Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 01:38 pm
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/PodficBigBang2026/works

Congratulations on another wonderful Podfic Big Bang! The collection was revealed at 7am Pacific time, or 2am AOE (UTC-12), but I'm not looking twice at anyone who squeaked in during those two extra hours. 😜

This year, we can enjoy 25 new epic works, across 28 different fandoms (with a little overlap for thing like Marvel>Captain America, as per uzh).

Now, go. FEAST!
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 12:16 pm
1. My snowy spring icons are generally an accurate image of how spring is going around here, but this year perhaps more than most. It isn't even supposed to be above freezing today. By the end of the week we may finally start getting some 40-ish temperatures. The entire month of March has been absolutely frigid - many low temperature records were set - and we still have 3 feet of snow. SPRING WHEN???

2. I realized how much I miss fandom bingo cards when I discovered a new one at [community profile] whatif_au, which is taking requests for cards. (Full list of AUs at the link; you can veto up to 3, and you can request a 3x3 or 5x5 card. Note that you WILL have to join the comm to post a request.)

So anyway I requested a card.

Sentinel/Guide Treasure Hunter Holiday Mythology
Robot WILD CARD Decade Specific
People with Disabilities Fake Relationship Cowboy


Will I do anything with this? who knows. But it's fun to have a bingo card again! (Biggles cowboy AU immediately came to mind because it would be hilarious.)

3. [community profile] unconventionalcourtship is back for another round. You pick a Harlequin/Mills & Boon book blurb and write a fic based on it. I don't recall that I've ever officially done this, but it's always fun to see what people come up with. List of blurbs here and also a plot generator which allows you to put in character names. (I recall having fun with this in the past.)

I'm not sure that this is something I actually want to write, but I can't help thinking how much Londo & G'Kar would loathe being in a Harlequin/Mills & Boon plot, and no one around them would be having any fun at all, either.
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 02:41 pm
Reactor Magazine has a list of all the science fiction, fantasy and horror shows premiering this month. 

Here Are All the Genre TV Premieres Airing in April!

(Probably should add the caveat that this will be largely US-based so might not be ALL the shows...)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026 11:55 am

Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



Within 24 hours there were two stories in the news about Netflix:

Kpop Demon Hunters directors and writers will be paid “about $50 million between them over five years, and grant them shares of merchandising and music revenue”

Netflix, for the second time in a little over a year, is raising prices for its three plans in the U.S

Being a worldwide company, one show, however expensive, is only part of a financial deficit. But amidst an industry which is shedding workers across the board, are large paydays for hits part of it? Or is the very large pool of shows itself part of the problem, making the few standouts more valuable?