Running club names

I started my externship in pediatrics during the week. I was rooming patients with the help of my wonderful preceptor. Most of the medications I could confidently pronounce, but there was one I stumbled upon. I couldn't pronounce the brand name either, so I felt ashamed I couldn't figure it out. She helped me, of course, but I don't want to run into this issue again.
What would you do in this circumstance? I meant to note it down for later reference, but I was immediately pulled to room another and forgot the medication by then.

Back in January, I read a post from someone who claimed their Midjourney accounts were banned without any explanation. Several others mentioned they struggled with Midjourney’s Discord interface. This gave me the idea to build a product that offers API access and an image-generating playground.
I spent nearly a month building my website and getting it up and running. It took another month to attract my first paying customer. I was thrilled when I saw my first subscriber sign up—it was the first time I was making money through a SaaS application. Previously, I spent three years working on a product with friends, which ultimately failed. So, you can imagine my excitement.
In March and April, I continued to polish my site. However, due to Midjourney’s strict stance against using automated scripts, I lost around ten accounts, some of which were new subscriptions. It was disheartening to wake up one morning and see all my accounts banned by MJ. Despite this, I found a way to keep my site running and gradually grew my subscriber base to about 30. My AWS expenses is also quite high (around $500 USD per month due to the Elasticsearch service I used for queue system). But I thought If I continue to improve my site and grow, eventually I could break-even as I am resolve a pain issue for customers, I will succeed.
Unlike MJ, I treat my subscribers like royalty, helping them with any questions and offering refunds without question, even though my T&C has no refund policy.
Just when I thought I was on the right track, I received an email from Cooley, representing Midjourney Inc. They claimed my website violated Midjourney’s Terms of Use and infringed on their trademark. They demanded I cease and desist from using Midjourney’s services, discontinue my domain name, and provide transfer authorization keys to transfer my domains to Midjourney. They gave me five days to comply and warned that continuing to operate my website would result in legal action under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
As an indie developer, I’m unsure how to handle this situation. Despite seeing many similar sites still operating (if you Google "Midjourney API"), I am a very small player compared to them. Should I follow their demands, shut down my site, and transfer my domain to them? At the same time, I’ve noticed a similar website developer making $30k MRR with an almost identical business model, and he is still running.
I know I'll face a lot of criticism from the comments, but I really, really don't want to give up at this stage.

Hi All, new to the group here and looking for some tips.
I am on the market for a new bag that can fit slightly more than my current Peak Design Everyday Backpack Zip 20L. I'm looking for a hybrid bag for both work and clothes (shoes too would be nice). Something with solid inner organization while holding a change of gym shorts and then work clothes when changed.
In my current bag, I usually fit two pairs of glasses (in the extra bottle pouch), a water bottle, wallet, keys, sometimes my phone, a pair of shorts and tee shirt. Not much stuff by any stretch but at the end of the day I've run into a lack of space when switching clothes. I place the work clothes in the ED Backpack 20L and at that point its pretty stuffed.
In addition to slightly more room, I'm also looking for better compartmentalization or quick access. Having my eye glasses inside the bag would be nice, along with headphones / EarPods, a Kindle, phone, laptop, etc. Something that is also not extremely large looking, maybe greater than 20L and at most 30L.
I've looked at the PD 30L Travel Bag but I don't like how that bag needs to be placed on its front and opened on its backside for access. Also, as its name implies it looks more suited for travel / clothes. I've also had PD's Everyday Backpack 30L and I just didn't like the side access. I've been faithful to PD for years but open to new suggestions.
Side note, I am kind of tainted on Bellroy after several failed Apex bags a few years ago.

Posting for my daughter who recently graduated from university and she wants to build her first pc. Up until now she's been using mobile tablet/laptop device with 3060 GPU. She's not a big gamer but does enjoy Minecraft and mods and wants to move to a desktop. Her specific mods work best with Nvidia GPU so that is a core requirement.
Beyond gaming on this build she will be doing some coding/compiling, maybe some 3D modeling/rendering stuff, etc. Her preferences are quiet (doesn't need to be "Silent" but aiming for not noisy, and prefer not to hear fans ramping up/down all the time). I'd prefer it not to be a power hog, efficiency is a preference of mine nothing extreme but leaning on quiet vs noisy and willing to spend a little extra to that end. Water cooling is something I do NOT want to mess with at this time. We will probably pair the build with 2x 27" QHD 144Hz monitors but they do not need to be spec'd out here.
Budget is ~$16xx all core elements (CPU, MB, RAM, Storage, GPU, Case, PSU, etc). We don't need to budget the peripherals, OS License, nor monitors. I prefer no-rebates in the budget. Budget is flexible within reason. We live in USA but nowhere near a Microcenter (maybe one coming later this year but not an option otherwise).
I am agnostic on AMD vs Intel, I personally run AMD but she's been using Intel for a few years so my first pass I've gone that route. 14700 Build
---Why I made some choices---
CPU: Picked Intel 14700 since it's 65W TDP and 20cores for $399. I figure it'll be fine for all above and should run a little more efficiently than the 14700K but perhaps that's simply a bios option in the K series to make it run at 65W TDP instead of 125W (I need to research)?
Motherboard: Picked MSI because I've had good luck lately with them. I'm open to other options but definitely want latest chipset for DDR5 and 4 memory slots for expansion later if desired. Don't need tons of fancy stuff, don't need many PCIe slots. Having more than one NVME is desired. Wifi is preferred but we'll run 1Gb ethernet to her room for this project.
GPU: Went with 4070 for extra RAM and approx price point. Otherwise could be swayed to go +/- depending on folks input here. Again, AMD series GPU's are not an option for this build.
Case: I picked one with RGB / Glass Panel and an optional Optical Disc drive spot. She wants to fool around with some old games we have on CDROM and while I can connect a USB Drive I figure having the option for an internal one will make her happy. I like a case that's easy to work in/on, doesn't feel flimsy, and cools efficiently. Otherwise I'm flexible here.
Storage: Definitely an NVME Drive, 2TB preferred. I prefer one with DRAM/onboard cache. Prefer reputable brand and reliability, but recognize that changes so open to options here. Might add a second NVME down the road. I've had good luck with samsung and AData but recognize both have had some models with issues in the past.
PSU: Prefer 80+ Gold and Quality here. Name brands/reliability preferred over saving a few bucks. Don't imagine we'll be upgrading to an 80 or 90 series GPU so don't think we'll need more power now. I like the modular ones.
--- Thanks for any feedback!!! ---
PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-14700F 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor	$369.55 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	ID-COOLING SE-214-XT 68.2 CFM CPU Cooler	$17.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI PRO Z790-VC WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	$159.99 @ MSI
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory	$91.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$169.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI VENTUS 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card	$549.99 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$89.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1539.47
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-18 23:03 EDT-0400

Brady 8.6 goals weren’t his fault
Arigoni 4 he wasn’t good today
Teran 5 he was bad at defense but showed us hope with that goal
Czichos 3 caused the first goal
Gutman 3.5 caused the first goal but wasn’t that bad with his passing today but overall wasn’t good
Gimenez 3.8 was better than a lot of the other players just wasn’t good enough
Navarro 3.4 wasn’t good today
Herbers 1 get that man out the starting xi he is a sub at best
Guti 10/10 I love my king guti he’s so good🥰🥰
Mueller 3.05 he is very slow unlike his brother
Cuypers 0/10 man cannot run,finish,press or really do anything productive to help this club out.

This is for us normies who don’t want to sift through a hundred youtube videos just to figure out basic information that should be readily available. This guide is designed for people who are new to modding.
This LLO follows Brxsie’s model. For more detailed info on categorization refer to their reddit post.
You can leave out any mod on this list that you don’t want except for USSEP.
Key:
*= my personal notes explaining what a mod does or why I added it
e.g. = extra examples of popular mods that should be placed in that category
Blurb
(skip this section if you want the quick version of this post)
Hi everyone; I’m not a modder nor a PC player, but I was desperate to figure out how to safely load my game with reasonable lore-friendly updates. Every LLO guide I’ve found so far has either been outdated, contradictory to other sources, does not specify which mods fall under what category, is way too vague, or way too specific. The mods I’ve listed here should be easily searchable on the recently updated Xbox creations menu so that any Xbox player can easily copy this list. Originally, I was just recording my LLO for my own personal use, but I figured this could help people who don’t have the time to put in as much research as I have.
If you are brand new to modding, vanilla+ means that you want to stay faithful to the original game as much as possible while upgrading the look of your Skyrim world and making a few convenient tweaks. The least “true to the original game” mod on this list is convenient horses. In my experience so far, this LLO plays just as smoothly as vanilla Skyrim.
Unless I wrote a note next to the mod stating otherwise, all of these mods are independent of one another, except for: divine atmosphere, divine atmosphere snowflake edit, and realistic snowflakes. If you like the ugly fractal snowflakes in divine atmosphere then don’t bother with the other two mods, but if not, you need the vanilla snowflake edit and the snowflake texture mod to go together. Therefore, you can leave out any mod on this list that you don’t want except for USSEP), and the game will function normally.
To customize settings of mods while in-game, go to magic -> powers. “Equip” the mod you want to change and press RB once out of the menu. This is relevant to divine atmospheres, divine interiors, flute finder, convenient horses, and some dialogue mods.
Most mods on this list can be downloaded or deleted safely while playing a pre-existing save file. Deleting mods become problematic when you have already added and interacted with a custom item to the game and then delete the mod that supported the item. When testing new mods, I suggest only adding a few at a time so that you know what to delete if you encounter any issues.
If you are reading this on a laptop or PC, you can press command/control F to search for keywords of the mods you want to install to find where they belong in the LLO.
Personally, my favorite mods that I’ve added to the game are the dialogue mods and the texture mods. They make Skyrim feel like a real world with real people living in it and I would highly suggest using some or all of them. I’d also love to hear everyone’s suggestions on proposed edits to this load order. Please let me know if you are aware of any conflicting mods or bugs, or if I have made any mistakes in my layperson's explanation of techy stuff. Unsure if this is relevant information, but I’m located in the USA.
Extra notes:
What the heck is a leveled list? A leveled list is a change in the code that makes changes to certain values. Such as changing how much gold a character has or how powerful an enemy is.
And what exactly is an area edit? An area edit is any mod that adds or significantly changes a location in the game. This includes adding extra trees, adding extra smelters, or adding custom player homes that do not exist in vanilla, among other things.
Why are there all of these categories and why is it so complicated? LLO sorts mods so that the game can load the most important files first. When LLO is not followed, the game will inevitably crash. Categories allow us to sort mods into the LLO based on how they interact with the game's code. People sometimes disagree on what order to put the categories in, but all LLO templates use the same basic categories.
I do not use immersive citizens AI because multiple people have reported bugs. Other people have no issues with it, but I prefer to stay on the safe side.
Remember to lower your in-game brightness, especially when you are using divine interiors and divine atmospheres. If the brightness is all the way up, things will start to glow. You will have to use torches in locations with zero light, such as corners in caves. This adds a realistic feel to the game. If you give a torch to your follower, they will automatically use it in in low-light conditions. I switch between default/glimmegrim/vivid depending on where I am and how colorful I want things to be. The game may look darker overall as you can see in the screenshots, but this is more true to how lighting works in the real world.
Skyrim 101 tip: When you ditch items to reduce your carry weight, store them somewhere (such as a dead body or a chest) instead of dropping them on the ground. If you drop items all over your game it will eventually lag.
When creating a new character, keep in mind that once you start playing, you might change the lighting and make the colors more saturated. For example: I accidentally gave myself yellow hair instead of natural blonde because I forgot about lighting and atmosphere changes. This is another reason to install the vanity mirror mod, which allows you to change your character mid-game.
Storage space: all of the mods I have listed here take up approximately 4.36GB.
I suggest keeping a note of your LLO on your phone so that you can easily categorize mods you want to add the future.
Sometimes LLO will not save, so I recommend double-checking that everything landed in the right spot or backing up your LLO to bethesda before exiting the LLO menu.
Sometimes you need to restart your game to enable a newly installed mod.
How to delete a complex mod without causing problems: disable the mod, hard reset (hold power button for 10 secs or unplug the console), uninstall the mod, hard reset.
I’ve noticed a bug where I cannot tell my follower (Lydia) to do anything in “command mode”. I don’t know what’s causing this- it seems like a dialogue issue but I rarely use the command mode feature anyway so it’s small enough for me to ignore for now. Let me know if you find out what's causing this!
*Blurb over\*
Master Files

• Unofficial skyrim special edition patch (USSEP) *almost every source says that this must be installed. It fixes core bugs in the game that developers have not bothered to update themselves

Foundations: Lots of game changes (e.g. cheat room, encounters overhaul, etc.)

• Convenient horses *allows you to summon your horse from anywhere, store items on your horse, give followers horses, etc.

Dialogue Overhauls

• Guard dialogue overhaul
• Follower commentary overhaul
• Misc dialogue edits and more
• Relationship dialogue overhaul

Fonts/UI (excluding map mods)

• Font replacer - eadui

Alterations to vanilla quests
Any craftable item

• Vanity Mirror *this is to fix the makeup bug where your lips are off center when you create your character. I have not tested this yet, but apparently if you open up the customization menu with the vanity mirror then the makeup will work again. Cheat room also works for the makeup issue, but I didn’t want so many extra cheats in my game just to fix this one ridiculous bug
• Get no more dead followers *functionally turns off friendly fire for followers

Game mechanic changes: races, perks, vampires, adoptions, etc.

• Flute finder - a skyrim gps tracker for npcs *this is because I always lost my followers in vanilla and it was super annoying
• Multiple Marriages *haven’t tested this yet so cannot vouch for its effectiveness
• Auto unequip ammo *unequips arrows when you uneauip your bow so that you’re not always walking around with a sheath on your back

Level Progression (e.g. Clever leveling)
Perk overhauls/changes
Magic additions and modifications

• Master of Destruction (xb1) *adds new high level spells that target specific characters instead of killing everyone in the area
• Mining spell *I hate carrying a stupid pickaxe everywhere, so this spell mines for you. I haven't tested this mod yet though

Leveled list changes (e.g. rebalanced leveled lists)

• Better gold *adds slightly more gold when looting specific high level enemies
• Master trader 1x *this replenishes merchant gold each time you speak to them

NPC Leveled list (e.g. organized bandits in skyrim)
Any audio

• Chapter II - Jeremy Soule inspired music *Jeremy Soule composed the original game soundtrack. This adds a few hours of similar sounding music that blend in with the game

Weather and Atmosphere (put weather up ^ in LLO if the mod is just a weather mod and not an atmosphere mod)

• Divine Atmosphere: Aetherius *my favorite setting is vivid or grim
• Divine Atmosphere: Aetherius vanilla snowflakes option
• Ultra realistic snow flakes (custom snowflake texture) *if searching for this mod, search for “snow flakes” instead of “snowflakes”

Grass
Grass Fixes
Skin/skeleton physics and appearance changes

• pristine vanilla movement
• XP32 maximum skeleton special edition plus *changes some physics for smoother movement

Animation mods

• 360 walk and run *at first I put this in the gameplay mechanics category, but it did not work there. In the animation category it works as intended

Meshes and Textures
*The mods I’ve listed in this section should cover almost every visual in the game. Nothing is too drastic of a style change and fits right in to the game’s vibe.

• Wear multiple rings *this mod is more useful for stacking enchantments rather than pure aesthetics. Not necessary if you want a more vanilla game
• Divine texture pack - architecture
• Dark ages: fantasy dungeons
• Dark ages: dragon Textures
• Divine creatures texture pack
• Omen armors weapons and clothing *I highly recommend this one!
• Fluffy snow
• Dark ages - landscapes
• Divine skins and bodies for men *misleading name: this is actually unisex. Make sure this goes above^ divine people otherwise you might experience an occasional face glitch. This must be used along with divine people in order to work correctly
• Granite mountains *another mod I highly recommend
• Dark Ages: Trees of the north
• Divine SMIM *Static mesh improvement mod. SMIM mods redesign lots of small items in the game
• Lucidaps’ high poly project v5.x *This corrects blocky items to make things look more realistic. It cooperates with the SMIM to create beautifully textured and realistic item designs, such as the ridiculously good looking head of cabbage

Non-combat NPC AI
Immersion (e.g. immersive patrols, landlord etc.) - can be tricky to categorize
Anything that changes a character’s/npc face or hair (e.g natural eyes)

• Divine people of skyrim: celestial *For more vanilla/gritty looking people, try the dark ages texture pack. Both divine people and dark ages people mods must be paired with its corresponding skins mod, otherwise the textures will get cut off at the neck due to mismatching colors

Interior lighting changes

• Divine interiors shadows and light *my favorite setting is glimmer or default if the game looks too oversaturated because of the lighting. I highly recommend this mod, it makes the game feel much richer

Interior decorating changes
Lightweight multiple area edits

• Unique bridges of skyrim
• Divine forests
• Get more smelters *haven’t tested this extensively but I don’t foresee any issues since it doesn’t interfere with anything big

Single area edits like player homes
Multiple area edits (e.g. divine cities)
*I do not recommend divine cities or divine villages because it can be buggy. One time Lydia got permanently stuck in a modded tavern and I had to backtrack through an hour of progress to get her back out
Adding individual unique objects

• Auto Harvest Ring *because I like alchemy but hate picking flowers. Equipping this ring automatically harvests ingredients in range. Just remember to ditch the cabbages to reduce your carry weight

Combat changes, combat AI (e.g. realistic damage, wildcat)

• Dark ages: immersive dragon ai
• Better stealth ai for followers *followers will not start fighting automatically while you are trying to be sneaky

Unique follower mods (e.g. Sofia)
Mods that add new quests (mods that alter vanilla quests do not go here)

• More to say 9.0.2 *this dialogue mod is here because it adds new quests. The other dialogue mods I’ve added are less consequential and simply add a little immersion. I’m unsure if this conflicts with the other dialogue mods

Map mods

• A quality world map - vivid with stone roads *map mods use up VRAM and many people recommend against using them. I’m not a tech person, so forgive me if this isn’t accurate, but VRAM is similar to regular RAM. This means you can reset VRAM if you hard restart your console. If you are playing with tons of heavyweight mods all the time then maybe you should skip map mods, however in this LLO I have not noticed any FPS changes at all and personally, it’s worth it to me to hard restart the console every once in a while so that I can keep this mod. Source for the tech info (posted Oct. 2023) - https://www.xboxforums.com/threads/ram-and-vram.24007/
• Pastel map markers *Can you tell I like organizing? Color coding the map makes it more readable and gives locations a touch more personality

Mods that specify bottom LO

I need an Ohio financial document notarized and I live in NC. The account listed in the document is in my married name as is my id , but ive legally changed my last name w/Social Security. I was hoping to have the document notarized online but concerned that there will be a verification issue bc of the name change. Would I run into an issue?

I (16F) have an aide (21-24F) named Daisy. We were on a field trip to the museum. She was with me, and she gave me a talk about not running away. As we were walking around the museum, I walked away to look at a fossil. I thought it was fine because I was still within her line of sight. However, when I walked away, she grabbed me and said, "Look at me. Don't do that. I specifically told you not to run away from me. I need to keep you safe. Stay by me." She was holding my hand as she was telling me this, and every time she said a word, she squeezed tighter. She held my hand the whole time we were there, and every time I moved away, she squeezed tighter. I hate her so much.

I (16F) have an aide (21-24F) named Daisy. We were on a field trip to the museum. She was with me, and she gave me a talk about not running away. As we were walking around the museum, I walked away to look at a fossil. I thought it was fine because I was still within her line of sight. However, when I walked away, she grabbed me and said, "Look at me. Don't do that. I specifically told you not to run away from me. I need to keep you safe. Stay by me." She was holding my hand as she was telling me this, and every time she said a word, she squeezed tighter. She held my hand the whole time we were there, and every time I moved away, she squeezed tighter. I hate her so much.

I (20F) have been with my boyfriend (32M) for two years now and it’s ruining my mental health and my overall wellbeing. He’s an alcoholic, occasional drug user, and a cruel one and I just need out. He lives currently in America, I’m in the UK, but he knows my address and families names. I just want to block him, just block him and get out and run and not want to die and lie anymore when people ask why I can never leave the house (he doesn’t like me being away from a place he “knows”) but I’m terrified of his reaction. I know he is a legitimately dangerous man, that if he wanted to get me hurt he could. I just don’t know what to do.

Would you take this 200k+ tech job offer if you were me?
Pros:

1. High pay
2. Brand name job on resume

Cons:

1. Poor work-life balance and extremely long hours (i.e. working 12+ hour days, 6 days a week, having late-night calls with people overseas).
2. Excessive politics
3. Chaotic, lots of ambiguity, moves super fast

About me:

1. Unemployed for 9 months, so I'm feeling angsty.
2. I have a contracting gig that doesn't even cover my monthly expenses (it likely covers around 75-80% of my monthly expenses). I also have a super emergency fund I want to save for medical emergencies I can draw upon if necessary. This would give me runway for a few months.

My dilemma:
Stress triggers my health flares. Some of these health flares have caused physical & cognitive damage where I have never fully recovered from. I fear by going to this company I'll trigger a health flare and end up hurting myself in the long run.
Options:

1. I can decline the job offer and continue my job hunt. This will likely preserve my health and down the road I'll find a lower-stress job. The only downside is in the meantime I'll have to draw from my emergency fund to cover the expenses my contracting gig doesn't cover and it'll take a few more months most likely before I get a full-time job.
2. I can join the company and set hard boundaries, and quit the moment I feel I'm being overextended. The challenge with this will be to overcome the peer pressure and environment because people there expect you to work your butt off and work long hours.
3. See if the company is hiring for roles closer to where I live. The role I might get an offer from would require me to relocate and is 5 days onsite / week, but this company has offices in my city. MAYBE this would relieve some of the stress of relocating.

The other way I view this is I'm playing Russian roulette. If I join this company, my strategy is to HOPE I can enforce strong enough boundaries such that I won't get a health flare. This strategy doesn't seem sound because it's basically just hoping everything will go okay.
On the flip side, there are really potentially severe consequences if I do get a health flare as some damage might be permanent. A lot of decisions can have consequences that are reversible, but the health consequences in this place might not be reversible.
What would you do in my situation? I’ve asked other communities this but it seems a lot of people don’t really get the care and anxiety that comes with living with a chronic illness.

Late 2020, I was running a small Instagram account with around 70k followers, and one day it got banned.
I had no idea what had happened. I scrolled through Reddit and YouTube with no luck.
I found a Reddit post that explained everything. Here's what I did:
I filled out this form. Data Access > I have an Instagram account but I can't find the information I am looking for > Filled it out
Then replied to their auto-message.
Example: "Hey, I lost my Instagram account with 70k followers, and I need help getting it back. It's been a great source of income."
Included my account name, email associated with the account, device, and as many details as possible.
About a week later, I got a response to the secure email.
Over the next two weeks, I kept following up and finally got my account back after 21 days.
I'm sick and tired of people not being able to access their accounts and constantly being deleted.
So here's my solution: I created a Google form where you can drop your information, and I'll try to help as many people as possible.

I’m not saying that this is definitively the case, but I just can’t conceive of an explanation for a hatred that has lasted this long, this consistently, and under so many different insane rationales. It’s so irrational that it’s supernatural.
Other groups have been hated, are hated, and continue to be hated. But the level, longevity and adaptibility of hatred for Jews is different. When a Yazidi lady running from ISIS seeks asylum in America, she’s basically good. Of course she’ll have to figure out how to make a living like any other immigrant, and deal with the standard trauma, but she probably won’t be hated in the new place like she was in the old place.
But when a Jew goes from one country to another, he’s hated both in the old one AND IN THE NEW ONE. Maybe the hatred in the new one is less, for a time, but it’s still there.
When a gay man runs from Iraq to Europe for being gay, European society generally takes him in. Over in Iraq they hate him for being gay and possibly an infidel, but over in Europe he’s just a guy who had a hard time.
But for Jews, the literal rationale for why we are evil changes everywhere we go, such that we cannot catch a break. For example, the Nazis persecuted Jews for being “Judeo-Bolshevists”. There are reports that after the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, many Jews escaped from annexed Poland into the interior of the USSR. But then just 10 years after the war, Stalin called Jews “rootless cosmopolitans” who were spying for the west. He slaughtered Jewish poets and doctors based on this rationale, and he was likely preparing another mass persecution of Jews before he died.
So we are persecuted for being too capitalist AND too communist. That makes NO SENSE.
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Religiosity or lack thereof doesn’t save us either. When the Soviet Union started its persecution of Jews, it worked to strip our religion from us because that was the “opiate of the masses.” But back in the days of the Spanish Inquisiton, we were persecuted for NOT BEING RELIGIOUS ENOUGH, meaning our conversions to Christianity weren’t sincere enough. Even after Jews were forced to become Christian, they still made distinctions between Old Christians and “New Christians” who had come from Jews. The New Christians had restrictions that the old ones didn’t.
The hatred constantly mutates. It’s completely nonsensical at times, yet it still remains so popular, even though the reasoning changes every few years. No other group deals with this. I literally cannot name another that has continually evolving forms of hatred against them.
The only explanation I can think of is that Hashem made this all happen on purpose. To keep us distinct, because if we’re constantly hated and kept on our toes, we stick to our own distinct peoplehood. We remain particularistic and more mindful of our own interests.
Probably cynical, probably a little paranoid, but I think there’s a point to it.

I understand there being a need to fix things that are broken but why do devs feel the need to balance equipment and weapons in a game like HD2?
I understand balancing when in a MMO where end game content & equipment is locked behind raids, dungeons and boss fights. However in HD2 we are basically running the same content with few variations each time we drop. The over the top weapons, friendly fire, sometimes buggy interactions are what keep things fresh and funny and kept me coming back to defend democracy.
I do not think the community has ever complained about something being too powerful or OP. Sure there are those who gatekeep based on meta but I believe those are few by and large. In addition though many will gravitate towards the OP weapons there are also many who enjoy taking the road less trodden and using the off meta builds.
Ultimately gaming is about fun and HD2 leaned into that heavily in their opening weeks. However when things get nerfed in the name of encouraging diversity or for being too good, you are taking fun away and for a game like HD2 which drew an audience who found the over the top interactions and chaos fun, that is just not fun.

Hello all!! I’m a 26 yr old nonbinary transmasc (or in laymen terms, a trans man) and I am in the business of looking for a romantic partner!!
I’m 5’6” and am overweight. I have a bunch of tattoos on my legs and arms and some facial piercings (nostrils, medusa and septum) and a bunch in my ears. I have short very dark brown hair and a beard. I have pretty dark brown eyes. I wear contacts and glasses because not only do I have the sugar bloods^1, bad eyesight just runs in the family.
I have several hobbies (if you can call them that…) that include playing multiple virtual pet games^2, listening to new (to me) music + audiobooks and reading to name a few. I like to paint my nails (soothing) and makeup (just lipstick mostly).
Besides my flaws of not liking certain textures (my autism is Peculiar) and thinking everyone should have one hill they should die on, I cannot drive. I’ve passed my written exam tho!!! I’m just a weenie hehe.
¹ aka Diabetes, specifically type 2.
² Chicken Smoothie and Flight Rising are my main ones.

This could be a bit ranty and long. So I had chemo for 6 months, Apr-Sept 2022. I didn't notice numb feet or hands for awhile. I lost 40lbs on chemo and gained it back and then some as I got better, thank you medical marijuana munchies and depression making it hard to move much and generally emotionally overeating.
So anyhow, a few weeks ago I started working out regularly with a local running/walking club 3x a week. Figured I'll start with the walking group and work my way up. I noticed after 10min my feet are numb bricks and it pisses me off. Is it my shoes? Delayed neuropathy from chemo? Neuropathy from being a bigger gal? My sugars have been normal and none of my doctors ever mentioned diabetes so maybe I can rule that one out. What psychs me out is it's only after a few minutes of walking, it's all numb all the time, and I don't notice numbness when sitting or other times. Not experiencing any pain or tingling. Just numbness. I want to blame myself for being extra heavy, even though other bigger girls in the group don't complain of the numb feet. So I'm trying hard not to be down on myself but it's difficult.
I've tried two different shoes from my local running store. Then I started using a few Try Before Your Buy options on Amazon after doing more research for my gait - I'm a supinator and tend to walk with a forefoot strike. Fell down a rabbit hole of active neutral shoes. I've tried so many shoes. My first choice no matter the sock left chafing on my outer sole. Switched to a new shoe and the burning chafing feeling went away but then my feet were just pure numb. Switched to different lacing patterns. Nope, still numbness after a few minutes.
The most suggested Max cushioned shoes - Ghost Max and Fresh Foam 1080v13 - feel good when standing or even walking around the running shoe store or house or whatever. Then once moving a longer distance outside the feet go numb again.
Driving myself crazy wondering if it's the cancer chemo side effects coming back to bite me. Or is it my weight and the numbness would get better if I lose even just those 40lbs again (god knows I am trying). Or am I tying my shoes too tight. I said to my therapist - is it me or the cancer? That's what's bothering me. It's a problem and I don't know how to fix it.
I tripped over my feet once last week but didn't fall down. Only my walking partner was aware. This morning, I first tripped over a crack - ok that could be written off as clumsy. Then as our walking group heads out before the runners, I tripped on the edge of the trail in front of the entire running pack behind us (sounds like a pack of wild animals and I was trying to get to the right enough in time and my feet didn't get the memo to act normal and they kind of tripped over each other). Then everyone asked if I was ok and told me to not walk on the very edge of the trail (and a few times I'm reminded to move more to the center and I'm wondering why I can't walk in a straight line even wtf feet). My coach asked if I was ok and insinuated I might be embarrassed and I'm like God no I don't mind that I tripped in front of the whole of this club, I've been through way worse. I'm more pissed off at my numb feet and possible neuropathy and not being sure which doctor I should contact to ask about it since I have too many doctors now (then talked about cancer since two of the ladies were new and didn't know and I don't mind talking about it).
I'd think it was more shoes if I didn't test so many pairs. And then I started noticing more things with my hands. Like if I'm laying down with my phone up, my hands go numb. Like my arm isn't pinched in a way that should make my hands go numb. My hands often go numb while driving. I can write that off as gripping the wheel too tight and not realizing. But the biggest thing is dropping things more often recently. I've always been clumsy. But with the numb feet I notice more since I'm walking more, if I drop something like a plastic water bottle now I'm starting to connect dots I don't want to connect.
I figured talking with my cancer therapist might help me process my anger last week, but I'm even angrier today with the tripping in front of people. But I'm not due to see my medical onc or surgeon onc until October. Should I message one of them? Is there a test to confirm neuropathy or just my thoughts? Because like most of us I play the game is this cancer or am I just getting older and so I'm not sure? (Or a variation like, Am I unfit or is this just the wrong shoe? lol). Is there treatment if it is a delayed chemo response? A prescribed cream or pill or something? Or if any active runners/walkers here, any tips?

Winona county pre-petitioned commitment after I made 5 911 calls to Winona county police fearing that my mom was being held hostage and wouldn’t come home to help me because somebody stole my cars keys and there was no food in the house and somebody dropped food off at my house (never saw them) as I was given a bad cut. During this time someone came into the house and stole my shit and then returned. My neighbor has no outlet so I chased the suspected person working for the police as my neighbors assuming they called the police after they saw me block the thief unable to to run me over as I stood in the road. The police returned my shit some time later as I was confused by everything I was glad I had my wax back which is 100% legal oddly my shit was back too. It was pure bath salts because I went crazy after that. I chanted to hell because I knew the police told me mom I was too dangerous to be around and I’m sure they wanted to send a drug that would make me susceptible to delusional thoughts thinking it would become permanent. The state has been committing me since 2017 for bogus reasons. After they had the evidence of me making 5 911 phones they tried to commit me but since I went bat shit crazy, I left the house thinking I was being poisoned by radon by all the smoke in there. I was swatted in cannons falls where I was being stalked by people and backed into a stalker in the parking lot. It was someone who saw me in psychosis and wanted to check on me but called the sheriff and 10 sqaud cars were sent. I had around 8 grams in 4 different buckets and bath salts on me in my car at the time. The swat team didn’t take it and I was in the fetal position of a squad car and they sent me to Mayo Clinic for mental illness. Let me tell you I backed into somebody’s car in a parking lot. My car was not damaged. A crowd of people saw me terrified as I heard orders and a count down to shoot me if I stepped out of the car. I had a small seizure in the ER as I don’t get the help I need because they won’t give me Ativan and instead antipsychotics which never help. While I was in the psych ward my memory of this was clear. I recorded videos of myself to remember what happened plus I gained my memory back. And Mayo Clinic doctors Dr. Roth said he was not going to commit me. Dr. Roth knows went to the same university I did, harder to get into than U ofM. The sheriff went into generose would go to the psych ward and ask the patients questions and my doctor told him to get the fuck out of there as he didn’t have to serve papers to anyone. We couldn’t figure out what he was investigating. Many patients there were my age and even someone from Egypt was suspiciously being detained and said he was there against his will. He did not have a last name because it didn’t translate, his wrist band only said Salem. He expressed his idea for peace in the Middle East and said make Jerusalemits own city state. Later the nurses said he was going home but later changed their minds and said they were sending him to a different ward instead. Obviously detained for reasons biased to his political views because people abusing the position of power to continue to administer medication after being offended as they were in opposition to what is happening in the Middle East. Jews and Somalis decided if this Arab man from Egypt was crazy. A woman from Africa who didn’t understand English and needed a translator was being civilly committed with a court order to take antipsychotic neuroleptics after she been struggling after divorce. She said the voices she heard were only coming from here guilty conscience as she was expressing she was misunderstood by the doctor and didn’t need help, but it was l through a translator who was speaking for her. Many of the other people there didn’t have real problems and would voluntarily sign in to the psych ward believing the bullshit that pills fix problems and stayed less than a week. The nurses ask stupid questions like if we are depressed and suicidal and oddly ask if we could spell lunch backwards which indicates high functioning cognitive functioning in a particular area of the brain which will help the nursing staff know the patient hasn’t fried the brain and can recognize symbols better than average suggesting the cognitive functioning has not deteriorated to the degree of permanent brain damage or permanent delusions. Drug induced Psychosis is ruled out. I could spell lunch backwards the fallowing day and could recognize reality going forward with my life without medication. Three weeks ago I went to the hospital after a police officer in Duluth reported that I was disorganized and told saint Luke’s. I asked for help after becoming ill suddenly and extremely nauseous. I had no where to go. I asked to be treated for hep c or hiv which they did but also sent me to the psych ward where again the doctor committed me and pre-petition an order from the court that’s I go to treatment and take antipsychotics for 6 months. After being through this process 3 times in less than a year I knew to say I voluntarily go to treatment to the court examiners in Winona county. The didn’t proceed with the doctors order. I have been in the psych ward for a total of 4 months and I have good teeth and don’t think treatment helps people like me. I’m tired of people saying I need to go to treatment. I’m tired of people calling the cops on me because I’m high. I’m tired of police dictating my life making up bogus excuses old their job is to recognize mental health issues when all I needed was to go to sleep. Oregon is where I need to go, fuck this GEN I have millennial problems that we can figure out ourselves on our own. Poverty of some kind is my problem and I need to go live in a better state for millennials.

It was a juvenile book I believe, could've been YA but I think it was juvenile. I read it around 2020-2022. It's a series.
There was this group of genetically altered kids that had a whole bunch of different abilities I think, but all of them had wings. I remember one of them was named Fang and he had a romance with the main character. At one point he left the "pack" and wrote a note saying he was leaving. One of them was named Angel (not the main character though I don't think; I think Angel might've been the youngest one but I'm not 100% sure).
I think at one point they were breaking into this one lab to save more genetically altered kids or animals, can't remember which. Maybe both. There was the evil people they escaped from and they were on the run. This is about all I remember 😭