The Penguins of Madagascar

"Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."

The Penguins of Madagascar are four ordinary penguins turned secret commando team. Born in the frozen wasteland that is Antarctica, Skipper, Kowalski, and Rico spent their childhood in boredom, waddling along the ice with seemingly no destination in mind. They were constantly told by the rest of their colony that it was a dangerous world for a penguin, and something so "cute and cuddly" shouldn't take any risks. One day, the group witnessed a lone egg rolling down the snow towards an icy cliff. When they realized no one was going to help it, the three baby penguins leapt into action. They rescued the egg from certain doom, but in the process were separated from the rest of their group, stuck on a lone iceberg and floating towards an unknown future. It was that moment that Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and the new hatching Private, became not only a team, but a family.
Fast forward a few years, and the Penguins of Madagascar have grown into a skilled group of elite commandos, partaking in various missions that have taken them all over the world, from New York to Madagascar to Africa to Europe. Over the course of their dangerous careers they have accumulated a wide variety of friends and allies. These range from the residents of the Central Park Zoo to the members of the spy agency North Wind. However they have also made no shortage of enemies, including Hans the Danish puffin, the Red Squirrel and the maniacal Dr. Blowhole.

Respect Threads

• Skipper
• Kowalski
• Rico
• Private
• Group Thread

Skipper

"Cute and cuddly, boys. Cute and cuddly."

Skipper is the leader of the group, devising tactics and gives orders. He is calculating, strict, paranoid, short-tempered, stubborn, and has a great disdain for hippies. Skipper's raving paranoia and tendency to view even the most ordinary activities as a military operation, combined with his experience in covert ops, has driven him to prepare for nearly any situation, no matter how bizarre or unlikely. While his antics do tend to alienate other animals outside of his commando team, more often than not his paranoia is proven justified, as he and his team have saved the world on multiple occasions.
Strength

• Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it
• His punches shake a tree
• Forces open a giant alligator's jaws
• Crushes a golf ball with his flipper
• Throws a plastic unicorn toy with enough force for it to get stuck in a brick wall
• Repeatedly breaks himself out of a block of ice that was "Antarctic cold"

Speed/Agility

• Dodges a multitude of darts from a booby trap
• Dodges a large missile multiple times
• Dodges multiple lasers while charging towards an experimental laser turret
• Slides fast enough to stay ahead of Officer X's combat van
• Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
• Bounces and flips around several lamp posts, rocks, and trees, eventually knocking out some pins with an explosive dive kick

Durability

• Gets kicked into a brick wall by Joey the kangaroo, cracking it
• Gets kicked high into the air by his evil android doppelganger, who was strong enough to crack concrete
• Kowalski's Nexto Skeleton knocks him through a bench with a rocket kick
• Gets pounded into the concrete by Bada
• Gets slammed into a concrete wall by Roger, creating a penguin shaped indention
• Falls through the roof of a plane mid flight
• Gets blasted into a stone wall by an explosion
• Gets shocked by the Zoo's new electric field
• For a short while, he walks across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds
• After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine

Skill

• Even while unconscious, his reflexes always keep him ready to fight
• Fends off the other penguins with relative ease
• Throws a playing card with enough accuracy to cut a four ropes keeping the penguins suspended in the air as well as a rope holding up a chandelier
• Throws a coin, which cuts two ropes and frees Maurice, bounces off a wall, cuts another rope and frees Mort, and finally bounces off another wall and turns off a light switch

Kowalski

"Okay Kowalski, wow me."
"Behold, a portal to times past. The Chronotron!"
"So, its a time machine?"
"Well, yes."
"So why not call it a time machine?"
"Sure, yeah. And while we're at it, let's call the Great Wall a fence, the Mona Lisa a doodle, and Albert Einstein Mr. Smarty Pants!"

Kowalski is the brains of the operation. He is a brilliant inventor, creating a multitude of different inventions and gadgets to help the penguins on their missions. If given enough time, there are few things that he couldn't invent. Unfortunately, most of the time his inventions cause serious trouble for the team, either falling into the wrong hands, turning against Kowalski, or just exploding. Not to mention, despite his intelligence, he cannot read (although he still carries around a clipboard to record drawings of their plans). He tends to over-analyze situations, trying to perfect every minute detail of a plan before he acts. This often causes the team more harm than if he would just act. That being said, he is still an invaluable member of the Penguins. Without him, they would simply be a couple of ordinary penguins that can do flips and karate chop people.
Strength

• Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it
• Kicks a bowling ball with impressive velocity into Private's face
• Pulls down a bill board
• Digs through solid concrete with nothing but a plastic spoon

Speed/Agility

• Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
• Dodges a multitude of darts from a booby trap
• Dodges several laser beams from the Penguins' lair security protocol
• Slides fast enough to stay ahead of Officer X's combat van
• Wall jumps several times to climb out of King Julian's fake volcano
• Dodges and weaves around several spotlights

Durability

• Gets pulled by Rico with enough force to dent a steel door
• His Nexto Skeleton knocks him through a bench with a rocket kick
• Gets crushed by a swinging wrecking ball and is fine moments later
• Gets crushed under a large boulder
• Gets blasted into the air by Rico's rocket launcher
• Gets shocked by 5000 volt electrical cables twice
• Gets his face torched by the Penguins' flamethrower
• After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine

Skill

• Flips and dodges around several attacks from chameleon tongues while being blindfolded
• Throws his abacus, which bounces off of both Badda and Bing and then returns to him (similar to Captain America's shield)

Intelligence/Gadgets

• Invents a machine that can remove someone's intelligence and store it in a cardboard box
• Invents a fully functioning time machine, which he uses twice to travel back in time. When three Kowalskis exist in the same space it rips a hole in the fabric of the universe
• Built a thermo fusion reactor within the penguin's base
• Invents the Helmet, which allows the user to move object with their mind, as well as summon any object they think of to them at a moment's notice
• Builds an invisibility ray
• Makes a laser gun that can revert things to their younger, fresher state, which turns Skipper into a baby and eventually back into an adult
• Creates a device that can stop time, (anyone that is touching the device at the time he activates it will experience the stopped time)
• Builds a mech suit, which he dubs the nexto skeleton, that can fly, shoot missiles, is strong enough to life a large boulder over his head, and can even rebuild lost limbs out of seemingly nothing
• Builds a machine that can clone an exact replica of any living organism, as long as it has their DNA (which he uses to bring a dodo bird back to life)
• Built an anti gravity gun
• Hacks into a traffic light with relative ease

Rico

"B-but that shouldn't have worked! It breaks all known rules of science!"
"And that's why we call Rico a maverick. He makes his own rules."
[BLEH BL-BLAH BL-BLUH BLAH BLEH]

Rico is the group's weapons and explosives specialist who mainly communicates through grunts and squeals. With a stomach that defies reality, Rico swallows a plethora of useful tools and weapons and regurgitates them when needed, including ones that appear to be too large to have been swallowed in the first place. Rico has a few screws loose, so the other Penguins need to keep him on a tight leash lest he lose his mind in a dynamite filled frenzy. That said, Rico's love for explosions and destruction is an asset that Skipper has no problem letting lose on their enemies or any problem that the team may be facing.
Strength

• Breaks a fairly large hole through a brick wall
• Pulls Kowalski with enough force to dent a steel door
• Lifts an anvil over his head
• Bites through a lock
• Digs through concrete at an incredibly fast with two plastic spoons

Speed/Agility

• Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
• Dodges several laser beams
• Dodges one of the Red Squirrel's missiles
• Kicks Kowalski into the air, and by the time he falls back down, Rico had already got into, started, and drove the penguins Buggy next to their base to catch him
• Cuts up a fish into perfectly sized bites of sushi in just over a second
• Climbs over the zoo's main gate in seconds

Durability

• Slams into a brick wall, cracking it
• Falls directly onto a rhino's horn
• Gets crushed by a falling elephant
• Falls through the roof of a plane mid flight and is completely unharmed
• A bomb explodes inside of his stomach and he barely reacts
• Is right next to where Kowalski shot his newly acquired plasma blaster on turbo setting, which caused an explosion powerful enough to blow a hole in their concrete ceiling (that same plasma blaster on medium setting was able to disintegrate a lamp post in a single shot
• Gets hit by a static shock that is strong enough to knock out the power in the Penguin lair
• For a short while, he walks across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds
• After being buried alive, gets blasted through the dirt with a piece of dynamite and is perfectly fine

Skill

• Fends off both Skipper and Kowalski with nothing but a doll as a weapon
• Throws Marlene like a boomerang, bouncing her off of both Bada and Bing's heads and then catching her
• Shoots 3 fish out of the air with a crossbow

Swallowing/Regurgitation
Rico is able to regurgitate whatever Skipper needs as long as he has it locked away in his intestines. As soon as an object, weapon, or tool is needed he can produce it almost instantly.

• Spits up a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse and immediately regurgitates a flash light
• Spits out a grenade filled with knock out gas
• Regurgitates a massive missile which is far larger than he is
• Continuously regurgitates hook shots so he can swing from buildings like Spider-Man
• Spits a small anchor into the air with enough velocity to strike him in the head a couple seconds after it leaves his mouth
• Regurgitates a chainsaw with enough velocity to fly into the air and cut through a sewer pipe
• Fires screws fast enough for them to secure a metal door in place and keep Jiggles the slime contained
• Throws up a cinder block with enough force to send a leopard seal flying backwards

Private

"Private, options."
"Hello? I'm the options guy!"
"But not when it comes to matters of the heart. That's where young Private here shines."

Private is the emotionally sensitive, British-accented rookie of the Penguins of Madagascar. Though younger and less experienced than the other penguins, he is the most down to earth and compassionate. Private tends to offer simpler, more commonsense solutions in response to Skipper and Kowalski's complex strategies, often in an understated tone while those strategies are falling apart. He also has an affinity for unicorns.
Strength

• Slides into a metal door with enough force to dent it
• While underwater, he kicks a baby leopard seal which flies into an adult leopard seal, reversing its momentum
• Stops a massive leopard seal from falling off an icy cliff
• Hangs onto his golf club as he uses it to swing their golf cart around a tree

Speed/Agility

• Jumps over 1 1/2 stories onto a rising platform
• Dodges several darts shot out from one of Kowalski's booby traps
• Dodges several lasers from the Penguins' security system
• In the flash that Dave's monster ray is fired, he frees himself from his bindings and hides beneath a piece of machinery without anyone noticing
• Out swims a leopard seal for a short while
• Deflects a golf ball with his club
• Wall jumps multiple times to get to the top of the zoo's gates

Durability

• Gets karate chopped by Skipper to the ground
• After covering one of Rico's bombs with a bucket, he gets blasted through the roof of the zoo's security building
• Gets crushed between Skipper and a concrete wall after an explosion blasts Skipper into him, leaving a Private shaped indention in the wall
• Falls from the outskirts of the Earth's atmosphere and crashes to the ground below
• Gets dropped onto an electric fence by Savio
• For a short while, he runs across pavement that was hot enough to turn an egg to ash in 3 seconds
• After being buried alive, he gets blasted out of the ground by a piece of dynamite and is fine
• Falls into a pit of rusty bear traps, which mildly injures him

Skill

• Defends himself from Skipper's strikes and disarms him while blindfolded
• Defeats over a dozen of Dr. Blowhole's minions with ease
• Fires a dart gun, which bounces off of several objects and walls before eventually hitting the light switch and turning off the lights

Cuteness

• Unlocks what Kowalski calls "quantum hyper cute", which causes anyone who sees him to faint because their brains are overloading from the cuteness
• By using himself as a power source, his cuteness is able to reverse the affects of Dave's monster ray

Teamwork

• Push an elephant into a cage
• Using Rico as a battering ram, they destroy a brick wall
• Forming a penguin chain, Kowalski, Rico, and Private support the weight of an elephant
• Kowalski, Rico, and Private manage to hold Officer X's van in place while it tries to drive away
• Incapacitate Capitaine DuBois and her men, tying them up and launching them out of a canon
• Take on a small army of Dr. Blowhole's lobster minions

Gear

• Grenades
• Rocket launcher
• Flamethrower that is hot enough to melt a lamp post
• Laser pen which can cleanly cut through stone
• Grappling hooks
• Jetpacks gifted to them by the North Wind spy agency

Using the Penguins on WWW

While it may vary from episode to episode, the penguins are all around the same ballpark in stats and skill. They're pretty well rounded, being able to withstand blows that damage stone and metal walls and can dish out those same kinds of hits. On top of that, most have dealt with minor esoteric damage types like heat, electricity, and cold. While they're not too crazy speed wise, they're all capable of aim dodging lasers and can avoid slower projectiles like darts. Combine that with their absurd agility and small size and these four will be extremely difficult to hit for opponents that are on their physical level.
However, it's the areas outside of physical stats that let the penguins fight above their weight class. They're all capable in close quarters combat, with Skipper being the clear standout (though Rico and Private have both shown to be able to hold their own against him under the right conditions). Rico is a walking armory that will give them access to any weapon in their arsenal at any time, Kowalski has plenty of inventions that most opponents won't have resistances too, and Private's hyper cuteness could certainly catch their opponents off guard.
The best way to beat these four is to split them up and fight them individually. They've shown many times that they are far greater than the sum of their parts, engaging in hit and run tactics or using one of their various haxes to battle opponents above their weight class. Kowalski and Private in particular are vulnerable to losing their composures if things aren't going their way in a fight (though I wouldn't exactly call that a strength for Skipper and Rico either).

‼️Update‼️ I emailed the Dean and Associate Deans of my college about what happened to me (and this Reddit post) - I just sent it today (5/18), but see my post to see what I wrote: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7HhcsrOfZh/?igsh=MXNkMHd4Z2F0bG1pYg==
I want to clarify - I’ve been away from academia for a hot minute- I have a Job that I really love and am passionate about - I’m finally getting to use chemistry to help people and it’s feels amazing. My coworkers are really great and super kind, seeing the difference between heathy vs toxic environments is actually one of the biggest reasons i just can’t stay silent anymore. I love chemistry, I writing, I love art, so I’m gonna use the last two to try to make the first one better.
See my instagram for work I’ve written about the abuse I’ve been subjected to and witnessed during grad school:
I’m the girl who wrote that poem about my prof almost working me to death 🤠
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Da_9rOnNi/?igsh=MWZhbXE2bGF2dzl2aA==
Why aren’t the faculty concerned? Why aren’t universities administrators concerned? It’s everywhere, it’s not just my university, it’s not just chemistry, it’s academia. It’s universities allowing professors basically unchecked power over students. It’s students complaints not being taken seriously. It’s faculty being okay with their students being suicidal if it means they’ll get another paper out of them (and I know beyond a shadow of doubt, this last one actually happens because I’ve seen it with my own eyes, heard these conversations with my own two ears.
Why are we letting people who do shit like this be in charge of educating future scientists? How many brilliant minds have been crippled by anxiety and depression from hostile work environments? How many world changing discoveries are we going to miss out on because our scientists are leaving grad school with on average one new mental illness??
Abusive professors don’t get more work done, their work isn’t more meaningful because their students are constantly in a state of hyper vigilance. They are poisoning chemistry.
It’s way easier to come up with amazing ideas when you’re not stuck in an anxiety spiral.
I hope y’all do not relate to this post

saat ini aku lagi deket sama seorang cowo (dia lebih tua 6 tahun dari aku), awal kenal kita chattingan via dm instagram selama sebulan, lalu lanjut chattingan via WA 3 bulan sampai sekarang. jadi itungannya kami sudah mengenal 4 bulan. hampir setiap 24/7 kita chattingan, entah nanya bagaimana kerjaan hari ini, ngobrol hal-hal random dll. selama ini kita ga pernah komunikasi via telepon (hanya 2x, itupun ga lama).
semakin kesini, semakin aku ragu sama hubungan kami berdua, apalagi dia ga pernah menanyakan soal hubunganku sebelumnya (hubungan percintaan hampir ga pernah dibahas), sampai aku mikir apa dia cmn butuh teman cerita aja atau dia sambil mencari yg lebih?
menurut kalian gimna?

SPOILERS: Tombs of Scoria, Tides of Death, Outcasts, Hardly Heroes

 
After making it through HcH and FroFro/HoBo, it was clear that Nick was looking for a new challenge. He saw the young sheep, Mouton, torpedoing GTC and decided to throw down the gauntlet by 1uping him in ODaM.
 
This led to the pair getting increasingly unhinged in trying to outdo each other in ToS. Some of their long list of antics:
• Mout almost dying to the Kobold "King" & "Jester"
• Mout needlessly tanking a hit from a troll, Nick running aimlessly to jiggle locked doors
• simply going into NEAL Team Six's camp, ignoring Koibu's enemy vs ally NPC discrepancy
• Mout getting level drained by an imprisoned vampire
• Nick casually watching an ancient vampire walk to the party
• Nick casually walking into and getting KOed by the barnacles he just confirmed were alive
• deciding to fight 7 cavalry in an open plain
• Mout throwing himself into a juvenile brown dragon's mouth
• Nick burying himself under rocks during the first real dragon fight
• walking straight into a known trap
• Mout trying his luck at running aimlessly, Nick transforming into an Intellect Devourer
• Mout banishing himself after killing a sidequest dragon
• Nick, not to be outdone, fucking an ancient hag-like entity
• Mout getting the last laugh by getting scorched/smited by Velthara
 
This duel bled into ToD with Nick picking the worst class with shit stats. He would've gone unchallenged but Mout started kidnapping and killing children to keep up. Nick then jumped headfirst into a trollaroo's mouth only to be revived. Being too blatant with the torpedo, he was nerfed into an undead. Despite Nick's skill with shit rolls, Mout got the last laugh once again by unleashing a Death Knight upon the party.
 
The blood feud continued with Outcasts where Mout attacked NPCs on a hair-trigger, leading to "human-time" and his imprisonment. Nick tried escalate with a classic "wanna see something cool?" but it led to such a shitshow that he was nerfed once again with a retcon-but-technically-not-a-retcon since Koibu did initially say that the carriage rode past them.
 
Having his torpedoes so blatantly and unfairly nerfed twice, Nick has sought to recoup his losses by playing as the worst class AND taking his rolls to new depths in HdH. Mout recreating an inferior human Den-Ted has been quite an adversary but he hasn't been able to match Nick's dogshit-roll consistency. The Bri'ish lad blue shelled and banana peeled himself in a grandmaster-class exhibition of his skills to lose an already won footrace. I'm just worried he'll get nerfed again and will dig even deeper for torpedoes.
 
UPDATE
God damn, the psychopaths took turns getting stomped out by the hotshot sharpshooting grenadiers of STEAL Team 6. Mout actually somehow regained the low ground. His Hail Marthas rewarded him with Nick's dice seed in order to sacrifice their 12 gems and Martha statue. I fear for the torpedoes cooking in the depths of Nick's Easy-Bake™ oven.
UPDATE 2
Nick failed the lucky lady, Terrapin, twice in one day. What an absolute lad of a unit. His sausage apparently cooked in the sun 25min less than was needed, and then he forced a guard to seppuku in shame. But the most important torpedo is soon to come since he successfully flustered his 13 Hotness queen into losing her composure twice as well. The king is in.
UPDATE 3
That's all that's public from these sickos so far. Sign up to see HdH#9.
 
TLDR
I was feeling inspired by Nick's rolls leading to the banana peel.
Check out my previous Arcadia summary.

From his pov Kenny didn’t write anything hot until Keem got in the picture. Like bro 😂 I think he was thinking maybe if he says something good about Keem maybe he’ll switch on his own cousin. Also mentioning SZA, Travis, Savage, Chris Brown, YG out of nowhere trying to form an alliance making sure they don’t switch on him. As if any of these artists will ever go against Kendrick.
I like Drake’s music but what a dumbfuck

I’m SilverKappa. This is the RDA Recap. I’m gonna go listen to a podcast for a few hours.
Let’s dive in.
INTRO
Fantastic Cat – “All My Fault”
INVISIBLES
Annabel - “Dog”
Ducks Ltd. – “When You’re Outside”
St. Vincent – “Big Time Nothing”
Hovvdy - “Meant”
SET 1
Bruce Cockburn – “Lovers In A Dangerous Time”
Liz Phair – “Fuck and Run”
Tom Cardy – “If I went back in time”
“Weird Al” Yankovic – “Jurassic Park”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Take It Back”
SET 2
Sloppy Jane ft. Phoebe Bridgers – “I Saw the TV Glow”
Onlap & Lansdowne - “Ghosts”
Ze Frank – True Facts: Dangerous Little Ticks
Savannah – “I’ll Never Know”
SET 3
Counting Crows – “Round Here”
TWRP – “Content 4 U”
DJ Cummerbund – “Wake Me Up Before You Go To Rehab”
Architects – “Seeing Red”
girl in red – “dead girl in the pool.”
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STORY 1: Charges added for Key West man accused of stealing tractor, driving it to college campus to kill 2 people
STORY 2: Dogs painted black and white at Chinese zoo to pass off as pandas
STORY 3: Police bust finds over 700 pounds of drugs inside Transformers statues
STORY 4: 'In his underwear:' Man arrested for joyriding around Vilano Beach, crashing stolen $100,000 boat
STORY 5: Passengers banned after fight on Spirit Airlines flight to Boston
STORY 6: Vehicle crashes through Fenway Park gate, crashes into forklift
SET 4
Todd in the Shadows – POP SONG REVIEW: Drake and Kendrick’s feud to end all feuds
Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
Mates of State – “Get Better”
The Timelords – “Doctorin’ the TARDIS”
Steve Perry – “Oh Sherrie”
SET 5
Dominic Noble – 101 Dalmatians ~ Lost in Adaptation
Hot Hot Heat – “Middle of Nowhere”
Hardcore Superstar – “You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘n Roll”
Tom Schalk – Transformers Have Weird Names
Velveteen Queen - “Dreamer”
OUTRO
Filter – “Welcome to the Fold”

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I put together the following weight loss plan for myself. For reference, I'm male, 36yr, 5'11, and 205 pounds. Note: I asked chatgpt for the recipe suggestions based on approved ingredients. I know they'll need some tweaking to be to my liking...
Morning Routine:
Goals: Hydration, light exposure, stretching, healthy low-carb meal, raise body temperature.
Cold Water:

• Take a cold shower. This will help your body raise its core temperature.

Hydrate & Natural Light Exposure:

• Drink a full glass of water immediately upon waking up.
• Open blinds and spend 15-20 minutes doing yoga in a sunny spot. Yoga videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7xsYgTeM2Q ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr3h5X9kmUo

Post-Yoga:

• Drink black coffee (no sugar or milk). Delay drinking coffee by 45-90 minutes after waking up.
• When commuting to work, park farther from the building for extra steps.

Breakfast Recipe Ideas:

1. Avocado and Egg Breakfast Bowl:
   • Ingredients: Avocado, eggs, bell peppers, tomatoes, spinach, garlic, olive oil.
   • Instructions: Sautee bell peppers, tomatoes, and spinach with garlic in olive oil. Serve with sliced avocado and poached eggs on top.
2. Vegetable Omelette:
   • Ingredients: Eggs, mushrooms, spinach, bell peppers, onions, cheddar cheese.
   • Instructions: Whisk eggs and pour into a heated skillet. Add chopped vegetables and cheese. Cook until eggs are set.
3. Chia Seed Pudding:
   • Ingredients: Chia seeds, full-fat yogurt, strawberries, blackberries, almond slices.
   • Instructions: Mix chia seeds with yogurt and refrigerate overnight. Top with sliced strawberries, blackberries, and almond slices before serving.

Afternoon Routine:
Goals: Light movement, healthy low-carb meal, hydrate. Lunch:

• Aim for a lunch high in protein and low in carbs.
• Take a long walk after lunch. The goal is 5k steps or approximately 30 minutes of walking.

Lunch Recipe Ideas:

1. Grilled Chicken Salad:
   • Ingredients: Grilled chicken breast, mixed greens (spinach, kale, etc.), tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, avocado, olive oil, vinegar.
   • Instructions: Grill chicken and slice. Toss mixed greens with chopped vegetables, avocado slices, and dress with olive oil and vinegar.
2. Turkey and Veggie Wrap:
   • Ingredients: Turkey slices, whole-grain wrap, spinach, bell peppers, hummus, avocado.
   • Instructions: Spread hummus on the wrap, add turkey slices, spinach, sliced bell peppers, and avocado. Roll it up and serve.
3. Eggplant and Mushroom Stir-Fry:
   • Ingredients: Eggplant, mushrooms, garlic, olive oil, soy sauce.
   • Instructions: Stir-fry sliced eggplant and mushrooms with minced garlic in olive oil. Add soy sauce for seasoning.

Snacks: almonds, watermelon, strawberries, blackberries, hard-boiled eggs, full-fat yogurt

Evening Routine:
Goals: Daily workout, healthy low-carb meal, hydration, plenty of sleep (8-9 hours).
Daily workout:

• Strive to work hard here.
• Warm up with intervals of jogging and walking for 6-8k steps.
• Bodyweight exercises. Be sure you are challenged to complete the circuit. Incorporate pushups, squats, lunges, pullups, dips, mountain climber, step up knee raises, plank, etc. Don’t slack on these.

Dinner Recipe Ideas:

1. Baked Salmon with Roasted Vegetables:
   • Ingredients: Salmon fillets, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, olive oil, lemon.
   • Instructions: Season salmon with olive oil, lemon, salt, and pepper. Roast alongside mixed vegetables until cooked through.
2. Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry:
   • Ingredients: Lean ground beef, broccoli, garlic, soy sauce, olive oil.
   • Instructions: Brown ground beef in olive oil, add minced garlic and broccoli florets. Stir in soy sauce and cook until broccoli is tender.
3. Grilled Chicken with Zucchini Noodles:
   • Ingredients: Chicken breast, zucchini, pesto, olive oil, pine nuts.
   • Instructions: Grill chicken breast and slice. Spiralize zucchini into noodles and toss with pesto. Serve chicken over zucchini noodles and sprinkle with pine nuts.
4. Additional Recipes: Breakfast:
   
5. Quick Veggie Scramble:
   
   • Ingredients: Eggs, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, bell peppers, cheddar cheese, garlic, olive oil.
   • Instructions: In a skillet, sauté chopped vegetables with minced garlic in olive oil until tender. Add beaten eggs and scramble until cooked. Top with cheddar cheese before serving.
6. Greek Yogurt with Mixed Berries and Nuts:
   
   • Ingredients: Full-fat yogurt, strawberries, blackberries, almonds, walnuts.
   • Instructions: Serve yogurt topped with sliced strawberries, blackberries, crushed almonds, and walnuts for added crunch.
7. Avocado and Tomato Bowl:
   
   • Ingredients: Avocado, tomatoes, lemon, garlic, olive oil.
   • Instructions: Cube avocado and tomatoes, toss with minced garlic, lemon juice, and a drizzle of olive oil.
8. Spinach and Mushroom Omelette:
   
   • Ingredients: Eggs, spinach, mushrooms, garlic, olive oil.
   • Instructions: Cook chopped mushrooms and minced garlic in olive oil until tender. Add beaten eggs and spinach, cook until eggs are set.
9. Nutty Fruit Bowl:
   
   • Ingredients: Watermelon, cantaloupe, almonds, walnuts, lime, chili pepper.
   • Instructions: Cube watermelon and cantaloupe, serve in a bowl with crushed almonds and walnuts on top. Add lime and chili pepper for more flavor.

Lunch:

1. Tuna and Avocado Salad:
   • Ingredients: Canned tuna, avocado, spinach, tomatoes, lemon, olive oil.
   • Instructions: Mix canned tuna with diced avocado, spinach leaves, and chopped tomatoes. Dress with lemon juice and olive oil.
2. Chicken and Vegetable Stir-Fry:
   • Ingredients: Chicken breast, broccoli, bell peppers, garlic, olive oil, soy sauce.
   • Instructions: Stir-fry sliced chicken breast with chopped vegetables and minced garlic in olive oil. Season with soy sauce.
3. Eggplant and Tomato Salad:
   • Ingredients: Eggplant, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, vinegar.
   • Instructions: Roast cubed eggplant with minced garlic in olive oil until tender. Toss with chopped tomatoes and a splash of vinegar.
4. Cheesy Spinach and Tomato Omelette:
   • Ingredients: Eggs, spinach, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, garlic, olive oil.
   • Instructions: Sauté chopped tomatoes with minced garlic in olive oil until softened. Add beaten eggs and spinach, cook until eggs are set. Top with cheddar cheese.
5. Mushroom and Tomato Soup:
   • Ingredients: Mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, vegetable broth.
   • Instructions: Sauté sliced mushrooms and minced garlic until golden. Add diced tomatoes and vegetable broth, simmer until flavors meld.

Approved Ingredients for other recipes: eggplant broccoli cauliflower brussel Sprouts cabbage mushrooms tomatoes green beans bell peppers spinach zucchini asparagus garlic kale collard greens bok choy
cheddar cheese gouda parmesan
almonds pine nuts walnuts
watermelon lemon cantalope lime avocado strawberries black berries
chicken eggs lean ground beef fish turkey
hot sauce butter sour cream full fat yogurt olive oil avocado oil coconut oil ghee pesto chimichurri vinegar tahini

Kalian gimana kabar hari ini? Miserable juga kah kaya aku? Adakah jg yg munya mental health problem + lagi mens hari ini? Kok berat ya rasanya? Setidaknya masih punya Paracetamol dan hot water bottle.

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Tahun 2023 has been a rough year for me krn akhirnya sisa 1 ortu yg sakit meninggal, eversince, gue sendirian di rumah krn saudara2 jg udh punya rumah sendiri2.
Long story short, it was fine at first, sampai akhirnya akhir2 ini gue tiba2 ngerasain kesepian yg at times unbearable dan bikin gue kangen banget sm Nyokap up to a point dimn gue bisa tiba2 nangis. I don''t have a specific hobby, have close friends yg reguler ketemu setiap bulan, trying to find a spouse with no luck, sering pergi sama kakak dan ponakan kok, tp selalu ada waktu sendirian di rumah yg kadang triggering aja.
Baca2 forum anxiety, ada yg sangat menyarankan beli weighted blanket, it helps tremendously with their anxiety / loneliness feelings.
Jd gue mau nanya sm komodos, ada yg punya pengalaman pakai weighted blanket? Kl utk gue yg baru mau beli, better beli yg berapa kg ya? Thanks all.

No snarky intro today. Too tired. I’m SilverKappa. This is the RDA Recap. Let’s dive in.
INTRO
Frank Turner - “Photosynthesis”
INVISIBLES
Frank Turner – “We Shall Not Overcome
Cloud Nothings - “Silence”
Madi Diaz & Lennon Stella - “One Less Question”
Ride – “Last Frontier”
SET 1
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky”
Tori Amos - “Winter”
Bad Lip Reading – “Hostiles on the Hill”
Frank Turner – “International Hide and Seek Champions
SET 2
The Power Station – “Some Like It Hot”
Bleachers – “Tiny Moves”
Auralnauts – STAR WARS SMOKING PSA
Silversun Pickups – “We Won’t Come Out”
WTFIWWY
WTFIWWY Live - Saint Francis of Atari (AI Priest) - 4/29/24
Tech Q&A - The TikTok Ban and You - 4/27/24

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STORY 1: North Carolina child's 'monster in the closet' was in fact 50,000 bees in the wall
STORY 2: Man injured after kicking bison in the leg while under influence of alcohol at Yellowstone
STORY 3: Karnataka prisoner swallows mobile phone during raid of jail cell, goes under knife to take out after 20 days
STORY 4: Ohio State speaker says he too psychedelic drugs to write Bitcoin commencement speech
STORY 5: Priest Allegedly Spent $40,000 On Candy Crush Using Church's Credit Card
STORY 6: Sheriff's Office says young drunk driver drove with tree stuck in truck
SET 3
Renegade Cut – Does Leisure Suit Larry have game?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Gold Lion”
Kim Wilde – “Kids in America”
Godzilla Versus Disco Lando
Mark Knopfler – “All Comers”
SET 4
Pushing Up Roses – Why Did I Stop Doing Gaming Content?
Postmodern Jukebox – “What I Like About You”
STARSET – “Brave New World”
Buzz Lightyear in Mass Effect
Mr. Bean in Cyberpunk 2077
Planet Booty – “Dancing in My Bedroom”
OUTRO
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Snow (Hey Oh)”

EDIT: Okay guys noted, setelah balas2an dgn bbrp dr kalian gw rasa main disagreement nya adalah apakah keadilan ortu adalah hak dasar seorang anak.
Yg mana gw rasa iya karena mereka dengan sadar bikin lebih dari 1 (unless kembar)
Tapi general consensus sepertinya bebas aja sbg ortu mau bikin brp dan alokasi nya bagaimana.
Interesting dan yaudah no hard feelings. Thanks for your thoughts guys.
Original post below

Okay first of all, ini akan terkesan perhitungan banget atau jahat emang tergantung perspektif kalian terhadap keluarga. But hey this is real.
Bagi kalian yang umur 20an menjelang mandiri, dengan ortu yang masih support sibling lain. Gw sarankan jangan mau mandiri cepet2 dan tidak membebani ortu. Karna tidak ada garansi sibling kalian akan melakukan hal yang sama.
Apalagi kalau kalian younger sibling dan older sibling kalian belom mandiri, janganlah kalian mandiri duluan karna youre missing out and punishing yourself.
Menurut gw paling fair adalah younger sibling mengikuti umur mandiri si older sibling. Karna gini.
Misal ada 2 saudara, si anak pertama A dan anak kedua B
Si A managed to land a good job dan bisa mandiri di umur 25. Setelah umur 25 si A gak minta duit sepeserpun dari ortunya.
Di saat ini si B masih umur 20. Tetapi seiring waktu jalan, ternyata si B baru bisa mandiri di umur 32. Dimana berarti ada gap 7 tahun dimana duit ortu mengalir ke si B namun tidak ke si A.
7 years is a long time. Asumsi aja miara anak dewasa idup itu kalo middle class bisa 6 juta sebulan makan minum, sabun, bensin, kuota dll nya.
6 juta x 7 tahun = 504 juta!!!
Kalau warisan kalian nanti misal ada 2M, eh dibagi rata masing2 1M.
Padahal ternyata kalo diitung2 itu si B dapet 1.5M loh! Hanya karna si A cepet2 mandiri.
Ini secara gak langsung menghukum si A padahal si A yang perform better. Dan yang perform worse justru di reward dengan extra support tersebut.
Jadi menurut gw, kalo kalian anak pertama, diskusi dulu sama ortu dan sibling, tetapkan umur mandiri di umur berapa, dan terapkan harga mati umur sekian both of you harus mandiri.
Kalo kalian anak yang kecil, simply contek aja kakak kalian mandiri umur berapa supaya fair. Kalau salah satu ada kendala, harusnya di balancing pada aset warisan.
Itu 500jt aja masih ilustrasi, gw bahkan liat sendiri yg lebih parah wkwkw.
Jadi walau kalian udh bs mandiri, kalo masih gak fair, menurut gw charge aja expenses kalian juga ke ortu kalian dan uang kalian ditabung.
Sebenernya ini juga bisa di apply kalau ortu yang bergantung pada anak2, tapi misal cuma si A yang bisa nanggung biaya hidup ortunya.
Aset nya disimpen, hidup dari uang si A, eh pas bagi warisan dibagi 2 rata. Itu jg gak bener dan menghukum yang mampu.
Sekian ULPT nya. Wdyt?