#lcc

[dedalvs]

We lost a long time member of the conlang community today. Jim Henry's primary work was his longtime personal language gyâ-zym-byn (frequently referred to as gzb), in which he was completely fluent. He'd journal in it daily, which I found astonishing. I used gzb in a reverse relay, where you use someone else's conlang to translate a text, and then send it to the conlanger who created the language. I spent time with him at a number of conlang events over the years, and was saddened to hear of his passing. If you have a spare moment today, take a look at gyâ-zym-byn. It was a large, impressive work. Jim will be missed. <3

[0xlilith]

This weekend in London has been an EXPERIENCE with so many things happening, I am still not fully able to process everything. However, one of my favourite pics to emerge from this whirlwind of a weekend is this one: Me, as Mr Brown, at London Comic Con with @claudiamurachelli as Aziraphale and @arisinparis as Crowley.

It was so much fun, so much input, so many Good Omens fans and overall so many steps ;__;

Overall though - I did not expect to be mobbed by a flock of Aziraphales during our GO Meetup at the Con. I'm sure there is many more pic I haven't even seen yet. But I wanted to share some of the really good ones :)

Pls observe my horrified expression due to the one Crowley on the side, who is glaring at me oh so glarefully. Also sorry about not properly tagging all of the Aziraphales, but I do not know all of y'alls socials ^^°

And then, there's also this masterpiece:

I met Kristy at #TheIneffableCon5 this year, however I also do not have any socials to tag properly. Honestly hope it's okay to share this pic mindfully and consensually, same as she was when she asked whether it was okay for me to be run over by her flaming Bentley.

Edit: Got Kristy's social: @scrapheapchallenge!

[alwaysbemybae]

An angel and a demon resumed their dance at a bookshop in London this weekend

It was beyond wonderful to meet Michael Sheen and see how warm he was with so many fans

I made a little Good Omens poetry chapbook to gift to Michael. Thank you to @isiaiowin , @goodomensafterdark , and the #GOetry community for all the inspiration and support!

Shax delivered mail to all the Crowleys @aydracz

It was lovely to meet other Good Omens fans from all over! @girasolel @0xlilith @scrapheapchallenge @claudiamurachelli

[cale-thames]

Twin Flames: Across Timelines

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64271935

Changed the name from 'Twin Flames' to 'Twim Flames: Across Timelines'

Chapter 19 uploaded. There is a new character in this chapter:👇

My cute, tiny Mimi!

[falseandrealultravival]

We don't need low-cost carriers (LCCs) (Essay)

Marco Polo

Two serious accidents involving low-cost carriers (LCCs) occurred in Korea in 2024 and 2025. It is rare for accidents to occur so close together in the same country, but it is important that both involved LCCs. The increase in LCC operations is due to the matching of the needs of airlines and passengers. The airlines can secure many passengers, and the passengers can travel cheaply.

However, passenger planes, which were previously used by the relatively wealthy, are now available to the middle and poor classes, so country folk who do not understand global common sense will flock to tourist destinations around the world and tourist destinations will be ruined by ill-mannered customers. This is overtourism. Furthermore, some criminals commit crimes in their destination countries and then flee back to their home countries (hit and run). These trends are severe for Chinese people visiting Japan.

I don't think we need LCCs. Travel should be something that only those with a keen eye who can take advantage of it can do. In the old days in Japan, only those who were recognized by the country could travel abroad. It's insane that even criminals can travel.

Rei Morishita

格安航空機（LCC）は要らない（エッセイ）

２０２４年、２０２５年を跨いで、韓国で格安航空機（LCC）による重大事故が２件続けて起きた。同じ国でこれだけ近接して事故が起こるというのも稀だが、どちらもLCCが関与していることが重要である。LCCの運航が増えたのは、航空会社と乗客のニーズが一致するからである。会社は多くの乗客を確保できるし、乗客も安い旅行ができるのだから。

だが、従来は比較的に富裕層が利用していた旅客機を、中間層、貧困層も利用できるようになるため、世界の常識を弁えない田舎者が大挙世界の観光地に押しかけることになり、マナーの悪い客によって観光地が荒らされる。オーバーツーリズムである。さらには目的の国で犯罪を犯しては母国に逃げ帰る犯罪者も現れる始末だ（ヒットアンドアウェー）。これらの傾向は、日本を訪れる中国人に甚だしい。

私はLCCは要らないと考える。旅行は、それを活用できる、具眼の士のみが実行できるものであるべきだ。昔の日本では、国に認められた者だけが海外旅行に行けたのだ。犯罪者も旅行できるなんて、狂気の沙汰だ。

[aeniith]

Hey conlanging folks! The 11th Language Creation Conference list of presentations and registration are now up! April 11–13, U. Maryland (College Park).

LCC11 will have over 26 hours of content (over twice as much as our last in-person conference); two invited speakers (Deaf linguist Dr. Erin Moriarty Harrelson and blind linguist Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen); ASL and BSL interpretation; two tracks; multiple specialty sessions, including sign languages, loglangs, and writing systems; both open and private meetups (Christian, pro conlanger, ASL signer, autistic, disabled, plural, queer, and trans & non-binary); and a special conlang-centric performance from the Riddlesbrood Touring Theater Company.

Please register by March 4th to have a say in scheduling and time allocations (it's in the registration form).

Register by March 11th to get early registration discount, and to order an LCC11 shirt (and to contribute your conlang to its design).

Regular in person registration is $95, online $30 — with discounts for early registration and LCS members, and as-able rates for self-declared financial need. Shirts are $20 plus shipping (if any), only available if ordered by March 11th.

We look forward to seeing you all there! Please, I would ask anyone who sees this to spread the announcement and news far and wide. It would really help us get the word out about our event! This year’s conference is *by far* the largest and most ambitious LCC yet.

Fiat lingua,

Margaret, LCS President

on behalf of the LCC11 organisers

[mercurianmissy]

kuromo gregor (or as i like to call him, gregor majima) to get back into digital after a good week only painting.

[drawdownbooks]

A Line Which Forms a Volume 4

On sale! A Line Which Forms a Volume 4 comes to you from the London College of Communication where students in the MA Graphic Media Design program put together ALWFV on a regular basis. Issue 4 focuses on the constructed borders of the design canon. How do design practices move and cross borders? Contributors include Ahmed Ansari, Clara Balaguer, Yu Jiwon, Lucas LaRochelle, and more. Designed by Yao Qi and Zhu Yiting.

[lilhawkens]

i now understand why u need a mlis to become a librarian in the US bc the LCC is just like that. insane.

[chris-in-eugene]

Cherry City Roller Derby is hosting a Roller Derby double-header. This Saturday, Feb 15th, Salem Oregon.

Tickets here:

[a-dux]

TMAGP's classification system is definitely a bit chaotic, but frankly after using the Library of Congress Classification System while working at a library I'm just like yeah classification systems are like that. Here are real actual categories the LCC has:

misc. biographies "including adventurers, eccentrics, misers, etc."

dueling as it relates to chivalry and knighthood

the biographies of archivists

"circuses, spectacles, etc." which includes "rodeos, waxworks, amusement parks, etc."

nudism and sunbathing

These are all organized in a series of pdfs which you can find here: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/

Anyways, the LCC is a delight to look through and TMAGP's classification system reminds me of it 💗

[incorrectnancydrewquotes]

Jorge: Ugh you’re still wearing that outfit? Cringe! Eda: You’re so right. I should be like you and wear clothes that went out of style in 2008.

[magpiefrost]

Some LCC chibis for art fight!! Maple and Morning being siblings, and Magpie having a crisis over Tetra.

[mudpool-art]

oh, you can't be the primary doctor to multiple patients while also being an accomplished botanist and manager of an essential resource in your clan? skill issue.

Wickerbask, an elder of MarshClan! Known for being their one and only healer for a great number of years before their retirement <3

[placeholderidea1592]

Harley Davidson Breakout (?)

[theamateurreviewer]

Review: Library of Congress Classification (LCC) System

Rating: 9/10

See, this is where I get into the weird shit when it comes to ratings... Everything is on the table, no matter how obscure or trivial!

In my quest to find an acceptable manner to organize my books, because I do not comprehend 'vibes' and Dewey Decimal is kinda nonsense, I looked into LCC, which is what most academic libraries use. Boy how, it's quite a fantastic system, built with more care, I've grown very fond and familiar of the system.

Spoiler warning? Where we're going, we don't need spoiler warnings!

Strengths

Unlike the Dewey system, which uses strictly numbers, the LCC uses an alpha-numeric code with at least four distinct sections. As an example, here is a typical LCC number:

PS 3563 .I4215 C3 1963

PS refers to the Class and Subclass. Class P is Literature, and subclass PS is American Literature.

3563 is the Topic Number. This number is more arbitrary, but usually follows a pattern that makes sense when in a large library. It has an associated topic, which can be found for free in the Library of Congress Classification Schedule PDFs. In this case, 3563 is American Authors 1961-2000 whose last names begin with M.

.I4215 and C3 are Cutter Numbers, alpha-numeric renditions of usually the author's last name, editor, or other specific distinguishing characteristic. In this case, under the Topic 3563, Cutter Numbers are assigned from the second letter of the author's last name, which is the first Cutter Number. The second number, C3, translates to Ca, and refers to the title of the book.

And lastly, 1964 refers to the date of this edition's publication.

With all four sections of this LCC Number, every book, even different editions of the same book, has it's own number. This is in contrast to Dewey System

The Dewey Decimal System (DDS) is broken into ten broad categories, each running from X00 to X99 of a given hundred. As a book gets more specific in its content, the number gets more specific. For example,

800 = Literature

810 = American Literature in English

813 = American Fiction in English

813.0 = American Fiction in English by Type

813.08 = American Genre Fiction in English

813.087 = American Adventure Fiction in English

813.0876 = American Speculative Fiction in English

813.08762 = American Science Fiction in English

813.087622 = American Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction in English

813.0876220 = American Post-Nuclear Apocalyptic Science Fiction (in English)

This, 813.0876220, is the full, canonical DDS number for A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr.... and also Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick (which is ironically not under the cyberpunk classification, by the way).

To me, at least, PS 3563 .I4215 C3 1963 is far more easy to understand than 813.0876220. This is often why libraries use a different, usually simply Last Name based organization for their fiction.

Weakness:

There are a couple of weaknesses, as it is an American centric system. Class E and F are both American History, but I can forgive this as it is a system invented by the Library of Congress for books to be used for Congress (at least, originally).

Another minor gripe is that sometimes, it can be difficult to figure out where a book should be classified, especially if it could be classified under two areas. This can usually be mitigated, but with more fringe or obscure materials, becomes more of an issue.