For context, this story happened nearly 3 years ago, however a recent late-night conversation with a friend made it clear to me that the repercussions of this incident are still being felt to this day.
I (25M) met my now-ex girlfriend (25F), whom I will be assigning the fake name "Anne," when we were both 17 at our small town high school in semi-rural Georgia. Our romantic relationship began following our senior prom which we attended together. Despite our approaching high school graduations, the two of us decided that we could make our relationship work beyond high school and into college since we would both be attending different universities in the same city. We each grew up in typical southern protestant traditions and casually held onto some sort of religious beliefs. I, myself, have always identified religiously as something of a deist, meaning I believed (and still do to this day) that some sort of higher entity, force, or meaning was responsible for existence. Anne, at that time, would have self-identified as a Christian and attended church semi-regularly, however it was never a significant part of her life or attitude toward the world.
Shortly after we both began our new lives as college students in an unfamiliar city, Anne expressed that she would like to search for a new church to attend regularly as it helped create a sense of community and belonging for her which she had been missing since moving away from home. I strongly encouraged this, since I wanted her to be able to make friends and discover herself philosophically. The church that caught her attention was a non-denominational "modern" church that seemed to emphasize community at least on a surface level basis. However, out of curiosity, I took a look at the church's website and did notice a few mentions of "Pentecostal experience", which worried me since my only knowledge of Pentecostals was rumors of snake handling, especially in the more rural areas of the South. However, I chose to not be too judgmental upfront and continued to encourage her to find herself and meet new people.
Over the next few months, Anne started to spend more and more time devoted to bible studies and attending gatherings for women at the church. She specifically asked me not to accompany her on Sunday services since, as she put it, the elder members of the church would not act too kindly about unmarried woman "dragging around" some unfamiliar man who was not her husband. It became clear pretty quickly that she was becoming more than just a casual Christian and I supported this, however we did not talk much about the specifics of what she was being taught at this church.
This all came to a head when one night, Anne asked me if she could pray over me in something she called a "spiritual language." Having only ever heard vaguely of speaking in tongues, I obliged. I sat next to her on my couch and watched as she raised one hand and began quietly chanting in complete gibberish. My heart immediately sank in discomfort and fear but I was too stunned to do anything. so I just sat and watched for several minutes until she finally went quiet. All I could do or say was tell her that I appreciated her thoughtfulness and went about my day.
Pretty soon, the behaviors and acts became more and more extreme. Her "tongues" became louder and more intense and began to include violent shakes and lots (and I mean LOTS) of crying. She spoke of seeing "signs" and hearing "the voice of God" in a very literal sense. Her grades in college even began to suffer as more and more of her time was devoted to these newfound beliefs. Naturally, I became extremely worried that she was slowly slipping into some sort of paranoid delusional psychosis. At the very least, these teachings made her into a much angrier and more paranoid person. It was clear that her new beliefs were more than just a spiritual awakening but also a nose-dive into a mental health crisis.
Our relationship, at this point, was very clearly waning but my feelings toward the woman I once knew were still strong. I decided that it was time for an intervention of sorts. This resulted in me spending a whole weekend studying Pentecostal beliefs and reading Reddit stories from ex-Pentecostals about what it took to break them out of their conditioning. It was on a Monday night when I invited her over to my apartment to confront her about how the things her church were teaching her were actively harming her and even presented her with evidence of how these churches prey on mentally unwell people and how "speaking in tongues" was nothing more than an experience in her own brain chemicals. While I had hoped that hearing her new beliefs be directly confronted would help break the spell they had on her, it seemed to have no effect. Surprisingly, she did not fight back or show much anger toward my confrontation, instead resorting to the "please respect my beliefs" argument that made it so hard to push back against, since, at this time, I was still concerned about preserving our relationship.
Unfortunately, things only got worse from here. I spent some time trying to ignore the issue for the sake of the relationship, especially because I did not sense that I had many other romantic options given my shy nature and struggles to make new friends at college. However, my new "ignorance is bliss" approach to our relationship did not last long. At this point, we had been together for about 3 years and the conversation of marriage and kids started to become serious. I have always wanted kids since I come from a large family with many siblings, which Anne seemingly was excited about as well. However, after a pleasant conversation in which we fantasized about what we would name our children, she said something that sparked an anger in me that I did not often feel. She told me that if any of our future children came out to us as gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, or anything like that, that we would have to disown that child at all costs and that she could not love her child knowing that they were a "sodomite" (her words). I have always considered myself an ally of LGBTQ+ folks and wouldn't think twice about loving my children any less if they came out to me and have always felt this way. I did not say much in the moment out of pure shock and instead steered the conversation elsewhere while I quietly boiled over in anger over this comment.
Here is where the title of this post comes into play and where my role in this interaction enters a grey area. I spent several days unable to let this anger subside while imagining my own perspective children being thrown to the streets for bravely coming out to their own parents. I decided that another intervention was necessary, except this time I didn't want to be ignored. I came up with a plan that I referred to as a "scorched earth" intervention. Over the course of an evening, I began texting, calling, or messaging almost every person that Anne was close to. This included family, friends, past friends, classmates, and even some plain old acquaintances. I needed her paranoid and hateful beliefs to be confronted by more than just myself and hoped that if everyone important to her also expressed concern; that she would separate herself from this church and seek proper mental health counseling.
The responses I received from Anne's friends and family ranged significantly. Some people, including her mother whom I was close with, asked that I not try to "insert myself between Anne and God". Some friends agreed with me wholeheartedly and would reach out to Anne over text or in person to try and offer help. Some people met me with total apathy. Unsurprisingly, once Anne found out what I did, she broke things off over a brief but highly emotional phone call. She told me that I had embarrassed her and that supposedly God was telling her I wasn't the man she was supposed to marry. It did not hurt too bad since I was anticipating the end of this relationship for a while. The effects of my approach seemingly had lasting impacts on many of her relationships, however. At least one longtime friendship had ended because the friend was appalled by Anne's new paranoid beliefs. It was also unsuccessful, as Anne would never seek mental health counseling. In fact, it probably pushed her further into her church crowd - only further bolstering her new delusions.
Since much time has passed, I have started to feel uncertain whether or not I did the right thing in trying to have all of Anne's friends and family confront her about her extreme beliefs. At the time, I felt that I was justified and doing the right thing by trying to encourage a clearly delusion person to seek mental health counseling by any means necessary. Now, I am able to realize that I acted out of anger and permanently damaged how some of her oldest friends view her. I also realize that I acted immaturely and probably should not have tried to bring in every person close to Anne to fight a battle on my behalf.
Nowadays, Anne is still with that church and regularly posts on Facebook all sorts of whacky spiritual conspiracies. She is still very clearly paranoid and delusional all while putting on a facade of normalcy. I just pity her for living in a constant state of paranoia at this point. She even works full time with the church as a "worship leader," although I am not sure what exactly that means. She actually got married about a year after the relationship ended to a man she met at her church. They met, got engaged, and married all within 12 months. Thankfully, no children have been brought into this world yet from their relationship, which is surprising to me considering how urgent it seemed to her during our relationship. I do not hear much from any friends or family of hers anymore, other than one mutual friend who told me that Anne frequently refers to me as "that demon." As for myself, I finished school and have not married but was able to finally make friends and go on dates and my future is looking bright.
So, Reddit, am I the asshole for my "scorched earth" methods towards my fanatical ex-girlfriend?

We need an “Entitled People” flair! Because this is definitely that.
I (41f) have quite a doozy of a story for you. I would normally tag this as an AITA, but let’s be honest, I’ve spent the last 4 years asking that of everyone I know, including therapists, and the answer is no.
Ok, this whole ride starts back in 2018, when I was 35. I had moved to the Midwest in 2017 for a travel job where I traveled 45-50 weeks a year. I had managed to get myself to a point in the company where they were willing to let me live anywhere and fly me out from there, so I wanted to move back to my home city where I had a bunch of friends. I was making amazing money, so I was able to afford my own place without roommates. However, my best friend (Dee, 33f at the time) was not making that kind of money at her job and she wanted to live in a specific place so her daughter could go to a specific school for K-8. She needed financial help, and I liked the idea of having someone around so there was food in the fridge when I got home at 11pm on Friday nights from a long flight. She asked me to move in with them, and I agreed. Her mother, her husband, and her daughter lived with her. Again, I was fine with this. I was only sleeping there for 1.5 nights a week. I had one room and I paid half of the rent. I shared a bathroom with her mom.
For a year I put up with a lot, and I acknowledge that a lot of this was on me. I’m a recovering people pleaser, after all. I paid for most meals when we went out. (I accept full responsibility for this, I didn’t want to eat alone and she couldn’t afford it.) I gave her money for groceries I didn’t use because I traveled for work. I helped her get her car back when it was repo’d, and a rental car with points that I had accumulated from travel for work. (She did pay me back for the funds I sent when it was repo’d.) I was often bullied and verbally abused by her mother, who was only nice to me when I gave them money.
By December of 2018, I was done. I started looking for 2/2 houses to buy. I wanted to live on my own, have my own space. I found a few and mentioned it to Dee. She immediately assumed I meant we were moving together and started sending me 4/3 houses. Again, I will take responsibility for this. I didn’t tell her no. At the time, it seemed easier not to start a fight. I was sure she would be mad if I told her I wanted to live alone, and I knew (and she made it quite clear that it was true) she couldn’t afford to live without me. I found a house that was a bit out of budget, but I could pay for myself without help, which was my only requirement. I refused to let myself get into a situation where I would default if I didn’t get her rent payments. It was a 5/3, so we had plenty of room for all of us. Even her mother, who was an unwelcome but permanent fixture in my life at this point.
Despite owning the home, all my things were STILL in my room. Their belongings took up all the common space, including the garage. And I don’t mean it was well decorated and nicely designed. I mean it was piled up around the house. I have pictures. I was still constantly bullied and berated by her mother. I was expected to watch her daughter for free at her whim. She would run to the store and not tell me she was leaving the kid. I was expected to pick her daughter up from school, take her to dance. I helped pay for dance frequently. I was still buying groceries I didn’t eat. I was paying for a house keeper just so that I could feel clean in my own house. A house I had no space in.
Let’s get to July 2020. I was five months pregnant, my fiancé had moved into my room in March 2020, along with all his stuff, we had gotten registry gifts and baby stuff. We had taken over the only room that had any space, and moved all their stuff out. There was still stuff in the closet in the nursery. I knew that I couldn’t go on like this. I couldn’t baby proof the house, I couldn’t fit her new things because theirs were everywhere. I didn’t want my baby to even MEET Dee’s mother. Ever. So, the week after the 4th of July (I was visiting with my family and talked through this with them), I asked her to move out. I gave her till mid-October. I waived all rent for August, September, and October to give her the funds to pay for a security deposit and movers.
She did not take it well. She stormed off, then texted me and called me terrible names. She said terrible things. Things that I didn’t feel I deserved and I told her that, I had helped her, taken care of her daughter, paid her way for over two years. I was allowed to be selfish for the sake of my daughter, and I was standing by that. She left with a friend and came back even more angry. I knew this would break us, but after that I didn’t really care.
I continued to watch her daughter at home for free. I helped her look at places, offering to keep her daughter if she needed to go alone. I still paid for groceries. I stopped buying her dinners. I was done. Her mother said horrible things about me on social media. I blocked her.m and anyone in her circle that tried to come for me. I continued to gift Dee things throughout her moving process. Shelves, furniture, games. She proceeded to weaponize her daughter, saying that I was kicking out the child and having her ask me why she had to move repeatedly.
She got keys for her new place September 18th. It took her over 4 weeks to move out. While I was in the hospital having my daughter in mid October, her last load of stuff left the house. She wasn’t the one to move it, a mutual friend did (and cleaned the house from top to bottom for me while I was having my baby).
On November 27th, it all exploded. I noticed that she had unfriended me on Facebook, so I messaged her. She accused me of betraying her, kicking them out, and dropping her and her daughter. She accused me of forcing them into an apartment during a pandemic, of turning my back on them. She accused me of being selfish. (Which, fine, I agree with. I wanted my family to live in my house without having to squeeze in around someone else’s things.)
Her mother messaged me hateful things. Truly toxic. She told me to stay away from her family. I blocked her immediately. Dee wasn’t far behind. I blocked them and I didn’t look back. That’s what they wanted.
I wish her no ill will, but I will never consider letting her or any of those loyal to her back into my life.
As of today, as I write this, she is just someone I used to know.

CONTEXT: Me and my crush (we’ll call him M) have been friends for about two years. We met in college and hit it off instantly, but he’s definitely very shy. There were several signs early on that he liked me. We have mutual friends so after group hangouts ended and everyone left, we would continue talking for hours. One night we just sat outside a friend's apartment and just chatted about life. Another time we went to a party and sat on the porch and talked to each other the whole night about pretty deep things and took pictures of each other. He would constantly tell me how cool and inspiring he thought I was. I could tell he would do things to try to impress me. We connected a lot over art and music and loved to share it with each other. He asked me questions about my opinions on so many things. Hell, he even invited me over one time for a baking night, just the two of us! Everyone around us thought we were more than friends.
To me, it always felt like we obviously liked each other -- a palpable tension in the air -- but we were both too shy to make a move.
Anyways, no one ever made a direct move towards something romantic, so I assumed he just saw me as a friend. I actually ended up getting into a relationship with someone else. My crush on M diminished into strictly friendship because my feelings were elsewhere, but we would still talk to each other multiple times a week because we were in the same classes. Several months later, M and I moved away from our college town and each other but we have had cordial text conversations every few months. Late last year, he texted me out of the blue telling me I’ve made a big impact on his life, which I thought was sweet.
Fast forward to this year, my relationship ended a few months ago. My crush and I have started texting again on a much more regular basis and my feelings for him are back in full swing (Note: I haven’t explicitly told M I’m single, we never really talked about relationships in general). Our dynamic is exactly like it was when we first met — he asks me lots of questions about my life and thoughts on things (and vice versa, of course), we send paragraphs of texts to each other, and he is even thinking about moving to my city in a few months.
THE POINT IS: A few days ago I texted M being honest and saying I had a crush on him when we first met and that I do currently, and he hasn’t responded. From experience, if someone doesn't respond to a text for days, it's pretty clear to me that they aren't interested.
I’m just confused because of the signs I’ve gotten from him over the span of time we’ve known each other. He’s always sucked at texting in a timely manner, so it’s not completely abnormal behavior. But I would think that if someone told you their feelings you would respond quicker than usual, no? I’m just unsure if this is just him taking his time to respond or if this is a rejection. I feel like I may have scared him. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I was in another relationship?
If I’m totally misreading the situation, please give me a reality check. I’d also love some insight from fellow shy guys because I truly don’t understand what could be going on in his mind.
TLDR: Been friends with a guy for about two years. He’s pretty shy, I got into a relationship (single now) so nothing overtly romantic ever happened, but our chemistry was tangible. We've started talking a lot again. I thought all signs pointed to mutual feelings, so I confessed to him and he hasn’t responded in days.

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I've been breaking into office work and work from home stuff lately.
Both the companies I've worked for so far cannot seem to understand how little sense it makes to me that they can't stick to one or two messaging services. I'd understand like, email and a instant messaging service like slack.
The current company I'm working for made me download slack, make a new email for work, but they still send about 25% of the emails to the personal address I signed up with, they made me get zoom, some of my bosses send me shit on LinkedIn like I check that every 5 seconds, they had me add everyone on Facebook, AND sign up for a work type Facebook thing where I only interact with people in the company, and for some reason our time off requests go through this social media platform but literally nothing else does, except social interactions and workplace achievements. Plus all my coworkers are trying to get me to sign up for WhatsApp instead of just texting me or messaging me on one of the 3 other apps I already downloaded to talk to them. On top of this they have like 4 websites they own and run with all the documentation and guidelines you need to do the work separately.
I imagine there are probably security issues or something but like I've noticed a lot of problems with both slack and zoom that would seemingly be solved by just switching to fucking discord. Zoom crashes 6 times every meeting I have so I look like dumbass yet I can stream a game and webcam footage on discord while 6 other people do the same, I get reprimanded for accidentally posting in a channel I'm not allowed to in slack... Yet In a half ass fan discord you can't even post in half the channels without permission yet they can't manage my channel permissions correctly in slack? There's no way that isn't a feature in slack. I have to constantly have 6 tabs open because anyone could message me on any service at any given time instead of just using slack. And for some reason I can't find a search feature on slack so if I need to see a message from a week or two ago to avoid asking a question and having someone say "we answered that last week" I have to spend a full 5-15 minutes scrolling through the channel.
Why do companies think they want this? I feel like at least a third of my productivity is being fuckshambled by having to bumblefuck around in 6 different services apps and websites to communicate with my team and get the information I need to do my job, why can't we just keep it all in one or two places?

I am sooooo glad I found this sub! I used to lurk on swiftlyneutral but found this magical space when they went dark! And it is soooo much better!!! I have been incredibly triggered by her since Tim McGraw, first I didn’t know why but then watching her career unfold has been horrifying. I get that music and art is subjective. If Taylor just stuck to making art I would not give a crap, but seeing all my initial intuitive feelings play out has been mind blowing. It’s the manipulation and cult leader brain washing that bothers me, and I think it is really really important that people shed light on her and call her out. She is not a god. The amount of power she has is scary for society. I literally have therapist and psychologist diagnosed ptsd from a relationship with a real life sociopath, and the specific way she triggers me is honestly concerning and has lead me to theorize that she could be one herself.
I met a swifty a few years ago, I had never met one so I was eager to discus the topic with her, because I do find Taylor fascinating! The swifty was a friend of a friend and we all were hanging out for the first time. At the end of all of us hanging out I briefly approached the subject of Taylor with her, let her know my dislike, but phrased it that I personally found my dislike of her kinda irrational and that it was probably a bit of jealously, and made sure to say that I have no argument she has the incredible smarts to have built herself an empire.
I wanted to talk about her as an artist and actually discus her, I legit wanted to know why she liked her and talk about how fascinating she is. I purposefully did not shit on Taylor because I honestly didn’t want to offend her, but I did mention that I was a Calvin Harris fan and thought Taylor’s treatment of him was highly suspect. She just kinda went quiet so we moved on from the topic. I then genuinely told her how wonderful it was to meet her and it was lovely hanging out and headed home and that was that. So I thought….
The next day my friend showed me texts this girl had sent her after we all hung out…. the swifty literally ended her friendship with her, over texts, because of me. I was horrified.
I would have totally understood her telling my friend that she didn’t want to ever see me again, but no, she didn’t stop there, she full on ended her friendship with her over me and my dislike of Taylor Swift. She “couldn’t be friends with someone, who was friends with someone who disliked Taylor”. And my friend doesn’t even mind Taylor at all! She went on to say how Taylor was basically her god. My friend said it was incredibly eye opening and a huge red flag so she was happy she showed her true colors, but I seriously felt sooooo guilty. I went over the interaction over and over in my head. Had I been to harsh? Was I overly emotional and nasty? But I didn’t think so! I had very purposefully tried not to be super negative. :( and I am an artist myself, I am very comfortable discussing varying opinions!!
And you know what?! I honestly do not blame the girl at all. I blame Taylor. The swifty fandom worship is so incredibly toxic, and is really really concerning. She is a cult leader. She is not a god.
Swifty’s coming here and asking why we are so obsessed with her and are putting this energy into her, ha!
We need a space to speak our truths, and a place to support former swifty’s in their recovery from her toxicity. You are not crazy for being so triggered by her and feeling emotional about it. And you are not crazy for wanting to talk about it. You are not alone!!
MOD person, you are a freaking rockstar!!!
TLDR: Love this sub. Swifty ended whole friendship with my friend, over texts, because I, a person she hung out with for a few hours, didn’t like Taylor. I blame Taylor and think she is a cult leader, and, cuz of personal experience, would put money on her being a legit sociopath. We are not crazy, or secretly obsessed with her, for putting energy into posting here to analyze and expose the fact that she is not who she pretends to be.

AITAH My bestfriend (Rose/ F/21/) and I (Luna/ F/22) have been bestfriends for about 7-8 years now. But I’m thinking about ending it. But I’m not sure how to do it. I love her, but ever since we were younger she has been incredibly cold and aloof. Mentioning to me that she likes to mess with peoples emotions and use there “weaknesses against them”i thought it was weird but kinda through she wasn’t serious and was just edgy. I learned to love her through time, although she had mentioned on pervious occasions she was only using me til she gets out of high school. She flirted with my boyfriends a lot growing up, and put me down in front of guys all through my life. Making fun of my periods, and saying I copy her makeup and fashion. (I do not she is grungey emo and I am very much that coquette (?) style) as I grew up I became very active within my community. I go to college to get my drs in history/ art history, am very involved in political movements, and am in general just very apart of current events. She is not, she likes to game(over watch) with her online friends and is the opposite of me politically. She’s made fun of me for going to school saying college is for idiots. She also has a serious drinking and weed problem which makes me worried about her health. We think it’s a sort of therapy for her bpd but she won’t get it checked out. Although we have made it work for some time I feel trapped within the friendship and don’t know what to. We had a huge blow up recently because I got in a fight with a girl who use to pick on her. It was a political argument but besides that it was personal because she use to bully rose. I had sent my text I send to the girl to rose, but deleted the girls text as I had deleted her message on inta before replying as I believed I didn’t wanna reply then changed my mind when I became more heated and thought over it rose took sides with the girl and told me I was being “fucking dramatic” and When I called her out for being a bad friend she essentially told me she hated what I was growing up to be, and she doesn’t need me because she had better friends. I told her I’d side with her over everything (which I did as I let her and her boyfriend stay in my one bedroom apartment rent free for months as they took over my entire house and made me pay for all there groceries and I did all there cleaning.) . She then mentioned my bf cheating on me and called me stupid for even arguing with her as I am delusional for saying with a shitty guy. (My bf has been in therapy, and done a lot of healing. It was 3 years ago and we worked passed that) he has always been very kind to her and even got her a apartment and helped her get into college which she got kicked out of within a month. I then told her I’m disappointed with her as I thought she was a better person and began to ignore her. Then she turned around and texted me 3 days later saying “i’ll be more mindful about the shit i say around you and think before i just speak whatever pops into my head, okay?” This is right after ignored her because she confessed she had feelings for me…I have no idea why she said it. But I think she was drunk.I don’t feel better…I know I am very outspoken. But I’m not sure I wanna be friends with someone like this anymore. Im so tired to ask her to be a normal best friend nd end to me. Is this normal? Am I the douche or asking too much?

First of all, I would like to say THANK YOU to all of you that showed so much love to my first post ever in Reddit!
Since my girl Millie got too much hate for wearing white and ruining the best photo of the wedding, I decided to write her sad story and share it with all of you. It's a LONG tale, full of ups and mostly downs (TLDR at the end of the post). Sooo, grab some cookies and popcorn while I spill the tea ;)
******WARNING******** The story features what I believe to be unsettling content (pregnancy loss) for some. It's hidden as spoiler, so please don't click it if it's a sensitive issue for you. <3
Our story starts with poor young adult who shall not be named (because I don't remember her name). God (me) had big plans and challenges for her, as she started with 0 simoleons in an off the grid island, with hopes of her becoming a millionaire. She moved in the big island without money, a place to sleep, a toilet, nothing. The challenge goes like this: raise money from beachcombing, buy a towel to sleep on, buy a bush to pee in, snorkel, plant and build a life from zero. And, under no circumstances communicate with another sim.
This challenge was too difficult. The loneliness and hardships, the struggle to just survive and find food, led this young girl to her death by drowning in the middle of the ocean. It was too soon, so God decided to try this challenge again, giving the new sim a head start.
That leads us to the protagonist of the story, Millie Carson.
Millie Carson is a young adult who moved in the same island, like a castaway. All she found on that island was a towel, some planted trees, a toilet bush and a grave.
The ghost from the grave came often to haunt and tease her and finally became her enemy.
At first, young Millie tried to stay away from other sims but, since they kept coming and visiting, God decided that it was ok for her to have some friends.
Millie's neighbors were Miki and Ali, a happy couple with two babies. They kept visiting and bringing food to their poor young neighbor, since she was struggling so much. Millie grew close with Ali, who came swimming to her island sometimes.
Meanwhile, Millie learned some skills that earned her some money and food. She became really good at fitness, gardening and fishing. Little by little, she earned enough money to buy diving supplies and took up some diving photography and treasure hunting. All those helped her build a tiny wood home which finally had a toilet and a shower and even a fridge. Life was getting better for Millie, until she started having feelings for her married neighbor...
Millie was attracted to Ali: his long blond hair, his green eyes and dark skin. To her surprise, Ali was interested in her as well. She tried to fight it but it was over her own power to resist. They made sweet woohoo and became a couple, while he was still married with two kids.
Love makes you do stupid things and that's what happened to Millie. She fell in love with a married man and, surprise surprise, she got pregnant with his kid.
While on her 1st trimester, she visited her neighbolover's home to tell him the news. His wife, Miki, opened the door and the sight was unbelievable: She was pregnant as well, on her 3rd trimester. Millie chatted with Miki as nothing was wrong and even socialized with her kids for a bit. But it was now time for Ali to learn the truth. Millie pulled him aside and told him everything.
To her surprise, Ali was content with being a parent to their child. Millie felt his support and fell even harder for him, causing her to do the unthinkable: Woohoo with him all over his tiny house while his wife and two kids were inside! They woohood EVERYWHERE: The small single bed, the kitchen sink, the counters, standing... They almost got caught by Miki, but hopefully she was so pregnant that it took her an eternity to reach the woohoo spot.
Millie started thinking about their future. Tormented by her jealousy, she asked Ali about Miki. Miki's super pregnant belly was an indicator that Ali still loves and woohoos with his wife, two-timing both women. To her dismay, Ali confessed his love about Miki, but he was willing to keep his relationship with Millie. But that wasn't enough for Millie...
Without hesitation, Millie served Ali an ultimatum: It's her or Miki. No love triangles, no hiding. Her kid needed a father and she needed support as a poor young woman. All those pregnancy hormones made her unreasonable - she came between a happy couple and now she felt that her lover's wife stole him from her, even though they were already together! The irony!
Millie couldn't get over her feelings, so she invited Miki over and told her EVERYTHING. That she was pregnant. That the father was poor Miki's husband. Miki got even yelled at for sleeping with her own husband. Millie was out of control.
Like a tsunami, a force that couldn't be stopped, Millie called over Ali and told him to break it off with his wife. It was now or never. Ali did as told and suddenly Miki broke down crying, hating life and those two who ruined it.
Eventually, Miki left and the.. happy couple were finally alone. Millie asked Ali to move in and he gladly accepted. He even proposed and they stayed engaged until after their baby girl, Angelique, was born.
Meanwhile, even though Miki was hating them, she still came over with extra food like a good neighbor. But her relations with the couple never improved much.
The happy couple decided to get married. Millie wore a pretty but simple boho white dress, hair down and golden jewelry. But her joyful smile was the prettiest jewel she could wear. It was a lovely, quiet wedding on the seashore, during sunset.
Soon after, Millie got pregnant again but wasn't ready or happy for it. Unfortunately, there were some complications with the pregnancy and baby Donovan was born dead. They buried him under a lemon tree and cried for many seasons about him.
Ali started helping Millie with gardening, fishing and diving. But his dream was to finally earn his degree in Communications. He still had 3 classes to pass and then he could enter the PR world. He soon earned his degree with a low to medium score and was ready to start working. There was a huge problem, though...
The island was off the grid and he could not apply for the job, not use the very much needed internet. A decision had to be made: Should they live on this island forever, living off the land, or they should move somewhere else and follow Millie's dream to become millionaires?
The choice was easy. The couple moved to Finchwick, in a big cottage house with a big garden, front and back. They brought with them the plants they had gardened with so much love and also bought some chickens. Life was good for a while, baby Angelique was growing but woohoo life was... fine.
Ali found a job in PR and had to work all day, even from home. He had to polish his charisma and writing skills and meet new people. So, that made Millie a stay at home mom, a gardener, a housekeeper. But there was no time for her lifestyle needs: outdoor living and working out. She became frustrated and was always in a bad and uncomfortable mood. She had gained a lot of weight from her pregnancy, she hardly recognized herself in the mirror...All this bad mood made her cranky. Everytime Ali tried to woohoo with her, she had no drive. So, their love life went down the drain...
Meanwhile, Ali was doing great at work, earning at least 2000 simoleons per day. He had met many people, and one of them became a really good friend of his. His name was Gabriel and he was thin, with black short hair, dark skin and modern makeup.
Ali was tormented by his feelings when he hang out with Gabriel. He couldn't understand how a man can be attracted to another guy like that. He was open to the idea, but had never acted upon it. It wasn't the looks - Gabriel was pretty basic. But there was something about the both of them that made him feel... amazing. The attention he got from Gabriel, the friendship.. It was like they knew each other from another lifetime.
Every time Gabriel came over, Ali got excited. He was interested in his words and inner world, not only his appearance. One night, he couldn't take it anymore. While they were talking the backyard table, Ali started flirting with Gabriel. Things got heated fast and they shared the most beautiful first kiss. That was exactly what he always wanted to feel, but was missing from his other relationships. He proposed to have woohoo in the home office, while Millie and Angelique were sleeping unaware upstairs...
They woohood hard and many times. It was a total WoohooFest. Morning came and Ali, having not slept at all, got ready to go to work. He didn't forget to kiss his wife goodbye, but he spent the entire day thinking about Gabriel. By night, he had decided to ask Gabriel to become his boyfriend.
Millie on the other side, was getting better. She bought a walking machine and she often went swimming in the river. Her woohoo drive was coming back strong and that meant more time with her beloved husband. They started woohooing more often, but Ali was also missing Gabriel...
God suddenly had an idea! Ali should ask Millie to have expanded woohoo with someone else, and that someone else couldn't be other than (yes, you guessed it) Gabriel. Ali went on and asked his wife and God told her that yes, it would be fun! So, unaware of God and her husband's plans, she happily accepted to engage in multiple sim woohoo...
Ali was so excited! He couldn't believe his ears! He immediately called over Gabriel and explained the situation. Gabriel accepted as well and it was time for Gabriel to meet with Millie. Millie tried to get to know him but for some reason he was distant. She tried to flirt with him but he didn't reciprocate. Millie got embarrassed and locked herself in her room for some time, to recollect herself. It shouldn't be so hard, right?
At the same time, Ali made his move on Gabriel and they woohood. Gabriel was more than excited to get together with Ali. So, why not Millie?
After Millie got over her embarrassment, she came out the room. Ali proposed having multiple woohoo and they did it. Everyone had a pleasant time.
After that, they got together two more times. But, the last time, at Gabriel's house, was the final blow.
Millie kept trying to flirt alone with Gabriel, not getting the message but, DUDE. He was NOT into her. It was heartbreaking. She tried so hard for her husband, her self esteem and again, she was turned down. A second choice. She didn't deserve it. And then, she though about it. The flirt between Ali and Gabriel. How they would have woohoo, the three of them, but Gabriel was rejecting her. It was time for answers...
Millie first told Ali to end the expanded woohoo agreement. It was too much for her. He wasn't happy about it, but he agreed. And then, she asked the million dollar question: "What's going on between you two?". Ali tried to hide it, told her they were only friends. But God was starting to feel bad about poor Millie, so had her ask again: "WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN YOU TWO?"
The answer was like a knife, going through her heart. Ali loved Gabriel and that's all she needed to know. Their woohoo life was non existent before and now had found someone who made him feel better, more... alive! That's all Millie needed to know. She went over to Gabriel and try to make a last, desperate woohoo pass at him. Once more, he rejected her. It was all so clear. She was the third wheel.
Her ego and her heart were stomped on the ground, like a cockroach. A beautiful, kind, hard working sim shouldn't go through all that. She headed back home, to the privacy of her bedroom and cried her eyeballs out. Ali didn't come home that night and went straight to work.
The next day, Millie invited Gabriel over. Oooh no, she wouldn't let him have Ali so easily. She would humiliate him first. He came over and she started yelling at him. Her face was red and hot, she was fueled by rage. She ending up giving him the beating of his life. When Ali came home from work, both his lovers were black and blue from fighting.
Baby Angelique started crying. She had woken up. Millie rushed upstairs to help her toddler with her needs, but Ali and Gabriel stayed downstairs. Ali tried to comfort Gabriel, asking him to stay. He didn't care about his marriage anymore. God led them to the hall upstairs, outside the bedrooms. They started woohooing again, right there, like animals!
Poor Millie, as she opened her daughter's bedroom's door, she caught her cheater husband in the act! THE AUDACITY!!! And if it that wasn't enough, when she went over to slap him, he acted like she wasn't there and went to woohoo in the shower with his boyfriend - AGAIN! WTH!!!
At this point, Millie knew it was time to give Ali the boot and kick him the hell out of their home, and so she did. After Ali's lover left, the married couple had a long, heated conversation that only had one outcome - Ali had to move out immediately.
So, he left and rented a one-bedroom apartment in the city. He also decided to ask Gabriel to live with him, and Gabriel happily accepted. A new chapter started for Ali but unresolved things were left in the middle with his wife that needed to be dealt with.
While all these took place, Millie had gotten close with celebrity Rahul Chopra. They became good friends and she was invited to his wedding. It was a one of a kind event because Rahul had a shotgun wedding with his wife when they were teenagers due to unwanted pregnancy. After many kids later, Rahul's eldest daughter, with the villainous valentine aspiration (long story) decided to break her eternally faithful parents up for fun. So they did break up, but they were so made for each other, like puzzle pieces, that it was impossible to not end up together again.
Rahul fell back in love with his wife and they decided to do it right this time. They planned the perfect wedding event in San Myshuno's park, during sunset. The whole family was there and their 2nd child, Philip (YA) would take the professional pictures of the wedding.
The ceremony started, everyone (almost) was seated and the photographer (and me) were preoccupied with taking the happy couples pictures. As the ceremony ended, the couple was ready to share their first kiss as husband and wife. The air was filled with confetti that floated playfully around them, the fireworks were set off behing them and the sun was showering them with the warmest rays. It was a one time opportunity to get the perfect picture. Philip got ready to press click. And then, she appeared.
Millie, clearly bothered and heartbroken by other people's love, made a run for the exit and ruined Philip's perfect photograph. The angry look on her face would forever haunt Philip's mind. Why would that woman ruin this happy moment and why the hell would she wear white at someone's wedding? I mean, you wouldn't mistake her for the bride, who wore an expensive wedding gown, but still... Something was wrong with this girl and Philip had to find out...
After the wedding, Millie went back home. The days passed and the divorce was not finalized. She asked her kid who she wanted to stay with, but without reply. She called Ali over, but he texted back he didn't want to come over. Millie had her -now child- daughter call over her dad. This time, Ali responded positively and soon after he arrived. Millie took him straight to the lawyers to see who will get custody of Angelique.
This time, God had no plans, God left it all to luck. So, unfortunately, Ali won custody of Angelique, who immediately went to live with him. Now, Millie was alone. Only her and her money and her baby son's grave in the front yard. Now she was angry, NOW HE WOULD PAY.
Millie grabbed Ali and went once again to the lawyers. It was now time to split the estate. At least 100k simoleons in the bank, plus whatever the house is worth. Millie wants to get everything, but once again, God won't interfere. She comes back home, head down, beaten - she lost 80k.
She turns to her new friend, Philip. He is basic, but he's a good guy. He lives alone in an apartment in San Myshuno, studies Fine Arts in university, comes from a good family. He also has a girlfriend that lives across the hall from him, but Millie doesn't know. And God tells her to come onto him. Now Philip has two girlfriends and God must interfere.
God and luck are playing games with Millie's life.
As I'm writing her story, there's only one thing I feel: Sad.
This girl started out with hopes and dreams. So I think that we should forgive her for attending a friend's wedding wearing white. Some God forgot to change her formal outfit and it was all she had to wear. She's going through a lot!
Her story ends for now, but if you guys like it I might write more about her life's adventures.
Also, what should she do with Philip? Let me know in the comments!
If you read this whole essay / story , you are amazing! And thanks! Hope you liked it! :)
TLDR: YA woman starts with 0 money in off the grid island. Wants to earn a million. Gets pregnant by married neighbor with kids. Marries him and they buy new home. They get pregnant second time, lose the baby.He gets a good job, meets new people, gets new guy friend, has woohoo with that friend. The 3 of them have expanded woohoo. Woman breaks it off. Woman confronts husband about loving other man, he confesses he loves him. Woman kicks him out and he lives alone in flat. The other guy moves in with him. Woman heartbroken, goes to friends wedding wearing white, is angry at happy couple's love, ruins the married couple kiss photo. Photo becomes famous on Reddit. Woman loses custody of only child. Woman loses 80k simoleons after splitting estate. Woman becomes girlfriend of the photographer from the friend's wedding. Photographer already has another girlfriend.
*****EDIT*********** I can't believe I forgot to write this, but Millie also drowned in the ocean while being fatigued from diving for treasures. I decided to not save and give her a second chance. Her life is dramatic, UUUUUUGH!!!!

Hi all, for context I’m 28M, raised catholic, confirmed etc etc. I never officially “left” the church but I’d say I lost faith around my early teens. I’ve lived what I would consider a full life thus far and experienced a lot. I will say some of these experiences have been somewhat indulgent, lots of partying and general abuse of my body and mind in my early adult years. I worked in music, film and the arts for a number of years and retrained to work in the medical field when Covid hit. I’ve found that over the past 5 or so years I’ve been noticing myself becoming more aware of my spirituality. I’ve read various texts both religious and scientific to do with the self and the concepts of the spirit, consciousness etc. in a nutshell I’ve been looking for meaning. This has evolved somewhat surprisingly into traditional catholic habits, for example I have a rosary on my car rear view mirror that I touch before I go on long drives etc. To cut a long story short I’ve found myself feeling increasingly more down the last few months and I’ve felt almost a hole within me that needs to be filled by something. I prayed for the first time in about 10 years the other night, not a traditional prayer, more of a question as to what I’m meant to do right now. I am not opposed to religion at all, what I am opposed to is the organisation of the church and for lack of a better term the preachiness of it from certain members. (This is not meant to offend people, I think I just have a bit of a problem with being told what to do and authority in general, I’m working on it). Is there somewhere I can go to where I can maybe find some answers without having to be directly involved in the church. At least until I’m ready to fully come back?
Thanks

How to begin?
I'm a 38F; single.
My hobbies are D&D, art, video games, traveling, and karate. I play D&D every weekend, and go to karate 3xs/week. I work full-time doing tech-related things for a small department.
While I have "friends", I feel as though I'm often the only one reaching out to see how they are, or the only one wanting to spend time together.
I've given up the dating scene for now as it's been really disappointing after the last 3 months with local men, and a hurtful last year with falling for someone who never did (and still doesn't 'see me' or know what makes me tick.) He and I were friends before the situation, and still are, but he's distant; which sucks as I feel the closest to him more than anyone else in the area....though it may be one-sided at this point.
At work, I feel like an outlier as I don't fit in with the other girls in the department that I work with. Hobbies, age, body type; everything is different. Most of them are married as well. None of them do tech, and I feel awkward being in groups of women as most of my hobbies have always been male-dominated and I'm more comfortable talking about geek stuff than getting my nails done or the latest video on Tiktok.
D&D is fun, and I like several of the people that I play with, but they are all married/have children, while I have neither of those. And some of them are good friends of people who I don't get along with at all, and would rather not be around.
I love karate. I would go to class every day if I could. The dojo feels like my spiritual home, but it's small with a lot of kids. I would love to spend time with some of the people that go there, but they're always so busy; usually with their families or their jobs. They'll make promises to hang out, and not follow through. Or they'll make plans with me, and then change them without discussing them with me first; telling me afterwards when I've already made other plans and can't join them with their new plans.
I think the worst thing is hearing them talk about going home to their families, or the ones who are roommates; ask each other what they want for dinner as they walk out together...They say we're friends, but friends make time to hang out together, don't they? I often just end up sitting in my car for awhile after class; either in the parking lot or at home, as I don't want to return to an empty place. (I can't afford a pet right now.)
I spent 7.5 years teaching English both in Korea and Japan. The isolation and loneliness there was to be expected; with the language and cultural barrier and whatnot. I even got so lonely that I signed up for junk emails just so 'someone' would email me. I also started writing a diary and emails that I never sent to feel like maybe someone was hearing me. So I guess that I felt like when I got back here, I would naturally fall into friendships and relationships, but that hasn't been the case. My local friends from high school I feel as though I've outgrown, and my foreigner friends that I made in Japan aren't allowed to talk after a certain time, are busy with s/os, or are depressed so don't want to talk anymore.
I know that I'm "really cool" and a good person and friend with a big heart. I've heard it alot. But it just feels like if I were to slowly disappear, would people notice? Would they even care past the work I do or me being one of the few women at the dojo? I love the dojo, and I want to help there with whatever I can, but I often feel shot down when I offer to help with things; even if I have the skills or experience to help and they could really use my help.
Sometimes I fantasize that my friends would call upon me for help and support with something and I could swoop in there and be appreciated by them. I guess I just want to be wanted and needed by someone, if not something. I want to be included, and invited to things. I want to help my friends and have a strong bond with them and spend time outside of our shared hobbies with each other. I want to belong somewhere.
I miss the community that I had in high school. I tried joining community band here, but it didn't go well so I joined karate instead. My online gaming friends either are busy with their gfs and we very rarely game together now, or they no longer have a subscription to play online.
I've tried to embrace the fun parts about being alone; like staying in pajamas or staying up late or following my own plans. I'll take myself out to do fun things, like seeing a movie, or lunch, or the beach, but the novelty wears off when I get home and I'm alone and have no one to really share it with. Except Facebook.
While I was invited to a friend's birthday party last-minute, I'm also currently under an incredible amount of stress at the moment with my dad being in the hospital, and having to see him nearly every day. I haven't been able to focus on work, and when I get home, I'm mentally and physically tapped out. Household affairs have greatly fallen behind and it makes me come down on myself even harder...why do other people not have this problem and not break down and cry like I do? I've been so frustrated and hard on myself lately... I have a therapy appointment next month, but that's still so far away.
I just really need a hug, and an invitation to hang out with friends and be seen and understood without judgement.
Thank you for listening.

Rapid technological development and global big tech have contributed to the widening of the gap between rich and developing countries. Social media networks, fintech, and the internet as a whole have become powerful tools for collecting and using personal and business data. It is no secret that big tech has been collecting, using, and trading personal data without people’s consent solidifying the competitive advantage.Rapid technological development and global big tech have contributed to the widening of the gap between rich and developing countries. Social media networks, fintech, and the internet as a whole have become powerful tools for collecting and using personal and business data. It is no secret that big tech has been collecting, using, and trading personal data without people’s consent solidifying the competitive advantage.

Prometheus, teacher in every art, brought the fire that hath proved to mortals a means to mighty ends.
The data collected has been used to target users with ads and commercial messages for profit. As a result, these digital technologies have been fueling Digital Colonialism, where the rich are fortifying their financial dominance. This phenomenon provides large technological companies from the West a tool for controlling emerging markets and extracting profits and has caused the stagnation of underdeveloped nations.
Unarguably, big tech has an influence over the policies that govern how they do business. In other words, they use their power and influence to set the business standards and rules however it suits their interests. Consequently, technology giants often venture into other industries that were initially dominated by state and local organizations. Often it is the case that governmental and local private organizations cannot compete with large-scale technological companies due to the sheer volume of their resources (Coleman, 2019).
Large, monopolistic companies use their limitless resources to dominate underdeveloped markets. A good example is Uber, which has been running local taxi services out of business wherever they set their operations, like in South Africa. Furthermore, the advertisement and marketing sectors have seen this in action too, as Facebook and Google have brought local media in developing countries on the verge of extinction (Kwet, 2019).

What is Technology Sovereignty?

Technology sovereignty is a country’s ability to develop and implement technology crucial for its technological independence and welfare. It also includes alternative ways of acquiring technology, such as provisioning it from other nations without causing dependence or violating the country’s freedom (Crespi et al., 2021). For a nation to achieve technology independence, it must be able to avoid unilateral dependency, as we see in the case of developing countries where large-scale technology corporations entirely control the infrastructure. In essence, technology sovereignty is reached through independent technological and scientific development, or by adopting external technological solutions but without developing a dependent relationship with the external partner.
Often, the term “technology sovereignty” is used interchangeably with data sovereignty and information sovereignty, in which case the focus is on the country’s ability to provide the IT infrastructure and technology to fulfill the nations hosting interests, needs, and policies (Coleman, 2019). However, no single nation can be entirely self-reliant when it comes to IT, and technology sovereignty goes beyond technological autonomy that allows the adoption of new technology without dependence (Crespi et al., 2021).

Technology Sovereignty and Innovation Sovereignty

Technology sovereignty and innovation sovereignty are directly related, with the former serving as a bridge to the latter. To achieve short and long-term economic goals, innovation sovereignty involves developing technologies at the local level (Crespi et al., 2021). Both technology and innovation sovereignty are reached by generating relevant scientific and technological knowledge. It is important to note that scientific and technological knowledge does not have any real impact on the economy if there are no resources and prerequisites, such as a regulatory framework and infrastructure, for its application (Edler et al., 2021).
Innovation sovereignty serves to guarantee that the technologies employed in a society do not lead to dependence on monopolistic foreign companies. As a product of technology sovereignty, innovation sovereignty ensures that a country can satisfy its long-term technological requirements with local experts.What is Technology Sovereignty? Technology sovereignty is a country’s ability to develop and implement technology crucial for its technological independence and welfare. It also includes alternative ways of acquiring technology, such as provisioning it from other nations without causing dependence or violating the country’s freedom (Crespi et al., 2021). For a nation to achieve technology independence, it must be able to avoid unilateral dependency, as we see in the case of developing countries where large-scale technology corporations entirely control the infrastructure. In essence, technology sovereignty is reached through independent technological and scientific development, or by adopting external technological solutions but without developing a dependent relationship with the external partner. Often, the term “technology sovereignty” is used interchangeably with data sovereignty and information sovereignty, in which case the focus is on the country’s ability to provide the IT infrastructure and technology to fulfill the nations hosting interests, needs, and policies (Coleman, 2019). However, no single nation can be entirely self-reliant when it comes to IT, and technology sovereignty goes beyond technological autonomy that allows the adoption of new technology without dependence (Crespi et al., 2021). Technology Sovereignty and Innovation Sovereignty Technology sovereignty and innovation sovereignty are directly related, with the former serving as a bridge to the latter. To achieve short and long-term economic goals, innovation sovereignty involves developing technologies at the local level (Crespi et al., 2021). Both technology and innovation sovereignty are reached by generating relevant scientific and technological knowledge. It is important to note that scientific and technological knowledge does not have any real impact on the economy if there are no resources and prerequisites, such as a regulatory framework and infrastructure, for its application (Edler et al., 2021). Innovation sovereignty serves to guarantee that the technologies employed in a society do not lead to dependence on monopolistic foreign companies. As a product of technology sovereignty, innovation sovereignty ensures that a country can satisfy its long-term technological requirements with local experts.

Technology Sovereignty and Economic Sovereignty

Adequate infrastructure and the ability to innovate create a favorable environment in which technology sovereignty may lead to economic sovereignty. Economic sovereignty refers to the ability of a country or a country bloc to benefit from independent ventures and partnerships with similar entities without being dependent on any of them (Crespi et al., 2021). Technology sovereignty helps establish innovation independence and eventually results in economic sovereignty, which stems from the need to provide free access to important resources, financing, critical technologies, and data (Edler et al., 2021). Technology sovereignty aims to help the domestic industry by enhancing innovation locally, which makes it intrinsically nationalistic (or regional) in nature. By stimulating innovation, technology sovereignty becomes necessary for achieving development priorities.

How Can Developing Nations Attain Technology Sovereignty

Essential technologies for technology sovereignty are defined using theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Correctly understanding the most critical aspects of technology sovereignty as they relate to technology requires expertise in analysis and relevant procedures (Edler et al., 2020). The initial stage in this process is deciding on the essential skills and knowledge to obtain. This stage is followed by researching the impact of the selected technology on society and the economy and, finally, providing the technology to the local community.
Technological alternatives help strengthen technological independence. Determining the economic viability of a particular alternative helps define its role as an alternative. (Edler et al., 2021). It is, nevertheless, critical to guarantee that technological options are accessible and can be built in developing nations. Technology sovereignty requires creating young talents and obtaining the necessary resources. To produce appropriate technologies in today’s volatile environment, developing nations need to acquire science and technology know-how by utilizing complex R&I instruments and creating knowledge carrier groups (Edler et al., 2020). They can achieve this by simplifying and reforming the curriculum at the relevant institutions of higher education (BCSD, 2020). For instance, the curriculums should be designed to promote research in agriculture tech and data analytics. University education and training must have clear strategies to eliminate knowledge gaps that slow down alternative technology innovation in developing nations.
Nonetheless, the resources and infrastructure necessary for alternative technologies to become a reality are almost always an unsurmountable obstacle for emerging economies. This is often due to the sheer scope of the research that needs to be performed and the need for more equipment and raw materials to develop and test new technologies (Edler et al., 2020). Consequently, to tackle these obstacles, countries and their educational institutions need to choose a narrower field to focus on. Research collaboration and information exchange regarding essential knowledge helps access the necessary technology and prevents unilateral dependencies.
Emerging nations must foster a technology culture and support scientific and technical knowledge throughout the educational system. Children must be allowed to interact with digital technology and develop capabilities while they are very young. For example, using the relevant technology to enable internet access for children in school and at home is a strategy that will improve the quality of learning (BCSD, 2020). To achieve this goal, teachers, researchers, local and state governments, and other stakeholders need to show intent to work together. The path of attaining technology sovereignty for emerging nations starts with understanding the importance of the right approach to technology.Technology Sovereignty and Economic Sovereignty Adequate infrastructure and the ability to innovate create a favorable environment in which technology sovereignty may lead to economic sovereignty. Economic sovereignty refers to the ability of a country or a country bloc to benefit from independent ventures and partnerships with similar entities without being dependent on any of them (Crespi et al., 2021). Technology sovereignty helps establish innovation independence and eventually results in economic sovereignty, which stems from the need to provide free access to important resources, financing, critical technologies, and data (Edler et al., 2021). Technology sovereignty aims to help the domestic industry by enhancing innovation locally, which makes it intrinsically nationalistic (or regional) in nature. By stimulating innovation, technology sovereignty becomes necessary for achieving development priorities. How Can Developing Nations Attain Technology Sovereignty Essential technologies for technology sovereignty are defined using theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Correctly understanding the most critical aspects of technology sovereignty as they relate to technology requires expertise in analysis and relevant procedures (Edler et al., 2020). The initial stage in this process is deciding on the essential skills and knowledge to obtain. This stage is followed by researching the impact of the selected technology on society and the economy and, finally, providing the technology to the local community. Technological alternatives help strengthen technological independence. Determining the economic viability of a particular alternative helps define its role as an alternative. (Edler et al., 2021). It is, nevertheless, critical to guarantee that technological options are accessible and can be built in developing nations. Technology sovereignty requires creating young talents and obtaining the necessary resources. To produce appropriate technologies in today’s volatile environment, developing nations need to acquire science and technology know-how by utilizing complex R&I instruments and creating knowledge carrier groups (Edler et al., 2020). They can achieve this by simplifying and reforming the curriculum at the relevant institutions of higher education (BCSD, 2020). For instance, the curriculums should be designed to promote research in agriculture tech and data analytics. University education and training must have clear strategies to eliminate knowledge gaps that slow down alternative technology innovation in developing nations. Nonetheless, the resources and infrastructure necessary for alternative technologies to become a reality are almost always an unsurmountable obstacle for emerging economies. This is often due to the sheer scope of the research that needs to be performed and the need for more equipment and raw materials to develop and test new technologies (Edler et al., 2020). Consequently, to tackle these obstacles, countries and their educational institutions need to choose a narrower field to focus on. Research collaboration and information exchange regarding essential knowledge helps access the necessary technology and prevents unilateral dependencies. Emerging nations must foster a technology culture and support scientific and technical knowledge throughout the educational system. Children must be allowed to interact with digital technology and develop capabilities while they are very young. For example, using the relevant technology to enable internet access for children in school and at home is a strategy that will improve the quality of learning (BCSD, 2020). To achieve this goal, teachers, researchers, local and state governments, and other stakeholders need to show intent to work together. The path of attaining technology sovereignty for emerging nations starts with understanding the importance of the right approach to technology.

References

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Crespi, F., Caravella, S., Menghini, M., & Salvatori, C. (2021). European Technological Sovereignty: An emerging framework for policy strategy. Intereconomics, 56(6), 348-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-021-1013-6
Kwet, M. (2019, March 13). Digital Colonialism is Threatening the Global South. Aljazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/3/13/digital-colonialism-is-threatening-the-global-south
Edler, J. Blind, K. Frietsch, R. Kimpeler, S. Kroll, H. Lerch, C. Reiss, T. Roth, F. Schubert, T. Schuler, J. & Walz, R. (2020). Technology Sovereignty – From Demand to Concept. Fraunhofer ISI Discussion Papers-Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis.
Edler, J., Blind, K., Kroll, H., & Schubert, T. (2021). Technology sovereignty as an emerging frame for innovation policy: Defining rationales, ends and means (No. 70). Fraunhofer ISI Discussion Papers-Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis.
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Authors

Paul Lalovich

Organizational Effectiveness and Strategy Execution Practice

Tesha Teshanovich

Organizational Effectiveness and Strategy Execution Practice

This is my in-depth notes while watching the full length dfv meme video compilation by roaring pika this morning.
https://x.com/roaringpika/status/1791834694704591155?s=46
It’s an hour long and way easier to understand all together like this.
These notes come from watching every ppshow this week and taking my favorite bits of tinfoil from the community into one fairly simple look into the story dfv is telling us without getting too deep on possible tinfoil, it’s just laid out plain and simple here.
Tldr; this is a very long post. I think it starts with dfv’s final yolo update (fine I’ll do it myself) and how he’s been feeling for the first 30 minutes of the memes and then in the last half it switches to, fine I’ll do it again and then full of straight confirmation foil that we’ve been right about the bear trap, bbby, Teddy, and baby all along. Then he says we’re all good, be zen and says goodbye for now.
Here goes:
Fine I’ll do it myself, Cat heartbeat, Wolverine mad. (I think this marks his Final yolo update and of course doubled as the hype to start this week off with a bang.)
I think the first half of the movies are all about the first squeeze and how he was both dfv and kitty, how they were talking trash about him, how we found out about the baskets “you move I move” the battle scenes were all about price action up and down, everything was green and red, and the running memes are about the stock running up and sad memes are when the stock goes down.
About 30 minutes in someone asks, “where you been”, he says “waiting”, what about getting caught? “All part of the plan.”
Then there’s usual suspects movie with the goofy meme “I’ll fuckin do it again”.
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Then Jake texting Keith, is this about our Jake with bbby and the story pp had about the gay bar at the first pulte event? So funny with the guy with 600 memes and basically joking that he became a full blown psycho.
Tell me where the freaks at pump up music. Psyched on us after the meet up?
Guy looks out the window, then the Teddy in a chair (might have just been a response to Cramer being a smartass). Then Hank (Jim Carrey) starts to lose it as the stock price keeps going down, his alter ego comes out.
Truman show, he’s trying to escape, they say “he’ll turn back he’s too afraid”. They hit him with everything they’ve got but he knows it’s all fake. He says, “is that the best you can do??”
Fury is a game where every boss fight feels like the final boss. They taunt you, they demand you get back in your prison cell, they pound you into a pulp and they even make you doubt the righteousness of your own quest towards freedom. But the soundtrack man, it keeps egging you on. To whoop some ass! PP theme music.
The Bullet one talking about time, cause and effect, “don’t try to understand it, just feel it”. “Instinct, got it.”
Morpheus teaching neo it’s all fake. Just before that scene he says, “you think that’s air you’re breathing?” … “Again!”
Alice says “But I don’t want to go among mad people.” The cat replies, “Most everyone’s mad here. You may have noticed I’m not all there myself.” Neo waking up again in the 4th movie.
Alice going down a rabbit hole into wonderland.. psychedelic music and dancing.
Next scene guy running and falls over, music says “I lost myself.”
Shawshank, they find the tunnel he made. In 2021 Kitty escaped prison. All they found of him was some Reddit posts, tweets, and an old live stream. Investing is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes really, pressure and time. That and a keen goddamn activist.
A man will do anything to keep his mind busy in prison. Turns out kittys favorite activity was handing out memes, a handful at a time (the dirt for the tunnel). Kitty did as he was told, buffed that financial education to a high mirror shine. (I think he’s been getting ready for something big and these memes are just a countdown.)
Bruce Willis. No, THIS is the Kansas City shuffle. (An advanced form of confidence trick where the mark is aware of being involved in a swindle and believes that he or she can outsmart the swindler; however, this is all part of the trick, and by attempting to retaliate, the mark unwittingly assists the con artist.) Hedge funds are the mark and dfv/rc are playing a con, the bear trap?
Pay attention to what I say, I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself. The cat looks at the camera.
Michael from the office - It’s Britney bitch. And I am back. Cut to Britney Spears - I must confess I still believe. When I’m not with you I lose my mind. Give me a sign (like how we’re always asking for a sign?? (with the alien g from signs all red like a gme logo giving birth). Hit me BABY one more time!
Goosebumps all the papers fly out of the briefcase right when we get like 200 new dockets clawing back money from 90 days before bbby bk. Bear beware… you’re in for a scare…
Then it’s Abbi from Broad city dancing all over the place and she’s obsessed with bed bath and beyond in the show. There’s also the scene where the other girl is dancing behind a colored blanket with the same logo as HBC and then the next scene she’s tied up. Then they’re dancing again.. and naked then then only in shorts. Naked shorts?
We’ll never survive unless we’re a little crazy. The modern investor unleashes the animal within to take on the big city - that’s gotta be us apes?
What kind of person are you? The kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Is it possible that there are no coincidences? The kid holds up a baby monitor. They find a crop circle and it’s two GameStop logos turned in different directions (maybe rc turned GameStop around) and then another one with a long line and a baby gme logo (is gme about to have a baby?!)
Why make something disposable like an investment thesis when you can make something that lasts forever, like a GameStop meme? (It says “Reality” at the bottom of this clip, lol)
Jack Nicholson in the shining (music playing it’s just a matter of time before I lose my mind it’s also a place in ready player one where they have to take the leap not taken, the leap of faith, a kiss). “Make a lot of memes today?” Lol
Can’t stop what’s coming. Kicks some ass.
I got both hands off the wheel, the cops are coming. I listen to the music with no fear, you can hear it too if you’re sincere. Cuz I’m a punk rocker yes I am. (song: punkrocker by the teddybears)
Rock ain’t about doing things prefect! Who can tell me what it’s really about? Sticking it to the man! If you wanna rock, you gotta break the rules.
Two cars racing, one plays chicken with a truck and then cut to bojack horseman talking on stage right before they almost crash (stalking horse? Looks just like he horse from 1, 2 switch that GameStop tweeted the minute the stalking horse deadline was up.)
Now you may only see a pile of boring forms and numbers, but I see a story (us going through the dd and maybe holly etlin talking about there’s a story here but it’s not mine to tell)
Listen to this song, it’ll change your life.
(Song is don’t fear the reaper - so don’t be afraid of death, funny because of the cowbell, maybe cowbell is involved in the tinfoil but at the end of the song lyrics not shown in the clip they say: don't be afraid, Come on, baby (and she had no fear) And she ran to him (then they started to fly) They looked backward and said goodbye)
Big Lebowski dude is investigating and finds the drawing of Jackie tree horn and it’s just a guy with a raging erection with the name cohen at the top of the paper. (I think this means rc is ready to fuck)
Jason borne is telling the run Lola run chick he can’t run with her, he has to be careful because people are after him. He says I gotta figure it out. She says well then figure it out. They drive into a parking garage through the wrong way (where it should say exit it says exit strategy and he enters through the exit, parks and walks away, as in “what’s an exit strategy”)
Then it looks like maybe him and rc just waiting and dealing with some bs.
Then there’s the Backstage roaring cat perhaps. The girl says ima stick beside him.
Not sure about everyone shooting each other but someone said maybe because he wrote it and manifested it?
Then the dress one “this is art, get it?” Was apparently two minutes after hey Ross and some others were talking about that dress on a space call.
I’m a United States gamestop memer. Aren’t those the guys that go crazy and come back with an arsenal of memes and blast everybody? Sometimes. Price action keeps coming and coming… and then it’s GameStop earnings week! (6/5 aftermarket)
Always sunny scene maybe like a peek into how crazy he’s been feeling not being able to talk to anyone for three years?
He can’t speak or he’ll get in trouble.
Alladin scene (alladin name of trading algo. He also says next time I’ll use a nom de plume - pen name) all I gotta do is jump! (The theme of taking a leap of faith again)
Dreyfus billionaire family (no idea but she’s dancing having a great time)
You can’t handle the truth (code red has to do with a worm/virus, maybe they’re about to unleash something that destroys several companies that are short? And it’s pretty funny)
Beavis and butthead sex for dummies (to me it says rc and dfv are ready to fuck but also cex means centralized exchanges which are also for dummies)
Oceans 11, (theme is a heist. We’re all looking at each other like what’s about to happen and then the last guy is just looking at boobs, seems to describe a group like us lol)
Bernard from westworld can’t see the bear thesis (because in the movie he’s programmed not to but irl it’s because there isn’t a thesis!)
“That’s not a thesis,” pulls out huge knife, “that’s a thesis.”
The gme galaxy on the cat collar says deepfuckingvalue so I think he’s saying it’s still deep value and we often made memes about the black hole of gme absorbing the rest of the market into it so maybe that’s it.
Whats in the box? What’s in the box??? (What’s the plan??? RC not telegraphing his plans)
Guy looks at all the memes - she asks “is it not good?” “It is miraculous.” (That’s us loving every second of this. Thank you dfv.)
And so.. you just RAN. Forest gump runnin’ (gme gonna just keep runnin’)
you go backwards but then you go forwards again… you go backwards… then he walks out of the woods.. (are we out of the woods now? Done going backwards?)
We’ll see. The Zen philosophy story - kid breaks leg, oh that’s bad, can’t go to war, oh now it’s good etc - (I think he’s saying to be zen, we’re gonna win, but this message goes deeper:
We don’t always know what is good or bad. Breaking your leg isn’t good or bad, those are just judgements in our mind. We don’t know what the future holds. Almost anything can be a good thing or a bad thing, all we can do is accept life and how things play out without judgement.)
We’ll see.
Then the boy is saying bye to ET, the music says I’ve really enjoyed my stay, but I must be movin on. (DFV going silent again until this all plays out.)
He’s saying “we fuckin won fellas! Be zen, and we’ll see this all play out soon enough.”
I think the heavy use of good movies and music and video games may also be hinting at gamestops nft marketplace May reopen to sell those 3 things as NFTs by partnering with blockbuster and some musicians.
LFG 🚀 I’ll see you regards on the moon.

My ex husband and I separated 4 years ago and are divorced for 3 years. It wasn't amicable. The last time I communicated with him was when we were filing for divorce 3 years ago. When we were seperating, I told him I didn't want to be his friend and didn't want people who treated me like he does in my life.
We were no contact for a year when we first separated. He sent me an Instagram message from his business account asking why I blocked him on Instagram. I had him blocked for at least 6 months by that point. He's pretty active on there and I really didn't want to see it and didn't want him seeing anything about me. I didn't respond.
We were no contact for about another year when he sent me a Facebook message about a rumour he heard about himself. He said I could have clarified the story with him and accused me of spreading the rumour. He sent a follow up email asking that I check my Facebook messages in case his message got filtered out. I responded to neither and blocked his email and him on Facebook. We don't have any mutual friends since our separation 4 years ago and I've spoken to no one that knows him. My best guess is the rumour was related to an incident during the early years of our relationship and I'm one of the few people who knew about it?
We've been no contact for another year (I haven't communicated with him in 3 years at this point) and he recently sent me a happy birthday text. I didn't respond and blocked his phone number.
It's unsettling! And, it fucks with my head because I'm thinking about him again. I'm prone to fixating on "why" he'd contact me and the audacity. I feel like it takes me weeks to work through my emotions.

Do you guys go to the same artist(s) as your big pieces for small text-type tattoos? I want to get something small tattooed but I feel like it’s weird to ask artists who specialize in certain art types..? Hope that makes sense (or it’s all in my head) lol

Introduction
Bonjour tout le monde, I’m a French guy who likes learning foreign languages. And I thought it could be useful to share what French content I like, so that you could use it to learn the language :)
Disclaimers:

• It’s usually content destined to native speakers, so hard to understand and without subtitles. You might want to focus less on youtube/podcasts if your comprehension is not at least B1.
• Follows more the interests of a younger audience (<40 y.o.), with lots of youtube/twitch (plenty of good French content there).

Youtube
(Note : some of the shows are originally on twitch, but only available on demand if you subscribe ; while accessible for free on youtube).
[Comedy sketch]

• Les inconnus
• Les nuls
• Golden moustache
• Studio bagel

[Stand-up]
(Here are some of the best french comedians, generally with full/part of shows on youtube)

• Montreux Comedy : main festival of stand-up comedy.
• Khyan khojand
• Kheiron : crowd work improv.
• Haroun

[News/politics]

• France info direct : news 24/24h.
• Backseat : French politics talked and explained by young people.

[Others]

• Popcorn : talk-show by streamers/youtubers with discussions, news, interviews and games.
• TheGreatReview : best storyteller ever, mostly about videogames. Half of his videos are on the channel “MGG France”, just look at their most popular videos to find them.
• Antoine Daniel : he is best know for his “WTC” series of videos where he makes fun of crazy youtube videos. Now he is one of most important Twitch Streamer (personally my favorite). I particularly recommend his videos on Mondays with other streamers, a group of friends with great banter.
• Squeezie : most popular French youtuber (also playing videogames on Twitch). I especially recommend these type of videos : “qui est l’imposteur”, “ya quoi derrière la porte” and « qui aura l’objet piegé ».
• Mcfly & Carlito : better to skip the short videos, the best videos are generally when they are playing games or telling stories.
• Paul Taylor : ‘What the Fuck France’ is a playlist of short videos explaining French culture (mostly in English).
• C’est une autre histoire : fun history.
• Un Bon Moment : interviews and games.
• Arte : main TV channel for documentaries.

TV Shows
*Access* : https://www.cpasbien.zip/

• Le Bureau des Légendes (canal +) : French equivalent of Homeland, more realistic.
• 10 pour cent (Netflix) : life as a moviestar agent.
• Baron Noir (canal+) : the French equivalent of House of cards, also more realistic.
• Kaamelott (youtube) : parody of King Arthur and his knights.
• Bref (youtube) : mini-serie, really innovative in its format.
• La Flamme (canal +) : Parody of the bachelor.
• D’argent et de sang (canal +) : real story of a the biggest scam in France.
• Drôle (Netflix) : rookie comedians’ trying to make it.
• Tapie (Netflix) : biopic of Bernard Tapie, a movie-like figure sometimes compared to Berlusconi.
• Les 7 vies de Léa (netflix) : nice little fiction based on a book.
• Hippocrate (canal+ ) : interns in a public hospital. - En thérapie (arte) : follows a therapist with his patients.

Movies
[Comedies]

• Le dîner de cons
• OSS 117
• La cité de la peur
• Maestro (2014)
• La grande vadrouille
• Astérix mission Cléopâtre
• Trois frères
• La crème de la crème

[Others]

• Le chant du loup
• Au revoir là-haut
• 120 Battements par minute
• La Nuit du 12
• Les Chatouilles
• Edmond
• Novembre
• Je verrai toujours vos visages
• Illusions perdues
• Anatomie d’une chute

Podcasts

• Floodcast : fun discussions and games.
• 2 heures de perdues : humoristic review of movies.
• Les couilles sur la table : feminist podcast.
• A bientôt de te revoir : laid-back discussions.
• Small talk (Kombini) : interviews of famous people about their life stories.
• Somnifère : to help you sleep.

Music

• Jacques Brel (chanson française)
• Orelsan (rap)
• Angèle (pop)
• Bigflo & oli (rap)
• La ruda Salska (ska)

Comics (BD)

• Arab of the Future by Riad Sattou
• Fabcaro's comics : absurdist comedy.
• Delisle’s comics, especially the foreign adventures Jerusalem and Burma.
• Persépolis by Marjane Satrapi (can also check out the movie).

Facebook/twitter

• Neurchis (facebook) : These are fb groups where memes and stories are widely shared (verland of “chineur”). I recommend for instance the “Neurchi de date claqué” and “Neurchibald de tintin“. Full list : https://neurchi.fandom.com/fwiki/Liste_des_groupes_Neurchi
• List of French twitter users you can follow : https://www.topito.com/top-100-des-comptes-twitter-qui-nous-font-marrer-les-cons

Other

• France InteFrance Culture : radio with lots of different programs, in addition to the news.
• theconversation.com/fr : academics/experts writing news articles.
• Collège de France (sciences) : the best French researchers giving courses for everyone for free, from natural to social sciences : https://www.college-de-france.fchaires-actuelles

Hey im Tobias, 18, Bi, and I'm very bored! Come message me about anything at all, I really couldn't care what the topic is!
I'm interested in gaming, art, cooking, films and i love chatting to strangers lol 😆
I'm interested in texting but no voice notes - and if we really get connect then we may in the future be able to use other means of communication ;) this is focused for just messaging, but im open for it to turn into something more
I prefer girls but men are also my style so don't worry about messaging me whoever you are, I won't discriminate no matter age, gender, sexuality. I do not care about that. Just come message me already.
Idk what else to write but yeah anyone come message me now!!!

Just need a vent!
My ex husband and I separated 4 years ago and are divorced for 3 years. It wasn't amicable. The last time I communicated with him was when we were filing for divorce 3 years ago. When we were seperating, I told him I didn't want to be his friend and didn't want people who treated me like he does in my life.
We were no contact for a year when we first separated. He sent me an Instagram message from his business account asking why I blocked him on Instagram. I had him blocked for at least 6 months by that point. He's pretty active on there and I really didn't want to see it and didn't want him seeing anything about me. I didn't respond.
We were no contact for about another year when he sent me a Facebook message about a rumour he heard about himself. He said I could have clarified the story with him and accused me of spreading the rumour. He sent a follow up email asking that I check my Facebook messages in case his message got filtered out. I responded to neither and blocked his email and him on Facebook. We don't have any mutual friends since our separation 4 years ago and I've spoken to no one that knows him. My best guess is the rumour was related to an incident during the early years of our relationship and I'm one of the few people who knew about it?
We've been no contact for another year (I haven't communicated with him in 3 years at this point) and he recently sent me a happy birthday text. I didn't respond and blocked his phone number. It's unsettling!

"‘Għandna bżonn Nibdlu Malta’: Il-Kap Eżekuttiv Laburista Jopponi Qawwija l-Applikazzjoni tas-Supermarket Fuq ODZ
Il-Kap Eżekuttiv Laburista Randolph De Battista oppona bil-qawwa l-applikazzjoni tal-ippjanar biex jinbena supermarket fuq 7,000 metru kwadru ta’ art ODZ.
“Jekk tirrispetta s-soċjetà u n-nies ta’ madwarek, lanqas biss taħsibha li tieħu art ODZ biex tibni kamra, aħseb u ara supermarket. Full stop,” kiteb De Battista fuq il-midja soċjali wara li feraħ lis-Sindku tal-lokalità talli oppona l-proġett.
“Ninsisti li rridu nbiddlu Malta. Irridu nrawmu soċjetà ta’ rispett.”
Dan wara li t-Times of Malta żvelaw pjanijiet proposti biex jinbena supermarket, parkeġġ taħt l-art, u ħwienet oħra.
Dan wassal għal reazzjoni kbira mill-Fondazzjoni San Mikiel – skola viċin is-sit – is-sindku ta’ San Ġwann, il-Prim Ministru li wiegħed l-appoġġ tiegħu għall-kawża ta’ Fenech, kif ukoll eks student ta’ San Mikiel u kandidat attwali għall-kunsill lokali tas-Swieqi Jordan Galea Pace.
Il-pjanijiet jipproponu li jinbena supermarket fi Triq tal-Balal u Triq tal-Prepostu, madwar 250 metru bogħod minn supermarket ieħor. Intant, l-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar qed tipproċessa wkoll applikazzjoni għal supermarket differenti u ħanut tad-DIY minn naħa l-oħra tat-triq.
L-applikazzjoni telenka lil JG Periti bħala d-ditta tal-arkitettura u lil Meleney Gauci bħala l-iżviluppatur. Madankollu, skont il-formola tal-applikazzjoni pubblika, Jason Pace huwa l-uniku sid tas-sit.
Minbarra li diġà huwa żona ta’ żvilupp barra, is-sit inkwistjoni jmiss Wied Għomor u Wied il-Kbir, it-tnejn Żoni protetti ta’ Importanza Ekoloġika u Sit ta’ Importanza Xjentifika.
Taqbel ma' De Battista?
https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/environment/we-need-to-change-malta-labour-ceo-strongly-opposes-supermarket-application-on-odz/
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"「我們需要改變馬耳他」：工黨執行長強烈反對 ODZ 上的超市申請
工黨執行長倫道夫·德·巴蒂斯塔(Randolph De Battista)堅決反對在ODZ 7000平方米土地上建造超市的規劃申請。
「如果你尊重社會和周圍的人，你甚至不會想到佔用ODZ的土地來建造一個房間，更不用說建造一個超市了。句號，」德巴蒂斯塔在祝賀當地市長反對該項目後在社交媒體上寫道。
「我堅持我們需要改變馬耳他。我們必須培育一個互相尊重的社會。
此前，《馬耳他時報》披露了建造超市、地下停車場和其他商店的擬議計劃。
這引起了聖邁克爾基金會（該校附近的一所學校）的強烈反對，聖胡安市長、承諾支持芬內奇事業的總理，以及聖邁克爾基金會的前學生、現任Swieqi 地方議會候選人喬丹‧加利‧佩斯(Jordan Galea Pace)。
該計劃擬在 Triq tal-Balal 和 Triq tal-Prepostu 上建造一家超市，距離另一家超市約 250 公尺。同時，規劃局也正在處理馬路對面另一家超市和一家 DIY 商店的申請。
該申請將 JG Periti 列為建築公司，將 Meleney Gauci 列為開發商。然而，根據公開申請表，傑森·佩斯是該網站的唯一所有者。
除了已經成為外部開發區外，該地點還毗鄰 Wied Għomor 和 Wied il-Kbir，這兩個保護區都是具有重要生態意義的保護區和具有重要科學意義的地點。
您同意德巴蒂斯塔的觀點嗎？
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"‘We Need To Change Malta’: Labour CEO Strongly Opposes Supermarket Application On ODZ
Labour CEO Randolph De Battista sternly opposed the planning application to build a supermarket on 7,000 square-metres of ODZ land.
“If you respect society and the people around you, you don’t even think of taking up ODZ land to build a room, let alone a supermarket. Full stop,” De Battista wrote on social media after congratulating the locality’s mayor for opposing the project.
“I insist that we need to change Malta. We must foster a society of respect.”
This comes after proposed plans to construct a supermarket, underground parking lot, and other stores were revealed by the Times of Malta.
This incurred major backlash from St Michael’s Foundation – a school neighbouring the site – the San Ġwann mayor, the Prime Minister who pledged his support to Fenech’s cause, as well as a former student of St Michael’s and current Swieqi local council candidate Jordan Galea Pace.
The plans propose to build a supermarket on Triq tal-Balal and Triq tal-Prepostu, around 250 metres away from another supermarket. Meanwhile, the Planning Authority is also processing an application for a different supermarket and a DIY store across the road.
The application lists JG Periti as the architectural firm and Meleney Gauci as the developer. Yet, according to the public application form, Jason Pace is the sole owner of the site.
Besides already being an outside development zone, the site in question abuts Wied Għomor and Wied il-Kbir, both protected Areas of Ecological Importance and a Site of Scientific Importance.
Do you agree with De Battista?
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"'हमें माल्टा को बदलने की जरूरत है': लेबर सीईओ ने ओडीजेड पर सुपरमार्केट एप्लिकेशन का कड़ा विरोध किया
लेबर सीईओ रैंडोल्फ डी बतिस्ता ने 7,000 वर्ग मीटर ओडीजेड भूमि पर एक सुपरमार्केट बनाने की योजना के आवेदन का कड़ा विरोध किया।
“यदि आप समाज और अपने आस-पास के लोगों का सम्मान करते हैं, तो आप एक कमरा बनाने के लिए ओडीजेड भूमि लेने के बारे में भी नहीं सोचते हैं, सुपरमार्केट की तो बात ही छोड़ दें। पूर्ण विराम,'' डी बतिस्ता ने परियोजना का विरोध करने के लिए इलाके के मेयर को बधाई देने के बाद सोशल मीडिया पर लिखा।
“मैं इस बात पर जोर देता हूं कि हमें माल्टा को बदलने की जरूरत है। हमें सम्मानपूर्ण समाज को बढ़ावा देना चाहिए।""
यह टाइम्स ऑफ माल्टा द्वारा एक सुपरमार्केट, भूमिगत पार्किंग स्थल और अन्य स्टोर बनाने की प्रस्तावित योजनाओं के खुलासे के बाद आया है।
इस पर सेंट माइकल फाउंडेशन - साइट के पड़ोसी स्कूल - सैन इवान मेयर, प्रधान मंत्री, जिन्होंने फेनेच के मुद्दे पर अपना समर्थन देने का वादा किया था, के साथ-साथ सेंट माइकल के पूर्व छात्र और वर्तमान स्वीकी स्थानीय परिषद के उम्मीदवार जॉर्डन गैलिया पेस से बड़ी प्रतिक्रिया हुई।
योजना में त्रिक ताल-बलाल और त्रिक ताल-प्रीपोस्टु पर एक सुपरमार्केट बनाने का प्रस्ताव है, जो दूसरे सुपरमार्केट से लगभग 250 मीटर की दूरी पर है। इस बीच, योजना प्राधिकरण सड़क के पार एक अलग सुपरमार्केट और एक DIY स्टोर के लिए एक आवेदन पर भी कार्रवाई कर रहा है।
एप्लिकेशन में आर्किटेक्चरल फर्म के रूप में जेजी पेरिटी और डेवलपर के रूप में मेलेनी गौसी को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है। फिर भी, सार्वजनिक आवेदन पत्र के अनुसार, जेसन पेस साइट का एकमात्र मालिक है।
पहले से ही एक बाहरी विकास क्षेत्र होने के अलावा, विचाराधीन साइट विद गोमोर और विद इल-कबीर से सटी हुई है, दोनों पारिस्थितिक महत्व के संरक्षित क्षेत्र और वैज्ञानिक महत्व की साइट हैं।
क्या आप डी बतिस्ता से सहमत हैं?
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"“Necesitamos cambiar Malta”: el director ejecutivo del Partido Laborista se opone firmemente a la aplicación de supermercados en ODZ
El director general laborista, Randolph De Battista, se opuso firmemente a la solicitud de planificación para construir un supermercado en 7.000 metros cuadrados de terreno de ODZ.
“Si respetas a la sociedad y a las personas que te rodean, ni siquiera se te ocurre ocupar un terreno de ODZ para construir una habitación, y mucho menos un supermercado. Punto final”, escribió De Battista en las redes sociales después de felicitar al alcalde de la localidad por oponerse al proyecto.
“Insisto en que necesitamos cambiar Malta. Debemos fomentar una sociedad de respeto”.
Esto se produce después de que el Times of Malta revelara los planes propuestos para construir un supermercado, un estacionamiento subterráneo y otras tiendas.
Esto provocó una gran reacción por parte de la Fundación St Michael (una escuela vecina al sitio), el alcalde de San Ġwann, el Primer Ministro que prometió su apoyo a la causa de Fenech, así como un antiguo alumno de St Michael y actual candidato al consejo local de Swieqi, Jordan Galea Pace.
Los planes proponen construir un supermercado en Triq tal-Balal y Triq tal-Prepostu, a unos 250 metros de otro supermercado. Mientras tanto, la Autoridad de Planificación también está tramitando una solicitud para otro supermercado y una tienda de bricolaje al otro lado de la calle.
La solicitud enumera a JG Periti como el estudio de arquitectura y a Meleney Gauci como desarrollador. Sin embargo, según el formulario de solicitud público, Jason Pace es el único propietario del sitio.
Además de ser ya una zona de desarrollo exterior, el sitio en cuestión linda con Wied Għomor y Wied il-Kbir, ambas áreas protegidas de importancia ecológica y un sitio de importancia científica.
¿Estás de acuerdo con De Battista?
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"« Nous devons changer Malte » : le PDG travailliste s’oppose fermement à l’application des supermarchés sur ODZ
Le PDG du parti travailliste, Randolph De Battista, s'est fermement opposé à la demande de permis de construire visant à construire un supermarché sur 7 000 mètres carrés de terrain de l'ODZ.
« Si vous respectez la société et les gens qui vous entourent, vous ne pensez même pas à investir un terrain de l’ODZ pour y construire un local, encore moins un supermarché. Point final », a écrit De Battista sur les réseaux sociaux après avoir félicité le maire de la localité pour son opposition au projet.
« J’insiste sur le fait que nous devons changer Malte. Nous devons favoriser une société respectueuse.
Cela fait suite à la révélation par le Times of Malta de projets de construction d'un supermarché, d'un parking souterrain et d'autres magasins.
Cela a suscité des réactions négatives majeures de la part de la Fondation St Michael – une école voisine du site – du maire de San Ġwann, du Premier ministre qui a promis son soutien à la cause de Fenech, ainsi que d’un ancien élève de St Michael et actuel candidat au conseil local de Swieqi, Jordan Galea Pace.
Les plans proposent de construire un supermarché à Triq tal-Balal et Triq tal-Prepostu, à environ 250 mètres d'un autre supermarché. Entre-temps, le service de planification traite également une demande pour un autre supermarché et un magasin de bricolage de l'autre côté de la route.
La candidature répertorie JG Periti comme cabinet d'architectes et Meleney Gauci comme développeur. Pourtant, selon le formulaire de candidature public, Jason Pace est l'unique propriétaire du site.
En plus d'être déjà une zone de développement extérieure, le site en question jouxte Wied Għomor et Wied il-Kbir, toutes deux zones protégées d'importance écologique et site d'importance scientifique.
Êtes-vous d’accord avec De Battista ?
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"„Wir müssen Malta verändern“: Labour-Chef lehnt die Anwendung von ODZ im Supermarkt entschieden ab
Randolph De Battista, CEO von Labour, lehnte den Bauantrag für den Bau eines Supermarkts auf 7.000 Quadratmetern ODZ-Grundstück entschieden ab.
„Wenn man die Gesellschaft und die Menschen um einen herum respektiert, denkt man nicht einmal daran, das ODZ-Gelände für den Bau eines Zimmers zu beanspruchen, geschweige denn für einen Supermarkt. Schluss damit“, schrieb De Battista in den sozialen Medien, nachdem er dem Bürgermeister des Ortes zu seinem Widerstand gegen das Projekt gratuliert hatte.
„Ich bestehe darauf, dass wir Malta verändern müssen. Wir müssen eine Gesellschaft des Respekts fördern.“
Dies geschah, nachdem die Times of Malta geplante Pläne zum Bau eines Supermarkts, einer Tiefgarage und anderer Geschäfte enthüllt hatte.
Dies löste heftige Gegenreaktionen seitens der St. Michael’s Foundation – einer Schule in der Nähe des Geländes – des Bürgermeisters von San Ġwann, des Premierministers, der Fenechs Sache seine Unterstützung zusagte, sowie eines ehemaligen Schülers von St. Michael’s und aktuellen Kandidaten für den Gemeinderat von Swieqi, Jordan Galea Pace, aus.
Die Pläne sehen den Bau eines Supermarkts am Triq tal-Balal und Triq tal-Prepostu vor, etwa 250 Meter von einem anderen Supermarkt entfernt. Inzwischen bearbeitet die Planungsbehörde auch einen Antrag für einen weiteren Supermarkt und einen Baumarkt auf der gegenüberliegenden Straßenseite.
Im Antrag sind JG Periti als Architekturbüro und Meleney Gauci als Entwickler aufgeführt. Dem öffentlichen Antragsformular zufolge ist Jason Pace jedoch der alleinige Eigentümer der Website.
Abgesehen davon, dass es sich bereits um ein außerhalb der Entwicklungszone liegendes Gebiet handelt, grenzt das betreffende Gebiet auch an Wied Għomor und Wied il-Kbir, beides Schutzgebiete von ökologischer Bedeutung und ein Gebiet von wissenschaftlicher Bedeutung.
Stimmen Sie De Battista zu?
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