I have a 61F at home for lab practice. I pulled out my Asus router and it was working properly with IPv6 DHCP-PD. It was using SLAAC on the LAN side, it all worked.
I can't for the life of me get it to work on my Fortigate tho. FortiOS 7.2.6.
Here's my WAN config.

config system interface edit "wan1" set vdom "root" set mode dhcp set allowaccess ping set type physical set lldp-reception disable set role wan set snmp-index 1 config ipv6 set ip6-mode dhcp set ip6-allowaccess ping set dhcp6-prefix-delegation enable config dhcp6-iapd-list edit 5 next end end next end 

I don't get an IPv6 address assigned to the interface.

FW1 # diag ipv6 address list dev=5 devname=wan1 flag=P scope=253 prefix=64 addr=fe80::6d5:90ff:fecc:3da preferred=4294967295 valid=4294967295 cstamp=40777 tstamp=40777 

The weird thing is, I am getting a prefix delegated to me.
If I do a GET on the WAN1 interface, I see the delegated prefix, but no interface IP.

ipv6: ip6-mode : dhcp nd-mode : basic ip6-address : ::/0 ip6-allowaccess : ping icmp6-send-redirect : enable ra-send-mtu : enable ip6-reachable-time : 0 ip6-retrans-time : 0 ip6-hop-limit : 0 dhcp6-prefix-delegation: enable delegated-prefix iaid 5 : 2001:x:x:xxx::/56 

What am I missing?

Hi, I’m(22F)graduating from an Australian Uni with a double major(Psych&Crim B.A) soon and I am unsure of how to reroute it to clinical(from what I know is usually B.S). I’ve always been fascinated with clinical work and doing analysis and research. But by the time I realised this passion I was already in my second year of Uni and I feel like its too late for me to change course and I do not have the financial resources to change my degree. I was wondering what jobs I could do and I’d honestly settle for forensics at the point since my second major is in Criminology. I don’t wish to take up law school since being a lawyer is not in my scope of passion. I’m lost on what kind of internships I should be applying to if I were to do clinical psychology. I have plans to do my masters and PhD but again unsure what kind of masters(Neuroscience etc.)to pursue. In the meantime, I’d like to have a decently paying job so I could save/accumulate money to afford my masters programme and to also build a portfolio for when I do(or can)apply to start clinical practice. Any advice would be much appreciated <3

Yeah I think this community is long past its prime tbh. We've fallen off. May God help us.
CW: vietnamese sniper nest, jelim gets really high, jelim is misgendered at least once, properly foreshadowed plot twist, Prestige Exterminator Vrapic
Memory Transcription Subject: Jelim, Extermination Commander
Date (standardized human time): September 21, 2136
I was really not built to take breaks. I rarely ever did, but I couldn't really tell if that was the cause or the symptom of my not-quite-a-problem.
Well, sometimes it was a problem. I knew Jack would've liked it if I took more time off for my personal life. But, on the other branch, I had a lot of plaques on my office wall back at the district. Couldn't get that if I kept slacking off.
Well, technically, I wasn't slacking off. Technically, I was healing from the ass-beating I had gotten from Heval a little while. Yeah, I'd say I'm good as new by now. Pride's still bruised, though. But, still, people were dying. I should've been out there.
The news broadcast in my hospital bed turned off. That was a shame. It was the one thing I liked looking at in this sterile and soulless room.
Okay, let's take inventory here. We've got... let's see... we've got a wall... another wall... ooh, that one has a window, but yep, still mostly wall. All white, too. You know, it wouldn't kill these people to add in a splash of red or green in here.
"Okay, Jelim, focus up." I turned to look at the door.
Isola stood in it.
Oh. That's unexpected.
"Why the hell are you alive?" I snapped. Okay, maybe not the best way to start a conversation. "And where the hell have you been?"
Now, that's an important question. Good on you, Jelim. You should ask those more often.
She walked into the room, closing the door behind her. "First of all, that's not important. And second of all, I did some snooping. That's why I say you have to focus up." Oh, I was focusing.
"Well, first of all, that is important." It was. But it could be discussed later. "But, as to the second part, I'm all ears." There was nothing she could say that I hadn't already heard.
"Sevros is going to get away." Oh. There was. That was a new one. "I know it. His shuttle is being prepared for launch right now."
God damn. How does she know this stuff?
"He's stored the shuttle at an abandoned hangar in the mountains, his convoy is on its way there right now," said Isola. "If we go fast, we can catch them."
"How, exactly, do you know this?" I asked.
"You think you're the only one who can talk to Salvek?" Oh. That made a lot of sense, actually. "I'm a lot smarter than I usually get credit for." And a lot more arrogant, apparently.
"Your results should speak for themselves, Isola." I waved a wing at the far wall, where my bodyguards had put up my fifth 'Valor Under Fire' award until I could hang it in my office. "Like that."
"Fair point," she conceded. "Now, let's go. We don't have any time to waste."
I sighed, smoothed out a few feathers, and hopped out of my hospital bed. If I'm going to be wrapping this whole thing up, I'd better look nice in the process. "I'll go ahead and secure the shuttle bay, you drum up whatever force you can spare to finish this off." I was already making a plan, a pretty good one too if I do say so myself, and I was out the door in seconds.
"I'll send the location to your pad!" Isola exclaimed before we parted ways. She could probably find Karelim and a few others, if everybody wasn't already fighting in Federation Tower.
I knew those idiots should've held some officers in reserve! I could've told them as much, too, but they didn't brahking listen. I swear to god, this Guild is going to drive me off the deep end one day.
I found the stairwell, waved off all the hospital workers I found, and jumped over the railing to land gracefully on the bottom floor. I love my wings. I was in the basement. Never mind.
Well, better get to work. There's got to be a ramp here somewhere.
I left the stairwell to find myself in a hospital parking garage that was mostly empty of cars, with an extermination van pulling in via a ramp. Oh. Great! Reinforcements!
I ran over to the vehicle, waving a wing in the air, but I stopped in my tracks when I saw who was driving it. Oh. Great. Racists. "Didn't I send people to arrest you?" I asked, patting my hip for a sidearm that I hoped I wouldn't have to use.
"You did. I want to know why."
"Officer Kern advised me-" He cut me off. Yep. I already know where this is going.
"And you believed him?" Vrapic scoffed. "Him, a predator, a creature built on violence and lies?"
I shrugged. "He's been pretty straightforward so far."
"You are a danger to the people of Dayside City, Jelim." Oh, you say that again. Say that again, and see what happens. "You've allowed yourself to become tainted by a predator, and I can't allow that."
I put my claw on the butt of my pistol. "And what, exactly, are you going to do to stop me?" I could deny the accusation, but we both knew that wouldn't work on his type. God, I hope I won't have to kill him.
He also carried a pistol. I did not want to use mine. I stepped closer to the van. "You stay back!" He drew his gun. I took another step. He fired once at my feet. "Put on the cuffs, or your brain paints the floor." He tossed a pair of handcuffs at my feet.
Only one? Dumbass.
"Well, you've got me," I sighed. I unclipped my holster and tossed it away before bending over to put on my handcuffs. "What now?" I gave a pitiful two-clawed wave.
"Get in the van." God damn, you really are stupid, aren't you?
I took a few sheepish steps forward, feigning cooperation until I got within claw's reach of his gun. Then, in a flash, I grabbed his wrist with both claws and pushed it up and away from my head. He didn't fire.
So he doesn't have it in him to shoot. Good. That's good. It means he's not too far gone.
I was getting old, as exterminators went. Vrapic was supposed to be my replacement. I had been training him for years to turn out more or less like me. Funny how that turned out, huh? At the moment, however, I was kicking him in the chest. Sometimes, things didn't go as planned.
I kicked once in the chest and once in the liver for a nasty two-piece combo, sending him doubled over and gasping in time for a nasty shot to the head.
Not from my gun, of course, but God damn it must've felt like it. My kicks were brahking lethal. I wasn't even exaggerating that much.
Vrapic dropped like a two-hundred-pound sack of bricks. Stay down, dog. Next time, don't bite the hand that feeds you. I really needed to write some of these one-liners down. Or maybe start saying them out loud. Either one was good.
Anyway, I had work to do. I did a brief check on the response team, which was going well, and I went outside. It was a beautiful day out. Not very windy. The sun was high in the sky, too, which it usually was in a place like this.
Usually? Hell, try always. I brahking hate this planet sometimes.
The gravity felt heavy on my oh-so-fragile bird bones. It always did. That was why no Krakotl I knew could manage to fly on this planet.
Quite frankly, most of the Krakotl I knew were lazy.
I took off, with some effort, and it didn't take long before I was high enough to rely on wind and updrafts to ease my flight. After that, it was smooth sailing all the way to the shuttle pad. I passed the skyscrapers in seconds, was in the forest just as quickly, and it was nothing but clear skies and beautiful views before I reached the coordinates Isola sent me.
How did she find those, anyway? I might have to ask.
It took me a while, but I was nothing if I wasn't tough. After enough time, I could begin to make out the gray peaks of a mountain range in the distance. I wasn't even sure Venlil Prime had those.
I didn't see anything special at first, even with my sharp vision. Hell, I could barely see the road after so many years without maintenance. It was practically overgrown by now. I closed on the coordinates, finally making out the gray of a shuttle hangar against the gray of the nearby mountain range, before some idiot shot at me from below.
Three-round bursts. Automatic weapon. The shooter's probably camouflaged above the tree line.
I tucked my wings and rolled, losing altitude fast, pretending as if I had been shot. I even yanked a few feathers free and scattered them to give the illusion of a bullet impact.
Yeah, that probably won't do anything, but I've always had a flair for the dramatic.
I landed fast and hard on the forest floor, drawing my pistol and searching. In the distance, not too far away, there was a hangar door and a dirt road leading up to it. I saw it through even all the thick underbrush of the place, because it was a really big type of shuttle, and I heard a few voices as well. Mercenaries, most likely.
They were approaching my position. Must've seen where I fell, and now they were confirming the kill. I could see three armed Venlil heading toward me, cautious but still entirely oblivious.
Okay, let's think here. They don't know I'm alive. They don't know where I'm hiding. I'll take them out one by one.
I crouched by a tree, waiting for the mercenaries to get close enough to act. I holstered my weapon, opting instead for the element of surprise. No weapons. They make too much noise. Just claws.
There's one... two... where's three? I looked around. I heard a twig snap a short distance behind me. There's three.
Footsteps. Closing. So close, now. I lied in wait like some kind of ambush hunter, crouching down like a coiled spring, until I saw a black-furred shape appear in my view.
Three feet away. Five and a half feet tall. Lightly armed. Totally oblivious. He swept the forest with his rifle, moving slowly and tactically, but it wasn't doing him any good at the moment. He had no idea what was coming.
I sprang from my cover the second he looked away, knocking him to the ground with a sweep of my leg and cutting out his throat at the same time. It wasn't pretty, killing never was, but I did it easily enough. One down. Two to go.
The second one wasn't much harder. The bushes were thick, thick enough that I couldn't move in them without creating noise, but he and his friend were making just as much so I just stayed low and did my job. Swept his legs, cut his jugular, light work all around.
The third guy was smart, though. Really smart, because he started booking it back to home base the second his friends stopped responding. Clearly, he wasn't getting paid very much.
Unfortunately, there was nobody else left outside. I shot him. I never did get how some people got used to that.
Now, it was time to go inside. There was a side door next to the main one, unguarded of course, and I entered it. The hangar was large, but that was to be expected. Dusty, but that was also to be expected. A quick sweep of the grounds confirmed my earlier suspicions that, yep, nobody was left inside. Idiots.
I had a text from Isola. First, Heval hadn't been spotted at Federation Tower. That was bad news. Second, Sevros' men were ten minutes out. That was worse. I had to work fast.
I had seen a perfect vantage point on my way here. I had an assault rifle with a poorly-attached sniper scope, courtesy of the guy who tried shooting me earlier, slung across my back. I went outside, spread my wings, and took to the skies.
This was going to be over quickly.
I saw movement on the road not long after. I was in a perfect sniper's nest, concealed by foliage and with a good vantage point to the road, and I waited until they reached a part without much cover before I began firing.
There were three vehicles, and my sniper's nest gave me a good vantage point on all three. Two were exterminator trucks, and their complements of hired muscle were all exposed in the flatbeds. The other was an exterminator van, much less exposed and in the center of the convoy. Sevros' vehicle.
I shot that one first, popping a tire and sending it skidding to a halt. The rear truck crashed into it, damaging them both, and I triple-tapped most of the goons in its flatbed before they could do anything. The forward vehicle stopped, a stupid call given the situation, and I shot out its tires before putting down the machine-gunner who had stayed in the flatbed. Everybody else had bailed out.
There were only a few goons left now. No more than ten, by my guess. They were all taking cover by the trucks, looking for me to no avail, and I lined up a shot on one of them on the other side of the convoy.
It worked. They seemed to think I was shooting from the opposite direction of where I actually was, despite the fact that the body fell the wrong way, but Venlil muscle men were hardly the smartest of the bunch. They practically fell over themselves to get to my side of the convoy, inadvertently leaving them completely without cover.
To borrow a human idiom, it was like shooting fish in a barrel.
The entire security force was cleared out in three minutes, barring a few stragglers. None of them had ever faced a sniper before, and they seemed content to huddle in places where I had already tried and failed to shoot them. I could wait until Isola's people got here, they weren't far out, but I really didn't want to.
If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Especially in this economy.
I flew from my sniper's nest like I had places to be, which I did, and I landed hard and fast next to the middle van. I cleared the outside of it first, taking out whatever goons I'd been too preoccupied to shoot earlier, before my attention was grabbed by a door opening at the back of the van.
More goons. Great.
The first one to come out got two in the head. So did the second one, as I advanced to clear the inside. I moved quickly, a bit sloppy too, and a brown paw shoved my rifle to the side. "You son of a bitch!"
Excuse me? I'm a woman, I'll have you know.
I ducked and rolled as a fist flew at my head, only to catch another one to the beak in a nasty uppercut when I did. I dropped my rifle, not by choice, which was kind of stupid looking back. Hindsight is always 20/20. I countered with a leg kick followed by another to the liver, which he shrugged off like last time.
Well, it's clear fighting normally doesn't work. Guess I'll just have to fight dirty.
I jabbed at his face, blocked another punch, and scooped up some dirt with my leg to throw in his eyes. It worked, he was blinded for half a second, and I kicked him in the face. Straight in the eye socket, too. That's gotta hurt. I'd feel bad if he wasn't such an asshole.
He stumbled backwards a few steps and reached in the van for a weapon. Wait a minute. I have a gun, too! I was practically surrounded by them.
I grabbed the rifle on the ground with my leg, shooting out Heval's legs in the process. He fell and rolled, pistol in paw, but I kicked it away and tossed the rifle up to my wings. I caught it and leveled it at his head. "You give?"
Heval looked to his right. Sevros sat pressed against the far end of the van, looking positively terrified. Hell, I couldn't blame him. "Does he give up?" I asked. Sevros was too afraid to answer.
"Fine, then." I kicked Heval in the face, then a paw swept my other leg and I fell. Another paw grabbed my rifle, he jumped on top of me and pinned my wing under his leg, and then he started choking my lights out. It all took, like, three seconds, too. God damn, that guy is good. Next time, I'm just shooting him.
If there was a next time. Judging by where I was at the moment, there probably wouldn't be.
I tried clawing at his liver, but his other paw grabbed my wing and held it tight to the ground. I was effectively paralyzed, and I couldn't do anything about it either. I probably didn't have much air left, too, now that I thought about it. My lungs were starting to hurt.
"This time, I'll finish the goddamn job," he snarled. Whatever snappy retort I would've made died pretty quickly in my airless throat. Choking to death was really not a good way to die.
Well, none of them are really good ways to die. This one just sucks more than most.
I clawed at what I assumed was Heval's hamstring, then his wrist, but that didn't do much more than make him mad. Plus, I was really running out of air, and he was bleeding on my legs from where I shot him.
Yeah, that's going to be a problem. Venlil blood is impossible to get out of your feathers these days.
To add insult to injury, or injury to insult, he pinned my wing with his leg and started punching me in the goddamn face. That was never a good thing to be on the receiving end of.
"Just-" punch "You-" punch "Die-" punch "You-" punch "Little-" I didn't hear what came next. That was probably because I was running out of oxygen.
Well, I figure nobody lives forever. As lives go, I think I've had a good one so far. I have no regrets.
Well, maybe a few, but nobody's perfect.
A gunshot. One. The grip on my throat slackened. I sprang into action, locking us together and rolling on top of him, but it really wasn't necessary.
Heval was dead. "Well, I see you were busy today," Isola's voice came from behind me.
"Whatever they're paying me, it's not brahking enough." I really wasn't sure on that end. My salary, if you included all the bonuses I got from putting in work and subtracted all the deductions I got for not being a head-up-my-ass brain-dead robot like I was supposed to, was never that consistent.
"Now, as to this bitch," I gestured toward Sevros, who was shooting a glare at me. "Come on, Isola." I stood up, unarmed for now. It really didn't matter, though, because it was over. I had won.
You know what? Screw it. I'm throwing the most kickass party once I get back. I deserve it.
"Isola?" Sevros asked. Yeah, that's what I said. I'm so glad you're not going deaf. There was the faintest glimmer of hope on his features for a moment. Does he know someone else named Isola? What? Then she stepped into his view, gun held sideways at his head, and his expression switched to sheer and utter confusion. "What? Why?"
Not terror, that came later. Confusion. Betrayal, almost. Hope at hearing her name, then confusion at seeing her point a gun at his face. Why would he be confused? "Put these cuffs on," said Isola, tossing him a pair. He just stammered gibberish. Why would he be confused?
"I gave you what you wanted."
Six words, and everything fell down.
Six words filled in six hundred blanks.
Oh, hell.
Isola's the spy.
I wheeled, quick, but Isola was quicker. She jabbed an injector to my neck and I went down like a brick. Paralyzed. Can't move a muscle. Pretty uncomfortable spot to be paralyzed in, too.
"Why?" I choked out. That took way more effort than it should have.
"He offered to free my brother from the facility. Made good on the deal, too."
Oh. Well, at least the motivation makes sense.
Really, I was in shock from this whole thing. I couldn't even bring myself to get angry, I was so surprised. Even with everything spelled out in front of me, with the evidence of her crimes as clear as a Nishtal sunrise, a part of me still didn't believe it was real.
I silenced that part. It was very clearly wrong.
Isola sold me out. She sold us all out. How many people died for one brahking Yotul?
When I got my claws on her and Onsel, it wouldn't be pretty. I could swear by that much.
"Unfortunately, he blabbed before I could get to him," Isola explained. I knew that! Sevros started yelling something about 'upholding the deal', and Isola turned and shot him three times.
Or, at least, I thought she did. My view wasn't all too great from being face down on the ground. Isola must've guessed that, too, because she at least had the kindness to flip me around. "I really didn't want to do this, you know. I'm sorry that it had to be this way."
She aimed her gun at my head. I still couldn't move one bit. "You're an exterminator. Think of this as justice." She's trying to justify it. To who? Me, or her?
I didn't beg. I didn't cry. I didn't scream, nor did I close my eyes and wait. It would be better to see the end coming. "I'm sorry, Jelim," she said, gun unwavering in her paw as she spoke. She didn't look very sorry.
"No witnesses."
First Previous R.I.P. sevros ik he looking up at us rn🙏🙏

Race Information

• Name: Mad City Ultras 50K
• Date: April 20, 2024
• Distance: 50 Kilometers
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Website: https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/122616#resultSetId-449259;perpage:100
• Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/11225408991
• Time: 3:04:04

Goals

Goal	Description	Completed?
A	2:50-52	No
B	Sub 3	No
C	Win	Yes

Splits

Mile	Time
1	5:49
2	5:45
3	5:49
4	5:35
5	5:34
6	5:41
7	5:56
8	5:42
9	5:49
10	5:31
11	5:41
12	5:47
13	5:55
14	5:51
15	5:37
16	5:48
17	5:37
18	5:39
19	5:47
20	5:50
21	5:53
22	5:58
23	6:06
24	5:52
25	6:03
26	6:12
27	6:14
28	6:29
29	6:11
30	6:03
31	6:14

Training

Following CIM (Recap: https://www.reddit.com/AdvancedRunning/comments/18hyxcl/took_my_shot_at_the_moon_and_finished_thankful/), I took about about a week and a half off running completely. For once I didn't really have a Spring race locked up ahead of time. Since I wanted to go all-in for this trials thing I decided against signing up for Boston 2024; the first time I wouldn't sign up since I started marathoning in 2018.
Immediately after CIM, I emailed the elite coordinator to inquire about the pro-development field. Unfortunately the field was full, but I was put on the wait list. I figured I would make my final decision post Olympic Trials, thinking people would most likely scratch afterwards.
My second option was USATF 50K Champs in March but after checking in with how my body was holding up 90 days post CIM, I thought it would be too quick of a turnaround. Plus, from my understanding, members of the 50K Road Team for 2025 would not be chosen from this race. So that made my decision much simpler.
My final, and most likely option would be Mad City 50K. The USATF site said that the third spot from the previous year was typically chosen for the team. So the goal would be to run under the qualifying standard (3:00) and win. Judging from past results it would probably take sub 2:55 to take the win here. Coach and I thought sub 2:52 would be possible.
My first full week of consistent running would be the week of Christmas when I was home for the holidays. It was easy to be motivated when the low temps was 50 degrees instead of the 20 back home. 58 miles on 6 days to start and then it was back to Ohio.
I spent the start of January essentially shitposting all of my runs. Chipotle had a segment challenge in my town where the prize was free chipotle for a year for the most segments on a .18 mile stretch. I had no shot of winning but I wanted to make sure my buddy didn't pack it in after gapping the field early. This lasted about a week when my coach responded to my text about potential Spring races with:
"...You'd need to get pretty serious now and prob stop running back and forth for 8 miles lol."
Noted.
The remainder of January was filled with just getting consistent miles, jumping into other people's workouts, and rehabbing this lingering glute issue. While miraculously the issue from last Fall disappeared the morning of CIM, it came back in full force as soon as I crossed the finish line. I made big improvements and was able to be start working out on the 31st.
February Miles: 324 Miles Highest Mileage Week: 86.09 (6 days)
Highlights:
Feb 3rd: 11 miles w/ 30 second pickups and then 3x 5min on the Olympic Trials Course. Splits: 5:19, 5:02, 4:56
Feb 7th: 20x 1 min @ MP/1 min uptempo (7.41 miles, 5:33 avg)
Feb 14th: 15 x 1 min on/1 min off, 16x 30 seconds on/30 seconds off (8.29 miles, 5:43 avg)
Feb 18th: 12x1k w/ 200 jog 4@ MP + 10 seconds (3:27-26-25-24) 4@ MP (3:19-19-18-19) 4@ HMP > 10k (3:10-09-07-04)
Feb 21st: 20x 1 minute on/1 minute on @ MP + 30 seconds, 5 flat mile 8.26 miles, 5:32 pace, final mile: 4:58
Feb 25th: 15x1k w/ 200 jog recovery. 5 sets at 50k pace 5 sets at MP 5 sets at HMP >
3:26-26-25-23-21 3:19-20-18-16-17 3:10-10-08-08-03
Feb 28th: 30 x 1 min/1 min@ MP +20 seconds (10.78 miles, 5:34 avg). Real feel of 22 degrees, 19 mph winds
Lowlights: Feb 11th: Epic blowup during 16 mile LR (6:14 avg), last 4 supposed to be MP, actual: 5:18, 5:23, 5:53, 5:24. Bad route to finish and massive wind. Completely unprepared and too trigger happy.
March was filled with travel. Two out of state weddings for me and long road trips at the beginning of the month.
February Miles: 341 Miles Highest Mileage Week: 90.41 miles
Highlights:
March 6th: 4x (2-2-2-2) (50k-MP-HMP-Easy)
5:30-5:16-5:00-6:49 5:26-5:22-5:04-6:42 5:29-5:15-5:04-6:31 5:26-5:13-4:59-6:36
March 13th: 6x 1 mile w/ 2 min slow jog 5:04-5:02-4:59-4:58-4:57-4:56
March 17th: 24 miles @ 6:32 avg with final 6 @ 50k Pace: 5:36, 5:29, 5:24, 5:24, 5:27, 5:25
March 31: 20 with progression at 10 starting at 6:00. 6:00 > 5:14. (6:00, 5:59, 5:47, 5:42, 5:35, 5:30, 5:25, 5:21, 5:17, 5:14)
Lowlights: March 2nd: 19.08 miles: 6:11 avg, 12 mile progression 4@5:45-50, 4@5:35-40, 4@5:15-20 Actual: Foot issues with Adidas Pro upper, Blew up at 10.7 miles. High humidity in savannah and driving 9 hours over the last day made for a disaster.
March 9th: 20.12 miles, was supposed to be last 8 @ 50k pace. Made it 5.25 before blowing up because of temps and high humidity in SC.
March 20th: 20x 1 minute on @ 50k/1 minute @ 6:00 10x 30 seconds on @ hmp, 30 seconds @ 6:00 9.08 miles @ 5:39 avg
March 22nd: Wrecked my foot on a trail run in Austin for a wedding and could barely put weight on it for a couple days
April:
April 7th: Tuneup workout/race: 9 miler (start at MP and work down to HMP) 9.05 miles @ 5:14 avg
April 10th: 4x 1 mile w/ 2 min jog Mp-mp-hmp-hmp 5:17-16-03-03
Lowlights: Glute issues began to rear its ugly head following the tuneup workout. I had done this same race the last two years before Boston with little issue. This time I'm pretty sure I got a little too aggressive on a rolling course and just aggravated the spot.

Pre-race

We made the drive out to Madison from Ohio on Thursday morning. My original plan was to stop in Chicago Thursday night and finish the drive the following morning but seeing as it was just about an 8 hour drive from Ohio, I thought it would be best to make it in one trip and try to stay off my feet until race time.
I did a loop on the course with a friend of mine as soon as we got to town to try and scope out what was in store on Saturday. The course would feature some rolling but nothing that seemed to be too much of an issue. Wind was a bit of a menace but hopefully it would die down by race day. As soon as we finished we realized we did the course backwards. Whoops.
Glute continued to be a problem despite how much I tried to roll it out. Shakeout felt awful on Friday and but was hoping that I'd get lucky like I did in December. Spent a fairly lowkey day grabbing my bib, and making a stop at New Glarus to grab beer for home.
We drove the course the correct way after we grabbed our bibs, looking at specific spots to build a race plan. The race would be 5 passes over a 10K loop. The race would start over just behind the finish line. Over the first mile we'd run out of the park, a sharp left a quarter mile in to a neighborhood street, a sharp right for our first hill (first a short small one, a slight dip, and an immediate longer one) before another sharp left onto the sidewalk to pass the first mile. The second mile would begin with a quick downhill section down the sidewalk before jumping on a bike path where it settled fairly nicely. After a quick left to head into a neighborhood section, we'd start a small negligible incline at 2.3, then really feel it ramp up at 2.6 and move up until another set of two sharp left turns 400 meters later. None of these first hills were particularly tough but sharp turns when cresting would make it hard to get back into rhythm, especially when we'd face them later in the race.
Mile four would have a quick downhill section coming off the sharp left turns as we headed towards the parking lot of the arboretum. We'd pass mile four as we made our way up the final incline, the mildest of the three incline sections of this course. A second aid station would greet us just after 4 miles with portapottys and water. The next mile would be a mild downhill section that could be a place to settle into a nice rhythm. Trees surrounded both sides of the road, protecting us from any nasty winds. The final section would be unshaded on one side, as the view of Lake Wingra and far off in the distance the finish line. One final sharp left turn took us out of the arboretum back into the park to finish the loop and do it once more. Almost a mile of this section would not have protection from the wind if it decided to pick up.
The race had sent out the lineup for the 50k earlier in the week. I had scanned through the competitors and thought I'd have a fairly good shot at the win. It seemed like a lot of the men had chosen the 100k instead, which not surprising because it would be the qualifier for worlds this Fall. Regardless of what it said on paper, I was prepared to have some people to race with. I've learned over the years that you can't be too confident; the distances will humble anyone.
Race plan would be to settle into the first two loops at about 5:40 average and then start moving over next two. No major moves until the marathon distance.
I struggled to go to bed the night prior to the race. I didn't think I had overhydrated by any means, but I was waking up every hour or so to go pee. I had a beer at lunch, but I typically have a beer at dinner before races. This was worse than I've experienced before.
I finally got some sleep and then woke up around 5:30 to get ready to head out. Bottles were prepared and bags were packed. I had a maurten bar and drank a Maurten 320 mix. Something wasn't sitting right. I was feeling sick and spent the next hour or so trying not to vomit. I thought to myself that while vomiting would probably ease my nausea, I'd most likely be heading into the race with a caloric deficit. To me it was better to be a little uncomfortable early than heading in without some fuel in the reserves.
The weather for the morning was a nippy 33 degrees with a real feel of 24. Wind had died down compared to yesterday but you could still feel a fairly strong gust come up. I decided to put on my brighton base layer under my singlet and double gloves. If I needed to ditch the mittens, I'd drop it after loop one.
With my stomach still struggling I instructed my girlfriend to hand me Nuun Endurance for the first two loops and Maurten for the final 2. The former was fairly easy to drink and would hopefully help settle me down. I took 3 Gus with me and left the remaining with her.
At this point I had made some adjustments to my race plan. The wind was not great and my legs weren't feeling that race day pop. I would play the conservative game for the two first loops and keep it under 3 hour pace and work my way down. 2:55-8ish would be a great day today. That seemed attainable.
After a 10 min jog and some strides, it was time to head to the start line. The 100k field had already been out for about 90 minutes and we cheered as each passed us. I took my first gu, thankfully I was able to take it down without any issues.
The race official separated the 50k solo runners from the relay teams. I said my final well wishes to one of my athlete's running in the women's field and lined up at the front.

Race

After a bit of shuffling at the start I maneuvered my way to the front. I had two relay runners with me and another that had bolted immediately, gapping the field quickly. A quick left turn into a neighborhood and then a sharp right for our first hill. This first loop would be all about getting my bearings for what's to come. I was okay with a slow first mile. As long was I could maintain an average of sub 5:48 for the loop, I'd be under the 3:00 standard to start. As I crested the first hill and made the sharp turn down the city sidewalk the first beep came through, 5:49. Good good. Stay calm and settle in, don't get antsy with 30 miles to go. Take the first three conservatively and let the last three be the place to make some ground. I brought the pace down slightly over the next mile with a 5:45 and then hit the next hill section in a 5:50. Fine, just fine. Crest the hill and two sharp lefts to get into the arboretum.
As I made my second left I saw the leader of the 50K relay. A bike had pulled back with him. "I wrecked my achilles." To be honest I didn't really know how to respond to this. I said "Are you okay?" knowing full well he wasn't but that's the first thing I could think of. I kept going and thought to myself that this was probably going to be one of the loneliest races I'd ever be in. 3 Miles in and I'd been running the majority of this solo already. I was going to have to get real acquainted with my own thoughts.
It was time for the easier part of the course. While this section had some rolling in it, it was much gentler than the previous section, making it really easy to settle into a groove here. I had looked up the splits of one of the women's winners from one of the past years and saw that this section was the place where you could find a groove. I hit a couple 5:30 mids in this section, trying to focus on holding things back a bit here. A second gu just after 4 where I took some water to help take it down. While the wind was not as nasty as the previous days, the final mile was tougher than it needed to be. A final sharp left to get us back to the finish line as I started to feel some mild discomfort, less than 6 miles in, and I needed to go to the bathroom.
As I got smacked around by the wind a bit over the final stretch, I made the decision to ditch the mittens. I have massive raynauds issues but my hands seemed to be just fine with just one pair of gloves. If worse came to worse I'd ask for them back over the next loop. We came back through the finish straight and I scanned the crowd looking for my girlfriend. For a half second I worried I'd miss her, but sure enough she was there ready. I yelled out for a Nuun bottle, tossed my gloves and grabbed the bottle in one fluid motion. Okay got this one without any issues.
One lap complete in 36:09. I took a couple swigs of a cold Nuun and tossed it in a grass ditch 400 meters later. I'd grab them after the race.
As we left the park section I scanned my surroundings. My stomach had begun to tighten up. I need to go pee bad. I took a final look around, jumped in some bushes and did what needed to be done. Back on my merry way. I knew this mile would be slow with this pit stop and focused on not trying to over compensate with a fast next mile. We'd have plenty of time over the last 12 to be a little more aggressive. The next couple miles would be just focused on setting a barrier for myself. A second or two faster per mile would be okay here, but nothing crazy. I took my second gu without any issue.
I crested the second hill with no issues and enjoyed my downhill reward. Up ahead I saw a familiar singlet in the 100k field. "That's fine." I knew a couple guys from my conference ran for this club just after college. I had actually run my first marathon in this singlet. I immediately knew who this chap could be.
"Kris!"
"Yeah?"
"It's Cris from La Verne!"
"Oh I know who it is!"
I rolled past him and another competitor saying hello. He surged slightly and gave me a loving shove forward.
Editors note I hadn't seen Kris in probably 10 years. I went to my first brewery when I had just turned 21 with this guy before I got all into this scene. Kris would eventually come in third during this race, running a conservative, consistent and calculated race. The meet director said he looked like he was having the best time. I'd agree.
I was in good spirits as I went through the second half of the course. My stomach had settled up and I was able to take my third gu without any issue. As I approached the final straight I yelled "Nuun and two gus please!" My girlfriend was not expecting me to ask for Gu but she made a quick move to grab them just in time for me to pass. It was an awkward pass due to me trying to grab everything in one motion as my hips just started to really feel the movement to grab. I noted this but figured it was just a fluke as I had this feeling during a practice session getting bottles in the past.
I came through in just about 72 minutes and I was fairly confident with how this was going to go still. As I made my move up the first hill I started to get that familiar feeling again. Really, I had to pee again...
Just before 14 I jumped into some trees and went. A 5:51 mile section for my troubles here. This was getting fairly annoying. I thought to myself, this is definitely the last time this is happening, suck it up and get back to business.
I saw another familiar face as I passed a 100K group. Geoff! I said hello and he cheered me forward and it was a nice pep up in a fairly quiet race. I had little trouble getting back into rhythm and cresting the second hill following the pitstop.
As I approached 16 the cracks in the armor began to show. It was a familiar feeling. A feeling back to 2021 when I tried this distance the first time. I've never had this feeling at the marathon distance but somehow this was happening 16 freaking miles into a 50K race.
My feet hurt.
Maybe it's the downhill sections. Maybe it's the pair of Vaporfly 2's that have 100+ miles on them already. This causes a quick short circuit to my confidence. This should not be happening. I'm not running that fast. This is 20 seconds slower than I ran in December.
I quickly shake those thoughts. Be here, now.
I take my fourth gu with no issue.
With my feet in mind I make the conscious effort to pull back on the pace a bit. I ran 5:31 for one of these sections last loop. Let's keep it to 5:38-5:40 to be safe. The pace doesn't feel like I'm straining but my feet just are achy. Hopefully this is just a fluke.
I pass through final stretch once more to grab my first bottle of Maurten. I'm fairly nervous at this point. I've stayed on pace, roughly, but things have been far from perfect and while my stomach is feeling settled, who knows what another chug of maurten 320 is gonna do.
I take the couple swigs and toss it into the patch. I see some familiar bottles. My athlete chose the same area to toss her bottles too.
Over 19 miles in and I'm still pretty consistent here. My feet are still crying out to me but other than that my legs feel relatively okay. As I crest the first hill again, another chip. That sharp left turn is feeling much much harder than it was before. My hips are tight and my left side is beginning to labor with each step. The downhills have been chipping away at an already unstable structure and now 21 miles in, these cracks are starting to show.
Again, I pivot on easing for the next couple miles. Ease the pace and hammer that last 10k. "You've run 5:20's before." There's still a chance here. The harsh reality is starting to set in as I crest the second hill that even the prospect of sub 3 hours is fleeting. My head isn't short circuiting here. It's focusing it's energy on checking in on how I'm feeling. I know this isn't going well. But thinking about it more isn't going to help. I have to live with the cards I'm dealt right now.
The "fast section" is now filled with 5:50s, 10+ seconds slower than miles I was joyfully running an hour earlier. Over the last two miles the thought of dropping out at the end of this loop comes to mind.
I'm not having a good time. My main goal for this race is gone and my feet hurt. Why am I out here...
"Well you're 24/25 miles in this race. You have nothing left on your schedule. You drove and invested all this time/money to do this. You're also winning. Finish this up dude."
As I made the penultimate pass through the finish line area I tried to look somewhat composed. Mostly because I didn't want to alarm my girlfriend. lol. The wind down the final stretch definitely made that a tougher endeavor than I would've thought.
This last bottle had no issue. I had another thought that maybe I could thug it out and pull something out of my butt to take me under. But after that final first hill, I knew it was all gone. I passed the marathon mark in 2:32 and with my muscles now screaming at me with every step I knew these last miles would be about survival.
A 6:13 off the hill. A 6:15 down the hill. The climb up the second hill didn't feel too horrible but once again, I needed to go pee. Of course. Let's rub some dirt in it. I have to pull to the side again. Getting back onto it was harder this time. My knee drive is pitiful as I struggle with each unforgiving next step. The nice downhill sections over 20 miles ago are now my nemesis. I try my hardest to keep myself under 6 minute pace as though that would help heal my fractured ego. But alas, I can't. These legs aren't going. I need to get myself to the finish line. What was my redemption at this distance was an ego check.
I pull myself over the next two miles as the wind keeps smacking me in the face. By the time I hit the final stretch I can't even kick. I put my arms up as I cross the finish. My legs aren't stinging like they did at CIM, I don't have the sharp stabbing pains. My body is just tired.
I'm done. I won. 3:04:04.

Post-race

It's a little over two weeks here writing this. I'm a crowler of a solid IPA here so forgive me on some run on sentences. This race was definitely a punch in the gut but a nice reminder of just how these distances work. I've been lucky enough to have have a string of what I would say home run races since October 2021. I was due for a tough one.
I have New York in the Fall. This course has very similar elevation. Had New York been in the Spring it would have ate me alive in my current state. So I take away knowing that I still have a lot I need to work on to make sure I'm ready come Fall.
I'm fairly disappointed with this effort but I'm thankful all the same here. It's a great learning experience and I had an incredible trip.
As a note for anyone looking at these Mad City races. I was pretty blown away by how they treated us. The event coordinators are incredibly passionate about the race and the people. I received a handwritten card that came in today saying congrats and referencing a conversation we had after the race. I've raced a lot of big races over the years but little things like this mean a lot.
I'll be back eventually. I still have a bone to pick with this distance. Ya'll have been incredible for my successes over the years, while this may have been a stumble, I think it's important to talk about these days too. I’m proud of the effort. I definitely need to state that. That was harder for me than CIM.
We're very lucky to have the opportunity to travel to do these crazy things man.
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Nurses who have worked in Canada and the US do you find nursing or the scope of practice varies? I'm an RN licensed in Ontario and currently working on a medicine floor in a community hospital in the GTA. I just got licensed in New York and am thinking of moving back but I'm not quite sure what to expect....anything I should watch out for or steer clear of? I'm either going to work upstate or the city 🤔🙏 thanksss ✌️❤️😊

Hello fellow queer peoples -
We are looking for 15 (1) AMAB (2) non-binary/gender queer-identifying (3) non-minors (4) who can complete an interview and structured journaling in English. We are looking for a wide range across demographics and the group will be chosen to maximize that range. Not all people who express interest in the study will be chosen to participate in the study.
For the purposes of this study, we are using the following definition of sexual objectification: Sexual objectification is “the experience of being treated as a body (or collection of body parts) valued predominantly for its use to (or consumption by) others” (Flores et al., 2018; Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997, p. 174)
This is a three-part project, where you will:

• Document some sexual objectification experiences in real time – total time commitment is about one hour over the course of 3 – 6 weeks;
• Discuss with me your sexual objectification experiences, specifically how they impact your gender identity and relationship with your body – time commitment is about one hour for an online interview.
• Have the option of participating in a follow up focus group to review the findings and help the research team flesh out the results – time commitment is about 1 -2 hours to review the draft of the results and participate in the focus group.

This is a lot of work! To honor your time, you’ll receive up to $120, divided between the three tasks. Study participation is confidential, you will have the option to choose a pseudonym and we won’t connect any identifying information with your responses.
Who are we? Lee Pradell ([Lee.Pradell@usu.edu](mailto:Lee.Pradell@usu.edu)) and Dr. Renee Galliher ([Renee.Galliher@usu.edu](mailto:Renee.Galliher@usu.edu)) from Utah State University’s Psychology Department are the researchers for this study. This study has been reviewed and approved by our IRB (protocol #14042). If you’re interested, click this link to fill out a demographics questionnaire.

TRICON for Ethical Trans Research

We are actively involved in supporting the trans non-binary community and hope our research can be used to support this work. In accordance with the Transgender Research Informed Consent (TRICON) Disclosure Policy, we would like to provide additional information to interested AMAB non-binary people about our research. “TRICON consists of ten disclosure questions, to be repeated an answered by investigators of research on TGD populations in all announcements, communication, and social media posts that solicit study participants.” TRICON was created to “empower Transgender and Gender-Diverse (TGD) community members to make informed decisions on participation in research studies, within a historical context of decades of research that is all too often biased, defamatory, misgendering, exploitive, or non-consensual.” This and more information can be found at the Trans Policy Reform Blog (https://transpolicyreform.wordpress.com/2022/10/08/transgender-research-informed-consent-tricon-disclosure-policy-2022-update/)
Below are the required TRICON Disclosure Questions with our answers about this study:

1. What is the specific objective of the study and its intended impact on future trans lives?
2. The study aims to document the sexual objectification experiences of AMAB non-binary people through interviews and a real-time flow-chart task. This work is an extension of previous research:
3. The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance (2024)
4. Body maps depict how sexual objectification shapes non-binary people relating to their bodies (2023)
5. These studies used a sample of non-binary people and unintentionally recruited non-binary people that were read as feminine or AFAB and described sexual objectification from this position. We are therefore interested in understanding how AMAB non-binary people experience sexual objectification. This research is intended to create community with participants and researchers through individual and group interviews. The research practice, particularly the process chart component, was described by previous participants as “healing” (Pradell et al., under review). We also intend to expand and contribute to a growing body of research by trans people for other trans people. We see the potential impact in policy, clinical work, pedagogy, and research practice.
6. What is the target study population? Describe geographic scope, languages, and intersectional inclusion?
   1. We are recruiting AMAB non-binary adults who have experienced sexual objectification. We aim to recruit a heterogeneous sample across identity factors to speak to the intersectional nature of sexual objectification. This means we aim for a breadth of racial, ethnic, religious, ability, class and educational identities within our sample. As a monolingual person, we are recruiting English speaking participants. To geographically ground the findings, we are recruiting participants across the United States of America.
7. Who is/are the principal investigatos, and what is/are the sponsoring institution/s organization/s?
   1. I, Lee Pradell (they/them), am the principal investigator. I am a fourth year Ph.D. Clinical/Counseling Psychology student studying at Utah State University (USU). Renee V. Galliher, Ph.D. (she/her) is my research mentor and oversees this study. I am conducting this research as my dissertation project, which is funded equally by the USU Psychology Department and USU College of Education.
8. How are trans scholars/researchers included in leadership of this research work?
   1. I, Lee Pradell, am a trans/non-binary scholar. Josh Parmenter (they/he) is another trans scholar working on this research project. The three other members of our coding team are Elizabeth Grace Wong (she/her), Kevin Chi (he/him), and Renee V. Galliher (she/her). They are queer, cisgender people.
9. Who is funding the study? Describe any conflicts of interest.
   1. I am conducting this research as my dissertation project, which is funded equally by the USU Psychology Department and USU College of Education. The study I proposed is approved by a committee of five researchers with Ph.D.’s who are invested in contributing to a field of rigorous, communal research. We have no other conflicts of interest to disclose.
10. Describe approval of this study by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or equivalent authority and how TGD scholars are represented in the IRB or the oversight process.
11. This study was approved by the USU IRB (Protocol #14042) in March 2024. It went through two rounds of edits between Lee Pradell, Renee V. Galliher, and the USU IRB to follow ethical research practice guidelines. To my knowledge, the USU IRB does not currently include any TGD members. We have however shared with them the Trans Policy Reform Blog and the TRICON information outlining ethical research practice with TGD people.
12. Describe ethical practices in this research that are specific to needs of TGD subjects.
13. Our TGD participants will communicate directly with myself, a TGD person. During the process, I will check on them weekly over email about their wellbeing throughout the research process. We are including a focus group component to both increase the rigor of our research findings and connect our participants with community, which is particularly important for the TGD community.
14. Is there a cost or travel requirement, or is there compensation for participants?
15. There is no cost/travel requirement, all activities are done independently or over Zoom. For participation in this research study, participants receive $40 for completing three charting experiences and $40 for the online individual interview. If they choose to participate in the follow up focus group, they will receive $40 for the online group discussion. Thus, they can earn a total of $120 USD for completing the charting, interview, and follow up group discussion, payable either via a prepaid debit card sent by mail or an online gift card to a retailer of their choice sent by email. They will only be compensated for the portions of the study that they complete. They will be compensated at the end of their participation in the study, after completing all the components of the study they choose to.
16. Is participation in this research required for access to non-experimental affirming medical care?
17. No, participation in this study does not implicate/impact access to affirming care.
18. How will the results of this research be accessible to TGD communities through open access journals or channels?
19. Through the USU digital commons, the accepted dissertation will be posted in May 2025. Published findings will be available through journals after their acceptance. Given the peer-review process necessary to publish in academic journals, we cannot give a precise date of publication. We estimate these findings will be published by May 2026. The journals we publish in often require the author to fund open access, which is not something the USU Psychology Department has historically funded. We do however distribute our manuscripts to open access channels, such as Research Gate and the USU Digital Commons.
20. You will be contacted by myself, from [lee.pradell@usu.edu](mailto:lee.pradell@usu.edu), after you complete the online screening form to let you know if you are eligible for this project. I’ll notify you via email if I’ve selected you to be on this research team - if not, I’ll ask if you’d like to be contacted for future non-binary/queer research projects. If you’re interested, start by filling out the screening questionnaire: https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Uk9xU9A030I44e Thank you for your time, Lee

Hello fellow queer peoples -
We are looking for 15 (1) AMAB (2) non-binary/gender queer-identifying (3) non-minors (4) who can complete an interview and structured journaling in English. We are looking for a wide range across demographics and the group will be chosen to maximize that range. Not all people who express interest in the study will be chosen to participate in the study.
For the purposes of this study, we are using the following definition of sexual objectification: Sexual objectification is “the experience of being treated as a body (or collection of body parts) valued predominantly for its use to (or consumption by) others” (Flores et al., 2018; Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997, p. 174)
This is a three-part project, where you will:

• Document some sexual objectification experiences in real time – total time commitment is about one hour over the course of 3 – 6 weeks;
• Discuss with me your sexual objectification experiences, specifically how they impact your gender identity and relationship with your body – time commitment is about one hour for an online interview.
• Have the option of participating in a follow up focus group to review the findings and help the research team flesh out the results – time commitment is about 1 -2 hours to review the draft of the results and participate in the focus group.

This is a lot of work! To honor your time, you’ll receive up to $120, divided between the three tasks. Study participation is confidential, you will have the option to choose a pseudonym and we won’t connect any identifying information with your responses.
Who are we? Lee Pradell ([Lee.Pradell@usu.edu](mailto:Lee.Pradell@usu.edu)) and Dr. Renee Galliher ([Renee.Galliher@usu.edu](mailto:Renee.Galliher@usu.edu)) from Utah State University’s Psychology Department are the researchers for this study. This study has been reviewed and approved by our IRB (protocol #14042). If you’re interested, click this link to fill out a demographics questionnaire.

TRICON for Ethical Trans Research

We are actively involved in supporting the trans non-binary community and hope our research can be used to support this work. In accordance with the Transgender Research Informed Consent (TRICON) Disclosure Policy, we would like to provide additional information to interested AMAB non-binary people about our research. “TRICON consists of ten disclosure questions, to be repeated an answered by investigators of research on TGD populations in all announcements, communication, and social media posts that solicit study participants.” TRICON was created to “empower Transgender and Gender-Diverse (TGD) community members to make informed decisions on participation in research studies, within a historical context of decades of research that is all too often biased, defamatory, misgendering, exploitive, or non-consensual.” This and more information can be found at the Trans Policy Reform Blog (https://transpolicyreform.wordpress.com/2022/10/08/transgender-research-informed-consent-tricon-disclosure-policy-2022-update/)
Below are the required TRICON Disclosure Questions with our answers about this study:

1. What is the specific objective of the study and its intended impact on future trans lives?
2. The study aims to document the sexual objectification experiences of AMAB non-binary people through interviews and a real-time flow-chart task. This work is an extension of previous research:
3. The Sexual Objectification Experiences of Non-Binary People: Embodied Impacts and Acts of Resistance (2024)
4. Body maps depict how sexual objectification shapes non-binary people relating to their bodies (2023)
5. These studies used a sample of non-binary people and unintentionally recruited non-binary people that were read as feminine or AFAB and described sexual objectification from this position. We are therefore interested in understanding how AMAB non-binary people experience sexual objectification. This research is intended to create community with participants and researchers through individual and group interviews. The research practice, particularly the process chart component, was described by previous participants as “healing” (Pradell et al., under review). We also intend to expand and contribute to a growing body of research by trans people for other trans people. We see the potential impact in policy, clinical work, pedagogy, and research practice.
6. What is the target study population? Describe geographic scope, languages, and intersectional inclusion?
   1. We are recruiting AMAB non-binary adults who have experienced sexual objectification. We aim to recruit a heterogeneous sample across identity factors to speak to the intersectional nature of sexual objectification. This means we aim for a breadth of racial, ethnic, religious, ability, class and educational identities within our sample. As a monolingual person, we are recruiting English speaking participants. To geographically ground the findings, we are recruiting participants across the United States of America.
7. Who is/are the principal investigatos, and what is/are the sponsoring institution/s organization/s?
   1. I, Lee Pradell (they/them), am the principal investigator. I am a fourth year Ph.D. Clinical/Counseling Psychology student studying at Utah State University (USU). Renee V. Galliher, Ph.D. (she/her) is my research mentor and oversees this study. I am conducting this research as my dissertation project, which is funded equally by the USU Psychology Department and USU College of Education.
8. How are trans scholars/researchers included in leadership of this research work?
   1. I, Lee Pradell, am a trans/non-binary scholar. Josh Parmenter (they/he) is another trans scholar working on this research project. The three other members of our coding team are Elizabeth Grace Wong (she/her), Kevin Chi (he/him), and Renee V. Galliher (she/her). They are queer, cisgender people.
9. Who is funding the study? Describe any conflicts of interest.
   1. I am conducting this research as my dissertation project, which is funded equally by the USU Psychology Department and USU College of Education. The study I proposed is approved by a committee of five researchers with Ph.D.’s who are invested in contributing to a field of rigorous, communal research. We have no other conflicts of interest to disclose.
10. Describe approval of this study by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or equivalent authority and how TGD scholars are represented in the IRB or the oversight process.
11. This study was approved by the USU IRB (Protocol #14042) in March 2024. It went through two rounds of edits between Lee Pradell, Renee V. Galliher, and the USU IRB to follow ethical research practice guidelines. To my knowledge, the USU IRB does not currently include any TGD members. We have however shared with them the Trans Policy Reform Blog and the TRICON information outlining ethical research practice with TGD people.
12. Describe ethical practices in this research that are specific to needs of TGD subjects.
13. Our TGD participants will communicate directly with myself, a TGD person. During the process, I will check on them weekly over email about their wellbeing throughout the research process. We are including a focus group component to both increase the rigor of our research findings and connect our participants with community, which is particularly important for the TGD community.
14. Is there a cost or travel requirement, or is there compensation for participants?
15. There is no cost/travel requirement, all activities are done independently or over Zoom. For participation in this research study, participants receive $40 for completing three charting experiences and $40 for the online individual interview. If they choose to participate in the follow up focus group, they will receive $40 for the online group discussion. Thus, they can earn a total of $120 USD for completing the charting, interview, and follow up group discussion, payable either via a prepaid debit card sent by mail or an online gift card to a retailer of their choice sent by email. They will only be compensated for the portions of the study that they complete. They will be compensated at the end of their participation in the study, after completing all the components of the study they choose to.
16. Is participation in this research required for access to non-experimental affirming medical care?
17. No, participation in this study does not implicate/impact access to affirming care.
18. How will the results of this research be accessible to TGD communities through open access journals or channels?
19. Through the USU digital commons, the accepted dissertation will be posted in May 2025. Published findings will be available through journals after their acceptance. Given the peer-review process necessary to publish in academic journals, we cannot give a precise date of publication. We estimate these findings will be published by May 2026. The journals we publish in often require the author to fund open access, which is not something the USU Psychology Department has historically funded. We do however distribute our manuscripts to open access channels, such as Research Gate and the USU Digital Commons.
20. You will be contacted by myself, from [lee.pradell@usu.edu](mailto:lee.pradell@usu.edu), after you complete the online screening form to let you know if you are eligible for this project. I’ll notify you via email if I’ve selected you to be on this research team - if not, I’ll ask if you’d like to be contacted for future non-binary/queer research projects. If you’re interested, start by filling out the screening questionnaire: https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Uk9xU9A030I44e Thank you for your time, Lee

Changes from the previous table:
-1.20.5 added armadillo scutes, which join eggs as the simplest items to automatically farm in category 1.
-The new ability for the end portals to load chunks means that obsidian is now category 1 rather than 2.
-Fixed some errors, including torchflowers and pitcher plants now being category 1 rather than 3 and some issues revealed in making a multi-version automation chart.
Full table:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Oh9PPLsKCkhOsPzi_N5kJyvm4kXdCOAqmUE9DNui8lc/edit?usp=sharing
Due to the impracticality of some farms, there are separate "theoretical" and "practical" tables.
The total theoretical count for this version seems to be 344 automatable items with distinct ID's, 1 more than in 1.20.2
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The automatable items are divided into three categories:
Category 1 items can be produced in spawn chunks/remote chunk loaded chunks, without requiring a player anywhere nearby.
Category 2 items require a player in the general area, for random ticks, mob spawns or other reasons, but don't require the player to be standing in a specific exact place or perform specific actions, allowing the player to still do other things while the farm is working.
Category 3 items may require a player standing in a specific position, sitting in a minecart, or similar. Possibly holding/wearing specific items, and/or with one or more buttons continuously held down.
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This table doesn't take into account duplication glitches, specific or general, all TNT duping can be replaced with withers, so using/not using it doesn't really matter.
Semi- or partially automatic item production is outside the scope of this table, for the items listed in categories 1-3, the only limitations for their production should be time and storage space. Notably, dispenser-based sheep farms consume shears, which can't be automatically produced before 1.21. Quarries also don't count, since they only collect items from the world rather than creating them.
Items are listed by their ID, different NBT tags they may have are not currently taken into account.
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The videos linked are not chosen based on being the best or the first farms of their kind, I don't have the time to analyze every available design for every farm ever. I however tried to chose farms which seemed like they would still work, and also avoided farms based on unintended mechanics where possible. Cases where I'm still looking for an adequate video are marked with "???" or are left empty, suggestions welcome.
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Some farms always have a slight change of breaking due to running out of saplings/shulkers, but by building a sufficient buffer the chance of this happening can fairly easily be reduced to be astronomically low (far smaller than the chance of cosmic ray issues), so I just marked them with a "*" on the "theoretical" table, with the category of a farm version not suffering from this issue, if any, in parentheses after it.
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If you find any mistakes or omissions on the list or find a video you think would be (more) suitable I'm definitely interested on improving the list. The "practical" table is somewhat arbitrary, but suggestions are welcome. Currently bonemeal-based farms are considered practical, but maybe some of them shouldn't be?

my mental health is plummeting. i was on a good run just up until my 2 year mark, felt confident as a nurse, started to enjoy what i was doing more and more, but working 3 12s nights & being in the ICU seeing some really horrendous things has left me with some trauma and dealing with some personal things, i think it is time i make a change. however, i do love the ICU aside from witnessing death & scary situations, i love my patients, i love my scope of practice as an ICU nurse and know I’m not interested in much else, so leaving the ICU is not really on the table.
i’m deciding between dropping back on my hours (almost full time but not quite), becoming an ICU float nurse and working a variable shift (6 weeks days, 6 weeks nights) or attempting to find a day shift position at another hospital (which I don’t want to do because they don’t have great reviews and not many options for pediatrics). I was in school full time on top of this but I’m thinking about doing a medical LOA. I’ve also applied for intermittent FMLA so I can have a cushion should I need to take mental health days. i don’t know what the best option is. i know i need some sort of structure and routine and night shift is leaving me too much time to be isolated and up all night thinking which is making it worse. tack on lack of sleep, i’m a mess. so beyond worried about burnout only two years into my career. i am in therapy, i am on medication, fyi.
has anyone else been in this position? what do you suggest i do?

Hey everyone,
Long-time member of the Path of Exile community here. I wanted to share something that happened today that really has me questioning where our community standards are heading.
I've been using the Poe Exchange Discord (formerly known as Poe Trade) for the last few seasons to offer boss carry services. This has been a significant part of my income, helping fellow players get through tough bosses like Maven. This morning, after completing a carry, I went to repost my advertisement in the usual boss carry channel, only to find out the channel was deleted.
When I inquired about it, the admins told me they "don't support those services anymore" as the scope of the Discord has changed. No prior warning was given, and this sudden shift has a big impact on how some of us have been engaging with the community and managing our in-game economies.
The kicker? I voiced my concerns and was promptly muted for 24 hours. The suggestion from the admins was to fill out a form for a feature request, as if creating a new channel was some monumental task requiring community consensus.
I can't help but feel disappointed. This was the Discord that positioned itself as the "alternative" to the more authoritarian TFT, promising a more open and supportive environment. Now, it seems they are adopting the very practices they once criticized.
I wanted to bring this up here to see if anyone else has had similar experiences and to discuss what this means for our community. Are we just swapping one controlling admin group for another? What should we look for in a community platform, and how do we hold these spaces accountable?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Hey ya’ll.
Just passed today 05/06/2024 - 74 questions and 4 PBQs. None of the PBQs are ones I saw (or anything similar) while studying.
Score was 780.
Roughly 4 weeks studying.
No tech experience (I’m a lawyer). But I did pass the ISC2 CC and completed the Google Cybersecurity Certificate program so I had some foundation but certainly not the depth required for Sec+. Also have a few Cloud certifications so I was comfortable with that area and some related networking concepts.
Materials Used: - Prof. Messer on YT - CyberKraft on YT (PBQs) - Prof. Messer notes and practice exams - Dion practice tests on Udemy - Darril Gibson - Security+: Get Certified, Get Ahead - All the practice questions I could find - CertMaster practice quizzes & exam
Straight out of the gate - don’t waste your money on CertMaster unless it’s the labs, I’ve heard they’re quite good. Practice quizzes and exam are a mess and will only leave you confused.
I took all 6 of Dion’s exam. All 3 of Messer’s and all the Take 10s on his website. Darril Gibson also has a pre and post assessment in the book. And I did maybe 250 - 300 questions I found online and YT. I did not use Dion’s course - just the exams.
I agree with other folks who said Dion goes out of scope or at least goes beyond what CompTIA usually tests. Messer’s material is easier than the actual exam but only slightly. CyberKraft’s PBQs are great practice though nothing on my exam was similar to his PBQs or any others I reviewed.
I think that wraps up the usual questions I see asked here. But if you have any others I will do my best to answer.
My 2 Cents: Before you start this journey (and especially if you have no or limited IT experience) spend some time figuring out your learning style and addressing any issues you may have. In order to properly prepare for the breadth of information tested you MUST have the time and brain bandwidth to break down and retain this information. If you’re not in a place to make the time and really ingest and understand these concepts, you’re setting yourself up for failure.
Other than that, this is a not a test that’s overly difficult. There’s definitely gonna be some questions with 2 possibly right answers but generally speaking it doesn’t feel like CompTIA is trying to trick you. But it will definitely test your general understanding of the material.
Good Luck everyone!

I will try to make this as short as I can. Eight years ago, my husband and I moved our family from California back to North Carolina. (we were there for my husband’s job.) the reason we moved back is his parents let us know they felt they were getting to the age that they needed to move in with us, which is fine we love them to pieces so do our kids. we were very fortunate and found a home on 10 acres with a completely finished basement that has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, full kitchen, laundry room, etc. total downstairs living space 3200 ft.² same as the upstairs private entry.
Well, that never happened. They came and stayed for three weeks change their mind and went back to their home in Florida. They would periodically visit for two weeks at a time, holidays, etc. MIL was diagnosed with dementia which escalated quickly (Both were in mid 70s when this happened) FIL is practically killing himself taking care of her. He doesn’t want to put her in a facility which I understand still did not want to move here with us.
My husband has a sister who is a complete piece of shit along with her piece of shit husband who does not work. The sister Always worked at various daycares And has always leaned on the parents for support they paid the rent for their townhome for over 10 years gave money for cars and whatever else they were short on for who knows how long.
Fast forward to a year and half ago instead of mother and father-in-law moving in with us. They moved the sister and her husband down to Tampa to live with them so they could. “Helpout” the husband cannot work due to having zero kidneys lost one a few years ago lost the other one last year so he goes to dialysis frequently he thinks living Florida He has a better chance of getting a kidney however,you drink you eat a shit diet. You’re definitely not getting a kidney dude.
They were there for about a month and the sister decided, I’m gonna get a job so she got a full-time job that keeps her out of the house 6 AM until 5:00 PM her husband helps my father-in-law get my mother-in-law out of bed in the morning or with any transfer, but that’s bare minimum. my father-in-law is 79 years old does laundry. He cooks cleans up after them. I did help him find a CNA she works about three days a week for them.
It’s just constant drama one of my sister-in-law’s children has been staying at the house as well. supposed to be for a month now it’s three months.
Let’s fast-forward to my family Covid hit the industry my husband works in extremely hard was out of work for a very long time which depleted any savings that we had once he was getting back into the work field. It seemed nobody wanted to hire someone who was 57 years old. 30 years experience in his field and has worked at executive levels for the last 10. He was never completely out of a job just kept taking major pay cuts. We started Airbnb our basement to make a little extra money I work full-time as well. With the economy and just the shit that’s going on, We have teenagers life is not affordable so we have decided to sell our home. We would be able to pay every single debt, including the house and walk away with enough money to buy a home.
Father-in-law calls Friday afternoon and says he thinks they’re ready to move in here. He can no longer take living with my sister-in-law and her husband just buying a house for them somewhere (a small house nothing extravagant) which I think is extremely unfair, but that’s another another day I suppose. Help but be pissed. Am I wrong? I love my mother and father-in-law dearly, but this is just ridiculous.

I'm working through recovery...posting here for physician awareness since I was mis-diagnosed a number of time. My faith in Christ has been key to my recovery. I have also rediscovered my faith through this process.
Timeline of My Hearing Loss and Recovery:

• April 25: Began vomiting profusely but felt better the next day.
• April 28 4:00 AM: Woke up with a 75% reduction in hearing in my right ear.
• April 28, Noon: Consulted a prompt care doctor who observed swelling and prescribed antibiotics. I'm a bit of an "ear geek", so I had a camera otoscope and was able to take pictures of my eardrum throughout this process.

Right Ear 28 April 24, 1131 (doctor confirmed fluid)

• April 28, 6:00 PM: Condition feels like it worsened, despite improving imagery. Went to the ER. Diagnosed with Eustachian tube disorder but was told, "there is nothing I can do for you." The ear drum looked like fluid was out, and the redness was going down. Since sound did not come back, I believed something was very wrong.

Right Ear 28 April 24, 1744

• April 28, 7:00 PM: Purchased an ear popper from CVS to unclog my tubes, which was ineffective. Tried thumb taps, leading to fluctuating hearing.
• April 29, 3:00 AM: Woke up in a panic with worsened symptoms, hearing whooshing and robotic sounds, feeling like the hearing loss exceeded 75%. It looked like there was some darkness in my ear drum, so I figured it was fluid.

Right Ear 29 April 24, 0337

• April 29, 5:00 AM: Drove to the ER at a military hosipital, seen promptly.
• April 29, 5:30 AM: After urgent consultations, got an ENT specialist on the phone and was soon seen.
• April 29, 7:00 AM: Examined by two ENTs who performed a scoping and tuning fork test, found no issues with my Eustachian tube disorder.
• April 29, 9:30 AM: Underwent an audiogram, results indicated idiopathic sudden sensory hearing loss.

https://preview.redd.it/0cdj533kpuyc1.png?width=474&format=png&auto=webp&s=3f6f54196253ca6ed046955f10c333c9a2822a92

• April 29, 12:00 PM: Receive first intratympanic injection. Dexamethasone and placed on 60 MG of prednisone for 2 weeks. I also started Vitamin C, Vitamin E, selenium, magnesium, and dual extract lion's mane (I own a lion's mane coffee company, Shroomffee, and didn't see any contraindications, so I added to see if it would help).

Right Ear 29 April 24, 1244

• April 29, 1800 (I start tracking my word recognition scores...I would use my Bose Hearphones at a set level, and record results. It was just a basic test to see if there was some improvement.

Test Results, + word is correct, - word is wrong

• April 30, 12:48 PM

Right Ear 30 April, 1248

• May 1, 7:46 PM

Right Ear 01 May, 1946

• May 2, 6:48 PM

Right Ear 02 May, 1848

• May 3, 4:54 PM

Right Ear 03 May, 1654

• May 4, 5:15 PM

Right Ear 04 May, 1715

• May 5, 10:16 AM

Right Ear 05 May, 1016

• May 6, 8:03 AM

Right Ear 06 May, 0803
So, I am on the mend, and I hope this post raises awareness with doctors that this is a SERIOUS condition. I was misdiagnosed by 5 doctors, but because I have been active in the ear communities, and had awareness, I knew the questions to ask. I could have lost my hearing. I am forever thankful, and filled with grattitude.
I did not expect to make it through this, I stayed in faith, and prayer, and I have also reconnected with God throughout this ordeal.
What worked: Prayer, getting seen early in the process, getting access to both injections and steriods. Sleep. Rest. Lot's of rest. Rest is critical. Getting supplements vitamins helped. Celebrating and being thankful for the little gains. Keeping a diary.
Why it happened: I think there was a viral/bacterial infection caused by vomitting. My son threw up in our family van, and I had to leave to clean it up. Later I was diagnosed with viral gastroenteritus.
My log/diary summaries are here. I was going to try to clean them up a bit more, but I need to rest for a bit.
April 29

• 18:41 - Beeps sound staticky when the volume is set to 4 down from the top. Took steroids at 17:30 followed by a Z-pack at 18:30. Initially felt improvements upon waking, but symptoms worsened during a trip to the store.
• 19:45 - Experienced a severe tinnitus spike after taking B3 30 minutes earlier. Noted transient low-range tinnitus; ear felt less full by 20:30. Sniffing triggered tinnitus spikes, but relaxing my jaw and taking deep breaths helped alleviate them.

April 30

• 17:56 - A largely uneventful day, disrupted by my son having a car accident just before a planned hike. Experienced various tinnitus spikes throughout the day, including a low tone around 500 Hz that cycled in and out. Despite some relief from the feeling of fullness in my right ear, overall hearing seemed not to improve. Continuing to focus on my faith, seeing this as a sign to reorganize my life. Leftover cricket-like sounds from my noise machine lingered. Interestingly, amplifying my hearing temporarily alleviated the sensation of fullness.
• Hearing Check
  • Left Ear: Start at 80 Hz, stop at 8,000 Hz.
  • Right Ear: Start at 1,500 Hz, stop at 8,000 Hz.
  • Identified a hearing gap between 80 and 1,500 Hz as the primary area needing attention. Sounds within 1,500 to 8,000 Hz were tinny but audible.

May 1

• 02:44 - Managed to get a good night's sleep and felt well-rested with minimal morning activities, prompting a decision to undertake a hearing test.
• Hearing Check
  • Left Ear: range from 40 Hz to 9,000 Hz.
  • Right Ear: range from 1,960 Hz to 8,000 Hz.
• Utilized a sonic tone generator for a more detailed test, revealing nuanced hearing levels in various frequency ranges.
• 24:00 - Third day on steroids (20 mg at noon) led to a major tinnitus spike, which mostly subsided by 17:00. Testing with Bose Hearphones at -4 showed minimal word recognition; planning to practice with an audio book (Gospel according to John) to improve.
• 18:15 - Noted a significant reduction in fleeting tinnitus and high-pitched spikes; experienced a low-range hum or fluttering that was manageable.
• 20:21 - Noticed slight improvements in bass tones with Hearphones, despite a tinny quality.

May 2

• 06:17 - Remarkable improvement: able to connect to my headset and discern words clearly at a slightly reduced volume setting (-5 dB). Experienced joy in understanding more of the audio content from the book and song "Buttermilk Biscuits".
• 17:00 - Endured a significant tinnitus spike after a drive to pick up my son. Earbuds seemed to exacerbate the condition, prompting a decision to rest and focus on final exams before retiring for the night.

May 3

• 12:00 - Received the second intratympanic steroid injection; the procedure went smoothly with minimal discomfort. Continued use of headphones indicated no significant change in hearing, suggesting that improvements might occur overnight.

This article introduces the happiness setpoint. It goes on to identify effective strategies to improve your subjective wellbeing: your perceived, overall, life satisfaction.
Often likened to an emotional thermostat, the happiness setpoint acts as a stabilising influence through life’s inevitable fluctuations. It serves as a baseline level of the subjective wellbeing we tend to return to after life events.
Life's diverse experiences, whether positive or negative, exert temporary effects on our subjective wellbeing. The happiness setpoint becomes evident as we revert to our natural level of subjective wellbeing over time. The happiness set point exhibits different responses to positive and negative events. These are rooted in evolutionary history. Positive emotions cause weaker responses than enduring negative emotions, reflecting the adaptive nature of human psychology. Despite these challenges, positive psychology offers practical approaches to enhance your subjective wellbeing.
Not all influences are equal
Navigating the happiness setpoint involves managing tendencies towards inaccurate emotional forecasting. Consider these three tendencies:
· Impact bias. Overestimating the impact of future events. To mitigate impact bias, project yourself into the future after the event has occurred. Instead of focusing on just a positive or negative outcome, establish a broader perspective acknowledging all factors. This gives a more balanced and realistic view, reducing the tendency to overestimate the emotional impact of future events.
· Focusing illusion. Placing too much emphasis on a single aspect of an event. Addressing the focusing illusion involves consciously broadening you scope of attention beyond the single aspect. Consider the event within its larger context and identify all the factors contributing to the overall experience. Mindfulness practices help with stepping back and observing a more holistic perspective, reducing the tendency to exaggerate the importance of a single aspect.
· Projection bias. Projecting current feelings onto future situations. To counter projection bias, cultivating self-awareness is crucial. This allows you to recognise your present state. When anticipating future situations, evaluate whether you are projecting your present emotions onto those future situations. By actively addressing projection bias, you can make more accurate emotional forecasts.
Proven strategies for enhancing your subjective wellbeing
Mindfulness Integration
Mindfulness is a powerful tool to disrupt habitual thought patterns and foster a present-focused awareness. Integrating mindfulness doesn't require lengthy sessions. You can start by incorporating brief mindfulness exercises into your busy daily routines. This may include mindful breathing, body scans, or mindful walking. These exercises cultivate a heightened sense of awareness, breaking automatic reactions and promoting a more intentional mindset. Brief moments of mindfulness, woven into your routine, contribute to a present-focused mindset, countering the rapid adaptation process.
Diversify Positive Activities
Breaking free from routine in a hectic schedule can be challenging. It's about conscious choices. Instead of dedicating hours to a single activity, incorporate shorter, varied positive activities throughout the week. Take a brisk walk during lunch. Try a new recipe for dinner. Spend quality time with loved ones. These diverse experiences not only prevent monotony but also maximise the impact of intentional actions on sustaining positive emotions.
Embed continual learning in your lifestyle
The body of evidence-based knowledge that is positive psychology is growing rapidly. Staying informed on positive psychology’s development needn’t be onerous. Schedule a little time to read articles, watch short videos, or listen to podcasts of most interest to you. By embedding continual learning, you strengthen the foundations of your sustainable wellbeing.
Emotional Intelligence Development
Emotional intelligence involves recognising, understanding, and managing your own emotions while navigating social situations. Enhance your emotional intelligence by practicing self-awareness through reflection on others’ emotional responses. Developing your emotional intelligence helps you navigate life's ups and downs with greater resilience and emotional balance.
Cultivating Appreciation
Daily life is filled with small moments of joy that can go unnoticed – especially when we’re busy. Developing gratitude is a practical way to appreciate these positive moments. This shifts the focus from what may be lacking to what we have. Gratitude practice can be as simple as taking a moment to note a few things you're grateful for that day – and how or why they came about. This practice helps counteract projection bias. It enhances your ability to recognise and savour positive experiences in just a few moments. In turn, this contributes to a more optimistic outlook and gradually counteracts the impact of the happiness set point.
Conclusion
By implementing these practices, you can proactively counteract the influence of the happiness set point. This enables you to shape your subjective wellbeing, transcending the constraints of your baseline happiness level. Increased resilience, fulfilment, and elevated subjective wellbeing can shift from being a concept, to your tangible reality.
Learn more about what it is really like to develop your subjective wellbeing in this comprehensive, fly on the wall, account of one persons’ journey: http://permahypnotherapy-25599865.hubspotpagebuilder.eu/break-free-0-0-0-0-0-0

Hi all,
I’ve got this UBE score sitting around. My current bar is on the east coast. I’m doing remote doc review for now but would like to get into immigration as that’s what I focused on for clerkships in law school and I am tri-lingual. I realize I can likely practice immigration with my current bar in any state, but I’m wondering if it would be beneficial to go ahead and transfer the UBE score to a state that I may one day want to work in, with the idea it may make me more hirable (being able to practice crimmigration, for example)
I’ve narrowed it down to Washington State or Texas. I’ve never been to either. WA interests me as it seems like somewhere totally different from where I grew up, whereas TX seems to have a ton of Imm. Law jobs, but seems closer to the vibe of where I grew up in the south, and hence interests me less for living long term.
Any advice? Or should I just keep my original bar license and save myself the expense and headache (more CLEs!?) of a second bar membership?
Thank you all for your thoughts on this!

In 1776, as British colonists in North America were contemplating how to construct a new nation, Massachusetts lawyer John Adams famously wrote to friends about the relationship between government and the law. A republic, he wrote, “is an Empire of Laws and not of Men: and therefore…that particular Arrangement…which is best calculated to Secure an exact and impartial Execution of the Laws, is the best Republic.”
In 1787 the framers of the Constitution set out to create a nation built on the rule of law. The next year, the states ratified their new framework, and in 1789, the Constitution went into effect. One of the first acts of the newly seated Congress was to establish a federal court system. The Judiciary Act of 1789 set out the different courts and their jurisdictions. And in 1868, with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, Americans explicitly wrote into the Constitution the principle that all U.S. citizens must be equal before the law. Two years later, they established the Department of Justice to make sure that principle would be honored across the country.
In the past three years, the Biden administration has worked to confirm that the U.S. is a nation of laws. That work has borne fruit. In the past few days, several cases have jumped out in which the administration has used the law to protect ordinary Americans.
On Tuesday, April 30, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenged more than 300 junk patent listings for drugs that treat diabetes, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and that help people lose weight, including Ozempic. Bogus patent listings prevent generic drugs from entering the market, keeping brand-name drug prices high. The FTC gives the manufacturer 20 days to withdraw or amend the listing or certify, under penalty of perjury, that they are correct. In November the FTC successfully challenged junk patents on asthma inhalers, reducing their price to $35.
FTC chair Lina Khan said: “By challenging junk patent filings, the FTC is fighting these illegal tactics and making sure that Americans can get timely access to innovative and affordable versions of the medicines they need.”
On Thursday, May 2, Yvette Wang, the chief of staff to Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire businessman who works with Trump associate Steve Bannon (in 2020, law enforcement officers arrested Bannon on Guo’s yacht on charges of fraud), pleaded guilty to conspiring with Guo in a massive fraud scheme that involved wire fraud and money laundering and netted more than $1 billion. Wang personally will forfeit $1.4 billion to the United States and faces up to ten years in prison. The trial for Wang and Guo is scheduled to start on May 20. Guo has pleaded not guilty.
On Friday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the auditing firm for Trump’s social media company and its owner with “massive fraud.” The SEC called BF Borgers a “sham audit mill” and said it “deliberately systemically failed to conduct” audits and reviews that were filed with the SEC between January 2021 and June 2023. Those reports are supposed to inform investors about the value of companies. The SEC fined the company $14 million and banned it from practicing accounting. Its owner, Benjamin Borgers, did not admit wrongdoing but accepted the judgment.
Also on Friday, the Department of Justice released a grand jury’s indictment of Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife, Imelda, alleging that beginning no later than 2014 and until at least November 2021, they accepted close to $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijani oil and gas company and a Mexican bank and then laundered the payments through Imelda’s company. In exchange, the indictment says, Cuellar agreed to adjust U.S. policy toward Azerbaijan, especially its oil industry, and to oppose laws that would curb money laundering and regulate the payday lending industry.
On Friday, at former president Trump’s fraud trial for interfering in the 2016 election by paying $130,000 to buy the silence of adult film actress Stormy Daniels and falsifying business records to hide the payment, former White House aide Hope Hicks established that Trump had indeed intended to silence Daniels in order to stop voters from hearing her information before the election. Appearing reluctant to testify against Trump, Hicks nonetheless described a conversation with Trump in 2018, after Daniels’s story became public. Trump told her that “it was better to be dealing with it now, and it would have been bad to have that story come out before the election.”
The rule of law protects ordinary Americans and defends their right to elect a government of their choice. But in 2024, it is under attack.
Trump continues to insist that the stories about his extramarital affairs are false, but his main strategy for addressing his many legal troubles is to insist that the justice system is rigged against him. This continues a pattern he began as soon as he took office, when he unsuccessfully pressured FBI director James Comey to drop the investigation into his 2016 campaign’s interaction with Russian operatives. Although FBI directors are supposed to be virtually untouchable during their ten-year term, Trump fired Comey and then spent the rest of his term accusing the FBI of persecuting him.
That attack on our judicial system expanded to sweep in all the judges who ruled against his campaign operatives and his extremist policies on immigration. He called the courts a “joke” and a “laughingstock” and attacked the Justice Department as a whole and judges personally.
Those attacks increased after Trump left office and was indicted for his efforts to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election. An analysis by NBC News of more than 14,000 Trump posts and reposts from April 2022 to January 6, 2024, showed that in some periods he attacked the judicial system more than he promoted his campaign. He aimed his attacks most often at special counsel Jack Smith, as well as New York attorney general Letitia James; Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over Trump’s Manhattan fraud trial; Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg; and Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney Fani Willis—all of whom are in charge of cases against Trump.
Reporters Dareh Gregorian and Jasmine Cui wrote: “The posts generally portray Trump as the victim of a Democratic scheme designed to derail his presidential bid, with an array of judges and prosecutors working against him at the behest of President Joe Biden, and all part of a partisan ‘witch hunt,’ a term he used about 250 times during that time period.”
At a meeting for donors at Mar-a-Lago Saturday, Trump complained about the criminal charges against him, calling Jack Smith a “f**king a**hole,” and accused President Joe Biden of running a “Gestapo administration,” a reference to the German secret police that crushed opposition and rounded up Jews, Roma, LGBT individuals, and other targeted groups during World War II.
Trump has vowed to take control of the Justice Department and make it serve his interests. Chris Geidner of Law Dork noted today that the federal courts already favor Republicans, and a second Trump presidency would allow him to fill multiple court vacancies, probably including some on the Supreme Court, with his extremists. They would cement the ideology of MAGA Republicans into our laws for the foreseeable future.
Trump’s war on the Department of Justice over his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election has already progressed into an attempt to delegitimize the results of the 2024 election, suggesting he does not believe he will win in a free and fair election.
Yesterday, Charlie Spies, the Republican Party’s top lawyer, resigned after Trump turned on him for his public statements that the 2020 election was not stolen. Spies was one of three lawyers the Trump team hired in March after it took over the Republican National Committee (RNC). An establishment Republican lawyer, Spies was paired with MAGA lawyer and former right-wing One America News Network anchor Christina Bobb to oversee the RNC’s so-called election integrity unit. Now Spies is out and Bobb, who has been indicted for election fraud for her participation in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, remains.
In an astonishing exchange on Meet the Press this morning, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), who is angling to become Trump’s vice presidential pick, refused six times to say he would accept the results of the 2024 election if Trump didn’t win. Host Kristen Welker asked: “Will you commit to accepting the election results of 2024?” Scott responded: “At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump.” Welker followed up: “Yes or no, will you accept the election results of 2024 no matter who wins?” Scott answered: “That is my statement.”
When Welker continued to push the question, Scott accused NBC of working for the “Democrat Party” but refused ever to agree to the peaceful transition of power, which, as Welker noted, is the hallmark of the democratic republic people like John Adams established in 1789.
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https://www.masshist.org/publications/adams-papers/index.php/view/PJA04dg2
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/federal-judiciary-act
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/03/trump-media-auditor-charged-by-sec-with-massive-fraud-permanently-barred-from-public-company-audits.html
https://time.com/6974644/bf-borgers-charged-fraud-trump-media/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/who-chinese-mogul-who-owns-boat-steve-bannon-was-busted-n1237511
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exiled-chinese-businessmans-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-us-fraud-2024-05-03/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/exiled-chinese-businessman-guo-wengui-must-face-us-fraud-indictment-2024-04-02/
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/gkpldnoolpb/05032024wang_plea.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/04/trump-rnc-spies-election-fraud/
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/republicans-prepare-a-new-wave-of-legal-attacks-on-voting/
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-expands-patent-listing-challenges-targeting-more-300-junk-listings-diabetes-weight-loss-asthma
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24636508-cuellar-indictment
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/doj-expected-announce-indictment-texas-democratic-rep-henry-cuellar-so-rcna150567
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/hope-hicks-breaks-down-on-stand-after-giving-damaging-testimony-against-trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/03/trump-hush-money-trial-hope-hicks-testimony/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/his-own-words-presidents-attacks-courts
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-trials-attacks-judges-rcna131916
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/04/trump-indictments-attacks-democrats-gestapo/
📷Law DorkSix months out: The dangers to — and from — the courts in a second Trump administrationElection Day is six months away. Donald Trump’s election to a second term would, at its least harmful, lead to the appointment of scores of more, younger, and potentially even more extreme judges. It would lead to the end of his federal prosecutions and arguments that remaining state prosecutions cannot proceed while he is president. And, Trump would, yet again, wield the powers of the executive branch…Read more14 hours ago · 42 likes · 4 comments · Chris Geidner
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