If you read my last post, you will see that my conversations with Bobby toward the end of my time at South Grove were not exactly going well. Throughout the process of leaving and meeting with him, I kept wondering “when is he going to let go?” It felt as though he was going to cling to me until I eventually caved and came back. He had allowed my wife and I to stop serving and even attend other churches to take a break. I’m not sure if he thought I would attend somewhere else, be reminded that God only moves at South Grove, and then come back. That was not the case at all. We attended a church in Sandy Springs, GA and then one in Athens, GA which I had attended before. I had never heard preaching like that in person before. Those pastors gave me Christ each Sunday that I attended. That, coupled with my conscience, made it impossible to even think about going back to South Grove.
As a somewhat funny side note, Bobby apparently changed the music that was played on Sunday(s)? I had mentioned in passing during one of our conversations that I had issues with Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Church. Interestingly I was discipled by the preaching at each of those churches early on in my Christian life. However, I had become highly concerned with their theology and how other members might read their name on the lyric screen, and listen to their preaching. Anyway, Bobby brought up the fact that they changed the music “for me.” Honestly, the music was one of my last worries.
Before my last conversation with Bobby, he wanted to know why I couldn’t disagree with issues concerning spiritual gifts and the other issues I had and still be a member in good conscience. I remember the first time I brought conscience up to him, he seemed puzzled. I tried to explain to him that because of the way I felt about certain doctrines, I could not be a member because I believed that I was going against my conscience. That did not register with him.
Up to our final conversation, I felt like I was in a vice grip. I really thought Bobby was going to draw out the painful process of trying to get me to stay at South Grove over several months. That and him trying to pit my wife against me (probably a story for another time). But finally, over lunch at the Blind Pig, something changed. In our last lunch, the vice grip seemed to be loosened completely. Bobby asked if I had heard of the “Leaving the Network” website. I had no idea what he was talking about, but he said he addressed it at a team meeting. I thought nothing of it. He also said “I’m sorry if I’ve ever hurt you in any way.” Pretty vague, but I guess I appreciated it? He blessed me to leave at that point. A few months later, he grabbed lunch with my new pastor at Cleveland Road Baptist Church to “check in” on my wife and I. I would’ve loved to be a fly on the wall, but unfortunately I don’t know much about that conversation other than some of the awkwardness.
That was the last of the excruciating process of leaving South Grove. From being told I had a demon, to “where else are you going to go?”, to Bobby planting seeds of doubt in my wife’s mind, to “I need protected from the sheep,” to anger even mentioning my doubts about Steve Morgan, to “I bless you to leave.” If I said everything was smooth sailing after that, I would be a liar. I think about my time at South Grove everyday. I think of those who I hurt and I think about those who were hurt just like me. I think about those who are deceived and blindly follow. I think about the people who were once my family who would no longer and still no longer talk to me. I think about what was said about me after I left, if anything. I’m angry most days and sometimes I don’t know why. Except I do know why. I was a fool. Who moves across the country for something like that? Who gives up everything for something like that? Apparently someone like me. And for what? If nothing, it makes me long for justice. It makes me long for the day that I will be brought home to the One who loves me. That day seems really far away now though. Until then, I’m tormented by my time in the Network.

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hello name is david hobby unity game dev generalist , made about 40 small games past 5 years mostly for week long game jams , wiped out my portfolio recently to start fresh and just make games i would find enjoyable to work on and enjoyable to play with bit more meat on the bones, do a bit of everything except 3d modelling looking for a atmospheric / melodic style composer for a 2 week game jam from may 24th to june 7th , being near my timezone (EDT) is ideal so we are online at similar times
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Motion to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2004

To move– that the House of Commons recognises
(1) That any individual who is over the age of 18 is able to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to change their official biological sex under the law to reflect their preferred one;
(2) That there are concerns that the current way in which a GRC is obtained are too expensive, too intrusive and decisions too often are not reached in a timely fashion within the courts;
(3) That it is necessary to act on ammendng the GRA to avoid the risk of unnecessary contravention of our obligations to the protected characteristic of Gender Reassignment in the Equality Act of 2010;
(4) That it is also necessary to consider ensuring the correct balance between a system of only Self-ID and the convoluted documented evidence currently required to be reviewed by a panel of Judges.
Therefore–the House of Commons calls upon the Government to
(1) Change the cost of obtaining a GRC from £140 to £5;
(2) Replace the current criteria for obtaining a GRC to a legally binding statutory declaration signed by the applicant and the following witnesses:
A solicitor of the Crown; A judge of the Crown; A statement of agreement from an independent psychologist selected by the courts; All or over 50% of the members of the applicant’s Integrated Healthcare Professionals Team, which may include but not be exclusively limited to the following:- Licensed mental health therapist Endocrinologist Plastic Surgeon General Practitioner A close family member of the applicant; Alternatively or in addition to a romantic partner of 12 months or longer or spouse of the applicant.
(3) The statutory declaration as named above should confirm that the applicant is confident in their choice of preferred biological sex;
(4) The applicant’s intention can thus be interpreted as wanting to live as their preferred biological sex for the remainder of their life, with the understanding that it is permanent.

This motion was written by the Rt. Hon. Gimmecatspls, Conservative and Unionist MP for Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset South

Deputy Speaker,
I rise to present this motion on behalf of my constituents and my party to highlight an issue close to my heart - the Gender Recognition Act of 2004 and its role in equity of the law for binary transgendered individuals (also known by the outdated term transsexuals). Whilst I understand some will be wondering why I am not also including into the discussion nonbinary individuals, it is simply because the GRA as it stands caters only for those who identify within the binary gender scale, and my expertise does not extend to how the provisions may be replicated for that demographic. Nevertheless, I believe the proposed changes in the bill as it stands to be necessary, and would be willing to support consideration of extending the scope to those outside the gender binary.
There is another reason that I feel so proud of being the one to introduce this motion and it is because I believe this ammendment finally covers ground that prior to this had proved too hard to solve. That is the conflict between those who have genuine reasons to seek out a Gender Recognition Certificate and those for whom it may not be in their best interests to do so. The latter group is composed of those who are either non-binary or those who are still questioning their gender; and the former is a much smaller and very rare group of opportunists who seek to exploit the system by claiming to be transgender when they are not.
In relation to the former group, one of the proposed solutions that had been put forward in the past to resolve the issues with the GRA overall was one of only using Self-ID, which removes the medical aspects of what is otherwise a medical condition altogether in favour of self identification. The main reason I don’t support this, and is also the source of concern for some of those who oppose reform altogether, is because opportunists can then exploit the system with no checks and balances. In summative terms and in terms of my solution to this issue, I believe that we need medical confirmation of an individuals’ transgender identity to provide the necessary checks and balances not just to weed out the fakers, but also to make sure it can work as intended for those who do need it.
In terms of the latter group, the provisions of this motion serve to make even clearer the fact that as the law stands, the GRA is not appropriate for those who are still deciding which gender they identify as, or if they are nonbinary. By making certainty of congruence of an individual’s gender identity one of the eligibility criteria needed to get a GRA, I believe we will safeguard from hasty decisions being made that will be hard to reverse, and thus have solved the issue that so many were concerned by.
In conclusion, I hope those who have found the current system intrusive or found obtaining a GRC too expensive know that someone in Parliament has their back. I hope colleagues on both sides of the house will join me in showing that we have listened to their concerns and acted on them, and I commend this motion to the house.
This debate shall end on Friday 24th at 10PM BST

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!!!

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Levi Colwill is set to be named in England's preliminary squad over Chelsea team-mate Ben Chilwell, report the BBC.
Meanwhile, Luke Shaw is also expected to be included amongst the left-back options, according to The Guardian.
Shaw has not featured for Manchester United since February due to a muscle injury.

Jarell Quansah has been handed his first senior England call-up, according to The Times.
The Liverpool defender is set to be named in the Three Lions' provisional squad for this summer's Euros.
Quansah has been capped four times at under-21 level since making his debut in October.
He joins Liverpool team-mate Curtis Jones in the preliminary squad.

Our food pantry is very lucky that a local grocery chain donates their unwanted or overflow baked goods twice a week. This ranges from garlic bread loafs, to donuts, or pies. Whatever doesn't sell within a specified time frame, they truck to us twice a week at 5 am. Our team puts together a box for each family; we try to be fair and give everyone a little of what's available. At 7 am, you walk up to the front door, sign the paper with your name and we hand you a box. It's first come first served until we run out and our policy is we turn no one away as long as we have food to give.
This morning a boomer was in line behind a woman with two small children. The boomer had nice clothes, very nice watch, jewelry. I'm not trying to judge but she was clearly not in need and she isn't taking it to give to others (because of her comment later) The two kids were 5 and 7 I'd estimate and probably hungry, because they were pretty jumpy while mom was trying to sign the form. It took maybe, MAYBE, 2 minutes for this lady to get her box, sign, thank us and leave. As soon as Ms. Boomer gets her box, she starts complaining about the awful wait and how 'she shouldn't have those kids if she can't feed them' Ma'am you are standing there taking the same food this woman was here for, you are in no position to pass judgment. She then left, no thanks, and came back later to complain that she didn't get any donuts and wanted any we had left over. There were no donuts for any one today, some bakery cookies which everyone else was happy to take.

so this guy is nanliligaw pero parang kami na talaga, I just don’t name the relationship pa kasi ayaw pa ng parents. so okay naman kami minor tampuhan and all but one thing happened nung lumabas ako with friends and 2 lang kaming girl, 3 guys and 1 gay. inupdate ko sya pero nag selos sya for like 2 days din kami di nakapag usap since may ginawa din daw sila sa office team bldg sa beach kaya wala signal. so okay understood, we exchanged sorries and said na sumobra sya and ako rin i know. dito nag start yung kinaya na nya di ako kausapin ng araw.
so fast forward, okay naman kami like i said may tampuhan pa rin onti pero ok naman tapos biglang hindi sya nakapag chat, with his work akala ko work problem, until 7 days na, nag send sya vm saying sorry and how he wants to say sorry after nya sa kung ano tinatapos nya and also sabi nya okay lang sya. hindi sya yung tipo ng tao na mangghost kaya di ko talaga inexpect ganto. so after nya isend yon di na sya ulit sumagot and here i am still waiting kung kelan ko malalaman anong nangyari kasi di nya nabanggit sa vm yon.
last saturday chinachat nya pa sister ko and parang nagbibigay ng hint na andito rin sya and all (magkalapit lang kami ng bahay) pero di sya nagmessage sakin. so ano yun? naiinis na ko kasi hinahang nya ko. syempre umasa ko na eto na yun, makakapag usap na pero hindi. tomorrow it will be 2 weeks na ganyan estado, I messaged him na di ako makakahintay kung ganyan sya na wala ulit paramdam when I know naman na active sya sa social media. i didn’t have problems sa kanya before and mas sya yung may problems sakin nga e. pero this, i don’t understand. can someone help me? should i still wait sa sasabihin nya or just let this go. I love him and I never told him that but he always told me naman na he loves me. super akong nagpigil sa feelings ko nung mga ok pa kami and now punong puno ako ng feels. please help me naman po, kasi i need someone’s kind words to face this. thank you!

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Harry loses attempts to add certain new claims and allegations to his existing complaint. It looks like he was allowed to add some things though, but I cannot tell what from this article. Trial on original claims and the allowed new claims will go forward is scheduled for January 2025.
A judge [Mr. Justice Fancourt] criticised the Duke’s lawyers for trying to “inculpate the man at the very top” by pinning knowledge on him personally.
He said the allegations made against Mr Murdoch added nothing to his case.
The Duke was also denied a request to extend his claim by including allegations that date back to 1994.
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He was refused permission to include the names of some 150 private investigators, some of which had no specific claims made against them.
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He also refused permission for allegations to be newly made against NGN’s Management and Standards Committee and those relating to the targeting of politicians.
The judge added: “Tempting though it no doubt is for the claimants’ team to attempt to inculpate the man at the very top, doing so will add nothing to a finding that Ms Brooks and Mr James Murdoch or other senior executives knew and were involved, if that is proved to be the case.”
The judge said that the allegations made “directly made against Rupert Murdoch personally” added nothing to the Duke’s claim.He said: “I cannot see what difference is made to the allegations of habitual and extensive unlawful information gathering (UIG), knowledge on the part of senior executives, and concealment and destruction, by trying to pin actual knowledge on him personally.
“There are already allegations pleaded against Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch, who are his trusted lieutenants in relation to News Corporation and NGN and who are very senior executives in their own right.”
The judge criticised the Duke’s legal team for trying to bring forward too many amendments at too late a stage, in what he described as a “very expensive and time consuming exercise”.He also criticised NGN for failing to concede enough of the lesser amendments.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/05/21/prince-harry-loses-case-include-murdoch-phone-hacking-sun/

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?!

Someone stole my name using a third-party program that allows automatic pre-clicking and works non-stop. Then he offered the account that put the name on me for sale and then blackmailed me in exchange for returning what was stolen from me. He did that with several names consisting of only one letter. My name that was stolen is (N). (I know that you will tell me that the process of changing the name requires confirmation of the player himself, but the player whom you are protecting under the pretext of privacy violated the user agreement by using a third-party program and also offered the account for sale that bears my name.. All the problem was I wanted to transfer the name to my main account. I asked your technical team He helped me in advance with the transfer process, but he gave me a routine solution, and I did it and lost my name, so I blame you for the violation of my privacy and the blackmail that I am subjected to on a daily basis.

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!