My (16M) best friend (16F) has been completely ignoring me for 3 weeks. It began half way through a day, we had spoken before school, and when it got to break time, she was completely blanking me. I tried asking how class was but I had no response. She spoke to our other friends, it was just me she refused to speak to. This has happened 3 times before (November 2023, December 2023 and January 2024), lasting a couple weeks each time - every time I feel like I’m going insane. I begin replaying every conversation we’ve had in the past week to figure out what I did. She still talks to everyone else, if anything she’s even friendlier to them, as if she’s trying to rub in the fact that she’s ignoring me?
Every time I have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach telling me that I ruined the friendship and that it’s all my fault. Every time this happens I ask if she’s okay over text, and she leaves me on read, which confirms she’s mad. I ask why she’s mad at me? I say I’m sorry, I plead for forgiveness and I ask how I can fix what I’ve done. I bombard her with messages over a week period and I get nothing back. When I try to mention it in person, she makes eye contact with me as I ask, and then she whips her head 180 degrees so she’s facing away from me? Like an over exaggerated way to show that she is ignoring me?
All the other times this has happened, she got bored after a few weeks and we go back to normal. I was always just grateful that she was talking to me, grateful that she had “forgiven” me. I asked her why she had ignored me once and she said that she wasn’t actually mad at me but was stressed with exams? Idk if that was the truth or if she was just making an excuse to avoid conflict?
I’ve realised I don’t want things to go back to the way they were. Every time she does this it consumes my entire life with anxiety and guilt. It’s constantly on my mind. I know that when she gets bored of ignoring me and comes back that the entire thing would happen again in a couple of months. Originally, I thought ignoring her back was playing into her mind games and stooping to her level but in reality, I’m just saving myself. If she does reach out, I’d respond but the point was that I quit trying to start conversations and stop begging for forgiveness.
if she refuses to elaborate on what I’ve done and refuses to even speak to me then there is no way of me knowing what I have done. I feel like I’m doing the right thing by putting boundaries in place and not jumping at any little bit of attention she gives me, like I have in the past but there’s still a part of me that feels guilty. I find myself thinking that maybe I genuinely hurt her and I’m the one mad at her? But I have given her plenty of opportunities to be honest and come clean about the issue and she continues with the immature silent treatment.
AITA? Is my guilt justified?

So my startup was/is planning to approach investors in the near future and subsequently established a DE C-Corp as that seems to be the overwhelmingly preferred structure since it allows for full transparency on equity distribution among founders/outsiders.
We got it set up on AngelList for a single $500 fee and a couple days later we had our EIN and the ability to set up a business bank account, etc. We incorporated with 3 board members and issued 10M shares. Seemed pretty straightforward.
We set aside 12% (1.2M shares) for an investor pool to buffer against diluting founder shares and the remaining 88% was distributed as follows among the 5 founders: 31%, 22%, 20%, 10%, and 5% based on role and expected bandwidth/contributions. We all paid for our shares in IP, but everything was on an equal 4-yea1-year cliff vesting schedule between all of us so no shares had been vested at this point.
Roughly 2 months after incorporation, we realized we had irreconcilably different visions in mind for the future of the project and parted ways. We signed a separation agreement stating that myself and one other founder would receive all equity (instantly vested) in the current C-Corp as we had invested all of the capital and the most time thus far, and agreed to move forward on our shared vision for the company.
I assumed we could simply remove the other founders from the dashboard in AngelList, cancel their vesting schedules, etc. and the equity would be re-distributed among the 2 remaining founders or simply remain unassigned, but it seems I made a terrible assumption and screwed things up.
As of right now it shows we have 5.4M fully diluted shares instead of the original 10M, split between myself (~69%), the investor pool (~22%), and the remaining other founder (~8%). The percentages are approximate because they go to like 4 decimal places.
I'm assuming it's not showing the full 10M share pool because AngelList is not able to file some sort of required documentation to..."release" the shares in the eyes of the state of DE, and I need to file something myself.
My question is, does anyone know what is required to be done here to get back to our full 10M shares so we're investor-ready? Both in terms of legal status and what we can/need to do on AngelList?
Also, if anyone has experience removing a founder from their board position, I'd appreciate a few pointers there as well. Haven't touched that process yet after this went awry...
Happy to answer any questions in the comments and yes I'm an idiot for just pressing buttons in AngelList without researching everything first. Don't roast me too hard <3

I (F28) am married to my husband (M27) and we have a child together. He is genuinely my best friend, we have been together for almost 10 years now and we have a really happy life together.
Sometimes though, I can’t help but wonder what it would be like to be with a woman. I technically came out as bisexual when I was with my husband (then boyfriend) even though I had always known before then. Because of the repressed feelings I had towards women, I have never dated or had sex with them before, only kissed them and felt attracted to them. I feel like part of me will always wonder what it actually feels like to be in a relationship or to have sex with a woman, but at the same time I’m happy in my marriage and we are monogamous. Sometimes I worry that one day I will feel like I have missed out though.
I don’t know, it’s weird. Like I say we are genuinely happy and have a great sex life and are so in love with our kid, we have a future together, we’re currently in the process of buying a house, so I guess these feelings of wondering just feel like they’re wrong and feel disrespectful to my husband. Yes I do wish I at least knew what it was like to be with a woman in a relationship rather than to just find them attractive and know that it can never be more than that, but I also feel a lot of guilt admitting that to myself and I’d never admit it to my husband. Sometimes I also think I makes me doubt my sexuality - I either call myself a fake or don’t feel like a ‘real’ bisexual person because I have never technically been with a woman, or I convince myself that I’m lying to myself and my husband and I’m actually just gay, masking it with bisexuality because I’m with a man. I don’t think either of these things are true though, I think it’s all just wondering.
Does anybody feel this?

My sister. I love you so very much, and I admire you. Often, I even envy you. I think I care about you more than you care about me, and I feel so protective of you. Yet, frustratingly, I don’t think you really need me. I wish you did need me, and I wish you cared about me more as much as I care about you. That’s not your fault though, don’t think that it is. I don’t wish to give you the wrong idea but I think you’re so beautiful. Not in a sick, twisted way that would end in harm for everyone, but in a way that makes me oddly proud. It’s like I get to know this pretty girl and be her close friend while most don’t. You’ve always supported me, and you can make me smile when nobody else can. There are so many examples of this. You totally change the trajectory of my day so often. That’s not irregular either. A lot of the time the best part of my day was seeing you, talking to you, sometimes even just being around you. I am not drawn to you or attracted to you, let me plainly state that clearly. I feel I shouldn’t have to say that, but frustratingly I feel like the thought crosses my mind sometimes and I want to affirm that. There’s nothing wrong with you, I just see you as my sister, and you’re taken, and I need to be single. So, triple threat on that one. I feel as if the only reason I think that way sometimes is because I’m so deeply lonely and I cling on to you because I just want feminine affirmation I think. Or perhaps just normal affirmation. It’s quite difficult to analyze yourself sometimes. One day you’ll make a great wife and I wish I could be there to see it. If my Father permits me, I’ll watch from above. Or perhaps from below if I’ve made some theological mistake and salvation is different from what we think. Sister, you’re so precious to me and I wish I knew how to express the way I love you, and how deeply. In my time alive there was nothing I wouldn’t do for you. The reason for my death, in case you’re wondering, is simple. Justice. I cannot stand to think I am getting away with my depravity with no punishment. Jesus suffering in my stead has one flaw, that I don’t suffer for it. Is it truly justice if I don’t suffer? The punishment is imputed onto another and thus is unjust. That’s one part of it, but it’s also because I’m just so pathetic and can’t stand firm. I want to be strong but I am intrinsically weak. I try to lean on Him for strength but that requires that I seek him which I so often fail to do. I get caught in a loop of maybe seeking him for a little while, but eventually growing exhausted from the weight of following him and crashing into slothfulness. I don’t know why Jesus said his burden was light, it maybe be light to hold, but holding even a feather will weight you down after enough time. I also know that I’m not really a man. I’m so pathetic, in ways you will never see. So deeply depraved in ways you’ll never see. I want to be good, but I feel like I’ve seen the devil. I am the devil. The reflection I see fills me with wrath, the one who has created all of my problems. The face of whom, by his complacency has mucked his hair with the blood of those he could’ve helped. An antichrist. A monster. The enemy. Me. What a sickening naivety I have to think I could ever be excellent, or worthy. I have failed, sister. Even now I question if I was a good brother. Be honest with yourself and reflect. Was I a good brother, my friend? I love you sister. My best friend. Wise and sharp and diligent and driven. How I ache to know this may hurt you. I was supposed to protect you from pain but I fear this may cause it. Or perhaps you will be indifferent. Either way, by my death I will either be in paradise or my damnation will serve to extol God’s glory by illustrating his perfect justice forever. Love Him foremost.

Boyfriend of 6 months broke up with me over Snapchat because he didn’t love me anymore, didn’t enjoy spending time with me, and would rather be alone than with me. He said he just knows I’m not his person. Came over later that night and said he was 100% sure of this decision and knew it wasn’t going to change. This is the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life. It happened right after a fight about me wearing a bikini to a festival (on the beach). He doesn’t really drink or go to festivals and I have done this significantly less since we have been together, but does this have something to do with it? Why does this hurt so much worst than when I had a much longer relationship break up? How do you convince yourself that everything is going to be ok? How do you recover from someone you love just simply not even liking you one day? I have so many questions and don’t know where to start.

Current system specs: Ryzen 5 3500 4x8GB ddr4 2666hz GTX 1660S Corsair 750w 80 Plus Silver Arch with cinnamon Samsung 590U 4k monitor
I am thinking abt switching my GPU to play some heavier games on 2k or 4k resolution and I'm splitted between getting a RTX3070 or RX 6700 XT (the 2 main cards that fit into my budget). Some of the games I played and will revisit or will play some day: Monster hunter world, death stranding, rdr2, Elden ring, cyberpunk, helldivers 2 (just listed the heavier ones)
I'm inclined to get the AMD one bc of higher performance in general and linux drivers compatibility, but the nvidia dlss seems to be a big thing to consider. Thoughts?
Ps: I'm looking to get an used one bc of my country absurd hardware prices :p

I have been working at a place for just short of 90 days. I am however in a union through my employer. When I was filling out my application it asked if I have a disability, which I answered that I do (crohns disease. diverticulitis, arthritis, rheumatoid Arthrits and a few other) I was out for a week because of the rheumatoid. Had 2 Dr's notes to cover my ass but since them, my manager had been looking for ANY reason she can to try and have me lose my cool. for whatever reason. My question is, what finally will constitute as harassment and or trying to get me to quit by treating and talking to me like I'm a piece of crap. she even brings her bootlicling brown nose with her every time. What can I do or say to make her realize I'm no pushover without getting written up for WHATEVER reason she can. I feel I'm being harassed at this point. Any help would be great. I need this job but the manager, is one of the worst managers I've ever worked for and I've run warehouse 3x the size with at least 5x more employees... Please help me put my manager in her place once and for all!!!

For the past few weeks, my grandparents had been feeling emotionally uncomfortable at the adult daycare center as of lately. Why? Because they are dealing with a stalking-and-creeping and mentally unstable member who always kept creeping around my grandfather. And here is the situation.
So my grandparents have been in the Adult Daycare Center for quite awhile. But there is a psychotic and mental unstable elderly member had been eyeing on my grandpa. Not only that, this crazy lady even said to my grandma that she would be happy to be my grandpa's mistress. There is another time she would say to my grandfather, "I don't care if the staff members yelled or screamed at me, because I'm obsessed with you." I have spoke to the director and staff members, but they kept saying this crazy lady is mentally unstable. But would this consider as "Emotionally Harassment." I do understand that the reason why the director or staff members couldn't say anything because they are afraid of losing their job even though they already acknowledge on this ridiculous situation for at least two years already.
There are several scenarios that my grandfather has trying to avoid this mentally unstable lady who has been stalking him for the past two years. For instance, when my grandfather is going inside the gym and leave the gym the next five minutes. Why? Because this mentally unstable lady would rush inside the gym room and stand close or behind just to watch him workout. In fact, every adult daycare center has a security camera, feel free to ask them.
Another situation is when my grandfather goes to the bingo room or most of all...the bathroom, this mentally unstable lady will either wait for him to come out and stare at him. Like seriously?!! Why would I want my grandparents, going to the adult daycare center, and feeling emotionally uncomfortable? But most importantly, they even got into paranoia with the whole situation. They even spoke to the staffs and employees. But they only make an excuse, "This lady is not normal, she is mentally disabled, so we cannot do anything about it." This is absolutely not an excuse, it is called "emotional harassments." If otherwise, sexual bullying behavior. But seriously, does the staff members EVEN CARE or they find it is funny to watch. This is not normal. This is call stupidity. In fact, some of the insiders even TOLD me about this situation. Some of them are staffs, while some of them are elderly members who have been shaking their head just to watch this ongoing. It also made BOTH of my grandparents emotionally uncomfortable that they do not want to go this adult daycare center anymore. And they even had to deal with them nonsense for at least two years.
As mentioned before, my grandparents have spoken to the staff members in the past. I remember that my grandparents said that the staff did gave a "verbal warning" to the mentally unstable lady to stop following around other my grandfather. But after awhile, this crazy lady done it again.
Here is another horrible situation, and we are talking about placing the mentally unstable lady in the same bus with my grandparents. Even though these staffs and director all know about this situation already. And this is where I did ask the transportation bus driver and told him about this crazy lady. He did say that because this crazy lady also lived in the northeast section, just like my grandparents, so he has to follow the policy to pick this crazy lady up. Here is the truth, there is ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION BUS that goes to the northeast section, but that the bus is full. So, here is my simple question: why not switch a normal elderly member who has no obsession with my grandfather into our bus but put this crazy lady back to the original bus instead. Believe or not, my grandparents did spoke to the staffs. Guess what? The staff members said, "This crazy lady just enjoys sitting the same bus, so we couldn't do anything about it." But I'm sorry, are these staff members had been bribe or been paying for doing this. Because, it is obviously something will get out of hand for sure. Like I said, this is absolutely emotionally uncomfortable because we have a mentally disable who has sexual attention towards another member who already has a wife. I really hope these staffs understand that stopping this crazy lady doesn't make them discriminating an mentally ill or disable person, it is basically stopping this crazy lady to continue to HARASS other fellow member who feels emotional paranoia every day.
This stalking-and-creeping mentally disable lady have cause my grandparents frustrated with this situation almost everyday. Why? Because the staff members couldn't do anything about it, even though they already knew about the situation. Again, if these folks are afraid of losing their job and allow to let this happen without making sure to protect the loved ones at all cost, then what is the point to have my grandparents OR any married retired couples to come into this adult daycare center in the first place. And besides, if you have a loved one who works at an adult daycare center, and some elderly member creeping around and inside the office every day, would that be seriously ignoring? Better yet, emotionally unconfortable?
When it comes to stalkers and creepers who are mentally disabled, I have come across a guy in my days as well. Use my story as an example. So when I was a teenager, I walk to my high school by myself all the time. But there is a stalkecreeper kept following me to at the back of the school building. He even sneaked into the building without being caught, which is why it is terrible. There is even one incident, when my school teacher wasn't available but the substitute teacher did. He would sneak into my class and try to harass me. I remember I left from the classroom, because I knew the substitute teacher doesn't even care at all. To this day, I'm still getting nightmares. In fact, when I'm about to get home, he will wait for me at the school entrance. So I have two options. I can drop out or transfer to a different school instead. But luckily, my third option was to walk to school and get home with a group of trusted friends. The good thing is that everyone that I knew lives very close to where I lived. What a relief, right? But in the adult daycare center, if the staff members couldn't solve this issue for the past two years and allowing an mentally unstable person to sit the same exact bus with my grandparents without solving it, then it is called doing it by intentionally purpose.
So back to my point, when it comes to stalkers and creepers, there is no way to avoid it unless someone in the adult day care center like the staffs, bus driver, coordinator, or even the director would find a way to solve this ongoing problem. They could either remove or switch this mentally unstable person from the SAME bus with my grandparents. Otherwise, in the long run, I don't think it is a good idea if things get out of control. I speak to my grandparents if they want to switch to a different adult daycare center instead. But they do enjoy coming here because of the wonderful gifts and resources at this adult daycare center.
Don't get me wrong. My grandparents and I DO NOT have problems with people with disability or mental problems UNLESS they created an uncomfortable situation due to its mentally unstable behavior. Creeping behind, sexual bullying, or playing cat-and-mouse game at the daycare center is unacceptable. It is not right, it is called stupidity. Keep this in mind, making sure that the elderly members would get home safe-and-sound without feeling "paranoia" or "emotionally uncomfortable" it is better off to solve it than wait until later. In fact, the staff members or even the bus coordinators must take this seriously to solve this situation rather than just ignore it and let the married couple feel some type of way; otherwise things can get out of hand for sure.
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I'm completely new to the world of Traeger and smoking meat in general. I'll start out with basic burgers, steaks, and chicken lol... then will try pulled pork as my first slow cook.
What else do I need? I purchased a grill cover and picked up Thermapen One thermometer.
Does the Ironwood come with grease bucket liners or do I need to purchase those separately?
Any other accessories or tools you recommend?
Thanks.

Since the paper to silver ratio is currently at 398:1, when you buy a physical ounce of silver, you are taking 398 ounces of paper promises off the market. So, for every gram of silver you buy, that's more than 12 paper ounces that, sooner or later, will fail (one way or another). For every ounce, that's more than 12 paper kilos that, one way or another, will go 'poof'. Cause it's a game of musical chairs. And even though they can settle in cash, one day everyone will need the real thing.
Global debt to global GDP ratio - more than 3 to 1. The global financial system is failing. The debt cannot EVER be repaid, at least not with currency that is worth anything!
But debt is still considered an asset, even when it is starting to get pretty obvious that the ONLY way the debt can be repaid, is with super dilluted currency. Treasury bills, company bonds, you name it - that's debt that pays interest, and trillions of $ are invested in that kind of debt. Imagine what will happen to tangible assets, as soon as people around the world realize the situation, and would like to dump debt-based assets for real, tangible assets, with intrinsic value?
Millenials and Gen Z-ers, the most productive and creative demographics of the population, are getting more and more frustrated, as they keep getting screwed, over and over again. Why? It's simple! They keep exchanging their time on this earth (an asset that is ever-appreciating in value), for ever-depreciating FIAT currency. The game is rigged, and they want to cheat the system, the way it has been cheating them, during their whole lives. The only way to even the playing field, is to bet against the debt. Once the majority of young people realize this, the game is over.

It may have only been a few days ago that I was asking about the difference between xenogender and kintypes, but.... I found the name of my kintype last night and many of my doubts just got washed away. I'm still exploring things, but... For the time being:
Hello, officially this time. c: It turns out I'm celestialkin. My experience greatly matches those of others who identify themselves as celestialkin.
I'm still trying to figure out things like "my role" (because I've felt strongly that I had one but haven't placed it yet), but due to the amount of meditation and self-reflection I've done in my lifetime I already know at least what I look like. I am a part of space itself. An amorphous being made of the vacuum, stars, auroras, and the like. I can shapeshift to some degree, giving myself a humanoid form, but I am still made of the same stuff. I do not need to breathe, eat, or sleep, and I think my size can change drastically, but my humanoid form often appears as what I've been calling a "celestial giant", large enough to hold moons and stars alike in my hands.

Machaon woke up, another day under the dimly lit, haze choked skies of his home world of Barbarus. As always, he got dressed, had a meager breakfast, put on his gas mask and ventured out into the toxic air to check on his crops. His father had spent a long time trying to create a strain of their main food crop so that it could resist the toxic environment of the upper levels of Barbarus, and allow more food to be grown. His father always said that they were “working today so others can eat tomorrow.” Unfortunately, his father passed away many years ago, but Machaon continued his work in earnest, doing his best to accomplish his father’s dream.. And based on the growing stalks of healthy looking crops, he had succeeded. He performed a more thorough inspection on the stems and leaves of the budding vegetables, and wrote down everything he saw in his journal. Years of his family’s work finally come to fruition.
Next on his to do list was to check the herbal garden his mother had grown. He had taken care of it when his mother was unable to, due to a debilitating sickness. The garden had a few different varieties of medical herbs, including hawthorn, lavender, aloe, and peppermint along with a mix of herbs for cooking. He checked the stems and leaves of the plants, making sure all of them were healthy, once more writing his findings in his journal. Confident all his plants were healthy, he closed his notebook and made his way to the local herbalist he was being mentored by. Machaon had spent time with a local herbalist to try and learn how to make herbal remedies to cure his mother’s sickness, and the older gentlemen needed help with certain things around his house. In exchange for his expertise, Machaon provided some of his own herbs and some extra food since the older gentleman had trouble growing enough food to feed himself.
Machaon knocked on the door, hearing a gas mask sealing and a cantankerous older gentleman call out “I don’t appreciate interruptions to my work! Best be something important!” A few seconds later, the herbalist came to the door wearing a load of protective equipment, something that seemed a little out of place for an herbalist, swinging it open. “What do ya wan — oh hey kid, come on in.” The old man opened the door, hobbling back into his abode.
Machaon walked in, taking a look around the place. It was a mess like it always was, but the old man did have his own system of organization. Calling it a system of organization was a stretch, but Machaon couldn't convince him to change his ways, so he gave up on convincing him and focused on his herbalist and apothecary training. Pushing that thought from his mind, he put on his herbalist protective gear and got ready to start the day’s training regiment. The old man looked at him, smiling “You ready kid?”
Machaon looked at his journal, stocked with papers and writings, now old and worn. He was in his thirties now, and most people he knew and cared for had passed on. His mother died not too long after he finally made a chemical resistant strain of crops, and his herbalist mentor had passed a few years after, finally having accomplished his life goal. Wiping a tear from his eye, Machaon wiped a tear from his eye, closed his journal and went on his usual ritual of checking on his plants and documenting strange things. Once he finished, he changed into his apothecary attire and shouldered his backpack full of supplies. His apothecary goal was to keep tackling the disease outbreak that had popped up nearby. A village a few days ago in the valley east of his abode had sent missives asking for medical aid, as a small portion of their population had been confined to their homes with fevers and coughs, with the occasional victim with boils on the skin. He had been working to quell it these last few days, but he was not sure if he was going to be able to completely stop it before it spread outside his control. Unfortunately, he would never be able to find out. As he began to take care of his ill patients in the sick house, he heard the sounds of a ship outside, and the clanking of boots. Something was up, and he was certainly not about to surrender his patients to whatever was outside.
Machaon walked outside, a simple pistol holstered on his hip. He may be an apothecary, but he could deal just as much hurt as he could heal. And he certainly wasn't going to run away when he had people in his stead, people that could spread infection and kill even more people. However, he soon found that his pistol would do nothing against the new arrivals. A military officer of some kind, along with some soldiers had formed up outside the sick house, the officer wearing what seemed to be an imperial army officers uniform, a green patch with three green skulls on the shoulder. The officer approached him, and began to read from a data slate. “Apothecary Machaon Strakos, on the order of Primarch Mortarion, daughter of the God-Emperor of Mankind, head of the Death Guard Adeptus Astartes legion, you are to be transferred to the Endurance, the Primarch flagship, for apothecary duty. You have one hour to gather your belongings.”
Machaon tried to protest, “With all due respect sir, I have patients to take care of, otherwise they’ll die.”
The Imperial Army officer looked at him with disdain. “If you do not comply peacefully, I will be forced to make you comply.” The soldiers next to him aimed their lasguns at him at the same time, their faces cold and icy.
Machaon knew that his ‘forced compliance’ would hurt his patients more than him leaving peacefully. “As you wish, officer. I will collect my supplies and return shortly.” He then returned to the interior of the sick house, gathering all his supplies into his backpack, along with the seeds for his plants. He didnt want to leave his people, but he didnt have much of a choice. A young girl who was laying on a cot by the door asked him, “Mister, where are you going?”
He wanted to tell her the truth, but he knew that wouldn't help. So he did the next best thing he could do, and he kneeled down next to her cot. “Well young lady, I’m going to take care of another group of people who need my help. There’s a lot of them, and the man outside needs my help to do it. I know you all are in good hands, so I’m going to save the people who aren’t in good hands. Feel better young lady.” He said, giving her a flower from his garden as he stood up and left. He didn't really believe what he said, at least not entirely. He would be helping people, but not the way he wanted, not on his own terms. Nevertheless, he would do his duty to his planet and his people.
Machaon walked outside the sick house and found the officer. “Officer, I’m ready.”
The Imperial Army officer looked at him coldly. “Then get on. We must reach the ship before the fleet takes off for the next expedition.” He and his soldiers then got on Stormhawk, and Machaon made sure to follow close behind them. The doors shut, and the engines roared to life, taking the ship off the ground and into space. Shortly after, they arrived in the hangar of the Endurance, and the Imperial Army company that escorted him departed, and Machaon followed quickly, not wanting to be left in the huge ship.
When he stepped out of the Stormhawk, he saw a virtual city of people working, repairing and refueling ships, unloading cargo, and new recruits moving deeper into the ship. It was certainly more people than he had ever seen in his life, but it did not phase him. He knew that whatever they were calling him for would have been big, especially if it was being led by a daughter of the Emperor. He followed the Imperial Army officer further into the ship, until they arrived at the barracks section of the ship. The Imperial officer told him simply “These are your quarters. Find a bunk.” Then he left.
Machaon was not particularly impressed with the lodging, but decided it was better to secure a spot rather than leaving it to chance. Once he found a spot, he laid down his items that were not essential to his duties as an apothecary, kept whatever else he had on his and tried to make his way to the apothecary chamber. Having no idea where everything was, he asked directions, and eventually after nearly an hour, found his way to the apothecary chamber and began to set out his equipment and find a place to grow his herbs. He knew he would need them for the battles ahead,wherever they may be.

Just got back from a week in Bali. Had a great time, and found a great driver. It seems like a lot of people are always asking about drivers, so I wanted to give ours a shout-out. His name is EKA. Whatsapp is +62 859-3247-2387. Reach out to him and ask for "The Reddit Special" for some great deals. He said he covers about 75-80% of the island, so he can take you just about anywhere. He's a friendly driver, tour guide, and photographer that knows all the shortcuts. If you know where you want to go, he can take you there. If you have no idea what you want to do, he can make some good suggestions. We had such a great experience with him one day that we cancelled our original plans for the next day to go back and see more with him. Give him your phone, and he'll go just about anywhere to take a great picture of you. Pick up the brochures at the airport from Bali Best Journey and Bali Candidasa Tour to get some ideas.

So back in 2015 i started hearing voices. there is a back story to this. All of 2014 i was in a major depression working at a mental health agency and i was hearing voices at the time. 2015 i started discovering stuff about my family and everything about spirirtuality. Before this i quit my job and stayed at home for months. Not paying bills or working. So i was in a major depression from that. that same year my aunt becomes an excelency and an amabassador of trinadad and tabogo so she is in the governt areana. She also has been to the united nations and doing speaking engagements. Also i was going on my spirtrial journey when i started hearing voices and also discovered gang stalki ng. Where the governement pinpoint certain indidviduals with rays of frequencies. it can be sound noisees or voices. So i discovered that. then i was getting into some dark stuff that the governement was doing to people. I was also in a spiirtual group and i got into a debate with someone and later on he said he was going to send an ambalance to my house. After that incident i started orbs in the sky and lines of light at night and helicopters where very previlant in my area. so im paranoid and thinking the govt is after me. Then i started hearing celebrity voices. once i started acting out my mom started calling the hospital on me and having the ambulance pick me up and i always rmemebered that guy that said that to me in the group. One day i was riding and saw the celebrirty i was talking to in my head and ran away because i thought i saw him across the street of a gas station. The same day i saw him sitting somewhere and i saw him clear as day. He says he is in love with me and that we are to be married one day and he wants me to come to california and he will appear to me once im in an area where i will notice him. thats all the voices keep screaming at me to do is meet him and everything in my life will be solved. I feel crazy telling ppl that i am in a seceret relationship with my voices and that i want to meet him. the person i hear is a major celebrity rapper. I was already in love with him prior to the voices thing but now he is all i know. What should i do should i go to to LA to see if this real?

First, I wanted to say thanks to everyone on this sub. I (32M) have two young kids and a busy job. I was really active throughout college (wrestled and lifted), but after I graduated in 2014, I stopped exercising consistently. However, in December I finished graduate school and I decided to make a change. I started doing the recommended routine (and a bit of the Busy Dad program for cardio) and for the first time in a decade I don't feel sad when I see myself in the mirror and I feel great! Strong, energetic, things that did not describe me for a long time. I have improved quite a bit in the time since I started in January; so, thanks everyone for that.
Second, since I have been exercising more regularly, I have been wanting to get back into the gym. I decided to take one of the RR suggestions and do my leg days separately in the gym (two days: squats and RDLs); however, I wanted to know if there were some recommended exercises that I could put in the RR in place of the pistol squats and Nordic negatives that I was doing? In brief, I was thinking of doing the rest of the RR as an 'Upper body' day while doing the leg days separately. I was doing some pike push-ups and super ROM lateral raises (To target more delts); however, I felt that doing the pike push-ups the same day as dips and ring push-ups (or archer push-ups depending on what I have available equipment wise) just fried my triceps and my shoulders/chest weren't getting much stimulus and doing the LRs 3-times a week felt like a bit much. I am really open to suggestions, especially from anyone who has seen great results from doing the RR (or something like it) and weighted leg days separately.
For equipment I have gymnastic rings available at home and at the gym at the hospital I work at I have some KBs, a pull-up bar, dip bar, and a bench with some DBs. My goals are general strength and hypertrophy.
Thanks everyone!
PS - Sorry for the stream-of-though post, I am trying to finish this before my next patient arrives!

Ever-shifting Short Seller Claims

The short sellers attacking RILY in 2023-2024 have been relentless (currently 57% of float sold short per FinViz), with an ever-shifting list of wild accusations.
It's sickening to watch them compile a never-ending list of baseless wild theories and claims to support their short positions, which are demonstrably false. But as each is proved false, they pivot to new claims, and/or change the goalposts.
The sheer volume of shifting claims makes it hard to track how despotic they are with their "platform," and how many falsehoods they've spun. Even for someone who watched it in real-time, for almost a year

Compiled & Debunked

Sunlight kills vampires. To that end, I've compiled a list of (i) claimants (ii) claims (iii) reality (iv) definitive source proving reality.

Why Did They Target RILY?

One of the most vocal short sellers, Nate Koppikar (who also introduced Marc Cohodes to the "opportunity") has a fund Orso Partners. Based on their SEC registration document, this is their investment thesis:
"The Account’s investment objectives are to achieve capital appreciation primarily by identifying and selling short marketable equity securities of underfollowed and complex companies with misleading or corrective disclosures through a research-intensive process. The Account employs a short-biased investment strategy with an emphasis on primarily small to mid-cap companies that are underfollowed and complex (i.e., companies with market capitalizations of less than $5 billion which the market does not yet have a wellformed bull and/or bear perspective)."
RILY fits their description. The icing on the cake was the relatively large market cap, and the relatively small float. Given extremely high insider ownership (32.9% of shares per the proxy), and limitations on when and how insiders can trade, the "free float" of the stock (i.e., the shares that regularly trade) is very small for the size of the company. Moreover, the setup would only get better - given insiders have consistently used their free cash to buy additional shares hand-over-fist (further reducing the float).
That meant, with relatively small amounts of capital, the short sellers could shove around the stock price. That ability to move price opens another profit avenue - taking large derivative positions (buying puts, and selling calls), and shoving the price (or allowing it to drift up) to profit all along the way. It looked so good, the stock has been the highest-shorted on the US indices for several months. Even after the release of the 10-K, shares remain "hard to borrow" with elevated borrow fees.

Debunked Claims

The claims made by vocal short sellers could fill a book. Most were outrageous and fanciful when they were proposed. Virtually all have objectively debunked. This isn't a comprehensive list, as their claims are too numerous and varied. But it paints an illuminating picture.
With a track record this poor, one would expect the short sellers to exit - rather than continuing to spin new narratives. Perhaps the continued attacks are their exit strategy to avoid bankruptcy... Well, #Bullish.
With the highest short interest of all US stocks (albeit likely decreased from the highs of ~76% of the float), I think this is more than ripe for a return to fair value - or well above, if a short squeeze occurs.
Note: this sub disallows image posts. There is a similar post in the RILYStock sub which contains virtually all source images for the claim in the comments (too many images to embed in the post). The source images are illuminating.
Note that the list below deliberately excludes three types of posts/claims from the short sellers:
A) Juvenile personal attacks and attempts to character assassinate and dox a long list of people (RILY CEO, RILY new hires, RILY clients, Marcum the auditor, Marcum's lead audit professional, any firm or individual publicly posting a bull thesis on RILY, etc.).
B) Those that make no objective claims, but simply exist as a product of malicious degeneracy (like pictures of roasted pigs in ovens labeled Bryant Riley the CEO, photoshopped pictures of the CEO in prison chains next to convicted felons, video of an obese woman barely able to walk being gored by a bull labeled Mrs. Riley the CEO's wife, etc.).
C) Those that are impossible for short sellers to know, and impossible to objectively verify (e.g., Marc Cohodes claiming a single RILY trader front runs the CEOs personal short trades in front of clients taking following the firm's bullish advice on those stocks, to guarantee profits).

Claimant	Claim	Reality
1) Wolfpack	Wolfpack “RILY will record investment losses of up to ~$700 million in 2023” FALSE 10-K	FALSE
2) Wolfpack	“new loan to CORZQ will work out just as badly as the last and end in default (again) before June 2023”	Repaid in fullFALSE , early, on 1/6/2024.
3) Wolfpack	“The coupon rate on RILY’s seven issues of baby bonds ranges from 5% to 6.75%, which we believe to be far too low to compensate investors for the existential risk that accompanies these securities.”	Full redemption FALSE of May 2024 came early. Far more than sufficient cash to cover debt payments.
4) Wolfpack	“According to our analysis, 4 of RILY’s largest 7 corporate borrowers with outstanding loan balances of $295.3 million are at a high risk of default, or in the case of CORZQ, is already in default.”	Core Scientific IncExela Technologies Arena Group Holdings FALSE a. . repaid early and in full ($111MM of the “risk”) b. repaid term loan in full ($55.8MM of the “risk”) c. debt retired in full ($99MM of the “risk”). Publicly disclosed in the most recent 10-K for each company (search for "Riley" in the filing)
5) Wolfpack	“RILY’s NAV is Far Below the $1.1 Billion Minimum NAV Requirement That Is Required for the Nomura Credit Agreement Putting RILY at Risk of Collapse in 2023”	is in full compliance FALSE RILY with the Nomura credit agreement. Moreover, reflecting the strength of the relationship, Nomura even granted a no-fee extension when the 10-K filing was delayed. Also see 10-K for current status.
6) Wolfpack	“Over $200 Million of the Goodwill and Intangible Assets on RILY’s Balance Sheet is Attributable to its Telecom Rollup, which is Centered on Dial-up and DSL Internet:” - criticizing them as dying businesses with no value	extremely valuableFALSE Segment is . From just 2020 to 2023, the communications segment has returned over $212.2MM in adjusted EBITDA.
7) Nate Koppikar (TheFriendlyBear) + Bill Abbate Jr. (JrAbbate), Various	RILY committed fraud with loans and closing the FRG acquisition. "The fact $RILY closed the FRG deal while hiding the Kahn loan - an all PIK defaulted loan backed by $FRG shares - is a Hall of Fame worthy act of fraud. I thought after Enron/Sarbox we couldn't have something like this happen in US markets."	FALSE A law firm led an internal investigation, and an independent external investigation both found “The review confirmed what the Company previously disclosed: that the Company and its executives, including Bryant Riley, had no involvement with, or knowledge of, any of the alleged misconduct concerning Prophecy.” “The results of the independent investigation confirmed that the Company and its executives had no involvement with, or knowledge of, any of the alleged misconduct concerning Mr. Kahn or any of his affiliates. This independent investigation was conducted subsequent to the Company's February 22, 2024 disclosure of the internal review performed with the assistance of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as outside counsel.” Also see 10-K
8) Marc Cohodes (AlderlaneEggs), ParrotCapital, Bill Abbate Jr. (JrAbbate), Various	The 10-K will never be filed. They can't produce audited financials.	Audited 10-K FALSE was filed. Delay was due to Audit committee fulfilling its responsibilities and proactively conducting investigations (internal and external).
9) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs) + Nate Koppikar (TheFriendlyBear) + Bill Abbate Jr. (JrAbbate) + ParrotCapital	Sullivan and Cromwell knew about Massive Fraud, and did a "sham investigation"	Sullivan and Cromwell FALSE is one of the most respected law firms, in the US and worldwide. "Sullivan & Cromwell continues to lead all law firm advisers in announced and completed global deals in 2023, according to Bloomberg and LSEG. The Firm advised on global announced deals totaling more than $345 billion, representing a 12.1 percent market share, per Bloomberg, and on completed global deals totaling more than $431 billion, representing a 16.9 percent market share, per LSEG." They're not compromising themselves for a relatively small client.
10) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs), Nate Koppikar (TheFriendlyBear), Bill Abbate Jr. (JrAbbate), Parrot Capital	Marcum is enabling Massive Fraud	MarcumFALSE is a respected audit firm, and 13th largest by revenue. "Marcum LLP advanced into the Top 15 in the 2023 Vault Accounting list of top-ranked accounting firms. Marcum climbed six levels to the No. 13 ranking overall and earned a ranking of 14 in prestige. The Firm also won Top 20 rankings across all Practice Area, Quality of Life, and Diversity categories, including several new classifications added this year."
11) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs)	Nomura is enabling Massive Fraud	NomuraFALSE is a global financial services company, and the oldest brokerage firm in Japan. They operate in a highly regulated industry. They're not putting themselves on the line for a relatively small client.
12) Parrot Capital	"The list of $RILY enablers is massive: Marcum LLP, Sullivan and Cromwell, Seeking Alpha, Holbrook Holdings, $AX Axos Bank, Many, many more."	FALSE There's no global conspiracy whereby these companies - all respected law firms, auditors, banks, and media outlets - are collectively colluding to enable RILY to commit fraud. Requires only two brain cells and one functioning synapse to know there's no grand collusion cabal between these disparate companies.
13) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs), Jonathan Weil at WSJ	Franchise Group shares used to secure Kahn loan: "It is unclear whether Kahn pledged the same shares twice—to both Prophecy and B. Riley."	stated by the company UCC search FALSE As , Simple disproves this. UCC # 202302295747
14) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs)	“Bryant Riley is on the Road, telling people the ‘audit partner at Marcum left’ and that ‘I have made mistakes’ “	hit the 5yr SEC ruleFALSE Marcum audit partner was working on the audit the whole time; the original audit partner had , so he was never working on this year’s audit.
15) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs)	"So it turns out James La Rocca was Fired by MarcumLLP If nothing was wrong with prior $RILY Audits, why is he gone? This will be great in discovery of what exactly went on.	hit the 5yr SEC ruleFALSE Marcum audit partner was working on the audit the whole time; the original audit partner had , so he was never working on this year’s audit.
16) Koppikar (TheFriendlyBear)	“So Bryant Riley did disseminate MNPI back in March” in response to Cohodes claim that he told people the Marcum partner left	5 consecutive yearsFALSE Cohodes claimed Bryant Riley was telling people the Marcum auditor left. Koppikar called that disseminating MNPI. Cohodes statement was false (and thus Koppikar's derivate claim is also false). A different auditor worked on RILY, as Marcum follows the SEC rules; the lead auditor can only serve the client for . As such, Koppikar’s derivative claim of disseminating MNPI is false.
17) Koppikar (TheFriendlyBear)	“He appears to still not be familiar with the voting interest model of consolidation… why is a life science and tech partner signing an extremely complex investment company / broker dealer audit ???” i.e., auditor is unqualified	Marcum is a highly respected auditorFALSE The auditor is fully qualified. ; they don't hire unqualified people, or assign them to clients they're unqualified to audit. RILY is continuing to use Marcum as the 2024 auditor.
18) Marc Cohodes (AlderLaneEggs)	"Now that the $RILY dividend is going away, this omission is serious stuff"	reduced 24Q1FALSE The dividend did not go away. It was from $1.00/share to $0.50/share, to allow them to opportunistically allocate capital. 23Q4 and

There are too many source images for the claims above to embed in a reddit post, and this sub doesn't allow images in comments. Images can be seen on a version of this posted to a sub that discusses RILY in the comments (~55 images). All claims can be sourced on the various social media venues and websites utilized by the short sellers. Other sources include: https://wolfpackresearch.com/research/rily/ and here https://friendlybearresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RILY-Analyst-Day-Questions-12_11_13-Final.pdf and https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2cpgaejc45gocvoqb1ngg/corner-office/how-b-riley-garnered-the-biggest-short-interest-of-2023 and https://www.wsj.com/finance/how-an-unremarkable-deal-became-a-big-threat-to-a-small-investment-bank-f819a169 . https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/304196 form ADV. This is not financial advice. All claim summarizations reflect my interpretation of the short seller claims, and should be verified against original sources, along with all counters.

I'm in South Florida and I have the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and my inner screen is cracked (due to the screen peeling up and opening the inner screen caused it to crack?) I want to upgrade to the Galaxy S24+ but i want to save as much money as possible. Memorial day is also coming up, so hoping there will be an even better deal on the phone.
Only the inner screen is damaged and the outer screen is perfectly fine nor is there damage to any other part of the phone.
I have the phone via ATT but I am switching to T-Mobile due to their switch plan for $800 rebate (which im using to pay for unlocking the phone early)
T Mobile says they will cover up to $800-$1000 for an eligible trade in for the fold 4 (but obviously mine is broken) but it only mentions that the front screen has to work (i assume for normal phones) so I wonder if i can trade in mine for the full value?
I read from this post that it worked? https://www.reddit.com/GalaxyFold/comments/18pum92/attempting_to_trade_in_damaged_fold_4_with_bad/
I dont think I have warrenty any more as its been over a year nor do I have any protection plan (I never bought one as I've never broken the screen of my previous non folding phones.
Samsung told me the repair would be $444 to $560 but I'd rather not pay that much if I can get it repaired for free or for cheap elsewhere, I read other people had gotten cheap repairs for under $50
I am also curious if I could add the ATT device care or whatever plan for $17/mo, have the phone fixed via Asurion and then cancel the plan so I dont have to pay for any additional months especially since im trading in the phone/leaving ATT
If anyone has any advice or information/has been though a similar situation and can help me with this predicament, I'd greatly appreciate it!
I will update the post with photos of the damage and any other info in a few hours when I have another device to take a photo of this one.

Will I face any legal consequences? I came to Germany in a student visa and was finding it hard to find a job. One company told me an easy way to invest €100 and get almost double of it doing some simple task. I did this for two days, received the money too and then I realized I might get legal consequences for getting monet to my account from unknown sources. What should I do?

I bought a pair of Transition xtractive new generation from Zenni, the prescription was perfect and the price was not that bad. Wore them in the morning on my drive to work. Left them in the glasses holder in the car and it was a hot day, around 80 degrees or so. Then on my drive back home from work I put on the glasses and noticed I can't see anything! The lenses were crazing so badly that I thought they are dirty. No matter how much I cleaned them they were still unusable. Ended up returning them. Has this happened to anyone?