Not one soul is perfect
But if you look ahead
Just become more famous --
You'll be saintly when you're dead.
-K Royka, 10/13/2025
It's more than shades of gray
But people who ate mummies
Couldn't bear to think that way
History was vibrant
But marble's more refined
According to those rich thieves who
Can't keep an open mind.
Not one soul is perfect
But if you look ahead
Just become more famous --
You'll be saintly when you're dead.
-K Royka, 10/13/2025
Difference
Oct. 12th, 2025 02:56 amsyzygisMay each step
You take
Into this world
Carry the weight
Of your ability.
May you see clearly
That each task
You take
Is one of portent
And significance,
Shaping the world around you.
When you feel
That your steps
And your world
Are small,
And the expectations
Hunching
You
Over
With
Guilt
Are great
...
Does the pebble
In the pond
See
What happens to the still surface?
Hold to your heart.
Let the mighty
Write their histories of names.
We craft a different legacy.
-K Royka, 10/12/2025
You take
Into this world
Carry the weight
Of your ability.
May you see clearly
That each task
You take
Is one of portent
And significance,
Shaping the world around you.
When you feel
That your steps
And your world
Are small,
And the expectations
Hunching
You
Over
With
Guilt
Are great
...
Does the pebble
In the pond
See
What happens to the still surface?
Hold to your heart.
Let the mighty
Write their histories of names.
We craft a different legacy.
-K Royka, 10/12/2025