Sign in hotmail mail

Free Contests: Contests That Are Free

2015.08.27 07:03 mslack Free Contests: Contests That Are Free

Aggregating no-purchase-necessary contests. Physical prizes, digital prizes, monetary prizes, you name it.
[link]


2014.03.19 20:38 mspaintninja Kill Tony

KillTony is a subreddit dedicated to the discussion of the podcast Kill Tony Hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban, recorded live from the Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas!
[link]


2012.07.06 00:18 r/ProtectandServe

A place for the community and law enforcement to visit, discuss and interact.
[link]


2024.05.19 03:02 Katt-truth Disabled Boomer Screwed Me Over

So after driving 3000 miles across the country to go take care of my mother in her apartment and after a few months of me getting groceries and catering towards her needs she wanted me gone, feeling she was owed that stuff and I needed to go because I was an "inconvenience" when I dropped everything to take care of her yes selfishly I was a bit lonely without family and wanted a new purpose getting out of my relationship with my highschool sweetheart probably taking care of someone else because it used to make me feel good to help others. Anyways I moved in with the neighbor one of her friends which was a huge mistake, I didn't think anything would happen as the guy is almost in his mid 60's, I knew him and didn't think anything would go bad with this weed smoking, one legged old man in a power wheel chair. I was way wrong. Next day after moving in I left my wallet in my he stole money from my wallet and tried to convince me that "I'm just a disabled old man I couldn't do anything" same thing started with my clothes I had to lock my door that he started breaking into coming to a point where I kept calling him out over this bullshit as it accelerated I was helping him and he was screwing me over especially after me agreeing to sign off as a nighttime aid for him to get his place for free. (I didn't realize the object was to force me out and use my identity to claim fraud like he was claiming his daytime aid was there when I was helping him and would only show up on payday probably to suck him off since she was in on it allowing her identity to be used because she was getting paid unlike myself just a place to live that I still paid $250 a month for.) It lead to a huge altercation he screamed "elder abuse" (because apparently it's abuse calling someone out from stealing) then the boomer threatened to kill me leading the lady upstairs to call the cops which they did nothing although there were cameras inside and outside the apartment as well as him being a former felon apparently losing his leg in a drug deal gone wrong. In the end I moved out to live somewhere else before becoming homeless, I should have never moved in the first place or came back to be there for anyone because no one has been there for me now because of it being my old address mail got sent there, like when I got a government phone and tried to sell my iphone once becoming homeless and waiting for SSI and SSDI the Ebay buyer wanted to return it because although clearing my data iphone apparently remembered everything so no this boomer has me locked out of my old social media account and email. Regardless what I learned is I should have called the cops the first time it happened and moved out, boomers are the worst and I no longer gain joy from helping people because the only impact I'm giving is letting others take advantage and I sure as hell don't want to help the elderly anymore. That's my story if I could have people report the Instagram account as being hacked maybe that'll get it taken down.
submitted by Katt-truth to BoomersBeingFools [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 02:41 Far-Author8404 I love Mako but, dang... Juda romance when????

submitted by Far-Author8404 to swtor [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 02:40 UnkleClarke Cyber truck finally arrived!

Cyber truck finally arrived!
I have been waiting for delivery for like two years. I put down the $100 deposit and totally forgot I even did that. When they called and said one was available I immediately pulled out $100,000.00 from my cash reserves and mailed it to Elon in a plain cardboard box.
Please don’t spit on it or flip me the bird. I am feeling cute and might even sign up to be an UBER driver with this bad Larry.
Also, I am kinda shy and don’t really want any attention so please do look at me if you see me drive by or stopped at a red light. Oh. and please don’t scan the QR code even though I put it on all sides of the vehicle. Ok? Not really looking for any more business.
submitted by UnkleClarke to portlandme [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 02:23 happyjoy23 [Offer] I made a form, come fill it out! [US and WW]

Hello on this lovely Saturday evening folks :) I made a form for mailing cards to y'all! I plan to send these out on a rolling basis in order of who signs up first. Please be open to not receiving these ASAP as my life ebbs and flows. I hope I did this right (and that this is okay).
Comment below once you've filled it out!
submitted by happyjoy23 to RandomActsofCards [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 01:51 bachman460 I received unsolicited mail for a credit card that was addressed to my LLC at my address but for a person I don’t even know.

Not even sure it’s anything to be concerned about or not. I received junk mail from WEX with a promotional code that is asking (me) to sign up for a fleet fuel credit card. It has my business name at my home address (which is all correct) but was addressed to another person I don’t know.
A quick LinkedIn search for this person actually found this person. They have themselves listed as co-founder of a company using the same exact name as mine. But the link to the actual business seems broken or dead as it only brings up a result for some page for a product solution, not an actual company. Oddly enough this person lives geographically very close to me; I also know they can’t possibly have this business name actively registered because mine is currently active (at least in this state).
What I’m concerned about is this misinformation leading to continued junk mail for this person or other issues.
Is my concern warranted?
Is there anything else I should be worried about?
Should I call WEX and have this corrected (asking to be removed from their mailing list, etc.)?
Thanks!
submitted by bachman460 to legal [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 00:59 GoAheadMMDay UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries

UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries
Update #3 appears at the bottom.
Due to numerous disparaging comments by multiple individuals, I have reposted my article.
Heckling does not change what occurred. People need to know these truths, especially those who have experienced the same. They need to know they are sane, that such things are indeed being perpetrated, and the perpetrators use shame to silence them and protect their activities.
I write to encourage them not to listen to disparaging people who speak without knowledge.
February 10, 2024
I am Joseph Cafariello, a Canadian citizen and ex-member of the Canadian military. Of sound mind, not on medication, not a drug user, not a marijuana smoker, not an alcohol drinker, with no mental disorders.
I recently posted to this Liberty subreddit experiences of harassment by Vancouver's police and fire departments (Vancouver, BC, Canada). I’m the fellow who was repeatedly ordered by police to stay out of Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and was continually harassed whenever I visited the park (which I do every second day on my early morning walks).
Immediately following that post, they changed some of the techniques they use in my case. They were either informed of my post or found it themselves, seeing as my internet activity, and phone activity for that matter, are under continuous surveillance (plenty of proof which I will not include here to avoid running off-topic).
In this post, I would like to shed some light on other harassment which is still ongoing, since it occurs in private, away from potential observers. It involves the Canadian and US militaries.
Havana Syndrome
In 2016, numerous employees of the Canadian and US embassies in Havana, Cuba, started experiencing head injuries ranging from mild headaches to concussions. It happened in their sleep, and came to be called Havana Syndrome.
Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana\_syndrome):
“Havana syndrome is a cluster of idiopathic symptoms experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel. The symptoms range in severity from pain and ringing in the ears to cognitive dysfunction and were first reported in 2016 by U.S. and Canadian embassy staff in Havana, Cuba. Beginning in 2017, more people, including U.S. intelligence and military personnel and their families, reported having these symptoms in other places, such as China, India, Europe, and Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of State, Department of Defense, and other federal entities have called the events "Anomalous Health Incidents" (AHI). Of over a thousand purported cases, the majority of US investigative bodies found only a few dozen cases to be suspicious.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I can tell you exactly what happens, because I have been experiencing this since I first joined the Canadian military back in 2002, and am still experiencing these “torments” (as I call them) to this day, already 3 years after leaving the military.
I go to bed. In about 15 minutes, just as I am on the cusp of falling asleep, a hear and feel a heavy thud reverberate and ultimately strike my skull. My body releases a sharp burst of adrenalin, my heart starts racing, and my blood’s circulation speeds up significantly. Depending on the severity of the blow, it can take me anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep again. Though there have been times I could not return to sleep for more than 2 hours.
A strong headache is felt immediately, and lasts for hours. There have been times when my heart felt like it was going to burst, having been startled as such.
The pulse to the head sometimes reverberates through the wall and my bed’s headboard. I distinctly feel as though I have been hit on the top of my skull. At other times, it feels as though the pulse has come through the air, striking the side of my skull.
This is not a sleep disorder, for it does not occur regularly. At times, my sleep is disturbed in this manner 3 or 4 days in a row. At other times, there is no disturbance for up to a week. But they never let me go more than a week without such interruptions to my sleep.
Neither is it sleep apnea, as I do not awaken gasping for breath. The pounding headaches, sudden release of adrenaline, and heart palpitations I experience are caused by external impacts of sound waves or air bursts.
Sonic Weapons
How these pulses are produced is not easy to identify. As Wikipedia explains:
“Once the story became public, various U.S. government representatives attributed the incidents to attacks by unidentified foreign actors, and various U.S. officials blamed the reported symptoms on a variety of unidentified and unknown technologies, including ultrasound and microwave weapons.”
Sonic weapons have been in use for many years by militaries, and by police in crowd control. As Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic\_weapon):
“Some sonic weapons make a focused beam of sound or of ultrasound; others produce an area field of sound. As of 2023 military and police forces make some limited use of sonic weapons.”
(Do not believe the 2023 timeline. The Canadian military has been using these weapons since the early 2000’s at the latest.)
Wikipedia continues:
“Extremely high-power sound waves can disrupt or destroy the eardrums of a target and cause severe pain or disorientation. This is usually sufficient to incapacitate a person. Less powerful sound waves can cause humans to experience nausea or discomfort.”
The users of these technologies must also be using thermal detection equipment to monitor the target’s sleep. As I mentioned, I most often feel these blows the moment I am falling asleep. Body temperature drops when we sleep, and brain activity slows. Heat-detection equipment is likely being used to identify the point at which the target is falling asleep.
Why they prefer to strike at the start of someone’s sleep as opposed to the middle of their sleep, I do not know. Perhaps their intent is to deprive the body of early sleep, limiting the amount of deep sleep available to the person before their alarm rings in the morning.
Ordinary Hammers
Not all such “torments” (as I call them) are caused by high-tech equipment. I have heard and felt distinct hammer strikes running along the 2x4 beams inside my walls. These strikes can be a single hard strike, or several strikes in a row. It is definitely caused by a person with a hammer because the intervals between strikes are equidistant in time; that is, the time spacing between strikes is not random and does not change from strike to strike, but is constant between strikes, exactly as when someone is hammering. And no, it is not someone hanging pictures at 1:30 am, multiple times a week, for years.
On one occasion, when I was standing at my kitchen sink, I felt the floor-board directly under my feet pulse so sharply it felt like a brick had struck the soles of my feet. In this case, my military neighbour likely used a hammer to strike the floorboard on his side of the wall. It is the only plausible explanation.
Surveillance
This leads to surveillance of one’s activities at home. I have plenty of proofs of that. They seem insignificant on an individual basis. But when you put them all together, they present a clear picture of home surveillance.
My laptop computer’s lid cracked one night, at the bottom left corner of the screen. The next day at work, I heard my military supervisor relate to another co-worker that the night before, his laptop computer’s lid cracked at the bottom left corner. I swear to the Lord in Heaven, I am being truthful.
I tested my suspicion of being surveilled. At home one night, I blurted out-loud, “VW Passat. What an ugly sounding word, ‘Passat’”, I said. A few days later, my military colleagues at work started playing a card game at lunch, invented by one of them. The name he gave his game was “Passat”, and when he spoke it, he looked at me for a reaction. If you ever contact the Halifax military base, ask for the Claims Department and ask them if they are still playing Passat.
On another occasion, at a time when I frequented the gym every second day for a few years, I suspected my van had been fitted with a listening device. I suspected so because a number of things I had spoken with people about on my phone while in my van (nothing illegal) were repeated by people at the gym in conversations among themselves. Too many times, parts of other people's conversations matched parts of conversations I had had with others while I was in my van.
I already knew my phone was being tapped, but I also suspected my van was bugged. So one evening while driving in my van, I blurted out-loud a number of things I said I hated. "I hate (this or that)"; "I hate it when...". One of them was, "I hate when people chew gum with their mouths open." I then vocalized an exaggerated gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw."
The very next time I went to the gym, 2 days later, while I was at an exercise, a fellow sat at an exercise directly behind me. And sure enough, he started chewing with his mouth open, vocalizing that gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw." I didn't look behind at him, because I knew what was going on, and I wanted to avoid playing into his hand. So he repeated himself again and again until I was done and moved to a different station. Now, honestly, who chews gum at the gym? You can't. Or you run the risk of choking for the heavy breathing, not to mention when laying down on benches. And with precisely the same exaggerated vocalized gnawing sound I had made in my van just 2 days prior.
Their whole intent is to let you know you are being surveilled. They want you to know, as both a warning and a provocation. They want you to say something, to launch accusations, which they would readily deny, making you look paranoid. If you react too strongly, they could even have you diagnosed with some kind of disorder, and put you on medication, which further plays into their hand. (More regarding medications in the last section of this post.)
This is why, as I mentioned in my previous post, they would park their cars shining their high beams on me as I walked past them during my morning walk. And why on some occasions, a group of 3 or 4 would exit their cars and stand on my path just as I approached, forcing me to go around them. They would then remain standing on the path until my return trip through, and after I had passed by the second time, then would then return to their cars - making it absolutely clear I was their interest.
Their intent is not only to make me aware, but also to present themselves in close proximity to me, within easy reach, in the hope I would confront them, resulting in an altercation that could land me in a lot of hot water - 4 witnesses against me, all pleading innocence.
Again, it is all designed to make you look bad, and to warrant some kind of legal measure against you - preferably a medical diagnosis, discrediting you in everything you say about them. If they can't refute your claims, their only remaining option is to discredit you. That's what all of these tricks are designed to accomplish. Who would believe anything you say, once you have been diagnosed with a disorder?
There are plenty more examples. But who would really believe them? I’ll save them for the future.
Home Invasion
Both during and after my military service, I have had my apartments entered without any signs of break-ins. How? Lock-picking and duplicate keys. Indications? Missing objects; ie: money, phone adaptor, etc. Nothing major. Just something to make us understand we are being watched, and to make us understand what they can do.
But it is always something small, something for which you would be ridiculed for divulging.
Two more examples: I found my razor, which I always lay-down razor-end to the wall, turned around, razor-end toward me. Also, in one of my house slippers I found a small shoe sticker on the up-side of the heel. I had those slipper for years, and never had any shoe stickers on them. Yet there it was, clearly visible on the top surface of my slipper, not the bottom. Could I have stepped on a shoe sticker when barefoot in my apartment, only to have the sticker transfer itself to my slipper when I wore it? How many shoe stickers do you have laying around your apartment that you can accidentally step onto?
If I had stepped onto a sticker in my apartment and had it stick to my heel, that means the sticky side was up against my skin. This means the sticker would have had to flip upside down such that the sticky side would then be down, allowing the sticker to stick to the slipper. Do you really think that happened? That sticker was not there when I left my apartment, but it was there when I returned. And it was the wrong sticker, wrong brand, wrong size.
Again, what is their intent? To make someone look ridiculous so no one will believe them should they speak of other more sensitive things.
Staged Incidents
The above incidents clearly point to coordinated and staged events (at my work, my home, on my walks, etc). This is so frequently met with incredulity. "But that would require coordination on the part of so many people," the public dismisses. "They wouldn't do that."
Oh yes they would, and they have, as explained in https://fightgangstalking.com/. Note the documented cases involving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, Canada's equivalent to the US' CIA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, Canada's national police force) in the second quote, which were reported in national newspapers.
From https://fightgangstalking.com/:
“Disruption operations often involve tactics which are illegal, but difficult to prove. These tactics include – but are not limited to – overt surveillance (stalking), slander, blacklisting, “mobbing” (intense, organized harassment in the workplace), “black bag jobs” [home invasions], abusive phone calls, computer hacking, framing, threats, blackmail, vandalism, “street theater” (staged physical and verbal interactions with minions of the people who orchestrate the stalking), harassment by noises, and other forms of bullying. Many of these tactics were used by the FBI during its illegal COINTELPRO operations, as documented by stolen official documents and subsequent Congressional investigations.
"Although the general public is mostly unfamiliar with the practice, references to “disruption” operations – described as such – do occasionally appear in the news media, even though that fact would apparently be news to the editors of The New York Times. In May 2006, for example, an article in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) used “Diffuse and Disrupt” tactics against suspects for whom they lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute. A criminal defense attorney stated that many of her clients complained of harassment by authorities, although they were never arrested."
She can add me to that list too.
For the Benefit of Others
The experiences I have recounted here seem so trivial, so insignificant, they make you look ridiculous if you talk about them. But if we don’t talk about such things, no one will ever know about them. Other people have experienced the same, and are forced to endure such torments in silence. They need encouragement to talk about their own experiences, and so I write about mine in the hope they will talk about theirs, even if I do look ridiculous. The perpetrators are more ridiculous for doing them.
I remember a military colleague being hauled away by military police one morning, as she was struggling and having a violent fit. A fellow on her floor told me she was throwing chairs at her walls screaming, “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!”. When he mentioned that, I knew exactly what they had done to her. She was considered unruly, and was being watched intently. They wanted her out, and that is how they accomplished it. Through wall tapping and sleep deprivation, they push you to the breaking point. And when you finally lose control and do something rash, they pounce on you, and you’re out. Now she has a criminal record, considered a criminal when in reality she was a victim. Welcome to the Canadian military, and other militaries besides, I am sure.
There are dozens upon dozens of experiences I could present. But who will really read them? Worse still, who will really believe them? I overheard my military supervisor in Halifax whisper to another, “Do you think he knows?”, after I had mentioned one of the many “coincidences” I experienced, but with a tone of my being aware it was not a mere coincidence. As I turned my face to my computer screen, I whispered under my breath, but still loud enough for him to hear, “Yes, (rank) (name), I know.” A few minutes later, as he walked past my desk, he leaned in by my ear and whispered, “We’re just trying to help you.” I should have pressed him for answers right then and there, but you just don’t know how much trouble you can get into when making such accusations in the military. So I let it go. But I will never forget.
Should anyone reading this ever decide to launch some kind of inquiry, I can mention names of over 100 people to contact, including military personnel, family members, neighbours, building managers, and others who have been contacted by military personnel with false narratives about me. They flash their ID’s and other credentials, and people believe anything they say. They turn family, friends, co-workers and neighbours against you, even recruiting their participation. Your acquaintances not only participate, but actually feel justified and emboldened playing tricks on you. It isn't their fault, though; they have been misled. I would reference them solely for corroboration.
As a final thought, here are explanations of two military programs in which certain persons (sometimes military, sometimes civilian) are kept under constant surveillance, and are in some cases subjected to conditioning in an attempt to turn them into what is called a “sleeper agent”. Almost all of the tactics presented below have been experience by me, including constant surveillance (ie: my previous post here regarding being harassed on my morning walks) and sleep deprivation (as per the top portion of this post, which other military members in Cuba and elsewhere around the world have also experienced).
Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program
See Newsweek’s article: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881
Some excerpts from that Newsweek article, plus more background information on the Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program, can be found here: https://fightgangstalking.com/
“The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called “signature reduction.” The force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household name companies.
“…a little-known sector of the American military, but also a completely unregulated practice. No one knows the program’s total size, and the explosion of signature reduction has never been examined for its impact on military policies and culture. Congress has never held a hearing on the subject. And yet the military developing this gigantic clandestine force challenges U.S. laws, the Geneva Conventions, the code of military conduct and basic accountability.
“…The signature reduction effort engages some 130 private companies to administer the new clandestine world. Dozens of little known and secret government organizations support the program, doling out classified contracts and overseeing publicly unacknowledged operations.
"Federal spy agencies are using Americans to spy on their fellow citizens – the same approach to governance famously employed by communist East Germany."
How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent
By Dantalion Jones / Masters of Mind Control
The following “was” on the web, but has been removed. Surprise, surprise. But I saved its web files to my computer years ago, knowing that sooner or later it would be removed. I made a jpeg image of the web page as it once appeared, attached here.
Note that I have experienced almost all of the tactics described below, including the stalking I mentioned in my previous post here (regular walks in the park), the sleep deprivation noted at the top of this post, and the surveillance and intrusions described here as well.
Quoting the now-removed webpage: “How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent” (from here to end of post):
Amid all the conspiracy theories one of the most feared is that there exist "sleeper agents" in our society who are programmed to come into service when they are triggered by a phone call or key word.
These alleged sleeper agents don't even know they are programmed to become saboteurs, soldiers, suicide bomber, etc because of the thoroughness of their programming. They are the feared "Manchurian Candidate" that the movies portray.
The question is "Are they real?"
If they are true sleeper agents there is no way of telling until they are activated. One can however theorize exactly how they are made.
Indoctrination
Using indoctrination a person can be made to embrace a religious or philosophical belief that would make becoming a sleeper agent possible.
This would be a person so committed to an ideal they would be willing to wait patiently as a member of society until they are called into action. These people would know their mission and consciously hold it secret while interacting with the rest of society.
Conditioning
Conditioning is a repetitive process where the desired responses are enforced and rewarded and unwanted responses are punished. This can be done consciously as part of training drill and it can be done subconsciously using hypnosis or drugs to create amnesia.
Hypnosis
It has been demonstrated that hypnosis can create "amnesia walls" in which the subject has no conscious memory of what happened in the hypnosis session. It has further been demonstrated that hypnosis can give post hypnotic instruction to be carried out automatically in the waking state without the subject knowing it or questioning the behavior.
What follows is conjecture and theory based on testimonials of people who were alleged to be sleeper agents and soldiers.
Continuous Supervisions
Continuous supervision doesn't mean that the subject is cut off completely from society. It means that they are constantly overseen and every aspect of their lives are managed (without their knowledge or consent) to support their hypnotic programming.
This would include:
• Repeated reinforcement of all hypnotic conditioning.
• Handlers. Handlers are people who help maintain the subjects environment to maintain all the programming. They can play the role of family, friends, lovers, psychologists, coaches or any roll the subject perceives as supportive. The truth is the handlers are their to support the successful fulfillment of the programming and not the subject as a person.
• Minimal sleep so that the mind/brain does not process all the sleeper conditioning during sleep.
• Creating constant environmental challenges like unemployment or poverty. This gives the subject something other than their programming to focus on.
• Frequent hospitalization. This gives overt opportunity to sedate the subject for conditioning. If the subject has a history of hospitalizations for mental disturbances all the better. No one will take them seriously.
Joseph Cafariello
PS... Today is the second day after this post (February 12, 2024). A garbage truck just slammed into my parked car.
PPS... I finish writing this post because I am satisfied with its shape and content; not because of what happened to my car.
It is similar to when you are reaching for your coat, and someone tells you, "Take your coat." Since you have to take your coat, your brain tells you it's ok to obey them, and you comply. They just created an instance where they led you, and you followed them. And your brain accepted it.
It's a technique the military uses all the time. It trains you to accept instructions from that person or group. Done enough times, you become comfortable obeying them.
I just say, "I take my coat because I choose to, not because you tell me to." It's important to make that clear, to block the conditioning and affirm our self-governance; not just to them, but to ourselves as well. Now our brain realizes we took our coat by our own choice; we are still in command.
So too, I say regarding today's event. "Thanks for the warning, but I had already finished writing my post. I finished by my own choosing."
UPDATES 1 & 2: February 26 & March 07, 2024:
My apartment was once again entered while I was out. Either a key was used or the lock was picked. This may or may not have included assistance from building staff. Home invasions are included in the list of their techniques noted above, referred to as "black bag jobs".
All tenants on my floor received new fridges a couple of weeks ago. I removed the tape securing the bins inside my new fridge, and also removed all styrofoam pads from the corners of the glass shelves when I repositioned them.
The person(s) who have been invading my living space on a regular basis have struck again. As you can see in the photo below, the styrofoam pads on the corners of my fridge's shelves were restored when I was out of my apartment. I had removed all pads when I repositioned the shelves. Yet now they are back.
It is a tactic used to undermine our observational awareness in an attempt to make us second-guess and doubt ourselves. The aim is to cause people to feel less sure not only of the things we have done, but also feel less sure of the things others have done. They want us to question the accuracy of our observations and memory.
The idea is to train you to dismiss any anomalies you may observe as being your own misperception of things. Once they convince you not to trust your own judgement, they are free to do whatever they want to you, and you will simply accept it without questioning.
UPDATE 3: May 18, 2024:
Confrontations with individuals keep occurring, at times potentially violent. Following are just 3 such encounters as of late.
1 - Kick-boxer in the park:
As I parked my car in one of the parking lots in Vancouver's Stanley Park one night, another vehicle drove up behind me and parked several spots away. A tall man exited that vehicle, and walked hastily along the path I always walk, down some steps to the water's sea wall path. I took my time and followed my usual walk, also down the steps down to the sea wall. The man knew my routine, and was in a hurry to get ahead of me.
As I walked along the sea wall, I saw the same man sitting on a bench, playing a loud Persian-sounding religious sermon on some device I did not clearly see. As I walked past him, he called out to me to stop and chat. I ignored him and continued walking past him. He rose and started walking behind me.
I opened my umbrella, turned, and walked past him the other way, returning to the stairs back to the parking lot. He also turned and continued following me. I started running. He also started running. I ran up the steps, as did he.
Being taller than I am, his legs are longer than mine, and he quickly caught up to me on a grassy patch at the top of the steps. I turned to him and asked, "Why are you following me?" He did not reply, but stood profile to me, the same stance a kick-boxer uses when ready to kick someone. He was tall, thin, and in excellent physical shape as you would see in a kick-boxer.
He did not speak at all, but was just waiting for me to make a move. I turned, entered my vehicle and left. The encounter continued with a chase through the park in our cars. Yes, that is correct. He chased me out of the park in his car.
2 - Told to keep quiet:
The perpetrators need to operate with as little detection as possible, and they repeatedly warn their subjects to keep their mouths shut about their experiences.
On another of my recent nightly walks, a man stood on the sidewalk ahead of me about half a block away, looked at me, and shouted into the sky at nobody, giving the appearance of being a homeless person shouting for no reason. He then started walking in my direction. I continued walking straight. As he passed me, he leaned into my face and shouted into my ear, "Shut the f_ck up!" I continued walking in my direction, and he resumed walking in his.
The idea is to make it seem as though he is just a deranged man wandering the streets at night, shouting at nothing, so that when he shouts at me, any observer would simply dismiss his actions. But in reality, he was sent to send me a message to stop publishing posts like this, which I had done many times on many sites, and continue to. They don't like it when we reveal their methods. But the truth must be known.
3 - You'll be sorry:
On another occasion, while returning from grocery shopping one afternoon, I walked past a man sitting by a storefront. He was clean-cut, wearing clean clothes, without any carts or wagons or any belongings of any kind. As I passed him, he asked me for some spare change. I replied, "I'm sorry," and continued walking past. He replied, "You will be."
There are numerous other experiences, like two seemingly unassociated men standing on the sea wall about 100 meters away from each other, each of them spitting just as I walked past each one.
There are too many experiences to mention. Looking at each experience individually, one would easily dismiss them as being unrelated and simply coincidental. But put them all together and a picture starts to form, like putting together the pieces of a puzzle.
As I hand you each piece of the puzzle one by one, you dismiss each piece, saying, "This could be anything." And you discard it. You keep discarding each piece as I hand it to you. By the end of it, you look down at the table and say, "You have nothing." That's because you looked at each piece as a separate item and threw it away. But if you leave the pieces on the table as I hand them to you and do not hastily discard them, you will see they form a clear picture when put all together.
We must look at all these events as a whole. Individually, each one could be anything. But when all of these experiences are put together and considered as a whole, they form an undeniable picture. Do not be quick to dismiss each piece. Leave the pieces on the table and look at the whole. The picture I present is sound. Remember, I have all the pieces; you do not. I see the picture more clearly than you do.
https://preview.redd.it/we31ymcsm91d1.jpg?width=966&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d56ac3dd3558a60d477ba9315104d1b66b139f8
submitted by GoAheadMMDay to Liberty [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 00:28 BreathOfWind1500 Where's my SIM card?

I signed up for Visible on the 14th of this month, ported my number and everything.
The next day, I got an email stating that my order had shipped and to check my account for a tracking number.
So I check the app, and under 'order status' it still says 'Ordered, May 14, 2024', despite the email saying it shipped...
Today is the 18th, and I decided to start a chat with in-app support. They sent me an email to verify my account/ identity which ended up ending the chat, somehow.
Then I remembered that you can use USPS tracking, so I copied that number and put it in the track your number thing only for it tell me that my tracking number isn't a USPS tracking number.
I am so frustrated because I switched from AT&T since I couldn't get anywhere with them trying to help me fix why I couldn't receive phone calls. My ATT service is still active, but people calling in doesn't work. So now I don't have a working phone phone, and no idea when I'll be able to have a working phone.
I just want to know where my SIM card is
EDIT: My sister went to get the mail and guess what was inside? I swear to God my life is some twisted comedy movie
submitted by BreathOfWind1500 to Visible [link] [comments]


2024.05.19 00:28 ldawi Crazy Boss & Unemployment

Long story short my old boss (who became a friend) was/is highly unstable. Im fairly certain she has undiagnosed BPD and had mentioned it to her in the past. She had no boundaries for work or personal. It was only her and I who worked together each day so I have no one to really speak for the experience I went thru (anyone who did work there quit by week 6 because she was bad. They don't want to write testimony letters in my appeal case due to fear of her retaliating). My boss ensured I quit via email and not fired so i could not get unemployment. I did get approved for unemployment due to a toxic work environment. She claims she did not receive the documents in time to dispute the claim.
Here's a quick overview of why I quit below: We where on a "worktrip" (I was not paid) at a medspa conference. I am not a injector but she is and I was her model. She got mad at me during lunch for inviting one of the girls to go out with us later that night because she was alone. My boss decided to be rude and say ACTUALLY NO THIS IS MY ASSISTANT AND WE ARE NOT GOING OUT TONIGHT (we where and had already had plans on the night for weeks) and then she said COME ON LETS GO and I said no Im going to finish lunch and the conversation and she rolled her eyes and walked away. After that she ignored me for the rest of the day and would pretty much walk away from me if I tried to engage her. She started to be rude to the people running this thing and throwing a fit because she was one of the last injectors. She threw such a fit that they ended up giving her thousands of dollars in free product to get back into her good graces. I was around for this and it was super akward. There was no reason for her to be so rude and disrespectful and she knows I dont play that game and dont want to be associated with people that do cause its not a good look (I had almost quit a few months back due to her being so rude to a sales person that she almost cried and told her then I would not be apart of that ever again and she said she would fix it). After the conference there was a reception for drinks and snacks. She went straight to bar and I sat where she could see me and she just walked away so I went downstairs to the lobby to call and check on my kids. When I went to go back up to the room she had a call on speaker and she was saying terrible things about me and lies. After 15 mins of this she realized I was outside the door and could hear her and asked me to come in and talk. I was pissed at the time so I said no not right now and she slammed the door. I went downstairs to call my husband and calm down and about 20 mins later she comes down with glass of wine in hand telling me we had to speak now. I said no I'm speaking to my husband right now and I'll speak with her later. She said OH YEA REALLY THATS HOW ITS GNA BE THEN I GOT YOU and went back upstairs. A few minutes later a text comes thru from the girl I met at lunch asking about plans for the night. I go to respond and my boss had locked me out of the work account so I go and check my other work accounts and I was locked out of those as well. Then I see her go into the lobby bar and I was not wanting to play her mind games and her "forcing" me to talk to her so I went up to the hotel room to pack my stuff and go to another hotel. I get to the door and try my key and it won't work so go down to the lobby asking for assistance. They called her 3x on speaker with no answer and then go to the back office and 5 mins later come out saying security would be escorting me to get my things. After getting my stuff with security I'm in the lobby and she's like where are you going and I said I'm leaving I'm not doing this with you and she freaks out so I said I was serious to leave me alone and we would discuss it once we got into the office on Monday. She went on to text me at least 70 text messages during the night saying how I wasn't suppose to hear her saying those things (backstory: she has been caught doing this multiple times to me either clients, coworkers, friends, and even directly in front of me. I had spoken to her about it previously saying to stop and she said would and was always just teasing). The next morning (aprx 8 hours later) we fly home. I changed my seat so I wasn't next to her and she kept walking the aisles trying to get my attention and after the 4th time dropped a note on my lap apologizing again). I didn't speak with her and had my husband pick me up from the airport. A few hours later she ends up sending a text that says HEY DID YOU QUIT? I said no I assumed I was fired since I was locked out of all accounts and I'm fine with that. She said no your not fired but if you want to quit please send a resignation letter so I did and it said I QUIT DUE TO A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. As the days and weeks passed she continued to message me apologizing and asking me to come back to work and each time I refused telling her until she is under the care of a mental health professional for at least 6 months I would not consider it. Once she realized I filed for unemployment and got approved she lost her shit and started to report me saying that I am working and frauding the system (I'm not) and that I quit because I was mad that she told me I was not hitting work standards. Eventually she filed the appeal and it's filled with lies and aprx 40 fake document "writeups" and where the employee should sign it says EMPLOYEE REFUSED TO SIGN on every single one (this is not true as I never received any write up in my 1 year). The appeal hearing case was the other day and she brought her brother inlaw/part owner of company/lawyer with her. I know this guy and have watched his child for him and we have always been on great terms. He came at me hard. So hard to the point that when I was answering the officers questions I had to ask that he be muted due to him laughing or repeatedly yelling at me saying REALLY or ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?! They denied ever receiving my documents concerning the case (they did I sent them to her email where she sent her documents to me from) and insisted they not be used. This went on for over a hour leaving the officer to say we need to continue this at another date and the packet will be in the mail with the new date and time. He went on to argue about why it should be settled now and she had to keep repeating herself that it would be continued as she has other appointments. I expect this next hearing will be just as crazy and if I am still approved for unemployment that they will appeal it again and again until they win or are out of appeals. I'm not sure if I should continue to fight it or just say screw it because I have really bad anxiety over it all (even typing this my heart is racing and hands are sweating) and she is pretty crazy so I'm kind of worried how she will retaliate if I do win. I also know if I lose that I have to repay all money received plus interest and I can't afford that at the moment..obviously. Really the only reason I am at this point is due to principal and wanting to let's her know what she doesn't isn't acceptable. If I give up I feel like she will win and continue on her merry path of destruction and hate. Should I get my own lawyer for this? I'm sure it will cost me more that I will even get from unemployment in total (I have a max benefit amount of 2k) but I have never done this before and feel like I might need someone with experience.
submitted by ldawi to Ask_Lawyers [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 23:29 Father_Flanigan Open message to customers: We are people too

After a string of incidents on my route today I came to a grim conclusion about my chosen profession. It's long been common knowledge amazon DAs don't really garner as much respect as postal carriers or even the UPS/FedEx driver though our job is the same as theirs. Furthermore, most interactions I've ever had with customers are negative and even the somewhat positive ones seem to come from a false assumption. Why do you always ask what's in the box? We don't know.
I was accosted about delivering someone's package to the wrong house when my label had the correct address and while receiving this woman's attitude and her shoving the completed picture in my face she kept saying, "You not paying attention?" but her picture was a brown paper bag...Inhad not delivered one of those. I informed her I was not the only truck on route and then she checked her door and found her package delivered correctly by someone else before I had arrived. She never apologized.
Then I was attacked by a dog. It usually barks as I pull up but the yard was quiet so I thought it must be inside. I got through the gate and approached the deck and found it, maybe it was as napping...Anyways it came at me and as I backpedaled I used the package as a muzzle and kept it on the dogs mouth so it couldn't bite me. Dropped the package over the fence and the owner then came out as I was getting in the van and shouted "sorry!" so, I suggested she have the dog up next time we're coming in a polite way but did inform her that it almost bit me. She became infuriated and screamed at me that I can always drop it over the fence but that's not in her instructions and there are no signs in the yard so I told her it would just be safer for everyone if the dog was put up.
Why are we so disrespected? We do the same thing your mail person and the ups drivers do. What is it about us that makes customers think they're so much better than we are? We're people too. I could have stabbed the dog it would have been within my rights. I could have ignored the other lady, it wasn't even a package assigned to me. Yet I tried to help both people because I understand, unlike them, that we're all people.
submitted by Father_Flanigan to AmazonDSPDrivers [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 23:06 certainlystormy why can't i just have weather???

why can't i just have weather??? submitted by certainlystormy to pcmasterrace [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 23:04 StarbraBreisand5397 Is this legit? It doesn't feel legit

Is this legit? It doesn't feel legit
Saw this parking sign in the east exchange. Is it real? How can it possibly be real with an option to e-transfer to "aparkingspot@hotmail.com"
submitted by StarbraBreisand5397 to Winnipeg [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 22:09 GiaRoma1 NYS proposed audit change - messed up our refundable credit

Has anyone experienced NYS making an error on their taxes???
I know most things about taxes and send all costs, earnings etc to my tax lady yearly.
This year we received just under a 10k tax credit for our business which was put correctly on our taxes.
Upon checking my refund status, one day it changes to say nothing is owed and we are receiving a bill. 1 week later received the bill via the NYS gov site - Turns out the dipstick in NYS who processed our taxes, took this refundable credit and processed it as a tax owed to the state put it on line 45 on at DTF-960-E proposed audit change saying "net other New York State Taxes" and amount of our refundable credit next to it . No clue how they messed this up.
So instead of getting money back from this credit, because of their mistake it says we now owe thousands of dollars (which is impossible between estimated tax payments, write-offs, etc - I am very good with keeping track of and reporting all of our spendings/earnings). If we were ever to owe anything, it would not be thousands and thousands.
We responded via the NYS gov site that it’s a refundable credit, along with our taxes to show we had it entered correctly to begin with, our certificate (that we received for the refundable credit) and docu sign proof about the credit we received.
My question is how long until they respond about a disagreement about a tax bill due to their mistake*?*
I can only find info on amended returns and we aren’t amending it, since it was right to begin with.
In all my years I’ve never experienced anything like this. We’ve been waiting forever already, because we were required to mail in our taxes due to this specific credit we received this year.
So now this is just making everything longer and would love that extra cushion for holiday inventory.Anyone ever experience the state making a huge mistake like this?
Our federal were processed over 2 months ago and that's done. Just this NYS issue.
submitted by GiaRoma1 to IRS [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 22:06 TheQuestionsQuester Should I clean up the date on a notarized form (for facebook)?

I am trying to verify my account which usually would require sending a copy of my license and entering a code they mailed me. However, since my facebook photo is years old they required me to go to a notary to do an ID verification form. I did this, but when signing the date I made a 4 that almost l looked like a 9. They rejected it as "modified" even though I did this right in front of the notary.
So I'm debating spending an hour redoing this (rural area, notary is far) vs a 2 minute edit in photoshop..
https://imgur.com/a/vPxXhI7
Worth the risk or redo it?
submitted by TheQuestionsQuester to legaladvice [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 21:25 RansackedRoom Why You Should Keep a Work Journal

TL;DR Please keep a work journal. Use it to record your small “wins” at work. Use it to build your resume for when you need a raise, a promotion, or a new job.

What do Firefighters Do All Day?

When I was a kid, I loved Richard Scarry picture books. He drew human-like animals who lived in “Busytown” and who worked in typical places: bank, firehouse, bakery, and so on. Richard Scarry explained to young readers what firefighters did all day: they rescued cats from tall trees. When the baker burned a batch of pies, the firefighters came and put out the burning pies. The firefighters had a big truck full of hoses, and they spent a lot of time fussing over the truck, too.
https://preview.redd.it/fpn6eflbl81d1.jpg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f51b4cafb6766ad0b1a2baea4ec7357f9d58a85e
Children are not born knowing what a banker does, what a baker does, what a firefighter does. It’s both useful and lovely to explain basic job functions to children so they can understand how their town functions.
A lot of people, including job seekers on this subreddit, seem to think resumes are Richard Scarry books. People spend their resumes explaining what a baker does all day:
WHAT? That’s only a resume if you were terrible at your job. I’m serious; if I saw those three bullet points on a baker’s resume, I would assume the baker in question had just been fired.

The Point of Resume Bullet Points

Imagine you’ve been a professional baker for two years. You’ve applied for a new job. You’ve made it through the dumb website questionnaires, the redundant forms. You made it past the algorithm or the robot that rejects half the applicants right away. You’ve got your resume in front of me, the person who can decide to interview you, the person who can decide to hire you.
And you’re using this time to tell me what a baker does?
Your resume is not a place to educate children about your core job functions. Your resume is a place to persuade a manager that you are good at your job! If I’m hiring a baker, chances are good-to-excellent that I already know what a baker does all day. I want to know if you are a good baker!
Those are accomplishments. They show that you were good at your job. They show that you make improvements. They show that you measure things: How long was it taking you to make biscuits before? What did you change? How long did it take you to make biscuits after that change? Was the change your idea, or something your boss told you to try?
Now, maybe the tip jar example bothers you. Maybe that’s not about being a good baker, it’s more about being a greedy, self-interested employee. Guess what? As a hiring manager, I don’t care! I’m so impressed that you made a change and measured the impact of that change that I give you full points for that tip jar bullet point. Even if my bakery doesn’t use tip jars. Even if I’m hiring for a pastry chef position at a hotel, a role that doesn’t get tipped income. It’s the drive to measure, the habit of making small improvements at work, that’s what impresses me.

Lost Progress: My Doughnut Years

I worked at a doughnut shop right after college, years ago. It was not a happy time for me; I had a fancy degree, so I had expected to be doing more interesting things with my life than frosting doughnuts and pouring coffee for customers. But I’m a driven person. I improve things everywhere I go. I remember I impressed my boss one day when I came in with colorful printed signs I had made on my home ink-jet printer: “Chocolate Sprinkles,” “Raspberry Jelly,” “Lemon Creme.” We had been using hand-printed signs, Sharpie on cardboard, and these were a big improvement.
Our regular customers noticed the signs. I probably bragged about them or fished for compliments. That’s something 22-year-old me would have done. For sure the shop owner liked them. I remember the glossy paper I used made them easier to wipe clean, so we didn’t have to re-write the labels every few days.
I didn’t write any of this down in a journal. It all happened years ago; I barely remember it. But I should have been keeping a journal. If I had, then my resume would have featured bullet points such as:
Maybe some of those bullet points hit harder than others; I was young and it was a dumb job. But see how those bullet points say much more about what kind of baker I am than
“• rolled out dough for pies and bagels each morning” ?

How, When, and What to Journal at Work

If you have an amazing memory for tiny details, then maybe you don’t need to keep a journal. But most people should. Every month, or at least every quarter, sit down for twenty minutes and write down something that demonstrates you are good, skilled, dedicated, resourceful, whatever:
  1. “Neela Roberts, a regular client, said last month ‘Dave, whenever you process my invoice, I know it’s going to be correct, I don’t even have to check!’ That made me feel good.”
  2. “I caught a pricing typo on the quote sheet Business Development was preparing to send over to Acme Industrials. Maybe someone else would have caught it, but wow those Acme people are pushy about little details like that; I probably saved us $500, who knows?”
  3. “I’m glad I persuaded Marla to upgrade the A/V system in the conference room. We always used to have clients ask us ‘what? say that again?’ in our conference calls. Since we installed the new mics and speakers, I can’t remember that happening.”
  4. “Chris over in Receiving bought me a beer after work today, said he wanted to thank me for recommending Dale for the new loader position. Glad to hear Dale is working out so well over there.”
It's easy, in the glow of a big win at work, to think "I'll always remember this accomplishment. I'll always remember how I helped the team, the way this project came together, the nice things the boss said about our hard work. This is a memory I'll treasure."
And then Monday rolls around, and you're back to rolling out dough for the morning bagels. Unless you are a professional athlete, most days at work are not wins. Most days at work are not noteworthy. And the ho-hum of the every day can overwhelm your big and small accomplishments unless you make time to write them down regularly.

Why to Journal at Work

Even if you love your job, even if you are 10 years into a 20-year role with a guaranteed pension, a place you never intend to leave, you should still be doing this.
First, I don’t believe any job is guaranteed in this life.
Second, a list of improvements and accomplishments will help you get promotions and raises at your current job. Think of how much you’ll have to say at your annual review when you’ve been taking monthly notes on your significant contributions! It will help you defend yourself if you ever face cutbacks at work due to downturns and budget problems.
Third, journaling and measuring will make you a better worker! My whole mentality at work changed when i started measuring stuff. “Hey, I think we should reorganize the mailing room, because I think the workflow in there is just nuts. But you know what? Let’s note down how many packages we ship out each morning for the next three mornings, just to get a baseline. Then, when we make the changes I have in mind, we can see if things actually improve. Three more days with the old system won’t kill us, and it will let me measure my impact.”
Your work journal needs to be in a paper book or in a computer file you will retain access to even if you change jobs. We’ve all heard horror stories about layoffs at Zenith Techno where workers got an automated email at 5AM and lost all access to company files. Your work journal needs to be your property. Your career is more important than any one job!
If you work for the CIA or for a urologist, you might need to take some basic care to respect the privacy of clients and your employer. Maybe use fake names of patients. Don't put the secret recipe to your boss's famous caramel doughnuts on a server where doughnut hackers can get to it. But keep a journal! Do it!
Otherwise, this is all you’ve got to say for yourself at the end of the day:
“• turned off ovens and swept kitchen clean every night”
submitted by RansackedRoom to resumes [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 21:16 RetailPleb Custom Teams Away Message

Teams allows users to set a custom away message, up to 280 characters. You also have the option to show this message above the text box where they compose their message to you before they send it, ensuring they see your status.
I've decided I need to take advantage of this and put ridiculous things there. I've got a running list of messages to use which I'll cycle through daily.
Some are original, most are not. A lot are taken from pop culture references, TV shows, commercials, podcasts, etc. Some are niche and very work specific (I use SAP) but most are absurd and nonsensical.
Please help me brainstorm custom away messages to entertain and confuse anyone who messages me.
Here's what I've got so far:
submitted by RetailPleb to brainstorming [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 21:06 rudexvirus [Publishing Derby] the 2024 Derby is open for Sign ups!

The Fifth Annual Inkfort Press Publishing Derby
Welcome to the beginning of the 2024 Publishing Derby! The signup link for this year's event is located below the recap of each phase. Participants are heavily encouraged to read through the overviews before registering.
Phase 1
Sign-ups
The registration form will open on Saturday, May 18th and remain open until we have approximately 100 entrants.
The full list of covers will be released for viewing on Sunday, May 19th.
Reminder: the pen names on the covers are required, as all participants will be asked to remain anonymous for the event. Please see the Official Rules and FAQs for further information.
Cover Ranking
Inkfort will provide a sheet for participants to rank the covers in order of preference. It is recommended that participants do at least ten, but the ultimate decision is on the individual.
The rankings are due Sunday, May 26th at Noon (EST). The sheet should be emailed to Inkfort Press with the author's name on it.
Cover Assignment
Once the sheets have been collected, the Inkfort team will assign every participant a random number. Then, we will assign each contestant a cover based on their ranking.
Example:
Nick gets assigned the number 3
Jane gets assigned the number 2
Max gets assigned the number 1
Max gets his first pick guaranteed since he is assigned a cover first.
Jane gets her first pick unless it was the same as Max’s. If it was, then she gets her number two.
Nick is next, and he gets number one unless Max or Jane got it, then we go down the list until the very first next cover is available, which in this case would be number 3, in the worst case scenario.
If someone doesn’t rank enough covers:
It is up to each participant to choose how many covers to rank. If a scenario occurs where there is no ranking to guide the assignments, they will be assigned one from what remains at our discretion. This assignment is not negotiable. ** Cover Distribution**
Once everyone has been assigned a cover, the Inkfort Admins will distribute the covers via email. This will include a digital copy of the cover, the title, and the pen name.
(Reminder that all participants will be asked to remain one hundred percent anonymous for the event. Please see the Official Rules and FAQs for further information)
Phase 2
Working Phase
The working phase is where participants will plan and write the book for their assigned covers, it runs from Tuesday, May 28th, to Thursday, August 1st.
The event requires a minimum of 10,000 words but does not have a maximum. Beyond the 10k, the size is up to each author.
While writing, keep in mind that all derby materials must meet the community standards of the event.
Participants are also allowed to begin marketing their books during this phase. Details on marketing can be found in Phase 4.
For more on the rules surrounding community guidelines, spending money, and marketing strategies, please see the official rules. As well, Inkfort suggests reading the Best Practices for tips on word count, as well as reader expectations regarding covers and content. Both of these documents and other information are listed at the bottom of the email.
Phase 3
Beta Readers
Beta phase begins Thursday, August 1st, and ends on Thursday, August 15th.
What is Beta Reading? A Beta reader reads a finished story and provides comments, questions, and other styles of feedback to help the author polish prior to publishing.
The Derby Beta Phase has two parts. In both parts, Inkfort acts as an intermediary for feedback, and all Beta readers (including derby authors who participate in this phase) remain anonymous.
Part One:
Inkfort Press emails a list of submitted books to their Beta Reader mailing list. The list will include the titles, short taglines, and blurb.
There is no guarantee that all books will receive feedback.
Part Two:
The second portion is an exchange exclusively between other Derby Authors. All books submitted in this portion ought to receive feedback from another participant, and each author who enters is expected to give feedback to one book.
The Inkfort Staff will compile the books entered and match them based on several factors, including, but not limited to, total word count and genre.
Part two is completely optional, but it is important to note that those who sign up and do not complete their assigned read may be locked out of the program in future events.
The feedback and questionnaires must be emailed back to Inkfort by Thursday, August 15th, at midnight. (EST)
Phase 4
Revision and Marketing phase.
The revision phase begins on Friday, August 16th.
Revision:
This phase is dedicated to revising the books based on feedback and self-edits. Participants are allowed to begin editing at any time, including during the Beta phase.
Marketing:
With the bulk of the writing finished for most participants, this is where the authors are encouraged to begin the bulk of their marketing. Authors are allowed to share details of the event as a whole on their main pages, but anything specific must be under the pen name.
There are two important rules for this portion of the event.
Each author must market under their assigned pen name.
Under no circumstances may an author use their pre-existing fanbase, family, friends, or social media during the derby. Only the author and Inkfort Staff are allowed to know who wrote each book during the event.
This also means authors can not use existing editing relationships, closed crit groups, or anything similar for the derby book. Anything used must also be accessible to a total stranger. It also means that participants should not be narrowing down the pool to those they know. No information about their individual book should be shared while not under the guise of the pen name.
Participants are not allowed to spend money on their derby projects during the event.
Authors can use the software they already own, such as:
Word processors
Formatting software
Rocket
They can not, however, spend money on things like:
Physical copies
Editing
Ads
Supplemental art
Pro-level of software
Phase 5
ARC’s
Arc submissions are due Saturday, August 31st. Arc email will be sent out on Sunday, September 1st.
What is ARC? ARC stands for Advanced Review Copy. These individuals get to read a polished copy of the book before it goes live and are often encouraged to leave a review as soon as possible.
Books that are finished and ready for launch may be submitted by the deadline. Those who do will be added to a list sent to the Inkfort Press ARC Readers list. Similar to Beta, they will see titles, taglines, and blurbs.
Phase 6
Publication
On Monday, September 23rd, all of the finished books should go live.
The following details are up to the authors, although the participants are free to ask questions and have discussions about them.
Pricing
Categories
Where to publish
Inkfort only requires that the pen name remain the only persona attached at this stage, as well as having the event mentioned in the back matter.
(The exact wording and nature of the mention will be given as that phase nears.)
The Ending
Categories of Recognition.
Sales information is due back to Inkfort by Firday, October 25th. . Please remember that each author is responsible for adhering to all local laws and tax codes for this pen name, where applicable.
There are three categories that will be given a shout-out at the end of the derby.
Copies sold.
Review score.
Community Choice.
Unfinished Books
If a book is not launched by the end of derby, the cover will revert back to Inkfort Press to be used during the next event. Participants may keep the story they wrote and find a different cover at the time they are ready to publish.
Sign Up!
To sign up for the Publishing Derby, please fill out this form: ttps://forms.gle/Ew4hXQddFBe7k47c8
Look Ahead: Dates and Reminders.
Sign-ups close: When 100 participants are reached
Covers release: Sun May 19
Rankings due: Sun May 26 at noon EST
Cover assignments: Mon May 27
Working phase begins: Tues May 28
Beta submissions are due: Wednesday, July 31st
Beta phase starts: Thurs August 1
Revision phase starts/continues: Fri Aug 16
Arcs due: Sat Aug 31
Arc phase starts: Sun Sept 1
Launch day: Monday, Sept 23
Sales due: Fri Oct 25
Links and resources:
Sign up form:
https://forms.gle/Ew4hXQddFBe7k47c8
Official Rules: https://www.inkfortpress.com/derby/rules
Best Practices: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16XgbwYOdroFP7Xc1gyPyDxqPqFrcZd7VnPfzt_GwLUY/edit?usp=sharing
Beta / Arc mailing list: https://subscribepage.io/InkfortPress
submitted by rudexvirus to redditserials [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 21:04 FAlady Mr Mike Santomassimo, CFO of Wells Fargo 310-565-1086

Wells Fargo Bank Group U.S.A
1455 E Harrisburg Pennsylvania
United States
4-15-2024.
We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you could not complete the process of the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitized Payment System. and you have spend a lot of money and a lot time sending money to different people just to make sure you receive your fund and after set and done your received nothing.
We have decided to pay your funds through (ATM VISA Card) for 2024 gift present this arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank, United Nation and Paris CluB The World Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize,inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference. the ATM VISA Card was contracted and powered by GOLD BANK WORLD WIDE.The ATM VISA CARD is credited with the sum of 10.8 Million united states dollars.
it is already loaded in the Master Card which you can use to access your fund in any ATM Stand/location worldwide and remember that the maximum withdrawal daily limit is Ten Thousand United States Dollars(US $10,000.00)we have concluded delivery arrangement with the below courier services companies and their delivery time is stated below.

DHL=4hrs/$300.00

FedEx Express=7hrs/$200.00

UPS=9hrs/$100.00
RECONFIRM YOUR DETAILS
1- Your Delivery Address 2- Your Telephone Number
Once it gets to us the package will be delivered to your destination. Kindly state in your response to this email and let me know which courier company you would want us to use for the shipment of your parcel to you.
Contact E-mail: [o.department@yandex.com](mailto:o.department@yandex.com) Tel; (504) 867-2856
Signed
Mr Mike Santomassimo (CFO) Chief Financial Officer, Wells Fargo Bank, (U.S.A) Phone (+1) (504) 867-2856
submitted by FAlady to ScamNumbers [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 20:57 Venaryen [FOR HIRE] Characters / Fantasy / RPG

Pass the images to the side to see other art examples and price lists before messaging. Please contact me via Discord, Reddit chats have not been delivering messages timely.
Price range, PORTFOLIO and Terms of Service can all be found on my Carrd:
https://venaryenart.carrd.co
https://venaryencommission.wixsite.com/venaryen
https://www.instagram.com/venaryenart/
Payment always in advance, Paypal, Pix or Wise. Arts for commercial use are x2 the price and only started after a contract is signed (DocuSign, HelloSign, Adobe Sign etc).
Terms of service: https://www.deviantart.com/xxokami357xx/journal/Terms-Of-Service-Venaryen-891362249
Prices can go higher if additional characters or alterations are required, all explained on my T.O.S.
Don’t bother with these strong watermarks, client will recieve the image normally after payment. These versions are only to difficult stealing in advertisement.
I do fantasy art of all sorts. Reference sheets, full illustrations, concept art, icons, comic panels, storyboards, YCH’s etc. Not selling anything in physical media at the moment.
These paintings and cuts from the price list banners are only examples to help figure out the price range, but I can make arts in other formats and stlyes as well.
Send a message! :)
Discord: Venaryen#3233
venaryencommissions@hotmail.com
submitted by Venaryen to artistforhire [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 20:55 Venaryen [FOR HIRE] Characters / Fantasy / RPG

Pass the images to the side to see other art examples and price lists before messaging. Please contact me via Discord, Reddit chats have not been delivering messages timely.
Price range, PORTFOLIO and Terms of Service can all be found on my Carrd:
https://venaryenart.carrd.co
https://venaryencommission.wixsite.com/venaryen
https://www.instagram.com/venaryenart/
Payment always in advance, Paypal, Pix or Wise. Arts for commercial use are x2 the price and only started after a contract is signed (DocuSign, HelloSign, Adobe Sign etc).
Terms of service: https://www.deviantart.com/xxokami357xx/journal/Terms-Of-Service-Venaryen-891362249
Prices can go higher if additional characters or alterations are required, all explained on my T.O.S.
Don’t bother with these strong watermarks, client will recieve the image normally after payment. These versions are only to difficult stealing in advertisement.
I do fantasy art of all sorts. Reference sheets, full illustrations, concept art, icons, comic panels, storyboards, YCH’s etc. Not selling anything in physical media at the moment.
These paintings and cuts from the price list banners are only examples to help figure out the price range, but I can make arts in other formats and stlyes as well.
Send a message! :)
Discord: Venaryen#3233
venaryencommissions@hotmail.com
submitted by Venaryen to forhire [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 20:34 Super_House_3613 Obtaining a VA car title without the original vehicle NY rebuilt salvage title

I recently purchased a rebuilt salvage title from someone in NY. I had the bill of sale & title signed over no issues. I was told at the VA DMV that since it’s a rebuilt salvage title that it has to be inspected after I mail in the original docs to the DMV Salvage branch in Richmond. USPS lost the envelope I mailed and I attempted to have a replacement title from NY sent to the prev owner, BUT he hasn’t received it yet (it’s been 2 weeks) and I need plates on my car so I can drive to work. I still have a scanned signed title and original bill of sale- but does anyone have advice on how to get this car registered with only these docs without having to wait for the original copy from NY which might not come?
Thanks!
submitted by Super_House_3613 to Virginia [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 19:55 DruidicMagic A theory on the 2020 election results.

Trump consistently made the most outlandish claims and sometimes told blatant falsehoods.
Over the years there were countless Americans who said "this isn't what I voted for" in regards to Trumps actions.
Months before the corona virus shut down the country Trump was holding rallies that couldn't draw more than 10,000 people.
The pandemic level response guaranteed neither candidate would have to speak in public.
Lewis DeJoy illegally shut down electronic sorting machines across the United States which caused massive delays for mail delivery.
The lockdown ensured a record breaking number of mail in ballots would be used.
The primary security feature of the mail in voting system is shut down and all those ballots had to be slowly hand collected which would ensure there was plenty of time to swap legitimate votes for fraudulent ones.
74 million "shy Trump supporters" magically appear to vote and then vanish without a trace. Never to be seen or heard from again in those numbers. Not in anonymous polls, donations, rally attendance, yard signs, bumper stickers or even showing support outside the courthouse.
and the icing on the cake... DeJoy had the processors from those electronic sorting machines removed and destroyed. Imagine a compromised machine sending selected ballots to a specific collection point so they can be immediately swapped out.
The entire mail in voting system would now be completely compromised.
submitted by DruidicMagic to conspiracy [link] [comments]


2024.05.18 19:00 One-Reputation9778 Dentist Gave an Inaccurate Estimate. Do I have to pay?

I went to the dentist a few weeks ago and needed to redo two fillings that were old. I have insurance through the state (0$ premium) and the allowable amount is very low- it's called Basic Dental. I usually have to pay out of pocket for services but because I never need to go to the dentist other than to get a cleaning, I don't pay for the better insurance, which is called Dental Plus+. They quoted me $115 to do both fillings and I told them "this seems very low. I only have basic dental." They told me "we ran your insurance and this is what the estimate is. The estimate is very accurate. we work with people all the time that have basic dental." A week or so later I get a bill in the mail for $400 (on top of the $115 I already paid). I called the office and said "what the heck this was not my estimate." They said "the front desk accidentally thought you had Dental Plus+ and ran the estimate as if you had dental plus+, but you only have dental Basic. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. If we need to do a payment plan, we can." I signed an estimate that was inaccurate. They based it on insurance that I don't have. do I still have to pay them? It's their fault that they fucked up the estimate - not mine. I would not have signed it if I knew it would've been $400. I would have gotten a quote elsewhere.
submitted by One-Reputation9778 to HospitalBills [link] [comments]


http://swiebodzin.info