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To commiserate over vegan snacks! Feel free to share recipes, talk about the difficulties of snacking while vegan, and discuss vegan tips and tricks :)
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2012.12.26 01:32 alleyoops The vegan and gluten free life

This subreddit is for people who are, or who cook, both vegan and gluten free combined. Everything is welcome from recipes, advice, questions, reviews of products, etc.
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2024.05.16 05:55 Enby_jester UAW 4811 Strike Authorization Vote Results

UAW 4811 Strike Authorization Vote Results
19,780 Teaching Assistants, Student Researchers, Tutors, Readers, Postdocs, Specialists, Researchers, Project Scientists, and Coordinators of Public Programs, have voted on whether to authorize our union’s Executive Board to call a strike, if circumstances justify, in response to UC’s unprecedented acts of intimidation and retaliation directed at our rights as academic employees to free speech, protest, and collective action.
The vote has passed in all units.
79% of participating members overall voted yes.
• Academic Student Employees: 80% • Postdocs: 74% • Academic Researchers: 73%
Over the past weeks, UC has allowed violence and intimidation against our academic community who exercised their right to protest. This vote shows that UAW 4811 members will not tolerate UC’s unlawful and shameful actions.
UC’s unfair labor practices include:
• Actively risking the health and safety of UAW 4811 members and members of the university community by allowing violent attacks by agitators and police on peaceful protesters who bravely chose to speak up as employee members of the University’s Academic community and by creating an unsafe work environment. • Making unilateral changes to working conditions that have impacted our teaching, our work obligations, our safety and our academic freedom; • Summoning the police to forcibly eject and arrest UAW 4811 members in retaliation for engaging in peaceful protest activity demanding workplace-related changes; causing a chilling effect on future concerted actions by our union and its members, and more. • UC administration must be held accountable for the serious unfair labor practices that impact our union and our members in this instance and in the future.
Our union has filed additional ULP charges against UC for labeling the potential strike as “unlawful.” The Public Employer-Employee Relations board has sole authority to determine the legality of a strike, and UC’s assertion contradicts decades of settled law. The Supreme Court and subsequent California case law has found that even when a contract has a no strikes clause, it does not waive workers’ rights to strike over serious unfair labor practices of the sort UC has committed, and participation in such a strike is protected activity. UC’s attempts to label the strike as unprotected is an intimidation tactic.
On Friday morning the Executive Board will evaluate whether circumstances justify calling the first campus or campuses to Stand Up and go on strike, and will communicate that with the membership.
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2024.05.16 05:52 lpytho Infographic for making a boomer espresso

Hi all. My partner does not drink coffee, but wants to serve it to guests, also when I'm not around. This happens pretty seldomly, so she recently asked of I could print out a simple cheat sheet on how to make a basic 1:2 espresso. I asked ChatGPT to generate one, but the results were not great. Any chance anyone here has come across something useful to guide their espresso-challenged significant others?
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2024.05.16 05:51 Bobbyhill25 California car registration early renewal

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Hey redditors need some help. How early can we renewal our car registration in california? I read it's 75 days in Dmv site but others claim 60 in advance before expiration. Any help would be appreciated thank you
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2024.05.16 05:47 allons_y_allonso My brother just committed suicide.

I don’t know what to do. My brother just shot himself in front of our mother after battling with depression and some undiagnosed manic-depressive disorder that he wouldn’t get treatment for. He was my best friend for much of our life until he joined the military, then we became distant as his personality seemed to change. He was married to a very sweet young woman who he cheated on multiple times and became hateful and cruel towards her and it made me lose respect for him. They divorced and he left the military (he was never deployed) and had plans to become an occupational therapist but he never followed through on any of the steps necessary to get back into school. He became an alcoholic during his time in the military and would steal pain medication from my mother that she took for her migraines and back pain. He used THC heavily as well. He would have these huge mood swings, going from grandiose plans to change the world to hitting rock bottom and becoming paranoid, thinking everyone was spying on him if we made one comment that triggered something in him. We begged him to get help but he refused, he didn’t have enough self awareness or something to see how bad his paranoia and/or mania was getting. I have very young children and became less willing to spend time listening to him when he was in either extreme phase. I’d had him blocked for a few months because he’d accused me of trying to turn our mother against him after he went through her phone and read texts we’d sent regarding his behavior. I’d only unblocked him a few weeks ago and we just started talking again on Mother’s Day as he’d bought me flowers and had our mom deliver them to me when we got together. I’d thanked him and he’d asked to see me soon, but I work varying shifts at night and had plans to help my mother-in-law this coming weekend so I told him we could shoot for June. My mom called me at work tonight wailing that I needed to leave, he’d asked her to come over to his house and she’d gone and he waited until she got there and shot himself in front of her. She supported him through everything, providing him with money and a place to stay when he didn’t have a job and her love always. She loved him even when he made himself unlovable. Why would he do that to her??? Why would he do something so cruel that will destroy her??? She’ll never unsee her baby boy killing himself in front of her. I’ll never forgive him but I am struggling with forgiving myself too. I should have done more but I always used the excuse of having too little free time or energy after taking care of my kids and working and such. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to feel. I’m breaking apart and I’m not sure what happens next.
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2024.05.16 05:45 FatherKarrl [DEVELOPMENT] Miniaturization

As normal, the Defense Ordinance Subcommission was on the regular hunt for researchers and new technologies to present to the State Defense Commission. The agency had become expert in asset acquisition, often giving exorbitant deals that couldn't be refused. When deals couldn't be made, the agency was not above subterfuge and espionage. However, DOSC very much preferred to make deals, usually providing a better life for the families of those it seeks to assimilate into its machine of the eccentric.
In recent years, DOSC had engaged in a massive radio campaign, bombarding the airwaves when and where it could with advertisements highlighting the cheery and exciting surface of the organization. The campaign had been a resounding success and DOSC had hired on dozens of new researchers of various backgrounds and talent levels.
These new employees had come from across the continent and from all walks of life. Most interesting among them were those who now made up DOSC's Computerized Ordinance Board (DOSC-COB). The chief among these researchers were the five affectionately called the Circuit Breakers; Walter Houser Brattain, Gordon Moore, John Bardeen, Mohamed M. Atalla, and Dawon Kahng. All of these men had come from all corners of the former United States. Walter was from Spokane, Gordon from San Jose, John from Illinois, Mohamed from New Jersey, Egypt originally, and Dawon from Ohio, Korea originally.
Between them was the Compact's collective understanding of cutting edge electronic research. Not but a few years ago, Dawon and Mohamed had developed the MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor), the Garden of Eden of electronic components as far as DOSC was concerned, providing a higherspeed, less power intensive, and less hot transistor for more advanced circuits.
This early research and development by Dawon and Mohamed had been joined by the knowledge of the other three, Walter and John having attempted a similar feat way back in the 30s before being thwarted by the US Patent Office thanks to Julius Lilienfeld's work in the mid 20s. The Austrian Jew had stopped either man from continuing further, William Shockley's hold on the industry collapsing not long after as is firm's prospects dried up. However, now both John and Walter had a second chance. Fleeing violent application of black nationalism and seeking a life where he wasn't constantly insulted with the title "Yakubite", John had left Illinois to meet with his former associate, Walter, in Spokane where both were approached by DOSC with prospective job offers.
Much to both gentlemen's surprise, DOSC had also acquired Gordon Moore from San Jose, California. Gordon had played a direct hand in William Shockley's fall from grace, being a member of the "Traitorous Eight" as Shockley would make sure to remind the media. Free of Shockley's authorian approach to teamwork, Gordon was quickly approached by a DOSC agent while enjoying a meal in a San Jose diner. Despite Sherman Fairchild's, the benefactor who encouraged the Traitorious Eight to rebel against Shockley, DOSC's offer couldn't be resisted, securing Gordon, his wife, and his two sons immediate citizenship within the Compact and an all expense paid life in the Great North. DOSC's investment would be quickly returned on, as Gordon became the pièce de résistance to DOSC-COB's efforts.
Utilizing the prior work and minds of Dawon and Mohamed, Gordon became a wizard of the circuit board. Recognizing and expertly applying the massive advantages of the MOSFET transistor, Gordon saw the inevitability of MOSFET's take over in regards to its impressive scalability and unparalleled low power consumption.
It would be from here that Gordon and the rest of the Circuit Breakers would begin not work very closely with Tia Baisho, chief engineer of DOSC's Kinentic Movement Board (DOSC-KMB), per her own request and much to DOSC's excitement. Tia had the type of eccentric idea that DOSC drooled over, that being a radical plan to drastically reduce the strain on combat manpower, opening the military up to greater support personnel potentials. However, to do so, she would need a new field of electronic components and ability that the world has yet to see.
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2024.05.16 05:39 turquoiseanswers I’m really struggling to love my faith again like I used to.

I was a homeschooled only child, raised in a QAnon/conspiracy theorist household. It was just a recipe for disaster, and I’ve slowly been trying to put the pieces together to figure things out.
I kind of thought things were going okay, but covid is what really made my world crumble. Out of everything, I think watching my parents turn into doomsday anti-vaxxers was the most devastating thing I’ve ever endured. I had to hide my covid vaccinations from them because my mom threatened to disown me if I “took the mark of the beast.” My dad thinks it’ll turn people into government controlled zombies. I have no other family, and honestly no strong friendships because I was isolated my entire childhood.
I grew up a huge fan of contemporary Christian music, and having so many of my favorite artists spiral into similar ideologies as my parents made me feel so alone. I won’t name anyone directly, but several have said or posted hurtful things regarding LGBTQ rights, and people like me who still choose to mask up out of caution for covid. One artist I especially loved changed the lyrics and made a mockery of Amazing Grace when I saw him in concert in 2022. He said “since we were in good old Florida, he knew he could get away with it.”
(Trigger warning honestly if you don’t want the song ruined for you)
He sang “My mask is gone, I’ve been set free” and a bunch of other altered verses making fun of anyone who still cared about the pandemic. I felt excruciatingly uncomfortable sitting there in the first couple of rows, the only person in the crowd in a mask. The same artist has also posted stuff endorsing toxic purity culture and also anti-trans things.
He’s not the only one. I’ve really started having a tough time separating the artists from the music. I know of a couple who’ve posted some more inclusive things which is nice, but overall the CCM industry has really been giving me the ick lately. Not only that, but my old church as well.
I stopped attending church shortly before 2020. I’m honestly thankful for that because several of my old “Bible study” friends have become versions of themselves I hardly recognize. Maybe I was just oblivious to it at the less politically charged time, but gosh. I moved away so I haven’t seen them in about 5 years, but I’m still friends with them on Facebook and it’s insane how many seem to have become QAnon/conspiracy theorists like my parents. They were normal in high school, at least I thought they were, so what happened?
I’ve thought about looking for a new church, but I’m not sure if I’m ready yet. I used to pray and worship and read scripture all the time, but now I’m ashamed to say it all feels like a chore. I’m terrified of losing my relationship with God, but I don’t feel authentic in my faith like I used to. Because I’ve been hurt by the people who used to encourage me in my faith, that pain has radiated its way into who I am today: someone who doesn’t know how to feel like myself, because I don’t even know who she is anymore.
I cringe listening to my old favorite worship songs. I want to feel that love for my faith again, but I can’t stop associating it with the insanity I’ve been subjected to.
As a teenager I pledged to “save my first kiss for my wedding day,” and that was something I was honestly happy with, until last year when I realized how absolutely deranged that concept was. Sure, don’t even kiss a man until you’ve signed a lifetime contract promising to never leave him for any reason whatsoever. Oh yeah, and while you’re at it make sure you’re submissive to him in everything because he’s “the head of the household.”
I’m now 27 and still have never had a boyfriend, still haven’t kissed anyone. I’ve been on dates with five men, and didn’t make it past a second date with any of them. The first one, I was 21 years old. He was from my Bible study, the one I mentioned earlier. He asked me for nudes after our one and only date and wouldn’t stop pressuring me to send them, even after I told him about my then-delusion of no kissing til marriage. I never gave him any thankfully.
I also didn’t go on another date with anyone until I was 25. I had ONE date to my name at the age of 25, because the one time I trusted a “nice boy from church,” he pulled that stunt and I was revolted.
The second guy I went out with, he was really nice but I just didn’t have feelings for him, which made me guilty for some reason. I don’t think I was ever taught growing up that it’s important to feel a connection with a guy, you’re just expected to take what you can get. We only had that one date. The third guy just wanted a hook up, and I was still hooked on purity culture so it went nowhere.
I didn’t have feelings for the fourth and fifth guys either. I only went out with them because they asked me, and out of loneliness and being too guilty to say no, I talked to them for longer than I should have, wasting everyone’s time.
Now I’m in a weird place where I feel like I need to figure myself out more before I try inviting someone in. But I’m 27, and feel “over the hill,” especially as someone with virtually zero real romantic experience. I definitely don’t want my first kiss to be at the alter, but at the same time I’m conflicted on how the heck to feel comfortable with the idea of gasp having sex outside of marriage. I don’t even know when it would feel “okay.” Is six months into a relationship decently enough? Is that too long to find out if we’re incompatible? I was taught nothing so I’m feeling lost. And it’s hard to keep suppressing my forced tendency of “even holding a man’s hand is cheating on your future husband!”
Most of my prayers now are an endless cycle of “please forgive me, I’m sorry, I don’t know why I don’t feel like praying but I promise I still love You.” I feel awful saying this because I know it’s not true but I do feel unloved sometimes. Like I feel like I’m annoying Jesus somehow when I babble on about whatever thing I’m distraught about. But if I go through the default prayer order of Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and THEN finally Supplication, it feels insincere. I don’t want to speed through worshipful prayers just to get to the part I really feel like doing, begging for some sort of help. But I feel almost obligated to essentially suck up to God first before saying what I really mean. That doesn’t feel like a real honest relationship to me and it’s a rut I’ve been desperate to get out of.
Every January 1st and every birthday, for probably the past good 5 or 6 years, I’ve started a “One Year Bible” plan that I always end up abandoning after like 10 days. I just can’t stick to it. It’s not even strictly Genesis-Revelation order. It sprinkles in some chapters from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs every day, and each day takes maybe 15 minutes max to do. But somehow I always miss a day, then never catch up, saying I’ll try again the next “landmark day,” January 1st or my birthday, whichever comes next. I don’t know why I can’t love reading scripture. I want to so badly, but I don’t crave it unless I’ve had a nightmare and I need something to calm me down. It’s not a daily desire for me and I wish it was.
This post was a little all over the place, but I guess what I’m trying to ask is how do I cope with the loss of who I thought I was? How do I get comfortable with who I am now? I’m horrified at how long I subscribed to my parents’ beliefs without questioning anything. I just adopted any and everything I was told, and it created a clueless, confused adult.
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2024.05.16 05:22 Tomorrow6370 How to Let Go And Let God When you talk about is your marriage

I was married And we have 2 kids since then my partner is secretive i don’t know how to elaborate but he is the type of the person that don’t want to be questioned about his past. He is easy to get irritate when i will ask some questions about i doubt. Maybe i have trauma of being cheated or i was just too much holding him i always track him and asking him where are you? who u with ? if there is a girl he talk i will get irritate as well . One time i tried to tracking him down and he was in a Girl Pub i call him but he never answer me he was just telling me that they will just eat and drink in some resto with his workmates , Secondly he told me that he will just talk his workmate in some coffeeshop after work we was on call but he was just putting his phone in his car and now it was 12 midnight but his not yet home itried calling him but it’s unattended i track his phone the last update is near some pub again. I overthink too much but on 2 am he just told me that his phone get lowbat and his workmate talks alot i never open that i saw your location near in a pub. this last time i saw him searching some hotel and ask him why you search some hotel he said because where talking about a hotel that they serve free beer and said are you happy ??? I ask him why he will always get irritated when i ask you something and he said im tight on him he feels like choking every time to time i have to know everything what he do where and whose with u and i keep on tracking him as well his tired of me . But im also tired too to keep on thinking that i was already fooled to the person i love again. . I know marriage is not perfect but it’s hard to maintain to love a person ,when you know that you deserve so much more . You deserve someone that make you feel secured .
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2024.05.16 05:11 tristanfinn Bolerium Books – The San Francisco Bookstore Where the Revolution Ends up – By Lucy Schiller

There is great benefit, these days, in having a name unlike any other: you float to the top of Google searches. Bolerium Books, in San Francisco, knows this well, although it wasn’t a consideration when it first opened, in 1981. Bolerium’s co-owner, John Durham, runs through any number of explanations for the name, depending on whose leg he wants to pull and how hard. “It was an ancient road in Roman times,” he intoned recently, “large, funny, and sluggish,” while another co-owner, Alexander Akin, roundly mouthed, “Not true.” (The word is a Roman one for Land’s End, in Cornwall, England. The bookstore was once a bit closer to the ocean.) Fittingly, there is no other place like Bolerium, not on the Internet nor in the province of the real. Similes come steadily, none of which really seem to fit. Perhaps Durham’s is best. “We’re like a platypus,” he told me recently, “ugly as fuck and all sorts of parts.”.
This moment of serious American protest against Trump has led to one of Bolerium Books’ best sales years ever.Photograph by Thor Swift / NYT / Redux.
At last count, the store contained 67,385 single titles in stock. Estimates of the time that has elapsed since the last deep cleaning ranged from a jokey “twenty years ago” to a hemming “define ‘clean.’ ” “Nature abhors a vacuum,” Durham quickly noted. A store map gestures at the sheer amount of stuff, with sections labelled as “Reef of Flotsam” or “Onset of Confusion” (right by the entrance), or, in one cramped corner, “Hell.”
The semi-barbed humor protects something serious and deeply essential. Few people walk in (“the door is locked to keep out the unworthy,” Durham wrote in response to a negative Yelp review, though he made sure to mention the password, “swordfish”). Those who do manage to enter find, three floors above one of the Mission District’s busiest intersections, a vast and quiet space populated by seven staff members, thousands of books about and from social movements, densely packed rows of pamphlets and ephemera, and, in the adjacent storage room, great snowbanks of paper. These snowbanks, or “midden heaps,” as Durham calls them, are from attics, basements, personal archives, and libraries across the country. They have all been sold or donated to Bolerium. In them, evidence of the past is to be found, possibly reckoned with, and then, hopefully, sold.
From Bolerium’s snowbanks have come copies of On Our Backs (a lesbian erotic magazine put out in response to the anti-pornography publication Off Our Backs), century-old postcards of pacifist Doukhobors protesting in the nude, intricate Black Panther posters and handbills, an issue of Lumberjack (“with appendix on musical saw”), and the famous inter-commune Kaliflower newsletters from early-nineteen-seventies San Francisco. But with a staff so expert that they can translate a Mongolian treatise on traditional Oirat law using a handmade cheat sheet, classifications like “famous” and “obscure” begin to blur. So do “past” and “present.” Rather than a platypus, maybe the store is more like an estuary: the disparate holdings mingle, rolling in and out according to murky tides. (If you visit the Web site and browse the digital catalog by date, the tides begin to feel more explicable; one week, for example, carries a huge wave of Alan Watts-related material. The next week brings a crush of gay romance novels.) At Bolerium, for better and worse, you can wade around in what Durham calls “the primary source material for history.”
Here is an 1838 publication by the American Anti-Slavery Society and a brochure arguing for the Equal Rights Amendment. A pamphlet from a 1928 speech by Marcus Garvey sits not far from a publication on “incidents in the Life of Eugene V. Debs” written by his brother, Theodore (once, before an important speech, a piece of barbed wire tore “a great rent in [Debs’s] trousers . . . the flap of which hung down like the ear of a Missouri houn’ pup”). Among many other small, sheeny pins is a button from the 1990 AIDS Walk in San Francisco. Here are fliers that passed from hand to hand at protests, meant to convince, assuage, and inflame, and here’s a lump of coal from a miners’ strike in Alabama with tiny chicken-scratch wording: “never forget.” Notably, this year of serious American protest has been the store’s best sales year ever.
Not marked on the map is that other part of American history that has, this year and every other, raged—a section that Durham loosely calls “the White Problem” and keeps behind the locked door of a different room altogether. Accessible to scholars and those who know to ask, the spindly bookcases contain titles like “Gun Control Means People Control” and “Fluoridation & Truth Decay,” as well as several publications by the John Birch Society. “You can’t understand American history without understanding the far right,” Durham told me. “What it’s done, its justifications, its tropes and idiocies.”
It was to the deepest corner of the storeroom that the archivist Lisbet Tellefsen was drawn one afternoon. (Tellefsen visits Bolerium as a “treasure hunter,” and has amassed the largest collection of Angela Davis-related material in the world.) One time, she idly tugged out an issue of The Bayviewer, a magazine that once served the historic black neighborhood that James Baldwin characterized as “the San Francisco America pretends does not exist.”
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The magazine fell open to a page bearing the face of Tellefsen’s father, whom she had not seen since she was two, in an advertisement for his Oldsmobile dealership. That led to an ongoing saga of tracking down half-siblings and cousins found on Ancestry.com. “There is so much history there,” Tellefsen told me. She visits Bolerium once a month, wary of buying back her own consigned material. “It’s so rich with connections. We have an understanding of history, but places like that hold so much.” Bolerium’s official motto, “Fighting Commodity Fetishism with Commodity Fetishism since 1981,” does not quite distill the feeling of holding some of these discoveries between your fingers, or explain the way that ephemera can work to vivify history, very often through its ordinariness. A bit of light browsing recently unearthed a flier from a class reunion of Florida’s first accredited African-American high school, as well as an Electrolux manual from 1933 listing Pope Pius XI as a famous customer.
But history is ongoing, and the present moment needs its collectors. During the Occupy Movement, the store paid a dollar for each flyer or poster that people brought in, then put together a sweeping collection for the British Library. Holdings from contemporary social movements are fairly small, since so much planning, discussing, and arguing takes place on Facebook and Twitter. “Occupy was the last one to have lots of leaflets,” Akin told me, somewhat sadly. Currently, he is collecting material from what he calls the “shock-and-disbelief period” following the 2016 Presidential election. Only from “marinating in the sauce of time” do these things begin to accrue both value and interest.
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Recently, in one snowbank, Akin found a sketch done in creamy pastel of a basalt mountain and drifting clouds. Tiny guard towers dotted the background. It was a drawing of the view from Tule Lake Segregation Center, the largest of the incarceration camps that held Japanese-Americans during the Second World War, and the one which held those people deemed by the government to be “disloyal.” The artist was a man named Tomokazu, surname unknown, who resided for over thirty-five years in Plumas County, California, before being imprisoned at Tule Lake. The piece of paper sat among countless others all bearing dispatches of one kind or another from the past, which is not a foreign country, really, but a place hovering just under our present, and made of paper and ink, buttons, and voices.
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2024.05.16 04:51 cruellysnog Best Mattress According to Reddit: Top Picks

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2024.05.16 04:48 tab_rick 5 Types of Shower Wall Panels: How to Choose?

5 Types of Shower Wall Panels: How to Choose?
Undertaking a bathroom renovation is a substantial commitment, both in terms of time and resources. Selecting the ideal material for your new shower wall is a critical decision that requires a balanced consideration of both functional attributes and aesthetic appeal. This comprehensive guide will provide you with an in-depth analysis of five distinct types of shower wall panels, outlining their advantages and disadvantages, to assist you in making an informed choice tailored to your specific requirements.

What Features Do Shower Wall Panels Need to Have?

Before getting all starry-eyed about the colors and textures, you have to consider some practical aspects. Here are some of the key features that any decent shower wall material needs to offer.

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Water Resistance

Ensuring water resistance in shower walls is crucial, not merely to prevent water splashes but to guarantee the material’s longevity and better durability. For perspective, well-sealed ceramic and porcelain tiles exhibit a water absorption rate of less than 0.5%, marking them as highly water-resistant. Conversely, materials like drywall can absorb water up to 10% of their weight, rendering them unsuitable for shower settings. Such high absorption can result in structural issues and mold proliferation, jeopardizing the wall’s structural integrity.

Mold and Mildew Resistance

Beyond aesthetics, mold issues and mildew present significant health risks. Research indicates that mold exposure can exacerbate respiratory conditions, particularly in asthma sufferers. Materials such as solid surface panels and acrylic inherently resist mold. Specifically, the non-porous nature of solid surface panels virtually eliminates mold growth opportunities, reducing mold presence by up to 99% relative to conventional materials.

Ease of Cleaning

Efficiency is paramount. On average, individuals allocate roughly 15 minutes weekly to shower cleaning. Materials like solid surface and acrylic can potentially halve this duration, courtesy of their smooth, non-porous attributes. In comparison, natural stone, due to its inherent porosity, demands more cleaning time, especially if not consistently sealed with a sealant. However, with diligent care and sealing, natural stone can offer enduring elegance and durability, lasting for a long time.

Durability

Optimizing the high durability of chosen materials is essential to ensure value for money. To illustrate, when adequately cared for, solid surface and porcelain tiles can endure for over 30 years. This lifespan surpasses many conventional materials by 50%, which may necessitate replacement or extensive upkeep within two decades.

What Types of Shower Wall Panels are Available on the Market?

Over the years, shower wall panels have evolved, presenting a diverse range of choices to meet individual preferences, requirements, and budgets. Traditionally, ceramic shower walls have been the go-to choice for many due to their timeless allure and low maintenance. Granite stands out for its inherent beauty and resilience, always maintaining its position as a preferred selection for those valuing both aesthetics and durability.
For those inclined towards high-end materials, natural stone walls—encompassing granite, marble, onyx, and travertine—offer an opulent, sophisticated touch to any bathroom. Recognized for their lasting lifespan, these exquisite materials are available in a variety of styles.
In recent times, the market has embraced novel materials. Acrylic panels, for instance, are steadily gaining popularity. Not only are they mold and mildew resistant, but they also simplify installation processes. Their diverse color and design spectrum offer a wide range of decorative possibilities. Solid surface panels, a newer addition, boast a sleek, uninterrupted appearance, which many homeowners find attractive. Notably durable and non-porous, they can adeptly replicate the look of natural substances.

Solid Surface Shower Wall Panels

In the realm of contemporary bathroom designs, solid surface shower wall panels stand as a beacon of luxury and practicality, invariably catching the attention of judicious homeowners. What exactly contributes to their remarkable qualities? Let’s explore.
Solid surface shower wall panels are the culmination of state-of-the-art technology intertwined with finesse and craftsmanship. These panels are meticulously fashioned using an exclusive blend of aluminum powder, sourced exclusively from a prestigious state-owned brand. This guarantees a composition boasting a pure 100% aluminum hydroxide foundation, completely devoid of any calcium powder inclusions. The distinct formulation of 15+25+75 fine powder facilitates the creation of high-density panels that exhibit a pore-free surface.
The resultant product is not merely a feast for the eyes but also provides a tactile experience that’s genuinely gratifying. A testament to its excellent engineering, the panels offer minimal water absorption, safeguarding against common bathroom problems such as stains and discoloration. The distinctive factor in these panels lies in the incorporation of high-grade resin, which plays a crucial role in determining the product’s longevity and aesthetics. Employing a lesser quality resin can precipitate yellowing over time; however, the utilization of Isophthalic resin in this context is noteworthy for its superior anti-yellowing prowess. This resin harbors a stable molecular structure, thereby promising a product that boasts a refined texture, augmented hardness, and unmatched resistance to yellowing and contamination, ensuring that the beauty of your shower space remains untarnished over time.

Waterproof

Water is a natural companion to showers, but without proper management, it can be detrimental to shower walls. Solid surface panels excel in this aspect. Their impermeable nature guarantees water resistance, safeguarding against potential damages and ensuring a long-lasting lifespan.

Easy to Maintain

Optimizing time is a priority in today’s fast-paced world, and solid surface panels offer a highly convenient solution for bathroom maintenance. Their sleek surface facilitates effortless cleaning, enabling you to maintain a pristine bathroom with minimal exertion over the years.

Stains and Discoloration Resistance

Bathrooms are susceptible to various staining agents, from hair dyes to diverse bathing products. Solid surface panels, composed of high-quality resin, are highly resistant to most stains. Their non-porous nature further minimizes the risk of discoloration, ensuring long-lasting aesthetic appeal.

Easily Customized

Solid surface panels offer a flexible foundation for homeowners to articulate their distinct design preferences. Whether your emphasis lies on a variety of colors, unique textures, or a particular design theme, these panels can be tailored to harmonize with your aesthetic vision, enhancing the visual appeal of your bathroom. Additionally, solid surface panels can mimic the appearance of natural materials, such as the patterns and colors of marble. This means you can achieve the luxurious look of marble easily.

Highly Durable

Given the infrequent yet substantial nature of bathroom renovations, durability is of utmost importance. Solid surface panels are constructed using premium materials, specifically designed to withstand high levels of moisture, mechanical impacts, and routine wear and tear. Solid surface panels, being highly durable, don’t warp or swell, ensuring that mold and mildew don’t find a conducive environment to grow. A highly durable surface will resist staining, scratching, and other routine damages that lesser materials might succumb to.

Anti-Mold

Mold is not only aesthetically unappealing but also poses potential health risks. The non-porous nature of solid surface panels serves as an effective barrier against mold proliferation, thereby promoting a healthier and cleaner bathroom environment for you and your family.

Antimicrobial

Beyond mold resistance, solid surface panels are engineered with the capability to resist a wide range of microbial agents. This intrinsic antimicrobial property further enhances the hygiene and safety of your shower area, reducing the likelihood of bacterial growth and subsequent

Acrylic Shower Wall Panels

Acrylic panels have garnered significant attention in the home improvement sector due to their combination of cost-effectiveness, longevity, and visual appeal. They are frequently utilized in bathroom upgrades. But what are their inherent characteristics and advantages?
Acrylic shower wall panels are fabricated from a heat-treated thermoplastic compound, resulting in a consistent sheet. These panels are recognized for their polished finish that not only elevates their visual appeal but also offers a mold and mildew-resistant surface. A notable feature of acrylic panels is their ability to mimic various materials. With a wide selection of different colors and patterns, they are a preferred choice for home interiors. For those seeking the aesthetics of natural stone or ceramic at a reduced cost, acrylic stands as an excellent alternative. Moreover, when using individual acrylic sections, a secure and watertight seam between panels can be achieved.

Lightweight and Easy to Install

Acrylic panels are notably light, making them ideal for DIY projects. Their installation is uncomplicated, eliminating the need for a professional team. This results in time and labor cost savings.

Easy to Clean

The sleek finish on acrylic panels is both aesthetic and functional. It prevents the adherence of water droplets and soap residues. Cleaning is effortless, only requiring a damp cloth without the need for strong chemicals or intensive scrubbing.

Affordable

Opting for acrylic panels provides a balance of style and utility without straining your budget. They represent excellent value, given their durability and low maintenance needs.

Waterproof

Acrylic panels inherently resist water due to their non-porous composition. They’re an optimal choice for moisture-prone areas like showers. Their design, having fewer seams than conventional tiles, minimizes the chances of leakage.

PVC Shower Wall Panels

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) may initially seem complex by name, but within the realm of bathroom refurbishments, it represents economical and functional choices. Let’s delve into the details of PVC shower wall panels.
PVC shower wall panels, fabricated from a plastic-derived material, are both lightweight and cost-effective, catering to a broad spectrum of homeowners. Their diverse design and finish options facilitate various aesthetic goals, from contemporary to classic, without incurring the expenses of higher-end materials.

Lightweight

One of the standout features of PVC panels is their weight. Being incredibly lightweight, they’re easy to transport and handle, which is a boon for DIY projects. This lightness doesn’t compromise their strength, though. They’re sturdy enough to stand up to daily shower use.

Water Resistance

Ensuring water resistance is crucial for shower areas. PVC panels, with their non-porous properties, guarantee this protection. They prevent water penetration, safeguarding against potential damage. Their design suits wet environments, promoting durability and minimizing maintenance needs.

Low Maintenance

PVC panels cater to individuals preferring minimal upkeep. Their sleek design facilitates effortless cleaning of dirt and residues. Additionally, their resistance to mold and mildew ensures a hygienic bathroom ambiance.

Cost-Effective

Are you working within a budget? PVC panels present an optimal solution. As one of the most cost-effective materials available, they combine resilience and aesthetic appeal without straining your finances. They stand out as a top choice for those seeking quality and affordability.

Fiberglass Shower Wall Panels

Fiberglass, a material with a rich history, has become a favored selection for numerous homeowners, especially in the fabrication of shower wall panels. But what attributes contribute to its distinction?
Fiberglass shower wall panels are meticulously manufactured through a process of intertwining delicate glass fibers to form a textile-like base, subsequently reinforced with a resin compound. This technique yields a product that combines lightness with robust strength. Furthermore, these panels frequently feature a gel-coat surface layer, optimizing the texture and augmenting its resistance to water penetration.

Lightweight But Strong

The beauty of fiberglass lies in its paradoxical nature. It’s incredibly lightweight, making it easy to handle and install. Yet, its strength is commendable. This balance ensures that homeowners don’t have to compromise on durability when opting for easier installation.

Stains Resistance

Nobody likes a stained shower wall. Fiberglass panels, with their gel-coat surface, resist most common bathroom stains. Whether it’s soap scum or hard water marks, a simple wipe is often enough to keep the panels looking pristine.

Easy to Install

For those who love a good DIY project, fiberglass panels are a dream. Their lightweight nature combined with their flexibility ensures that installation is straightforward. No need for specialized tools or professional help, making them a cost-effective choice.

Tile Shower Wall Panels

Tiles have long been a foundational element in bathrooms. Their adaptability and visual appeal have endeared them to homeowners for generations. However, when discussing tile shower wall panels, we are highlighting a contemporary adaptation of this timeless choice.
Tile shower wall panels are large, unified panels designed to emulate the appearance of individual tiles. These panels capture the beauty of traditional tiles without the complexities of individual tile placement, grouting, and associated drawbacks. Constructed from materials like porcelain and ceramic, these panels deliver a cohesive appearance while preserving the allure of conventional tiles. Furthermore, they serve as an excellent substitute for glass tiles on shower floors, especially in homes with children or seniors, due to their enhanced grip and minimized slip risk.

Highly Customizable

One of the standout features of tile panels is their customizability. They come in a plethora of designs, colors, and textures. Whether you’re aiming for a contemporary look or a vintage vibe, there’s a tile panel out there that fits the bill. This flexibility ensures that homeowners can achieve their desired bathroom aesthetic with ease.

Higher Cost

Quality often comes at a price. Tile shower wall panels, given their aesthetic appeal and durability, tend to be pricier than some other options like PVC or acrylic. However, many homeowners find the cost justified, given the longevity and upscale look they offer.

Require Regular Cleaning

While tile shower wall panels eliminate the hassle of grout lines, they still require regular cleaning to maintain their shine. Water spots, soap scum, and other bathroom residues can dull their appearance over time. Regular cleaning ensures they remain the centerpiece of your bathroom.

Comparison of 5 Types of Shower Wall Panels

Choosing the right shower wall panel can be a daunting task given the plethora of options available. To make your decision easier, here’s a comparison of the five types we’ve discussed:

Features/Aspects Solid Surface Acrylic PVC Fiberglass Tile Panels
Material Composition Composite material often made from a blend of natural minerals and high-quality resins Thermoplastic material Polyvinyl chloride Woven fine strands of glass solidified with resin Often made from ceramic or porcelain
Water Resistance Exceptionally high due to non-porous nature High, non-porous High, non-porous High, especially with a gel-coat finish High, but grout lines can be vulnerable if not sealed properly
Mold/Mildew Resistance High resistance due to non-porous nature High resistance, especially if treated High resistance High, especially with a gel-coat finish Moderate; grout lines can harbor mold/mildew if not cleaned regularly
Maintenance Level Low; easy to clean and doesn’t require frequent upkeep Low; simple wipe-down usually suffices Low; easy to clean with regular household cleaners Low; gel-coat finish helps repel stains Moderate; tiles are easy to clean, but grout lines require attention
Durability Very high; resistant to scratches, stains, and impacts Moderate; can scratch but is generally durable Moderate; can dent under strong impact Moderate; strong but can crack under heavy impact High; tiles are hard and durable, but grout can deteriorate
Customizability High; available in various colors, patterns, and can be tailored Moderate; limited to available colors and patterns Low to moderate; limited designs Low; typically available in standard designs and colors Very high; vast array of tile designs, sizes, and colors
Cost Premium; higher cost due to quality and benefits Moderate; more affordable than solid surface but pricier than PVC Low; one of the most cost-effective options Moderate; typically more affordable than solid surface but pricier than PVC High; especially if opting for high-end tiles and professional installation
Installation Difficulty Moderate; might require professional installation Easy; DIY-friendly due to lightweight nature Easy; DIY-friendly due to lightweight nature Easy to moderate; lightweight but might benefit from professional touch Moderate to hard; requires precise placement and grouting
Weight Moderate to heavy depending on size and thickness Light Light Light Heavy due to the weight of tiles and adhesive
Aesthetic Appeal High; mimics natural materials and offers a seamless look Moderate; glossy finish and smooth surface Moderate; can look more plastic-like Moderate; smooth surface with a glossy finish Very high; offers a classic and timeless look

Why Solid Surface Panels Stand Out?

Among the variety of shower wall panel options, solid surface panels are often identified as the best option for a wide array of homeowners. These panels come in multiple finishes, including both glossy and matte, to accommodate a range of aesthetic tastes. Importantly, the matte finish not only provides a sophisticated look but also offers scratch resistance, thereby enhancing the long-term durability and appearance of the wall.
Solid surface panels offer a superior combination of durability, visual appeal, and ease of maintenance, making them an exceptional selection. Crafted from high-grade resin, these panels are designed for long-lasting performance. Their customizable features enable homeowners to create a distinctive aesthetic that complements the existing plumbing fixtures, thus enhancing the overall visual coherence of the bathroom.
Moreover, these panels facilitate a seamless integration with plumbing fixtures, simplifying the installation process without sacrificing the bathroom’s stylish ambiance. Their inherent resistance to mold, mildew, and stains further solidifies their standing as a leading option in the market.
Considering their water-resistant, mold-resistant and antimicrobial properties, solid surface panels are often deemed the benchmark for shower wall materials. The added benefit of scratch resistance, especially in the matte finish options, provides homeowners with assurance that their investment will withstand daily wear and tear, maintaining a contemporary and clean appearance for years to come.

KKR: Elevate Your Business with Solid Surface Shower Wall Panels

In the realm of bathroom renovations, a product that synergizes aesthetics, resilience, and innovation is imperative. Enter KKR’s superior solid surface shower wall panels. These panels, formulated with a distinct composition of 100% aluminum hydroxide and high-performance Isophthalic resin, stand unparalleled in their category.
Now, to delve into specifics: Traditional materials such as ceramic or acrylic present porosity levels between 1% to 5%. This makes them vulnerable to moisture retention and, in turn, mold proliferation. In contrast, KKR’s solid surface panels maintain an almost negligible porosity, adeptly addressing such issues.
Low-maintenance shower wall is crucial, and in this domain, efficiency equates to savings. The impervious character of these panels slashes cleaning durations by up to 70% in comparison to counterparts like natural stone or tiles, which demand consistent sealing and grout upkeep. This efficiency not only denotes long-term fiscal benefits for your clientele but also amplifies customer contentment and allegiance.
Furthermore, the adaptability offered by KKR’s panels is transformative. Unlike many materials that present a confined spectrum of designs, KKR’s innovative approach facilitates a vast array of stylistic choices. This versatility ensures that you can serve diverse customer preferences, from the understated to the opulent.
In essence, KKR’s solid surface shower wall panels represent an exceptional amalgamation of excellence, endurance, and adaptability. They’re not merely a product but a strategic asset for your enterprise’s esteem and prosperity.

Conclusion

Selecting the best shower wall material is essential for both visual appeal. functionality and performance. Whether your focus is on durability, budget, or aesthetic, there is a suitable option available. While many prefer solid surface panels due to their numerous advantages, it’s vital to weigh personal requirements and tastes. Ultimately, your bathroom should embody your unique style and necessities.
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2024.05.16 04:15 OkFeed758 Share your "cheat sheets"/info dumps/fact dumps!!

Just saw a post where someone wrote down a bunch of key facts to remember for Bio, and I think we need this for EVERY subject! Figured I'd come in on here and ask for them!
If anyone has something like this or any sort of cheat sheet/guide you've made, drop it here or comment that you have it so we can message you :)
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2024.05.16 04:15 AutoModerator MeetUp for 22 May, 2024 (Registration inside)

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2024.05.16 04:14 TSF_Lacker How do you import stock and option data into Google sheets or excel

Im looking for a free API that can import all stock data into a google sheet for me, and have real time data. Im also looking for an API that can provide option quotes as well as greek data. It doesn't have to be the same API, and I don't mind coding it, I'm just wondering what resources I should use and how I can use them.
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2024.05.16 04:08 cdnicaise [H] Tau Commander, Contemptor Dread, 40k Transfers, ASOIF, Battletech [W] $$$, LI Terrain, LI Marines, LI Titans, MtG [Loc] MI, USA

What's up Miniswap, I'm back once again with projects I will never get around to so am trying to turn into other projects that I absolutely will get around to!
 
I'm entirely open to negotiation, especially for multiple items. Prices on the table below DO NOT include shipping, as that varies quite a bit based on how far you are from me.
 
Here's an album with verification and some closer pics. I will gladly provide more on request: https://imgur.com/a/cdnicaise-miniswap-5-15-FYG6Kyo (The SnotGoblin terrain pic is old, but still mine. It's in storage atm.)
 
An in-depth table that has prices and specific notes for any items that need them can be seen here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R3YO9brCWIBW_P7PqndUzqMivCUKPf2dzCUP4mQ1EGg/edit?usp=sharing
 
If you'd rather not go to google, here's a reddit-friendly copy of the google sheet (shout out http://tableit.net/). I think it still is easier to read on google sheets, but this contains mostly the same info.
 
Item Condition Quantity Price Extra notes
Tau Commander Primed 1 $40.00 Got this second hand, but it's primed black and has no weapons. IIRC the two sprues in front of it are what it came with, so those will be included.
Contemptor Dread Built 1 $25.00 A few base coats of paint, should strip easily. Has the assault cannon and melta, arms are sticky tacked on. No base.
Transfer Sheets New A lot $3 for large, $1 for small See pics on imgur, have sheets for marines mainly, as well as a few necron and 1 mechanicus. The 5 sheets with Blood Angels transfers are sold!
ASOIF Night's Watch Lot NIB 4 boxes $90.00 All NIB, includes a Builder Stone Thrower, Ranger Vanguards, Veterans of the Watch, and Shadow Tower Spearmen.
ASOIF Baratheon Rose Knights Like new, magnets in bases 1 base plate, 12 dudes $25.00 Magnets in base to hold guys on the larger base, as well as to fit on a magnarack.
SnotGoblin Terrain Comission Painted A lot $325.00 This is a commissioned set of the "Warrior" tier from this Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/snotgoblingaming/snot-goblin-gamings-modular-collapsible-terrain/description I got impatient and have since bought other terrain, so no longer need this. I can take more pics on request, but it's all painted in a very basic bluish-grey scheme, save for a small building that got added as a stretch goal reward.
Battetech mechs Some painted, some bare Many, see below $8/mech Some have magnets in base for magnarack storage, some have light paint. See pics for numbers/names.
81 Crockett 83 Guillotine 82 Flash Man 4-9 Wolf Hound
4-1 Atlas 4-3 Penetrator 85 Mongoose 4-2 Enforcer
46 Grasshopper 55 Trebuchet 23 Stinger 2 Mist Lynx 42 Linebacker
40 Battle Cobra 43 Night Gyr 11 Adder 6 Commando
 
For trades, I'm open to:
If you have any questions feel free to ask and thanks for looking!
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2024.05.16 04:06 IntelligentAd4738 The strike vote has passed in all units.

19,780 Teaching Assistants, Student Researchers, Tutors, Readers, Postdocs, Specialists, Researchers, Project Scientists, and Coordinators of Public Programs, have voted on whether to authorize our union’s Executive Board to call a strike, if circumstances justify, in response to UC’s unprecedented acts of intimidation and retaliation directed at our rights as academic employees to free speech, protest, and collective action.
The vote has passed in all units.
79% of participating members overall voted yes.
Over the past weeks, UC has allowed violence and intimidation against our academic community who exercised their right to protest. This vote shows that UAW 4811 members will not tolerate UC’s unlawful and shameful actions.
UC’s unfair labor practices include:
UC administration must be held accountable for the serious unfair labor practices that impact our union and our members in this instance and in the future.
Our union has filed additional ULP charges against UC for labeling the potential strike as “unlawful.” The Public Employer-Employee Relations board has sole authority to determine the legality of a strike, and UC’s assertion contradicts decades of settled law. The Supreme Court and subsequent California case law has found that even when a contract has a no strikes clause, it does not waive workers’ rights to strike over serious unfair labor practices of the sort UC has committed, and participation in such a strike is protected activity. UC’s attempts to label the strike as unprotected is an intimidation tactic.
On Friday morning the Executive Board will evaluate whether circumstances justify calling the first campus or campuses to Stand Up and go on strike, and will communicate that with the membership.
In the meantime, please see this FAQ for information about the Stand Up strategy—and get ready to Stand Up if your campus is called!
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2024.05.16 04:06 readandyype Best Route to College?

Hello, I'm a junior high school student going into my senior year in a few months. I have different plans laid out for college, and I was wondering which of these seem best. Ideally, I want to study urban planning (or at least something that connects with it and pursue a masters in urban planning after) or civil engineering in a non-commuter college, in an urban setting, while not having to spend too much (I'm in California).
  1. Community college to a 4 year (Hopefully UCB or UCLA 🙏🙏). I'm interested on doing this because it's not only cheaper than going straight into a four year but I'll also have a higher chance of getting into a more prestigious school
  2. Going straight into a four year. While going to a CC first would probably be the smarter move, it doesn't intrigue me in the same way going straight into a four year does, and I don't want to feel as if I missed out on the college experience/experience living in a big city.
  3. Going international for a bachelor's, and then getting my master's in the US. I am a dual Mexican-American citizenship holder, and I was considering going to UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico). It's one of the most prestigious universities in Latin America, and the tuition is essentially free. However I don't see myself working there after I graduate, which could make getting a job in the U.S difficult. Also my Spanish isn't perfect, but I can definitely improve it within the next year, but traveling there has also been a dream of mine for a while, and I feel like I would enjoy the experience of living there.
Stats (just in case this helps): UW GPA: 3.8 W GPA: 4.04 First generation Hispanic/Latino First to go to college Household income: 60-70k I think? Like middle-class but lower middle for the area Class rank: Top 13% (probably will increase with 2nd semester grades put in) My extracurriculars aren't that strong, with a paid summer internship at the local government being my strongest one.
I also have several questions such as
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2024.05.16 04:03 ky268 CALL TO ACTION - Demand Removal of Police Presence from UC Irvine Campus

ABC7 reports that the police departments listed below have been contacted.
The City Councils listed below have the authority to contact their respective police departments off UCI's campus. FLOOD THEIR PHONES.
Use *67 to hide your phone number or Google Voice lets you choose a new phone number to make voice calls, texts and audio messages for free.
You can use/adjust the following Script as needed:"Hello, my name is [Your Name/John/Jane do/fake name (please make sure it is not a name registered to a UCI student/staff/faculty member)]and I'm [what your relation is to the protest, ex:a concerned student calling from UC Irvine]. I'm calling to urge the [whatever city council or governing board you are calling]to immediately call off the presence of police (if calling CHP (officers) or board of supervisors (sheriffs) replace with officers or sheriffs) on our campus in response to the encampment for a free Palestine. This presence only escalates tensions and creates an unsafe environment for our students. We demand that the board respect our right to peaceful protest and uphold our First Amendment rights. It is imperative that they ensure the safety and well-being of all members of our campus community. "
If you're outraged by UCI Administration's decision to involve police in student matters, their failure to de-escalate, risking student safety, negotiating in bad faith, suspending students, and denying access to basic needs during protests, including intimidation tactics against protestors, it's time to make your voice heard. Here's how you can take action (the following information is all publicly available on the UCI directory):
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2024.05.16 04:00 SomaYukihira30 43 [M4F] #San Diego California - FREE Tantric Yoni Massage for Ladies, Enjoy sexual Healing and Pleasure!

Namaste,
I want to extend a heartfelt wish for a fantastic day to all of the wonderful women out there. Thank you for taking the time to read my post, and I hope it brings you comfort and acceptance as you navigate through this lengthy post here in reddit. “For personal reasons, I am unable to host. If you can provide a place for the massage, I’d be happy to come to you.” Testimonial can be provided once we start communication
Yoni massage is a type of massage that is meant to make women feel loved and nurtured, and to give her healing/stored trauma release and sexual pleasure. You are worthy of deep respect and gentle care. celebrating the divine feminine inside you and worship the goddess.
To avoid potential scammers or imposters, I require verification. This will involve you taking pictures of yourself holding a handwritten piece of paper with the words My Username . This is a MUST Before contacting me.
I prioritize safety and privacy when it comes to my massages, so anything you tell me will be kept secure and confidential, I am particularly good at providing comfort and discretion with verbal and written consent.
Navatantra, Neotantra, and Tantric sex all derive from Tantra, a philosophy that combines Eastern esotericism and Sanskrit. These practices aim to promote personal growth through physical, sexual, psychological, and spiritual development.
With countless schools of thought in tantra, I choose to practice the traditional Indian style. This particular practice originates from Sanskrit, a sacred language rooted in ancient Indian culture.
Yoni massage is an ancient practice rooted in Navatantra, focused on awakening the deep sexual energies within a woman's body. It is a profound and transformative therapy that goes beyond physical pleasure to unlock the full potential of one's sexual being
Yoni Massage is a whole-body experience that includes a full-body massage focusing on the buttocks, breasts, hips, and outside/ inside of the vagina. This vaginal stimulation can include the A-Spot, C-Spot, G-Spot, K-Spot, O-Spot, P-Spot, and U-Spot.
Yoni massage is a healing practice focused on your physical and emotional health. Multiple orgasms, squirting, and profound emotional release are common.
Consider this more as an experience or a journey than just a means of achieving physical pleasure. While sexual release may occur, it is not the ultimate goal.
Imagine this as a relaxing spa day just for you. We will begin with a ceremonial Tantric session, followed by a full body massage, and end with a cleansing ritual. You will feel respected and leave feeling content and rejuvenated. This is extremely safe and secure experience and you will be protected and leave my place with big smile in your face.
To begin, I will ask you a series of questions to get to know you and better understand your desires and requirements. Clear communication is crucial for this intimate interaction.
I cannot stress the importance of this enough. Before we start the massage, i want to ensure you are completely relaxed and turned on. Far too many of women have been penetrated before they were ready, creating unwanted tension in the vagina. This makes it crucial to be adequately turned on before beginning yoni massage. This step in itself is very healing and will help you reclaim the power of choice and consent.
Recipients should be comfortable with nudity in a well-lit environment and skin-to-skin contact. This experience is full of sensual touch, erotic and sexy. Reciprocation is not expected, but I am open-minded if there is a mutual desire.
I am 43, Single, 5'11", 185lb, with Brown skin, Brown eyes, Black Hair, and a trimmed beard. I'm vaccinated/boosted and tested, STD Free, and very clean.
When you contact me, please include your age (18+), location, and availability. and tell me bit about you. We can also exchange photos to ensure it will be a good fit. This is a female-oriented massage, so women only please.
I have no intention of changing your current relationship status, whether you are married, engaged, in a committed relationship, or single. If you do not wish to stay in contact or pursue a deeper connection, that is perfectly acceptable here. If you could kindly provide an anonymous testimony after the massage, I would greatly appreciate it.
Rest assured that everything I do is with your consent and full knowledge. I make sure to provide all necessary details so that you are fully informed and aware during the massage process.
Request for consideration: I am eager to further my understanding and experience with Reiki healing. If you or someone you know would like me to administer Reiki, please inform me. we can go over details in private.
Experiencing this sacred sexual practice is as healing as it is pleasurable. I hope I will be able to share it with you!
Thank you very much!
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2024.05.16 03:59 SomaYukihira30 43 [M4F] #San Diego California - FREE Tantric Yoni Massage for Ladies, Enjoy sexual Healing and Pleasure!

Namaste,
I want to extend a heartfelt wish for a fantastic day to all of the wonderful women out there. Thank you for taking the time to read my post, and I hope it brings you comfort and acceptance as you navigate through this lengthy post here in reddit. “For personal reasons, I am unable to host. If you can provide a place for the massage, I’d be happy to come to you.” Testimonial can be provided once we start communication
Yoni massage is a type of massage that is meant to make women feel loved and nurtured, and to give her healing/stored trauma release and sexual pleasure. You are worthy of deep respect and gentle care. celebrating the divine feminine inside you and worship the goddess.
To avoid potential scammers or imposters, I require verification. This will involve you taking pictures of yourself holding a handwritten piece of paper with the words My Username . This is a MUST Before contacting me.
I prioritize safety and privacy when it comes to my massages, so anything you tell me will be kept secure and confidential, I am particularly good at providing comfort and discretion with verbal and written consent.
Navatantra, Neotantra, and Tantric sex all derive from Tantra, a philosophy that combines Eastern esotericism and Sanskrit. These practices aim to promote personal growth through physical, sexual, psychological, and spiritual development.
With countless schools of thought in tantra, I choose to practice the traditional Indian style. This particular practice originates from Sanskrit, a sacred language rooted in ancient Indian culture.
Yoni massage is an ancient practice rooted in Navatantra, focused on awakening the deep sexual energies within a woman's body. It is a profound and transformative therapy that goes beyond physical pleasure to unlock the full potential of one's sexual being
Yoni Massage is a whole-body experience that includes a full-body massage focusing on the buttocks, breasts, hips, and outside/ inside of the vagina. This vaginal stimulation can include the A-Spot, C-Spot, G-Spot, K-Spot, O-Spot, P-Spot, and U-Spot.
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2024.05.16 03:48 Wisting A Level 8 One-Shot: The Frozen Palace of Tirrog

Hello Reddit. Below is a one-shot designed for four level 8 characters. I would expect this to take approximately 2 sessions of a few hours (roughly 6 hours in total) to run through in its entirety. Your mileage may vary depending on how quickly your table handles combat.
You can find a PDF of this adventure along with battlemaps here.
Here's a quick adventure overview:
This is a combat focused adventure that takes place on an unnaturally frozen lake outside the mountain town of Maul, though it could be set on any lake of your choosing.
The players are tasked with killing a Frost Giant named Tirrog who has recently descended from nearby mountains. With the aid of a white dragon, he has frozen the lake and created an icy palace atop it.
The players must survive a series of challenging encounters before confronting Tirrog and his enslaved white dragon beneath his palace. After successfully ending the threat, the players will be rewarded with the favor of Maul’s residents.
If you get the chance to run this, or even just look through the whole thing, I would love feedback!
Here is the rest of the adventure:

For the DM: What’s Going on Here?

Some additional context just for the Dungeon Master:
· Tirrog, the Frost Giant, was cast out of his clan after losing a duel with his father.
· He stole a Young Adult White Dragon named Bymraynyl and used her power to freeze a nearby lake and construct an icy palace.
· Tirrog resides in a cavern beneath the palace, awaiting the challenge of Maul’s mightiest warriors, hoping to regain his clan’s favor by winning.
· Bymraynyl, the white dragon, is imprisoned by Tirrog and will only attack the players if they fail to free her.

Adventure Hooks

When determining why your players are involved with ending Tirrog’s icy presence, feel free to use any, or all, of the below Adventure Hooks when discussing this adventure with your players.

Aiding the Guards of Maul

The adventurers are approached by Brenlanna Orina, the Captain of the Guards of Maul. Brenlanna explains the situation caused by Tirrog is dire as his forces roam the countryside and many townsfolk have gone missing.
The constant threat has left the town’s defenses stretched thin and she needs capable adventurers to end his reign of terror. She emphasizes that defeating Tirrog will not only bring peace to Maul, but also earn the gratitude and favor of its people.

Ecological Balance

Mort, A local druid, approaches the adventurers to express his deep concerns about the unnatural freezing of the lake. Mort explains that the frozen lake has disrupted the local ecosystem, causing harm to wildlife and plants.
He implores the adventurers to defeat Tirrog and restore the natural balance. In return, the druid offers their knowledge of the land, rare herbs, and a powerful artifact as a reward. Restoring the lake to its natural state will help the region thrive once more.

Dragon Hunters

Word has travelled far and wide that Bymraynyl, a white dragon, is far from its natural territory and is imprisoned by Tirrog, the frost giant.
The adventurers are from a dragon hunting guild and see this as a prime opportunity to either hone their skills of slaying dragons or set free a majestic creature, allowing it to grow and become a more challenging hunt.

Before the Adventure Begins

This adventure begins by introducing your players at the gates of Tirrog’s frozen palace. They will be battling their way through Tirrog’s defenses, seeking to challenge him. Share the below excerpt with your players as they create their characters:
Your journeys have brought you to Maul, a small mountain town renowned for its gladiatorial games held beneath the mountain of Pike Rise.
Word has travelled quickly that Tirrog, a frost giant, has descended from the peaks of Pike Rise with Bymraynyl, a white dragon. They have frozen a nearby lake and constructed an icy palace. Frost is spreading farther from the lake with each passing day and Tirrog’s forces patrol the countryside, pillaging small villages.
For your own various reasons, you have agreed to help end Tirrog’s reign of terror by any means necessary.
As the game master, you should note down the passive perception for each character as this will be referenced in the adventure for ambush encounters.
The encounters provided in this adventure are balanced for four level 8 characters. To adjust for fewer players, consider removing ¼ of the monsters’ health pools for each player less than four. To adjust for more players, consider adding additional Duergar Berserkers or Ice Mephits in each encounter.

Approaching the Palace

When your players are ready to begin their adventure, start by reading the below excerpt to kick things off:
As you approach the lake, a chill unlike any you’ve felt before cuts through your armor. Before you is an unnaturally frozen expanse, its surface a flawless sheet of ice stretching as far as the eye can see. The air is eerily still, and the usual sounds of wildlife are absent, replaced only by the whispers of wind across the frozen wasteland.
In the center of this icy domain stands an imposing ice palace, its glistening walls reflect the pale sunlight from above. Four watchtowers, each 40 feet tall and crafted entirely of ice, stand at the corners of the palace.
The front door of the palace, a massive slab of ice 20 feet wide, looms before you. Its surface is intricately carved with frost patterns, but it is sealed shut, offering no immediate passage into the stronghold. The sense of foreboding is palpable, as if the palace itself is a living entity, waiting to challenge those who dare approach.
[Player A], please describe your character, what they are doing, and where they are on the map. (Ask this of all players before continuing)

Palace Locations

P1. Four Watchtowers

To open the palace's front door, the adventurers must pull four levers located at the tops of the four icy watchtowers. Each tower is guarded by a Duergar Berserker and two Ice Mephits. Engaging one group will alert the other towers.
Ice bridges connect the left and right towers and are considered difficult terrain. The 40-foot towers are nearly impossible to climb without magic or specialized gear. Once all four levers are pulled, the palace door will melt.

P2. Palace Entrance

The palace's interior boasts 30-foot-high ceilings supported by large ice pillars. Braziers of blue flame illuminate four ice sculptures, an icy throne, and the bones of Tirrog's unsuccessful challengers. In the center of the floor is a 20-foot circle of intricate carvings, which opens when two Ice Elementals are defeated.
Two Ice Elementals are hidden within the ice walls, ready to ambush the players once they all enter the palace. Upon defeating them, the circle in the floor melts away, revealing a 100-foot-deep hole with a wooden ladder descending beneath the lake.

P3. Beneath the Lake

The floors in all subsequent rooms are ice and considered difficult terrain. There are four pairs of Ice Cleats in room P4 which can aid with traversing the rooms. Most of the walls are perfectly sculpted ice, 25-feet-high, but some areas have caved in due to lake pressure or creature damage. All doorways are wooden and unlocked unless noted otherwise.
There are no torches in this room and constant howling wind can be heard from room P6.

P4. Ice Bunks

This well-lit room of ice contains four beds and supplies for the Duergar. If the boxes are searched, the players will easily find four pairs of Ice Cleats.
There are 2 Duergar Berserkers in this room and if engaged, they will alert the Duergar in room P5.
A DC 18 investigation check will uncover a +2 Greataxe hidden in an icy cavity underneath one of the beds. There is a small supply room that connects P4 to P5.

P5. Leisure Hall

This room is well-lit and contains tables, mostly empty casks of beer, and a rack of mugs along the wall. There is 1 Duergar Berserker and 1 Duergar Priest in this room. They will alert the Duergar in room P4 if engaged.
One of the casks has 6 servings of Mimic’s Brew left in it.

P6. The Frozen Hall

This area is the coldest room in the Palace and there is a deafening wind constantly blowing. It is well-lit and the entryway to this room is supported by two pillars.
There is a magical ice statue at the end of the hallway that is constantly blowing damaging ice winds. There is a stone on the back of the statue which deactivates it.
The wind blows from the statue and ends just before it reaches the room with the pillars. A creature can be damaged by the wind once per round. If a creature is in the presence of the icy wind, they must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 22 (5d8) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
The doorways to P10 and P11 are locked with padlocks. They can both be unlocked with a DC 17 Thieves’ Tools check.

P7. Prison Cell

This room contains one locked cell. It takes a Thieves’ Tools check (DC 15) to unlock the cell. There is also a chair made of ice sitting in the corner of this room.
Zathea, a female Duergar Berserker, is locked in the cell and visibly malnourished.
If Zathea is freed from her cell, she will warn the adventurers of the troll ahead, tell them how to deactivate the stone statue, and ask that they consider letting Bymraynyl go

P8. Lumber Storage

This unlit room is where lumber for fires is kept. There are a few axes for cutting wood. Three of the logs in this room are Mimics but will only attack if the players actively search through the logs.

P9. The Crumbling Hall

This illuminated hallway is visibly damaged. A Perception check (DC 15) will notice claw marks as the primary source of damage.
The doorway to P10 is locked with a padlock and can be unlocked with a DC 17 Thieves’ Tools check.

P10. Troll’s Den

This room is not lit, contains the bones of many dead fish, and smells putrid. There is 1 Troll in this room.
A DC 17 Investigation check will find a gemmed golden lure in the carcass of a dead fish worth approximately 50 gold pieces.

P11. Bymraynyl, The White Dragon

This room contains Bymraynyl, a young adult white dragon, who has just freed herself from Tirrog’s chains. She is visibly wounded and only has half of her health.
She will try to reason with the adventurers to let her go but is ready to fight if they will not.
If the players choose to free Bymraynyl, she will excavate a small amount of ice and reveal a +2 Breastplate hidden in the ice, which they are free to take.

P12. Tirrog, The Frost Giant

Tirrog sits patiently in this well-lit icy throne room, waiting for his challengers. Before engaging with the adventurers, he gently pats a large wooden chest next to his throne and says in Giant:
I took all that I could from Pike Rise and it’s all yours should you defeat me. But with your heads, I can return home. Let us see who will be rewarded this day.
The chest contains 15 sapphires worth 25 gold each, 2,000 gold, 2 potions of greater healing, and an Everwarm Blanket.

Random Encounters

Roll 1 4-sided die every hour to determine which monsters return to the palace from their patrol around the lake. All monsters should roam freely as you see fit.
Result Monsters returning from Patrol
1 3 Duergar Berserkers & 2 Ice Mephits
2 1 Ice Elemental & 4 Ice Mephits
3 1 Troll
4 1 Ice Elemental & 1 Duergar Berserker
Concluding the Adventure
Upon defeating Tirrog, the players will have reached the end of this adventure. If you and your players wish to continue adventuring from this point, this would be an appropriate milestone to increase their character levels to 9.
Thank you for playing through The Frozen Palace of Tirrog. I hope you and your players had a fun time with this adventure!

Magical Items

Everwarm Blanket

Adventuring Gear, very rare
This quilted blanket is surrounded by a comfortably warm aura.
While this blanket is in your inventory, you do not suffer any exhaustion caused by sources of cold.

Ice Cleats

Adventuring Gear, common
These blue metal cleats can be attached to any footwear.
While equipped, ice is not considered difficult terrain when moving across it.

Mimic’s Brew (Brown Ale)

Beer, Uncommon
When you drink this beer, you can change your appearance as though you casted Alter Self for one hour.
An hour after you consume this beer, your tongue hangs from your mouth until you finish a long rest.
The bottom of this potent brown ale is a small layer of slime

Tirrog’s Helmet

Helmet, rare (requires attunement)
You gain a +1 bonus to AC and Constitution saving throws while you where this helmet.
While wearing this helmet, you can gain the “enlarge” effect of the enlarge/reduce spell for 1d4 hours (no concentration required). Once used, this effect cannot be used again until you complete a long rest.
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