Hi all,
I'm new to Berlin and I'm working as a freelancer. Currently I have around 50k euros in savings, and would like to put them in the right places, but I find all of the different options confusing, and I have a limited understanding of finances in general. In the past I've just kept everything in a 4% interesting savings account for example.
Me: — I plan to stay in Germany for 2-5 years. Maybe longer. — I'm 26 years old and single — I earn around 90k euros a year — I'm self employed in a creative industry
1. Which bank should I use? Currently I have N26. But based on what I read, it isn't where I should put all my savings due to some issues people have had in the past with it. Is there a go-to bank for english speakers + expats?
2. Which app should I use for ETFs? Currently I've applied to Scalable Capital. Which seems like the right thing to do?
3. What happens if I need to leave the country? Will it be easy to transfer my investments with scalable capital?
I appreciate anyone who can help me — and I apologize in advance if these questions are commonplace here.

Hey all! This is a bit weird for me being almost 40 and looking for friends. But here I am anyways lol. Mainly looking for someone to message throughout the day and get to know. Maybe game with if we have that in common. I do work from home so there’s no one to really talk to during the day.
I’m married and have 2 kids, a 6 month old son and a 9 year old daughter. I’m into basic nerdy things. Gaming, star wars, super heroes, DnD, anything Disney, etc. Also trading card games like Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited.
I watch a ton of Critical Role stuff especially Campaign 3! Currently on episode 74, so if you watch too, let me know! Also like to watch Battle of the Brands on YouTube.
I’m also into movies and tv, some sports, pro wrestling. Collecting action figures and retro games is one of hobbies as well. Anything 80s/90s nostalgia i absolutely love so if you want to talk childhood and growing up back then, i’m down! I miss the good old days where we went to arcades and italian sunday dinners at the grandparents and where the world just wasn’t as nutso as it is today lol.
My kids are everything to me and I do love talking about them. Love being silly with them and spending time with them (when they aren’t driving me crazy 🤪 lol)..I would prefer you be around my age and have kids as well just so we have that stuff in common off the bat! I’m socially awkward most times but very easy to get along with. I’m definitely considered an introvert. But once you get to know me I break out of that awkward shell. I do like to use sarcasm, and mostly like to try and make people laugh because a world without laughter would just be horrible.
Alright i’ll shut up now but I’d like to think i’m an awesome person to get to know and hopefully there’s more you’d like to know so feel free to DM me! (I looove using GIFs so if you message me, open up with a funny one! Especially since then i’ll know you actually read this 😂)

I download the CDROM ones but the PPSSPP app said they were corrupted, and when I tried to get the actual working one it stopped downloading cuz it took too long. Any help?

Welcome to our fifth discussion of Leviathan Wakes. Hold onto your cool detective hats or your environment suits, because we finally get some answers to our mystery! This week, we will discuss Chapters 34-40. The Marginalia post is here. You can find the Schedule here.
The discussion questions are below. One note - this is a very popular book series and TV show, but please keep in mind that not everyone has read or watched already, so be mindful not to include anything that could be a hint or a spoiler! Please mark spoilers not related to this section of the book using the format > ! Spoiler text here !< (without any spaces between the characters themselves or between the characters and the first and last words).
Now brace yourselves: here comes the juice!
Chapter Summaries:
Chapter 34 - Miller: Detective Miller and the crew of the Roci board the hidden ship (the one that captured the crew of the Scopuli before destroying it), wearing environment suits because the ship has no atmosphere - someone left the doors open. They stick together at first as they move through the ship, discovering signs of a struggle, zombie vomit, and twelve torpedo tubes big enough to destroy capital ships like the Donnager or the Canterbury. Miller uses his detective skills to determine that everyone but Julie retreated to engineering. Once there, they discover a truly grisly sight: layers of human flesh and bones are sort of fused around the reactor, which has been shut down. Naomi and Holden gasp in shock and disgust, Miller turns on his cop brain to suppress emotion and view it as a crime scene, and Amos seems… calm and able to ignore the gore. The team splits up to look for more clues.
Amos stays in engineering to start up the computers and get the reactor back online. Naomi works on the ops deck to run diagnostics. Miller and Holden head to the bridge, which wasn’t affected by the fighting onboard. Miller reviews the internal feeds and finds footage showing the captured Scopuli crew being led onto the ship, stripped, and put in restraints. Julie fights back viciously but is knocked unconscious and stuffed in a locker with a jumpsuit (which is where we met her in the prologue). The crew is left in the galley for 132 hours before they decide to make a stand, but it is quickly suppressed. One of the crew is thrown out an airlock and the others are heavily restrained as they scream and cry. Just as Miller gets to the first appearance of a vomit zombie (at hour 160 of footage), Amos yells that he’s been exposed to some radiation because the human flesh blob had damaged the reactor shielding. He decides to keep working while Alex monitors his health status from the Roci.
Then Holden calls Miller over to view one of the last feeds Julie accessed. It’s a corporate presentation video created for a man named Dresden and the board of Protogen. It features a man Miller dubs “the sociopath” because of his cold, practiced smile…and because of the content. The sociopath tells the board (and us) the history of scientific discovery on Phoebe, which was thought to just be a moon and a source of water, but became a research station when a survey found complex silicon structures in the ice. Protogen was tasked with investigating and discovered that Phoebe is not a moon but evidence of a galactic biosphere: it is an alien weapon sent towards Earth 2 ⅓ billion years ago, which never made it because of orbital mechanics. Protogen has discovered that this weapon is not alive per se; rather, it is something they’ve termed the “protomolecule” which has the ability to maintain structure while replicating other systems and manipulating them at scalable rates. Of course, they alerted the proper authorities and made sure… just kidding, they’ve secretly been doing tests. The sociopath believes that whoever controls the protomolecule will gain control of all political and economic power going forward. Chillingly, the sociopath urges them to pursue large-scale testing to understand the protomolecule and its human applications. That large-scale testing is Eros.
TL;DR - Julie found evidence that Protogen (her dad’s company) has discovered an alien weapon, branded it the “protomolecule”, and secretly tested it on the people of Eros (and probably other smaller tests). The entire war has just been a distraction.
Chapter 35 - Holden: Naomi explains that most of the messages on the comm logs have been coded, but the last one is in plain text: the captain informed Thoth Station that the ship was contaminated, everyone was about to die, and the “materials” had been secured. He also planned to send vector data so they could find the ship. The Roci crew put two and alien-symbol-for-two together: they figure out that the captain has locked protomolecule samples in his safe. They also decide that the tightbeam messages were being sent to a secret research station Protogen was using to monitor the Eros experiment. Even though the fact “Naomi is the best” is a proven concept on par with “space is cold”, she is NOT able to open the captain’s safe, so they decide to cut it out of the wall and bring it with them on the Roci. They also scuttle the ship so no one can a) recover the stealth technology and alien weapons, or b) get exposed to the protomolecule-human soup inside. (Amos would have preferred to hack the frozen dead body goo off the reactor with a chainsaw and salvage such an impressive and expensive ship, which is… another way to go.)
It’s clear that someone else with stealth tech is searching actively for this ship, but the Roci won’t see them coming so they decide to get the hell out of Dodge. Naomi jokes that their options include turning the safe over to the OPA (they’d be heroes), selling out to Mars (they’d be rich), or starting their own biotech firm (just kidding, that’s evil). When Miller checks in with Holden about a decision on where to go next, he drops a figurative bomb on him regarding actual bombs in the news. Since Holden did his best Edward Snowden impersonation and leaked the data that the mystery ships are from Earth, Mars asked a few too many questions and in response, Earth has blown up a whole bunch of Martian ships and destroyed the Deimos deep radar station. Miller ruefully gives Holden credit for sticking to his guns about his belief in “free information”. He also points out that Holden’s principles make him responsible for all those deaths and the destruction of the Earth-Mars Coalition… and possibly the universe as they know it.
Chapter 36 - Miller: The war between Mars and the Belt seems like no big deal now that Earth and Mars are fighting. Miller watches the news feeds as the conflict turns into a blockade, and he realizes he is steeling himself for an announcement of a planetary attack on Earth or Mars, but it never comes. He and Amos deal with the stress by having beer for breakfast.
Miller meets up with Holden in the med bay for their routine blood flushes and cancer treatments, and they reopen their debate about what to do with the data files and who is to blame for the war(s).

• Holden’s position: Broadcast everything to everyone! (I know, I know, so out of character, right?) People will understand that they’ve been set up and will turn their wrath on Protogen instead of each other. Also, these are ancient conflicts. The Belt has always hated Mars and the inner planets in general. Mars and Earth have always had animosities secretly brewing and they do military training for the inevitable showdown. Or as Miller puts it, “Not my powder keg; I just brought the match.”
• Miller’s position: Stop and consider what people will do if they hear an Earth company did this. Every other data leak has been used as an excuse to shoot at someone the other side doesn’t like. Also, people suck. They aren’t going to hold hands and sing Kumbaya just because Protogen is the bad guy. They’ll move on to shooting each other so they can be the ones to control the protomolecule. Or as Holden puts it, “Maybe Protogen is a little right. People are too dumb to be trusted with big information so we should keep hard, scary stuff a big secret. That’ll totally work out.”

Holden’s idealism starts to fade as he takes in Miller’s hard truths about humanity. To be fair, Miller loses a little idealism over his perceptions of the inner planets’ relationship which, to the Belt, seemed stable and friendly enough (and united against them). Miller encourages Holden to use Naomi’s judgment as a measuring stick for whether something is right (similar to how he uses illusion-Julie as his conscience and sounding board) and then he goes back to the news feeds to watch Ceres slowly collapse into chaos. Holden decides the only person and place he trusts - or at least doesn’t completely distrust - is Fred Johnson on Tycho Station, so they head there. Holden also wonders why they don’t just destroy the safe and make sure everyone stays away from Eros and Phoebe; Miller admits it’s because the protomolecule might just be the holy grail.
Chapter 37 - Holden: The crew of the Roci is taking a break from doom scrolling to cook fake space lasagna for dinner and bond over the food and conversation. As Holden watches the crew laugh at Amos’s belches and Miller’s wild story about cheese smuggling, he reflects that they represent all three prongs of the conflict: Naomi and Miller are Belters, Amos and he are from Earth, and Alex is from Mars. Yet they’re friends, and Holden knows this is what they have to fight for. The cheese smuggling makes no sense to Amos (why cheese and not drugs?), and Naomi points out that this illustrates how little people from the inner planets understand Belters. Earthers have free air and easy access to resources, while Belters know everything that sustains life is rare and their access to it is fragile. And this is why Protogen didn’t blink an eye before killing 1.5 million Belters on Eros: they’re “other”. Then Alex points out that this doesn’t make sense; it's a risky and unnecessarily complicated way to kill people just to satisfy prejudices. It becomes clear that Eros isn’t a hate crime, it’s a vacuum-sealed test tube to let the protomolecule learn how to do its job better by giving it access to a huge amount of biomass. The early transformations looked incomplete, as if it didn’t know how to work with human flesh yet, so Protogen was giving it a chance to train. Holden wants to know where they would even find enough people who would support an evil operation like this, and Miller promises to ask Dresden (the Protogen board member mentioned in the video) when they meet him. Something tells me that conversation won’t go well.
As the Roci approaches Tycho station, Holden and Miller take in the view of the Nauvoo, the partially constructed Mormon generation ship. When Miller says the Mormans may be in for a long and lonely death if they don’t find a habitable planet, Holden notes that this is the good kind of galactic exploration humans can accomplish (the protomolecule being the bad kind). Miller then asks Holden why he trusts Fred, and Holden explains that in addition to being the only person who hasn’t tried to jail them or blow them up since all this began, Fred is “real OPA”: he’s a politician and not part of the war-mongering factions who think they can survive indefinitely without the inner planets. When Miller points out that there isn’t a political solution to Protogen, Holden insists Fred has other skills, too. Later, Fred reads through all the information on the protomolecule and is incredulous that anyone could think to do this. Miller assures him that genocide is an old-school crime and it’s important that they stop it. Holden offers up the location of the observation station in exchange for enough OPA fighters to take down Protogen, and the right to retain custody of the safe and its contents. Fred agrees only after Holden points out that no one else can be trusted to do the right thing with a secret this big. Plus, he says Fred already knows what Holden will do with it.
Chapter 38 - Miller: It feels strange to Miller to explore the wide open spaces of Tycho Station, the fanciest place he has ever set foot on. He notices Naomi working on her hand terminal and letting her food get cold; she is too preoccupied with trying to figure out the location of the station to enjoy the amenities. As they talk, Miller is reminded of Havelock’s advice to just let go when he got pulled off a case, which jogs his memory that Havelock actually works for Protogen! (I’m surprised he didn’t get there faster; maybe everyone had a point that he was sort of a washed up detective.) He rushes off to make contact with his old buddy - probably his last real partner ever - in an encrypted drop site of a Ganymede server cluster. As he waits for a response, Miller is amused to realize he has started thinking like Holden: he feels like someone should warn the Mormans that they could potentially run into the alien creators of the protomolecule who may want to kill them. Havelock comes through, passing along the coordinates to a “very scary deep research and development lab” and asking Miller to be discreet never contact him again so he doesn’t get killed for betraying his employer. Miller sends him an encrypted warning to quit his job ASAP and not take postings at any black ops sites, before saying goodbye for the last time to the only person that still respected him as a cop. (I may or may not be sniffling a bit at this.)
Miller rounds up Naomi and Holden so they can bring Fred the coordinates. In Fred’s office, Miller starts lecturing him about the serious nature of the mission and the need to have a solid plan with adequate firepower, not the usual OPA shenanigans. Everyone’s a little confused until they realize that Miller doesn’t know that Fred is “the butcher of Anderson Station” and a former Colonel in the Earth Navy. Fred assures Miller he’s no amateur and will plan ahead. Miller then insists that he get to come along for the assault on Thoth Station. Eight days later, the plan is set in motion and Miller begins packing his meager belongings into a very small bag, figuring he’ll never see the Roci again. Even if he makes it off Thoth alive, he’ll have to figure out a way to make money and improvise a life plan of some sort. He tries to thank Holden and say goodbye, but the Roci’s captain interrupts Miller to ask where they’ll all meet up after the mission is complete. Miller is confused at first, then overcome with emotion when he realizes Holden considers Miller part of the crew! I’m not crying, you’re crying. Actually, it’s Miller who is weeping. But he pulls himself together so he can head to the assault ship.
Chapter 39 - Holden: The Rocinante needs to sneak up on Thoth Station, so they are pretending to be a loose cargo container that broke off the Guy Molinari (the Belter ship carrying the assault team, which is pretending to be a cargo ship). They fly with everything shut down so that it’s more convincing, hoping they can get close enough to the station to do some damage before Thoth starts firing back. As they approach and are able to reboot everything needed for battle, a stealth ship is spied hanging out near Thoth Station. Then, suddenly it becomes clear that there are two small stealth ships, which will be much harder to fight off. Everyone does their jobs efficiently on the Roci, but in the ensuing battle with the stealth ships, they start to take some damage. First, the Roci is hit by a gauss cannon that goes straight through the machine shop and galley. Holden mourns his coffee maker. Amos notices a leak in the maneuvering thrusters and heads to fix it between the inner and outer hulls, which isn’t an ideal place to be floating around during a battle. This stresses Naomi out, but Holden orders everyone to stay focused. They are able to take out one of the stealth ships, but the other gets close enough to do some impressive damage to the Roci. There is major hull damage as well as loss of four maneuvering thrusters, a PDC, their O2 storage, and the crew airlock. Alex is about to destroy the second stealth ship when the Roci’s point defense cannons (PDCs) detonate an enemy warhead up close. It knocks everyone out, punches holes throughout the Roci (narrowly missing Naomi), dislodges equipment, and fills the ship with debris. Holden marvels that they are alive at all, and Alex points out that is only because the ship’s anti-spalling webbing eliminates shrapnel. They make contact with Fred, who says he’ll find them a place to land, and the Guy Molinari prepares for the assault on Thoth Station. It’s Miller’s turn to shine!
Chapter 40 - Miller: On the Guy Molinari, Miller is talking to a Belter kid named Diogo as they wait for the assault to start. Miller realizes that while he has fancy Martian armor from the Roci and experience with gunfights in station corridors, he is surrounded by inexperienced young Belters with borrowed gear, and he will likely have to watch dozens of them die during the battle. But Diogo isn’t worried; he is confident and eager to get started. Fred announces that they are ready to start boarding since the Roci gave them the “all clear”, and Miller is happy to hear his friends have survived. The assault on the station starts off rough, with Protogen soldiers fighting them in the corridors and automatic defense lasers taking out some of the Belters in the first wave. But Fred knows how to command his OPA “troops” and keep them in line, and things start to go more smoothly as they slow down and maneuver carefully. Miller and Diogo are part of a group taking shelter at Fred’s direction and fending off Protogen counterattacks, and they start to talk during a lull. When two Protogen soldiers sneak up on them from behind, Diogo is hit and Miller chastises himself for chatting during a battle and not staying alert. He thinks Diogo is dead, but he pops up laughing and streaked with white goo from crowd suppression rounds, which Miller finds an odd choice of weapon. It’s the first sign that Thoth Station may not totally understand what’s happening. The OPA soldiers cut their way through the blast doors to get to the operations center, where they find Dresden (the dude mentioned in the sociopath’s Protogen video). Fred arrives to take command of the station, and Dresden offers to negotiate, clearly misunderstanding the reason for the assault. He offers to give the OPA whatever resources they need to go back to fighting their war (money, medical supplies, weapons, ordnance) if they’ll just leave and let the station get back to their very important work. Fred points out that they know about Eros, but Dresden insists no one knows what they did there, and there won’t be a better bargaining position for Fred when Earth sends its battleships. Fred basically calls Dresden Satan, but Dresden doesn’t understand the reference.

Ive had this PC now for roughly 2-3 years, ive had issues every now and then with overheating only due to poor management but since then nothing because i clean my pc efficiently every half month or so. Around a month ago, i started to notice my PC running a lot slower than it should be which eventually led to it crashing and only getting worse from there, I checked my CPU and couldnt see any issues but wasnt sure if it was to do with thermal paste? Ive also checked my fans and they work fine both gpu and case fans. Just wondering if anyone could help or has experienced this before?

I've flown a fair amount in my life with varying lengths of flights, from one hour to ten, and I'm always completely terrified.
Normally I have a bit of time to mentally prepare (not that it helps much) but I'm being sent on an impromptu work trip that's given me a whole 48 hours to get booked and ready.
I have an hour flight today, then 2.5 hours tomorrow. 2.5 hours on Wednesday, then an hour on Thursday. I'm flying alone, which I have done once before.
Now what has really set off my already ramping anxiety is waking up this morning to one of the kids telling me "I had a bad dream last night but dad says I can't tell you because it'll scare you." Pretty easy to put together what that's about, and now I'm freaking right out.
Growing up, my dad flew the world for work for many years. I spent a lot of time watching him come and go and know there's no rationale reason to be this scared, but I'm totally losing it. My hubby doesn't understand it all, and tells me to just be positive and excited, effectively get over it.
Any supportive words?

A lot of people want to look younger in their 40s and 50s. They even want to spend thousands of dollars on cosmetics and treatments to look younger than their age.

Well, the answer is no

Basics

Let’s talk about the basics first. The issue here shouldn’t be how to look young or increase longevity but the main point is when to ??
Most people start worrying about their aging when they hit their 40s or 50s. The ideal time to start thinking about aging and health is early 20s. It’s the time when people should start incorporating healthy habits into their daily routines.

Bryan Johnson, who is researching longevity, has his final meal before 11 am.

Bryan Johnson

Johnson has spent nearly $4M on his mission called Blueprint. He has a team of 30 doctors monitoring his daily progress. He eats more than 111 pills a day and collects his daily stool samples for monitoring. Bryan also wears a baseball cap that shoots red light on his scalp. He eats 1500 calories a day. Bryan prefers to take all these 15oo calories at one time of the day. Even if he gets invited to dinners he fills his plate with food but doesn’t touch anything at all. He also monitors his nighttime erections by wearing a tiny jet pack attached to his penis.
He sleeps for 8 hours a day and any act that speeds up the process of aging like sleeping less than eight hours, eating a cookie or any processed food is considered an act of violence.

What is it like to be Bryan Johnson???

Well, Let’s talk about something about his day-to-day life.
Bryan mostly wakes up at 4;50 am. His bedroom has no books, no towels, no mobile phone or electric device, no clothes, no chair, and no mirror. There is only one bed for sleeping a laser face shield to boost his collagen growth and a device that he wears on his penis to monitor nighttime erections.
Bryan, who is 46 years old, claims to have 2 hours and 18 minutes of erection each night while an average 18-year-old has 3 hours of erection per night.
When he wakes up he measures his body weight to calculate his body fat, hydration level, and body mass index. He is in the 1% of ideal muscle fat. He has a light therapy lamp to mimic sunlight which he turns on in the morning for 2 to 3 minutes to reset his circadian rhythm. He takes 2 pills of ferritin for iron along with vitamin C.
He has organized his blueprint supplement regime from left to right on his kitchen counter. He sips dark green sludge in the morning and takes more pills in between those sips. He has a home gym in which he spends an hour a day, seven days a week. In his meals, he eats steamed vegetables and lentils blended.

Some doctors showed serious concerns regarding more than 100 pills a day. They said that taking too many pills at a time can have a cumulative effect on the body and also there is no proof that just because they worked on Bryan's body doesn’t mean that it will work on your body too.

The landscape of education and professional development is changing dramatically in the fast-paced , technologically-driven world of today, Even if traditional school courses are still important, alternative credentialing programs that provide flexibility and focused skill development, are becoming more and more prevalent. Micro-credentials, and digital badges are two of these developments that are starting to change how people and employers view education and career advancement. They are becoming effective instruments for lifelong learning and skill development.
What are Micro-Credentials?
Micro-credentials are certifications that attest to a person's competence in particular knowledge domains or skill sets. They are sometimes shown as digital badges. Micro-credentials, which concentrate on specific competences relevant to industry demands, can be obtained very rapidly in contrast to standard degrees or certificates, which demand years of study.
The Growth of Micro-Credentials:
Industry Demand for Particular capabilities: As industries change, there is a greater need for current, specialized capabilities. Professionals can learn and exhibit these skills without having to enroll in lengthy training programs thanks to micro-credentials.
Flexibility and Accessibility: Coursera, edX, and LinkedIn Learning are just a few of the online platforms that provide micro-credential programs. These platforms also offer flexible learning alternatives. Working professionals can now more easily participate in continuous learning without having to take time away from their employment because to this accessibility.
Recognition and Credibility: A lot of micro-credentials are supported by respectable organizations or business titans, giving the abilities they certify legitimacy. Companies such as Google, IBM, and Microsoft, for instance, provide widely recognized micro-credentials in their respective professions.
Supporting Continuous Professional Development
Bridging the Skill Gap: They assist in bridging the abilities that employees possess and the skills that companies require. This is especially crucial in industries that are evolving quickly, such as technology, healthcare, and finance.
Career Advancement: Micro-credentials offer professionals who want to grow in their jobs a means to show their dedication to their area and acquire new competencies. Promotions, pay raises, or changes to new positions may result from this.
Personalized Learning Paths: Students can customize their education to meet their career and personal objectives by selecting from a variety of micro-credentials. This adjustment makes it possible to approach skill development in a more focused manner.
Stackable Credentials: A lot of micro-credentials allow you to build up to a larger certification or degree over time by stacking them. Learning is made more flexible to meet the needs of each student thanks to this modular approach
Impact on Traditional Education Systems

1. Integration into Formal Education
   
2. Shift in Employer Perception
   
3. Encouragement of Lifelong Learning
   
4. Educational Innovation
   

Challenges and Considerations

1. Standardization and Recognition
   
2. Quality Assurance
   
3. Access and Equity
   

Digital badges and micro-credentials mark a dramatic change in the way that professional development and education are delivered. Offering adaptable, focused, and reliable routes to skill development, they encourage lifelong learning and assist professionals in remaining competitive in a labor market that is constantly evolving. Employers and traditional education institutions must both change to accept these new credentialing models as the trend grows, making sure they are fairly and successfully included into the larger educational environment. The emergence of micro-credentials represents a paradigm shift in how we approach education and job advancement in the twenty-first century, not merely a passing fad (trend).
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Education #SkillAcquisition #Future #EdTech #DigitalBadges #MicroCredentials

Hey all! This is a bit weird for me being almost 40 and looking for friends. But here I am anyways lol. Mainly looking for someone to message throughout the day and get to know. Maybe game with if we have that in common. I do work from home so there’s no one to really talk to during the day.
I’m married and have 2 kids, a 6 month old son and a 9 year old daughter. I’m into basic nerdy things. Gaming, star wars, super heroes, DnD, etc. Also trading card games like Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited.
I watch a ton of Critical Role stuff especially Campaign 3! Currently on episode 74, so if you watch too, let me know! Also like to watch Battle of the Brands on YouTube.
I’m also into movies and tv, some sports, pro wrestling. Collecting action figures and retro games is one of hobbies as well. Anything 80s/90s nostalgia i absolutely love so if you want to talk childhood and growing up back then, i’m down! I miss the good old days where we went to arcades and italian sunday dinners at the grandparents and where the world just wasn’t as nutso as it is today lol.
My kids are everything to me and I do love talking about them. Love being silly with them and spending time with them (when they aren’t driving me crazy 🤪 lol)..I would prefer you be around my age and have kids as well just so we have that stuff in common off the bat! I’m socially awkward most times but very easy to get along with. I’m definitely considered an introvert. But once you get to know me I break out of that awkward shell. I do like to use sarcasm, and mostly like to try and make people laugh because a world without laughter would just be horrible.
Alright i’ll shut up now but I’d like to think i’m an awesome person to get to know and hopefully there’s more you’d like to know so feel free to DM me! (I looove using GIFs so if you message me, open up with a funny one! Especially since then i’ll know you actually read this 😂)

Need professional advice
Hi! I’m not certain this is the right sub to post on here, but figured I’d give it a shot.
I have a 2020 Buick Encore GX, 1.2 liter turbo 3 cylinder. I bought it brand new, and at this point have around 37,000 miles on it.
I’ve had a heck of a time taking it to the dealership I purchased the car, the past 4 months. I was curious about your professional perspective on the situation.
February - Check engine light came on. Took it in, warranty covered this repair:
1: Loose connector on the ECM, cleaned, reinstalled 2. Recall programmed ECM per recall procedure 3. Recall programmed BSCM per recall procedure
March - Car shit out. Didn’t know what it was - Towed it there & had battery replaced.
Last week: Check engine, “reduced power engine” message.
Felt a little uneasy with the dual problems in a row, so asked to speak to the service manager. She reviewed my file: “I see you had your battery replaced..and then you…came in for recalls?” Me- No I also had another issue that visit Her: “Oh….How do I say this without…do you want to be put with another service advisor?”
Super confidence inducing. Didn’t ask questions but said yes.
She also worked in the phone call “these encores. They’re a revolving door of problems” and advised me to “get out while I can with my warranty” she said years 2017-2020 are issue after issue. She also told me once I hit 50k my AC will go out and my car will start over heating., and “if you tell anyone I said anything, I’ll deny it”
I considered her warning, while waiting on my 3rd diagnosis. This time it is this:
35643 turbocharger p0299. found turbocharger rattling on cold start wastegate shaft rattling in turbocharger.
I’m taking the car in Wednesday to have the repair done (warranty covered). They had sent me back in my vehicle after diagnosis (no loaner cars) while waiting for part to ship.
However after several slip ups by this dealership and a huge lack in communication (I’ll spare you these details), I’m not certain I trust this ladies opinion about “getting out while I can”
I’ve researched my make and model and don’t see anything crazy worrisome. I’m aware I don’t have a Toyota or Honda - but has anyone heard or seen huge issues with this, is my car that much of a risk to stick with, or is she scamming me?
For reference I totally don’t want a car payment if I don’t need one. Can’t afford to buy another new car. Just want to weigh my risk here.
Thanks in advanced :)
Signed, very car illiterate

I've been on Wegovy for 3 months now. Tolerated it really well from 0.25 to 1. No major discomfort other than some nausea and bloating here and there.
But I HATE how I feel on it. It's like my brain is suddenly dull and colourless. I have zero energy to get up and do anything. I found some workouts that I absolutely love but just cannot get up and do them.
I have zero desire for sex or alcohol. Zero interest in food or shopping. It's basically all work and sleep.
I've not cooked for 2 months because I cannot get myself to go to the kitchen (I'm great at cooking). There are days when my house is extremely messy as all I want to do is sleep.
My diet is also very messed up. Foods that I always liked make me nauseous. I cannot have anything remotely spicy or I'll suffer for the next 2 days. The acidity and heartburn is intense. The only thing that feels calm on my stomach is salads or bread.
I also hate how everything smells so wierd. My fav perfume smells like vomit. I hate my husband's smell as well now. Everything brings on a bout of nausea (and no I am not pregnant).
Everything just feels like it sits in my stomach. Medications are not as effective as usual. The wet burps are horrible and most days I get woken up in the middle of the night with heartburn.
The final straw was when I visited my parents for a week and I just couldn't eat anything my mom made. We had the ripest mangoes that grew in our backyard and I couldn't even have a piece of it. The whole week I was just in bed not wanting to talk to anyone or do anything. They were asking me the whole time if I was depressed or there was anything wrong.
I've lost about 8 pounds so far but it just does not feel worth it to continue like this. May revisit this down the line but for now I'm just done.

I’m a high school fashion teacher and you would think I’m very fashionable but fashion sustainability is very important to me and I HATE how crappy and low quality fabrics have become. I have like 3-7 work outfits and maybe another 2-3 “going out” outfits. I think this is contributed to by the fact that I work a ton so I’m kinda lazy/like comfy clothes plus in the past 2 years I lost 40lbs, gained 15 back, and have lost another 10 now. So I’m at a point where all my pants are too big but I’m scared to buy new stuff because I may gain some inches back.
Ok….to the real point of this post. I’m chaperoning prom. I really wanna glam it up but I feel like everything I try on is just so cheap or $500. Thoughts? Where would you go? Oh I also have really big boobs (I wear between a 10 and 12, and a FF bra) so large chested brands would be helpful!!

Here is the scenario:
Cons: Both spouses lost jobs around the same time 20 months ago. Spouse 1 regained employment 8 months ago, Spouse 2 regained employment 5 months ago. Both have 20+ year steady work history before that.
Pros: Combined income now $175k+ per year. DTI about 12% Both credit scores 800+
I owe about $230k on a home worth ~$500k, and would like a home equity loan of $130k, which would bring me to $360 on $500k value, still less than 80% LTV.
So, as far as I can tell, the Home Equity loan would be a slam dunk except for the recent employment gap. I’ve read online that banks won’t touch anyone who has less than a 2 year consecutive employment history. If anyone has any insight I would appreciate it. Thanks!

I wanna start off by saying I have posted about my exposure in here before. My anxiety went away for a while, however it’s now back in full force.
I was exposed about a year ago, when working down in my Dad’s, buddies basement. He had me tearing out old shelves, which did not contain asbestos. However, the ceilings were so low, that when I was ripping out the last part of the shelf, it ended up hitting a small bit of an asbestos wrapped pipe and breaking some asbestos. It wasn’t a huge area I broke, infact it was relatively small. (About an 1.5 x 2 inch area) but I also realize even that small area could release a shit ton of fibers. I also cut out a wall panel which I was concerned at the time was asbestos, however I’m now realizing it was probably beaver board.
Anyways, I’m more concerned with the fact that the asbestos got on my clothes, and then into my car. I took a shower immediately when I got home and washed my clothes, however I didn’t even think about my car being an issue until recently. would the fibers also be in my car? If so, am I at significant risk for mesothelioma in the future?
I appreciate any help, thanks.

Hi there,
I am hoping to gain some insight and guidance into a ticketing solution or process for a company I am working with. Apologies if this is the wrong place and if the situation is explained poorly, I thought it was worth providing context.
The company is a global organisation, providing high end electronical systems to end customers, and also to distributors who then sell the machines themselves.
The company regularly has a mixture of unhappy customers and distributors because of a slow response rate to their emails. The common issues the customers and distributors face from us are

• The delay in the arrival of their machines
• Missing parts or replacement parts they need asap
• Distributor questions from their own customers that we need to help answer

These issues are not going away anytime soon.
The problem mainly lies with one employee (who works in Operations). He works directly with the engineering team to understand and solve the issues with shipping, replacement parts etc. At the moment, the account management team will forward or cc him in the queries and ask him to reply at the earliest (which is failing miserably, if he doesn't have the answer he just ignores the email, instead of being honest and updating the customers). He also receives emails from customers directly which is a whole other fuckery for us.
The Sales/Account Management team is 2 people (including myself), and are now in a position where we feel there is no choice but to keep him away from any communication with customers. We would to install a ticketing system that integrates with Outlook and makes it as easy as possible to add customer queries directly from an email.
This way the team can have full insight into all pending issues, we can at least chase the Operation guy directly for the answers, keeping him as far away from the customer as possible, and putting pressure on him internally.
Please bare in mind the company has little/no infrastructure in place, there is alot of missing parts. I am just trying to take responsibility and put processes in place where customers are kept up to date and feel prioritised as it is pretty much ruining all the relationships we are trying to build.
I have used Hubspot previously to good effect but have read up on problems people are having integrating this with Outlook?
Hope i've explained that well enough and would appreciate any insight or product you feel could help, thanks!

Legion of the Eternal Empire (LEE) - 510M+ GP - 18:30 PST / 21:30 EST / 02:30 GMT Guild Reset - We Use HotUtils/HotBot for tracking tickets, guild event participation, and reminders. - We have dedicated Discord channels for TB, TW, SBR, and Bots for members to use.
REQUIREMENTS: - 9.0M+ GP - 5 GLs - Good Mods/Mod Score. - 2 of Executor, Profundity and Leviathan - 7M+ raid score - 4 TW omicron - 600 Tickets Daily minimum (prefer 600) - Active Discord Use (mandatory for guild events) - Synced and Public swgoh.gg account - Active Daily in ALL Guild Events - Willing to work to achieve conquest box 4 - Guided Farming if you fall behind guild objectives
Territory Battles/Territory Wars: - RotE: 36 ⭐️, 38 Reva Shards , 2300 GET2 - We are on Zeffo - We UseEchoBot for Platoon Assignments. - TW: 90%+ Win Record. Adaptive strategy depending on our opponent and team readiness.
RAIDS: - We are doing the Speeder Bike raid and are getting 440M+ score
HOW TO JOIN US: - Please come to our Discord server and an officer will help you! We want EVERYONE to succeed and are constantly looking to improve on what we are doing to help all within our collective of 7 independently run guilds. We are an established guild with active players who are looking for like-minded, common-sense individuals to join us for the growth and benefit of all! - DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/S4j4ceuYDH - SWGOH GG: https://swgoh.gg/g/nZu5aA50TVusQFfMqjYNEA/

Shipping: Minimum order must be $12 to ship (Although, we can negotiate if it's lower)
Free shipping to the USA
Buy 1, get the second 25% off
Buy 2, get the third 50% off
Buy 3, get the fourth 75% off
Condition: vinyl / sleeve, link to the pressing is below
Below is my collection; there are only a few not listed I may consider selling.
Collection: https://www.discogs.com/usedevito.mark/collection?sort=added&sort_order=desc
The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach VG+/VG+ $32
https://www.discogs.com/release/1284784-The-Allman-Brothers-Band-Eat-A-Peach
America ‎– America NM/NM $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/18526771-America-America?ev=item-vc
The Association – Greatest Hits! VG+/VG+ $8
https://www.discogs.com/release/12053469-The-Association-Greatest-Hits
Aum – Resurrection VG/VG+ $15
https://www.discogs.com/release/616709-Aum-Resurrection
Badfinger - Magic Christian Music VG+/VG+ $14
https://www.discogs.com/release/10390165-Badfinger-Magic-Christian-Music
Badfinger - No Dice VG+/VG+ $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/9969975-Badfinger-No-Dice
Syd Barrett – The Solo Works Of Syd Barrett NM/NM (The 45 single has a seam split) $88
https://www.discogs.com/release/28522522-Syd-Barrett-The-Solo-Works-Of-Syd-Barrett-?ev=item-vc
The Beach Boys – Smiley Smile NM/NM $75
https://www.discogs.com/release/9073465-The-Beach-Boys-Smiley-Smile
Black Sabbath – Reunion NM/NM $45
https://www.discogs.com/release/28571212-Black-Sabbath-Reunion
Blind Melon - Blind Melon NM/NM $70
https://www.discogs.com/release/4493495-Blind-Melon-Blind-Melon
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Self titled VG/VG $3
https://www.discogs.com/release/3367691-Blood-Sweat-And-Tears-Blood-Sweat-And-Tears
Blur - The Ballad of Darren (Blue vinyl) NM/NM $18
https://www.discogs.com/release/27750243-Blur-The-Ballad-Of-Darren
Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You VG/VG $3
https://www.discogs.com/release/1578998-Bread-Baby-Im-A-Want-You
The Buckinghams – Greatest Hits VG+/VG+ $5
https://www.discogs.com/release/876803-The-Buckinghams-Greatest-Hits
Eric Burdon & War – The Complete Vinyl Collection NM/NM $70
https://www.discogs.com/release/25280323-Eric-Burdon-War-The-Complete-Vinyl-Collection
The Charlatans ‎– Different Days NM/NM $12
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/2754539884
The Church – FurtheDeeper NM/EX $78
https://www.discogs.com/release/7238861-The-Church-FurtherDeeper
David Crosby – For Free NM/NM $10
https://www.discogs.com/release/22223533-David-Crosby-For-Free
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash NM/EX $70
https://www.discogs.com/release/25455337-Crosby-Stills-Nash-Crosby-Stills-Nash
The Cure – Boys Don't Cry VG+/VG+ $90
https://www.discogs.com/release/2468885-The-Cure-Boys-Dont-Cry
Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted VG+/VG+ $35
https://www.discogs.com/release/1306997-Derek-And-The-Dominos-Layla-And-Other-Assorted-Love-Songs
DMA's -For Now NM/NM $15
https://www.discogs.com/release/11924334-DMAs-For-Now
DMA's - I Love You Unconditionally NM/NM $25
https://www.discogs.com/release/20371672-DMAs-I-Love-You-Unconditionally-Sure-Am-Going-To-Miss-You
The Doobie Brothers – The Captain And Me. VG+/VG+. $15
https://www.discogs.com/release/18560596-The-Doobie-Brothers-The-Captain-And-Me
Doves - Universal Want NM/EX $55
https://www.discogs.com/release/15922232-Doves-The-Universal-Want
EL & P - Pictures At An Exhibition VG+/VG+ $5
https://www.discogs.com/release/4445497-Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Pictures-At-An-Exhibition
EL & P - Tarkus VG+/vG+ $6
https://www.discogs.com/release/7694228-Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Tarkus
Ben Folds – What Matters Most Singed MN/NM $35
https://www.discogs.com/release/26455823-Ben-Folds-What-Matters-Most?ev=item-vc
Forest ‎– Forest VG/VG $40
https://www.discogs.com/release/2430801-Forest-Forest?ev=item-vc
Graffiti – Graffiti NM/NM $18
https://www.discogs.com/release/24742814-Graffiti-Graffiti
Grateful Dead – American Beauty NM/NM (opened, cleaned and not played) $48
https://www.discogs.com/release/30128726-Grateful-Dead-American-Beauty
Gypsybyrd - Eye Of The Sun NM/NM $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/17592256-Gypsybyrd-Eye-Of-The-Sun
Gypsybyrd - Visions NM/NM $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/23992589-Gypsybyrd-Visions
Knifeplay – Pearlty NM/NM Opened and cleaned, never played $30
https://www.discogs.com/release/30180425-Knifeplay-Pearlty
The Kinks - Pop Stars In Disguise NM/NM $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/18319984-The-Kinks-Pop-Stars-In-Disguise
Lionel Limiñana & David Menke – The Ballad Of Linda L/The Devil Inside Me NM/VG+ $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/23488313-Lionel-Limi%C3%B1ana-David-Menke-The-Ballad-Of-Linda-L-The-Devil-Inside-Me
Paul McCartney & Wings ‎– Band On The Run EX/VG+ $30
https://www.discogs.com/release/4540878-Paul-McCartney-Wings-Band-On-The-Run
Moody Blues – Seventh Sojourn VG/VG $2
https://www.discogs.com/release/3345278-The-Moody-Blues-Seventh-Sojourn
Peter, Paul And Mary – Album 1700 NM/NM $60
https://www.discogs.com/release/24283970-Peter-Paul-And-Mary-Album-1700
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (CD) VG++/VG+ $70
https://www.discogs.com/release/729977-Pink-Floyd-Wish-You-Were-Here
Planet – Information Overload NM/NM $25
https://www.discogs.com/release/22564604-Planet-Information-Overload
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways VG+/VG+ $60
https://www.discogs.com/release/10265119-Porcupine-Tree-The-Sky-Moves-Sideways
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair NM/NM $28
https://www.discogs.com/release/17822389-Porcupine-Tree-Up-the-Downstair
The Pretty Things - Box Set. NM/NM $290
https://www.discogs.com/release/26612645-The-Pretty-Things-The-Complete-Studio-Albums-1965-2020
Reverend & The Makers – Heatwave In The Cold North NM/NM $45
https://www.discogs.com/release/26918963-Reverend-And-The-Makers-Heatwave-In-The-Cold-North
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star VG+/VG+ $10
https://www.discogs.com/release/380444-Todd-Rundgren-A-Wizard-A-True-Star
Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything? VG+/VG $28
https://www.discogs.com/release/19771591-Todd-Rundgren-Something-Anything
The Sherlocks – People Like Me & You (signed) NM/NM $55
https://www.discogs.com/release/27887013-The-Sherlocks-People-Like-Me-You
The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention EX/NM $28 (Plays closer to NM, but grading EX)
https://www.discogs.com/release/23529293-The-Smile-A-Light-For-Attracting-Attention
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town NM/NM $18
https://www.discogs.com/release/12706383-Bruce-Springsteen-Lucky-Town
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love NM/VG+ $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/12706339-Bruce-Springsteen-Tunnel-Of-Love
Steppenwolf - At Your Bday Party VG+/VG+ $6
https://www.discogs.com/release/2697826-Steppenwolf-At-Your-Birthday-Party
Steppenwolf - Early Steppen VG+/VG+ $6
https://www.discogs.com/release/4036665-Steppenwolf-Early-Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf - For Ladies VG+/VG+ $7
https://www.discogs.com/release/3090813-Steppenwolf-For-Ladies-Only
Steppenwolf - Hour Of The Wolf VG+/VG+ $8
https://www.discogs.com/release/2714940-Steppenwolf-Hour-Of-The-Wolf
Steppenwolf - Monster VG+/VG+ $7
https://www.discogs.com/release/10086841-Steppenwolf-Monster
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf 7 VG+/VG+ $7
https://www.discogs.com/release/471410-Steppenwolf-Steppenwolf-7
Steve Miller - Number 5 VG+/VG $5
https://www.discogs.com/release/12304563-Steve-Miller-Band-Number-5
Steve Miller Band – Children Of The Future VG+/VG+ $10
https://www.discogs.com/release/20115676-Steve-Miller-Band-Children-Of-The-Future
Suede - Autofiction NM/NM $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/25197715-The-London-Suede-Autofiction
Tears For Fears – The Hurting VG+/VG+ $40
https://www.discogs.com/release/23301-Tears-For-Fears-The-Hurting
Traffic – Studio Albums 67-74 NM/VG+ $115 (The covers have the glue issue the set has, they just need to be re-gluded)
https://www.discogs.com/release/13636262-Traffic-The-Studio-Albums-1967-1974
U2 – Songs Of Innocence NM/NM $25
https://www.discogs.com/release/6173051-U2-Songs-Of-Innocence?ev=item-vc
U2 ‎– No Line On The Horizon VG+/VG+ $30
https://www.discogs.com/release/1680455-U2-No-Line-On-The-Horizon?ev=item-vc
U2 ‎– Songs Of Experience NM/NM $14
https://www.discogs.com/release/11212071-U2-Songs-Of-Experience?ev=item-vc
Paul Weller – 22 Dreams NM/NM $38
https://www.discogs.com/release/23970635-Paul-Weller-22-Dreams
Paul Weller - Wild Wood VG+/VG+ $90
https://www.discogs.com/release/1593971-Paul-Weller-Wild-Wood
Paul Weller - Will of The People NM/NM $55
https://www.discogs.com/release/24981313-Paul-Weller-Will-Of-The-People
Paul Weller – Illumination NM/NM $24
https://www.discogs.com/release/21028159-Paul-Weller-Illumination
Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution NM/NM $18
https://www.discogs.com/release/10277601-Paul-Weller-A-Kind-Revolution
Paul Weller – Fat Pop (Volume 1) NM/NM $18
https://www.discogs.com/release/18705007-Paul-Weller-Fat-Pop-Volume-1
Paul Weller – Saturns Pattern NM/NM $18
https://www.discogs.com/release/7027415-Paul-Weller-Saturns-Pattern
Paul Weller – Sonik Kicks NM/NM $65
https://www.discogs.com/release/3508451-Paul-Weller-Sonik-Kicks
Paul Weller – Stanley Road NM/NM $40
https://www.discogs.com/release/9748215-Paul-Weller-Stanley-Road
Paul Weller – True Meanings NM/NM $28
https://www.discogs.com/release/12509150-Paul-Weller-True-Meanings
Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation VG+/VG+ $85
https://www.discogs.com/release/2257717-Paul-Weller-Wake-Up-The-Nation
The Wild Thymes – Reflections NM/NM $28
https://www.discogs.com/release/22681934-The-Wild-Thymes-Reflections
Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. EX/NM $47
https://www.discogs.com/release/6678914-Steven-Wilson-Hand-Cannot-Erase
Steven Wilson – To The Bone EX/NM $50
https://www.discogs.com/release/10715967-Steven-Wilson-To-The-Bone
Neil Young With The Santa Monica Flyers – Somewhere Under The Rainbow (Nov. 5. 1973) EX/NM $20
https://www.discogs.com/release/26762672-Neil-Young-With-The-Santa-Monica-Flyers-Somewhere-Under-The-Rainbow-Nov-5-1973
Neil Young + Crazy Horse – Fu##in' Up Sealed copy $30
https://www.discogs.com/release/30457400-Neil-Young-Crazy-Horse-Fuin-Up

Hey all! This is a bit weird for me being almost 40 and looking for friends. But here I am anyways lol. Mainly looking for someone to message throughout the day and get to know. Maybe game with if we have that in common. I do work from home so there’s no one to really talk to during the day.
I’m married and have 2 kids, a 6 month old son and a 9 year old daughter. I’m into basic nerdy things. Gaming, star wars, super heroes, DnD, anything Disney, etc. Also trading card games like Disney Lorcana and Star Wars Unlimited.
I watch a ton of Critical Role stuff especially Campaign 3! Currently on episode 74, so if you watch too, let me know! Also like to watch Battle of the Brands on YouTube.
I’m also into movies and tv, some sports, pro wrestling. Collecting action figures and retro games is one of hobbies as well. Anything 80s/90s nostalgia i absolutely love so if you want to talk childhood and growing up back then, i’m down! I miss the good old days where we went to arcades and italian sunday dinners at the grandparents and where the world just wasn’t as nutso as it is today lol.
My kids are everything to me and I do love talking about them. Love being silly with them and spending time with them (when they aren’t driving me crazy 🤪 lol)..I would prefer you be around my age and have kids as well just so we have that stuff in common off the bat! I’m socially awkward most times but very easy to get along with. I’m definitely considered an introvert. But once you get to know me I break out of that awkward shell. I do like to use sarcasm, and mostly like to try and make people laugh because a world without laughter would just be horrible.
Alright i’ll shut up now but I’d like to think i’m an awesome person to get to know and hopefully there’s more you’d like to know so feel free to DM me! (I looove using GIFs so if you message me, open up with a funny one! Especially since then i’ll know you actually read this 😂)