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February 18th, 2026 08:34 pm - The Carney Doctrine Can Be More Than a Davos Speech

Posted by Michael Kovrig

Middle powers need real institutions to resist superpower gravity.

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February 18th, 2026 02:22 pm - Star Wars: TBS Imperial Remnant AT-RT Driver Coming Soon

Posted by Tyler Roberts

Return to a galaxy far, far away with some brand new collectibles from Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 

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sharpiefan
February 18th, 2026 08:31 pm - Renegade Squadron: Chapter 8
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tvline_sytycd_feed
February 18th, 2026 08:12 pm - How The Gilligan's Island Creatives Felt About Negative Reviews
Loved by audiences but derided by critics, Gilligan's Island is a classic of '60s TV., but how did the show's cast and crew deal with the negative press?


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February 18th, 2026 08:02 pm - The 15 Sexiest TV Shows To Stream On Netflix
Who said everything on TV needs to be PG-13? If you're hoping to get your metaphorical motor running, these aphrodisiacal Netflix programs might do the trick.


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gremdark
February 18th, 2026 02:18 pm - I did it!
My interview with the alt-certification program wrapped up an hour ago. Since then, I've been snacking, snuggling the cat, and collecting my thoughts.

That went well, I think. My interviewer had prior teaching experience near the community where I live, so we had a good shared knowledge base at the outset. Vibes were good. My sample lesson hit all the notes I wanted within the five minute timeframe, and afterward my interviewer said he'd enjoyed learning more about the topic. I was particularly pleased with the results of the data review portion. In the Q&A section after I presented my documents, my interviewer mentioned that he'd had to skip a number of followup questions because I'd already addressed their contents. 

I know I'm a well-qualified candidate, and since my surgery last year I know I finally have the energy to do this work. So now we wait. I'll hear their decision in early March. If things go particularly well, I could be working under a provisional license alongside a professional mentor as early as August. Fingers crossed!

At this point I've done everything I can to positively influence the outcome, so all the pressure's off. In the absolute worst case scenario, I'll keep subbing while building application portfolios for the other alt-certification programs in my area. It feels so good to have momentum again after I was so sick for so long. Even the worst days now are better than operating at that level of constant pain.

I had to take a break from writing for almost a month to pour my free time and energy into getting my application materials together, so I'm very excited to have my hobby time back. And I guess I'd better get back to doing my full share of the household dishes now that I'm not buried in a heap of time-sensitive deadlines. Eyeing up the kitchen sink as we speak.


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February 18th, 2026 08:24 pm - Miss Marple - The Quick Departure
Title: The Quick Departure
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G


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February 18th, 2026 01:54 pm - Party Late At ComicsPRO, From Ignition To Vertigo To Massive-Verse

Posted by Rich Johnston

Party Late at ComicsPRO, from Ignition to Vertigo to Massive-Verse... even an In-N-Out truck...

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February 18th, 2026 01:24 pm - FCC Chairman Carr "Highly Entertained" by Colbert/CBS Controversy

Posted by Ray Flook

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says he's "highly entertained" by the controversy going on between Stephen Colbert and CBS that he helped create.

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February 18th, 2026 01:23 pm - LEGO Debuts New Star Wars The Mandalorian & Grogu AT-RT Set

Posted by Tyler Roberts

Return to a galaxy far, far away with some brand new collectibles from Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 

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andrewducker
February 18th, 2026 08:07 pm - Life with two kids: A little curiosity
Three minutes ago Sophia asked me how to spell "pregnancy simulator", and now I'm getting the regular buzz of notifications as she installs apps on her phone.

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February 18th, 2026 09:59 pm - Reading Wednesday 2026, #7
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February 18th, 2026 07:34 pm - Cateran.

Posted by languagehat

A MeFi post by clavdivs (who’s been a member even longer than I have, and whom I think of when my wife and I watch an episode of I, CLAVDIVS) sent me to Wilfred Scawen Blunt’s long poem “Satan Absolved,” written in odd-for-English Alexandrine couplets, and there I found this passage:

Tʜᴇ Lᴏʀᴅ Gᴏᴅ
And thou wouldst be incarnate?

Sᴀᴛᴀɴ
            As the least strong thing,
The frailest, the most fond, an insect on the wind,
Which shall prevail by love, by ignorance, by lack
Of all that Man most trusteth to secure his back,
To arm his hand with might. What Thy Son dreamed of Man
Will I work out anew as some poor cateran,
The weakest of the Earth, with only beauty’s power
And Thy good grace to aid, the creature of an hour
Too fugitive for fight, too frail even far to fly,
And at the hour’s end, Lord, to close my wings and die.
Such were the new redemption.

I was pretty sure I’d never seen the word cateran before; the OED (entry from 1889) has:

1.a. † As a collective noun. Common people of the Highlands in a troop or band, fighting men. Obsolete.
(?a1513) Full mony catherein hes he chaist..Amang thay dully glennis.
W. Dunbar, Poems (1998) vol. I. 133 [Composed ?a1513]
1768 Ask yon highland kettrin what they mean.
A. Ross, The Fortunate Shepherdess, A Pastoral Tale 120 (in Jamieson’s Dictionary)

1.b. One of a Highland band; a Highland irregular fighting man, reiver, or marauder.
1371–90 Of Ketharines or Sorneris. They quha travells as ketharans..etand the cuntrie and..takand their gudis be force and violence.
Stat. 12 Robt. II (in Jamieson’s Dictionary)
[c1430 Per duos pestiferos cateranos et eorum sequaces.
Bower, Contn. Fordun anno 1396 (in Jamieson’s Dictionary)]
[…]
1832 These overgrown proprietors with their armies of catherans.
Blackwood’s Magazine 65/2
1887 Plundering Caterans always ready to flock to those who promised booty.
Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it Was vol. II. 6

And the etymology:

Lowland Scots catherein, kettrin, appears to represent Gaelic ceathairne collective ‘peasantry’, whence ceathairneach ‘sturdy fellow, freebooter’ (McAlpine); Cormac has Irish ceithern, which O’Donovan renders ‘band of soldiers’, thence ceithernach ‘one of a band’.

Notes
The th has long been mute in Celtic, and the Irish ceithern /ˈkeərn/ is phonetically represented by English kern n It is not easy to account for the preservation of the dental in Lowland Scots, unless perhaps through the intermediation of medieval Latin as in Bower’s cateranos. (Stokes refers ceithern to Old Irish *keitern, Old Celtic keterna, a feminine ā-stem.)

I’m dubious about “the preservation of the dental in Lowland Scots,” but it certainly does look like the same word. The eDIL entry is here, Wikipedia has an article that doesn’t add much (it’s one of the ones based on an old 11th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica entry), and M-W says “Middle English (Scots) ketharan, probably from Medieval Latin katheranus, from Scottish Gaelic ceithearn band of fighting men.” An odd word that doesn’t seem especially appropriate to the context of the poem and was certainly not needed for the rhyme; I presume Blunt was just showing off.


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yarnandglue
February 18th, 2026 01:49 pm - Useful links
Here is a living collection of links to things that I think are cool or helpful! This post was last updated on 2/18/26.


Knitting

The Vintage Fit: Expert Tips for Knitting a Well-Fitting Garment by Susan Crawford
A breakdown of design features that typify the knitting patterns of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and where these may cause fit issues for the modern knitter wearing modern undergarments. 


Music
What is says on the tin. I love the comparisons showing how the lyrics changed over time in live performances/alternate recordings or differ from what is written in the liner notes.


Search Engines

ArchiveGrid
An easy way to search through just the archival materials listed in WorldCat.

Marginalia Search
A search engine prioritizing returns from older and/or non-commercial websites (such as wikis, .govs, or .edus).

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February 18th, 2026 02:30 pm - Knull #2
 

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February 18th, 2026 02:00 pm - Amazing Spider-Man #22
 

Scans under the cut... )

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February 18th, 2026 06:52 pm - First S.W.A.T. Exiles Photos Released As Shemar Moore Spin-Off Awaits Buyer
Sony Pictures Television has released new photos from S.W.A.T. Exiles, offering a glimpse at Shemar Moore back in tactical gear as Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson.


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February 18th, 2026 01:00 pm - March Meta Matters Challenge 2026 Returning!
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March 1 is just weeks away, so that means the kickoff to this year's March Meta Matters Challenge will be taking place soon! The challenge involves locating and copying over meta you've created to a second site in order to ensure its preservation, plus there will be some prompts for creating new meta.

Feel free to ask questions here about the challenge, locations, etc. Otherwise subscribe to [community profile] marchmetamatterschallenge and look for our opening post on March 1!

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February 18th, 2026 12:56 pm - March Meta Matters Challenge 2026 Returning!
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March 1 is just weeks away, so that means the kickoff to this year's March Meta Matters Challenge will be taking place soon! The challenge involves locating and copying over meta you've created to a second site in order to ensure its preservation, plus there will be some prompts for creating new meta.

Feel free to ask questions here about the challenge, locations, etc. Otherwise subscribe to [community profile] marchmetamatterschallenge and look for our opening post on March 1!

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February 18th, 2026 12:22 pm - Things Get Deadly with the G.I. Joe Classified Series Cobra Overkill 

Posted by Tyler Roberts

Prepare to take on Cobra in style as Hasbro has unveiled their newest selection of G.I. Joe Classified Series figures

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