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I am in California.
On April 22 we purchased a new Tesla, and traded in my wife’s old car as part of the purchase. We provided the title and signed a liability release form. I have copies of all the forms. Overall the transaction was smooth and we are enjoying the new car.
Today we received a letter from CHP with a copy of a CHP form 180 indicating the car we traded in was in a wreak on May 17th, caught fire, and has been towed. The VIN number on the form matches, but it does have new license plates. However the form does list my wife as the registered owner.
The form also lists where it was towed (added complication is we are in the SF Bay Area, and this wreck occurred in southern CA). When we called tow yard they were generally unhelpful, and they said if we are considered the registered owner we are responsible for dealing with the wrecked car.
I am not sure how to unwind this and show we traded in the car.
Could this be a paperwork lag? I am also worried if something got dropped at Tesla with the layoffs. I fear the tow yard will come after us for the tow and storage fees.
Any advice or suggestions are appreciated.

I’m looking into buying a land in the Bay Area and I was informed by the seller’s realtor that the current owner is being sued by the neighbor for allegedly cutting down trees on his lot. The neighbor is suing the previous owner and the tree removal company for illegally entering their property and cutting down trees.
Now where it gets scary is the part where the neighbor is saying that removing the trees has destabilized the slope and might cause rocks and debris to fall into his property (his property is downhill from the lot). He is saying that removal of the trees have also ruined his privacy since people can see his house from the street above. The letter from the neighbor’s attorney says this -

The current condition of owner’s lots must be disclosed to any prospective purchaser, as that purchaser will be responsible for any damages created by changes in the condition of the lots. I suggest you give to prospective purchasers a copy of this letter and the enclosed complaint and engineer's report, as you should be aware that California residential real estate law requires full disclosure of all facts that may affect a purchaser's interest in buying a property.

The engineering report from the owner’s survey says that the slope is stable and buildable, but the one from neighbor’s company says that even though they say the bedrock exposed, they think rocks and debris might fall into the neighbor’s property and cause damage.
I’m wondering if I should proceed with the purchase or not. My question is, could I be held liable for anything here? Is there risk that I inherit from buying this land?
The land has a great view and is within my budget which is why I’m trying to dig more into it rather than just moving along.
Any help will be greatly appreciated 🙏
I will contact lawyers if necessary, I guess what I’m looking for is some perspective if this is a terrible idea or worth looking into with a lawyer.

You ever look into a window and wonder what’s on the other side? I mean, a room, obviously, but what’s in it? Who lives there? How do they live? For as long as I can remember, that was my fascination. It started innocently, if creepy; I used to peek into people’s windows when I was a little kid, back when I had to get on my tiptoes to peer in through a kitchen window. I’d see the light reflecting off tile and appliances, and sometimes people would be moving about, living their lives. In a sense, it’s sort of like an ant farm; the windows people use to see out provide a small vertical slice of their inside life. I never got caught or scolded when I did this, even though I instinctively knew it was wrong. It was the same reason my parents chided me for peeking in the door when they’d use the restrooms; people liked their privacy.
But you know what happens when a bad habit is allowed to fester, don’t you? It escalates. When I was twelve years old, I broke into a house for the first time. Not for criminal reasons, mind you, I simply wanted to get a more… tactile appreciation for someone’s life. It was a house that had overgrown grass and sometimes had a beat-up old Buick out front that needed a wash. I’d never met whoever lived there, but I knew they did.
There’s a fatal flaw with burglar alarms: the infrequent nature of burglary. Potentially 365 days of a year, the homeowner is paying for a service that ideally won’t be used. But the device, it never sleeps unless you let it. Eventually, turning it on in the morning when you leave for work or off when you come home becomes such a hassle that in some neighborhoods, people just use the sticker as their ward against burglars. This person was one of those people. And he was also one of the people who failed to lock their windows.
It didn’t smell great in that place. I let myself in through the kitchen window and I just stood there, taking it all in. It was cluttered, lived-in, but not hoarder-level crazy. There was a fat stack of shitty self-help books on the dining room table, and more than a few pizza boxes crammed into an overflowing trash bin. The floor was once, presumably, a nice carpet, but decades of neglect had rendered it crusty and brown. In retrospect I recognize the smell as marijuana, but at the time I thought it was a skunk. I could almost see the guy who lived there wandering around, mired in the detritus of an unkempt house. I could imagine him pouring over those dog-eared self-help books, eating pizza for the fifth time this week, wondering how his life went so wrong.
There wasn’t much to do. Like I said, my intentions were curiosity, not theft. So I went back out the way I came. That night, when the shitty old Buick rolled up onto the driveway, I watched the guy. He was shorter than I’d imagined, and he had thick glasses and thinning hair. He wasn’t super fat, but he wasn’t skinny; all in all, a fairly normal individual. Yet from that moment I spent in his home, I knew so very much about him. I think that’s where the problem started, really.
I got really, really good at it. Sneaking into people’s homes. Walking through undetected. Again, I never took anything, just explored the place and drew connections about their life. Creepy, yes, and very illegal, but I rationalized it at the time as being functionally identical to being invited in. It’s not creepy when a guest looks around, and since I wasn’t doing anything untoward, I was basically a guest, right? I even got so good I could do it when they were home. A lot of close calls, but those were the most exciting. Again, at this point I had yet to steal anything. I was chasing the high of just sneaking around, going where I wasn’t supposed to.
When I got into high school, however, I started wanting things. I wasn’t poor, but there was always something I wanted that was just out of reach. Well, I made the logical leap that my hobby and my desire could aid each other.
I prepped by “mock-robbing” my own house. When my parents were out, I combed through their things, looking for stashes of goodies. Naturally I wouldn’t steal from THEM, mind you; I hadn’t done that since I took a five-dollar bill out of my mother’s purse when I was six. Sure enough, I found the classic sock-drawer with the stash in it. Wasn’t much, just a couple documents. A xerox of my birth certificate, a copy of my grandparents’ will, some insurance papers, and a single hundred dollar bill, all rolled into an old black tube sock at the back of my father’s sock drawer. My mom’s nightstand held a bunch of her old expired credit cards, receipts for purchases deductible as work expenses, and her old earrings she’d worn before her earlobes had healed over. The kitchen junk drawer tended to be where lost coins were deposited, and by quarters alone I reckoned around 50 dollars had accumulated over the years. Finally, under my parents’ bed, I found the real stash: bonds given to them by my grandparents, the deed to the house itself, and my grandfather’s old ring. Worthless to me, obviously, but it proved that humans and dragons both choose to sleep atop their riches.
I chose my mark well; a large house, and one I’d already familiarized myself with on the inside. Once the geriatric woman had left to go do whatever octogenarians do on Thursday afternoons, I stole into the building and rifled through her things. It was a completely different experience to go in with the intent of robbery. I felt heightened. Paranoid. Instinctively I shied away from windows and lights like a scuttling rat, and any time the house shifted or settled, I dove for cover, cramming myself into cabinets or closets. The place was big, but sure enough, I found the old cigar box under the bed. It didn’t have money or jewels, but rather pictures. Grainy, faded, black-and-white pictures of a man in a naval officer’s dress, and a girl in a skirt with frizzy brown hair. I realized with a start that it was her, and who I could only assume was a late lover. There were family pictures on the walls, but none of them featured her with a man at her side. An elderly spinster, clinging to a love who no doubt was long gone. When I discovered that, I shook my head. No way I was going to rob her, even if I’d found gold bullion in the box. So I tidied up the place, making sure to wipe away the places where fingerprints could have been even though I was wearing latex gloves, and put her secret box back where it belonged.
For a few weeks, I didn’t do any B&E. Truth be told, I was disgusted at myself. Every house I’d snooped through, every life I’d reverse-engineered in my head… to think that I’d rob them, make those pristine little lives worse for my own benefit… I couldn’t stomach it.
Looking back, I wish I’d just abandoned that moral hang-up. Because it was that morality that led me to the Mortheimer house.
In the state of California, where I live, burglary is a felony. I think it’s that way in most places. Now I didn’t consider myself a burglar, because in order for it to be such, I had to be entering with the intent to do a crime. As of yet, save for the old woman’s house, I had never entered for any reason save to observe, so in my mind I was not a burglar.
I heard about the Mortheimer house from a friend. He said it had been owned by the bank for some time, after the owner had lost everything to a gambling addiction and shot himself in the building. It wasn’t called the Mortheimer house at the time, though; that wouldn’t be until Jason Mortheimer moved in and bought the old, buttress-ridden house for next to nothing. For weeks, my friend said, they had done construction; as to what they were doing, he couldn’t tell. Aside from cleaning, repainting, reshingling, and repairing the windows, the old house looked practically unchanged from the outside. Yet power tools could be heard from dawn until dusk within the old place, and construction teams came and went with clockwork regularity. Jason Mortheimer was an oddball in the neighborhood; he was never seen during the day, save peering out from his windows to watch people on afternoon strolls. By night, he’d wander and be cordial to passersby, but he walked stiffly, leaning heavily on a mahogany cane. Between the constant noise of construction and the leery glances he was caught giving joggers from behind heavy curtains, it was safe to say Jason Mortheimer was unpopular.
My friend wanted to know what was going on in the house, nothing more. We’d talked about my interests and he’d been understanding; on some occasions, he’d paid me to snoop on romantic interests, to find out their sexual preference and availability. Usually, I’d take his money and not even break in, simply observing the individuals and using the key context clues that he so clearly had missed. His current boyfriend, who like him will remain unnamed, was a closeted individual who I’d been hired to snoop upon; now he was out of the closet, and happier than ever before. Good for the two of them. But this was the first time my friend wanted me to snoop for anything approaching a benign curiosity, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also curious.
It wasn’t until the construction had stopped, about a week after the last team had left, that I made my move. I was going to enter the Mortheimer house, I was going to take this rich eccentric menace for everything that I could, and I was going to satisfy my curiosity.
The smell was, as it often is, the first thing I noticed. In most places, it’s a very human smell; scented candles, food, soaps, or even unwashed individuals sweating in the summer heat. This place, however, smelled sterile, and vaguely metallic. Like the smell of dentist’s tools, fresh from the sealed pack.
The interior was lavish, but just as odd as the man who inhabited it. Oil paintings of gargantuan scale leered down at me, Bavarian dukes and kings with severe faces glowered from antiquated frames. The floor was mostly granite, covered by a single crimson velvet rug that spanned the various landings. Dim halogen bulbs lit the corners of the halls, leaving the rest of the walk in murky near-darkness. Only the front of the house, as I would come to learn, had windows; the rest of the rooms were the same tiled, featureless rooms with odd decor. I passed no less than three bedrooms, each pristine and untouched, and entirely identical. Even the paintings began to loop, but those were more noticeably wrong, as the individual texture of the brushstrokes would differ between rooms.
The upper floors to the house were bizarre. Dining rooms and redundant kitchens on second-floor landings. An attic with a bathroom in it. Bedrooms so close as to be functionally adjoining. And all of them without so much as a sign of life. I checked three separate refrigerators, and while they were indeed cold, there was not a crumb of food in any of them. Drawers in the bedrooms would be completely empty, just varnished wood staring up at me where some evidence of habitation should have been. The attic bathroom was functional, I was surprised to see, and I marveled at the sheer ridiculousness of it. How much pipe the drains must have had.
When I reached the ground floor once more, I saw him. Jason Mortheimer, staring out the window as he always did. He was hunched, lame almost, as he peered from curtains of the same velvet as the rug. Without a sound, I descended the stairs and entered the first sub-level.
Roland Wood died two years ago. I feel this is important. You must understand that Roland Wood, captain of the volleyball team, was struck by an 18-wheeler and given a closed-casket funeral two years ago. I was there. I hadn’t been close to Roland, or Rollie as he was called by his friends, but the family had invited my family and we weren’t so disrespectful as to ignore the grief of our neighbors. I watched the pallbearers put Rollie in the grave, heard his mother’s hysterical sobs as the burial continued, and saw the grave covered in the cemetery.
Roland Wood, two years dead, body irreparably damaged by the crushing force of an 18-wheeler truck, stood before me as I rounded the corner into the first room. He wore a dress shirt and pants, and he stared straight ahead, eyes glassy and unfocused. It was all I could do to not yelp in surprise as I saw the slack features of a dead teenager in the first room of this strange place. Thick, iron staples perforated the skin everywhere, and numerous discolored teeth shone unblemished white alongside the rotten and deteriorated others. His skin, usually so tan from the volleyball games in the summer sun, was pale and slightly blue, riven with lumps and thin patches where the impression of bone could be made out.
Rollie wasn’t alone in that room. A dozen others stood still, staring at the wall, similarly dressed in formal wear. Women wore elegant dresses and pearls, men wore dinner suits and tuxedos, and all stood like mannequins in the cold, bare room.
“Admiring them, are we?”
I spun as Jason Mortheimer limped into the room, looking straight past me at the ghoulish tableaux.
“I- I-,” I began, but he jerkily raised a hand and shook his head.
“Don’t speak, lad. I heard you on the stairwell. Now tell me, what do you think of my merry little gathering?”
I swallowed and looked back over the legion of corpses.
“Are they… alive?”
Jason chuckled and shrugged.
“In a way. Although you’ll find they’re quite poor conversationalists. Everyone,” he called out, clapping his hands together, “please greet our new guest.”
In unison, the corpses turned to face me, their jaws opening with a creak and their eyes locking onto mine.
“Greetings,” they all intoned, a single voice coming from numerous throats. It cared not for the gender of the body it spoke from; they were all the same dolorous rasp, forced from lips that did not match the words spoken.
“Listen, Mr. Mortheimer, I didn’t come here to-”
“-rob me? Oh, I don’t believe that, friend, and neither do you.”
“Please, sir, I’ll just leave, I won’t tell a soul what I’ve seen.”
Jason shrugged, a jerky spasmodic gesture.
“It doesn’t matter if you do or don’t, dear boy. Nobody will believe you. So, you may go.”
I looked at him. He still didn’t meet my gaze, staring intently at his grisy arrangement.
“That’s… it? I can just leave?”
“Of course. I would prefer you to.”
“You’re not going to hurt me or something?”
Finally, Jason turned his gaze on me, an insincere grin twisting his features.
“Everything I can do has been done.”
With that, he turned away, jerkily climbing the steps. I ran past him, bolting for the door. It wasn’t far, and he made no move to stop me. I flung the old door wide and sprinted out into the daylight, gasping and shuddering as I ran. Confused passersby blinked as I stormed past, sprinting in the direction of home. Relief and terror warred in my mind as I reached my front door, and I threw it wide, startling my parents from the couch.
“Jacob?,” My father asked, “where’s the fire?”
I panted my excuses and sat at the kitchen table. I said I’d had a fright, thought I was being followed, because someone put a note in my locker.
“Speaking of notes,” said my father, gesturing to where the mail lay piled on the counter. There, a yellowing envelope had been opened.
“What’s this?” I asked, dread settling in the pit of my stomach.
“It was an invitation,” my father answered, “to a party. Fancy dress. It’s at that old… oh, what’s the name of the guy who owns it now?”
“The Mortheimer house?”
He nodded and smiled.
“That’s the one. Your mother and I are planning on going at the end of the month. Do you want to come along?”
I smiled weakly, my mind racing.
“I… I guess.”

The adjuster on the claim changed the date of loss without notifying us and closed the claim.
He didn’t even point out the alteration. Didn’t communicate with us at all. Just changed the date, sent out a check, and closed it. When I pointed the change out to him, he rudely explained why it was a random date (something about a stronger storm occurring and how he “gave us the benefit of the doubt”).
I then asked for a copy of the full policy (an unacceptable amount of times) for the last month and they finally sent it out last week. It was a 30 page document I have never seen before. They have only mailed out and uploaded the first three pages of it on our account with every policy renewal.
I’ve asked repeatedly why there was a lack in transparency and communication from the adjuster throughout this process and why we were not provided a copy of the policy sooner. The supervisors have dismissed my concerns.
They are now saying my inquiries are “redundant” and how they have explained thoroughly why they chose the new date of loss. They said the policy was sent to us promptly (I asked for it literally 7x exactly) and how they will mail out a hard copy of it soon. Shouldn’t we already have had access to it?
Are adjusters allowed to change whatever they want to a claim without letting the policyholder know about it and just close it?
Not to mention when the adjuster came for roof inspection, he didn’t acknowledge or introduce himself to us. The first and only communication from him was that letter with the changed date stating the claim was paid out and closed.
Is this bad faith?

This is a copy-paste post from a post I tried to make to Transgender_Surgeries but the post got removed by Reddit's auto filters for some reason. LMK if this is ok to ask here and remove if needed.
Hello. I am 2 years on HRT, have both of my letters of recommendation + my endocrinologist's letter, and I'm actually already on the waitlist for Dr. Rachael Bluebond Langner. However, my consultation isn't until August 2026, and I know surgery itself will probably be 2+ more years after that. While part of me wants to be patient, especially knowing she's the best of the best and covered by my insurance, on top of bottom dysphoria being really, really bad, I'm a PhD student and will be for another 4 years. The potential timing of when I'd be scheduled for the surgery is a major problem because it would likely be close to when I need to give my PhD dissertation, and after I graduate, I lose my excellent school insurance that covers bottom surgery, so I want to get bottom surgery while I'm still a student because I know I can make it work with my current lab.
One thing worth mentioning is ideally I want PPT for self lubrication, but not being able to get it and having to go with a standard PIV is not a dealbreaker for me if the results will be otherwise very good. What is absolutely necessary for me is that its full depth, I want to be able to do penetration.
My insurance is with United Healthcare and my plan covers all gender affirming healthcare for surgeons that are in-network.
I'm from New Jersey, and I've considered a few other surgeons in the area, but I have some hangups on a few of them. The ones I've considered other than Bluebond Langner include:
Jonathan Keith
+Less than half an hour from where I currently live +Lowest waitlist -May not be covered by insurance despite working for my college -Results from him are supposedly mediocre, does not do PPT
Jess Ting
+Covered by insurance
+PPT Surgery option
-Supposedly followup with him is not good?
Christine McGinn
+Someone I know IRL had surgery with her and was very satisfied with the results
+Low waitlist time -Does not take insurance
-No PPT
These are the surgeons I'm familiar with and have considered. I'm willing to also go up to Connecticut if necessary or go down as far south as Washington DC if absolutely needed or go deeper into Pennsylvania, but as a student, I don't have an unlimited travel budget just for a consultation especially while my parents are breathing down my back and would get suspicious (they are not supportive and still holding out hope I detransition, and will freak out when they find out I intend to get bottom surgery - I'm working on a plan with my therapist/support network to prepare for this). So for anyone in the US northeast, where would you recommend I look for to maybe get on another waitlist?
Edit: Has anybody had any experience with Dr. Drew Marano? I only found a single post on Reddit about him doing bottom surgery for trans women and he's not on the Transgender_Surgeries wiki for bottom surgery, but he lists vaginoplasty as something he does on his website and my therapist who wrote me my letter of recommendation told me that they have written more letters of recommendation for Dr. Marano than to any other surgeon for MtF bottom surgery.

I believe I found myself in a bit of a pickle and Im hoping someone could provide me with a bit of insight and guidance.
Last year I worked for a county level social services department, on a 6-month contract with possibility of extension, in Ontario. The social services department was responsible for two smaller counties, but administrated by only one of them - known as a consolidated service manager. One of the programs I administered was a home renovation initiative that give people up to $25K to do essential renovations on their home to prevent homelessness. The program was open for applications for a specific time period, and assessed based on need, due to limited funding.
After the deadline past, and just before the end of my contract, the director of the department submitted an application on behalf of another department's director's mother. This didnt sit well for me for many reasons (outside of application window, submitted by the director who approves the applications that move forward ect.) I first brought the situation up a long term employee and they confirmed that the issue was unethical and I should notify my manager. I then spoke to my manager and they agreed that the issue was funny, but decided to ignore the matter and just brush it aside.
My contract was coming to an end and I did not want to seek renewal partly due to this situation. I forwarded all emails relating to the situation to my personal non-work email account. Most of the emails were from the director to my work email. The forwarded emails that i then forwarded to my personal email contained the application, which had the director's mother's private info - bank statements, photocopy of the healthcare, home insurance info. The emails I also forward to myself were ones that highlighted me bringing the issue up to my manager.
I wanted a copy of these emails to hold on to for 2 reasons:

1. To ensure I was able to get EI coverage after the contract expired due to unethical practices, if I had trouble getting EI benefits
2. Nothing was being done to address the situation so I wanted to report the matter to resolve the issue from happening. I was not sure if the application would be approved, as my contract was over.

Shortly after leaving the job, I set up a meeting with the senior leadership of the secondary county that the social service department serves. I gave them all the information I had, with the promise they would keep my info confidential. This led to a third party investigation taking place. I am not sure of all of the exact outcomes - but in the end I was told there was a conflict of interest with the director submitting another directors application on behalf of their mother. It also contravened HR policy with reference to unique treatment.
Shortly after the investigation concluded, I received a register letter stating that an IT audit found that I had conducted a privacy breach because I "disclosed" the applicant's (director's mother) personal info by sending it to my personal email account. It said I contravened the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. As well as the Personal Health Information Protection Act. The letter said for me to delete all the info I had - which i did - but it also said they submitted a report to the Ontario Privacy Commission because the application had a copy of the mother's health card. The letter didn't state anything further, just to write back that I have deleted all the info - which I did.
Should I be worried about anything? The only people I shared the information with was the CAO of the secondary county and their HR Rep, along with the investigator. I appreciate any information or insight you can offer me, or any steps I should take.

This was handed to me on the dates the paper says. However, it is addressed to somebody that does not live and has never lived at my residence. I am the only resident and as far as I know none of the previous tenants for the past at least 10 years, has that name. Also, it says that it is a five day notice and says I had five days to pay. But then it also says I have until the 30th to pay? They sent a copy certified mail. I get notifications via text when I have packages or letters with tracking coming to my address. But it got turned away obviously because proper name. I was not even home to turn it away and never got a pink slip so I don’t know if the postman even try to deliver to the proper house. But even if I could legally sign for it. My name is not the name on the letter.

I'm 25 and currently living in the United States. I love to read, write, and travel. Lately I've been traveling all over the country, both for work and personal fun, and as much as I love writing about it in my journals, I'd also love to share these experiences with others. I don't have much experience with trading letters and postcards, but there is something about physical copies of letters that I enjoy. My hobbies include: reading (mostly philosophy, history, and science, but a few other things) and collecting books, scouring the internet for new music, and hiking and camping. I would absolutely love to get to know others from around the world, but I am only fluent in English and Spanish. Perhaps the thing I am most interested in is learning about different cultures and customs. I am Mexican myself and have lived a typical American lifestyle. To learn more about different ways of growing up/ adult living would be really cool. Feel free to message me if you'd like to talk! I'd prefer physical letters, but email and dms are cool too.

Stay awhile and listen....
I came across the news story about the girl that died, my condolences to the family. I wanted to reach out to other DRA survivors and share my some of my story... the bits I haven't repressed and maybe others might share thier good or bad times I don't mind!
I am also looking for the parent handbook if anyone has a copy? I can't find one on the Internet archives. My family and I want to take my mother and these mother truckers to court, if I can.
I was there from 05 to 08 in crystal springs. I can't believe the trauma I went through it has been really messing with my head my whole life. When I saw the news story it put me right back there... in the homeless program pulling that gosh darn cart.... yall know what I'm talkin bout. In the hot Utah desert, forcing us to drink gallons of Green Gatoraide (sp?) Ugh... I feel sick just typing this. I still hate the colors orange and green today.... plus polo shirts. -.-
I struggled so badly with sitting for hours on the ground with my legs crossed and Jesus the fact that we had to learn how to make a fire. Who the heck needs to know that. I have not used that once... dont get me wrong when the apocalypse hits I know how to survive lol. Make a fire ✔, filter water ✔, grow food ✔, knit or chrochet a bomb hat, I gotchu bro.
I digress... how did they think using us for manual labor to build stuff, dig giant holes and remove so many tumbleweeds.... omg the tumbleweeds... shivers I still have nerve damage from all the pulling when they 'where out of gloves'
Not to mention I am sure my body is worse for wear after all that, I have 3 auto immune diseases and I had fibro while I was there, I was always told I was over reacting and to suck it up. I used to be punished by being forced to pull a full cart by myself. I was like 120lbs soaking wet. Wtf....
Ngl I was stubborn as heck!!!!! I put of a fight, cut off my nose to spite my face.
Mother paid to send me away so I stayed away. Spent several birthdays there. I remember graduating on my 16th birthday. It was horrific. I couldn't believe my mother wouldn't even get me before my birthday.
You know she wanted to have me changed, I hope she got what she paid for.
Backstory to DRA
Mother sent me away because of a boy I was dating and when I ran away and got "arrested" I refused to go home with her so they took me to a hospital and grilled me for hours of why I ran away. I cracked and said my boyfriend just got arrested for some serious stuff 😐 no I won't tell you not my bussines, and that I had been SA'd most of my life by my cousin.
They told my parents Who told my cousins parents He freaked out screaming ranting and raving about "how he could never do that, he loves me im his cousin" -.- yeah I bet pedo.....
Grandma finally convinces me to come home which is where I wanted to go to all along but my Controlling Liberal Pro choice mother wouldn't let me so I got myself arrested by kicking off with the cops.
They told me I was gonna go to a boarding school like summer camp!
My bio mother had my father take me because she's a COWARD
THEY HID THE HOMELESS!!!! Gave me 5 mins to say goodbye, stripped me down, searched me... Frs didn't check my shoe though I saved some pics and letter from friends under my sole that I read in those abhorrent Port-a-John's when I felt my soul being ripped from my body after hours of PT like up and down those gosh darn stairs to the lake, being bitten to crud by fire ants while doing C cunches & pushups
-.- you know what that C was for if you were there. Im trying to keep this anon.
I realize I am waffling on now but I want to get this out, so heres more trauma dump yay!
I did not realize back then that you arent supposed to get almost weekly pap smears and breast exams by a doctor. When I questioned it then, I was put in isolation or homeless again where I couldn't talk.
So I told authorities that I was SA'd and then my mother pays for me to be SA'd in a LDS concentration camp in the middle of bum f nowhere for almost 3 years.... New achievement unlocked 🔓 Sweet
I stayed for so long that they had to make a special program just so I could move up in the program. It got to a point where no matter how many citations I got I moved up. They split it into a,b,c groups if I recall. Tbh I have blocked out so much.
Well the homeless program got boring so I moved to inside girl!!! Whoo, then farm and animal girl, those were my heavens for so long. When I finally got OLS I was free.... for 5 mins... then 10, eventually the teachers trusted me for 15 mins because it was hard manual work before check ins. I used to lay in the corn field and do that for hours just running back to pop my head in. The teachers couldn't say anything because I was doing the work as well as other girls! Thank you lot, you know who you are even if you were my bullies, you still helped and we were all struggling. I understand it was a hard place and someone needed to be the bottom rung. It definitely toughened me up. I didn't mind because I just got used to being abused so eh whatever. Eventually I did kitchen and Judge those were boring 😴 😒
Man the history teacher was dope though! I loved his Ben & Jerry towers man. I didn't eat many sweets so it never bothered me but I loved watching you all cope and seethe 😈😈😈 as he ate ice cream in front of us hahahahaha.
The library was a safe place too... dude remember when the twilight series came out and everyone went back to monkey brain hahahahahahaha ah good times chicks fighting over smut novels.
Or when they introduced the weekly room prize! Vidya games let's gooooooooooo whoo whoo
So like I will admit not all was bad once you learned how to manipulate the system and staff.. sure the SA sucked but what ya gonna do. Kinda like dodging punches wham wham can't catch me. Ahhhh yes I have golden retriever energy. It I probably what saved me while we were being starved and forced to eat 🤢🤢 baby puke consistence oatmeal 🤮🤮🤮 with no sugar, one slice of bread and cheese and a glass of warm milk......sometimes I wouldn't even. I would just take the citation.. Dry as heck rice, lentils oooooooooo -.- my nemesis.... Will never ever ever touch a lentil again. I am actually on the Carnivore diet for my auto immunes. Works brilliantly
I do remember a few times where I was taken to the Owners home privately... yeah..... that was interesting. Thier house was massive.. anyways moving on.
Man I really fumbled after I left though, I was terrified of being sent back so at 17 I signed up for the future solders program and joined the army... got married to an abusive guy... we had 3 kids, he got me addicted to drugs and alcohol.... he tried to unalive me 4 times before I ran away and I lost my kids to my bio mom and ex. So fun yeah.... yeah.
I am sober now and I am in a different country far from her grasp. I regularly check in with CPS and my kids school plus my kids to see how they are. Safe to say my mother realised she fd up.
Yes I know bad mother how could you leave your children..... I know they are safe. They wouldn't dare with all the people/agencies watching them. Before you berate me just know I have beaten myself up 1million times worse already. It got dark man.... just before the light. Trust....
If I didn't leave I would not be here. I had to get safe so I could fight back. My oldest has already told me she is coming to university here when she's older and I told her she is more than welcome! We will all be free one by one. I talk to them any chance I can get now that I am in a better place.
I am married again, a tradwife conservative and we have one beautiful child. I love my life and I can finally breath.
I hope any other survivors out there are doing well.

Pretty much what the title says, received two copies of the notice of claim and summons to appear via NYC Small Claims Court.
Was curious why they're both dated two days apart and the later one is certified mail while the other isn't? Otherwise no discernible difference between the two letters.
Thanks

I did not know this in my time in the church and it seems contrary to the idea that he was willing to die for The Book of Mormon.
I copied the whole story from a church source and shortened it a bit for sake of length:
44 A Lamb to the Slaughter
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/44-a-lamb-to-the-slaughter?lang=eng
He [the governor] advised him [Smith] and the other city council members who had been charged with riot to turn themselves in and submit to the courts outside of Nauvoo...If the city leaders gave themselves up and stood trial, he promised to protect them...
...Joseph doubted the governor could keep his promise. Yet staying in Nauvoo would only anger his critics more and draw mobs to the city, putting the Saints in danger...
...That night, after saying goodbye to his family, Joseph climbed into a skiff with Hyrum, Willard Richards, and Porter Rockwell and set out across the Mississippi...
...Hours later, on the morning of June 23, they arrived in Iowa Territory, and Joseph instructed Porter to return to Nauvoo and bring back horses for them.
Before Porter left, Joseph gave him a letter for Emma, instructing her to sell their property if necessary to support herself, the children, and his mother. “Do not despair,” he told her. “If God opens a door that is possible for me, I will see you again.”
Later that morning, Emma sent Hiram Kimball and her nephew Lorenzo Wasson to Iowa to convince Joseph to come home and turn himself in. They told Joseph that the governor intended to occupy Nauvoo with troops until he and his brother Hyrum gave themselves up. Porter returned soon after with Reynolds Cahoon and a letter from Emma, again begging him to return to the city. Hiram Kimball, Lorenzo, and Reynolds all called Joseph a coward for leaving Nauvoo and exposing the Saints to danger. “I will die before I will be called a coward,” Joseph said.
“If my life is of no value to my friends, it is of none to myself.” He knew now that leaving Nauvoo would not protect the Saints. But he did not know if he would survive going to Carthage.
“What shall I do?” he asked Porter.
“You are the oldest and ought to know best,” Porter said.
“You are the oldest,” Joseph said, turning to his brother. “What shall we do?”
“Let us go back and give ourselves up, and see the thing out,” said Hyrum.
“If you go back, I shall go with you,” Joseph said, “but we shall be butchered.”
“If we live or have to die,” Hyrum said, “we will be reconciled to our fate.”
Joseph considered that for a moment, then asked Reynolds to get a boat. They would turn themselves in

Hi all!
I have an issue with car insurance that I’d love to pick your brains on.
So I got a car late last year in December 2023, and I had to get a car insurance for it. I went to Provinzial, and they asked if I was previously insured in Germany and I said yes, and the last time I was insured here was with AdmiralDirekt which ended in Dec 2016, before I moved to Singapore. I also had a letter from them stating the duration I was insured with them, and my SF Klasse of SF4.
Provinzial checked and noted that they will take over the SF4, as my status as SF4 was still valid within the 7 years of insurance companies keeping records of past customers.
So in mid Dec 2023, I had finalised the car insurance with Provinzial on SF5. All good at this point.
In mid/late April, Provinzial reached out asking for the original copy of the letter I have from AdmiralDirekt confirming my SF4 status. They didn’t explain why. I was hesitant to give them the original copy but the insisted and I gave them but asked them to make sure to send the original copy back to me.
A few weeks later, as of last week, I got a letter from Provinzial with a new policy, which downgraded my SF Klass to SF1, and their explanation was that although I was on SF4, but my duration with Admiral was only for about 2 years, which they said the first year I was SF1/2 and second year SF1, therefore I should be on SF1.
And this weekend I received that document from AdmiralDirekt back, but it was a scanned copy (they did not return the original copy).
I’m confused with this. Do insurance companies only look at how long you’ve been with the previous company and based the SF Klasse on that? For example, if I am with R+V with SF5, move to admiral and stayed for another 5 years without claim, and got me to SF10, and moving to Provinzial, instead of continuing from SF10, they’d put me on SF5 just because I stayed with Admiral only for 5 years?
Or does every company has a different approach to this?
If you were in my position, what would you do? I’m so confused, and the whole thing feels very strange. Now Provinzial is insisting that I’m on SF1 because I’ve only been with Admiral for 2 years (2014-2016) although my Rabattgrundjahr is from 2012, which puts me in SF4 when I left Admiral and moved to Singapore.
Looking forward to hearing all of your thoughts! Thank you.

We were in BR about a month ago and just got a letter about a speed violation in a rental car in Baker from the Photo Enforcement.
The letter came from Hertz and when I log into their website to view the violation, all it says is “the citation was provided to us electronically. There is no image available” - so we’ve gotten nothing yet from Baker. When I finally got through to Baker for a copy of the citation, it only has Hertz on it as the owner and not our names.
I’ve searched this sub and seen these Baker photo violations are basically BS which can’t be enforced and a lot of people were saying not to pay them - but the last post was over a year old so I wanted to see if anyone had any more recently advice.

Hello, im planning to move to Canada from Sweden for work and i recently received my letter of introduction and i'm basically ready to book a plane ticket for Edmonton AB. However im not entirely sure that i have everything i need to get my work permit application for passing the assessment of the border officer as stated in my LOI. My situation is rather good as i have the need for housing out of the way but the jobs that i have the required skillset for all require me to currently have the work permit for(Welding, Railway maintenance). So the reason for my concerns is because most of the "required papers" etc usually have a vague statement about what i should have the moment i step off the plane, such as "a copy of your employer’s positive labour market impact assessment (LMIA), if required". Specifically the "if required" stated previously, i really dont know if i require these things or not because i cannot acquire the job before coming for the reason stated previously.
I'm wondering what kind of documents and supporting documents you were required to bring with you on your trip and meeting the border service agent for the assessment? And if i need a return ticket when arriving?

Hello!
I'm looking for a female penpal who is up for a long term snail mail correspondence. Preferably someone 20+ years of age.
A bit about me: I just moved into my 1st place with my boyfriend. I have 1 kitty and probably way too many plants for the small patio space I have. I enjoy reading but haven't read anything in a while despite my addiction to buying new books. I don't watch much TV and I'm not a massive movie person but I'm familiar with some things. I enjoy spooky stuff and paranormal stories and podcasts. Favorite holiday is Halloween followed by Christmas. I enjoy baking and quilting and gardening and teas. I have a tea bar instead of a coffee bar and its got everything you'd ever want or need for a cozy hot tea or a flavored iced tea. My guest room is more of a craft room with a bed in it. I enjoy sending long hand written letters as an excuse to use my fountain pens and I enjoy putting little treats in my letters and cards. I like to share individually wrapped tea bags, stickers, washi tape and Polaroid photos of my kitty, plants/ flowers in my garden, and copies of my favorite recipes and other random things that can be tucked into an envelope. My boyfriend DM's a DnD campaign which I take part in on occasion (when my schedule allows) so if thats something you are into, it can definitely be a topic of conversation. I enjoy creative writing and poetry, writing and reading it. I also enjoy vintage things so antique shopping and thrifting for vintage treasure is a favorite past time for me.
Anyways, that's a lot to go off of but I'm hoping it will attract the attention of a like-minded penpal somewhere! Hope to talk to you soon!
-N

Hey everyone,
I'm trying to build my pygame application using buildozer and keep getting this error when building the APK:

[WARNING]: ERROR: /home/ascents/Desktop/TPPApp/.buildozeandroid/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/dists/TPPApp/gradlew failed! No setup.py/pyproject.toml used, copying full private data into .apk. Applying Java source code patches... Applying patch: src/patches/SDLActivity.java.patch # Command failed: ('/usbin/python3', '-m', 'pythonforandroid.toolchain', 'apk', '--bootstrap', 'sdl2', '--dist_name', 'TPPApp', '--name', "Traci's Purple Presser", '--version', '0.1', '--package', 'org.ascents.tppapp', '--minsdk', '21', '--ndk-api', '21', '--private', '/home/ascents/Desktop/TPPApp/.buildozeandroid/app', '--android-entrypoint', 'org.kivy.android.PythonActivity', '--android-apptheme', '@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar', '--orientation', 'portrait', '--window', '--enable-androidx', '--copy-libs', '--arch', 'arm64-v8a', '--arch', 'armeabi-v7a', '--color=always', '--storage-dir=/home/ascents/Desktop/TPPApp/.buildozeandroid/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a', '--ndk-api=21', '--ignore-setup-py', '--debug') # Error code: 1 # ENVIRONMENT: # SHELL = '/bin/bash' # SESSION_MANAGER = 'local/ascents-HP-EliteBook-8470p:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/4479,unix/ascents-HP-EliteBook-8470p:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4479' # QT_ACCESSIBILITY = '1' # COLORTERM = 'truecolor' # XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = '/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon:/etc/xdg' # XDG_SESSION_PATH = '/org/freedesktop/DisplayManageSession0' # GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID = 'this-is-deprecated' # LANGUAGE = 'en_US' # SSH_AUTH_SOCK = '/run/use1000/keyring/ssh' # DESKTOP_SESSION = 'cinnamon' # SSH_AGENT_PID = '4567' # GTK_MODULES = 'gail:atk-bridge' # XDG_SEAT = 'seat0' # PWD = '/home/ascents/Desktop/TPPApp' # LOGNAME = 'ascents' # XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP = 'cinnamon' # QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME = 'qt5ct' # XDG_SESSION_TYPE = 'x11' # GPG_AGENT_INFO = '/run/use1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1' # XAUTHORITY = '/home/ascents/.Xauthority' # XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR = '/valib/lightdm-data/ascents' # GDM_LANG = 'en_US' # INSIDE_NEMO_PYTHON = '' # HOME = '/home/ascents' # LANG = 'en_US.UTF-8' # LS_COLORS = 'rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:' # XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP = 'X-Cinnamon' # VTE_VERSION = '6003' # XDG_SEAT_PATH = '/org/freedesktop/DisplayManageSeat0' # GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN = '/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/161b456d_b66f_4626_9ed9_df763cb6d3d8' # LESSCLOSE = '/usbin/lesspipe %s %s' # XDG_SESSION_CLASS = 'user' # TERM = 'xterm-256color' # GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING = '1' # LESSOPEN = ' /usbin/lesspipe %s' # USER = 'ascents' # GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE = ':1.343' # DISPLAY = ':0' # SHLVL = '1' # XDG_VTNR = '7' # XDG_SESSION_ID = 'c2' # XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = '/run/use1000' # GTK3_MODULES = 'xapp-gtk3-module' # XDG_DATA_DIRS = '/usshare/cinnamon:/usshare/gnome:/home/ascents/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/valib/flatpak/exports/share:/uslocal/share:/usshare:/valib/snapd/desktop' # PATH = '/home/ascents/.buildozeandroid/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4/bin:/home/ascents/.local/bin:/uslocal/sbin:/uslocal/bin:/ussbin:/usbin:/sbin:/bin:/usgames:/uslocal/games:/snap/bin:/home/ascents/.local/bin/' # GDMSESSION = 'cinnamon' # DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS = 'unix:path=/run/use1000/bus' # _ = '/home/ascents/.local/bin/buildozer' # PACKAGES_PATH = '/home/ascents/.buildozeandroid/packages' # ANDROIDSDK = '/home/ascents/.buildozeandroid/platform/android-sdk' # ANDROIDNDK = '/home/ascents/.buildozeandroid/platform/android-ndk-r25b' # ANDROIDAPI = '31' # ANDROIDMINAPI = '21' # # Buildozer failed to execute the last command # The error might be hidden in the log above this error # Please read the full log, and search for it before # raising an issue with buildozer itself. # In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2 

I'm new to using this tool, so I'm not entirely sure if my buildozer.spec file is correct either:

# This .spec config file tells Buildozer an app's requirements for being built. # # It largely follows the syntax of an .ini file. # See the end of the file for more details and warnings about common mistakes. [app] # (str) Title of your application title = Traci's Purple Presser # (str) Package name package.name = TPPApp # (str) Package domain (needed for android/ios packaging) package.domain = org.Ascents # (str) Source code where the main.py live source.dir = . # (list) Source files to include (leave empty to include all the files) source.include_exts = py,png,jpg,kv,atlas # (list) List of inclusions using pattern matching #source.include_patterns = assets/*,images/*.png # (list) Source files to exclude (leave empty to not exclude anything) #source.exclude_exts = spec # (list) List of directory to exclude (leave empty to not exclude anything) #source.exclude_dirs = tests, bin, venv # (list) List of exclusions using pattern matching # Do not prefix with './' #source.exclude_patterns = license,images/*/*.jpg # (str) Application versioning (method 1) version = 0.1 # (str) Application versioning (method 2) # version.regex = __version__ = ['"](.*)['"] # version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py # (list) Application requirements # comma separated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy requirements = python3,kivy # (str) Custom source folders for requirements # Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes # requirements.source.kivy = ../../kivy # (str) Presplash of the application #presplash.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/presplash.png # (str) Icon of the application #icon.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/icon.png # (list) Supported orientations # Valid options are: landscape, portrait, portrait-reverse or landscape-reverse orientation = portrait # (list) List of services to declare # This is currently only relevant to Android services. # Each service consists of a name (a valid Java class name, with the first letter capitalized) # followed by a colon, followed by the name of the Python script (.py file) that should be # launched. This is optionally followed by ":foreground" for foreground services or # ":foreground:sticky" for sticky foreground services. The default is a background service. # Bound services are not supported. #services = NAME:ENTRYPOINT_TO_PY,NAME2:ENTRYPOINT2_TO_PY # # OSX Specific # # # author = © Copyright Info # Kivy version to use osx.kivy_version = 2.2.0 # # Android specific # # (bool) Indicate if the application should be fullscreen or not fullscreen = 0 # (string) Presplash background color (for android toolchain) # Supported formats are: #RRGGBB #AARRGGBB or one of the following names: # red, blue, green, black, white, gray, cyan, magenta, yellow, lightgray, # darkgray, grey, lightgrey, darkgrey, aqua, fuchsia, lime, maroon, navy, # olive, purple, silver, teal. #android.presplash_color = #FFFFFF # (string) Presplash animation using Lottie format. # see https://lottiefiles.com/ for examples and https://airbnb.design/lottie/ # for general documentation. # Lottie files can be created using various tools, like Adobe After Effect or Synfig. #android.presplash_lottie = "path/to/lottie/file.json" # (str) Adaptive icon of the application (used if Android API level is 26+ at runtime) #icon.adaptive_foreground.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/icon_fg.png #icon.adaptive_background.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/icon_bg.png # (list) Permissions # (See https://python-for-android.readthedocs.io/en/latest/buildoptions.html for all the supported syntaxes and properties) #android.permissions = android.permission.INTERNET, (name=android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE;maxSdkVersion=18) # (list) features (adds uses-feature -tags to manifest) #android.features = android.hardware.usb.host # (int) Target Android API, should be as high as possible. #android.api = 33 # (int) Minimum API your APK / AAB will support. #android.minapi = 21 # (int) Android SDK version to use #android.sdk = 33 # (str) Android NDK version to use #android.ndk = r25b # (int) Android NDK API to use. This is the minimum API your app will support, it should usually match android.minapi. #android.ndk_api = 21 # (str) Android NDK directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.) #android.ndk_path = # (str) Android SDK directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.) #android.sdk_path = # (str) ANT directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.) #android.ant_path = # (bool) If True, then skip trying to update the Android SDK # This can be useful to avoid excess Internet downloads or save time # when an update is due and you just want to test/build your package # android.skip_update = False # (bool) If True, then automatically accept SDK license # agreements. This is intended for automation only. If set to False, # the default, you will be shown the license when first running # buildozer. # android.accept_sdk_license = False # (str) Android entry point, default is ok for Kivy-based app #android.entrypoint = org.kivy.android.PythonActivity # (str) Full name including package path of the Java class that implements Android Activity # use that parameter together with android.entrypoint to set custom Java class instead of PythonActivity #android.activity_class_name = org.kivy.android.PythonActivity # (str) Extra xml to write directly inside the  element of AndroidManifest.xml # use that parameter to provide a filename from where to load your custom XML code #android.extra_manifest_xml = ./src/android/extra_manifest.xml # (str) Extra xml to write directly inside the  tag of AndroidManifest.xml # use that parameter to provide a filename from where to load your custom XML arguments: #android.extra_manifest_application_arguments = ./src/android/extra_manifest_application_arguments.xml # (str) Full name including package path of the Java class that implements Python Service # use that parameter to set custom Java class which extends PythonService #android.service_class_name = org.kivy.android.PythonService # (str) Android app theme, default is ok for Kivy-based app # android.apptheme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" # (list) Pattern to whitelist for the whole project #android.whitelist = # (bool) If True, your application will be listed as a home app (launcher app) # android.home_app = False # (str) Path to a custom whitelist file #android.whitelist_src = # (str) Path to a custom blacklist file #android.blacklist_src = # (list) List of Java .jar files to add to the libs so that pyjnius can access # their classes. Don't add jars that you do not need, since extra jars can slow # down the build process. Allows wildcards matching, for example: # OUYA-ODK/libs/*.jar #android.add_jars = foo.jar,bar.jar,path/to/more/*.jar # (list) List of Java files to add to the android project (can be java or a # directory containing the files) #android.add_src = # (list) Android AAR archives to add #android.add_aars = # (list) Put these files or directories in the apk assets directory. # Either form may be used, and assets need not be in 'source.include_exts'. # 1) android.add_assets = source_asset_relative_path # 2) android.add_assets = source_asset_path:destination_asset_relative_path #android.add_assets = # (list) Put these files or directories in the apk res directory. # The option may be used in three ways, the value may contain one or zero ':' # Some examples: # 1) A file to add to resources, legal resource names contain ['a-z','0-9','_'] # android.add_resources = my_icons/all-inclusive.png:drawable/all_inclusive.png # 2) A directory, here 'legal_icons' must contain resources of one kind # android.add_resources = legal_icons:drawable # 3) A directory, here 'legal_resources' must contain one or more directories, # each of a resource kind: drawable, xml, etc... # android.add_resources = legal_resources #android.add_resources = # (list) Gradle dependencies to add #android.gradle_dependencies = # (bool) Enable AndroidX support. Enable when 'android.gradle_dependencies' # contains an 'androidx' package, or any package from Kotlin source. # android.enable_androidx requires android.api >= 28 #android.enable_androidx = True # (list) add java compile options # this can for example be necessary when importing certain java libraries using the 'android.gradle_dependencies' option # see https://developer.android.com/studio/write/java8-support for further information # android.add_compile_options = "sourceCompatibility = 1.8", "targetCompatibility = 1.8" # (list) Gradle repositories to add {can be necessary for some android.gradle_dependencies} # please enclose in double quotes # e.g. android.gradle_repositories = "maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/release' }" #android.add_gradle_repositories = # (list) packaging options to add # see https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.1/com/android/build/api/dsl/PackagingOptions # can be necessary to solve conflicts in gradle_dependencies # please enclose in double quotes # e.g. android.add_packaging_options = "exclude 'META-INF/common.kotlin_module'", "exclude 'META-INF/*.kotlin_module'" #android.add_packaging_options = # (list) Java classes to add as activities to the manifest. #android.add_activities = com.example.ExampleActivity # (str) OUYA Console category. Should be one of GAME or APP # If you leave this blank, OUYA support will not be enabled #android.ouya.category = GAME # (str) Filename of OUYA Console icon. It must be a 732x412 png image. #android.ouya.icon.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/ouya_icon.png # (str) XML file to include as an intent filters in  tag #android.manifest.intent_filters = # (list) Copy these files to src/main/res/xml/ (used for example with intent-filters) #android.res_xml = PATH_TO_FILE, # (str) launchMode to set for the main activity #android.manifest.launch_mode = standard # (str) screenOrientation to set for the main activity. # Valid values can be found at https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element #android.manifest.orientation = fullSensor # (list) Android additional libraries to copy into libs/armeabi #android.add_libs_armeabi = libs/android/*.so #android.add_libs_armeabi_v7a = libs/android-v7/*.so #android.add_libs_arm64_v8a = libs/android-v8/*.so #android.add_libs_x86 = libs/android-x86/*.so #android.add_libs_mips = libs/android-mips/*.so # (bool) Indicate whether the screen should stay on # Don't forget to add the WAKE_LOCK permission if you set this to True #android.wakelock = False # (list) Android application meta-data to set (key=value format) #android.meta_data = # (list) Android library project to add (will be added in the # project.properties automatically.) #android.library_references = # (list) Android shared libraries which will be added to AndroidManifest.xml using  tag #android.uses_library = # (str) Android logcat filters to use #android.logcat_filters = *:S python:D # (bool) Android logcat only display log for activity's pid #android.logcat_pid_only = False # (str) Android additional adb arguments #android.adb_args = -H host.docker.internal # (bool) Copy library instead of making a libpymodules.so #android.copy_libs = 1 # (list) The Android archs to build for, choices: armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64 # In past, was `android.arch` as we weren't supporting builds for multiple archs at the same time. android.archs = arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a # (int) overrides automatic versionCode computation (used in build.gradle) # this is not the same as app version and should only be edited if you know what you're doing # android.numeric_version = 1 # (bool) enables Android auto backup feature (Android API >=23) android.allow_backup = True # (str) XML file for custom backup rules (see official auto backup documentation) # android.backup_rules = # (str) If you need to insert variables into your AndroidManifest.xml file, # you can do so with the manifestPlaceholders property. # This property takes a map of key-value pairs. (via a string) # Usage example : android.manifest_placeholders = [myCustomUrl:\"org.kivy.customurl\"] # android.manifest_placeholders = [:] # (bool) Skip byte compile for .py files # android.no-byte-compile-python = False # (str) The format used to package the app for release mode (aab or apk or aar). # android.release_artifact = aab # (str) The format used to package the app for debug mode (apk or aar). # android.debug_artifact = apk # # Python for android (p4a) specific # # (str) python-for-android URL to use for checkout #p4a.url = # (str) python-for-android fork to use in case if p4a.url is not specified, defaults to upstream (kivy) #p4a.fork = kivy # (str) python-for-android branch to use, defaults to master #p4a.branch = master # (str) python-for-android specific commit to use, defaults to HEAD, must be within p4a.branch #p4a.commit = HEAD # (str) python-for-android git clone directory #p4a.source_dir = # (str) The directory in which python-for-android should look for your own build recipes (if any) #p4a.local_recipes = # (str) Filename to the hook for p4a #p4a.hook = # (str) Bootstrap to use for android builds # Run "buildozer android p4a -- bootstraps" for a list of valid values. # p4a.bootstrap = sdl2 # (int) port number to specify an explicit --port= p4a argument (eg for bootstrap flask) #p4a.port = # Control passing the --use-setup-py vs --ignore-setup-py to p4a # "in the future" --use-setup-py is going to be the default behaviour in p4a, right now it is not # Setting this to false will pass --ignore-setup-py, true will pass --use-setup-py # NOTE: this is general setuptools integration, having pyproject.toml is enough, no need to generate # setup.py if you're using Poetry, but you need to add "toml" to source.include_exts. #p4a.setup_py = false # (str) extra command line arguments to pass when invoking pythonforandroid.toolchain #p4a.extra_args = # # iOS specific # # (str) Path to a custom kivy-ios folder #ios.kivy_ios_dir = ../kivy-ios # Alternately, specify the URL and branch of a git checkout: ios.kivy_ios_url = https://github.com/kivy/kivy-ios ios.kivy_ios_branch = master # Another platform dependency: ios-deploy # Uncomment to use a custom checkout #ios.ios_deploy_dir = ../ios_deploy # Or specify URL and branch ios.ios_deploy_url = https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy ios.ios_deploy_branch = 1.12.2 # (bool) Whether or not to sign the code ios.codesign.allowed = false # (str) Name of the certificate to use for signing the debug version # Get a list of available identities: buildozer ios list_identities #ios.codesign.debug = "iPhone Developer:   ()" # (str) The development team to use for signing the debug version #ios.codesign.development_team.debug =  # (str) Name of the certificate to use for signing the release version #ios.codesign.release = %(ios.codesign.debug)s # (str) The development team to use for signing the release version #ios.codesign.development_team.release =  # (str) URL pointing to .ipa file to be installed # This option should be defined along with `display_image_url` and `full_size_image_url` options. #ios.manifest.app_url = # (str) URL pointing to an icon (57x57px) to be displayed during download # This option should be defined along with `app_url` and `full_size_image_url` options. #ios.manifest.display_image_url = # (str) URL pointing to a large icon (512x512px) to be used by iTunes # This option should be defined along with `app_url` and `display_image_url` options. #ios.manifest.full_size_image_url = [buildozer] # (int) Log level (0 = error only, 1 = info, 2 = debug (with command output)) log_level = 2 # (int) Display warning if buildozer is run as root (0 = False, 1 = True) warn_on_root = 1 # (str) Path to build artifact storage, absolute or relative to spec file # build_dir = ./.buildozer # (str) Path to build output (i.e. .apk, .aab, .ipa) storage # bin_dir = ./bin #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Notes about using this file: # # Buildozer uses a variant of Python's ConfigSpec to read this file. # For the basic syntax, including interpolations, see # https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#supported-ini-file-structure # # Warning: Comments cannot be used "inline" - i.e. # [app] # title = My Application # This is not a comment, it is part of the title. # # Warning: Indented text is treated as a multiline string - i.e. # [app] # title = My Application # package.name = myapp # This is all part of the title. # # Buildozer's .spec files have some additional features: # # Buildozer supports lists - i.e. # [app] # source.include_exts = py,png,jpg # # ^ This is a list. # # [app:source.include_exts] # py # png # jpg # # ^ This is an alternative syntax for a list. # # Buildozer's option names are case-sensitive, unlike most .ini files. # # Buildozer supports overriding options through environment variables. # Name an environment variable as SECTION_OPTION to override a value in a .spec # file. # # Buildozer support overriding options through profiles. # For example, you want to deploy a demo version of your application without # HD content. You could first change the title to add "(demo)" in the name # and extend the excluded directories to remove the HD content. # # [app@demo] # title = My Application (demo) # # [app:source.exclude_patterns@demo] # images/hd/* # # Then, invoke the command line with the "demo" profile: # # buildozer --profile demo android debug # # Environment variable overrides have priority over profile overrides. 

The first time I built the app I did get a usable APK which crashed when I tried to run it on my phone. Now I just get this error every time. I attempted using buildozer android clean, which didn't fix anything. I have tried using a newer version of gradle and am using Java 17 afik. Any insight would be appreciated!