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Posted by Elintiriel

https://www.transformativeworks.org/slasheaven-is-moving-to-ao3-2/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=280788

SlasHeaven, a Spanish-language slash fanfiction and fanart archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3).

In this post:

Background explanation

SlasHeaven was founded on May 19, 2004, by the programmer and main promoter of the archive, Ayesha, and two collaborators, Maryam and Aura. This began after a massive deletion of fanfiction slash written in Spanish at a popular platform and with the conviction that we needed a place where we could publish in our language without restrictions. And so this website was born, a place dedicated exclusively to slash fanfiction written in Spanish.

SlasHeaven’s archivist made the decision to move the archive to AO3 after web configuration issues made it untenable to continue maintaining the archive themselves.

The purpose of the Open Doors Committee’s Online Archive Rescue Project is to assist moderators of archives to incorporate the fanworks from those archives into the Archive of Our Own. Open Doors works with moderators to import their archives when the moderators lack the funds, time, or other resources to continue to maintain their archives independently. It is extremely important to Open Doors that we work in collaboration with moderators who want to import their archives and that we fully credit creators, giving them as much control as possible over their fanworks. Open Doors will be working with Maryam and Aura to import SlasHeaven into a separate, searchable collection on the Archive of Our Own. As part of preserving the archive in its entirety, any fanart currently hosted by SlasHeaven will be hosted on the OTW’s servers, and embedded in their own AO3 work pages.

We will begin importing works from SlasHeaven to AO3 after March. However, the import may not take place for several months or even years, depending on the size and complexity of the archive. Creators are always welcome to import their own works and add them to the collection in the meantime.

What does this mean for creators who had work(s) on SlasHeaven?

We will send an import notification to the email address we have for each creator. We’ll do our best to check for an existing copy of any works before importing. If we find a copy already on AO3, we will add it to the collection instead of importing it. All works archived on behalf of a creator will include their name in the byline or the summary of the work.

All imported works will be set to be viewable only by logged-in AO3 users. Once you claim your works, you can make them publicly-viewable if you choose. After 30 days, all unclaimed imported works will be made visible to all visitors.

Please contact Open Doors with your SlasHeaven pseud(s) and email address(es), if:

You’d like us to import your works, but you need the notification sent to a different email address than you used on the original archive.
You already have an AO3 account and have imported your works already yourself.
You’d like to import your works yourself (including if you don’t have an AO3 account yet).
You would NOT like your works moved to AO3, or would NOT like your works added to the archive collection.
You are happy for us to preserve your works on AO3, but would like us to remove your name.
You have any other questions we can help you with.

Please include the name of the archive in the subject heading of your email. If you no longer have access to the email account associated with your SlasHeaven account, please contact Open Doors and we’ll help you out. (If you’ve posted the works elsewhere, or have an easy way to verify that they’re yours, that’s great; if not, we will work with the SlasHeaven mods to confirm your claims.)

Please see the Open Doors Website for instructions on:

importing your works to AO3
adding your works to the new collection SlasHeaven

If you still have questions…

If you have further questions, visit the Open Doors FAQ, or contact the Open Doors committee.

We’d also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of SlasHeaven on Fanlore. If you’re new to wiki editing, no worries! Check out the new visitor portal, or ask the Fanlore Gardeners for tips.

We’re excited to be able to help preserve SlasHeaven!

– The Open Doors team and Maryam and Aura

Commenting on this post will be disabled in 14 days, on April 8, 2026. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this import after that date, please contact Open Doors.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/slasheaven-is-moving-to-ao3-2/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=280788

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everykindofcraft

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

Have you ever created crafts for specific events such as a fundraiser, a contest, a community event, etc.? If so, what was that like? Were you the only crafter, did you get to work with other people?

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sieboldhuis

While not well known in most places, Filipp Franz von Siebold is a famous name in the Netherlands and perhaps surprisingly in Japan as a well respected 19th-century doctor and botanist.

The German scientist came to Japan in 1823 where he worked in Dejima Island and later in a medical school in the Nagasaki countryside. During his time there he discovered and catalogued many new plant species, and found ways to transport them to the Dutch Indies, and even the Netherlands where some of them still grow today in the Horris Botanicus.

In 1829 Siebold was arrested for smuggling maps and placed under house arrest for about a year before he was banished and sent back to the Netherlands with an an enormous amount of plants, books, local items, and maps.

Once back in the Netherlands he set up a large curiosity cabinet and began teaching Japanese language, culture, and medicine at the university. This building has largely remained preserved to this day, with the original artifacts and books still on display.

The upper floor of the building became an exhibition space for rotating Japan related exhibitions.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sieboldhuis

sennashi_dorei

Sometimes I just pretend that people like me enough to pretend that it is true. I am so tired, no one likes sick people.

sennashi_dorei

My foot is not doing great, so maybe it would be stupid... but it might not be the worst, who knows.

susandennis

So my modus operandi apple wise is to leave them on the counter until it's their time. Then cut the next one into 8ths and put it in the fridge. I snack on a slice now and then and often have several with my lunch. Every day. And my go to is Fuji.

But yesterday, in Trader Joe's, they did not have any single Fuji's! They were very apple-light. So I got another kind that was on an end cap display. I pulled off the sticky labels and put them on the counter except the one I sliced up.

Today I had some cheese and crackers for lunch and some apple. OMG OMG OMG!!! What is this apple?? It's like the candy of fruit. And all crisp and juicy and perfect. But, what the heck was it?

With the apple situation as it was at Trader Joe's, I was pretty sure they would be rearranging soon and all I knew was where these were yesterday. So I just got back into the car and went right back to Trader Joe's.

And turns out that they are available at all the grocery stores and year round. Why have I never heard of them before???

I have a stash now. The Internets say 6 weeks in the crisper. I only got 10. No way will they last 6 weeks.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hope-cross

This mediaeval stone monument marks an old Roman route across the beautiful moors high in the Peak District. The views from this area across to Bamford Edge, Ladybower Reservoir and Win Hill are stunning. In a time when all you meet are livestock and other walkers, it is hard to imagine this as an important Roman road.

The monument was built (or possibly restored) in 1737 and this date can clearly be seen carved into the stone, as well as the names of four local towns, showing its use as a way marker.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hope-cross

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Posted by Nur Ibrahim

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-senator-trump-dhs-shutdown/

The revelation came during the second month of a partial government shutdown that saw major delays at airports.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-senator-trump-dhs-shutdown/

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Posted by Ask a Manager

https://www.askamanager.org/2026/03/i-cried-in-front-of-my-new-boss-and-im-mortified.html

https://www.askamanager.org/?p=37269

A reader writes:

My manager, Katherine, is a C-suite level executive who joined the organization eight months ago. She was previously my skip-level manager (former boss’s boss), but due to a large RIF/company restructuring four months ago, my former manager is no longer with the organization, and another colleague and I were asked to co-lead the remaining team, reporting to Katherine. Before the restructuring, I had met her maybe twice, and at the time of my recent performance review, this was my second 1-1.

Many of the projects I worked on last year are no longer considered company priorities after this restructuring. During my performance review, Katherine admitted that she had been unaware of much of the work I had described in my previous year’s goals (most of which are no longer team/department priorities) and instead shared general observations: positive qualities in curiosity and engaging with others, well-thought of in the company, but she felt like my confidence and communication was not where she would have expected it to be at my senior individual contributor-middle manager level and asked me to reflect on why, as she wants me to develop more tenacity and grit.

After some self-reflection, I scheduled a follow-up meeting and shared that I thrive in collaborative interactive team environments and that her observations may be tied to the previous siloed structure of our team (one thing she was unhappy about how the team had been previously structured) and how I had ended up essentially working alone for the majority of the past year, despite my efforts to find entry points into more collaborative work through my previous manager. To my utter surprise, after I finished sharing, I suddenly started crying! I think it was a combination of feeling under a lot of pressure to perform well given the company’s current shaky financials, the stress of all these recent changes, imposter syndrome, and acknowledging some of the frustration I had had over the last year.

Katherine was nice about it and said from what she knows about my previous manager, she can understand how these circumstances arose but wants me to develop skills to not acquiesce so easily in the future. I am looking for a therapist to help me learn to manage some of these stressors in my life, but I am mortified at the unprofessional-ness of crying (and concerned that Katherine, who has not seen me operate at my best so far, will think I cannot handle this role).

What, if anything, do I say when I speak with her again and how do I recover from this?

You are almost certainly not the first person to cry in Katherine’s office.

More people cry at work and in front of their managers than I think non-managers realize. Work is stressful and the stakes can be high and, in my experience, people who are conscientious are more likely to cry at work at some point. I used to keep a box of tissues prominently on my desk, and it’s not because I’m a jerk who makes people cry. Work just gets to people sometimes.

In this specific situation, it’s tougher because she was specifically talking about wanting you to develop more tenacity and grit, and so of course crying feels like the last thing you wanted to do in that moment. And that’s compounded by the fact you haven’t had much contact with her before now, so the two of you don’t yet have a strong relationship to put this all in context. But she’s also well aware that this has been a rough year in your company and for you — there have been layoffs and massive changes to priorities and your job has changed and you’ve been stuck working on your own and the company is still on shaky ground. Of course you’re stressed out. Of course the stakes feel high. If Katherine has even a small amount of emotional intelligence, she gets it.

The best thing you can do to feel you’ve put this behind you is to say something to her the next time you talk like, “I apologize for appearing emotional in our last meeting. I wasn’t expecting that to happen — just a weird physiological reaction! I really do value your feedback, and I appreciate you giving it to me.”

Say it in a matter-of-fact, breezy tone. The idea is to reassure her that you are not a delicate flower who will react strongly whenever given feedback, and to sort of reset the vibe between you since the last conversation.

From there, don’t dwell on it. Move forward in the relationship as if it didn’t happen and trust that she will too. As you get more experience working together, that more direct experience will be a far bigger contributor to her sense of what you’re like to work with and should pretty quickly eclipse this early conversation entirely.

The post I cried in front of my new boss and I’m mortified appeared first on Ask a Manager.

https://www.askamanager.org/2026/03/i-cried-in-front-of-my-new-boss-and-im-mortified.html

https://www.askamanager.org/?p=37269

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agonyaunt

From today’s NY Times, in the weekly Social Q’s column.

Our youngest, who is 37 and uses they/them pronouns, has a long history of psychological problems. They sent a text informing us that they no longer want to interact with family members, and that if we want to meet with them, they require an advocate to be present. This child lives in our second home. They don’t pay rent, but they have a job that covers food and health insurance costs. We’re not sure what caused the break. They had a very bad interaction with our son, and we asked them to work it out themselves. But our son wants nothing to do with his sibling, and my husband wants to stop communicating with them, too. He says they are toxic. I am heartbroken. What should I do?

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Posted by Ask a Manager

https://www.askamanager.org/2026/03/update-telling-a-new-employee-hes-not-cut-out-for-the-job.html

https://www.askamanager.org/?p=37130

Remember the letter-writer who needed to tell a new employee he’s not cut out for the job? The first update was here, and here’s the latest.

After far too long, I was able to terminate Tom.

As the “fun” project wore on, he started telling me he was overwhelmed, and I started stepping in to do increasingly more of his work. Don’t ask me why I found his requests for help so compelling, I’m still mad at myself about falling for them.

After delivering the “needs improvement” conversation, his work improved for a few months. But then something snapped, and he completely fell below the minimum threshold. Multiple important meetings no-showed. Entire afternoons where I was unable to locate him on campus. IMs I would send at 4pm that wouldn’t be answered until 10am the next day. I always called him out, and he always had an excuse of varying believability. It’s difficult to motivate someone who doesn’t care about the impact of his actions on others, especially when he knows all of your threats are idle.

I tried for about five months to get HR to pull his badge data (or support a PIP in general), but they “left me on read” for a half dozen email/Teams attempts, then my main contact went on maternity leave, then the interim said it was protected information(?). Also, all this time I was without a manager to escalate to, as she was fired with no backup plan. Finally, I was able to get the ear of a new HR generalist, and she pulled the data herself. Over the previous six months, Tom had averaged a shocking 25 hours on campus (for a job that cannot be done from home). I bet it was overwhelming for him to get his work done while working half-time!

I was hopping mad. We work on government contracts, so time theft is incredibly serious — he could go to jail! I thought we would be firing him that day, but instead HR made me give him a formal written warning. As part of that, we established set hours he had to be on campus. Within two weeks, he was doing the “bare minimum” again — arriving at 8:10ish, taking long lunches, and leaving at 4:20ish (which, as he argued, his peers do too … but they actually get their work done). Still couldn’t fire him. Then the new year came around, and he called in sick every Monday and Friday until he was out of sick time. Still couldn’t fire him. Then, he was 20 minutes late to a major customer meeting and told me, ‘Well, that part is just boring introductions anyway.” That retort happened in front of an executive, so then I got to fire him.

Of course, I have no backfill, so now I’m stuck doing 40 hours of his work each week instead of the usual 15, but that’s another letter.

Overall, he was a good reminder that you never have enough experience to eliminate your blind spots. I wanted Tom to succeed more than he did. I take that as a sign that I’ve been very lucky to have had almost entirely conscientious and well intentioned employees over the last decade.

I appreciate the comments warning me that I was allowing Tom to fail up, and they weren’t off-base. I think it’s clear to everyone, including me, that giving Tom a fun project was a mistake. But there is always more to a story than can be summarized in a quick update. First, the project was siloed independent work and required strict rule interpretation (Tom’s favorite), while Tom’s original job required constant teamwork and an appreciation for human nature. The entire team got along much better after the reassignment. They even started including Tom in informal team lunches and happy hours again.

Second, the special project assignment was not stolen from anyone more deserving. I advertised it broadly to my team, and no one else was interested. I had rearranged the team assignments when I took over, so everyone was settling into their new spots and didn’t have a desire to shake things up again so soon. I think if Tom wasn’t in the picture, I could have cajoled a high achiever into taking it on, and it would have benefited their career some. But I also respected the desire to keep their role limited until they gained more experience. I wish I’d been that wise early in my career, rather than frantically taking on increasing “visibility” until I was drowning.

Despite the team loathing Tom as a direct coworker, he was inexplicably popular as “the project guy.” I swear, Tom should start a career as a con artist. My team was pretty angry when I fired him (he had texted them the news before I even made it back to my office, so that was fun). I spent many 1:1s reassuring people that they weren’t about to be fired out of the blue, and we have a process that ensures no one is ever surprised by a performance-based termination. I somehow got through all this without making any sarcastic comments about how HR ensures it is virtually impossible to fire someone. It’s been a rough month, but I am excited about a few internal candidates who will likely apply to backfill Tom. Full circle moment — one of them is a mentee from another department who is doing “okay” there, but would be a great skills fit here.

The post update: telling a new employee he’s not cut out for the job appeared first on Ask a Manager.

https://www.askamanager.org/2026/03/update-telling-a-new-employee-hes-not-cut-out-for-the-job.html

https://www.askamanager.org/?p=37130

ysabetwordsmith

Switzerland : Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Protect Cash Use in the Constitution

Switzerland has become the latest European country to constitutionally enshrine the right to use cash, joining Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. On March 8, 2026, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a legal amendment to safeguard the use of banknotes and coins, with 73.4% supporting the measure.

Watch for opportunities to secure your financial liberties in America or wherever else you live.

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zforce

I don't know why I keep getting upset about the weather. It's March. It's not supposed to be nice outside. The problem is we have had so many "teaser" days, I have been spoiled.

Plus I am sick of all the rain!

We are supposed to have temps in the 50s and 60s from today through Friday. Clouds, clouds, and rain all throughout. Saturday and Sunday will be sunny - and back down to the 40s! Sunday isn't such an ordeal because it's a double rehearsal day, but it won't be warm at the barn. :-(

The long range forecast for next week goes back and forth from 50s to 60s and then jumps up to the 70s and even 80s by the end of the week - with more rain!

Erik's pre-Easter pig roast is that Saturday. I hope we get a combination of both sunshine and warm temperatures. Otherwise we will all have to squish indoors. I think Erik is hoping for good weather. Easter Sunday will be indoors, so the weather is less important for that.

We have the double rehearsal on Sunday this weekend. We go all afternoon, get a dinner break, and then go into the evening. Normally this kind of rehearsal kicks of Tech Week, but Tech Week starts with Easter so we have the double rehearsal a week early. It will be our first day off book for Act 2, so it's a good idea actually. We only have three rehearsal next week and then it's Tech Week!

We worked with props and set pieces for the first time Monday night. It threw us off our game a bit. I'm hoping we fix that tonight.

My car needs gas right now. I haven't been doing much driving in the past couple of weeks, so I know I am going to take a big hit. I use Gas Buddy to find the cheapest gas and the cheapest gas is .50 more per gallon than the cheapest gas the last time I filled up. $3.79 per gallon!

susandennis

It's a non-volleyball day aka sleep in. Which I did. It was lovely. Soon, the sun will come in the bedroom and kill that sleep in joy but for now, it's still good. That sun was blasting into the pool room by the time I got down there but Erica - the director - was standing there talking to someone and when she saw me she said "here, I'll get those shades for you." Nice. The water was the perfect temperature and my music was good and my swim was really wonderful.

So it's early yet but so far GREAT day!!

Bonny is not getting her papers which is fine by me but I do wonder why. She's gone for another week and a half yet. Maybe someone is getting them before I do or maybe there's a problem. At least we know they are not piling up outside her door!

I started a new afghan yesterday. I do not need an afghan but I wanted to crochet something and the kit was on sale so ok. It's a squares thing - big squares - so I can do a monster and then do a half square and then a monster, etc. Baseball season is coming up. This allows for more intricate work.

I have a few little household things I want to get done today but not too much and non involving other people. There's a nice puzzle in the elbow. So if I need other people, I'll go out there and entertain myself and get some passersby action.

So just the usual lovely day here at the cult.

maju

Suddenly it's all happening. This morning I had a call from my real estate agent telling me he had had an offer on the house. It was $20,000 lower than the already reduced asking price, but it was the same as the offer we rejected late last year, so the agent figures this is what the market will bear. However, he made a counter offer adding on $7,000, and they accepted that. I've signed and initialed pages and pages of stuff, and now we wait for the results of an inspection - which they have scheduled for Saturday morning, so not too long to wait. If this goes through, settlement will be on 1st May.

At lunch time my daughter told me we're having a construction planning meeting on 7th April with the architect and the building contractor for my apartment. With all this happening, I hope I can sleep tonight.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-buried-church-beneath-musee-rude

Beneath the elegant calm of the museum lies something far older and far less orderly: the archaeological remains of an 11th-century church that refuses to fully disappear. The crypt is not polished or prettified. Instead, it reveals raw foundations, fractured columns, and worn stone outlines that trace the ghostly footprint of the original structure.

This underground space once belonged to the Church of Saint-Étienne, one of the earliest religious centers in Dijon. Time, revolutions, and urban reinvention dismantled the church above, but its bones endured.

Rough stone arches curve overhead like ribs. The air is cool and still, carrying the quiet dignity of something that has outlived its purpose yet refuses to vanish. Informational panels help decode the fragments, but the true magic lies in the unfinished feeling. Nothing here tries to impress. It simply persists.

The result is a rare encounter with a building in reverse, not restored to glory, but preserved mid-disappearance. It’s less a monument than a memory made visible.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-buried-church-beneath-musee-rude