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Was this on your 2020 bingo card? (Assuming you have the kind that also has slots for interesting and cool stuff and not just the doom, viruses, and locusts version.)

Neowise, the brightest comet in years, is visible now. How to catch it
It's already possible to see Neowise with just binoculars or even the naked eye as it comes closer to Earth.
by Eric Mack
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/comet-neowise-brightest-comet-in-years-is-visible-now-how-to-catch-it/

"I'll have 'weird ways to appreciate things' for one thousand, Alex"

This is a sword dance by Titos Tsai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QyjrFBujg

I didn't know sword dancing was a thing, but I'm not exactly surprised. This is humans we're talking about. We will do anything with anything.

I know zero about swords so I mostly look at it and think "pretty."

Some of the fannish characters I'm writing about know a lot about swords and it feels like they're crowding to the front of my head to appreciate it.

Here's another one, where he juxtaposes the sword with a calligraphy brush. This one tells more of a story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmwnpLQdIM

nom nom - chewy

Loving this conversation about how/why slash fandom has changed over the years.

https://princessofgeeks.dreamwidth.org/982013.html