#weekly digest

Fic Posts/Updates from last week and blogs/fics which I enjoyed. Hope all have a great upcoming week!

Good Morning Darling * McCoy/Reader 🌟 Read on AO3 or FFN

Here’s To Vulcan Psychiatrists * Pike x OFC (Aalin) 🌟 Read on AO3 or FFN

The Other Side: Chapter 4 * Pike x OFC (Aalin) 🌟 Read on AO3 or FFN

McCoy x Reader Masterlist 

i carry your heart masterlist | OCMasterlist | Author Masterlist

Recommendations:

Each week your mod team will be collecting fanfic that has been posted throughout the week on ao3 and tumblr and providing a digest for easy reference. Fic will be split up by categories, and the categories will change weekly depending on the characters/pairings posted. If you’d like your content included in the digest, be sure to tag it “peakysource” or @ mention this blog. This is especially important if you only post to tumblr as we cannot possibly comb through all the tags in search of fic. Similarly, if you’d like your work removed from this list, just message the mod team.

Please be sure to read the tags before starting a fic. The mod team has not included warnings or summaries for the sake of brevity.

Happy reading!

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gen 

women like us drown oceans by wandertogondor

collected peaky blinders metas by emjen_enla

tommy/alfie

dangerous men by salazartipton

cops and robbers by deepredbells

smoke by 5674l

inheritance by hisangelthursday

minis by emphysematous

bonnie and clyde by comebackjessica

tommy/lizzie

a touch of change by aniray

tommy/james

get lucky by abusivelittlebun

arthur/alfie

a thoughtful man by runrarebit

The Dog Walker (Hanbin/Dog Walker!AU) - Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

January 20th, 2018, 8th issue. A roundup of what I learned this week, sources linked. Published weekly. All blurbs written by yours truly unless otherwise noted. Grouped in quasi-random order.

Design

Companies that value design will take initiatives that are not just good for the consciences of the people who work there, but for the consumer as well. — CVS bans photo manipulation in store beauty brands, pressures suppliers

Finance

Some investments pay dividends. Investments that do are not using that money to reinvest in the company, which would ideally bolster the value of the investment. However, dividends can be reinvested to further grow. — A Beginner’s Guide to Dividend Investing

Short answer: you can't write off services. — How to write off non-profit work? - Professional Webmaster Business Issues forum at WebmasterWorld - WebmasterWorld

A single actor has been manipulating the price of Bitcoin for kind of a while now. — Just One Person Found To Have Caused Bitcoin’s Jump Fr... | News | Cointelegraph

Roth IRAs are good. Go to one of the many providers and set one up. — Roth IRAs Just Became an Even Better Deal for Retirement Savings

Jordan Peterson

Controversial figure Jordan Peterson has popped up a lot in my news feed lately. Why? I read a bunch of stuff to figure it out. It's hard to find articles that don't either herald him as the second coming (hyperbole) or denounce him as worse than the devil (hyperbole again), but I might have found one.

Be prepared. Going into a situation knowingly underprepared is negligent. — Fight Club: Jordan Peterson vs. Cathy Newman « Why Evolution Is True

Probably the most non-partisan sounding article about Peterson that I've read thusfar. — What’s So Dangerous About Jordan Peterson? - The Chronicle of Higher Education

We depend on verbal communication to form and re-form our ideas. Claiming the "right not to be offended" preconcludes the possibility of the difficult discussions that are necessary to hone our views. — Why We Cannot Have the Right Not To Be Offended

Life

Leave events without saying goodbye to everyone. — 10 Reasons ‘Ghosting’ at an Event Is 1,000 Times Better Than Saying Goodbye

Could we change the discourse on alcohol by changing how we approach our desires? — It Was Only When I Quit Drinking That I Realized How Bad It Was for Me - VICE

Knowing the difference between a thought and an emotion is helpful as it allows us to deal with our emotions. — Learning Thoughts and Emotions | Psychology Today

The Pugh Matrix is a simple but powerful decision making tool. It is most useful in situations where there are multiple options as it allows an objective comparison of the options based on your criteria. — Pugh Matrix — Pugh Matrix step by step

Neat!

Apparently Volkswagen is still alive and kicking. — 2019 Volkswagen Jetta redesigned and revealed at Detroit Auto Show - Autoblog

I JUST ASKED SIRI IF A CERTAIN BOY WOULD EVER TEXT ME AND SHE SENT A TEXT SAYING WILL YOU EVER TEXT ME TO HIM. My funeral will be held at 8pm this Thursday.

— Ceci ✮ (@CeciMula)

January 17, 2018

— Siri betrays human friend by texting her crush

The hottest pepper ever was developed as an alternative anaesthetic for those who are allergic to anaesthetics, the pepper is so hot that it numbs the skin. — The World's Hottest Pepper Is Actually Lethal | Tasting Table

Miscellaneous

Build a wall they said... — Border Wall Models Thwart US Commandos In Tests « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

I'm not sure why this info is valuable but it was somehow interesting despite the fact I didn't understand about 50% of it. — It is *not* possible to detect and block Chrome headless

Scandal

Excerpt: When the conversation centres around assault instead of encompassing what leads to it, we lose crucial insights into what can change on a more organic, fundamental level. What Ansari did doesn’t quite count as assault in the legal sense—but it begs the question of why legality is the only benchmark we keep for ourselves. To reduce the dehumanisation and discomfort of a woman to “bad foreplay” is to excuse the willful, clumsy disregard for a woman as a person. (Emphasis added.) — Aziz Ansari is not the woke desi feminist we thought he was — Quartz

Excerpt: Whatever Ansari deserved, isn’t something broken? And how do we start to fix it? — Aziz Ansari sexual-misconduct allegation: We're all very sick - The Washington Post

Excerpt: sexual assault [is] “not a ‘mistake’ but a deliberate decision to treat another person like a soulless object.” — Aziz, We Tried to Warn You - The New York Times

The relationship between men and women must be fixed or it will continue to be one "of permanent war." — Catherine Deneuve and the French Feminist Difference

I don't know what to do with this information. — The email a Babe.net writer sent to HLN's Ashleigh Banfield about the Aziz Ansari story - Business Insider

The comment section of every article resulting from the firestorm that is the #MeToo movement is a place that makes me wonder when internet outrage will die. The internet is a fake outlet, allowing trite responses to be dissipated into the nothingness of a virtual reality. Occasionally it will bring about real change, but so much more often it's a place to let off the steam that would otherwise boil over into real action. — The Hollywood Tide Turns on Woody Allen - The Atlantic

While apologists continue to say the Aziz Ansari story is an example of a movement gone off the rails, and as tempting as it can be to choose that view, it's not hard to imagine that "Grace" didn't just say no out of fear. — The Humiliation of Aziz Ansari - The Atlantic — Opinion | Aziz Ansari Is Guilty. Of Not Being a Mind Reader. - The New York Times

Social Media

Those who hold the reigns to our entertainment are in an unprecedented place of power right now. The generation that has/is growing up in social media is hyper-aware of its power, and know how to make use of it. — Jake Paul Is A Terrifying Genius And We Should All Be Scared

The Attic Digest is back with a round-up of our (and your!) favorite posts of the past two months, highlighted together and split by activity for your weekend enjoyment.

READ:

Literature Editor Olivia Lindem discusses the reparative powers of reading the likes of Ali Smith and George Saunders.

Bonus! Contributor Annie Jo Baker reclaims Elektra, Political Editor Lauren Olmeda walks us through Dublin’s bookshops,  and Olivia considers the parallels between exposing personal letters and revenge porn in Edith Wharton.

REWIND:

Culture Editor Eliza Campbell discusses cultural shifts in transgender politics and the elitist environment in Oxbridge.

RESIST:

Political Editor Lauren Olmeda pens a poignant message to men on how they can do better.

Bonus! Political facts to navigate through holiday dinners with your family and a walk-through of the dangers of the Tax Bill.

RELISH:

In time for the holidays, Lifestyle Editor Lee Clark shares a festive cranberry sauce recipe while Coffee Addict Olivia shows you how to spice up your lattes.

Holiday Bonuses! Lee, Olivia, and Raquel mix a holiday playlist and Eliza shares some Christmas trinkets.

REFLECT:

The Attic Editors launch a new Bedside series where, amongst other things, they discuss their nighttime beauty routines.

ROAM:

We’re adjusting the date for this week, since the notifications have been off and we manually looked for updates. (Crossing fingers everything will be fixed soon!) If you posted a new chapter or know someone who has this week, please inbox us / tag us here or on Twitter too. We will add it! 

Thanks again for your patience - enjoy! 

4/29

Metanoia: Chapter 2 (T) - PaperFrames

Some Other Me: Chapter 41 (M) - almostfamousoxo / @songbirdstrivestothrive

4/30

Damaged: Chapter 4 (M) - @labellebeaucoup

Normality: Chapter 11 (M) - EducatorGladiator

Olitz AU’s (T) - Scandal Olitz Terry

Waves: Chapter 3 (M) - DesperateRomantic

We Can Figure It Out: Chapter 38 (M) - Sucker4Scandal

5/1

Grey Horse: Chapter 27 (M) - musesofthemind / @musesoftheminds

Random One Shots: Chapter 19 (M) - Tami07

Something Good Can Work Out: Chapter 60 (M) - Poprant

The Unexpected: Chapter 9 (M) - Tami07

5/2

Downfall: Chapter 13 (T) - @labellebeaucoup

The Decision - Extended Version: Chapter 2 (T) - AgentRez / @democrattotheend

5/3

Beyond The Game: Chapter 8 (M) - Ivy Amor

Thank You Dr. Pope: Chapters 42, 43, 44 (M) - Hydrangeasia

5/4

Be My Downfall: Chapter 21 (M) - EbonyBeach / @babybemydownfall​

5/5

A Summer of Sunsets: Chapters 15, 16, 17 (M) - lostecho1125

Miracle on Hope Street: Chapter 27 (T) - Da Princes and Me’s / @scandalmistress​

We Can Figure It Out: Chapter 39 (M) - Sucker4Scandal

5/6

Love And Marriage: Chapters 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61

Strange Love (M) - OriginalCecilia

Whatever Happens: Chapter 15 (M) - kz4valentina

5/7

Olivia Pope’s Scandalous Love (K) - RavenHollow

Some Other Me: Chapter 42 (M) - almostfamousoxo / @songbirdstrivestothrive

Strange Love: Chapter 2 (M) - OriginalCecilia

Weekly Digest, 3/22/2017 - 3/29/2017

Deus Ex (finished, 29 hours) — Certainly one of the reasons modern AAA games feel the way they do right now (lots of game things to do in a fully populated world) but with a design philosophy that still feels refreshing today (a small area made expansive instead of a big world made exhausting). I honestly felt amazed at the ambition on display the whole way through.

Best: missions with only one major objective but set in big levels that tempt you to poke at a variety of very different solutions which are somehow all feasible Worst: obviously white voice actors doing racist “Asian” accents for the Hong Kong section

Uncharted 1, 2, 3 (finished) — The first game is a tech demo for boring combat and some climbing. The second game is one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played that unfortunately uses the incorrect thematic push for these characters. The third game is also very pretty and the closest this trilogy gets to telling the right story, but it’s still very stupid. Combat is medium, climbing is decent, setpieces are great, characters are irritating.

Best: signature setpiece for Uncharted 2, a trek from the back of a moving train to the front that is the perfect realization of the series’ design document, paired with the technical wizardry of a constantly scrolling and shifting setting Worst: the wiseass characters who spew bottom of the barrel sarcasm and nothing else because the game doesn’t know what to do with them

Night in the Woods (finished) — Cartoon animals continue to be one of the best ways to communicate any sort of story. Stories about college dropouts returning home to old Rust Belt towns are rare and the quality of NITW’s characters and setting really make you wonder why that is. We’ve already got great stories about going from “kid” to “young adult” and getting a story about going from “young adult” (still basically a kid) to “actual adult” is super important.