My goodness

[conuly]

Three times in the past week I've had the idle thought "You know, I'd like to see a fic that addresses these very specific plot points" and three times I've randomly come across fics that address those (three different) very specific plot points!

Guys, am I... am I magic?

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Mark Rober Builds an Intricate Nine-Part Puzzle Maze to Test the Intelligence of a Clever Crow

In the doghouse

These Nuns Were Excommunicated but Won’t Leave Their Convents (They broke away to follow a proto-fascist sect that rejects all changes in the Church since the 1950s being too liberal. Important context, I think.)

Hospitals Gave Women Medications During Childbirth, Then Reported Them for Using Illicit Drugs

The hunt for any remaining chemical weapons in Syria

Desperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in Cages

An elaborate global system exists to prevent famine. It’s failing.

Comments

[james]

Can you have an idle thought about me winning a lottery? Asking for a friend.

[conuly]

I can try, but you might only get a few bucks.

[james]

Even a $5 scratch off would be nice!

...I'd have to buy a ticket first, won't I.

[conuly]

That, or find one that somebody carelessly threw out. It happens every day! (No, really, it does.)

[the_siobhan]

It's the only logical explanation.

[adafrog]

Cool!

[mtbc]

I read a short story about a guy who imagines things in some world he made up and has the sense they really come into existence when he imagines them, then makes the mistake of imagining himself there and can't work out how to get back. So, er, be careful with those thoughts!

[movingfinger]

If you were inclined to test your powers on me figuring out this thing I'm writing and finishing it, any help is welcome...

[conuly]

It may only work if it's an idle notion. Trying might break it.