So little back story, my moms boyfriend is a big food person and hates food being wasted and him (k for short) have been dating my mom for about 6ish months
So yesterday he volunteered to take us out to El mariachi for Mother’s Day dinner but my friend (p for short) was spending the weekend at my house but my mom said p can come with us (he didn’t ask to come with but he dislikes saying no to people so he came with) but we get there everything is fine and our food comes me and p finish our sodas and when the waiter came and took our drinks he said “this refill will be free but the next time I’ll be charged” and then when p finished his second refill he asked to get water instead of the third refill so my mom didn’t get charged (my mom was paying for p and her bf was paying for me, my brother and mom) and p drops a shrimp on the floor and I notice a K has a pissed off look on his face and when he and my mom talk my mom ends up getting an pissed off look as well and fast forward to next morning I text my mom while I’m at school wondering why K and her looked pissed and mom said this “P, and how the shrimp kept falling in the floor etc.. his meal was 18.00 the most expensive meal out of all of us, then changed from pop which was 2.60 then changed to water. Which is free.” And I start defending my friend bc she was making it sound like P ruined the whole night (at least I thought if I read that wrong plz say) and I told her that P changed to water so she wouldn’t get charged for refills and she says refills are free (if it was it would’ve been in the smaller text ever bc I didn’t read anything abt refills) and I start asking why K would be mad for a kid he didn’t even pay for and sha says this “Because he cares, he’s should have been upset honestly…. K knows how hard I work and how I’m sitting financially so it affects him” (my mom rarely works at her second job) and I start defending for P again and she says this “Because you don’t work or earn money. You don’t even take your chores seriously. So you wouldn’t understand” (she literally paid me for doing yard work last week).
Sorry for the long ass paragraph but I just want to know if I did the right thing or what I should do now but here’s what P said when I told him what was going on
“I dropped one shrimp and why would he be mad he didn't pay for me did he and even if he did one shrimp and he got pissed off about that? That's not my fault it just shows his character”
“There's no way he actually got mad about that. It's just so trivial”
“Ok I was fine staying they brought me along I didn't ask to come as asked if I was coming with it was on there terms not mine”
“If he had problem with me coming he should've spoken up before I came with you guys and it was one shrimp and out of the 12 that were on that tray plus the rest of the food that one shrimp would be worth under a dollar”
“But I'm not trying to sound ungrateful I'm glad y'all decided to bring me but if I would known it would be a big deal I wouldn't have came”

Is this really it? It feels like most of us are just slowly disappearing while a select few become immeasurably rich.
I'm quitting my job as an entrepreneur in the consumer goods sector. I wanted to create something tangible that makes people happy, and it was really successful. However, all the rules, bureaucracy, negativity, and taxes have just mentally and physically burned me out like a candle at both ends.
The last straw was dealing with a bank about an account my late father had. The way they lied and treated me really showed how capitalism pretty much nuked the last bit of moral integrity that was left.
I get that capitalism has its advantages, and I’m not claiming that total equality is the perfect solution. But shouldn’t we aim at least for more balance? Everyone should deserve a decent life, not just the lucky few with inheritance or those who exploit others or the planet.

• Are there any interesting & effective projects out there that make a difference?
• Any other specific ideas for what we can do now?

I'm so f**king ready to do something hahah

Hello good, is that I'm going crazy looking for jeans, I want two jeans one dark blue and the other in medium blue or stonewash or something like that. I want it straight cut as in the pictures, but I do not want it to tighten in the thighs and things like that, that today seems to make jeans increasingly tight as if they were slim or skinny. I want straight without tightness. I want it 100% cotton, and I want it to be heavy, that is to say that it has ounces, so that they do not look like a bad pant, I also want it to be medium or high rise, not low rise, I do not like them at all. I am looking for pants with these characteristics, but I can not find the levis are getting narrower or so they say on your website. I don't know where to look to find jeans of this type, the good ones as I call them. Sometimes I see people on the street with good jeans, and I want to ask them, but I guess they bought them a long time ago when they made good jeans. Here are some pictures of what I am looking for. I am looking for jeans with a clean fit, straight, rigid, so that you can help me to recommend models and so on. Thank you very much, sorry for the text. Not only this photos are example all the photos i post (only three posts)in my account are examples of what i am seraching
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Please do not message me if you dry text or is not looking for something serious!!!!!! I will not answer any low effort answer. Hello hello everyone Thank you for taking this time to look at my post and if you read the post until the end, I will give you a tight hug and lots of strawberries! 🍓! I hope you like it
But let's start with why I'm here: I really miss the caring and loving aspect of this dynamic/relationship, something inside me truly loves taking care of someone, making sure that they are feeling comfortable and happy under my care brings me so much joy and it always makes my day! I used to love taking care of but the person I was talking to straight up disappeared overnight, but that does not make me less valuable than I am, in fact it was a sign that my soul mate is still somewhere around the world!
I am 20y , I'm 6'2 and I consider myself a very supportive and caring person, as well as a simple person, I love finding joy and enjoying the small moments in the life! Personality wise I'm a very good listener and a bit introvert but I really open up when the "oh my god that's the person!" thing happens hehe, then when it happens, be ready to receive lots of messages! Also English is not my first language but I am very skilled at it so far
About my caring side, my main point is so ensure your mental, physical and emotional health, such as constant reminders, giving you tasks, schedules, rewards and making a system to make you feel accomplished and accountable every day! I will give a big emphasis in the mental health, I would like to listen to you, your problem and struggles and help you accordingly, specially helping you to cope with bad feelings and bad things that might have happened in the past, always one step at a time
And about what I'm looking for, I'm looking for someone to take care of and look after, romance is a very big thing for me since I think it does influence a lot in the dynamic/relationship, someone that is open to grow with me and help you in the good and bad days too! Body wise I don't have any preference, I will accept you just the way you are, age (of course an adult) and location wise I don't have any problem too! We can discuss certain things more in depth when we're both comfortable
Although I do have deal breakers: - I can't stand cheaters and liars, I've had a very bad experience and I don't tolerate it at all - I am not interested in someone that is already comprised or in a poly relationship, I am monogamous only - I am not looking for a brat, if you are, sadly we won't be compatible at all. Plus I really hate dry text
We'll I guess that's it I can think about! If you read this far, there it is your reward 🍓🍓🍓!!! Please, if you're interested tell me a little bit about you! I'll be glad to get to know you better

I posted this story in another sub when I learned about fearful avoidant attachment. and a couple commenter's thought some behaviors sounded more like bpd. I was wondering what it's like being close to someone with bpd & if this sounds similar at all? .................................
Awhile back my friend told me her therapist said she's avoidant. I'm not sure if it's more dismissive or fearful but my guess is fearful.
We've always had a slightly tumultuous relationship. & learning she's avoidant made past things make sense. Ive known her for 10+ yrs, both girls. Sometimes we're so close & she's always called me her soul mate. Then (what feels like) out of no where she'll shut down or get distant.
Anyways she's getting married this year & I'm not sure if she wants me there or just in her feelings or what. I want to support her but am very confused.
A yearish ago she sat me down & semi friend broke up with me saying I make her feel guilty/she doesn't feel like she makes me happy etc. That I didn't have to answer now but to think about if we really make each other happy.
Then she went on a trip with her bf/family, got proposed to, accepted & when she got back asked me to pick them up from the airport. I was surprised but figured this was her quirky way of waving the white flag.
Things seemed okay between us & then she comes over to hang out one day & is in her feelings wanting drink. She ends up clinging to me, crying, telling me she doesn't want to marry her fiance, doesn't want to lose their friends/family if they break up, tells me I'm her soul mate/best friend & feels safe with me etc..
Over the following few months, when we meet up she's telling me all the reasons she doesn't want to marry him but also they're in couples therapy etc.I just listen giving her a space to vent no opinions.
Then I don't see her for a couple months & when I do she's in full wedding planning mode. Again I'm a little surprised & mention something like I'm glad they've worked things out. She just laughs, says what do you mean we were ways getting married everything's great. Like nothing ever happened. I just say congratulations & leave it at that. She asks me to be a bridesmaid, I say of course.
We go on a couple group trips my fiance & her & her fiance + some of their friends. & I can tell after the 2nd one she was withdrawing from me. So I didn't reach out to her for awhile til she did me. We hang a couple times, I thought things were OK. the 3rd time we hang out. We get into a bit of an argument.
She's grilling me about when I'm going to get married/details & I'm trying to tell her i have no details to give her & were not moving at the same pace as her and her guy.
Then she tells me again that I still make her feel guilty & doesn't enjoy when we hang out anymore. She doesnt want to be around me. But loves me & still wants me in her wedding. I'm very confused.
Now I can't help but wonder if I'm just in the wedding party cause she feels guilty/obligated.
At the same time I'm trying to remember that she feels guilty alot. She vented to me about how her fiance & different members of her family make her feel guilty. She feels guilty if she doesn't complete a to do list etc.
So i guess im wondering if this seems like her going through something avoidant related & I should wait it out/give space.

Or if she means what she says, I make her feel guilty & truly doesn't want to be around me anymore. I feel confused & like I shouldn't be in her wedding in that case.

So basically I am currently looking for Space Fighting games. I want a game where I can

Fly in first person mode (from a cockpit).
The game should be preferably available on Steam .
I don’t want a simulation like Elite: Dangerous with a steep learning „cliff“. I just want a fun space shooter that makes me feel badass/immersed!
Low end PC: games that are well optimized or just a bit older.

These are the ones I have found already that meet most of my criteria (which one of these would you recommend):
Independence War® 2: Edge of Chaos - looks like what I am looking for but after watching some gameplay, it seems like there is a lot of boring traveling without much happening.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw - looks great and apparently has good music. Seems really fun.
Freespace 2 - a cult classic apparently but sadly no cockpit :(
Tachyon: The Fringe - looks cool but the graphics are a bit dated. Is the gameplay worth it?
X3 - no cockpit, looks fairly uninteresting.
Please keep in mind that I haven’t played any games in this genre before.

I wanted to make this post specifically for the people who are trying to compare Colin to Simon and Anthony, a comparison that I think is unfair considering how different they are from each other in terms of personality and life experience.
It seems like a lot of people expect every single male lead on this show to be a dark, brooding man with a traumatizing past that continues to affect them in the present. I think we've seen this with Simon and Anthony. Another male lead that would fit into this category would probably be Michael, and book! Phillip.
What a lot of people don't seem to realize is that with season 3, we're getting a completely different type of lead with Colin. He's not going to be some tortured soul with a cold exterior and a dark energy. I always describe him as more of a golden-retriever type of man (which is personally my favorite). Show! Phillip also seems to fall into this category of leading man (which is why I'm also super excited for Philoise), and possibly book! Gregory (my fave book of the series) as well.
I came across this post about the 8 heroic archetypes, and I think the male leads of this show all fit into different categories. Note that some of their characteristics do overlap:
Simon is The Lost Soul: "Tortured, secretive, brooding, and unforgiving. But he’s also vulnerable. He might be a wanderer or an outcast."
Anthony is The Chief: "The quintessential alpha hero. He might have been born to lead, or perhaps he conquered his way to the top, but either way, he's tough, decisive, goal-oriented. That means he is also a bit overbearing and inflexible."
Colin is The Best Friend: "He’s kind, responsible, decent, a regular Mr. Nice Guy. This man doesn’t enjoy confrontation and can sometimes be unassertive because he doesn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. We all knew this guy in high school and didn't appreciate him. If we were smart, though, he's the guy we married. He’s a people person and he’ll always put the needs of others first. But he’ll always be there. He’s a people person and he’ll always put the needs of others first."
Benedict is The Charmer: "Fun, irresistible, a smooth operator, yet not too responsible or dependable. He might be a playboy or a rogue, but he’s doesn't commit to a woman easily He’s not crazy about hard work."
Phillip is The Professor: "The first time you meet him, this logical, introverted, and inflexible guy might not be your idea of a hero but take another look. He is genuine about his feelings. At work, he likes cold, hard facts, thank you very much, but he’s also honest and faithful, and won't let you down."
Book! Michael is The Bad Boy: "This is the rebel, or the boy from the wrong side of the tracks. He's bitter and volatile, a crushed idealist, but he’s also charismatic and street smart."
Book! Gareth is The Warrior: "This man is the reluctant rescuer or the knight in shining armor. He’s noble, tenacious, relentless, and he always sticks up for the underdog." I'm going to be honest, I had a hard time figuring out Gareth's archetype, so if anyone has any better suggestions, let me know in the comments.
Book! Gregory is The Swashbuckler: "This guy is action, action, and more action. He’s physical and daring. Fearless, he's a daredevil, or an explorer. He needs thrills and chills to keep him happy."
Now of course, there is definitely some overlap with these characters. For example, I think Anthony could fit into The Chief and The Lost Soul. Michael could fit The Bad Boy and The Charmer.
But TLDR; every male lead is going to be different and comparing them to each other doesn't make sense.

Hey everyone!
Going to adopt my little fur ball around the beginning of July, from a friend of mine whose cats just had babies. I’m really excited, I’ve always loved cats and I’m so happy I’m finally in a position to get one and take good care of it.
The kittens are Russian Blues, born on April 1st, so they will be about 3 months old when I adopt. According to my friend, the kittens will be dewormed and vaccinated, but not yet spayed/neutered. I’ll have to get the neutering/spaying done. She said it’s better to wait until the kitten reaches 4-5 months of age to optimize their post-surgery recovery and minimize the risk of urinary tract problems?
I have a couple of questions I’d like to get sorted out before the little fur ball reaches my home:

1. I’m a medical student so I inevitably will get busy at times. I decided to adopt during the summer because I will be home from end June to early September, so I can spend a maximum amount of time with my cat in its early months at my home (and be around when the neuterin/spaying happens lol). However, when I do get back to school, how do I ensure a smooth transition so that my cat doesn’t feel lonely or anxious that I’m gone for 4-6 hours during the day? (Getting another cat is unfortunately not an option)
   
2. I live in an apartment (very spacious with good ventilation), any recommendations on litters with the best odour control? How often should I completely change the litter inside the box and clean the box?
   
3. In your experience, what’s a good ratio of dry food:wet food? In other words, how often should my cat eat wet food? I want to make sure I give it the best possible diet.
   
4. Are there signs of health problems in a cat’s early life that I should be on the lookout for? Like trouble walking/jumping, loud breathing, etc.? The cat will be checked by the vet before I adopt anyways, but I just wanted to make sure there is/isn’t something I should look out for.
   

Feel free to add any other advice you think might be useful to a first-time cat parent, thank you so much!

Hey everyone!
As someone deeply involved in real estate tech, I’m really excited about the latest release from OpenAI -ChatGPT 4omni (GPT-4o).
As I see it, it’s not just another update; it a drastic shift in how technology can empower real estate professionals.
Current Tech Limitations Right now, many CRM systems are nothing more than glorified digital Rolodexes. They store data and automate emails with [merge fields] to give the illusion of personalization.
Or, they're part of a patchwork of tools that demand a tech guru to manage effectively.
After spending my entire career working with and for Real Estate Agents who are 'Not tech savvy' this complexity only serves to require you to hire another person, hold another suite of software licenses, and is exactly what we’re trying to move away from at Workflow Secrets!
Enter OpenAIs Announcement Today Of ChatGPT-4o ... And How SAM Fits Into This GPT-4o brings to the table real-time processing and multimodal interactions (text, voice, visuals). This means smoother operations and more natural client interactions.
I'm particularly focused on integrating this with SAM (Systems Accelerator Manager), our platform designed to simplify real estate workflows significantly. Luckily, the Communications Matrix is only amplified in its power thanks to this!
A Day Powered by SAM and GPT-4o Imagine this: Your day starts with SAM briefing you over coffee.
☕ "Hey SAM, what's on my schedule today?"
SAM responds with insights about your client's preferences and upcoming meetings, even suggesting conversation starters based on their personal interests.
Ex. 🤖 SAM: "You have a call with John at 9am - he loves pizza, and him and Clarissa are avid salsa dancers. You should ask him if he prefers Chicago or New York style and why? This could help me with some more background."
Next, SAM has already drafted several emails for your leads. All you need to do is review and approve them, saving time and enhancing focus on client needs.
Ex. 🤖 SAM: "After that, you have three emails to send out to leads. I have them written for you, should we review who they are going to and what we are sending them?"
What's Next? We're just scratching the surface with what AI can do in real estate. Our commitment is to continue pushing these boundaries, enhancing SAM's capabilities with GPT-4o to make your real estate business more productive, engaging, and efficient.
Interested? We're offering a 14-day free trial for anyone interested in seeing what SAM can do for their real estate operations, and once you are in our eccoststem when we are ready to integrate with GPT-4o, you'll be the first to know!
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Let's discuss! realestate How do you see AI impacting your daily work in real estate or other fields? RealEstateTechnology Are there particular tasks you wish AI could handle for you?

Hello Everyone,
I am in an interesting position and wanted to get your takes on the matter. I began my career journey rather young and have been working in corporate settings as a data analyst since 14, I was doing VBA work, basic Python, HTML, some JS…. I then began a position at 19 years old at a consulting firm that had me jumping around multiple financial and tech institutions tackling different projects where I would begin flirting with some ML concepts. During this time I’m actively pursuing a BBA in Finance hoping to secure a position as a quantitive analyst.
COVID hits and I frankly can’t cut it in the finance world so I end up taking a job as a Data analyst at a Fortune 500 utility company where I became a senior in a year and ended up devoting close to 3 years at the company. During this time I was miserable, I was using antiquated software/methodologies, the subject material was extremely boring and I had enough so I just resigned on the spot.
During this downtime I pursued a intense Data Science bootcamp in hopes of pursuing the “fun and challenging” data analyst/scientist positions. I gave this whole backstory just to say I have no idea what my trajectory looks like from here and this shitty job market is not making it any easier. All in all my questions are:
-Should I pursue senior positions since technically I have 10 years experience in data analysis?
-Should I start from scratch since I’m still relatively young (25) and look into ML internships?
-Is there a specific way you should apply to these roles?
-Should my resume be 2-pages long?
Any other advice is welcome and appreciated, I am always open to making industry friends so feel free to reach out.
Thank you all for your time.

I finished Morrowind + DLC and I figure this is a good way to end my time and share what I learned. I'm sure there's some I forget or didn't find. Feel free to share.
Have to add this one. 100 Jump 1 second. No slow fall. 100 or 120 (no damage) acrobatics.
I think there's the easy examples. Fortify Intelligence and make Intelligence potions. Drink Intelligence potions. Make more Intelligence potions. Then start making other potions. 125% reflect. Fortify attribute potions. Levitation + Speed. I kind of hate admitting this, but after I was done having fun with super potions, I still used Feather potions and detect enchantment for the rest of the game.
A subcategory is Fortify Fatigue. Most of Morrowind's formulas factory in fatigue so once you fortify fatigue by x5 your maximum and beyond things get crazy. Your jumps get bigger. You move faster. Every attack hits. Every attack against you misses. Every persuasion check works. Once it gets high enough merchants will starting giving you things for 1 gold and trainers will train you for 1.
Then there's calm person. A calmed person will let you do almost anything to them. Drain Personality + Luck. Drain Merchantile for even cheaper training/trading.
Fortify Skill in general. 100% enchanting chance (granted the base formula is unfair even at 100 int, 100 enchant). More effective potions without even requiring Int looping. Turn any trainer into a master trainer with a +60 fort skill on touch.
Drain Attribute. No humanoid can even be a challenge with this. Drain Strength 100 over 1 second stops them from moving. Drain Agility makes ever hit work and knock them down. Drain Intelligence disables any mage. Drain Personality + Luck makes them basically give you money. I never found huge use for Drain Skill, other than drain mercantile for cheap training + trading.
Chameleon. Once you get enough agility, you can start doing almost anything to anyone with 100% chameleon. Stealing obviously. Enemies don't know how to fight back and run away. You can mess with guilds and even cast spells on them without risking expulsion. Even something as small as 20% chameleon lets you easily sneak up on enemies for x4 sneak attacks. Makes assassination easy. Each instance stacks so a 80 chameleon with amulet of shadows and a 20 chameleon lets you access 100 chameleon easy.
Enchanting in General. 100 weakness to magic 1 sec + 100 drain health over 2 seconds in 50 ft is easily accessible once you get a fortify attribute spell. 100 drain strength over 50 ft too. Whatever custom spell lets you take out the 20 cliff racers chasing you. Let's you punch well above your weight when your damage is low or your skill level for magic schools are low. There's also constant enchantments that can more than double your strength, give you 100% chameleon (maybe too strong to be fun), 100% sanctuary, etc. With enchanting it takes some restraint not to make yourself too powerful.

Ignore the overheated geeks: the general election doesn’t matter
By Jeremy Clarkson (The Sunday Times, May 12)
I went to the finals of the Madrid Open tennis championships last weekend, where a spindly man from Russia was set to face an unseeded French Canadian, who turned up in a cowslip yellow version of the fetching playsuit that Sean Connery wore in Goldfinger.
The spindly man made a shaky start, and it looked like General Montcalm was on course for an amazing victory. But then the man with legs like pipe cleaners started to fight back. And you could sense the tension. In one corner of the stadium, you had Montcalm’s friends, family and trainers writhing in a cauldron of dopamine and serotonin, willing their man to hang on in there. And in the other corner, there was a tribe of Russians doing exactly the same thing.
It was a good match with some epic baseline rallies, a lot of nifty backspin dolly drops, and a palpable sense of infectious excitement from all the tennis fans in the stadium. Me included. It was gripping and fascinating, but here’s the thing: I absolutely couldn’t care less who won. I’ve no love for Russia at the moment, obviously, and I think the French Canadians need a smacked bottom. James Wolfe won: get over it and speak English. But watching the fight was tremendous. And of course, that brings me on to the general election.
All over Westminster, there are hundreds of people who are frothing at the mouth with anticipation of the forthcoming duel. Wonks. Journalists. Lobbyists. They love the fight, the game. They meet and gossip and when you see them huddled round an embarrassing Student Time YouTube clip that’s just emerged, you sense they are actually aroused.
They wait in a mummified state, like the flight controllers at Nasa when a spaceship is in the re-entry radio blackout zone, for someone on the front line to say something which is at odds with the party line. Or for a junior minister to appear on the BBC News programme and not know the price of a loaf of bread. Then that’s it. Their down-the-line winner.
Every small mistake, every bacon sandwich moment, is pounced upon with delirious glee. They wait, like Frost did when he was in the third round against Nixon, for Angela Rayner to admit she had two houses, or no houses, because that’ll be that in their eyes. Game, set and match.
Of course, those in the Sunak dugout will noisily explain that this is proof that she’s Ronald Biggs in a frock. While at the other end of the court, Sir Starmer’s gatekeepers will argue that she’s only human. And news of all of these titbits will be broadcast with squeaky glee to a wider audience than the one watching Baby Reindeer.
I usually care about a general election. And I certainly cared about the Brexit referendum. But this time round, you can vote for a party that’s useless by accident. Or a party that will be useless on purpose. So it really doesn’t matter who wins. It won’t change your life in any way, shape or form.
Cancel culture and a woke civil service means the Conservatives won’t even be allowed to say what they want to do, let alone actually do it. And the Labourites will be prevented from making the changes they want by the world’s financial markets, and common sense.
We are told that if the Tories win, non-doms will continue to avoid paying taxes, which won’t make a ha’porth of difference to you because you don’t even know what a non-dom is. And then we have news that if the Labourists win, people will no longer be able to buy their council houses. And that doesn’t affect you either.
Then you’ve got Sir Starmer on the trans issue. He implied last year that a woman can have a penis and immediately the Westminster fanboy bubble went bananas. “HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT A WOMAN IS,” they bellowed. And we all sat at home, sighing and thinking: “Yes he does. He just can’t say it, because unlike JK Rowling, he needs a job”.
We saw a similar thing with Mr Rishi when footage emerged of him saying he doesn’t have any working-class friends. Straight away the wonks were out of their seats, spitting with fury as they explained he only eats swan and that he uses his butler’s children as footstools. Meanwhile, you were thinking: “I really ought to mow the lawn.”
Doubtless there will be fans of the political system bouncing up and down in their seats right now, pointing to the recent council elections in which a Muslim chap, standing on the Green ticket, celebrated his win by saying it was a victory for Gaza, and referred to a local Jewish chap as a “kind of animal”. He sounds like the sort of chap who manages to be daft and unpleasant all at the same time, but he’s in Leeds and most of you aren’t, so what does it matter if his head’s full of silly nonsense? All he’s going to be able to do in the next five years is have a very small say on where the next park bench will be built.
It’s not a completely different story for whoever wins the general election. They may have the power to make changes, but only in the same way that they have the power to drop a nuclear bomb on Belgium. It’s not actually going to happen.
The fact is that we will be treated to a bombardment of promises and polls in the coming months. And it will be a good spectator sport. But it doesn’t really matter who wins because the pot holes will continue to give you punctures, the trains will continue to be unreliable, air travel will continue to be a nightmare, NHS waiting lists will continue to be barbaric, the navy’s missiles will continue to misfire, the small boats will continue to arrive, farmers will continue to get a kicking, bills will continue to land on the doormat, we’ll all continue to pay taxes and we’ll all continue to die.
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And here's the Sun column: "I’ll be staying in the UK this summer and not going abroad – here’s why."
Clarkson's columns are regularly collected as books. You can buy them from his boss or your local bookshop.

Recap- The fledgling fighter, Serenity Steelheart, has just invaded Cragmaw Hideout hoping to save veteran adventurer, Sildar Halwinter. After weathering the hideout’s first few lines of defense, Serenity's temporary ally, Beatrix the goblin, has revealed her whole plan. Beatrix hopes to form an alliance with a splinter faction of the Cragmaw goblins in order to overpower the current leader and take control for herself.
Story- “So, do you trust me?” Beatrix asked with a smile.
“I trust you about as far as I can throw you.” Serenity said with a sigh. She then ended the light spell cast on her scimitar before continuing, “You are quite small though, you may actually catch some air.”
Beatrix let out a triumphant laugh before taking Serenity’s hand and leading her back into the stream. Serenity winced as her feet sunk into the cool water, the slick stream bed seemed more treacherous without the benefit of her eyesight. As she sloshed blindly through the water Serenity began to second guess herself, this was hostile territory and she’d just put her life in a near stranger’s hands.
Beatrix stopped wordlessly and received a quick kick in the pants as Serenity stumbled into her. The goblin grumbled to herself before leading Serenity’s hands to the charred wood of the lookout’s destroyed bridge, “They’re up there.”
Serenity pulled on the worn wooden boards to test their strength before climbing up and finding herself in another more narrow cave with faint light visible in the distance. She took a breath and gagged as her nose was assaulted by the foul smells further ahead. After a slight nudge from Beatrix, Serenity hesitantly moved towards the light. The narrow passage quickly opened up to reveal a large chamber furnished with broken crates, soiled bedding, and a firepit that acted as a light source. Serenity’s presence, of course, did not go unnoticed and before long she found herself surrounded by confused, angry goblins.
Beatrix pushed further into the cave as the other goblins shouted commands and questions at Serenity. “Yeemik!”
After a few moments a robust looking goblin with a scowl trudged out from the deepest part of the cave and growled, “The hell’s all this noise f-” He cut himself off as his eyes fell on Serenity, “Who the- How the- Explain!”
“This is Serenity, she’s crazy strong. With her help we’ll finally be able to oust Klarg!” Beatrix said in a hurry.
“She don’t look too strong to me.” Yeemik glared at Serenity before continuing, “What makes you think you can take on a bugbear? You ever done that before?”
“She-” Beatrix started before Yeemik raised a hand to silence her.
“I asked your girl. She knows how to talk, don’t she?”
Serenity cleared her throat as Beatrix shot her a worried look. “I believe my skill can speak for itself. I was able to take out your ambush single handedly, I survived your flood trap, and I’ve fought my way past every line of defense you had to protect your living quarters. To doubt my abilities after all of that would be a brutal condemnation of your own.”
Yeemik snorted, “You think I’m too proud to admit that I’m surrounded by jokers, eh? We’re out in the middle of nowhere fighting for scraps! We ain’t here because of our sterling track record, we’re just the riff raff Grell was willing to lose.”
An uncomfortable murmur spread throughout the cave as the rest of the goblins exchanged looks of frustration and disappointment. Then Beatrix spoke up again, “Yeah, but we finished our mission! We got the dwarf the Spider wanted! When a reward gets passed down to us do you really want it to go to Klarg?”
Yeemik raised an eyebrow, this goblin wasn’t as slow as the others. “Alright, you want to take care of our Bugbear problem. What’s in it for you, miss… Whoever you are.”
“Serenit-”
“Don’t care!”
Serenity took a sharp breath. “I will assist your faction in eliminating Klarg. In return I demand the safe release of my ally, Sildar Halwinter. I already know he’s being held here.”
Yeemik looked confused for a moment before a flash of realization hit him, “Oh, you mean Oldman Mumbles! Yeah, I think I’d be willing to lose him.”
“Excellent. I suggest we head out now, our combined power will be more than enough to defeat Klarg.”
“Hold up! What do you mean combined?” Yeemik barked, “You really expect me to take on Klarg myself and then pay you for the inconvenience? What kind of nonsense deal is that!?”
“I-” Serenity stammered.
“No! You just gave us a whole spiel about how great you are, Klarg should be light work for someone like you. Less you were lyin…” Yeemik said, venom in every word.
“Well, I- I’ve expended a considerable amount of energy getting here, I don’t know if I can beat him if I’m not at full strength.” Serenity said.
“Oh so now you're asking if you can take a nap to feel better?”
“Yes, resting would be an absolute godsend right now. If I could get my magic back, that could give me the edge against Klarg.”
“Oh really, you gonna ask me to make you supper too?” Yeemik sneered at Serenity.
“What?”
“You must think I’m pretty slow, miss adventurer. If I let you leave, we both know you’re just gonna come back with more humans and wipe the lot of us out!”
“No, I-”
“If I even THINK you left these here caves, I’m gonna crave you friend like a pig!” Yeemik yelled.
Serenity glared at Yeemik, “So you won’t let me rest, you won’t give me assistance, and you expect me to take on a foe that even you're too scared to fight.”
“Shouldn’t have shown your hand so fast little lady.” Yeemik laughed.
“Can I at least keep the goblin that I brought with me or do you intend to sabotage me further?”
Yeemik looked at Beatrix and shrugged, “Eh, I don’t care about that one.”
Serenity turned to leave before stopping dead in her tracks, “Wait! Let me see Sildar! I need to know that he’s still alive!”
Yeemik looked surprised before motioning one of his goblins to go, “Heh, maybe you aint a complete tool afterall.” A goblin ran off and after an uncomfortably long wait returned dragging a half-conscious man behind him.
Serenity made eye contact with the prisoner for a moment before it clicked, Sildar had been beaten almost beyond recognition. She felt a growing rage in her core as she saw the way Yeemik had treated a hero. “Can you hear me?”
It took longer than it should have for Sildar to react, he slowly turned to look at his would-be rescuer and stared at her before something stirred in him, “Serenity!” He croaked, “You, what are you doing here?”
“I’m here to save you, Sildar.” Serenity said, trying to hide the uncertainty in her voice.
“No! You- agh- You have to get out of here!” Sildar panted, “They’ll kill us both, Serenity. -huff- Save yourself.”
Sildar’s desperate warning was cut off when a goblin kicked him in the ribs. The creature’s sadistic cackling ended abruptly as Serenity drove her scimitar into his shoulder. In an instant all of the goblins had weapons drawn as their injured ran for cover.
“Hold! Everyone stop!” Yeemik shouted as ran between Serenity and his goblins. He then smeared as he looked at Serenity, “You are getting too damn comfortable girl!”
Serenity grit her teeth and refused to lower her weapons. She took a step forward before being stopped as Beatrix grabbed onto her leg. “Serenity stop! If you do this, they’ll just kill Sildar to spite you.”
“She ain’t lying.” Yeemik said.
Serenity glared at Yeemik as she spoke, “I swear to you Yeemik, if you do anything to Sildar while I’m gone you will WISH you were dealing with Klarg!”
“Deal! You take care of your business and I’ll keep my boys off yours.” Yeemik said with a fake smile, “Now get walking before anyone does anything they might regret.”
There was a tense silence for a few moments before Serenity turned to leave, “Let’s go, Beatrix.”
Notes- I cut skill rolls out of the narration since someone said they didn’t like it and there were no voices in favor of them. For anyone curious, there were several Persuasion rolls made throughout this encounter to determine what would happen. As you can likely surmise, the dice were cold tonight.
Final Thoughts- Sorry for the long wait for this one, I had major trouble coming up with a way to make the story feel like it's moving forward despite Serenity failing on every level. Hope you were able to enjoy seeing Serenity struggle more than usual. The wait for the next part should be a lot shorter than this one was.

Hi, guys. There are these violent guys called Kestora. They are known to be in two different dimensions:

1. There are a bunch of them in the Red Star. They were created by the Great Beings to run the Red Star. They also like to dissect people, and are not bright.
2. There are a bunch of them created in a pocket dimension (it’s basically a part of the main reality that is different from the other parts. To my understand, it’s not an alternate reality because it doesn’t have versions of people from the main reality. Ask Dimension X from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles about it) that Takanuva visited in that book called “Journey of Takanuva” in 2008. These guys are warriors who wanted to take over a city, and made a certain city-building creature’s species critically endangered. However, these guys were stopped by Takanuva and the creature.

So, if the Great Beings had created the Kestora to run the Red Star, then why are there Kestora in the pocket dimension? Doesn’t make sense. I would like to think that someone from the Matoran Universe may have been playing with a Kanohi Olmak, the Mask of Dimensional Gates, and used it to send some of the Kestora in the Red Star to the pocket dimension. Or, maybe someone from the pocket dimension may have seen the schematics of the Kestora and have used them to make their own Kestora if the Kestora were to be created in the pocket dimension.
You can read about the Kestora here: https://biosector01.com/wiki/Kestora .
So, what do you think?

I am so confused right now.
I (17f), have a best friend, we'll call her B(17f). We became good friends really quickly and it has just been a year of being close to one other. It all started when we had a free period in school and talked about our family and stuff for the whole time without hesitation. From then on we were inseparable. She means so much to me, really. I was soo lonely before her, never had anybody to talk to or just be with and she changed it so I'm really indebted to her for that.
We have just given 12th boads this year (its bacically final exams of 12 standard which is on a all india bases). During the exam month maybe after 2 of the exams I got to know that my grandmother passed away. It was really shocking because even though she was in the hospital, she was making speedy recovery. The day she got discharged from the hospital, we lost her on the way home.
I wasn't really close to her but this is my grandmother we're talking about. I was really disturbed after hearing this, especially because I hadn't met her for years, neither I was able to bid her a last goodbye. I wasn't even able to participate in the rituals for her funeral.
The day I got this news I told B. I told her that my grandmother died. She said it's okay, and that even though my grandmother wasn't nice it's hard to loose a grand parent and that I should focus on my studies. This is badically all that she said. I had talked to her about my grand mother and told her some questionable things that she has done, so maybe she thought that I wasn't affected with her death but idk why I expected her to console me, to just be there for me. i didn't even get are you OK text from her.
The next day she was texting me about how there is this person she texted on reddit who turned out to be weird. That's what she asked me the next day after my grandmother just died. She never asked me how I was, never. I was not as responsive as usually was but that was because i was bloody alone. My parents had all gone to the hometown for the funeral and i was at my aunt's house because i could'nt leave the exams. I was so alone and not even once she asked me how i was. I even told her after a few days that i am not okay and that it really hurt when she started taliking about a guy to me after i told her my grandmother just passed. To that she replied that I was being cold so she thought she should give me some time and also she was sick with a throat infection do she couldn't wait for me to talk.
That really hurt. I know she was unwell and it must be difficult for her to think about other stuff while being in sickand I also understand that I am not a baby and that I shouldn't expect people to coddle me, but that really hurt. She did apologise and said that she didn't expect that I would be affected by this. But then went on as if it's all normal from the other day. After this incident, I tried to just forget it and move past it, but everything that she did just infuriated me. It never felt like she was sorry, even after she said it. This has just made me feel like she doesn't care at all. She is recently started talking to this guy on telegram. And all we talk about is him. "Should I send him this?" Or " he send me this message what should I reply with" something or the other about him. She tells me that she talked to him for hours one day but she couldn't even txt me once.
I was really trying to just forget it, really but I just felt so off. It's like I have to work to make things no longer awkward between us when she was the one that hurt me. It still infuriates me. Every conversation is about her, how her father demotivates her or how her grandma did this or something something along those lines. I have started to feel as if she doesn't know anything about me. Sometimes it's like she doesn't care at all about me.
I know I'm no angle myself. But when I did something wrong I know that I tried to change that about myself, tried to mend things (atleast in my head i was trying, idk if it was noticeable).
I know her life is harder than me, she has gone through more stuff than I have, but sometimes is it too much to expect someone to just listen and tell you that you aren't being dramatic Or hell's sake tell you that you are being dramatic rather that telling them that worse happened with them?
I am so just frustrated right now. We were on a meet and she started to talk to that same telegram guy in the meet. I have done this too but in my head it's like "i did it only once and then apologised for it, and its not like i always talk about someone else while we are together."
I don't know what to do. I really wanted to tell her that I am hurt but it feels like it has been to long and I shouldn't hold on to something that happened a month ago. I really don't want to loose her. She is that only friend that I have and we have a great friendship apart from some things. Idk if what I feel is justified or if i'm being dramatic and entitled, expecting too much from people Please be completely honest and tell me if I'm wrong so that i can try to better myself or how I should handle this situation. Any advice for this pety situation is welcomed.
Thank you for reading Sorry for the long post and if things are unclear, it my first time trying this so I don't really know how to be presise!

I finally stood up to my abusive mother
CONTEXT
This story is a personal story from around 2 years ago and it deals with many harsh topics. Please keep your opinions to yourself after reading.
My mother is the worst. While this may seem radical, it could not be more true. I lost my mail carrier job due to covid and other reasons around 2 years ago, and had to move back in with my parents after not seeing them for a very long time. At the time I was pretty youthful (39) so I had somewhat been looking forward to getting to reunite with my parents. Due to covid I obviously couldn't work, so like everyone else I didn't go outside, played a whole lot of video games, and of course masturbated many times a day ;)
Once covid began to end is when my mom started to become abusive. She would constantly scream at me and tell me that it was time to get a job since places were hiring again. She didn't understand no matter how many times I told her the effects that covid had on my mental state, which meant I couldn't get a job until I was in the right headspace and able to give my full effort to work, as well as the housing crisis that many young people like myself were facing in this economy and also the fact that it was becoming a socially acceptable trend to live with your parents. My mom did not understand this at all.
The worst of it all was when I was playing overwatch on my pc that had taken my father 2 whole hours to set up she came into MY ROOM, and unplugged MY PC. This was when the constant verbal abuse started coming out, she'd criticized my age, my lack of a job, she made fun of me for not going to college and called me pathetic for playing video games at 40 years old (which is what every other millinial does lol) That had done it, I tried to walk past her but she had pushed me to my breaking point and I very lightly pushed her shoulders. She screamed out dramatically and crumbled to the ground still screaming and crying as if I had punched her or something, as if I was in the wrong for standing up for myself. I was done with the abuse from now on my mom knew that I was the man of the house and she didn't even try to make me pay for her hospital bills.
I now live with my pregnant wife, and am the owner of a successful clothing brand that gets several sales by the week. This story is for anyone living with an abusive family member and to let you know that no matter what you do you can still succeed in life and achieve your dreams.

So increased dose of VitD3 from 5000UI to 10,000 and have been getting bad side effects like increased heart palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, claustrophobia kind.
Right now taking 10,000UI D3 +100mcg k2+ 800mg magnesium Glycinate.
What could be causing this as I’m still insufficient? And how to deal with it? What changes can I make to keep taking 10kUIs without any problems?

Hey everyone! It's been a while trotting around the internet parts where we can just chat about nothing. Without dating myself, I miss those old school Yahoo! Chat days, talking about nothing with no one in particular, and letting the time flashby. I'm genuinely interested in just chatting about...whatever! I know that's rather broad, but be it video games, books, or anything in between, I'd love to talk to you guys and make new friends!
If you reply, please let me know your name and age! If you need icebreakers, may I recommend the following:
1) What's your all-time favorite book/TV show/musical artist and why? I know it's a generic question, but it definitely helps to know someone's tastes! 2) What's your favorite food? Similarly, you get to know someone by this answer! 3) What's one random thing you've never told anyone else?

Before you start in on you just need to cut it off, I have. I have an undercut and I’m not happy with losing anymore hair right now. I have been constantly losing hair and my dead ends are crazy.
I began my hair journey thinking I could achieve white/sliver. I’m a natural brunette so you can tell this an unrealistic goal. I even had a hairstylist turn me down on what I asked for. I should’ve given up then. My hair has been bleached 3 times total in its current state I believe. It’s possible the ends have been damaged even more by bleach. You can see a difference in color.
I’m not trying to make it white anymore and I realize how unhealthy it is. I plan to let it grow out and be my natural color again, but for now I need to do something for it. Is there any way to make it even slightly more healthy? I know cutting it is basically what you have to do when it’s this bad. I don’t want to go bald tho. What products help with this? Is there a way to make it feel less brittle?