Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea departure has been labelled “crazy” and a “terrible decision” by shocked fans.
Social media exploded with surprise at the unexpected revelation Poch’s reign has lasted just 12 months.
One fan posted: “Thank you Pochettino for getting us into Europe next season and getting the best out of Cole Palmer.”
Another wrote: “That’s crazy he improved second half a lot.”
And a third was baffled by the timing.
He wrote: “They didn’t sack him when he was struggling but they sacked him when the players started understanding each other. So the new coach will start fresh and want new players. Terrible decision.”
A fourth observer simply posted: “Chelsea is so screwed.”
But a fifth fan was more optimistic.
He wrote: “Good luck to him. He has shown us a path. We can develop from there.”

Most “let there be head” messages are usually from horny Elden ring players or put near something or someone that’s in a “awkward” position or has a weird face. Though I’ve seen some people put that message on boss door or other side bosses who are very easy to beat and from now on I will put that message down for that same reason. So if you see “let there be head” or “head ahead” from now on just know there might be something good or easy inside the next room.

Barsamian: In the media, and among the political class in the United States, and probably in Europe, there’s much moral outrage about Russian barbarity, war crimes, and atrocities. No doubt they are occurring as they do in every war. Don’t you find that moral outrage a bit selective though?
Chomsky: The moral outrage is quite in place. There should be moral outrage. But you go to the Global South, they just can’t believe what they’re seeing. They condemn the war, of course. It’s a deplorable crime of aggression. Then they look at the West and say: What are you guys talking about? This is what you do to us all the time.
It’s kind of astonishing to see the difference in commentary. So, you read the New York Times and their big thinker, Thomas Friedman. He wrote a column a couple of weeks ago in which he just threw up his hands in despair. He said: What can we do? How can we live in a world that has a war criminal? We’ve never experienced this since Hitler. There’s a war criminal in Russia. We’re at a loss as to how to act. We’ve never imagined the idea that there could be a war criminal anywhere.
When people in the Global South hear this, they don’t know whether to crack up in laughter or ridicule. We have war criminals walking all over Washington. Actually, we know how to deal with our war criminals. In fact, it happened on the twentieth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. Remember, this was an entirely unprovoked invasion, strongly opposed by world opinion. There was an interview with the perpetrator, George W. Bush, who then went on to invade Iraq, a major war criminal, in the style section of the Washington Post — an interview with, as they described it, this lovable goofy grandpa who was playing with his grandchildren, making jokes, showing off the portraits he painted of famous people he’d met. Just a beautiful, friendly environment.
So, we know how to deal with war criminals. Thomas Friedman is wrong. We deal with them very well.
Or take probably the major war criminal of the modern period, Henry Kissinger. We deal with him not only politely, but with great admiration. This is the man after all who transmitted the order to the Air Force, saying that there should be massive bombing of Cambodia — “anything that flies on anything that moves” was his phrase. I don’t know of a comparable example in the archival record of a call for mass genocide. And it was implemented with very intensive bombing of Cambodia. We don’t know much about it because we don’t investigate our own crimes. But Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan, serious historians of Cambodia, have described it. Then there’s our role in overthrowing Salvador Allende’s government in Chile and instituting a vicious dictatorship there, and on and on. So, we do know how to deal with our war criminals.
Still, Thomas Friedman can’t imagine that there’s anything like Ukraine. Nor was there any commentary on what he wrote, which means it was regarded as quite reasonable. You can hardly use the word selectivity. It’s beyond astonishing. So, yes, the moral outrage is perfectly in place. It’s good that Americans are finally beginning to show some outrage about major war crimes committed by someone else.

https://chomsky.info/20220616/

Can anyone tell me if this is intended behavior? And if so, is there a way to turn it off?
Often whilst in a 1v2 scenario and I’ve downed one of the players, it’s safer for me to fire off my dps chain than get stuck in a stomp. But somehow lately my game automatically starts finishing the downed player with my pressing F and it’s incredibly frustrating.

Ahoy there! We're on the lookout for one more to join our crew on a Pathfinder 2e nautical campaign. One of our crewmates is currently sailing (studying) abroad for a semester, and we are planning to add a 4th to a group that will become 5 total upon his return.
About the Campaign: We are journeyman pirates, each of us apprenticing under some significantly more experienced officers while dreaming of riches and adventure. As the campaign unfolds, we’ll acquire our very own ship, ready to raid and conquer the vast oceans in our GM’s homebrew campaign setting. But beware, the seas are treacherous, and only the most cunning and courageous will carve their names into the annals of maritime legend. This campaign is aiming to focus on light-hearted shenanigans in a hard-hearted world on the open ocean.
We are currently set to prepare on a months-long voyage to an isle of (potentially) undead in search of a specific person our captain is looking for. Plenty of adventure and exploration awaits!
The party just hit level 3, so that will be the starting level of our new crewmate. The party consists of a Laughing Shadow Magus, an Angel Eidolon Summoner, a Mentalist Familiar Wizard, and an Animal Companion Precision Ranger (on hiatus).
If you are curious as to what style of world we will be playing in, our GM has given us a short summary of what to expect. Feel free to read it!
The World
Ship Encounters: Our DM has created bespoke Pathfinder-friendly rules for ship encounters, adding an extra layer of sea travel and combat. These rules are very granular, so being interested in engaging with this system is a must. This is a new system that we'll navigate together and if playtesting shows things need to be changed, they will be changed (we have already adjusted the system once, and we'll surely do so again if needed). Brace yourselves for naval battles, daring escapes, and unforeseen challenges on the open waters.
Each player will have an assigned role as part of the ship's crew, and these roles are what we will use for ship-to-ship encounters. There are more roles than there will be players, and each role is unique- no double dipping! Also, they are flexible enough to fit multiple attributes, so as long as you can come up with an appropriate reason for it, you can select most stats for the role's key ability score. Roles already taken: Captain, Master, Man-at-Arms. Our Quartermaster is on hiatus.
Roles Aboard The Ship:
Taken- Captain: The leader of the crew, making crucial decisions in the heat of battle and steering the ship to victory. The captain is not the king of the ship, majority rule has powerful sway and the captain’s decision may not always be a final one.
Taken- Master: The navigator and cartographer, guiding the ship through waters, setting course to engage and fleeing combat when in rough waters.
Available- Ship's Mate: The right-hand to the Captain, managing the crew’s morale and assisting in various other ship functions.
Available- Gunner: Mastering the ship's cannons, turning the tide of battle with precise and devastating firepower.
Available- Surgeon: Healing wounds and curing ailments, ensuring the crew is always ready for the next adventure.
Taken- Quartermaster: Managing supplies, overseeing critical repairs, negotiating with ports, and keeping the ship's stores in check.
Taken- Man-at-Arms: Leader of the marines on board, skilled in combat for boarding and plundering.
Other Optional Rules: We are also using the popular Ancestral Paragon and Free Archetype rules, with FAs pending DM approval. We also use incremental level up rules, where you gain one attribute point at each at levels 2-5, rather than getting all 4 at level 5.
Other than these three rules, we plan to run the game entirely RAW. We will also be running everything per the remaster.
About the group: Our group has been playing together for the past 4 years. Although most of our experience is in 5e, we have recently switched to pathfinder. One of the players is very experienced in pathfinder, while the other three have about a year's worth, the rest of their TTRPG experience notwithstanding. There will be a learning curve, especially post-remaster, as we still get our spell names mixed up on occasion.
Additionally, our GM has double-digit years of tabletop experience, including multiple in Pathfinder.
We use voice chat on discord for sessions and foundry for our virtual tabletop.
This will be a strategic and lighthearted pirate themed Pathfinder 2e experience. If you're interested in joining us, please fill out the form below!
The Fooooooooorm!

It infuriates me how good AI defending is. When you attack, your opponents team 9/10 times is set to flood the box with defenders, it’s impossible to beat 6 men all in the 6 yard box, so you shoot instead of going passed them, even when you’ve made a gap to shoot every defender turns to a prime Spider-Man and somehow gets any body part they want onto the ball.
You’re running down the wing, the opponent doesn’t even try to defend, they control someone to mark your players and let the AI just tackle you. A player you’re not controlling SHOULD NOT make successful tackles. Interceptions and blocks I get, but they should not chase you down and defend better than the person you’re actually playing can; imagine if you could pass the ball to your striker, not control them and then they run through on goal and slot one past the keeper, it’s the same thing
How can a football game (that actually hosts competitive games with prize money), let you just go “nah the AI will do this for me”
Imagine playing a COD tournament where players could just let the game kill opponents for them, it’s ridiculous
And yes I have just lost a load of games due to this and I’m salty, I’m nearly DIV2 so it’s not even like I’m awful at the game either

We're a friendly, active level 12 clan looking for a few new members eager to dive in and participate! If you have a non-rushed base of TH12+ and like to chat, read on to see how we roll.
Current membership 46/50
War:
We war constantly with a straightforward attack strategy sent via clan mail and discord. War is optional, but if you opt in, it's expected that you use both attacks. We allow war participants to have one hero down. We encourage our members to use both attacks even if the second attack is not needed to win -- it’s free loot! If you're not a pro attacker but eager to learn, we have friendly, veteran players who can help coach you to three stars. We also post videos in our Discord to help people learn new strategies and use better bases. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
War League:
We are in Crystal League III. We take CWL seriously, we bring in every member for the search so everyone receives some league medals. We like to run 30v30 wars, so if you are an interested in being a war participant, that is a big plus! Actual participation in CWL is based on TH level, performance, and the opposing team’s lineup. Bonus medals are distributed to members based on performance, donations, and reliability.
Clan Capital:
We are level 10 and in Champion I for the capital. Hop in for your six attacks every weekend and donate to the prioritized upgrades. Our capital is growing fast, and so is the loot! We expect all players to participate in raids. We receive 1200+ raid medals on average right now and it will only increase from there! 🤑🤑🤑
Clan Games:
We always max out clan games very quickly, always within 24 hours. Participation is optional, but it’s highly encouraged, who doesn't want freebies AND an extra reward at the end for maxing out your points!
Donations:
We've got you covered!!! For farming, war, or shenanigans, donations are filled lightning fast, and it's not expected that you donate before requesting or maintain a ratio- request troops and donate freely (if you can beat us to to punch 😉)
Discord:
We have a Discord for our members but it is optional to join. If you are interested in earning a leadership position, Discord is a must.
Most of our members are located in the US 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦
Sound like a fit? Search for Balrog's Flame (#2GCG29VP2) and request to join and mention Reddit.
https://link.clashofclans.com/en?action=OpenClanProfile&tag=2gcg29vp2

San Diego Padres (25-25) @ Cincinnati Reds (19-28) Tuesday May, 21 3:40 PM

Pick-The-Stick Top 10

Sign up at Pick-The-Stick.com. Be sure to get your picks in before the first pitch.

Rank	User	Points	Total Picks	Position Change
1	Savvmcnasty	143	47	0
2	bag_of_bricks	137	43	+5
3	Lingererrrrrrr	136	49	+2
4	Edoz10	136	48	+2
5	nickgarver	135	49	-3
6	jsparbs	133	49	-3
6	kat	133	49	+5
8	cescEC	132	50	+2
9	enginedown	132	49	-1
10	Swarley	131	49	-2

Team	TV	Radio
SD	San Diego Padres	KWFN 97.3,XEMO 860 (es)
CIN	Bally Sports Ohio	WLW 700

Starting Pitchers

Team	Pitcher	Record	ERA	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
	Joe Musgrove	3-3	6.37	41.0	49	29	13	36	1.51
	Andrew Abbott	2-4	3.06	50.0	43	17	14	41	1.14

Starting Lineups - Season Stats

#	Player	Pos.	Avg	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI		#	Player	Pos.	Avg	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI
1										1	Jacob Hurtubise	LF	.250	8	2	0	0	0
2										2	Elly De La Cruz	SS	.256	168	43	8	9	22
3										3	Jeimer Candelario	1B	.220	150	33	11	4	17
4										4	Jake Fraley	RF	.272	103	28	4	1	7
5										5	Tyler Stephenson	C	.273	110	30	7	5	14
6										6	Mike Ford	DH	.156	45	7	0	1	4
7										7	Jonathan India	2B	.219	146	32	3	2	11
8										8	Santiago Espinal	3B	.200	105	21	3	2	15
9										9	Will Benson	CF	.191	152	29	10	6	14

Context: Both I and a buddy of mine used to work for a FFL and have done this same transaction multiple times for both myself and a couple customers. Neither of us work there anymore and the range has changed owners since.
Buddy and I ordered a silencer as part of SiCo’s BOGO deal a while back. I kept the original can and my buddy was going to take the promo one when it came in. Buddy’s suppressor came in April 2023 and he went in and did his fingerprints on their Silencershop kiosk. Fast forward to last week. My buddy called in asking about status because it’s been over a year and he was told that the FFL didn’t know anything about it. He called ATF and they had no record of his serial number or Form 4. Today the FFL called me wanting to know when I was coming to do paperwork for my silencer. I told them I haven’t bought a silencer from them that needed paperwork and they said it’s the one my buddy tried to get, but he can’t because my name is on the Form 3 and said that this seemed like a straw purchase so they never submitted my buddy’s paperwork last year.
My understanding is that my name should not have been anywhere on the Form 3 because that’s a dealer to dealer form, my name doesn’t matter. SilencerCo confirmed this when I called and asked.
My buddy went in to the FFL this afternoon with this info and they agreed to do the transfer, but said he needed to pay for his stamp through silencer shop and it’d be “3-4 days, possibly a week” before he could fill out the Form 4.
Has anyone dealt with this in the past? Or know if the “3-4 days, possibly a week” comment is legit?

Title.
Since I've started, I've known self care aka self heal is the highest tier survivor perk, as it inpliments an entire, always practical (albeit slow) mechanic, and have run it every game except for when I do gen or sneak themed loadouts. However now, it's pretty much become necessary for me, as I hate finding myself without it.
In addition, I'm sure many people would agree botany, aka +50% healing speed, to be a must have while using self care, not only to speed up self care but also for healing other survivors in a timely manner.
However, the third perk I find completely necessary comes from Jeff: Distortion. Anti wall hacks. What's worse than tunneling? Unearned tunneling right off the bat. The game is deadly hide and seek. Imagine if all games of hide and seek started off with you just knowing where the hiders are. It's the most obnoxious thing in the game (yes, even more obnoxious than trolls/throwers, because at least they can be easily reported with video proof and punished after the fact, where as wveryone pretends instant wall hacks are just "skill" smh). But I digress. Distortion is the third, arguably first, best/most necessary perk in the game. The only downside is that you're gambling on the slot because rhere are a few casual killer players that don't use wall hack perks, but overall I find it much better to be safe than sorry.
Now perk number 4 is actually where I'm having the most trouble, and is the main reason I'm posting this question. What IS the fourth best survivor perk? Obviously there are many valid options. Deliverance is the first to come to mind. After all, who doesn't love a free self unhook? Although not guaranteed if you're the first one to go down or other players keep stealing your unhooks. Calm spirit can be good, like a lower budget version of distortion. Claudette's (she's stacked yall) third perk where you can see injured teammates auras is also very viable. There's also Unbreakable aka free self pick-up, for those obnoxious situations where everyone is left to bleed out, but that's rare. There are also the highly practical gen perks Prove Thyself (+10% speed each on sane gen) and Deja Vu (see 3, +6% speed). That one perk that hides your scratch marks and blood after getting hit is good too. Lastly, there's the infamous Decisive Strike (free wiggle escape after high skill check), but I find it to be a waste unless facing ultra aggressive tunnelers since it only activates once and has a 60 second timer.
But, I guess if I had to pick the fourth best perk, it would ultimately have to go to left behind, bills perk that let's you see the hatch aura within 32 meters. Although throwers will unfortunately make use of this as well, that can't be helped (aside from reporting). As for me, it alleviates my stress when I see all 3 of my teammates are avoiding gens like the plague, but gives me hope that I can still win when we inevitably don't finish all the gens, if im lucky enough to be last one alive.
Let me know your guys' thoughts. Obviously these are opinions/preference, and I'd love to hear your guys' opinions, as long as they're actually yours and not just blind sheep meta regurgitation, lol.

I usually watch once they’re done recording. Got some free time today so I tried watching the Hellblade review. Holy cow the chat is so toxic with everyone’s console war agendas. Is this how the chat is usually or this is because they’re discussing an exclusive game? Aren’t we old enough for these types of arguments on which plastic box is better? Might avoid reading chat next time if the community is this toxic.

Hey everyone! This is HH Playful Panda, the lead designer behind the new Consumable Boosts. I know players will be curious about the new boosts, which is why I'm here to talk about them!
In this segment, I'll be going over the Labor Surge consumable boost which you'll see in today's Power event. Labor Surge will boost the production speed of an entire industry to new heights. Here’s how you can make the most of this feature!

How Labor Surge Works:

• Labor Surge doubles the production speed of a specific industry. You can choose from:
  • Mini Surge (60 mins)
  • Labor Surge (2 hours)
  • Mega Surge (4 hours)

Each industry has its own version of Labor Surge, so make sure to select the right industry for the best results! You can also stack multiple Labor Surge uses to extend the effect duration.
We’re giving a free Mini Surge of each industry to every player participating in these upcoming events, so give it a try for free!

• Power Underwhelming - May 21
• Potato Export - June 11
• Space Force - July 4
• Ninja - July 11

Designer's Quick Tips 

Target Your Industries: Choose the industry you want to boost wisely. If you have a crucial industry lagging behind, use a Labor Surge to ramp up production.  Combo Power: Combine Labor Surge with Time Warps, Propaganda Boosts, and Resource Airdrops for extra gains! Activate the Surge first, then add the other boosts for maximum efficiency.  Plan Ahead: Use your Labor Surge when difficult resource missions are slowing you down. It’s best used just before you go into long offline sessions.  Free Sample: Don’t forget to use your free Labor Surge samples! It’s a great way to test its power and see how it fits into your strategy.  Offline Boost: Labor Surge affects offline production too, so make sure to use that to your advantage. 

HH Playful Panda's Strategy

Personally, I’d start my play session with a Labor Surge on the industries with my weakest Researchers. I would activate the Propaganda Boost to get even better results. If there’s a particularly difficult mission blocking me, I’d ensure Labor Surge is active just before using a series of Time Warps (including the Ad Time Warp!). Then, just before going offline, I’d activate a Mega Surge on the industry that’s currently blocking me. This way, I maximize my production gains while idling!