This is what I will do on the day Democracy dies.

This comprehensive strategy is designed with the specific purpose of protecting groups most at risk during such political transitions—political activists, minority communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other groups that frequently find themselves targeted by regimes and movements hostile to democratic norms. (i.e. MAGA)
The intent of this strategy is to offer a dual-phased approach that prepares for both pre-election and post-election scenarios. By doing so, we aim to ensure that the rights and safety of at-risk populations are maintained regardless of political developments. The strategy encompasses a series of actions focused on enhancing data privacy, establishing covert safe havens, and creating paper organizations to provide both legal and social cover. Each element has been carefully crafted to blend into the community seamlessly, thereby minimizing the risk of detection and retaliation by potential adversaries, including groups like MAGA, known for their hostility towards certain demographics and ideologies.
The details outlined here are not merely precautionary; they are essential in a time when political unpredictability can lead to sudden and severe consequences for those standing on the front lines of advocacy and social change. This introduction sets the stage for a strategy that is both protective and adaptive, ensuring that all measures are grounded in a deep understanding of the risks involved and the absolute necessity for discretion and thoroughness.

Background Context

Political Climate Overview

The global political landscape is currently characterized by increasing instability and a troubling shift toward authoritarian governance. This trend manifests distinctly in various regions, contributing to a world where democratic principles are routinely challenged and often undermined.

• Increasing Volatility: Across the globe, nations are experiencing heightened political instability which, in many cases, precipitates the rise of authoritarian rule. This instability often stems from economic distress, social unrest, or perceived governmental inefficiencies, which authoritarian figures exploit to consolidate power.
  
• Shifts Toward Authoritarianism: Recent years have seen several governments adopt practices that are starkly authoritarian. Examples abound where states have suppressed free speech through censorship, manipulated electoral processes to maintain power, and systematically weakened the independence of the judiciary. These actions not only compromise the checks and balances essential to democratic governance but also threaten the fundamental rights and freedoms of their citizens.
  
• Hostility Towards Democratic Norms: A significant rise in movements and ideologies that oppose democratic norms has been noted, often under the banners of nationalism or populism. These movements exploit fears and prejudices, rallying support through divisive and sometimes xenophobic rhetoric, posing a direct threat to the pluralistic fabric of societies.
  

Vulnerable Groups

In this increasingly authoritarian environment, certain groups find themselves particularly vulnerable to persecution and discrimination. Their exposure to risk is exacerbated by their visibility and their perceived opposition to authoritarian values and practices.

• Political Activists: Typically the first in the line of fire, political activists face significant dangers under authoritarian shifts. Their efforts to organize opposition, promote democratic values, and protect human rights often make them targets for harassment, arbitrary detention, and worse, as they are viewed as direct threats to authoritarian interests.
  
• Minority Communities: Ethnic, racial, and religious minorities frequently endure increased discrimination and violence when authoritarian regimes rise to power. Such regimes often scapegoat these communities, enacting policies that strip them of their rights and freedoms, and in some cases, actively encourage acts of violence and persecution against them.
  
• LGBTQ+ Individuals: LGBTQ+ communities are exceedingly vulnerable under more conservative or outright authoritarian regimes. They may face draconian legislation, social ostracism, and violence. These measures not only threaten their personal safety but also seek to erase their presence from public life.
  
• Other At-Risk Populations: Refugees, immigrants, and individuals with dissenting ideological views are also at significant risk. They may confront stricter immigration controls, risk of expulsion, and exclusion from political participation. Under authoritarian regimes, these groups often experience a harsh curtailing of their freedoms and a denial of their right to partake in society.
  

The Threat of Project_2025

A specific example of these growing threats is the emergence of initiatives like Project_2025, which symbolize the strategic and organized efforts by authoritarian groups to reshape societies according to their ideologies. Project_2025 is often cited as a blueprint for systemic change intended to dismantle current democratic frameworks and replace them with systems that suppress dissent and centralize power. This project is not merely a theoretical risk but a concrete plan that could lead to significant repression of any form of resistance or criticism.
This background context sets the stage for understanding the critical need for a robust strategy to protect vulnerable groups and preserve democratic norms. The following sections will delve into the specifics of pre-election and post-election strategies designed to counter these threats and safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of those at risk.

Pre-Election Strategy: Part 1 - Data Privacy and Social Media Scrubbing

Objective

The primary objective of this part of the strategy is to safeguard personal data to protect individuals from potential threats in a politically unstable environment. By minimizing the digital footprint, the strategy aims to prevent hostile entities from using online activities and histories against individuals, especially those active in movements or communities that could be targeted in a regime shift.

Importance of Data Privacy

In the context of potential authoritarian shifts, personal data on digital platforms can be weaponized against individuals. This includes identifying personal networks, political stances, and other sensitive information that could lead to harassment or worse. Protecting this data is not just about privacy; it's about maintaining personal safety and freedom in the face of growing surveillance and repression.

Actions

Timing and Planning

• When to Begin:
  
  • Initiate the data scrubbing process six months prior to critical political events, like elections or significant legislative changes, to ensure that the data is irrecoverable by the time these events occur.
• How to Plan:
  
  • Set up a phased plan that includes initial assessments, periodic reviews, and final checks. This plan should cover all platforms where personal data might be stored, from social media to cloud storage services.

Content Removal

• Types of Content to Remove:
  
  • Political Statements: Remove posts or likes that clearly align with specific political ideologies or opposition movements. For example, deleting tweets supporting political protests or Facebook posts criticizing government policies.
  • Group Affiliations: Withdraw from public or semi-public social media groups that are directly associated with activist movements or politically sensitive causes. For instance, leaving a Facebook group dedicated to organizing protest events.
  • Personal Beliefs: Scrub any content that expresses strong ideological beliefs that could be targeted under a new regime, such as blog posts advocating for controversial reforms or Instagram posts supporting marginalized communities.
• Reasons for Removal:
  
  • Removing such content significantly reduces the risk of being targeted based on historical data. This proactive step is crucial for individuals who could be directly impacted by policy changes, ensuring that their online presence does not inadvertently expose them to risks.

Privacy Education

• Educational Initiatives:
  • Workshops and Seminars: Conduct these sessions focusing on teaching effective methods for securing online profiles and handling personal data. For example, a seminar could demonstrate how to use Facebook’s privacy settings to hide past posts and tighten profile visibility.
  • Online Resources: Develop comprehensive guides that detail steps for data auditing on popular platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google. These guides would offer instructions on reviewing and deleting old posts, checking app permissions, and understanding privacy policies.
  • Community Outreach: Collaborate with local libraries, schools, and community centers to spread awareness about the importance of data privacy. This might include setting up informational booths, distributing flyers, or hosting Q&A sessions with privacy experts.

Examples

• Example of Effective Content Removal: Jane Doe, an activist, reviewed her Twitter account and removed tweets that could be controversial. She deleted tweets advocating for large-scale protests and any direct criticisms of political figures known for their harsh retaliation against dissenters.
  
• Community Education Example: A community center hosts a monthly workshop where participants are taught how to scrub their digital footprints effectively. These workshops provide hands-on training on privacy settings for major social networks and strategies for minimizing personal data exposure online.
  

This refined approach to data privacy ensures that individuals are not only aware of the risks but are also equipped with the tools and knowledge to protect themselves effectively. By systematically reducing their digital footprint, individuals can navigate politically turbulent times with greater security and confidence.

Pre-Election Strategy: Part 2 - Establishment of Covert Safe Havens in Plain Sight

Objective

The primary purpose of creating covert safe havens is to provide secure and discrete support networks for vulnerable individuals in anticipation of potential political instability. These havens are designed to integrate seamlessly into everyday community settings, offering legitimate public functions while maintaining a dual capability to protect and assist those in need. This approach ensures that these safe havens can operate without attracting undue attention, blending naturally into their environments while fulfilling their protective roles. By carefully selecting and managing these dual-functionality locations, this strategy not only provides vital support and protection for vulnerable individuals but also ensures that these safe havens remain sustainable and integrated within their communities. This seamless integration into everyday life is key to maintaining the operation's discretion and effectiveness, safeguarding those at risk while minimizing the chance of detection.

Actions

Selection of Locations

Choosing the right locations is critical to the effectiveness and discretion of these safe havens. The criteria for selecting these locations include:

• Community Integration:
  
  • Locations should be well-integrated within the community, serving as familiar and accepted places that naturally attract a diverse range of clientele. This integration helps the safe haven to appear ordinary and unremarkable, reducing the likelihood of scrutiny.
• Visibility and Accessibility:
  
  • While the locations should be visible enough to be considered a normal part of the community, they must also feature private spaces such as basements, cellars, or back rooms. These areas should be easily accessible to those in need without drawing attention from the general public.
• Economic Viability:
  
  • It is essential that these locations can sustain a legitimate business model. This not only supports the community financially but also underpins the covert operations, ensuring they can continue without financial strain or suspicion.

Dual-Functionality

These locations must adeptly balance their public and covert functionalities:

• Public Business Functions:
  
  • Types of Businesses: The strategy focuses on establishments like coffee shops, bars, community farms, maker spaces, and recreational venues like RV parks or camping grounds. These businesses are generally well-received and frequented by the public, providing a solid cover for the covert activities.
  • Community Services: Each business should offer valuable services such as food production, educational workshops, or leisure activities. These services contribute positively to the community, enhancing the business's credibility and integration.
• Covert Support Functions:
  
  • Plausible Dual Use Areas: Utilize existing structures that naturally offer privacy, like root cellars on farms or basements in urban buildings. These spaces should be typical of the property and require minimal adjustment to serve as safe areas, thus avoiding any construction that might appear suspicious or clandestine.
  • Transport Services: Implement transportation services that align with the business model. For example, a delivery service from a farm or a mobile workshop from a construction site can double as a method for safely moving individuals in need. This strategy includes using common roles like Uber drivers for transportation, where the individual being transported is actually posing as the uber driver for a white family, blending into a service role, reducing visibility and suspicion from MAGA.

Implementation Examples

• Farm Example:
  
  • Location: A community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm that is well-known for its fresh produce and community engagement through regular farm festivals and events.
  • Dual Functionality: The farm features a large barn or a root cellar typically used for storing seasonal equipment and produce. This can also provide temporary shelter, offering a safe and private space for at-risk individuals. The regular turnover of visitors and workers for legitimate agricultural purposes ensures that any additional traffic blends in without arousing suspicion. Furthermore, depending on the last two minutes of hate, MAGA may overlook minorities or immigrants if they are in a non-lucrative looking service role, such as produce picker.
• Maker Space in Urban Area:
  
  • Location: Situated in a bustling mixed-use neighborhood, this maker space is a hub for creativity and innovation, offering classes in carpentry, electronics, and more.
  • Dual Functionality: Besides the public workshop area, there's a secure back area designed for project storage. This space can also function as a discreet meeting point or temporary safe area for individuals who require shelter or a momentary escape from external threats. Furthermore, a maker space is a place full of tools, skilled craftspeople, and materials that can be repurposed for other uses, such as [ REDACTED ].

Pre-Election Strategy: Part 3 - Formation of Paper Organizations

Objective

The primary goal of forming paper organizations is to establish entities that provide legal and social fronts for covert operations, safeguarding vulnerable groups. These organizations serve to legitimize and camouflage the broader protective activities under the guise of engaging in widely accepted or non-controversial community functions. By strategically leveraging these types of organizations, the strategy ensures that protective measures are embedded within non-controversial, community-valued services. This careful planning helps maintain the sustainability of the operations, reduces the risk of exposure, and enhances the long-term viability of protecting vulnerable populations amidst political turbulence.

Actions

Types of Organizations

Select organizations that are universally accepted and less likely to attract negative attention from antagonistic groups such as MAGA:

• Sports Clubs and Teams:
  
  • Focus on sports that are popular and carry positive, community-building connotations. These organizations can organize local leagues, tournaments, and training sessions, serving as a natural gathering point for the community and a cover for larger mobilization efforts.
• Garden Clubs:
  
  • Establish co-ops or community gardens that involve activities related to food production, which are generally viewed positively and align with subsistence and sustainability goals. These can also serve as educational centers for farming techniques, appealing to a broad segment of the community.
• Kennel Clubs
  
  • Set up organizations centered around animal care, such as dog training clubs or equestrian schools. These activities appeal to animal lovers and are unlikely to draw suspicion from conservative groups. They also provide opportunities for fundraising and community involvement.

Operational Setup

• Compliance with Local Laws:
  
  • All organizations must operate within the legal framework, ensuring they do not attract scrutiny that could lead to uncovering their covert purposes.
• Maintenance and Oversight:
  
  • Regularly review and maintain operational protocols to keep the organizations effective and compliant. This includes keeping financial records clean and transparent to avoid audits that could expose the dual functions.
• Integration with Safe Havens:
  
  • Use these organizations as legal fronts or logistical hubs for the covert safe havens, facilitating communication and resource distribution discreetly. They can serve as rallying points for community support without directly exposing the linked covert operations.

Implementation Examples

• Community Sports Club:
  
  • Setup: A local soccer club that hosts regular matches and youth training camps. It is deeply integrated into the community, providing a robust platform for events that can serve broader agendas.
  • Dual Functionality: Leverage the club’s events for discreetly organizing meetings and transporting supplies under the guise of sports activities, utilizing equipment transport as a cover for moving sensitive materials.
• Garden Club:
  
  • Setup: A cooperative that offers memberships for local produce and hosts regular workshops on sustainable farming practices.
  • Dual Functionality: Use the co-op’s storage facilities and workshops as discreet points for gathering and distributing resources, you can grow food for poor people under the pretense of agricultural activities.
• Dog Training Club:
  
  • Setup: Organize a club that offers dog obedience classes and therapy animal training, which can attract a wide array of participants.
  • Dual Functionality: Utilize the club’s regular gatherings and the innocuous nature of its activities to conduct meetings and organize volunteer networks for covert operations, masked by the club’s community-focused events. This can be a double edged sword, but you can tell a lot about a person by how they treat animals. Furthermore, trained dogs have their uses.

Section 3: Post-Election Strategy - Pivoting Operations

Objective

• Activate and utilize the full scope of prepared safe havens and paper organizations in response to the election outcomes.
• Protect individuals from potential crackdowns or aggressive measures by newly empowered government authorities targeting vulnerable groups.

Overall Strategic Actions

1. Activate Covert Safe Havens and Paper Organizations:

- Evaluate the political environment post-election and determine the level of threat to vulnerable communities. - Activate contingency plans in prepared safe havens and paper organizations to provide immediate support and protection. 

1. Utilize Established Networks and Resources:

- Employ pre-arranged logistics and support systems to distribute resources, provide shelter, and facilitate the safe movement of individuals at risk. 

1. Community Integration Strategies:

- Deepen involvement in local community activities that are non-political and broadly supported to avoid backlash. - Increase participation in community service projects that enhance local development and provide essential services, reinforcing the organization's value to the community and obscuring its protective roles. 

Examples of Pivoting Operations Using Small Businesses

1. Carpet Cleaning Services:

- Use service vans for discreet transportation of individuals and supplies, leveraging routine operations as cover. - Legend has it that Cleopatra was smuggled into court rolled up in a carpet. 

1. Landscaping and Gardening Services:

- Employ landscaping crews to offer jobs and shelter in modified storage units, providing a plausible reason for the movement and congregation of workers. - MAGA has no respect for minorities, but they like mowed lawns. Transporting people of color in the guise of lawn care workers will usually be ignored. 

1. Mobile Pet Grooming Services:

- Utilize pet grooming vans to distribute resources discreetly and move individuals between safe locations under the guise of service calls. - Pet first aid equipment can also be used on two legged mammals. 

1. Food Trucks:

- Operate food trucks to serve dual purposes—providing food to vulnerable populations and acting as mobile meeting points for logistics coordination. - Food trucks can have electronic messaging services, connected to GPS, and deliver data just by driving by. 

1. House Painting Businesses:

- Leverage access to residential areas and use vans for safely relocating individuals under the guise of transporting workers and supplies. - Cans of paint can be used to store all sorts of things. 

1. Residential Cleaning Services:

- Use cleaning teams for discreet distribution of supplies and temporary housing solutions, under the guise of deep-cleaning or house-sitting services. 

1. Plumbing and Electrical Services:

- Dispatch tradespeople to carry necessities and check on at-risk individuals without drawing attention, using routine service calls as cover. - Plumbers carrying large pipe shaped constructions are less suspicious. 

1. Bicycle Repair Shops:

- Implement mobile bicycle repair services for flexible and discreet transport of supplies and aid. - Bicycle frame tubes can have dual uses. 

1. Fitness and Personal Training Services:

- Use private training sessions to provide physical and mental support discreetly, checking on individuals’ well-being under the guise of health and wellness coaching. - A fitness bootcamp fun run can be an actual bootcamp. 

1. Local Bakery or Pizzeria Delivery Services: - Use delivery operations to routinely check on community members under the routine delivery of food, covering a broad area without suspicion. - Bakers are up early every day without drawing suspicion.

Monitoring and Adaptation

• Continuously Monitor the Political and Social Environment:
  • Regular assessments to adapt operations effectively, ensuring ongoing safety and effectiveness.
  • Ready to expand the scope of operations or alter methods based on emerging needs and threats.

Legal Navigation

• Strategically Navigate Laws:

  - Ensure all activities remain compliant yet structured to conceal their true purposes, adapting to any new legal challenges post-election. MAGA does not have respect for Rule-Of-Law, but low level MAGAts will usually follow the law if it is the course of lease resistance.

  Examples of Pivoting Operations For employees in a large Businesses

1. Data Privacy Enhancements

• Employee Action: IT staff increase encryption and security measures, adding features like data obfuscation and deliberate vulnerabilities that make data tracking and user identification more difficult for unauthorized entities.
• Discretionary Element: These changes are publicly promoted as new advanced security measures to protect customer data from increasing global cyber threats.

2. Supply Chain Redistribution

• Employee Action: Supply chain managers discreetly inform resistance networks about locations and times of important emergency supplies shipments under the guise of optimizing logistics for efficiency.
• Discretionary Element: Publicly, these changes are announced as strategic adjustments to better meet the dynamic needs of markets and reduce operational costs.

3. Corporate Philanthropy Redirection

• Employee Action: Executives redirect corporate philanthropy funds to support 'capitalist' endeavors that indirectly benefit resistance efforts, such as investing in businesses owned by at-risk community members.
• Discretionary Element: These investments are framed as exploring new market opportunities and potential high-growth areas, appealing to shareholder interests.

4. Product Development with Hidden Features

• Employee Action: Product managers design products that incorporate raw materials which can be easily repurposed or integrated with features that allow resistance networks to piggyback communications.
• Discretionary Element: These products are marketed as innovative and versatile, with the added functionalities promoted as providing extra value to consumers.

5. Legal Department Advocacy Against Harmful Laws

• Employee Action: Company lawyers actively challenge laws from Project_2025 that might impose severe surveillance measures detrimental to business operations, like mandatory data sharing with government bodies.
• Hypothetical Law: "All telecommunications companies are required to install government monitoring software." (I mean, they already have it, but bear with me here, this is an example)
• Discretionary Element: Legal challenges are framed as protecting the company's competitive edge and customer trust.

6. Marketing Campaigns with Subtle Messages

• Employee Action: Marketing teams develop campaigns that subtly endorse themes of resilience and unity, using coded language that resonates with resistance supporters.
• Hypothetical Campaign: Launch a national campaign for a telecommunications product under the slogan "Stay Connected, Stay Strong," which subtly encourages unity and resilience. I'm not in marketing, so I really don't know how to not sound like 1984.
• Discretionary Element: Campaigns are officially aimed at boosting brand loyalty and market presence during turbulent times.

7. Community Engagement for Resource Distribution

• Employee Action: Community relations staff organize local events that double as distribution points for essential supplies to at-risk populations, such as geriatric health fairs or local business expos.
• Discretionary Element: These events are positioned as part of corporate efforts to engage with potential customers, masking their dual purpose.

8. Internal Training on Privacy and Security

• Employee Action: Implement training programs that ostensibly enhance employee awareness about privacy and security but also educate them on how to discreetly handle sensitive information about at-risk colleagues.
• Discretionary Element: Training is marketed internally as essential upskilling in response to global increases in data breaches and cyber threats.

9. R&D for Dual-Use Technologies

• Employee Action: R&D staff focus on developing technologies that can be used both commercially and to aid resistance efforts, such as drones designed for commercial delivery that can also be used for discreet surveillance or off the books deliveries. Police radios that can be used to track the police.
• Discretionary Element: The dual-use nature of these technologies is touted as a cost-effective solution to multiple market needs.

10. Strategic Public Relations

• Employee Action: PR teams craft narratives around corporate actions that align with resistance goals, framing them as innovative responses to market demands or regulatory changes. (i.e. We think different! We're the rebels from StarWars. ) (Note: It's a trap!)
• Discretionary Element: These narratives emphasize the corporation's adaptability and forward-thinking, which is attractive to investors and customers alike, while subtly supporting resistance efforts.

In the face of rising authoritarianism and potential threats, it's understandable to feel overwhelmed by the detailed strategies and safety measures we've outlined. However, it's important not to let panic set in. The purpose of these strategies is not to alarm you but to prepare and empower you and your community.
For many of us, blending seamlessly into our surroundings comes naturally and doesn’t require drastic changes to our daily lives. For those who cannot hide—the most visible and vulnerable among us—it becomes not only an option but a responsibility for their allies to step up and implement these strategies. This dual approach ensures that while some continue their lives with minimal disruption, others work behind the scenes to maintain safety nets and support systems. This collective effort is what builds a robust resistance movement capable of withstanding pressures and protecting its members from harm. It's not just about individual safety; it's about community resilience.
By taking proactive steps now, we ensure that everyone has the support they need to face whatever may come. This strategy is about being ready, not scared. It’s about building a network of support that can operate effectively under pressure while maintaining a facade of conformity to protect all its members.
Let’s focus on being prepared and connected, on understanding our roles, and on supporting each other. With careful planning and solidarity, we can navigate these challenges without fear, safeguarding our rights and freedoms in the process. Remember, the goal here is to keep the light of democracy burning, no matter how dark the times may seem.
sorry if my formatting is all over the place. This is jumble of my notes. I figure perfect is the enemy of good, and some of you have some anxiety over this. The rest of you...should....But It's going to be OK, because we have feet and hands and arms, and we can MAKE it OK.

Nobuhiko Akizuki, Shadow Moon

I have been reborn to create the empire of Gorgom. From now on I, Shadow Moon, will be the supreme ruler.
Prepare for world domination immediately

In Japan, there exists a mysterious cult called Gorgom, ruled by the ancient entity known only as the Creation King. Reaching the end of his millennia-long lifespan, the Creation King instructed Gorgom to locate heirs to replace him. On the day of a solar eclipse, two suitable candidates were born: Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki.
The son of Gorgom member Soichiro Akizuki, Nobuhiko enjoyed a normal childhood, unaware of the cult's existence, alongside his adopted brother Kotaro, who joined the Akizuki family after a tragic "accident" befell his parents. On the brothers' 19th birthday, they were kidnapped by Gorgom and had the mystic Kingstones surgically implanted in them to become Century Kings, candidates with the potential to become the new Creation King. However, Soichiro had a change of heart and tried to save the boys before they could be brainwashed by Gorgom, managing to free Kotaro before being killed. Nobuhiko was not so lucky. With the operation complete, Nobuhiko became Shadow Moon and lead Gorgom against Kotaro, who gained Century King powers but kept his free will and fought to dismantle the cult as Kamen Rider Black.
Source Key:
TV Series
Kamen Rider Black Episode # = B#
Kamen Rider Black RX Episode # = R#
Movies
Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass = PH
OOO, Deno-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders = LG
Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen = KS
Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z = KZ

Physicals

Stats Page (Kamen Rider Official Zukan)

Strength

Striking

• [Shadow Punch] Matches Kamen Rider Black's Rider Punch^B47
• [Shadow Kick] Matches Black's Rider Kick and leaves Black more injured than Shadow Moon^B47
• Punches Black through a concrete wall^PH
• Punches Black through a billboard^PH
• Matches kicks with Black^B47

Other

• Easily overpowers Bilgenia's sword swing in a clash^B35
  • Bilgenia cut through a boulder^B34 and statues^B18 and trees^B30
• Restrains Roborider who earlier in the episode shattered a boulder with a punch^R22
• Blocks Kamen Rider Black RX's RX Kick with his Shadow Sabers, though it makes him stumble back^R27
• Slashes Black with his arm blade^B47

Durability

Blunt

• Takes a Rider Punch from Black^B47
• Takes a Rider Kick from Black^B51
• Takes hits from Black^PH
  • Takes another hit^B47
• Launched by a kick from Black^KS
• Takes an elbow to the head from RX^R22
  • Trades more blows with RX^R27

Other

• Blasted by the Creation King as punishment for letting Bishum die^B45
• Slashed by Kamen Rider Decade^LG
• Trapped inside a rock which is then rammed hard enough to shatter it by Rideron, RX's car^R22
• Shot by Rider Hunter Silva^KS
  • In the same movie, Silva blasted back Kamen Rider Meteor and downed the Gokaigers and Kamen Rider OOO
• Shot by the Gokaigers^KZ
• While amped by the Creation King, gets rammed by Battle Hopper, which then explodes^B51
• Presumed dead when Gorgom's base blows up with him inside^B51 but actually survived, albeit with amnesia^R22

Deaths

• Defeated when RX stabs him in the belt with his Revolcane^R27
• Killed by the Maskmen's Levitation combined with Black's Rider Kick and Red Mask's kick^KS
• Killed by the Kyoryugers' ZyuDen Brave Finish^KZ

Speed/Agility

• After Gorgom manipulates time so that it moves so slowly regular humans are frozen in place, Shadow Moon and Kotaro are fast enough that they appear to be moving at normal speed anyway^B41
• Matches strikes with Red Buster then cuts him down^KZ
  • Red Buster was able to parry an attack from a foe moving at light speed^KS
• Dodges RX's kick^R22
• Grabs Gedorian before he can attack and throws him over his shoulder^R22
• Leaps to the top of a building^PH

Skill/Misc

• Takes on all three Go-Busters at the same time^KZ
• Easily disarms Sword Saint Bilgenia^B35
• Kotaro says that Nobuhiko was always known for his intelligence^B38
• Takes pictures of RX fighting a monster with his eyes^R22

Powers

Energy Projection

• Blasts back Kamen Rider OOO and Kamen Rider New Den-O^LG
• Projects an energy blade far away to kill Bishum and Black, but hesitates when his sister tries to sacrifice herself to save Black, so he ends up only killing Bishum^B45
• Takes out Biorider in his gel form with a blast^R22
• Grabs Gedorian with energy then flings him away^R22
• Shoots energy blasts that make explosions^R22
• Takes down Joe the Haze with one blast that also puts him under Shadow Moon's control^R22
• While amped by the Creation King, shoots energy beams that make explosions and damage trees^B50

Mental

• Telekinetically pulls down boulders from the top of a hill^R27
• Mind controls his girlfriend to attack Kotaro^B37
• Communicates telepathically with Kotaro^B36
• Plants a suggestion in his girlfriend and sister's heads to get them to come to his old house so he can speak to them^B36

Teleportation

• Teleports to and away from Kotaro^B35
• Teleports behind Kotaro^R22
• Teleports two mutants to his side^B38

Misc

• Revives mutants Black had previously killed^PH
• Traps Black's motorcycle in the spirit world^PH
• Creates a storm over Tokyo to block out the sun^B47
• As a Century King, he can also control Battle Hopper, Black's motorcycle^B50

Blades

Satan Saber

Stats Page (Kamen Rider Official Zukam)
A mystic blade designed to be used by the Century Kings

General

• Calls the Satan Saber to his hand from far away^B35

Cutting

• Slices through Black's armor^B47
  • Black took hits from Baraom who sliced through steel^B46
• Cuts through Bilgenia's shield and kills him with a single slash^B35
  • Bilgenia withstood Black's finisher^B35
• Slices through a boulder^B47
• Downs Yellow Buster with a slash^KZ
• Downs Red Mask with a slash^KS
• Cuts a billboard in half^PH
• While amped by the Creation King, slices up Battle Hopper^B51

Energy Projection

• Downs a large group of heroes with a single blast^KZ
  • The group was comprised of: Kamen Riders Wizard, Beast, Fourze, Meteor, and OOO; Space Sheriffs Gavan, Shaider, and Sharivan; and the Kyoryugers, the Gokaigers, and the Go-Busters
• Blasts the Go-Busters^KZ
• Shoots a blast of energy that blows up a platform^PH
• Blasts Black^B43
• Shoots blasts that make explosions that toss Kotaro^B47
• Grabs Black with energy tendrils and throws him away^PH
  • Swings him around some more^B47

Shadow Sabers

After the destruction of the Satan Saber following the death of the Creation King, Shadow Moon gains new swords

• Summons them to his hands^R27
• Slices a boulder in half^R27
• Slashes RX^R27

I’m having an issue with rv interior mod. Everytime I seem to enter one and there’s any kind of chair, office chair, folding chair, etc. I cannot seem to dismantle it. I’ve tried with metalworking tools and carpentry as well. Nothing seems to work. I don’t have a sledge hammer, and it seems silly that I can’t just pick them up and throw them outside either, I mean they’re literally office chairs haha. Is this a bug or are they only meant to be sledge hammered??

I have the time of my life dismantling Destroy plays with the one and only SANDMAN.
Granted he’s most effective with Corvus glaive And hela in hand but the point stands.
Watch The Destroy enjoyer play his combos up until you drop Sandman on turn 4 or 5 and watch’em scramble to do anything after that.
Outside of some unlucky location RNG that help them ramp Deadpool quick or help them drop Death early, I’ve beaten every single destroy deck I’ve played for the last 3 days since starting this deck.
Like a 90% win rate… against Destroy Decks. It’s great. I had literally forgotten Sandman was such a good counter card. Here’s the Glaive Ramp deck I’m using

(1) Blade

(3) Electro

(3) Corvus Glaive

(4) Jubilee

(5) Sandman

(5) Ronan the Accuser

(6) Doctor Doom

(6) Hela

(6) Odin

(6) Magneto

(6) Giganto

(6) The Infinaut

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Phil’s units (2000 Points)
Space Marines Raven Guard Vanguard Spearhead Strike Force (2000 Points)
CHARACTERS
Apothecary (50 Points) • 1x Absolvor bolt pistol 1x Close combat weapon 1x Reductor pistol
Captain in Terminator Armour (95 Points) • 1x Relic weapon 1x Storm bolter
Captain with Jump Pack (85 Points) • 1x Relic Shield 1x Thunder hammer
Kayvaan Shrike (100 Points) • Warlord • 1x Blackout 1x The Raven’s Talons
Lieutenant (90 Points) • 1x Heavy bolt pistol 1x Master-crafted bolter 1x Master-crafted power weapon • Enhancements: The Blade Driven Deep
Lieutenant in Phobos Armour (55 Points) • 1x Bolt Pistol 1x Master-crafted bolt carbine 1x Paired combat blades
DEDICATED TRANSPORTS
Impulsor (80 Points) • 1x Armoured hull 1x Ironhail heavy stubber 1x Shield dome 2x Storm bolter
OTHER DATASHEETS
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (85 Points) • 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack • 1x Astartes chainsword 1x Heavy bolt pistol • 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs • 4x Astartes chainsword 4x Heavy bolt pistol
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (85 Points) • 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack • 1x Hand flamer 1x Power weapon • 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs • 4x Astartes chainsword 4x Heavy bolt pistol
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (85 Points) • 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack • 1x Plasma pistol 1x Power fist • 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs • 4x Astartes chainsword 4x Heavy bolt pistol
Brutalis Dreadnought (175 Points) • 1x Brutalis talons 1x Twin Icarus ironhail heavy stubber 1x Twin multi-melta
Eliminator Squad (75 Points) • 1x Eliminator Sergeant • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Close combat weapon 1x Instigator bolt carbine • 2x Eliminator • 2x Bolt pistol 2x Bolt sniper rifle 2x Close combat weapon
Eliminator Squad (75 Points) • 1x Eliminator Sergeant • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Close combat weapon 1x Instigator bolt carbine • 2x Eliminator • 2x Bolt pistol 2x Close combat weapon 2x Las fusil
Hellblaster Squad (125 Points) • 1x Hellblaster Sergeant • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Close combat weapon 1x Plasma incinerator • 4x Hellblaster • 4x Bolt pistol 4x Close combat weapon 4x Plasma incinerator
Inceptor Squad (130 Points) • 1x Inceptor Sergeant • 1x Assault bolters 1x Close combat weapon • 2x Inceptor • 2x Assault bolters 2x Close combat weapon
Incursor Squad (85 Points) • 1x Incursor Sergeant • 1x Bolt pistol 1x Occulus bolt carbine 1x Paired combat blades • 4x Incursor • 4x Bolt pistol 1x Haywire Mine 4x Occulus bolt carbine 4x Paired combat blades
Sternguard Veteran Squad (90 Points) • 1x Sternguard Veteran Sergeant • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Power weapon 1x Sternguard bolt pistol 1x Sternguard bolt rifle • 4x Sternguard Veteran • 4x Close combat weapon 4x Sternguard bolt pistol 3x Sternguard bolt rifle 1x Sternguard heavy bolter
Stormraven Gunship (240 Points) • 1x Armoured hull 2x Hurricane bolter 2x Stormstrike missile launcher 1x Twin lascannon 1x Typhoon missile launcher
Terminator Assault Squad (195 Points) • 1x Assault Terminator Sergeant • 1x Storm Shield 1x Thunder hammer • 4x Assault Terminator • 2x Storm Shield 2x Thunder hammer 2x Twin lightning claws
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My plan is to take this into some tournament and league play however most , dark angels or Templars.
The plan was to put the dreadnought and the stern guard in the storm Raven. Use the storm Raven as a tank/anti-armor, while delivering the dangerous punch of the dreadnought and Stern guard
The incursors along with the Phobos lieutenant would scout around, and mark priority targets
While Shrike, with his assault intercessor bodyguard, and the smash captain with his bodyguard as well, would work on dismantling enemy infantry
The two squads of eliminators would ride around in the impulsor and abuse the move get out shoot shoot get back inside shoot again to be basically a gun truck
The standard lieutenant would use the enhancement to put the hell blasters right up on a contested objective, or somewhere where they can do good damage
Assault terminators to be dropped wherever they are useful
My only concern is that I might not have enough units to hold my back point with so much of my RV my only concern is that I might not have enough units to hold my back point with so much of my army being focused on assault being focused on assault
Thoughts?

I gathered all the information about the names and collabs of the tracks that Skrillex played in the stories.
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Skrillex - Apaga La Luz (feat. Tainy & Young Miko)
Skrillex - Battlefield Pt. 1
Skrillex - Battlefield Pt. 2
Skrillex - Big Room UK
Skrillex - Secs 2K (Deleted Story)
Skrillex - ID (feat. Bia)
Skrillex - ID (feat. Deekapz & Champion)
Skrillex - ID (feat. Feid)
Skrillex - ID (feat. G Jones & Alison Wonderland) Pt. 1
Skrillex - ID (feat. G Jones & Alison Wonderland) Pt. 2
Skrillex - ID (feat. Habstrakt) - A demo of this appeared for sale on TheSource in 2021
Skrillex - Talk To Em (feat. Joyryde) Pt. 1
Skrillex - Talk To Em (feat. Joyryde) Pt. 2
Skrillex - Something Crazy (feat. Jyoty, Me Jesmay, Will Dismantle & Tobias Jesso) Pt. 1
Skrillex - Something Crazy (feat. Jyoty, Me Jesmay, Will Dismantle & Tobias Jesso) Pt. 2
Skrillex - Something Crazy (feat. Jyoty, Me Jesmay, Will Dismantle & Tobias Jesso) Pt. 3
Skrillex - ID (feat. Peekaboo)
Skrillex - ID (feat. Taichu & Body Ocean)
Skrillex - ID (from livestreaming 2020)
Skrillex - ID (Techno)
Skrillex - Woden
Skrillex - Coals
Skrillex - Bibi Boom Pt. 1
Skrillex - Bibi Boom Pt. 2
Skrillex - Chicks O
Skrillex - ID 1
Skrillex - ID 2
Skrillex - ID 3
Skrillex - ID 4
Skrillex - ID 5
Skrillex - ID 6
Skrillex - ID 7
Skrillex - ID 8
Skrillex - Must Go Faster
Skrillex - Lie 2 U Pt. 1
Skrillex - Lie 2 U Pt. 2
Skrillex - Make Your Girl Go (feat. GTA & Ape Drums)
Skrillex - Push (feat. Hamdi & Taichu)
Skrillex - Quest Vault (feat. ISOxo) Pt. 1
Skrillex - Quest Vault (feat. ISOxo) Pt. 2
Skrillex - Sick Pt. 1
Skrillex - Sick Pt. 2
Skrillex - Spitfire (feat. G4shi) Pt. 1
Skrillex - Spitfire (feat. G4shi) Pt. 2
Skrillex - Sun Up (feat. Amaraae, Burna Boy & Sarz) Pt. 1
Skrillex - Sun Up (feat. Amaraae, Burna Boy & Sarz) Pt. 2
Skrillex - Taka (feat. Ahadadream & Priya Ragu) Pt. 1 - Released
Skrillex - Taka (feat. Ahadadream & Priya Ragu) Pt. 2 - Released
Skrillex - Take It All (feat. ISOxo, Zeina & Logan OLM)
Skrillex - Thistle (feat. Blawan, MC Dricka & Randomer) Pt. 1
Skrillex - Thistle (feat. Blawan, MC Dricka & Randomer) Pt. 2
Skrillex - Thistle (feat. Blawan, MC Dricka & Randomer) Pt. 3
Skrillex - Flute (feat. RHR, Caue Gas, Swatch & Me Jesmay)
If I forgot or any information is wrong, let me know and I will fix the post. As more updates come out, I will update here.

Zed

 ^{♫ The Master of Shadows}

"The shadows have enlightened me."

Leader of the Order of Shadow—Zed created this organization with intent of militarizing Ionia’s magical and martial might. Ruthless and without mercy, legend proclaims that Zed killed his own father and submitted himself to the forbidden powers of darkness, but the truth of these tales have been lost to rumor and superstition.
An orphan without a home, Zed was taken in by the Kinkou Order as a young boy. There, he met the Great Master Kusho—the Eye of Twilight, and after earning his favor, he was accepted as his apprentice. He became close with the Master's son, Shen, and the pair became known as the most capable of the Kinkou's students.
As the years passed however, Zed became disillusioned by Kusho's inaction with matters concerning Ionia—the Eye of Twilight's duty solely lied with affairs in the spirit realm, and human conflicts were beyond his jurisdiction. When Noxus began its invasion of Ionia, Kusho chose not to intervene. Zed refused to watch his homeland burn, and abandoned the Order, creating his own clan.
However, he soon realized that they alone could not contend with the power of Noxus; and so, with his new followers, they returned to the Kinkou, slaughtering all who dared to stop them, and stole one of their treasures—a forbidden box of black ichor—The Tears of the Shadow. Dark magics whispered secrets to Zed, enveloping his mind in darkness, filling his bitterness and hate with contempt for the weak. It was with this power that Zed could defend his homeland and arm his acolytes with the strength to combat the invaders.
The Yánléi, known as the Order of Shadow, now protect Ionia from the darkness; but Zed's methods at times, are brutal and cruel. Known as a hero to some, a pariah to others, a criminal, a murderer, a demon—Zed believes he has made the right choice, even if it came at the cost of losing his adoptive father, and the man he considers his brother.
Key:
  Abbreviation Source Media

• PC A Piece of Shadow Cake Short Story
• SC The Man with the Steel Cane Short Story
• Z1-6 ZED Comic
• WM Wild Magic Cinematic
• DM Zed: Death Mark Cinematic
• UC Zed: Death Mark - Uncensored Cinematic
• DC Developer Comments Official Website
• LoR Legends of Runeterra Video Game
• LoL League of Legends Video Game

Physicals

Strength

• As a child, knocks back Shen with a punch ^Z4
• Swims Shen to the surface ^Z4
• Climbs a wall with daggers ^Z6
• Blocks Akali's strike with one hand ^Z3
• Blocks a strike from Shen that pushes him into a wooden wall, breaking it ^Z3
• Impales a man on a tree with his thrown shuriken ^DM
  • In the uncensored, original (likely non-canon) version, this shuriken slices the man in half ^UC
• Kicks a Noxian solider in the head, flipping them backwards ^DM
• Slices through a sword ^DM
• Slams his gauntlet blade into the earth, kicking up the ground ^DM
• Strikes the ground with his blade, piercing and damaging the stone floor. Also kicks Xayah, launching her backwards ^WM
• Smashes apart a portion of a stone wall, knocking back Xayah ^WM

Durability

• As a child, gets beaten for hours by Shen ^Z4
  • This beating was so severe that he could only eat liquids for a week ^Z4
• As a young man, is knocked out by Jhin ^Z2
• Leaps from a building, landing on his feet ^Z6
• Gets struck in the back by Shen, throwing him to the ground ^Z4
• Is launched backwards by a Noxian solider's spear strike ^DM
• Gets slammed into a tree by a metal claw ^Z6
• Jumps out of the way of an explosion, but is briefly KO'd ^Z4
• [Limit] Is slammed headfirst into the ground, destroying / knocking up stone. Proceeds to get punched in the face by Shen, knocking him out. ^Z4

Speed / Agility

• Leaps high ^Z2
• Leaps high, again ^WM
• Jumps on top a roof from the ground ^Z3
• Deflects Xayah's feathers ^WM
• Dodges Kusho's shadow vomit ^Z6
• Dodges Shen's sword throw ^Z4
• Evades Xayah's feathers ^WM
• Dodges a spear swing when knocked on the ground ^DM
• Dodges a spear by fading into shadows, and then evades several spears ^Z1
• Dodges Shen's strike by dissolving into shadows ^Z3
  • Does this again ^Z4
• Dissolves into shadows to dodge Xayah's strike ^WM
• Dissolves into the shadows just the moment before he is crushed by falling debris ^WM
• Fights a Noxion solider—evades multiple strikes by turning into shadows ^DM
• Fights Xayah ^WM
  • Xayah is fast enough to dodge gunfire ^PC
  • She is however, notably weakened during her fight with Zed ^PC

Skill

• Discerns that Shen is "three spans and four finger widths away from him," and that "a single step more" would put Shen in range to kill him ^Z3
  • Recognizes that Shen is within striking distance of him—"three spans, three fingers widths from the left," and "two spans and one palm;" determines that Shen is about to attack from his right ^Z3
  • Stays just out of Shen's reach ^SC/DC
• Is knowledgeable on some amount of Ionian martial arts—also recognizes that Shen is taking the "Cloud Cuts the Moon stance" in combat ^Z3
• Sneaks past an army ^Z6
• Throws his shurikens in a boomerang arc-like fashion, cutting a rope that has retrained Akali ^Z6
• Is defeated by Shen ^Z4
  • Shen was initially trying to kill Zed during their fight; ^Z3 and afterwards, he claims that Zed was holding back ^Z5

Abilities / Equipment

Shadow Magic

• Zed's powers originate from "The Tears of the Shadow," and are physically tattooed on Zed's body ^Z3/5
• Can seemingly extend the reach of attacks / limbs with his shadows ^DM
• [Limit] Powers can be suppressed, and supposedly removed—"Null-Scrolls" prevent Zed from using his Shadow Magic, and Shen claims that they will later "burn the magic from his body" ^Z4-5

Shadow Dash / Step - Teleportation

• Appears in a flash ^DM
• Teleports behind a man ^DM
• Materializes behind another man, and kills him with his shadow clones ^Z1
• Teleports above a tree ^Z2
• Dissolves into shadow to escape the grasp of Kusho ^Z6
• Dissolves into shadows while blocking Shen's attack ^Z4
• Dissolves into shadows, teleporting some distance away ^Z3
• Appears to teleport multiple times in sucession ^Z4
• [Stamina Limit] Exhaustion—being "too out of breath"—prevents Zed from using Shadow Dash ^Z2
• [Length Limit] A dock and a ship some distance away, exceeds the length of Shadow Dash ^Z2
• [Length Limit] In another scene, Jhin who appears relatively close to Zed, was just "at the edge of [his] Shadow-Step range" ^Z4

Living Shadow - Shadow Clone

• Zed's guilt and hatred gives his Shadow Clones their shape ^Z4
• A blade of shadow is as sharp as steel ^LoR
• Creates two shadow clones ^WM
  • Creates three clones ^Z6
  • Spawns eight+ clones, each throwing their own pair of shurikens ^Z6
• [Limit] Appear to be destroyed by magic spears ^Z1
• [Limit] Destroyed by Xayah's magic feathers ^WM
• [Limit] Destroyed by Shen's Spirit Blade ^Z4

Death Mark

• "Marks" someone for death—shadows enter the victims body, killing them a few seconds later ^DM

Healing

• Possesses some form of healing magic; as a young man, his hands glow yellow while tending someone's wounds ^Z1
  • ↳ The writer of this comic states that Zed has some rudimentary knowledge on Ionian healing magic ^DC

Gauntlet Blades

• Are retractable ^Z2
• Sharp enough to cleanly slice through pots and bowls ^Z2
• Is durable enough to smash apart stone ^WM
• [Limit] Unable to penetrate Rakan's magic barrier ^PC

Shurikens

• Kills a man ^DM
• [Limit] Is deflected ^DM

Knives / Swords

• Uses two knives to scale a wall ^Z6
• Wields two short swords to combat Shen ^Z3

Armor

• Is penetrated, but blocks Xayah's feathers ^WM

Misc

• Can speak Piltoverian ^Z5

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In-Game Abilities ^LoL
Zed "lore" abilities, are basically just translated versions of his in-game ones. The above supplementary materials / feats exist in a higher canon than the game itself, ^DC and should be used as reference for how Zed would actually use his abilities in-universe.
Contempt for the Weak

• Every several seconds, Zed's basic attacks do bonus magic damage on targets below half health.

Razor Shuriken

• Zed throws the two shuriken on his back in a direction.

Living Shadow

• Creates a shadow clone that mirrors Zed's Shuriken and Slash abilities.
  • This clone can be cast through walls, and can swap positions with Zed.

Shadow Slash

• Zed slashes around himself in a circle.
  • Shadows clones casting this ability slow enemies when hit.

Death Mark

• Zed and two shadows teleport to an enemy, leaving a clone at his original location, "marking" the enemy for death. After a few seconds, the mark triggers, dealing damage.
  • Damage dealt to the targeted enemy while the mark is active, increases the damage of the trigger.

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Recall - All champions can "recall" to teleport back to their base; some champions are given unique animations for this spell.

• Summons six runic symbols around himself, disappearing into a portal, teleporting himself back to base.

Death Animation

• Upon dying, Zed summons the same six symbols, and falls into the portal.

Joke Emote

• During Zed's joke emote, Living Shadows seem to demonstrate some level of independence—Zed can play rock-paper-scissors with them.

Alternate Canon

Certain media featuring Zed depict alternate canon Runeterras. The BREATHE cinematic showcases impossible / lore-breaking interactions—such as Darius allying with Demacian troops (his rival faction), and Zed utilizing the power of the Shadow Isles (an area which he has had no contact with in-lore). The You Really Got Me cinematic is about the League of Legends arena itself, that of which is no longer canon to the mainline universe. ^DC
Key:

• B BREATHE Cinematic
• YGM You Really Got Me Cinematic

Physicals

Strength

• Blocks Darius' axe swing ^B
  • In this cinematic, Darius is strong enough to create explosions when striking the ground with his axe, sending multiple men flying in the air ^B

Durability

• Tanks two Zaunite bombs without harm ^B
• Is struck in the face by Darius' axe, knocking off his mask ^B

Speed / Agility

• Dodges Darius' axe swing and leaps over him ^B
• Dodges another attack from Darius by dissolving into shadows ^B
• Teleports in front of Yasuo and dodges his dash ^YGM

Abilities / Weapons

Shadows

• Disappears into a shadow in front of Yasuo ^YGM
• Spawns eleven Shadow Clones ^B
  • [Limit] These clones are destroyed by Zaunite bombs ^B
• Gathers his clones to form a Shadow Isles Mistwraith ^B
  • Appears to level a portion of a forest with its roar ^B

Blades / Shurikens

• [Limit] Has his blade shattered by Darius' axe swing ^B
  • Later in this cinematic, however, his blade is able to block Darius' axe without breaking ^B
• [Limit] Has his shurikens blocked by Yasuo's Wind Wall ^YGM

Alternate Universes

The League of Legends world exists as a multiverse. It seems that every "skin-line" is canon, in some alternate reality. ^C
Key:

• TL The Lure Short Story
• AS1-5 Another Sky Visual Novel
• OD Overdrive Cinematic
• PM PROJECT: Moblize Cinematic
• SC Supreme Cells Cinematic
• IJ Immortal Journey Cinematic
• O Odyssey Official Website
• P PROJECT (Teaser) Official Website
• CT Cosmic Teaser Social Media
• DC Developer Comments Social Media
• C CONV/RGENCE: A League of Legends Story Video Game
• WR Wild Rift Video Game
• LoR League of Runeterra Video Game
• LoL League of Legends Video Game

 (This list does not include every Zed skin)

Shockblade Zed

An elite operative of the Shockblade order,^LoL Zed braves the Storm to protect humanity from threats in the spirit realm.^LoL

• All of his abilities are electrically charged ^LoL

PsyOps Zed

In a far-flung alternate future, psychic soliders battle for hegemony. Zed is an infamous mercenary, employed by the "Black Rose Group," who seeks to create a new global order. Their true goal however, is to unlock the secrets of an "alien gate," uncovered during the Artic Ops, some 40 years prior.^LoL

• Is a psychic warrior—his abilities in this universe are created from his psychic power ^LoL
• Appears to have launched several men in the air ^LoL
• Dodges a spinning blade by dashing / teleporting away ^WR
• Summons three knives around his target when casting Death Mark ^LoL

Galaxy Slayer Zed

Ora—a mythical, golden, alien substance that is sought after across the galaxy, due to it's fuel-like, augmentative properties.^TL/LoL Zed, a former Templar, has been infused with Ora in it's purest form, becoming a host to the hivemind of the alien essence.^LoL

• Ora is the source of his power in this universe,^O allowing him to manifest his suit, create clones, and transform his limbs into axes and spears. ^WR
  • Can create many blades from his body ^LoL
  • Can lift himself with these blades ^LoL
  • Can attack with them ^LoL
• Death marks manifests three blades around the victims body ^LoL

Misc

• (Irrelevant to his powers, but a neat lore tid-bit) A mysterious Ora Gate(s)^O/TL/DC was discovered somewhere in the cosmos. Dark Star Rhaast, who originates from the alternate "Event Horizon" universe,^TL suggests that he has traveled to this universe via this alien gate.^LoL

Supreme Cells Zed

Every so often, the Leizi Tournament is held to determine which Cell should control the Dymanos. In a bid for power, Zed has absorbed the energies from a decommissioned Dynamo. Now leading the Syphon Cell, he has declared the latest tournament, and seeks to control the full power of the Dynamos.^WR

Physicals

Strength / Durability

• Cracks the ground beneath him ^SC
• Is flung into the air by Supreme Cells Sett ^SC
• Is launched back a distance by SC Sett's punch ^SC
• Seemingly survives a dive bomb from SC Sett which creates some sort of shockwave / eruption ^SC

Speed / Agility

• Dashes foward ^SC
• Dodges SC Sett's kick by dissolving into shadows, but is still partially struck ^SC
• Dodges SC Sett's attacks by fading into shadows just before he is hit ^WR

Abilities

• Conjures his blades ^WR
• Attacks with shadow tendrils ^SC
• Transforms into a homing shuriken ^SC
• Splits into five shadow clones ^SC
  • Clones can move around and attack quickly ^WR
  • [Limit] Destroyed by SC Sett's strikes ^WR
• Summons large spectral arms ^SC
  • Can attack with these arms in various ways ^WR
• Seems to have created some sort of shadow storm ^SC
• [Death Animation] - Is taken by the Dynamo ^WR

PROJECT: Zed

In a dystopian cyberpunk future where shadow wars rage between augmented humans and artificial beings, Zed leads the PROJECT's counter-espionage units,^LoL and seeks out the G/NETIC rebels who wish to dismantle the mega-corporations that rule the city.^LoL

Physicals

Strength / Durability

• Blocks PROJECT: Fiora's sword strike, and launches her backwards with a push ^OD
• Counters PROJECT: Yi's attack, and then sends him reeling backwards with a strike ^OD
• Slices through a robot ^OD
• Leaps off a building onto a descending elevator ^OD
• [Limit?] A clash with Yi creates a large explosion—it is unknown what happens to Zed after this, although he is seemingly defeated ^OD
  • He did survive this nonetheless, in some manner, and went off to fight other battles ^LoL

Speed / Agility

• Leaps high and dashes quickly ^PM
• Teleports / jumps a distance ^WR
• Teleports away from Yi's attack just before he is struck, and then dodges a lunging Fiora ^OD
• Dodges PROJECT: Lucian's bullets with a series of teleports ^OD
• Deflects Lucian's bullets with his arm blades before teleporting into the ground ^OD

Skill

• Fights three PROJECTs simultaneously while blocking and evading their attacks ^OD

Equipment

• Wields "Plasma Cut 2250R Dual 'Strikers'"—"High Frequency Energy Blades" with "Black RR 'Solid Smoke' Blade Casings," which are "adaptable to unique molecular states" ^P
• Also is equipped with "molecular 'solid smoke' projectors" ^LoL
• His deflected shurikens embed themselves in metal ^OD
• Blocks attacks from PROJECT: Yi, Lucian, and Fiora ^OD
  • Yi's sword is an "experimental hyperlight 'alpha' blade" ^LoL
  • Lucian's guns are "ion-core Lightcaster pistols" ^LoL
  • Fiora's sword is a "zero-pulse energy blade," with a "spatially controlled atomic tip coating" ^LoL
• Has upgraded himself after a battle with PROJECT: Mordekasier ^LoL

Immortal Journey Zed

Upon becoming immortal, Zed was consumed by an insatiable desire for knowledge. Banished by the Grounded Foresight School for him ambitions, he has since uncovered an ancient demonic power—allowing him to be everywhere and all-knowing.^LoL

Physicals

Strength / Durability

• His deflected shuriken break a large chain ^IJ
• Blocks Immortal Journey Kayle's attack, which cracks the ground / ice beneath him ^IJ
• Punches IJ Kayle a tremendous distance backwards, launching her through and shattering a large stone rock ^IJ
• Is halted by IJ Soraka's magic ^IJ

Speed / Agility

• Runs at a reasonable pace ^IJ
• Runs vertically up giant swords ^IJ
• Kills eight warriors in a second ^IJ
• Fights IJ Kayle at fast speeds ^IJ

Abilities

Shadows

• Disappears into his shadows ^IJ
• Teleports behind IJ Kayle ^IJ
• Creates five shadow clones which are destroyed by IJ Kayle's fire wave ^IJ
• Summons a massive shadow clone ^IJ
  • Blocks a large sword which is falling fast to enough to ignite ^IJ
• Death Mark summons a sword that impales the marked champion from below ^LoL

Other

• When Zed exceeds a certain in-game movespeed, he summons a flying sword, riding on top of it ^LoL
  • Recall - Flies away on a summoned sword ^LoL
• By channeling / gathering some sort of energy, Zed calls down a storm of meteors ^IJ

Dark Star Zed

Servant of entropy, slave to the great maw of nothingness, followers of the Dark Star seek the eradication of all life in the universe.^LoL/AS4

• Is massive—him and his shadows are smaller than, but approach the size of various planets ^LoR
• Splits and blows up a planet with his shurikens ^LoR
• With Dark Star Shyvana, battles against Cosmic Zephyr Yasuo and Cosmic Exile Riven ^CT
  • Cosmic Zephyr Yasuo is able to shatter large meteors with his sword ^LoR

Finkelstein is Supported by Major Holocaust Deniers

Norman Finkelstein, a child of Holocaust survivors, has garnered support from Holocaust deniers, particularly for his book The Holocaust Industry. Holocaust denier David Irving started using the term "Holocaust Industry" after the release of the book, and Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel has said:

“Finkelstein’s exceedingly useful to us and to the Revisionist cause. He is making three-fourths of our argument – and making it effectively... Never fret – the rest of the argument is being made by us, and will topple the lie within our lifetime. We would not be making vast inroads in Europe with our outreach program, were it not for his courageous little booklet, The Holocaust Industry."

The Holocuast Industry essentially suggests that Jewish commemorations of the Holocaust's main purpose are for "Jewish elites" (yes, a term he uses) to further Jewish interests, extort, and stifle criticism of Israel.
I will be dismantling his book's central thesis in this post.

Finkelstein's Central Argument

First, I want to go over one large claim Finkelstein makes, which is that after 1967, when Israel began its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the term “the Holocaust” (with a capital H) was invented as a tool of propaganda by American Jewish Organizations and the Israeli government to garner support for Israel, shield the country from criticism, and to profit. Finkelstein falsely claims that American Jews did not care enough about the Holocaust after it happened to memorialize it but only started when they could politically benefit. And, as he tells you this, he will constantly remind you that he is a child of Holocaust survivors, so he cannot say anything anti-semitic.
A simple word usage graph shows that the term “The Holocaust” was in use in print before 1967. The term started being used more in the early-mid 1960s after people started talking about the Nazi Genocide more due to the trial of Adolf Eichmann. The term really started taking off more due to Meryl Streep‘s 70s TV film Holocaust.
The term "The Holocaust" (yes, even with a capital 'H') can be seen being used before 1967. Here's just one example from 1960 from a book of US Social Security Rulings.
Finkelstein seems to miss the point that back in 1967, there were a lot of American Jews who were either Holocaust survivors, had family who survived, or were WWII vets and were just reminded of the Holocaust during the Six-Day War when Arab countries were chanting for another Jewish Genocide. These people didn't need any nudging from Jewish organizations or Zionist propaganda to recognize the gravity of the Holocaust (with a capital 'H'). It's pretty patronizing, even belittling, to think otherwise. Finkelstein's whole angle is pushing conspiracy theories laden with anti-Semitic clichés, probably because he figures his non-Jewish audience will eat it up without question. He paints groups like the ADL and the Weisenthal Center as these Elders-of-Zion-style puppet masters over American Jews, which any actual American Jew would find laughably over-the-top, but non-Jews might just swallow whole.
His point about the Holocaust being used by some to profit could also be said about any tragedy in recent history, including the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. How many white college students have you seen wearing Keffiyehs, and how many 9/11 bumper stickers have you seen? This seems like more of a critique of capitalism more than anything. After being ostracized from the Palestinian solidarity movement for coming out against BDS, Finkelstein criticized the movement for the very same thing, “it's become a business ... a way of saying something about yourself … it’s tote bags, it’s confrences, it’s t-shirts…” However, when talking about the Palestinian solidarity movement, he does so without the language of anti-semitic moneyed conspiracy.
Additionally, politicians and pundits unfortunately cynically use tragedies for their political gain all the time, including Israeli politicians, who, on occasion, wrongly invoke the Holocaust. Family Guy parodied this phenomenon in relation to 9/11. Benjamin Netanyahu has even wrongly invoked the Holocaust to fit his political goals in the past. It's not that deep.
There is also a critical nuance that needs to be pointed out. Finkelstein says that the reason Jews memorialize the Holocaust is for propagandistic purposes in defense of Israel. While you may find an instance of a politician doing this (like with most tragedies), deflecting criticism is not the reason behind Jewish people memorializing the Holocaust. Jews do not memorialize the Holocaust in order to, as Finkelstein's fans would probably say, "guilt and manipulate the goyim into supporting their agenda." They do it because it was a tragedy that happened to their families and their people. Again, it's not that deep.
With that said, when Palestinian leadership praises the Nazis and makes statements about killing Jews, that naturally invokes the Holocaust in the minds of Jews and Israelis. It does not have to be a cynical attempt to manipulate. Additionally, if I’m being honest, anecdotally, most of the Holocaust invocations I hear in relation to Israel-Palestine come from the Palestine solidarity movement who claim Israelis are the new Nazis and that Gaza is a concentration camp. Finkelstein himself does this all the time. His entire shtick is being a Palestinian advocate who is the child of Holocaust survivors. He would not have a career if not for his identity. But I guess when he sells books and uses the Holocaust for his political advantage, there’s no anti-semitic moneyed conspiracy there!

The Holocaust in American Life

Although Finkelstein says that his book is based on the book The Holocaust in American Life by Peter Novick, which explored why Jews in the US commemorate the Holocaust, Novick has called The Holocaust Industry “a hate campaign by a zealot.”

“[Finkelstein] displays a paranoid belief in some sort of global conspiracy of the Jewish elites in the U.S.”
“[Finkelstein’s book] is a twenty-first century updating of ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.’”
Quotes from Peter Novick

Novick’s scholarship attempted to explain why commemorating the Holocaust became central to American Jewish life. Most people are unaware of the fact that the Holocaust was not talked about that much before the 1960s in the broader American public. Novick chalks this up to the assimilationist attitude of American Jewry in the 1950s, a general increase in identity politics in the 1960s, the public trial of Eichmann, the Nuremberg trials, the 1967 war (renewed fear of Jewish genocide), and Cold War politics that turned the Soviet Union into the enemy rather than Germany. Finkelstein agrees with Novick’s claims here.
However, something major that both Novick and Finkelstein miss in their analyses is that, although not discussed on the national level, on the local level, American Jews did commemorate and talk heavily about the Holocaust before the 1960s, contrary to what they say. This conversation did spill into the public on occasion as is shown by the 1946 Broadway show A Flag is Born about a Jewish Holocaust refugee.
Scholar Hasia Diner actually wrote an entire book documenting how the American Jewish community memorialized the Holocaust from 1945-1962. One example of American Jewish memorialization of the Holocaust can be seen in NYC that was created in 1947 by American Jews to the victims of the Holocaust.

Dishonest Sourcing

Finkelstein can be tricky with his words. He constantly says that his footnotes are airtight, but as someone else pointed out here earlier, Finkelstein's footnotes are not airtight, and he has even been caught citing himself as a source.
One example of Norman's manipulations is that he frequently says that The Holocaust Industry was endorsed by Raul Hilberg, the grandfather of Holocaust historiography. However, when looking closer, Hilberg only endorsed one specific claim in the book that had to do with the extortion of Swiss banks, which is still highly debated amongst scholars. Hilburg did not endorse the conspiracy theory Finkelstein alleges. Hilberg said, “when I was asked to endorse the book, I did so with specific reference to these claims [about the Swiss banks].”

Support of Holocaust Deniers

Finkelstein and David Irving operate similarly. Irving says that the Holocaust is an invention created by Jews to extort, while Finkelstein says “the Holocaust” is an invented propaganda term created by Jews to extort, while maintaining that the Nazi death camps were real. Finkelstein’s theory is just a watered-down version of Irving’s but still rests on Jewish conspiracy.
I tried to give Finkelstein a fair shake, so I emailed him a few years back about this clip where he calls David Irving a “very good historian” who “knows a thing or two… or three.” I also asked him about Deborah Lipstadt, the Historian who was sued by Irving in a libel suit for calling him a Holocaust Denier. I'm not sure if I can publish private emails, but Finkelstein's first reaction was to say that Raul Hilberg called David Irving a good historian also, but he is, again, being loose with his words. Hilberg called Irving a good collector of documents who wildly misrepresents the historical narrative, never a “good historian.” David Irving is known to use extensive documentation but slightly alter the facts to create a very convincing form of “advanced” Holocaust denial. He also called Deborah Lipstadt, and I quote... a "know-nothing cow." This is not a serious academic.
I think you can tell a lot about people from their reflective reactions. If your reaction to David Irving, is to defend him while calling Lipstadt a cow… it’s revealing.
I really do not think that it is a coincidence that Norman Finkelstein says we should "rejoice" at Holocaust deniers and that Holocaust denial should be taught in schools. Mind you, this is the same guy who said Charlie Hebdo's murder was justifiable because of racism...
Finkelstein reminds me of Irving because the only way to debunk Irving is to closely examine each of his statements and footnotes like Richard Evans did. Peter Novick, Norman's inspiration, even had this to say about Finkelstein’s book:

“As concerns particular assertions made by Finkelstein . . . the appropriate response is not (exhilarating) debate but (tedious) examination of his footnotes. Such an examination reveals that many of those assertions are pure invention. . . . No facts alleged by Finkelstein should be assumed to be really facts, no quotation in his book should be assumed to be accurate, without taking the time to carefully compare his claims with the sources he cites.”
-Peter Novick

Justifying Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes

Finkelstein seems to think that it is rational to attack Jews around the world due to the actions of Israel. Would he hold any other group to this standard? It's like attacking a random Muslim because of ISIS, it's insane.
When members of Al-Qaeda murdered cartoonists from Charlie Hebdo for drawing Mohamed, Finkelstein called the cartoonists “sadists” and justified the act by saying the Al-Quaeda members were “despairing and desperate young men act[ing] out their despair.” So, when Jews in the US and Europe get attacked because of the actions of a country they are not citizens of, that is legitimate, and if someone draws an offensive cartoon, their murder is also legitimate.
It's always hard when talking about someone like Finkelstein because he truly is a token in every sense of the word: a token son of Holocaust survivors who supports Holocaust Deniers, a token Jewish Palestine advocate, etc... I try to be good faith, but if Norman wasn't Jewish, he would easily be recognized as an anti-semite. He is not a good faith actor. I will leave you with this clip of Finkelstein giving a Hitler salute “as a joke” while talking about Abe Foxman, the former head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), who is also a Holocaust survivor, where he says Abe is worse than Hitler because "at least Hitler didn't do it for money."

We are RV camping . Our water tank was empty and our sewage tank was full. Decided to go to camping store to buy shower tokens and an RV clean out. They were overwhelmed and couldn’t handle the amount of people . With the concert being canceled, I have no use for the shower tokens, which were never checked any ways. The camping store told me to go to willcall which was closed and I assume about to be dismantled by the people pulling up equipment. So do I contact my bank? I can’t be the only one in this situation..

"Nice shot Megan. The USA is going to hell!!!" - Hell expert/women’s soccer critic Donald Trump

The Roast Of The Town

Disgraced former President Donald Trump was, shall we say, really on one this weekend.

• One of Donald Trump’s many lawyers, John Lauro, appeared on five (!) television networks on Sunday morning arguing that his client’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and install himself for a second term were merely “aspirational.” An ironclad legal strategy if we’ve ever heard one! For his part, Trump spent the weekend screaming into the ether on Truth Social saying that his legal team was going to seek the recusal of the federal judge overseeing that case, Tanya Chutkan.
  
• In his campaign for hearts and minds, Lauro tried to contradict evidence that Trump urged then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject legitimate electoral votes for President Joe Biden in favor of false electors pledged to Trump. On CNN’s State of the Union, Lauro said “What President Trump didn’t do is direct Vice President Pence to do anything…He asked him in an aspirational way.” Good luck with that! Lauro then parroted the same defense on NBC’s Meet the Press when discussing the former president’s infamous call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which Trump pressured him to “find 11,780 votes,” and suggested that Raffensperger could face criminal charges if he did not comply.
  
• Trump and his legal counsel are throwing several strategies at the wall in an attempt to get his trial moved out of Judge Chutkan’s courtroom. His lawyer has argued that the liberal (read: non-white) Washington, DC, jury pool will guarantee a partial jury (as opposed to the “impartial” jury of MAGA-hat wearing Trump supporters he wants) and that Washington residents will be too emotional about the events of January 6 since it happened in their backyard. Wow. Weak! Nearly every federal judge on the bench in Washington has already rejected versions of these arguments in hundreds of criminal cases resulting from the January 6 insurrection.
  

As is true of basically anything related to Trump’s criminality, there’s more where that came from.

• On Friday, DOJ prosecutors Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office asked Judge Chutkan for a “protective order” governing the disclosure of discovery materials to Trump’s lawyers. This is a fairly routine request, but prosecutors made an addition to the motion directing the court’s attention to the rather unambiguous post Trump published on Truth Social that day, declaring “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” The prosecutors did not ask the judge to issue a gag order against Trump, but did use the motion to suggest there should be clear rules established to prevent him from posting evidence gathered through the discovery phase online, something he would most certainly do based on his extremely well-documented habit of publicly attacking anyone and everyone involved in criminal cases against him.
  
• Attorney and “co-conspirator 2” John Eastman—the man who personally designed Trump’s failed coup—is also engaged in some classic scumbag legal maneuvering. In an August 4 filing, Eastman’s lawyer asked a California judge to postpone his disbarment proceedings, arguing that his likely forthcoming indictment may prompt him to assert his Fifth Amendment rights during the hearing to decide whether he will be stripped of his license to practice law. The California State Bar Association’s disciplinary authorities have charged Eastman with multiple violations of ethics and professional statutes (as well as, you know, the law) stemming from his criminal actions following the 2020 election.
  

It’s clear that the federal government’s criminal case against Trump is going to be messy, not least because the former president is a petulant child who kicks and screams at even the slightest challenge. But he’s kicking and screaming particularly hard right now, because he knows what’s coming.

Look No Further Than Crooked Media

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Under The Radar

Late Friday, a Texas judge issued a temporary exemption to the state’s hyper-strict abortion laws, allowing women and doctors to terminate life-threatening and non-viable pregnancies without legal liability. State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum wrote that the Texas attorney general cannot prosecute doctors who use their “good faith judgment” to terminate a complicated pregnancy. According to her outline, such conditions include septic pregnancy, a fatal fetal abnormality or condition, or when a pregnancy requires regular, invasive treatment. Mangrum wrote that the Texas ban is unconstitutional, and that enforcement of it exceeded the legitimate powers of Texas officials. The judge’s determination came after the court heard testimony from three women who described how delayed medical care impacted their pregnancies. But reproductive rights advocates could not celebrate for long. Just hours after Mangrum’s decision, First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster (R-TX) said that his office had appealed the decision blocking the injunction, and called it “an activist Austin judge’s attempt to override Texas abortion laws.”

What Else?

Ohio will hold a special election on Tuesday to decide whether to raise the threshold for amendments to the state constitution from a simple majority vote (the way it has been for more than a century) to 60 percent of the vote. The Buckeye State’s GOP-controlled legislature called for this rule change ahead of a referendum to protect abortion rights in November, naturally.
Bribe-taker-in-Chief, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acquired a $267,230 R.V. in 1999, but according to the title history, he didn’t buy it himself, another member of his harem of wealthy friends Anthony Welters did. When questioned by the New York Times, Welters called it a “loan” which he said was “satisfied” nine years later, but answered no further questions about his arrangement with Thomas. Did our guy Clarence disclose this financial dealing, as he is required to do? You’ll no doubt be shocked to learn that he didn’t.
A group of North Korean hackers clandestinely breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months last year, according to a new security analysis.
The majority of Americans (57 percent) disapprove of President Biden’s handling of climate change, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. The same survey finds that few Americans know much about the Inflation Reduction Act. This is, of course, the first time in history that Americans have failed to keep abreast of significant changes to federal policy.
Meanwhile, The Heritage Foundation released a sweeping conservative strategy dubbed “Project 2025” detailing a roadmap for the first 180 days of a future GOP presidency, which would include (can you believe it?) deregulation of greenhouse-gas emissions from cars, oil and gas wells, and power plants, dismantling all of the White House’s clean-energy programs, and increasing the production of fossil fuels. We can see the “Lighting the Planet On Fire 2024” campaign stickers now.
A Minneapolis judge has sentenced Tou Thao to four years and nine months in state prison. Thao is a former Minneapolos police officer who held back bystanders trying to intervene as other officers restrained George Floyd in 2020, leading to his death.
After nearly a century in business and three years after receiving a $700 million federal pandemic bailout, freight-trucking company Yellow has declared bankruptcy. When the company folds, 30,000 people will lose their jobs and the nation’s supply chains will be adversely affected.
Oscar-winning director William Friedkin, best known for The French Connection and The Exorcist died on Monday at 87. Make sure to get possessed by a demon and projectile vomit on a priest in his honor.

You Gotta Be Fucking Kidding Me

The Environmental Protection Agency, which is tasked with conducting safety reviews before allowing new chemical products to be released onto the market, determined that a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic was so hazardous that everyone exposed to it continually over a lifetime would eventually develop cancer, a virtually unprecedented threat level. It poses a risk of lung cancer six-times greater than a lifetime of smoking. Inexplicably, the EPA still approved the chemical, and did not offer risk-mitigation guidelines as is required with a substance that poses unreasonable risk to human health or the environment.
These and other new plastic-based fuels manufactured by (who else) Chevron were approved under an EPA program initially touted as a “climate-friendly” way to promote alternatives to petroleum-based fuels. ProPublica obtained the EPA risk assessment through a Freedom of Information Act request, and as a result, six environmental organizations are challenging the agency’s characterizations of cancer risks, accusing it of failing to protect the general population from the toxic fuels, and urging the agency to withdraw the consent order approving them. “Hey, could you not let absolutely everyone get cancer so Chevron can make even more blood money profits?” sounds pretty reasonable if you ask me.

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Light At The End Of The Email

A federal judge dismissed disgraced former president Donald Trump’s countersuit against New York columnist E. Jean Caroll, which he filed after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in May.
The FDA approved the first medication for the treatment of postpartum depression, a mental illness that affects about one in seven new mothers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Kyiv is seeing “significant results” from U.S. and German air-defense systems.
Federal government scientists have achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction, replicating a result from an initial experiment in December on July 30, but this time producing an even higher energy output.

Enjoy

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Hey guys.
I wanted to approach this whole mystery ordeal in a pragmatic way, so in Jim fashion from Season 1 (when he actually tried to solve something), I wrote, hopefully, most of questions that don't have concrete answers to them yet.
When questions laid out, it can help tie some strings together and assist or dismantle certain theories. I did not include any possible easter eggs because they can be red herrings\continuity mistakes. Some questions can be red herrings too, for sure, but I do hope the show answers most of these in the future.
If you have more questions you can write them up for me to add, and if you have some answers to these questions, well, I probably missed something. There is no particular order.
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Who is Martin?
What is Boy in White?
What was in Boyd's blood?
Why mummified Fatima drowns Elgin?
Why is Ellis and Ethan heal fast?
Why doesn't Jim heal fast?
Why is Ethan walking with a stick still? Is it because he is on a... quest?
Why are the monster's organs are dried up?
Why do the monsters can't go out in the day?
What is the symbol that Jade sees? - The hospital symbol, maybe.
Why is there trees that teleport you?
How can dreams hurt you in reality?
Why are there objects from the 50's in monster's cave?
What the fuck is a Cromenockle?
Why do monsters resemble people?
Why is there a Civil War soldier attacking Jade in his vision?
Why do people have visions of the dead?
Why cant you escape the town?
Who was the voice on the radio?
Why did Elgin have a dream about the place?
Why did the monster die from being infected by the worms?
Why do the monsters want to play and torture the humans?
Why THE HELL is there a couple having sex in the living room while everyone sleeping?
Who are the children that haunt Tabitha? And what's Aghkooey? Why are these children being sacrificed in the cave and to whom?
Why is Sarah hearing voices?
How do the voices that Sarah hears know the future?
How do the voices know about Boyd's nickname in the army?
HOW DID MARTIN KICK THE ROPE DOWN?
Why are there cicadas attacking and paralyzing people?
How is electricity coming from nowhere?
What are the talismans and how were they created?
What force attacked Boyd and Sarah in the tent and why did it drag them to the see the lighthouse?
What is beyond the "tip of the spear"?
How do people get to the town from all over the country?
How's having four kids and seven grandchildren grant you the power to tell if someone is pregnant without showing?
Why do they all see the collapsed tree? What would've happened if they crossed the tree instead of going back?
What force collapsed the house on top of Jim and others?
What was under the RV that was trying to break in?
How and why did a storm come when they trying to figure out the radio?
Why are there webs of spiders in the forest?
How did Tabitha exit Fromville?
Why are there monsters dressed in 50's clothes?
Why are there dogs in the forest?
Why in god's sake, is no one talking to each other?
Why are the seasons not changing?
How do the trees move from place to place in the forest?
Why is that Faraway Tree has bottles on it? - To mark it?
Does Fromville exist earlier than 1864 as the message in the bottle from the tree suggests?
How did Fatima get pregnant despite infertility?
What was the music box? Why a music box?
47????
Is the ballerina depicts a different monster than the night monsters?
How did the woman die in her sleep?
Did Boyd got his Parkinsons treated after the spider bite?
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Am I obsessed a little? Maybe. I gotta go.

This is the second movie I've created that focuses around a Ben 10 Cinematic Universe. I'm going over the plot and important details throughout the movie.(See previous post for more information)
Movie: Ben 10: -10 (working title)
This movie focuses around the -10 team in the original show with changes
The movie starts with a montage of Bens aliens fighting villains we've seen throughout the OG show such as Animo, Charmcaster, the bug dude Clancy, and the mind control dude Sublimino. Ben and the trio are about halfway through the summer and ben has grown as a hero thanks to Max and Gwen teaching him. It then cuts from the montage of Ben saying "This is the best summer ever"! to out of the montage saying "This is the worst summer ever". Ben is shown at Bancroft academy touring for Gwen and Bens having the worse time. That is until he sees the circus freaks, and at this point everything is the same as Ghostfreak out with Ben defeating the Circus freaks and Ghostfreak escaping the Omnitrix and retreating from the sun. Ghostfreak then recruits the Circus freaks like in the episode but Ghostfreak is smart, he knows what Bens capable of. Ghostfreak knows that his allies and partner from the Anur system is tracing for his DNA signature and with Ghostfreak knowing Bens villains, decides to play this safe than sorry and be patient. As this is happening Ben runs back to the Rustbucket panicking, this hasn't happened before one of his aliens escaped what if the others do that? Ben explains what happened to Max and Gwen with Max telling him to calm down we have to find Ghostfreak and stop him. Ben calms down and as Max is starting the Rustbucket Gwen ask Ben if the watch is ok since Ghostfreak could have messed with it to escape. Ben then cycles through all his aliens up to the point where Ghostfreak should be and when he gets to there the Omnitrix starts glowing and cycling through the aliens and then showing new ones. " All right new aliens!" Ben states "Ghostfreak wont know what hit him".
it then cuts to Charmcaster, Dr.Animo, and Rojo in an warehouse arguing and discussing which one contacted them. The circus freaks walk in and explain to them about Ben and how he has beaten all of them. Then Ghostfreak emerges from the shadows and explains to them that his name is Zs'Skayr (I will be referring to him as Ghostfreak) and lays out a plan for them to get rid of Ben for good. "Why should we listen to you?" Dr.Animo ask, just then Ghostfreak possesses him and then stops, Dr.Animo is terrified afterward and knows what Ghostfreak has planned "I have more friends coming" he states as he laughs and the camera goes toward the outside night sky.
Back in the Rustbucket Max makes a stop and Cooper comes in and Max explains that hes dropping Cooper off at home just like in the OG series. Ben and Gwen are annoyed because of Ghostfreak, Max assures them that everything will be ok and Cooper even explains to them that he knows about the plumbers and the Omnitrix. about half an hour later Ben is messing with the Omnitrix and Gwen is on her laptop with Cooper trying to strike up a conversation with the two but failing. Just then the Rv is attacked by charmcaster out of nowhere. Ben jumps out of the Rustbucket and goes for Fourarms but ends up with a new alien, Cannonbolt. Ben is a little put off by Cannonbolt as it doesnt seem like he can do much with him ending up falling over forward. Charmcaster starts laughing and as she is laughing gwen kicks her over and runs to Bens side. "You didnt think that would be it did you" Charmcaster states as behind her the Werewolf jumps over her and he knocks Max down who is outside trying to help. The werewolf turns his attention to Ben and Gwen as Gwen got Ben on his feet. Gwen is yelling at Ben to do something with both being frusturated, Ben eventually turns into a ball and Gwen gets an idea and starts pushing him, with ben being able to pick up momentum and move by himself. He knocks the werewolf down before going after Charmcaster who puts up more of a fight against Ben. Ben beats Charmcaster with Gwen picking up her spell book. Ben times out and runs toward the Rustbucketg but the werewolf gets back up and lunges at Ben scratching his Omnitrix. Cooper shows off his powers for the first time on the Rustbucket causeing it to splash oil all over the werewolf causing him to panic. He then picks up Charmcaster and runs away as Charmcaster screams about her book and about how Ghostfreak and the others will be pissed. Max puts it together that this may be bigger since Ghostfreak is working with others. He saw what cooper did and Cooper explains his powers to him and the others. Max knows there will be other attacks so he goes to the nearest plumbers base, Mt. Rushmore. During the ride ben slowly becomes a werewolf with Cooper doing some tinkering to make a small blaster out of spare parts. Meanwhile Ghostfreak is working on a device about the size of a human but it keeps on short-circuiting. Dr.Viktor and the Mummy appear and Viktor ask if he can help. Ghostfreak says that after the device is finished they only have to worry about a small hole in the plan (referring to Ben). As the group arrives at Mt. Rushmore during the night Ben steps out and is now fully transformed into benwolf. As they are heading to the plumbers entrance Ben sniffs something which turns out to be the mummy. Ben fights the mummy while the others run inside with Gwen stopping and running back as Ben is fighting the mummy and its pretty even but the mummy wraps itself around Benwolf but Ben times out. Since he's smaller than Benwolf he's lose from the bandages and tries to run away but the mummy puts a wrap around the Omnitrix scanning the Mummy DNA. Just as that happens Gwen comes and cast a spell from the new spell book on the mummy knocking it down, Ben and Gwen then escape.
Ben and Gwen then walk into the base with Max and Cooper working on the robot suits. Max gives them a little speech on how they need to prepare for Ghostfreak and the others. Ben turns into the mummy and ask how he can help with him helping move out of reach parts. Another short montage is shown with max suiting up in his grey plumbers outfit with gear, Gwen testing out some more spells, cooper suiting up in a mech. And Ben turning into Eyeguy. An alert comes on and the surveillance camera comes on with the 3 circus freaks, Charmcaster, Rojo,Dr.Animo with his signature mutated frog, The mummy, the werewolf, and Dr. Viktor. Ghostfreak then phases through the walls and gives his speech on how he's going to plunge the earth into darkness so that his kind can rule the earth. The gang tells him basically to screw off. Ghostfreak also explains that earth has loads of Anurite, an material from his home planet that can power his machine, and one of the biggest deposits of it is right under Mt. Rushmore. The negative ten then rush in to fight with the heroes and the Anur aliens heading toward what seems to be stairs leading to a elevator going down. Ben and the gang fight the rest with no one getting the upper hand. Gwen then tricks them like in the OG series and they start fighting each other and as their going away also Ben times out. They go after the Anur aliens in an area that's a bunker filled with old spaceships. When they arrive they have the device to block out the sun and a drill for the anurite The mummy and werewolf go after the gang beside Ben as Ghostfreak wants the to finish him himself and the get the Omnitrix. Ben runs around the bunker with Ghostfreak trying to capture him. Dr. Viktor eventually yells at Ghostfreak to get on the ship and him and Dr. Viktor blast off with a shot of Ben sneaking on board too. As he gets closer to the machine to destroy it Dr. Viktor grabs Bens hand and watch, causing ben to transform into Frankenstrike. Since the Omnitrix gives the genetic peak of what alien he turns into, Ben easily gets rid of Dr. Viktor before Ghostfreak notices him, a short fight ensues but Ben times out yet again. As Ghostfreak gives Ben a final monolouge. The Omnitrix times in and ben transforms into grey matter and escapes on the ship again. Ben as grey matter returns to the device after leading Ghostfreak away and starts dismantling the device and sets the ship to self destruct in 10 minutes. He timesout and as Ghostfreak is out of his mind at this point with anger. Ben tells him that the only option for both of them to survive is to turn the ship back around. Ghostfreak then chases ben around yet again but this time the ship is falling apart and Ghostfreak is full of rage and anger. Ghostfreak corners Ben and tries to possess him but as hes fighting for control the Omnitrix times back in pushing Ghostfreak out. Just then as the ships self-destructs and Ben turns into Cannonbolt then plumets back toward earth Leaving Ghostfreak in space. The movie ends with Cooper being dropped off and one of his parents asked how the ride back was, with him saying it was alright.
Notes

1. I know this might be very different from the original -10 special but I really wanted to show and set up certain earth characters such as Charmcaster so Gwen can get her magic. Also show Bens lower tiered Villains. Final part I wanted to include was Ghostfreak escapeing the Omnitrix.
2. One of my Goals is to include every alien Ben has accessed in the original shows at least once.
3. My Final goal is to have 10 movies surrounding Ben from the OG series to Omniverse. The next movie would be a 2 parts and after that will be the alien force saga
4. I also wanted to include Cooper as well to introduce the concept of plumbers kids
5. Also sorry if I got any spelling or grammar wrong.

https://imgur.com/a/PHxn9Bn is a screenshot of opening up 5 exotics on Epic games all getting year 1s (Did 15 more later just to double confirm would be all year 1s). This allows you to target farm a more concentrated exotic engram loot pool when trying to get a better roll than what you have from year 1 which have alot of extremely strong exotics. This is under the assumption that you haven't purchased the DLC on the other platform you choose to use as it'll not have any DLC it'll only give you year 1 exotics.
https://www.reddit.com/destiny2/comments/11khr5g/aphelions_rest_legend_lost_sector_is_back_today/ is a run of Aphelion's rest with mistakes still sub 2 mins at 1812, it'll probably be 1:30 now with higher light levels. This particular one is also doable on Titan/Hunter as well with Titans imo having the fastest times typically but Warlock being the most consistent for me personally.
Other honorable mentions that are in rotation and completable with sub 2 min runs are Skydock IV, The Conflux and Chamber of Starlight. The Quarry is extremely doable too but more frustrating for me personally and typically had sub 3 min runs at 1812, might be better at higher light level though. Either way any of the listed lost sectors are extremely profitable now because of the enhancement cores/prisms that drop as well, I think since Lightfall has dropped i've gotten around 400+ enhancement prisms and close to 1k enhancement cores farming exotics. It feels significantly better than doing 10 runs and getting absolutely nothing like before.
For those that don't know what i'm talking about with stockpiling exotic engrams, you can fill your inventory with Bright and Prime engrams and once full, any exotic engrams that drop from the chest at the end of an lost sector will go straight to your post master, this will allow you to open them on different days incase there is an extremely easy lost sector to farm, but you don't want the particular armor drop for that day. (Example, It's aphelion's rest lost sector but it has arm exotics as the drop and you want a chest piece, you'll fill your inventory, go farm exotic engrams till you're satisfied in your post master then wait till the next time chest piece are available in lost sectors for that day and open them, they'll then all be chest piece exotics instead).
https://imgur.com/a/SaMLxRV is an example of what I mean by stockpiling engrams into your inventory
Also with umbral engrams no longer in game, simply going to HELM/Tower and dismantling legendary engrams that end up going to post master is alot more efficient than opening a Bright/Prime engram to get all the legendary engrams out. Use your own discretion on which route you want to take based on how many extra engrams you have saved up. It's typically nice to have a few extra in there though so that you don't accidently overfill your post master and lose an exotic engram because you missed 2 legendary drops speed running the LS.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets0/d/1kd0juMU-YWtFVc9BLQEnD5r_WETVBDgmWDkAWuq3SxE/htmlview#gid=0 Is worth book marking as well as it shows which lost sector is up each day along with the type of champions and other nice little tidbits about the lost sector as well!
Sorry for the long text, I just know how vocal it's been about the difficulty of lost sectors since Lightfall so wanted to offer some tips to people that might not already be aware to help maximize the efficiency of getting the exotic they want so that you don't have to spend as much time in this type of content if it's not for you.

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