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-Solo traveler w bear spray end of May ish -4 days -Bozeman / Yellowstone / Livingston area -Not interested in breweries / night life - I’d rather be asleep by 10 and wake for sunrise -Want relatively quiet and peaceful but also not desolate, as I want to be safe -interested in recommendations on breathtaking drives, places I can sit and relax and paint for a while while still being safe - would love recommendations for great spots to watch sunset and see wildlife (from my car 🤣) -love hot springs - what ones are your favorite? -would like a few recommendations on places to stay too! Little towns or whatever - short walks I can take that are more populated to get out of the car and moving but not hiking alone?
I have been to Yellowstone before a few years ago so not my first time to the park and the suggestions don’t have to all be IN Yellowstone.
Don’t want to hike alone, and won’t. Know to have bear spray. Have traveled no to MT but it was a few years ago.
Thanks so much!

I have had MP for about 3yrs. I'm not able to take medications for it because they affected my job. Originally it was really bad to the point that I woke up screaming from the pain but with time it had gotten less intrusive. It will wake me up at night but I can reposition and go back to sleep. 1
I decided to try physical therapy since it's been so long and I'm also actively losing weight. I have only gone to 2 PT sessions 5 days apart (one of which included dry needling) but it has definitely made the MP episodes worse at night. Has this happened for anyone else?
Is the PT working but just causing swelling and therefore more intense episodes? Does it get better? I'm considering stopping.

Made a throwaway account to write this.
My boyfriend and me have been together for about a year and a half. When we first met, I weighed a lot less than I do now (about 35lbs). I’ve been battling an eating disorder basically my whole life, ever since I can remember, and my weight has fluctuated a LOT over the years - at one point I lost about 150lbs. I’ve gained about 50lbs back however, maybe a little more (I haven’t weighed myself in a while). I’m fully aware I have a very problematic relationship with food and dieting, and my body shows this.
I gave that detail because I want to be clear I’m under no illusions - I know I’m not at a healthy weight right now, and I know that I need to lose weight. I don’t blame my boyfriend at all for feeling this way.
The conversation happened yesterday - he very kindly, calmly and politely implied that he wanted me to lose some weight for my own personal happiness - not his. He said that if I didn’t lose a single pound forever he would still be incredibly happy with me, that he still finds me attractive, and that if the only way I can lose weight is through very unhealthy dieting then he doesn’t want me to do it. But overall, he wants me to be happy and healthy - which means losing weight.
I am not angry with him at all, and I completely agree with him and his point of view. I know it’s not fair at all that I look different now to when we first met. He deserves to be with the person he found attractive at the beginning of our relationship.
Obviously, though, this hurt. A lot. Having such a disordered relationship with food means I’m hypersensitive to this topic, and hearing loudly and clearly that he thinks I’m too big and wants me to lose weight was basically like walking into my deepest nightmare, all the worst things I’ve been imagining. I know it’s not realistic to want my boyfriend to find me attractive simply for being me - I know that physical appearance matters, and I know that he’s not a bad person for finding me more attractive when I was smaller.
My question, though, is this - how can I remain confident in myself, and my body, and be undressed with him, now I know he feels this way? We have always had a very active sex life, which has stayed the same throughout our relationship. Now, however, I’m absolutely terrified to get undressed in front of him, and to maintain the active sex life we used to have. The idea of him looking at me naked makes me feel sick and want to cry, and I feel like when we have sex I’ll just spend the entire time imagining that he’s repulsed by me. Is it even possible for a man to want to have sex with someone they think is too fat? Isn’t it likely that he’s going to stray and want to find someone more his ideal body type in the meantime? Is it fair for me to expect him to stay with me?
Also, just to be clear, I fully intend to lose weight, and have already started as of today.
Any advice on how to maintain confidence and whether he is still capable of being attracted to me would be great, because right now I’m really scared that I won’t ever be able to feel hot around him again.
TLDR: My boyfriend kindly (and correctly) told me I need to lose weight and now I don’t feel like I can ever get undressed with him again. Is it possible he still finds me attractive even if he thinks I should lose weight?

What is the best or most ideal full time summer work schedule for a teen who will likely wnat to go out Friday nights and Saturday nights but still work mon- fri and one weekend day. What would be the ideal shift during the weekday. I did 7-3 for a while but I’m looking for insight
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The Wheel of Time turns ever onwards, even if it doesn't know what may be coming next. One thing is for sure though, that we have our results of the next Shard!
After a good round of voting from everyone, the final results for upcoming Shard are as follows;
Tech Period: Turn of the Century (1880-1930 AD)
Magic Power and Scope: High Power, Common Scope
Quirks & World Setting: Natural Wonders and Spirit Wilds Quirk, Shattered Lands and Planetary Rings World Settings
To my knowledge, there hasn't been a Shard that was set distinctly in this time period, and the last time there was one with a similar technological period was well before my time. There will be a lot of firsts in the coming Shard, like the invention of powered heaver-than-air flight, and the same is true in terms of the voting itself.
We tried out a lot of new formats and definitions, making this a Shard of first. I would be really keen to hear your thoughts and opinions on how the voting went, from it's length, to the options available. Community feedback is always critical for any community, especially one so player driven as this one.
The Mods will be hard at work crafting the next Shard, principally the map, as well as the other important details. Like the technology present, Natural Wonders present, and so on. We will give updates as required, but we hope to get the Shard up and running in a feasible timeframe! Hopefully within the next 1-3 months (these times are not final not definitive).
In the meantime, please be patient as we prepare the next Shard. We have a few new faces here, so if you haven't joined the Discord already, or are thinking of joining, now is the perfect time to do so! Discuss ideas between each other for the next Shard, and spread the word where you can!
I will let you all know of any coming developments in the coming weeks, but as it stands, I hope you all have a wonderful day/afternoon/evening, and I hope to see you all for the opening post of our 12th Shard. Have a good one folks :)

I'm having a hard time figuring out if I like or loathe this game. One part of it I really love, the collection of chests, exploring, being surprised by all the games mysteries. And I don't necessarily dislike the PvP element, but my issue is that it is ONLY ever PvP and I'm new and there is no way for me to compete with any other ship. I'm sunk over and over. And it just isn't...fun. Is there a flag or a gesture or something to show others that I have no intention of attacking and I just want a good time. Hell, I'd love to even work together somehow. But all I get is plundered and sunk. Tonight, I was trying to sell this game onto some friends but we just ended up accomplishing nothing, they were killed constantly and they were nice about it but I don't think they'll be back. I have one other friend who is iffy on the game, but it's hard to sell when they can't see what's good about being under constant attack and not even getting some kind of consolation, what's the point? I wish safer seas didn't have such a heavy tax on gold...I just want to adventure and see what there is to see. I don't mind a bit of fun but it's such an aggressive game...

TL;DR - selfish asshole of an older brother scams me and my parents out of $200.
Okay, so I’m not doing too well financially, but I live with my Mom and Pops so we try to make ends meet. A couple weeks back we were in such rough shape financially, that I had to juggle three day jobs just to cover rent and suppress the collector’s from knocking on the door regarding our collective debts. We so broke I literally can’t even afford to sleep because in the night=I can get freelance work done. “I can sleep when I’m dead,” has become my full-time motto (unfortunately). Anyways, to try to bring some income in my household I offer services as a freelance video editor.
A while back, my older brother (who’s a career criminal and has flee’d multiple countries when authorities were after him for violent offences) hit me up and asked if I’d be down to edit for him. I was hesitant at first, being as last time I heard from him was after he beat our Mum to a pulp when I was only 12. For context bro or sis, whoever you are that is reading this: if I was only three years older I wouldn’t have let that slide—I would have mobbed his ass right then and there, pinned him down and done him so fucking dirty… IDGAF if my 15 year old ass had gone to juvie for it, I would do anything for my mother, including take a life. But instead, all that’s been imprinted in my brain is how much of a bitch I was at 12–cowering under the dining table as he took multiple shots with a shoe, at our crying helpless mother on the ground.
Anyways it’s been a few years, I’m 24 now and he gave me a big sob story how he has changed. I bought it up like the good little sheeple I am… started editing for him under the guise that he’d pay me $200 per video: SCORE! That’s a lot of money!!!
I got to know his business (shady as fuck) and got to find out he now dreams of being a finance influencer (double shady) but alas, he’s my big bro and no matter what wrong-doing he’s doing, he convinced me that he was a good man. Ight, bet, I’ma edit for him and make some money for the fam! In between his ‘takes’ of videos he sends me, I piece together that his “wife” films the videos, and he’s still an extremely abusive person. He tries not to let it show on camera, but I’m really good with people, emotions and hidden trauma so I can feel the sickening ‘abuser-of-people’ energy SEEPING off of him, still, to this day. I feel sick to my stomach editing for him, but shit, he’s promised me $200 per video. Over the course of a few weeks I can see why he never told us about his wife, it seems he keeps her pent up somewhere in Georgia, Batumi, and forces her to do whatever he wants. He once referred to her as “his slave” which I originally thought was A JOKE, but now in the grand scheme of things… I don’t think it was a joke. I pray that authorities get to them before he does something to her, but idek where to begin to put a ‘concerned citizen tip’ in a foreign country.
Some context as to why I put up with all the red flags: Mom’s not working as she has to take care of the house and she’s also trying to make money online, any ways possible. She’s starting to sell her favourite clothes. It fucking breaks my heart that I can’t do shit about it… at 24 years old, with all the social media influencing and advertising, I feel like garbage that I can’t fully support my parents… at least not yet! Dad is constantly depressed because he’s almost 80 years old and can’t retire ‘cuz my parent’s are in too much debt.
Okay, anyways, three BIG videos done for him (by big, I mean I spent +8 hours on each vid) and brother’s paid me for ONE via PayPal… no worries, he keeps leading me on saying the money will come, the money will come. And PayPal says I got $200 coming my way from him! Uhh ight, bet? Mind you, I start PLANNING my life around this $200 notification because that’s a hot stack for me and my family!!! Takes PayPal about 20 days to actually let me use the money… ridiculous because we NEEDED it… but that’s okay, I work around the problems in life, much like we all have to.
Here comes the turning point: I’m a little overworked and a little coo-coo sometimes, and one night I start telling him personal shit, kinda pouring out my heart to him, venting almost. I don’t really remember about what, just life I guess, nothing negative towards him. Somehow he misconstrues it, gets upset with me, and ‘tells me off.’ I get upset with him, tell him his business is a sham and I’ma change the rules that we agreed upon. Since his fake-ass can’t pay me what was agreed upon, (maybe $200 is a lot for him, as well) so I ask him if we can do $10 per hour instead. I pitch to him that moving forward, anytime I edit more than five hours ($50), I will refuse to edit until the money gets sent. The conversation turns hostile, QUICK. He calls me a ton of bad names with an underlying message that I’m the biggest loser on earth for pursuing a dream in working in Entertainment & he ends it with a sweet “you’ll never be anything.” LOL WHAT? Completely out of pocket and out of left field, so naturally, I tell him to eat shit, I won’t be doing anymore free work and he can pay me a mere $30 (yes, thirty dollars) for the entire portfolio of audios, texts/scripts, videos, and clips I’ve taken from the internet that ‘match’ the vibe he wants in his videos.
Context: at this point I’ve completed SIX FULL VIDEOS FOR THIS DUDE and he’s only paid me the one payment of $200. Not good at maths? Me neither, lemme help you out. He owes me $1,200 from our original agreement because I’ve spent more than 48 collective hours working on his videos, and he’s only paid me $200. But I tell him: I’ll let it all slide if he pays me $30 for the portfolio of about 50 gigabytes, and then moving forward, he’d pay me the $10 per hour if he wanted more content from me. He already has the six full videos in his possession. The ‘portfolio’ is stuff I’ve found that’s free-use on the internet, stuff that I’ve compiled, and even some scripts that I’ve written out! ALL MINE that I did for HIS business. So it seems logical for me to give this portfolio as an option, just incase he wants to say nah moving forward on me editing for him, and just take the material & go our separate ways…
In response, my (35 year old) brother files a complaint on PayPal claiming he only hired me for a channel encompassing trailer that I did not provide and that I’m attempting to extort him for more money. LOL, WHAT? PayPal’s like BET and automatically attempts to deduct from MY chequing account, without even getting to the bottom of it. Obviously doesn’t work, my account (not PayPal account, my fucking bank account. these mf so overzealous that they reached right into my mf pocket!!!!) gets put in the negatives and I attempt to appeal, with no sweat on my brow ‘cuz I’m like no way PayPal finna let this slide. I then proceed to message my terrible relative multiple times, with texts, videos and audio recordings and I’m in a hysterical mess. I begin threatening him, I begin begging to him, pleading with him, saying anything under the sun just for the hope that he has some heart and would send back the $200 if PayPal does end up taking it from me. Already my chequing was fricked but I could do some damage control… I was cocky, thinking PayPal would obviously side with me once they heard the whole story, so I also told him since he’s caused such pain for me out of absolutely nothing, like completely unprovoked, then shit: I want the original $200 PLUS an extra $200 for all this trauma. He responds by blocking me on everything. It’s 4 A.M. and I’m shaking as I’m typing this…
Somehow after all the information I provided, PayPal sides with him. Wow, wait, what? PayPal has since tried to deduct my PERSONAL CHEQUING ACCOUNT multiple times in order to fish back the $200 which I ALREADY HAD TO USE!!! Idk if you ever had a payment tried to be taken out of an account which already has a negative balance, but the payment doesn’t go (it does a minus then a plus) but usually the bank is like WTF and charges you fees. Multiple times = Multiple fees…
Before, I was in the negatives on my ONE chequing account I own… now I’m in the NEGATIVE-NEGATIVES… no clue how tf I’ma get out of it, but we all persevere eventually! I’ve reached out to PayPal but I’m almost sure nothing will come of it.. I’m considering taking PayPal to small claims court to somehow try to fix all this mess, but I fear it’ll break me off more trouble than repair anything. If you want to DM me, I’ll gladly give you my brother’s socials to send a report to his accounts on Instagram or TikTok, or even leave him a not-so-nice comment if you’d like. Also let me know if you know how I can get in contact with the authorities in the country of ‘Georgia.’
I have absolutely no issues posting his socials, address, doxxxing his ass to the fullest extent, all to do whatever’s necessary: because I fear he will one day gain notoriety and scam a shit ton of people. Praying that never happens.
Let me know what y’all think!!!

Besides reaching the Champions League semifinals, it cannot be denied that Bayern has had a horrific season. Lost the DFB-Pokal and finished third in the Bundesliga. But, after over a decade of domination, losing once isn't really the end of the world. However, what worries me is what is happening at a higher level at Bayern.
It all started when Nagelsmann was sacked right before the first leg against City last season. I don't think there was anything wrong with bringing Tuchel himself, but doing it right before a huge game was a massive, massive disaster. It takes time for coaches to implement their tactics, and a change right before a game like this is guaranteed to bring disaster, so the 3-0 loss really was no coincidence.
But, despite his terrible start at Bayern, where he also lost the cup, he stayed at the team, probably thanks to just barely winning the Bundesliga because of a huge Dortmund bottle job. But, this season it became clear that Tuchel isn't the right coach for a team of Bayern's profile, and he needs to be changed.
This is where I really don't understand what the ones running Bayern are thinking. After being rejected by some big names like Zidane, Flick, Xabi Alonso, and their former coach Nagelsmann, they've turned to some choices that make you think the ones there are smoking substances.
First, they were interested in Ragnick, the current coach of Austria. Sure, he has been doing great with them, but just two years ago everyone wanted him out from Man United because of terrible results. Then, they turned to Lopetegui, whose last coached teams were Sevilla and Wolves. But this is where it gets truly bizarre. After failing to bring both these two, they turned to ERIC TEN FREAKING HAG. I mean, who in their right mind is at Bayern, and thinks of bringing in the coach that has been having a disastrous time at United?! Most recently, the news of them being interested in Vincent Kompany have appeared, the coach of Burnley who have just been relegated from the Premier League. Could you imagine the next coach of Bayern being someone coming from a relegated Premier League club?
To me, it just doesn't make sense. I am not necessarily calling these managers bad, their teams certainly didn't help them perform, but still, when it comes to Bayern, you should be looking for a manager who has actually had good results lately at another big club, certainly not managers coming from second half of the table teams like Wolves, relegated teams like Burnley, second-hand national teams like Austria or clubs in a disastrous situation like United.
This leads me to ask, what in the world is happening at Bayern?!

Do people who date nowadays just accept that the person they are dating is potentially dating other people (and may be being intimate with them)? At the point you decide to be exclusive do you divulge any external shenanigans? Is there a time period where you are allowed to overlap (like a notice period to end it with the other people you are dating)? Is it often than one person has been sleeping with other people whereas the other has been exclusive - how does that usually end?

Dear Owners, getting my Buzz in a few days. Its a Showcar from my local dealer, so i had to buy it as it is. (price was okish here in Austria).
It wont have the Multiflexboard in the booth, dealer thought it will be in the garage all the time as he was ordering the car last year.
do you guys use it in your buzz, or you go for the better booth size without it?
im thinking of buying one in aftermarket couse of the flat floor with the folded seats.
(sry my bad english tho)

I recently discovered Koichi Shimizu and i think people here should enjoy this album!
https://koichishimizu.bandcamp.com/album/imprint-2
« Best known for his work for legendary Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (he even designed the enigmatic "bang" in 2021's labyrinthine 'Memoria'), Japan’s Koichi Shimizu has been honing a unique musical language since the early '90s, where some of his earliest material can be found on a split LP with Yoshiteru Himuro via once-iconic imprint Worm Interface (itself home to music from Autechre side-line Gescom). 'Imprint', was initially released quietly back in 2021 and has been remastered for this new edition, removing one track and bumping it up with four more, making it all available on vinyl for the first time.
The album offers a perfect overview of Shimizu’s broad palette, ranging from fine-wrought keys to electronic brutalism and guttural rhythmic pulses, plotted with an underlying narrative cadence that evinces his ability to heighten the impact of moving image, whilst also colouring the imagination with ephemeral sound imagery. His tekkerz are in bracing, anticipatory effect on a retooled, expanded version of his music from ‘Memoria’ within the convulsive, swarming silhouette of ‘Imprint’, and ‘The Path’ finds his aural accompaniment to ‘Uncle Boonmee…’ given room to breathe and develop into an unexpected, OOBE-like experience. In ‘Moth’ he magnifies and anthropomorphises a winged insect with finely chiselled technical nous, and his exquisite arrangement to ‘Faded Sign’ is somehow comparable to the ephemeral emotional register of cinematic collaborations between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai. »

I have my own business as a printer. I have fancy printing machines and usually my clients email me art work and all I have to do is print it and make sure I deliver on time.
One of my clients emailed me some art work and before I printed it, I noticed there was a mistake made on it. His graphics designer had forgotten to add important info on the design. I provided a sample, well knowing that there was an omission ( equivalent to a typo) but the client still went ahead and approved the sample before I could go into batch production .
Instead of me giving him the heads up, I went ahead and printed it out, knowing very well that he would eventually see the omission made and ask for a reprint , which obviously means more money for me since it wasn't my fault that his designer fucked up.
Well , this was 2 days ago and today he just called me and sent edits to his design and said his designer fucked up. It's a situation I could have easily prevented , and uncharacteristic of me, because I knew it would result into another order which meant more money for me , I let it happen.

I am ridiculously excited and anticipating the rerelease of Dobie’s cookie. I have never before been able to access this one as I was locked out of my account for over a year and only started playing again a couple of months ago. Aside from the membership to access 5 older cookies a month I’m chewing at the bit to make my Japanese camp a reality. I need appropriate terrains too but I’ve gone down the super pretty cherry blossom route previously so for the time being I am hesitant to spend that many LTs again to change it up until I know which items I’ve got from the upcoming rerelease cookies. I’ve saved over 300 LTs so I’m hoping I get the onsen and some buildings! 😭
I have to say I think Nintendo are missing a trick here: they should make all cookies from the past permanently available at cost because I know for a fact I’d buy. (Yes I’ve done the 5 cookies per month membership and I’m waiting for it to refresh but it still in my opinion isn’t enough).

Hi everyone! This chapter will read a bit quicker due to all of the dialog. As always, comments and upvotes let me know you're still interested in the story.
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Once everyone was aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mira seemed to relax a little. Davis and Thompson were chatting away with Vebi and Fennis. Povin still stayed near Mira when the officers were chatting with each other. She felt a little lost now that her services as translator was no longer needed. The winds were much stronger here, and one of Povin’s wings got caught in the wind, causing him to lift up. He reflexively opened his other wing.
“Povin! Remember! Glide! Do not flap!” Mira yelled at him.
“What was that Chief?” Thompson asked.
“I’m sorry sir. Ensign Povin’s wing got caught on a draft. They come from a lower gravity world so if he tries to fly, our gravity will break most of his wing bones and tear through his wing skin. The atmospheric belts they wear can maintain their own atmospheric conditions, but it can’t keep up if they full on fly.”
After riding the currents and getting used to how it felt under his wings, Povin was eventually able to land. He quickly wrapped his wings about himself tightly to avoid doing that again. The rest of the remaining Drala quickly tightened their own wings about their bodies.
“I see. Let’s get everyone inside.” Admiral Davis replied. “Chief Rodreguez, your Captain Martinelli sent over your uniforms.” He called over a sailor who had a duffle bag which was handed over to Mira.
Mira looked a little closer at one of the Destroyer escorts. “Sir, is that the USS Bainbridge I see?”
“Yes, it is. You think your Captain would allow us to come get you and not be a part of the escort? Once we stopped receiving responses, he has called in almost daily to NASA to get answers. Honestly, I was willing to bet that if we denied his ‘request’ to join the escort, he would have gone rogue to be here.”
“I’m not so sure about that. Captain Martinelli wouldn’t break protocols like that. He might have been hailing like crazy until someone gave him answers, but never would he go rogue.” Mira replied.
As she finished saying that a sailor came up the Admiral, “Sir, Captain Martinelli of the USS Bainbridge is on the horn for you.”
“You were saying, Chief?” Davis chuckled. “Maybe you should go take that call. We’ll be in the Ready Room. Come see us there after you have spoken with your captain and made yourself Navy presentable.”
“Yes, sir!” She saluted, received the return salute, and headed to the comms room. In the comms room, she was directed to the receiver. “This is Chief Mira Rodriguez speaking.”
“Chief. It’s good to hear your voice again. Do you have any idea how many calls I received from my nephew? I don’t know how he was able to get people to patch him through so frequently while on duty himself, but he’s very resourceful. I have to admit that. Did those aliens treat you well? And who took down communications like that?”
“Yes, sir. I was treated extremely well. I haven’t had a chance to be debriefed yet, so I don’t know how much I’m allowed to say over comms.”
“I understand. You should be able to say at least if the comms were interrupted by the aliens.”
“Not by the aliens I was with, sir.”
“I understand. Go do what you have to do, Chief. I hope to see you back on the Bainbridge soon.”
“I hope so too, sir.” She replied. The call ended and a sailor took her to where she could change her clothes as well as where the Ready Room was located. Once she was in her khaki-colored Shipboard Working Uniform, she headed to the Ready Room and then waited to be told she could sit. The Flx’usri each had their specialty chairs, and the Drala were able to manage the human chairs.
“Is Captain Martinelli well?” Admiral Davis asked.
“I believe his is calmer now, Sir. However, I suspect he will grill me himself once I am returned to his ship.”
“That sounds about right, Chief. I wouldn’t expect any less of him.”
“Grill? Are you in danger, Chief Mira?” Vebi asked worriedly.
“Grill is slang for question soundly, Rear Admiral. I promise that I will be completely safe with my Captain.” Mira looked around and noticed Commander Morris wasn’t in the room. “Excuse me, Sirs. What happened to Commander Morris? I thought he had survived the assault?”
“I’m sure he’s somewhere on board the ship. When we left to this room, he had been distracted. You know how these ships can be hard to navigate for non-Navy enlistees.” Davis replied.
General Thompson added, “If I had not spent my earlier enlisted time on board Navy vessels, I likely would have also been confused. I always did enjoy the Marine Taxi Service.” He joked. The Admiral gave him a poke with his elbow good naturedly. It was a sign that they had been friends as well as coworkers for a long time.
Admiral Davis explained to the aliens, “The General and I belong to different branches of service. Each branch has a love-hate relationship with all of the other branches. We all have our strengths, and our weaknesses are proudly backed up by the strengths of the other branches. It’s like having siblings. I can tease and make fun of my siblings, but if anyone else does, I will fight them to submission and make them apologize to my sibling.”
“Ah, I understand,” Vebi replied. “I feel the same way about my spawn-mates.”
Fennis cut in, “I understand the diplomate you had intended for us was lost in the conflict. We would prefer if Chief Mira were to be this for us. She has lived with us, and we have forged mutual respect for each other.”
“I believe that can be arranged.” Davis replied after a few moments of thought. “Bureaucracy takes time, and the rest of the Chief’s enlistment will have to be accounted for, but I believe this can be arranged.” He chuckled. “Captain Martinelli will be both happy for you and pissed we’re taking away his highest-ranking Machinist Mate aboard the Bainbridge.”
They began talking and getting to know each other and finally, Vebi asked, “I understand you will need to speak with others to make a real decision, but do you think your people will join the Federation?”
General Thompson beat Admiral Davis to it as he said, “They touched our boats. No one touches the US Navy’s boats and gets away with it.” Davis gave Thompson a small elbow to the ribs showing that the two men were friends outside of their official responsibilities.
Eventually, Commander Morris found the Ready room and General Thompson gestured for him to take a seat. “Now that we’re all here, Chief, how about you give us a full debriefing. Start from leaving Earth.”
“Yes, Sir. The mission started off great. Roger was able to correct course as needed, but the autopilot we were using was very accurate. We were all asleep when it happened. I’m a light sleeper and the pings against the hull woke me up. Looking back, there must have been a harder hit that woke me up first, but at the time, all I heard was the lighter pings. I got up to take a look around and then the alarms went off that we all knew meant to get into our space suits. Once I was in my suit, I realized no one else was in the room with me.
“I grabbed a suit with the intent to help someone into it and then we could go back and help others. They were all dead. The atmosphere in the ship was completely gone and we were no longer noticeably moving. I was staring at either a short and rough death once my air ran out, or if I could fix the life support, I could be looking at a long agonizing death from hunger. I never turned away from a challenge, so I was determined to fix the ship.
I fixed the life support and power at the same time. Now I was only going to face a long agonizing death. It was then that I jettisoned the dead. Hindsight being 20/20, I realize it was the wrong choice. I know that Commander Morris felt I should be able to make a refrigeration room, but if you look at the ship and the schematics, but assuming that I knew I was going to survive and make it back home, that ship did not have rooms that were airtight. They are close, but do not seal all the way. Secondly, I didn’t have the materials to make it so that the air didn’t circulate out of any room I put them in.
“At that time, I fully expected that I was going to die out there. It would take time for any message to get to Earth, time to fabricate a new ship and crew it, and time to get out to me. Time that I didn’t feel I had.”
Davis interrupted. “The seals weren’t airtight?”
“The exterior ones were, but any of the interior doors were not. They used a different kind of seal material, and in some cases, we could see light through a closed door. Even the door that was supposed to be the airlock for if we had to open the exterior door for anything. That one was the best seal, but there were still leaks.”
“Continue.” Davis said.
“I was out fixing the thruster when the crew of Black Hole found me. You haven’t met them, and I don’t think they can even come down here. The federation uses color outlines on their emblem to denote classes of ability to survive on worlds, I guess would be the best way to put it. Black Hole is a Green Class. They have the fewest worlds they can touch down on and survive. It’s based on allergy. If they were to even touch the plants here, they would get hives. The Meteor's crew is a Black Class. They can go to nearly every inhabited world. They might have to be careful of gravity, or if the air quality or temperatures are too extreme for the atmospheric belts to handle. Our world is classified as a Black Class planet.” She then relayed the rest of her journey.
“Do you think we can speak with these other heads of ships?” Thompson asked the aliens.
“Of course.” Fennis replied. To Vebi he said, “If you hail Commander Xuan’rawis, I’ll hail Captain S’sveta.”
After getting their targets on a video call, they both headed over and got their counterparts in view too. “We still have two hours until our nocturnal counterparts awaken. We’ll have about an hour of overlap, and then we will need to rest ourselves.” S’sveta said.
The leaders all spoke with each other, leaving Morris very confused as he did not receive a translator implant. Thompson told Mira she could act as his translator, so she did.
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Me and my gf have been together for about 7 months. We were originally a long distance relationship and she just moved to my state like a month ago. We both have our own places and don't live together, but i spend a lot of time in her place. After spending time with her and her 2 year old kid, i have come to realize that i don't want to be a step dad. I feel so bad because she moved to a whole different state for me and i feel like if i break up with her she would have no one here in my state. She is a great girlfriend and a walking green flag. The only issue is that i just can't bring my self to the idea of being a stepdad. Additionally, i just found out the father of her kid was abusive and a gang member, but she says he is out of the picture and he does not want anything to do with the kid. I know i should have thought about it before allowing her to come to my state but i thought i could deal with it. She is a good person and I love her and don't wanna hurt her, but i am confused on what to do.
TL;DR: Been with my girlfriend for 7 months; she moved to my state a month ago. I spend a lot of time at her place and have realized I'm not ready to be a stepdad to her 2-year-old child or a step dad in general. I'm conflicted because she moved here for me, and I don't want to hurt her, but I'm struggling with the idea of being a step-parent.

Back in Grade 3 I found this book in my school library and picked it up to read, now unfortunately the school year ended before I could finish the book and I never found it again.
But when I found it online again I just had to pick it up and I don’t regret it.
Taking place in the near future hover cars have taken over the world utilising magnetic technology to sit roughly a foot of the ground. Now hover car racing is the premier sport of the world and that’s when our protagonist, 14 year old Jason Chaser enters the fray with his 12 year old borderline autistic Brother, The Bug (his actual name and he is described as borderline autistic).
The two are a power duo with Jason being the daredevil who can expertly fly the car and the Bug being a mathematical whizz making him perfect as the navigator.
As a racing nerd I was able to give it some leeway but also some criticisms.
For one, all safety regulations are thrown out the window with the only safety coming from the racing circuits end being ‘dead zones’ which catch the cars if they go too far of track. But aren’t present everywhere. The hover cars are fitted with reinforced cockpits and assumably a roll cage with an ejection seat on the side. However the tracks seems to make the sport more dangerous by adding things like ‘demag strips’ which remove power from the mag drives (the things that make the cars float and move, essentially the tyres of the new era) which make the cars crash out most of the time past the speed of sound. Then there are occasionally extra hazards such as a ‘meat grinder’ which is a tunnel that closes in on the driver until only the cockpit can fit. Now as a racing nerd, the governing body of most Motorsports, the FIA would NEVER allow this at 300 KM/H, let alone 800!
What I did love about the book was the use of racing terms, being Motorsport is underrepresented in fictional media I loved seeing terms like hairpin and apex being thrown into the fray and it was great! Another thing I loved was the characters, the good guys were well thought out and had some great character development. Now the bad guys are comically evil, and this isn’t a bad thing given the demographic, spoiler >!i.e a race fixing bookkeeper or a Frenchman named Fabian who uses dirty tactics Now being the book was made for younger kids it was way below my reading level and I saw all the twists coming, this isn’t a complaint per-se because I was reading the book to tie up a loose end more than anything but it was still an enjoyable read and I do recommend it to you if you want to turn off most of your brain and enjoy the vroom vroom of hover cars! It’s also a great book for younger kids if you ignore the swearing (shit being the worst word) as it gives some good life lessons!

So normally I wouldn’t ever kill one of these guys, because I know they’re helpful and mean no harm. But this one ran into my bed and under my sheet, and I was freaking out. I felt bad after. It was also like 1.5 inches long so probably a few years old :/ which means it had been feeding off pests for a long time.
So my question is, will my apartment have new pests showing up here in the next few weeks? Or is it likely there may be another house centipede around the area?
I moved here in October and this has been the only house centipede I’ve ever seen here since.

can anyone else relate?
— “shutup unless you’re spoken to” —> now i don’t reach out to friends unless they talk to me first, leading to a one-sided relationship and then those friends giving up on me.
— “i’ll smack you if you cry again“ —> now i can’t bring myself to speak to anyone when i’m in emotional pain. i force myself to cope on my own because of how afraid i feel of someone being angry at my tears. overall constant fear that if i’m ever upset, people won’t want to be close to me and may even punish me.
— “be wary of outsiders and only trust your family“ —> now i cut contact with legitimately great people i meet on my own because my wounded inner child/subconscious feels they may bring some form of yet-unseen danger. they taught me to be scared of people who treat me a million times better than they do. people who actually see me.
— “you must do the career that we want you to do, everything else is a waste of time.” —> ended 5 years at a job i loved in japan to come back home to them and become totally depressed. granted, my dad was sick and that was part of why i came back. but i know i would’ve been happier if i’d just stayed there.
it’s like everything they taught me growing up to “protect me“ just ended up crippling and destroying my adult life and every semblance of happiness i managed to find in it. the more i learn about narcissistically abusive parents the more i realize what has been happening and it’s so painful and isolating. there’s so much fucked up shit in my brain i have to unlearn because of them. and i’m terrified that some of the problems their brainwashing has caused (like the friendships i abandoned due to distrust and paranoia) may not be reversible…

I've had to move back in after finishing my masters because of circumstances and I'm just so beyond exhausted. All the time. I'm stuck in a freeze response, and when I'm not- I'm having to parent this 40 something year old lady and the worst part is that it bleeds into other aspects of my life as well. I'm constantly finding myself with men who I end up taking care of and of course every healthy relationship requires you to take care of each other but I still somehow end up shouldering most of it. I've been doing this all my life.
The lady does not care if I'm in the middle of something, she does not care whether I'm having my only meal of the day- if she wants me to do something, I have to drop anything at hand and cater to her. I've grown so bitter and explosive, I hate it. I'm so angry, and when I don't even have the energy to have that anger- I'm just shutting down and burying myself under the covers. I can already see this playing out, this is exactly how toddlers act. Don't they?
They bang on your door, keep pestering you until you react. You can try to ignore them, try to use noise cancelling headphones but they're still shouting to get your attention. I'm so sick of constantly oscillating between a fight and a freeze response. It's like a full time job, how do I even begin the process of finding an actual one. I wanted to go for my PhD, but it's been almost a year of this and I'm still stuck in the same loop. All of my energy has been concentrated towards merely surviving and I don't see a way out. Maybe I'm catastrophizing. Please tell me I am.