Ottawa Rapid of the Northern Super League had a really good season. They were only two wins away from winning the #NSL Supporter Shield.
But what a horrendous playoff!

NSL does two legs (one home and away) for the semi-finals and it would be bad enough to allow 4 goals in one but in both matches (and only scoring 2 goals in spite of having one of the most prolific goal-scorers in the league for both seasons)… that’s a rough way to end the season (and at home).
It’s also inaugural coach Katrine Pedersen’s last match with the club (she’ll be coaching the U-19 Danish national team - which seems an odd choice after being a success in a pro league but maybe she wants to be closer to home).
At least they’re getting a good replacement with Carmelina Moscato.

AFC Toronto are winning so comfortably they subbed out nearly the entire team in the second half including the goalkeeper.

That’s just salt in Ottawa Rapid’s wound 😭

I finished watching Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War last week or so, time is a blur. I read somewhere that Tite Kubo, the mangaka for Bleach was a fashion designer. No wonder I loved his designs for the Arrancar and Hollows. Over a decade ago I made a dress inspired by Ulquiorra. I used a stretchy black knit fabric and white mesh fabric. After a decade since finishing the manga, it was nice to see the last scenes animated. Feels like a chapter ending. At some point I felt like "that's it?", but I think it was the same as the manga. I don't think I'll be revisiting the manga any time soon. I'm satisfied with the ending. There's a conclusion to everything even if it was crazy and felt rushed.

Other stuff I've watched is Wildwood in theaters. I told my partner we had to watch it and support stop motion animation. It was so good. The level of detail and complexity with the amount of puppets involved is mind blowing. Would 100% watch again. After seeing some posts about Laika's LGBTQ2IA+ representation I want to check out Paranorman. I think that's the only one I haven't seen before. It's on a watch list, just haven't gotten around to it. Apparently the old ladies in Coraline are a lesbian couple. I never read the book, so I assumed they were sisters. My daughter wants to watch it again with the 3D glasses, so I'll have to make time for that. I'm on a time crunch for an exhibition I'm putting together. Been fighting ADHD paralysis to get shit done. I get distracted and unmotivated quite easily.

News on the cat that my boyfriend adopted: he's about 5 months now, has been vaccinated, and will be neutered next week. He likes to sleep with us, but also attacks hands and feet. Yesterday he bit my lip totally unprompted. He's one of those "choose violence" sort of cat. He's so adorable though. Hard to stay mad at that cutie. My partner now wants more cats. 😅 Bless his heart. We do feed some street cats. I mentioned it would be a good idea to trap them to get sterilized, but that might be a little costly. I'm looking for affordable options. In the meantime, Pancake is all we can deal with now.

Noooo not Savy King! That looks like an injury that will take her out for the rest of the season 😫

#KCvLA
#NWSL
#NWSLplayoffs

Angel City’s Anderson just joined the World Class Save Club this weekend

#KCvLA
#NWSL
#NWSLplayoffs

one of the funniest kpop concert moment i lived was at the onlyone of concert in paris

them : yeah we even have a song that references France :D
fans : yeeeaay !
them : Picasso !!!
fans : uuuuh ?

I can’t shake the image in my head that Angel City coach Leif Smerud looks like actor Tobias Menzies

#NWSL

Saskia Webber (former US goalkeeper) was right when she said yesterday that playoffs are when goalkeepers get to shine. Some really amazing saves in both matches.
Shoutout to McGlynn, Paños, and Lorena so far with world class saves.

#NWSL
#NWSLplayoffs

I love this behind-the-scenes look at the only person allowed to run onto the pitch to get a closeup of the players after scoring a goal

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7758920/2026/11/07/the-man-who-chases-nwsl-goal-celebrations/

Archive (not paywalled): https://archive.ph/wip/njxwi

#NWSL

Utah Royals bossed SD Wave.
Mandy McGlynn‘s acrobatic save could easily win best save of the year.
This was the Royals’ first time in the playoffs. What a strong start!

They’ll be watching closely the match between Washington Spirit and Portland Thorns on Sunday. I think the Royals have a good chance of going far into the playoffs if they can avoid injuries.

#SDvUTA
#NWSL
#NWSLplayoffs

I treated myself to small-sized posters of a couple of my paintings but in attempting to remove my old posters from the wall I ripped paint off (plaster and all).

I had used double-sided tape which I can remove from the wooden bookshelf so it didn’t occur to me that it was too strong for the wall.

*EDIT* I found a way just using a knife and patient scraping. Once the poster is off the wall the tape comes off a bit better. I was just too forceful in my first attempt.
Will try to sand/plaster/paint the hole (assuming the paint under the kitchen sink is useable)

the sheer power coursing through my veins when i figured out a scripting thing for data analysis so i don't have to ask the passively misogynistic male engineer for help

and clearly theyre dragging it and waiting for 2029 so they can make AI content of them

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/11/05/world/asia/kpop-newjeans-contract.html

not really surprised about what's said here

i know hybe fanatics will still defend them by putting everything on ador though lol

since the beginning of the newjeans issues, i always thought their parents failed them so much... and i think the same about any parent that thinks becoming a celebrity at 14 is a good thing.
south korea needs better law for those children

Reminds me of another tree I met seven years ago. Nature is wondrous 💛

It had been raining only 10 minutes before

Trans women in Chicago, polyamory, a sapphic Medusa, a Black nonbinary lesbian in the WNBA, a nonbinary knight, witches, and a memoir from the author with the most banned book of 2024.

Autostraddle’s Most Anticipated Queer Books for November 2026
https://www.autostraddle.com/our-most-anticipated-queer-books-for-november-2026/

#LGBTQ #Books

“The Northern Super League’s first expansion side has made big gains following its announcement in the summer and subsequent stadium plans: now, it has its name, colours, and badge.
Meet Winnipeg Ember FC.”

https://northerntribune.ca/winnipeg-ember-fc-name-crest-colours/

“Winnipeg’s Northern Super League team will launch next season with branding that draws inspiration from Manitoba’s prairie skies and the Sundog – a guardian character inspired by the atmospheric phenomenon of the same name, which causes bright spots to appear on either side of the sun when light passes through ice crystals.
Leaning into that imagery is the club’s new tagline: Let Them Howl. This is also a nod to Manitoba women’s rights campaigner Nellie McClung and her call to action to get things done despite the objections of others.”

#NSL

kiikii first group in years to get a cute lightstick

Giggling and kicking my feet when it's revealed that the hallucination which made Zhou Jaiyu and Lin Zhushui see each other was one which revealed your deepest desire :blobMeltSobLove:

I love this novel so much!

#danmei #MyFiveElementsLackYou

VisionQuest S01E07 Immolation

• Previously on VisionQuest... Ultron was super-horny.
• I want to watch more things that T'Nia Miller has acted in.
• You know what, not helping auction guy.
• Phineas Horton's daughter: Daddy Issues.
  • Atta girl. I hope you took something valuable to your shitty father.
• Thomas having to reassure Vision it's okay and he understands Vision isn't his father.
• "If I lost Lisa I'd lose myself too."
• All of them mimicking Vision with his hands on the table.
• Where are Jocasta and Ultron, you wondered? Making out near a grave.
• Okay, that's really gross seeing the body parts used.
  • It's a fucking shroud.
• "Someone you've forgotten."
• There came a rapping.
• This is very Wizard of Oz
• Fucking Ultron, laughing during someone else's dramatic scene.
• How come Ultron gets the Wizard of Oz stuff yet Jocasta doesn't?
• Oh, fuck.
• Oh, just save Lisa already. You know you're going to.
• Paul, are you really the one to lecture Vision about how he's treating Thomas? After kidnapping him and sending him to a scary, evil asylum.
• A library is a bad place to be on fire. Just pointing that out, JIM.
  • JIM arrives grinning, with a long tale to share.
• This is too many Paul Bettanys for me.
• You seem like a dick, Phineas.
• Vision could have just gone to therapy.
• It's him. But who is he as a human?
  • Nice moustache. I bet Ultron approves.

#WriteAndWatch #VisionQuest