About 2 days ago (at the time of writing) there was a post on rant titled 'Why did you haven ruin it Rowling? And why won't you please just stop?' talking about how JKR's transphobic views ruined HP for younger generations, and unsurprisingly, there was a shit ton of transphobia in the comments, ranging from ignorant nostalgia blind millennials to literal bigots. These were the top comments, btw. Any reply agreeing with OP's statement or calling out other people in the thread for their bigotry was downvoted to hell. Mine included.
What makes this even worse is that the mods didn't do shit for 2 days! And even then, only the non-bigoted comments were removed! I was banned just because I condemned the mods for sitting on their asses and twiddling their thumbs.
It's crazy that they even let any of the TERF shit fly, cause they have multiple rules stating that
"***This is an anti-free speech Anti-Alt-right/Nazi/Right Conservatives, a Pro-LGBT community that supports Black Lives Matter. If you don't like it, post somewhere else.*** What does this mean, you ask. It means: Nazis, Bigots, Racists, Trolls will be banned & punted to the Admins. **We reserve the right to moderate at our discretion.**"
"Personal attacks, slurs, bigotry, etc. are not permitted"
"All other site-wide rules are strictly enforced"
"We stand against disinformation/misinformation"
So not only are the moderators of rant hypocrites, they're also fucking LIARS.
Meanwhile, I have been banned for being an ally and calling them out on their stank shit.
rant is NOT a pro-LGBT community, it's a community littered with subhuman trash that disguises itself as a safe space for the oppressed because it's the "politically correct" thing to do.
TBH the sub was always shit anyway. You can't even rant without your post being removed.
(Y'know. The LITERAL point of the sub???)

News

👨‍⚖️ Court date: The airline trade group Airlines for America, and 6 airlines, sued the Biden administration over their attempt to implement rules cracking down on hidden fees. They are claiming it will confuse passengers. Meanwhile, Southwest didn't join the suit because it says the new rules won’t impact them.

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🤑 In the green: Emirates posted a whopping 14.2% profit margin in the 2023 - 2024 fiscal year resulting in a profit of $4.7 billion. They will end the fiscal year with their highest ever cash balance of $12.8 billion, up 11% from last year. With that, employees will be getting a bonus equal to 20 weeks of pay.

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🗺️ Network changes: Air Transat cut its flight from Montreal to London Gatwick, along with 7 other routes, for the upcoming winter season - yet another smaller airline struggling to make winter transatlantic flying work. Meanwhile, WestJet upgraded their Calgary - Tokyo flight from seasonal to year-round.

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Good start: Azul posted a 4.5% increase in operating revenue and a 37.4% increase in EBITDA YoY in Q1. While the airline expects business to slow in the 2nd quarter, upcoming E2 deliveries should help fuel revenue growth and reduce costs.

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🎧 Things I’m listening to

This week's episode of the Airline Weekly Lounge podcast breaks down what Spirit Airlines’ Q1 numbers mean for the future direction of the carrier and then dives into the Japanese airline market.

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This week's episode of AvTalk (flightradar24’s weekly podcast) breaks down all the latest with Spirit Aerosystems.

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Abstract Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an estimated acquisition value between $10.1 to $11.2 billion and potential return on acquisition of $57+ billion from 2031 to 2037. This valuation is based on cumulative revenue from the company’s unique, lower-cost, globally scalable Actinium-225 manufacturing technology, two radiotherapy cancer drugs, and its targeted conditioning drug. According to Stifel, the radiopharma field was the second largest value accretion from December 2021 to March 2024 at 1650.5% (the largest was obesity at 4002.6%) [58]. Since late 2023, there were 4 big pharma acquisitions of radiopharmaceutical companies that totaled $9.35 billion and linked to the Actinium-225 alpha-emitting isotope [1]. According to the Department of Energy, alpha-emitting isotopes are promising, destroy cancer cells and leave healthy cells untouched [2].” With global demand increasing for Actinium-225 to treat cancers like prostate and GEP-NETs, Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s unique manufacturing technology adds scarcity to its value [3, 4]. Since 2013, Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) have used beta and alpha-emitting isotopes to develop Iomab-B (pending BLA/MAA submission) and Actimab-A (pre-Phase 3) targeted radiotherapies for patients with refractory/relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia [5]. Additionally, Iomab-ACT is a targeted conditioning drug that is planned for clinical trials with the leading FDA-approved CAR T-Cell Therapy [33]. Combined, Actinium Pharmaceuticals will change the paradigm of cancer treatment. Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an ideal company and a “holy trinity” in rare diseases. Stifel defines a “holy trinity” as excellent efficacy (lead drug needs to cure a disease or at least make a major difference in the majority of patients), long-term exclusivity (10 years), and orphan but not ultra rare (>1000 patients). Companies with “holy trinity” status have a median enterprise value of $3.1 billion pre-commercial and $11.7 billion commercial [37]. Actinium’s lead drug Iomab-B demonstrated that 100% of patients gain access in half of the time to a potentially curative bone marrow transplant and double their survival at 1 year. Iomab-B is protected with FDA orphan drug status and patent exclusivity through 2037 [25]. With “holy trinity” potential and manufacturing uniqueness, Actinium Pharmaceutical's estimated acquisition valuation between $10.1 to $11.2 billion is below Stifel’s median enterprise value that meets their “holy trinity” criteria. Actinium was assigned a BLA number, received positive feedback from the Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (“CMC”) package, and is planning an FDA meeting to discuss the clinical and non-clinical sections in 2Q2024 [48]. Actinium plans to submit a BLA 1H2024 and their European partner Immedica plans to submit an MAA 2H2024. Commercialization is estimated in 2025 [26].

In this post I want to break down how I think about and how I build custom B2B lead gen eco-systems that are designed to engage a cold prospect, educate and help them to then turn into $XX,XXX deals.
I'll share the metrics and best practices from my own experiences from working with around 20 b2b companies with varying deal sizes, starting from $5k marketing packages, to $90k/yr fintech solutions and $200k software dev & IT deals. If you don't agree with my approach, that's fine, there's multiple ways to skin a cat.
Fundamentals are mostly the same and we can split it in 3 main parts.

1. Traffic acquisition
2. Nurture & education mechanism
3. Conversion mechanism.

Where most businesses go wrong is that they try to sell their expensive service to a cold prospect.
That might look like cold emailing and cold "linkedining" (new term) prospects an offer or asking if they're interested in this and that, on the spot.
This is not a good approach for one simple reason - no one want's to be sold to. Not to say that this direct approach doesn't work, for some it works good enough to stay afloat, but it's not something you can use to drive real, inbound interest in your services. Selling to prospects that you get on a sales call from 1 email or DM is extremely hard since you have to do the heavy lifting to educate them on the call and then you also have to sell them.
My goal is to turn this dynamic on it's head. Yes, we want to reach out to cold prospects. Yes, we want to run ads. But not to sell immediately. Rather, we're inviting and getting those prospects into our ecosystem where if they go through your educational materials like reports, case studies, how-to's AND have a real pain, they will come to you to solve it.
Let's break it down.
Traffic acquisition.
There's 2 channels I use to acquire traffic. Sometimes I use both, sometimes one or the other. For the most part that depends on the TAM and what we're selling.
1 - Paid ads (LI and META) are great if you need volume and your deal size varies between $5k - $20k. If you get it right, it's a system that scales easily so you can control demand and growth fairly easily too. It's also very quick and easy to troubleshoot since you can change a variable and see the result in next 3 days.
The ultimate goal of paid ads is to get as many people in your funnel as possible. The only logical way to do it is using lead magnets. Industry specific reports with unique insights that only your ICP would care about, easy-to-code tools that only your ICP would find useful (calculators work great for me), guides and courses made to solve a very specific problem, you get the picture.
We're giving away this free value in exchange for their email address. I can already hear people yelling "But giving away stuff for free only attracts freebie seekers" That's because you don't have a mechanism in place to convert that opt-in into a deal. (I'll go into in the next sections)
To make a great lead magnet I follow this mantra:

1. Has to be industry and role specific
2. Has to solve 1 painful problem for the lead
3. No surface-level, bait-and-switch teasing BS. (using lead magnet as a sales page is a big no-no)

Lead magnet is your chance to build rapport, show your competence and build good will by actually helping your prospects before you ever speak with them. USE IT WISELY. I see many businesses only tease the solution. My advice - give away all your secrets. If you're vague, your leads will think that your approach is basic and you won't capture the interest.
For us, around 20% of lead magnet leads opt-in into the next step of the funnel where we ask much more details. Company name, website, name, phone, etc, etc.
Do this step right and you'll get leads from your ICP opting into your funnel in droves, for cheap.
One little hack I do whenever I launch lead magnet campaigns is create 5-10 lead magnet ideas, create the ads and the landing pages, but don't create the lead magnet itself. Then run ads to those 5-10 lead magnets and see what your cost per lead is AND see what quality leads you attract. My baseline KPI's are sub $15 CPL on the initial launch and 3 out of 10 leads be real, actual companies that fit the ICP.
If you hit that initially, you can reiterate on the ads and the LP and get your CPL way lower.
2 - Cold outreach (LI and email) is great if you're after high ticket or enterprise level deals.
Cold outreach is great for huge target markets and/or very high value accounts. You won't reach Elon Mush through ads, but you could through cold outreach.
Instead of blanket-spamming 10k leads that might or might not need our service we do this.

1. Score companies based on fit (we use AI for this on scale by giving it bad fit examples, medium fit examples and great fit examples while also describing why each is bad, medium or great. Then we ask to output a score from 1-10)
2. For companies that score 7 or higher, look at buying signals. Recent hires, open positions, growth or decline, recent funding, featured in news (why featured in news?) and, of course, technographics.
3. Companies that display positive signals AND are a fit based on scoring, we send a personalized message automatically.

90% of this happens automatically at this point, but don't get confused - it's not AI copy that gets sent out. We have a general template and framework that we base our messages upon and AI fills in the blanks. All that is based on what information we find on the companies and what state they're currently in.
"Hey Adam, saw that Houberz is looking for an engineer with deep understanding of X. I know first hand how hard it is to fill such roles.
I have a case study on how we did Y using X technology, thought you might be interested in giving it a quick read before you pull someone onboard."
This is the general gist of it. Combine it with reaching out to leads that are likely in-market and you'll average 15% reply rates. Blast 10k emails to random list and you'll get 0.5% - 1% reply rates.
That is how we get qualified traffic on the front end.
This is how we convert it into deals.
1.1 - Paid
Once you have people claiming your lead magnet, the magic happens on the thank you page. I've seen many people just have a generic thank you page that does not prompt the next action.
Wasted digital real estate.
Instead of leaving it blank, we either have a call booking page where we pitch a non-sales call that would help fix the lead a specific problem or a signup page for a live workshop.
2nd has higher opt-in rate, but has longer time-to-deal, 1st gives you 1-1 time with high value prospects, but is more expensive..
Ideally, run both. Best of both worlds.
On top of that, when someone opts in and claims your lead magnets, you can then email them on a regular basis as part of your newsletter which gives you another channel to nurture leads and throw offers their way.
2.1 - Cold outreach
As soon as you receive a positive response to your lead magnet offer, you send it over, find that person on LI and connect (so you have another channel and they see that you're a real human) then ask if they're struggling with a specific problem that your service can fix.
If they do, great, share more case studies, share how they could solve the problem themselves and then soft-pitch a meeting in which you propose to "continue the conversation"
For cold, each convo will be different so you will have to come up with helpful and relevant email responses on the fly.
Remember speed-to-lead. The faster you answer, the higher the chance of you pushing the lead to the next step of your funnel.
So do you need both of these acquisition channels? Do you also need to post on Linkedin and dance on Tiktok?
Depends on your business. Generally, the more eyes you have on you, the more deals you'll close. These two channels are foundation for myself and any business I consult, but to supplement that and build credibility, we're also heavily investing in LI organic.
Why? People who watch your ads and engage with your emails will check out your LI eventually. If it's barren, you won't leave an impression. If it's packed with valuable, funny, insightful and humanizing posts, not only your leads will connect with you, but they'll feel compelled to engage.
So it's not one system or another - it's all of them working in cohesion.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

Hi I have a problem with Svelte 5 i didn't have with Svelte 4. Maybe I am doing it wrong but a transition inside of an each block is either not working for me at all or it displays all elements and then does the transition on by one after already rendering them, which looks really janky.
REPL

Hey y’all, I’ve been living in NZ with a working holiday for a few months now, but I’ve only been in Auckland for about 4 days as I have been living in the south. Tomorrow is my last night (Wed. 15/05) before flying back to the motherland on Thursday and all my friends have already gone. As a good send-off, are there any good bars/ clubs that are mostly frequented by college students? I see that a lot of people are graduating this week and, as a recent graduate myself, I figured the vibes would be immaculate. I’m also open to other ideas, feel free to PM me too! Thanks!

Not my text, resposting:
https://www.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/1crmb60/that_ww2_ufo_footage_is_possibly_narrated_by/
Props to for pointing this out!
And for this post.
Listen to the audio starting from :20 seconds up until :50 seconds on that clip that has been making the rounds. Grusch has a very particular inflection and pauses with “ahhh”, during that timeframe he does that about 3 times. He has a particular speech pattern that would be hard to disguise even with modulation.
Now listen to his opening statements here at the start from :10 to :35 he does the exact same type of inflections as in the distorted audio! Listen to them back to back, once you recognize the vocal patterns in his voice, the modulation does not hide that it is him. Why/how would RegicideAnon have a video that Grusch narrated???
Edit: this is the WW2 Archive Footage I am referring to
Edit2: pointed out his T’s also sound the same. In the opening statements at 1:08 you can hear how he ends “Current” and it ends very similarly to how he ends “It” and “Compensate” at :35 in the archived footage.
Edit3: Do Up/Downvotes affect post visibility? I only ask since from when I posted this almost an hour ago it has sat at 0, which is kinda strange that it’s being downvoted so heavily?
EDIT4: Okay so this one is a little weird, and very tinfoil-y I admit, but I feel I should point this out: Here is David Grusch’s resume
Note that during the timeframe this video was released, and around the time that MH370 occurred, David was:
July 2014 – December 2016, Adjunct Professor, School of Security and Global Studies, American Public University System (APUS)
• Undergraduate school professor developing technical coursework and program plans. Expertly instructed courses in the Intelligence Studies track, to include open source/social media analysis, signals and imagery analysis, and research methods.
December 2013 – March 2016, Chief, Intelligence Integration Division, Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP), Reston, VA (USAF Active Duty)
• Lead military intelligence officer for the SSDP Director, a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) advising the Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF), Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI), and National Security Council (NSC). Coordinated sensitive Multi-INT collection activities and modeling/simulation to support national space security objectives and advanced NSG programs. SSDP intelligence lead for the standup of the National Space Defense Center (NSDC).
It’s possible that during his time at the university he was analyzing and restoring WW2 archival footage? In order to verify this we’d have to find someone that knew him around that time frame to confirm or deny that he spoke of this previously.
The second thing that stood out to me was “Coordinated sensitive Multi-INT collection activities and modeling/simulation to support national space security objectives and advanced NSG programs.” I know with the recent MH370 video going around people are saying that if it WAS a hoax it would need to be created with someone with military access and very very expensive and sophisticated equipment. Possible the same equipment used to model and simulate space security objectives and NSG programs? Maybe this was a recreation of an event that the government didn’t see but was told was a possibility?
Edit5: I know many are asking how we know the voiceover wasn’t added recently, unfortunately the link to the video on RegicideAnon’s page on web archive doesn’t work, however another link to the same video was found that was posted to Facebook on September of 2015, that includes the voiceover:
https://www.facebook.com/ufovni/videos/ww2-archive-footage-of-flying-sauce510648672443495/
Thanks to for translating the description on the video:
“The following video was confiscated from the Kodiak Historical Military Museum on September 7th 1993 (the voiceover in the video actually said November 7th 1993). Originally a collection of gradings were donated with no date record or source of recording. In the video a UFO can be seen flying low on an island, alongside the planes as it approaches the runway. The location and date of filming are unknown.”
Interestingly the info about the museum and the collections is not mentioned in the clip at all, suggesting this is either a clip of a longer video or that the poster “Paranormal” somehow got more info with the clip.
Final Edit: I know that some people are in the process of actually examining the audio with professional programs so hopefully soon we’ll have concrete evidence if the voices match, however I want to leave you all and anyone else that stumbles upon the thread with this last bit; check out the following two sections and judge for yourself if this “but” sound exactly the same.
:42-:46 of the WW2 Archive Footage
27:44-27:46 of the NewsNation Interview
Please keep up the fantastic discussion and as always don’t forget to keep reaching out to your state congress representatives to keep the pressure on disclosure! We all deserve the truth, for the betterment of humanity.

So umm, never did a lot of reading outside of lyrics and honestly? I was very wrong about strangers.
And by very wrong I mean I am way happier with my idea of the song and will choose to think of it as that because I have been for the past year or so.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A HAPPY SONG YALL?!?
Like I had found an entirely diffrent interpretation of quite literally EVERY single lyric and was convinced it was a song about falling in love again after an abusive relationship. That sun bleached flies was a nostalgic look back at her childhood, not accepting the abuse but reminiscing on the handful of nice times of it. Like the bus rides to Sunday school or her dad taking her to the fair kinda shit.
I thought strangers was about how after she escaped the guy she didn’t go back to her mom, but left to try to find happiness again, and that she’d sort of forgiven her mom. Not enough to want her in her life yet, but was no longer angry.
I thought turning in your stomach and making you feel sick was about wanting this new person to feel how she felt about him. Nauseous with anxiety and excitement about what awaited them.
I didn’t think it was a moment of healthy recovery, but a moment of at the very least moving on from abuse which she seemed to struggle with the entire album.
Y’all I thought it was about accepting your scars and learning to move on.
Apparently that is not what this song is about… I have very strange feelings about this.
Still a gorgeous song though and I am going to choose to believe my version is correct because I really identified with my view of it and am happy with it.

About 2 days ago there was a post on rant titled 'Why did you haven ruin it Rowling? And why won't you please just stop?' talking about how JKR's transphobic views ruined HP for younger generations, and unsurprisingly, there was a shit ton of transphobia in the comments, ranging from ignorant nostalgia blind millennials to literal bigots. These were the top comments, btw. Any reply agreeing with OP's statement or calling out other people in the thread for their bigotry was downvoted to hell. Mine included.
What makes this even worse is that the mods didn't do shit for 2 days! And even then, only the non-bigoted comments were removed! I was banned just because I condemned the mods for sitting on their asses and twiddling their thumbs.
It's crazy that they even let any of the TERF shit fly, cause they have multiple rules stating that
"***This is an anti-free speech Anti-Alt-right/Nazi/Right Conservatives, a Pro-LGBT community that supports Black Lives Matter. If you don't like it, post somewhere else.*** What does this mean, you ask. It means: Nazis, Bigots, Racists, Trolls will be banned & punted to the Admins. **We reserve the right to moderate at our discretion.**"
"Personal attacks, slurs, bigotry, etc. are not permitted"
"All other site-wide rules are strictly enforced"
"We stand against disinformation/misinformation"
So not only are the moderators of rant hypocrites, they're also fucking LIARS.
Meanwhile, I have been banned for being an ally and calling them out on their stank shit.
rant is NOT a pro-LGBT community, it's a community littered with subhuman trash that disguises itself as a safe space for the oppressed because it's the "politically correct" thing to do.
TBH the sub was always shit anyway. You can't even rant without your post being removed.
(Y'know. The LITERAL point of the sub???)

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
OAK	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	3	8
HOU	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	4		9	10	1	4

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	1	1	0	1	.315
RF	Tucker	4	0	2	1	0	0	.277
LF	Alvarez, Y	3	0	2	0	1	0	.264
LF	Cabbage	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200
SS	Peña	4	2	1	0	0	1	.338
SS	Kessinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B	Singleton	3	1	0	0	1	0	.224
3B	Bregman	3	3	3	4	1	0	.218
DH	Diaz, Y	4	0	0	0	0	0	.270
C	Caratini	4	0	1	2	0	1	.245
CF	Meyers	3	1	0	0	1	0	.256

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Arrighetti	5.0	5	2	2	2	5	86-58	7.52
Montero	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14-8	3.38
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	16-8	3.60
Pressly	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	18-10	5.28
Scott, Tay	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	16-12	2.50

OAK		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Toro	4	1	0	0	1	3	.291
CF	Bleday	4	0	2	1	0	1	.255
DH	Rooker	3	1	2	0	1	0	.303
C	Langeliers	4	0	0	0	0	1	.206
1B	Soderstrom	4	0	2	1	0	1	.375
LF	Brown, S	4	0	1	0	0	1	.181
SS	Schuemann	4	0	2	0	0	2	.226
RF	Butler, L	4	0	0	0	0	2	.170
3B	Harris, B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.147
PR	Ruiz, E	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
3B	Nevin	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Stripling	5.0	4	3	2	2	1	52-30	4.98
McFarland	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-8	4.76
Spence	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	20-12	4.26
Lucas	1.1	3	4	3	1	0	39-25	14.73

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B2	Jon Singleton grounds out, third baseman Brett Harris to first baseman Tyler Soderstrom. Jeremy Peña scores. Throwing error by first baseman Tyler Soderstrom.	1-0
B3	Kyle Tucker doubles (8) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Seth Brown. Jose Altuve scores.	2-0
T4	Tyler Soderstrom singles on a line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Brent Rooker scores.	2-1
B4	Alex Bregman homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.	3-1
T5	JJ Bleday doubles (11) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Abraham Toro scores.	3-2
B7	Alex Bregman homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.	4-2
B7	Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to center fielder JJ Bleday. Jake Meyers scores.	5-2
B8	Alex Bregman doubles (7) on a line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Trey Cabbage scores. Jeremy Peña scores. Jon Singleton to 3rd.	7-2
B8	Victor Caratini doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Seth Brown. Jon Singleton scores. Alex Bregman scores.	9-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Ross Stripling against the Astros	0:07
Bullpen availability for Houston, May 13 vs Athletics	0:07
Bullpen availability for Oakland, May 13 vs Astros	0:07
Bench availability for Oakland, May 13 vs Astros	0:07
Bench availability for Houston, May 13 vs Athletics	0:07
Fielding alignment for Houston, May 13 vs Athletics	0:11
Fielding alignment for Oakland, May 13 vs Astros	0:11
Starting lineups for Athletics at Astros - May 13, 2024	0:09
The data behind Alex Bregman's home run	0:13
Spencer Arrighetti's outing against the Athletics	0:23
Breaking down Spencer Arrighetti's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Ross Stripling's pitches	0:04
Ross Stripling's outing against the Astros	0:23
The data behind Alex Bregman's home run	0:13
Jeremy Peña scores on error, giving Astros the lead	0:27
Kyle Tucker's RBI double	0:27
JJ Bleday's nice sliding grab	0:15
Tyler Soderstrom's RBI single	0:26
Alex Bregman's solo home run (2)	0:28
JJ Bleday's RBI double	0:23
Astros' broadcast on Morales, Cavnar making history	0:20
Victor Caratini throws out Ruiz	0:24
Alex Bregman's second home run of the game (3)	0:26
Jose Altuve's RBI single	0:26
Jeremy Peña throws out Butler after a review	0:28
Field view: Alex Bregman's solo home run	0:33
Alex Bregman's two-run double	0:33
Victor Caratini's two-run double	0:25

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Arrighetti (1-4, 7.52 ERA)	Stripling (1-7, 4.98 ERA)

Game ended at 9:45 PM.

I recently had an extremely vivid memory of a game. It was on the ps2. I am 14 (as of 3 days ago) so I know it is not too far off from this time. In the start of the game you are spawned in as a character, when you begin the screen loads with a small correction of the camera, as it was slightly tilted to the left, and reforests it to the center. at the same time there was a small (≤ 0.5 seconds) fade in. You are spawned in with a key and are in a bare hallway made of wood. the graphic design and movement is doom-esque for here and for the rest of the following descriptions. At the end of the hallway there is a wall with a large lock symbol in the center. You have the option to either open the door or, you can walk up to it but not put it in. Walking up to the door and opening it will open a new, smaller room inside of the already small hallway. At the end of said room there is some sort of entity or being, extremely similar to the secret room in ‘granny’ just entirely bare, a tad bit longer, and the walls are the same tan wood color. On the contrary if you decide NOT to open the door but, instead turn around and explore more, you will be faced with a new door. (For explanation the hallway opens up a little right before the door, sort of like a box surrounding the door with the end of the new hallway up against the back of the ‘box’) it is on the left side (turned around) so right side of where you originally came from. it also has a lock insignia on it. you can unlock it which leads to you falling through the floorboards into a dirt-y, skirting of the ‘hallway’ which is now revealed to be a house or at the very least a building. there are floorboards everywhere and mounds of uneven terrain. immediately after falling the space widens up (it is now a large room with no walls). it has a low ceiling and you are instantaneously met with a new creature, this time living. it is blue, a blob like creature not unlike the blob from ‘Monsters Vs Aliens’. it is around the same height as you and it floats very shortly above the ground. it moves in a grid like pattern, following squares to move. each square is roughly the size of the creature. obviously, you will want to stay away from it. if you alert it of your prescience it will follow you and if it touches you then you will have to restart. it is unaware of your presence and is instead walking through an opening in the skirting. exploring more you will realize you must go through said opening as the skirting is a large rectangle with nothing in it. following the blob through the opening results in a new room. the new room has multiple layers and is very open, it is reminiscent of a barn, yet abandoned. there are a few more of the blob things (4-5?) and they are roaming on the different levels of the barn, 3 + the scaffolds flush with the roof. there are a few more openings and a staircase. here my memory gets splotchy. you somehow find your way outside and are met with a grassy hill. there is nothing out here apart from a small gathering of blue and other colored birds of whom are extremely friendly and nice. their eyes are open and look similar to the Pixar short, ‘birds’ except that they fly, in a group together. somehow you are led back into the barn/ new cave (this is where I believe the game to become your own personal experience and less so a description of the game). in the cave you are in it is rather cramped (at least vision wise). there are birds (not chill ones) and other beings following you to the back of the cave. once again MORE OR LESS following the same grid pattern. you run from them and weave in between large groups of entities. you eventually see a small amount of sunlight and an occasional wide eyed friendly bird amongst the numbers of other beings. you follow the path out and encounter the sunlight, grass, a multitude less bad entities and a multitude more wide eyed birds. You run up to the hill and you are safe with the birds flocking, sitting on the hill. You cannot go past the hill fyi. anyway that is where my memory draws a blank. I am almost certain this was a ps2 game as it was the only software available when I was a child that could run a game like this. that is all, PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN goodbye, and thanks in advance ADDITIONAL NOTES: the key was held like the gun in doom as well as the room appearing similar in terms of layout and overall look.

FFR-31MD Super Sylph B-503 "Yukikaze" (source)
No, this isn't a magical girl show. You're thinking of Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar.
Why I want to host a rewatch
"A boy and his plane"
Battle Fairy Yukikaze has lived rent-free in my head for 20 years. It is a (partial) adaptation of the story collection Yukikaze (1984) and the sequel Good Luck, Yukikaze (1999). The novels have been described as excellent hard-sf exploring the relationship between man and machine. The anime is a quiet, introspective, contemplative....inscrutable mess?
The best comparison I can think of is Boogiepop Phantom, a gift to source readers but utterly opaque to anime-onlies. Which I loved, and I purchased, but I had to read the entire Boogiepop and Others wiki to understand. I never really understood anything about Yukikaze until I watched the video linked below. This is isn't an adaptation of the source. It's an animated companion piece, of portions of the story.
Even though the show makes no sense to me, I'd still love to share it with other sci-fi and mecha (mechanical) fans. And I really hope some source readers can come in and explain it all. Because people love explaining stuff.
Story
An inter-dimensional portal has opened over Antarctica. Invaders called JAM attacked without warning. They were forced back through the portal to their homeworld of Fairy. An expeditionary force was sent through the portal to establish a beachhead on Fairy, to secure the planet and guard against another invasion.
The main character is Lt. Rei Fukai (Masato Sakai), a member of the Special Air Force "Boomerang" Reconnaissance Squadron, who flies the AI-equipped FFR-31MD Super Sylph "Yukikaze". The squadron is commanded by Maj. James Bukhar (Joji Nakata) whose orders are "always return home".
The show, or at least, its source material, explores the relationship between man, machine, and alien.
Show Background
Sentou Yousei Yukikaze was a big deal for Gonzo and Bandai Visual: It was the 20th Anniversary Production of Bandia Visual. If you've been in other sci-fi rewatches, then you've seen Gonzo's own anniversary productions, and similar marquee efforts:

• Blue Submarine No. 6 (Gonzo 5th anniversary) (1998)
• Full Metal Panic (2002)
• Last Exile (Gonzo 10th anniversary) (2003)
• Sentou Yousei Yukikaze (Bandai Visual 20th Anniversary) (2002-2005)
• Gankutsuou (2005)

Yes, there will be CGI. We're slowly chronically Gonzo's evolving love of CGI, for better or for worse.
At only 5 episodes, Yukikaze was released at the almost ludicrous pace of one episode 1 year (except for episode 2). This didn't make it any easier to understand.
There were additional sequels written in the later 2000s, so I don't know if the anime ending is anime original, or if these sequels need to be considered to understand the older content.
This show was clearly made by people who love modern jet fighter craft, and lovingly crafted new fictitious aircraft as detailed as any Kawamori design. From the video below, here we have the crew visiting a JASDF base to collect sound effect, get up close to the equipment and avionics, and experience take-off and landing forces, first hand.
Rewatch Details
Unusual for this sub, but with a recent precedent set, I'm proposing a rewatch with source readers welcomed to explain the missing context in each episode as it airs. Each episode discussion will read "Yukikaze Rewatch Source Spoiler Episode X" and only future content need be tagged. The final discussion is open discussion. meta post
At only 5 episodes, it shouldn't be hard to fit in with other rewatches, but I haven't settled on a date. Suggestions welcomed (required).

Day	Content
0	48 h reminder
1	47 minutes
2	28 minutes
3	30 minutes
4	30 minutes
5	48 minutes
-	(watch extras)
7	Series Discussion

Legal Sources: Tubi TV and Tubi repackagers Tubi (dubbed) Tubi (subbed)
Extras:
Behind the Scenes Making of Video Explaining Yukikaze Fighting Fairy Girl Rescue Me: Mave-chan

Just got home from an extended stay in Oregon and decided to hit up some of my favorite food spots I'd been missing while I was gone Went to the downtown location of Coney Island today and had to abandon my dire want of a chilli cheese dog because I first went to the bathroom to wash my hands and noticed a metric sh!t ton of flies in the back hallway(which I could have overlooked, they're just flies right?) but then when I went to order, I saw a couple of german cockroachs crawling around the front of their hot cabinets. I know they have the best dogs/chilli in town, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. However, what really surprised me was that I KNOW that I wasn't the only one that saw them and most of everyone else stayed in line! Very sad day for this Oklahomie who missed her favorite hotdog spot for MONTHS. Does anyone know if the Capitol Hill location has the same problem? Do we need to start a GoFundMe for an exterminator or something because I would hate to see an Oklahoma historical tradition type of restaurant like that get shut down 😭 Sorry for the rant y'all, just upset and also wanted to warn others lol
TLDR: Couldn't bring myself to havemy favorite chili cheese hot dogs with the possibility of extra protein no matter how badly I might have missed Coney Island

Title explanation: Kaden kicked Kyson in the left knee. He went to urgent care and there is no break it is just a bone bruise. it will take 4-6 weeks to heal 90%. The doctor also confirmed that Kyson has osgood schlatter disease. Lilia will be leaving on her 8th grade trip to Washington DC in 2 weeks.
They are playing hooky today from school. They are headed to urgent care. There is just something in the stars. Their family has just been going through the wringer. Between Mango, Lilia with her hives and now Kyson with his knee. Jess threw her back out when she was painting. (i never realized before how chopped up her videos are with the editing. She is all over the place and she doesn’t finish a sentence before moving on to the next thought.) She has a back injury that she has had for a long time that showed up in her prenuvo scan. She has a bulging disc in her back. It always hurts but Jess painted and now it is excruciating. Yesterday Kyson was playing on the trampoline and Kaden accidentally kicked Kyson’s knee. Kyson is a competitive soccer player. His left knee has been injured in the past. Jess showed a video of a kid kicking Kyson’s knee in one of her tiktoks. His left knee keeps getting more and more injured and they are pretty sure he has osgood schlatter disease. This disease is a common thing to have when you are a competitive soccer player and growing. It is basically that you are growing too fast and your ligaments can't keep up. It is something Kyson will grow out of. Kyson does have ongoing knee pain. Last night the same knee got kicked. His knee immediately puffed up and is so swollen. Jess has never seen a knee this swollen. They are headed to urgent care.
Kyson’s ligaments seem fine. The doctor was amazing and super incredible. The doctor confirmed that Kyson does have osgood schlatter disease. The disease is the reason for the knee pain. The doctor got opinions from sports medicine doctors. Kyson got an x-ray done. The doctor will call if anything comes up on the x-ray. It is a contusion which is a bone bruise. That is why the knee is swollen. The doctor said it will take 4-6 weeks to heal 90%. 90-100% is a bit more difficult to heal from that point. The doctor does not recommend that Kyson play in his last game but to let pain be the guide. The only downside to playing the game is that it will reset the healing clock. If Kyson is not hurting they can consider it but if he is hurting then don’t try it. Mimi is hearing if you need to play the last game play it and then don’t do x y and z for 4-6 weeks. Jess didn’t ask about practice. Jess will ask about practices when the doctor calls about the results. (I bet you that they will make Kyson do practice and play the game then do 4-6 weeks of healing.) They will see what the x-ray says but the doctor doesn't think that it is a break. They said in 10-14 days if it gets worse to reach out and they will get Kyson physical therapy through sports medicine. The doctor said that the sports medicine doctors at the facility care for the kings players.
They are having much needed one on one time with the kids. The rest of the kids are still in school. Jess is making Kyson’s favorite chicken and rice.
Jess is picking Lilia up from school a little bit late. Lilia had a meeting after school. Lilia is going on her 8th grade trip to Washington DC in 2 weeks. 2 weeks is how long there is left of school. Jess didn’t realize how soon that was coming. The day of Lilia’s last day of school she leaves with her classmates and teachers to go to Washington DC. There is a student meeting today and a parent meeting next week. Jess has a checklist of things to get Lilia. Lilia needs a certain debit card to use while she is away. It is stressful. Lilia has traveled alone twice; however, it was just to disneyland. There were two times when she flew alone. Tommy and Caden have also flown alone. Lilia has never flown alone this far. They live in California and Washington DC is across the country. Jess is nervous but excited for Lilia. Lilia is excited that she is going with her friends. Sending Lilia across the nation is stressful. Jess has so much to do today. Urgent care really set back her day. Jess has so many things she needs to accomplish. Mothers day is in a few days and Jess has so many things in store even though she is a mother and should be chilling. Jess wants to have a barbeque and make it cute. Jess wants it pink themed and wants to set it up before mothers day. It will be gorgeous weather and hot on mothers day. They are going to have their first pool day of the season. Jess is excited for it and here for the beautiful weather. Jess has to get ready for that. Jess also needs to post a video today. She has been back on her youtube schedule for the most part. Now that Jess is on 3 platforms full time it is harder to stick to her every other day posting schedule. On tiktok she tries to post every day or every other day. That is also a fulltime job like youtube. Jess essentially has 2 full time jobs. Jess also posts it all to instagram. Jess tries to stick to her every other day schedule and has been doing pretty good. If not every other day, she tries to do it every 3 days. She is also posting on a platform every day. Jess is trying to make youtube more regular and more consistent. She has been doing all right every 2-3 days.
Lilia can only bring 1 small suitcase and a carryon backpack. They can't bring any liquids. They are also going to New york. On the first day they are going to get right off the plane and straight to doing things after their red eye flight. They can only use their phones for photos and no social media. They do have to bring a phone. They are not allowed to go to the last day of school. They are to stay home that day and pack. Jess is scared and doesn’t want Lilia to go without her. Jess wants constant updates. Lilia doesn’t know if she is allowed to send Jess pictures. They are allowed to use their phones to take pictures and contact your chaperone. They can only contact their parents if it is necessary. Jess at least wants Lilia to text at the end of the night. They are going to see outsiders the musical. Lilia is going to take a lot of photos because that is her only excuse to be on her phone.
Jess dropped Lilia off and is picking up Addie to go to cheer. It is a jump class. There are fly classes, jump classes and tumbling classes. Today is a jump class. Addie has not done this class yet. Jess has been living in the tesla today. There was a hit and run on their property. Someone took out their mailbox yesterday. They got it on camera. They couldn’t see the actual act of it but they could tell which car hit their mailbox and wiped it out completely. The car didn’t say anything and just kept right on going. It took out their side view mirror. That was a little scary.
Addie loved the class. It was Addie’s first time doing the class. It is crazy to Jess watching her child fall in love with something on her own. Cheer is Addies’ own passion. Addie was a dancer for the last few years and she did like it but didn’t love it. Addie is loving her new sport. The same thing happened with the boys and soccer. Jess doesn’t know anything about soccer and the boys absolutely love it. (Maybe the reason why her kids love doing sports that Jess has no experience with is because they are tired of Jess comparing their accomplishments to hers.) Jess loves watching her kids fall in love with things they want to do. Kyson’s doctor called back and confirmed that there are no breaks and that he does have osgood schlatter’s disease. Jess learned that there are alot of people that have this disease. Most of the time it is something that is grown out of. It is a disease that happens in young athletes.

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E	LOB
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	8	0	8
BAL	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	4

Box Score

BAL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Henderson	4	0	0	0	0	2	.264
C	Rutschman	4	2	2	2	0	0	.309
DH	O'Hearn	4	0	1	0	0	1	.290
1B	Mountcastle	4	0	0	0	0	0	.272
RF	Santander	4	0	0	0	0	0	.212
LF	Cowser	3	0	0	0	1	1	.250
3B	Westburg	3	0	0	0	1	1	.298
CF	Mullins	4	0	0	0	0	2	.185
2B	Mateo	3	0	0	0	0	1	.239

BAL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Burnes	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	85-58	2.68
Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	16-10	3.86
Cano	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	24-13	2.21
Coulombe	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.30
Webb, J	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	17-12	1.47
Akin	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	8-3	3.00

TOR		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Schneider	5	0	0	0	0	1	.263
CF	Varsho	5	1	1	2	0	0	.214
1B	Guerrero Jr.	2	1	1	0	3	0	.276
SS	Bichette	4	0	3	0	1	0	.218
DH	Vogelbach	3	0	1	1	1	0	.118
C	Kirk	4	0	0	0	0	1	.188
2B	Kiner-Falefa	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
RF	Biggio	4	1	0	0	0	1	.195
3B	Clement	4	0	2	0	0	0	.270

TOR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Berríos	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	94-59	2.82
García, Y	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	14-10	0.59
Romano	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	21-12	3.38

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B4	Adley Rutschman homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-0
T6	Daniel Vogelbach singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores. Bo Bichette to 2nd.	1-1
B6	Adley Rutschman homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.	2-1
T8	Daulton Varsho homers (7) on a fly ball to right field.	2-2
T10	Daulton Varsho grounds out, second baseman Jorge Mateo to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle. Cavan Biggio scores. Ernie Clement to 2nd.	2-3

Highlights

Description	Length
José Berríos against the Orioles	0:09
Bullpen availability for Baltimore, May 13 vs Blue Jays	0:07
Bullpen availability for Toronto, May 13 vs Orioles	0:07
Bench availability for Baltimore, May 13 vs Blue Jays	0:07
Fielding alignment for Baltimore, May 13 vs Blue Jays	0:11
Adley Rutschman: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Corbin Burnes' outing against the Blue Jays	0:23
Measuring the stats on Daulton Varsho's home run	0:12
Measuring the stats on Adley Rutschman's home run	0:12
Breaking down Corbin Burnes' pitches	0:04
Breaking down José Berríos' pitches	0:04
José Berríos' outing against the Orioles	0:23
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s single	0:13
Corbin Burnes K's Alejandro Kirk	0:06
Adley Rutschman's solo homer (7)	0:29
Daulton Varsho's home run robbery	0:29
José Berríos nabs Cedric Mullins	0:30
Daniel Vogelbach's RBI single	0:17
Alejandro Kirk grounds into a double play, shortstop Gunnar Henderson to second baseman Jorge Mateo to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle. Daniel Vogelbach out at 2nd. Alejandro Kirk out at 1st.	0:12
Adley Rutschman's second homer (8)	0:29
José Berríos freezes Jordan Westburg	0:06
Daulton Varsho's game-tying home run	0:27
Corbin Burnes strikes out two	1:39
Orioles turn two	0:24
José Berríos K's four	1:19
Daulton Varsho's go-ahead RBI groundout	0:14
Cedric Mullins grounds out, second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	0:08

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Romano (1-0, 3.38 ERA)	Webb, J (0-2, 1.47 ERA)

Game ended at 9:21 PM.

Blue Jays @ Orioles - Mon, May 13

Game Status: Final - Score: 3-2 Blue Jays

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Blue Jays Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Schneider - LF	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.263	.366	.474
2	Varsho - CF	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	.214	.308	.444
3	Guerrero Jr. - 1B	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	.276	.376	.391
4	Bichette - SS	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	.218	.275	.306
5	Vogelbach - DH	3	0	1	1	1	0	4	.118	.250	.176
6	Kirk - C	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	.188	.272	.263
7	Kiner-Falefa - 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.267	.312	.362
8	Biggio - RF	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.195	.320	.276
9	Clement - 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.270	.295	.419
	Totals	35	3	8	3	5	4	18

Blue Jays
BATTING: HR: Varsho (7, 8th inning off Cano, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Bichette 3; Clement 2; Guerrero Jr.; Varsho 4; Vogelbach. RBI: Varsho 2 (19); Vogelbach (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kirk 2; Bichette. GIDP: Kiner-Falefa; Kirk; Vogelbach. Team RISP: 2-for-11. Team LOB: 8.

	Orioles Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Henderson - SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.264	.339	.553
2	Rutschman - C	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	.309	.343	.491
3	O'Hearn - DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.290	.377	.505
4	Mountcastle - 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.272	.314	.483
5	Santander - RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.212	.293	.438
6	Cowser - LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.331	.500
7	Westburg - 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.298	.353	.518
8	Mullins - CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.185	.237	.355
9	Mateo - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.288	.418
	Totals	33	2	3	2	2	8	6

Orioles
BATTING: HR: Rutschman 2 (8, 4th inning off Berríos, 0 on, 0 out, 6th inning off Berríos, 0 on, 2 out). TB: O'Hearn; Rutschman 8. RBI: Rutschman 2 (25). 2-out RBI: Rutschman. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Mullins. Team RISP: 0-for-3. Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING: DP: 3 (2 Henderson-Mateo-Mountcastle; Mateo-Henderson-Mountcastle).

Blue Jays Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Berríos	7.0	3	2	2	1	4	2	94-59	2.82
García, Y	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14-10	0.59
Romano (W, 1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	21-12	3.38
Totals	10.0	3	2	2	2	8	2

Orioles Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Burnes	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	85-58	2.68
Kimbrel (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-10	3.86
Cano (BS, 2)	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	1	24-13	2.21
Coulombe	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.30
Webb, J (L, 0-2)	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	17-12	1.47
Akin	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8-3	3.00
Totals	10.0	8	3	2	5	4	1

Game Info
IBB: Guerrero Jr. (by Akin).
Pitches-strikes: Berríos 94-59; García, Y 14-10; Romano 21-12; Burnes 85-58; Kimbrel 16-10; Cano 24-13; Coulombe 1-1; Webb, J 17-12; Akin 8-3.
Groundouts-flyouts: Berríos 9-6; García, Y 0-0; Romano 2-2; Burnes 9-3; Kimbrel 0-1; Cano 1-0; Coulombe 1-0; Webb, J 2-1; Akin 1-1.
Batters faced: Berríos 25; García, Y 3; Romano 7; Burnes 24; Kimbrel 3; Cano 4; Coulombe 1; Webb, J 5; Akin 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Coulombe 2-0; Akin 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Chris Conroy. 1B: Chad Fairchild. 2B: Brennan Miller. 3B: Brian O'Nora.
Weather: 75 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, Out To LF.
First pitch: 6:36 PM.
T: 2:42.
Att: 24,358.
Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
May 13, 2024

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 4	Adley Rutschman homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-0 BAL
Top 6	Daniel Vogelbach singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores. Bo Bichette to 2nd.	1-1
Bottom 6	Adley Rutschman homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.	2-1 BAL
Top 8	Daulton Varsho homers (7) on a fly ball to right field.	2-2
Top 10	Daulton Varsho grounds out, second baseman Jorge Mateo to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle. Cavan Biggio scores. Ernie Clement to 2nd.	3-2 TOR

Team	Highlight
TOR	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s single (00:00:13)
BAL	Adley Rutschman's solo homer (7) (00:00:29)
TOR	Daulton Varsho's home run robbery (00:00:29)
TOR	José Berríos nabs Cedric Mullins (00:00:30)
BAL	Adley Rutschman's second homer (8) (00:00:29)
TOR	Daulton Varsho's game-tying home run (7) (00:00:27)
BAL	Orioles turn two (00:00:24)
TOR	Daulton Varsho plates go-ahead run in 10th (00:00:14)
BAL	Jorge Mateo's diving stop (00:00:20)
BAL	Adley Rutschman's two-homer game (00:00:57)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E	LOB
Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		3	8	0	8
Orioles	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	3	0	4

Decisions

• Winner: Jordan Romano (1-0, 3.38)
• Loser: Jacob Webb (0-2, 1.47)

Division Scoreboard

TB 5 @ BOS 3 - Final
Next Orioles Game: Tue, May 14, 06:35 PM EDT vs. Blue Jays
^{Last Updated: 05/13/2024 10:05:36 PM EDT}

Hey y’all,
I’m sure everyone’s alllllways asking about this, but oh well.
I grew up in the foothills of the ADKs, and have done plenty of hiking up there—mostly within the West Canada Lake Wilderness and around the Northern Sacandaga Lake/Lake George area. I’ve been out of the game for a while, especially since my friend and closest hiking partner moved away. In her absence I got out to the pacific west coast, and have pit-puttered around the Catskills (so I haven’t been completely celibate). But now she’s moving back!!!!! We were reflecting on some of our more challenging hikes together (getting lost along the Sacandaga River, dodging rattle snakes on the Tongue Mountain Range, hiking Snowy Mountain in the rain, ripping my hands up on the summit of Wright Peak, questioning why we keep hiking Hadley because it’s an absolute bear…. Anyway, long story long, we started talking about doing Marcy. From what I have read, it’s the length that is challenging, rather than the climb; this idea was sparked by a comment I read here starting that “Hadley Hill is more difficult than Marcy”, which I found so funny because we would take field trips to Hadley when I was in school… but it is a friggen difficult climb. Short, but it’s a pain.
So, is this all true??? Is Marcy actually doable for us?! We’re looking to do it in September so that we can be prepared, and so all the black flies and other blood sucking pests are gone. What should we know? Should we split it up and camp out for a night, or is it better to do it in one day? (Tongue Mountain Range in Lake George is about 16 miles, and we did that in 10 hours) Are we allowed to build a fire as long as we’re below 4000’? Is there scrambling? Are there any dangerous parts to know about? I wanna know everything!

After doing a lot of research I see opinions are varied but very informative on this thread!
This December our group of 6 is looking to hit either the Western US/Canada or The Alps for a week-ish long ski trip. We’re flying out of PHX. Most of us are beginners; overall I’d say aprés and culinary vibe is more our speed but we want to be on the slopes! Ski a few days, eat good food, drink good booze, and explore.
Obviously flights are cheaper for us in the West but I hear accommodations in the alps are way better value so it sort of balances out. I’ve seen good things about St. Anton, Chamonix, Meribel, Val Thorens and more for EU
For US; I have no idea where to begin.
We don’t need to be partying until 6am every night (used to 2am last call here) but it’s certainly a plus on vacation!
What places would y’all recommend for casual skiers? (Please and thank you in advance)
EDIT: I’m aware December is early and hopeful for snow, so fun overall towns with cool scenery/vibe are also appreciated!

NOTE: This guide contains a ton of gear and narrative spoilers
Most Sword Bard builds are either focused on either ranged or control + melee/AoE attack styles, and I wanted to explore whether or not it would be possible to take the best of both to make the ultimate martial all around build. This build features Sharpshooter with ranged damage of 20-30 per arrow and GWM + smite damage of 60-120 per single hit by the end game.

Background Theme

The theme for the build is a resisting dark urge, with a desire for redemption to become the champion of Baldurs's Gate. And this theme weaves through the playthrough with items and choices along the journey, for example:

• Getting branded by Priestess Gut and getting Loviatar's Love in at the Goblin Camp
• Saving the Nightsong (and Shadowheart) and forgoing the Spear of the Evening
• Becoming partial illithid in a quest for power
• In a moment of weakness, falling prey to the powers of Bhaal by becoming an Unholy Assassin at the Murder Tribunal, only to later realize that Sarevok and the tribunal must die.
• And finally rejecting Bhaal and giving up the dark urge powers.

Build Overview

The build centers around a combination of Bard and Paladin, with all three feats, for a Level 8 Sword Bard / Level 4 Oath of Vengeance Paladin. Feats are Shapshooter, Great Weapons Master and Tavern Brawler centered around Nyrulna for throwing + smite melee and the Titanstring bow for ranged giving absolute martial authority under almost all circumstances.
In addition to the primary martial strength, you gain the jack of all trades benefits of being a Bard, including exceptional social skills, relatively high charisma, good persuasion, deception, sleight of hand and stealth.
Early game, expect to play like any other dexterity/charisma bard, with the first 6 level progression on Bard alone.

• Focus on ranged fighting style, with enough stealth to dip in and out of battles solo, particularly against large groups like the Goblin Camp, in the Creche and the Gnolls
• Use flourishes, both ranged and melee to hit multiple targets in one round.
• Dual wielding hand crossbows early game.

By the end of Act 1, and with the acquisition of the Gloves of Dexterity in Creche Y'llek,a respec is needed to maximize the benefits of the Titanstring and the build plays like a ranged beast through all of the mid-game.
After level 6 of Bard, we begin to level into Paladin, which opens the door for the character to start building up melee power. Truth be told, I may have respec'ed a few times between levels 6-10 trying a few things on for size, but the most effective strategy mid-game was:

• Titanstring with Sharpshooter and Gloves of Dexterity for ranged flourishes and multiple Bard attacks that came online at level 6.
• Dual wield shortswords like Knife of the Undermountain King for smites (starting at level 8 - SSB 6/Pal 2) and melee flourishes.

By Act 3 and the late game, and with the acquisition of Nyrulna from the Djinni at the Circus of the Last Days in Rivington,the martial melee power took center stage, with ranged flourishes still very powerful, but no longer the primary attack strategy. And by level 12 and the end game, you have the choice between throwing Nyrulna for AoE or Slashing Flourish for specific ranged attacks.
Philosophically, the build is focused on fast nova damage to overwhelm a larger group by decimating them in the first 2 turns. High movement is key, we're always looking to surprise enemies, and taking advantage of stealth and invisibility to duck in and out of battle for the occasional "oh shit" moment or recharge of bardic inspiration.

Leveling Guide & Feats

As noted earlier, this build really doesn't come online until level 6, more so at level 8+. Prior to that, you're just an average ranged or melee bard, your choice. The end game goal is Level 8 College of Swords Bard / Level 4 Oath of Vengeance (or Oathbreaker) Paladin.
Race choices include Wood Elf, High Elf, Duegar Dwarf, Half Orc, Gnome or Halfling. I've always opted for one of the elves, primary because of movement speed. The fighting style that has evolved for me throughout multiple solo runs now is that you are often fighting in retreat, and movement is key to manage this. If you're playing this as part of a party, movement is less important.
Levels 1-6 - Bard

• Start at level 1 as a Bard with STR 8, DEX 17, CON 14, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 16, and you should expect to respec at least once. Select Minor Illusion and Friends for Cantrips if doing a solo run, with a strong case to also be made for Mage Hand. If not for a solo, you have other options here. Longstrider is a key spell as well. For skills, optimize Persuasion (or Deception), Sleight of Hand, Stealth, and Performance, in that order. I chose Persuasion, Sleight of Hand and Stealth.
• At level 3, choose College of Swords. For spells, consider Invisibility, Cloud of Daggers (for some vital early AOE on a solo run), and Hold Person. You can also swap an existing spell slot here to get two of those three. Choose Two-Weapon Fighting for fighting style.
• At level 4, choose Sharpshooter for your first feat.

I recommend a respec as soon as you are able to purchase the Gloves of Dexterity, which for me happens usually around level 4 or 5 somewhere. When you do, choose STR 17, DEX 8, CON 14, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 16.
Levels 7-8 - Paladin

• At level 7, start with your first Paladin level. I chose Oath of Vengenance.
• At level 8, choose either Defense or Great Weapon Fighting as your fighting style. At this point in the game, I was playing with dual wielded shortswords with Knife of the Undermountain King as primary, but you could also play with Halberd of Vigilance, Mourning Frost or some other two handed weapon. Melee is less important still at this point, since we chose Sharpshooter as our first feat and primary fighting style. This is really about your secondary melee damage dealing, so whatever you prefer for the mid-game.

Levels 9-10 - Bard
We're really just marching towards that second feat here. Choose whatever you want for spells, I like Freedom of Movement, Greater Invisibility, Fear, Hypnotize. For this build, spells are tertiary to ranged and melee damage, so the focus should be on enhancements and prep spells for battle, not in battle casting against enemies.

• At level 10, level 8 bard, grab the Great Weapons Master feat. By this time in the game, we have picked up Nyrulna and have a lot of spell slots for smites. This is where the melee part of this build really shines and starts to outpace the already amazing ranged archer. NOTE: If you chose Defense at level 8, respec to choose Great Weapon Fighting.

Levels 11-12 - Paladin
Again, we're marching to our third feat but you can pick up some great Paladin support and control spells like Command, Bless, Protection from Good and Evil, and additional smites.

• At level 12, level 4 Paladin, get the Tavern Brawler feat and put your ability point in Constitution (kid of doesn't matter, I'll explain in a bit). I thought about getting Savage Attacker here for maximizing crits on smites, or even an ASI into Strength, but ultimately wanted the flexibility of using Nyrulna as a solid throwing option and I'm glad I did. I might go back and try the other two options at some point.

Gear Guide

Not extensive, but I'll list out the important items I picked up and used along the way, but place an asterisk by absolutely essential items
Early Act 1

• Ring of Protection* - Worn pretty much the entire game, best ring in the game IMO (don't @ me)
• Titanstring Bow* - the build revolves around this bow
• Doom Hammer* - Absolutely essential for any solo of Myrkul to prevent healing from Reaper's Reward ability.
• Amulet of Misty Step
• Gloves of Archery
• Crusher's Ring
• Haste Helm

Late Act 1

• Gloves of Dexterity* - Essential to the build, worn throughout the game since the build was based on dumping DEX in the spec.
• DeathStalker's Mantle* - Durge item only, essential to the build to go invisible after a kill.
• Boots of Speed* - Worn pretty much throughout the game, I almost feel are essential for a solo run. These are top 3 items for me all game for any solo run.
• Periapt of Wound Closure* - Essential for me mid-game to have healing potions max heal. I wore throughout act 2.
• Club of Hill Giant Strength - This was essential before Gloves of Dex purchase
• Disintegrating Night Walkers
• Knife of the Undermountain King
• Mourning Frost
• Unseen Menace
• Caustic Band

Act 2

• Risky Ring* - I wore this most of the game as well, with some situational exceptions
• Cloak of Protection* - This was swapped out situationally with the Deathstalker's Mantle throughout the game, really the only two cloaks I used.
• Darkfire Shortbow - used situationally for fire/cold resistance
• Killer's Sweetheart
• Helmet of Arcane Acuity - used surprisingly little, but had to mention

Act 3

• Nyrulna* - Essential to the build, couldn't do this one without it unless you went full evil and did Shar's Spear of the Evening, but that goes against the theme here.
• Bhaalist Armor* - Essential to the build to get the smite damage maximized from Nyrulna.
• Sarevok's Horned Helmet*
• Helm of the Balduran*
• Amulet of Greater Health*
• Band of Mystic Scoundrel - used surprisingly little, but had to mention

End Game items

• Sarevok's Helm
• Bhaalist Armor
• Cloak of Protection
• Boots of Speed
• Gloves of Dexterity
• Ring of Protection
• Risky Ring
• Amulet of Greater Health
• Nyrulna
• Titanstring Bow

Buffs and Enhancements

• Hag's Hair went to Strength - 17 base + 1 = 18 Strength
• Brand of the Absolute and Loviatar's Love
• Volo's Eye
• Necromancy of Thay, both buffs
• Awakened Illithid powers
• Potion of Everlasting Vigor - 18 STR + 2 = 20 Strength
• Partial Illithid, because flying!
• Githrazei Mind Barrier
• Arabella's Shadow Entanglement
• Tharacite Vigor
• Anointed in Splendor
• Statue of myself buff
• Mirror of Loss - 20 STR = 2 = 22 Strength

Other Misc Tactics and Potions

I used Potion of Speed, Elixir of Bloodlust, Elixir of Viciousness, Invisibility, and various posions/toxins for weapon dipping throughout the game. Bloodlust was easily the most important for a solo run, I tried to put it on after as many long rests as possible, followed closely by speed potions and invisibility on a per battle basis. Buy Hyena Ears and Worg Fangs every time you see them.
I stocked up on tons of scrolls along the way, the most important of which were Haste, Remove Curse, Misty Step, Fireball, Lightning (+Chain), Mirror Image, Invisibility, Cone of Cold or other large AOE high level spells.
FOOTNOTE: Thanks for reading this far. I've played through the game now like 12 times or so, with one successful honor run, and the last 3 of which were solo runs on Tactician. The solo runs were inspired by Friendly Lich and his blade warlock: https://www.reddit.com/BG3Builds/comments/1cmn6sb/a_warlock_pact_of_the_blade_multiclass_for_solo/
This resisting the dark urge run was my favorite playthrough so far, for both the narrative storyline, and how it played thematically into this build, with the choices between good and evil waffling back and forth along the way, ultimately leading to redemption. I think this is the best story arc of BG3.
I've considered a couple of other options for this build that I'd like to experiment with in the future, including ditching one of the feats and adding one level of War Cleric to get Sanctuary and Guidance. I will not lie, I save scummed a few times along the way and Guidance and Sanctuary would have helped me a bunch in those situations. However, it was rewarding to get the full martial with Tavern Brawler on Nyrulna in the end, will report back if I end up tinkering. Suggestions welcome!