The choices you make could completely change the direction of your life,and I don’t want to make a decision that I’m gonna regret later
I’m a 19 year old student, in my gap year Undecided between dentistry and medicine
I like medicine more, it seems more enjoyable, more stressful,risky, there’s more action and a wider field of specialisations
On the contrary, dentistry seems too limited, doing the same things over and over again in the same place with the same tools, you’re not saving lives, it just seems less purposeful for me personally
This tendency of mine towards medicine had me choosing it for the better part of the year, until yesterday that I gave the topic a little bit of more thought (I scrolled through some instagram reels related to this which made me delve into it one more time)
Honestly I don’t know what other defence mechanism I should use, medicine has too many downsides and some that i don’t know if I can overlook
1-first I told myself I can’t qualify for dentistry ,The number of seats compared to medicine is way less hence it’d be more competitive
But that was cope, since I have an entrance exam and the score needed to enter is not all that different
2- dental school is easier and requires less effort
My cope= I’m a rather good student and have a good baseline of biology and biochemistry, putting a little bit more effort into medical school wouldn’t hurt and I’m ready to study throughout the course and daily
3-dentistry is better pay for less working hours
My cope= Medicine is already a financially stable job, and as long as I keep consistent after some years of working I could own a car and a house which is more than good enough for me And it’s not like the difference in pay is humongous
4- I’d be pretty much ready out of dental school whereas I would still have years of studying and non paying residence, and by that time I’m making any money I’d be over 30
Cope= Well I see a bigger purpose and joy in medicine, and there are downsides to everything
5-medicine is one of the worst fields for work life balance while dentistry is one of the best
And I haven’t found any copes for this one, I value my free time specially in my youth, My 20s-30s are supposed to be the prime years of my life and I don’t want to spend all of my time in the hospital
It’s not that I’m not willing to put effort, I absolutely am and additionally passionate about medicine even if it pays less, is harder and more demanding and stressful, It’s that I want to have a social life, I want to go on dates, meet new people, hike,camp,learn a new language,instrument and master a martial arts in the upcoming decade of my life,
And I can’t imagine myself working more than 50 hours a week, I can’t fathom how some doctors are doing 75+ weeks, That shouldn’t be allowed for the sanity of the individual, life at that point would be basically work,eat,sleep and repeat
And I’m lost on convincing myself I don’t know what to do
Any advice or insights?

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lying the DJI Avata 2 is an exhilarating experience, especially when navigating the diverse weather conditions of the UK. Here’s a guide to help you make the most of your flights, along with some recommended weather apps to ensure you pick the best times for your aerial adventures.
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Hi everyone!
I was hoping someone could help me navigate the College Board website following high school graduation. I'm retaking the SAT as a first year in college in hopes of a near-perfect score to give to medical schools for an early assurance MD program. Am I expected to use the same account I had for HS or make a new one with my college email and info? I started registering for an exam with my high school account and they asked all the questions about potential college majors, the highest level of education wanted, and other things that I felt like I might be in the wrong place. Is there a separate registration for those taking it beyond high school? Please someone help.

“The Impact of Relocating ESL Services”
A Community in Distress In a quiet corner of Pittsburgh, the borough of Brentwood, a storm is brewing over a decision that could disrupt the lives of many young students and their families. The School District of Borough of Brentwood School Board has recently announced the transfer of elementary English as a Second Language (ESL) services to Moore Elementary starting in the 2024-2025 school year. This decision, though perhaps intended to streamline resources, overlooks the profound impact it will have on the community it is meant to serve. For many families, the announcement has brought a wave of anxiety and uncertainty.
Consider the story of Maria and her two children, Diego and Sofia. (Names/identifying info) have been changed to protect identities. Diego, who is in the third grade, and Sofia, a kindergartner, both attend the same school and rely heavily on the ESL program to bridge the language gap they face in their new home. This program has been a lifeline, helping them navigate not only their academic challenges but also their integration into a new cultural environment. The transfer of ESL services means that Diego and Sofia will not only have to adjust to a new school but could also be separated, as Sofia might remain at their current school while Diego moves to Moore Elementary. The logistical nightmare of managing drop-offs and pick-ups at two different schools is daunting for Maria, who relies on public transportation and works a demanding job. Moreover, the commute to Moore Elementary will involve traversing over a mile on foot through a neighborhood with steep hills, a journey that is particularly perilous in Pittsburgh's harsh winters. This change poses significant safety concerns for young children, some of whom are already dealing with the stress of adapting to a new language and culture. Financial considerations add another layer of complexity to this issue. In June 2023, the district reported a $2.1 million balance, allocating $600,000 to technology upgrades and transferring $1.5 million to the Special Fund Reserve. This raises a critical question: Why can’t some of these funds be redirected to support the transportation and staffing needs for ESL services within the current schools? Are we valuing technological advancements over the well-being and stability of our children? The decision also raises ethical and legal concerns. The Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols (1974) established that providing identical educational facilities and materials does not equate to equal treatment if it fails to meet the specific needs of language minority students. By relocating ESL services, the district may inadvertently create additional barriers for these students, compromising their right to a meaningful education as guaranteed by this landmark ruling.
This situation is not just about logistics or finances; it’s about the community’s values and priorities. Separating ESL students from their peers and siblings sends a troubling message about inclusivity and equality. It risks marginalizing a vulnerable segment of our student population and undermines our commitment to providing every child with the support they need to succeed. The community calls on the School Board to reconsider this decision. There must be alternative solutions that do not compromise the well-being of our students. Reallocating existing funds to hire additional qualified staff or investing in training for current staff could be viable options. Our children deserve better, and we have the means to provide it.
In one parent’s words, "This isn't just about moving to a different school. It's about the message we are sending to our children about their worth and our commitment to their future."
As the community rallies together, the hope is that the School Board will listen and take action that reflects the true values of Pittsburgh—supporting and nurturing all its students, regardless of their language or background.
Parents have started a campaign to collect signatures to oppose this decision. The school board meets again on Monday, May 20, 2024 where parents will be presenting the petition opposing this problematic, short-sighted decision.

TL;DR: 11 year old recently announced they are non-binary. Do you have advice/tips for my kid and me (the parent)? Also looking for fun stuff that makes them feel proud and part of a community.
Hi,
My apologies if this isn't a proper forum for my post.
I'm a parent not very involved in the LGBTQ2s+ community but not completely clueless. My kid told me casually the other day that they are not a boy or a girl. They told their friends already but not the adults (school, friends' parents etc.) I am using neutral pronouns and I correct myself when I slip (I still make mistakes, it's been a week). The issue is that I have to switch back and forth because the other adults don't know and if I say "they" well, I am telling everyone, so with the other adults and strangers I use he/him. My kid said that's fine and asked that I continue that way. Is that something I should be concerned about? I offered to talk with the school teacher at least, but they declined so I figured I would just follow their lead.
I have no idea what kind of challenges and opportunities await a young kid who is aware and proud of their non-binary identity.
I looked up lots of websites and blogs online but a lot of resources relate to name changes and legal and physical transition. My kid, who hasn't hit puberty yet, isn't worried or sad about their body (other than wanting more upper-body strength). They don't want to change their name either. They do care about their looks and their true identity.
Do you have advice for the parents, like Dos and Don'ts? Also advice for my kid to navigate this time in their life?
They asked about the meaning of LGBTQ+ and during the discussion we looked at the LGBTQ2s+ flags and the non-binary flag and we discussed pride: their eyes started shining with excitement. They are only 11 years old and the social opportunities offered by advocacy groups in our area aren't available for them. They would have loved to join an LGBTQ2s+ group of tweens and young teens to play video games, shoot hoops, and skateboard. Do you have any advice on websites to check out, video games, youtube channels, streamers, books, comic-books, movies, TV-Show that may help them feel part of a community? ideally fun stuff at this point.
They are into Hilda, Nemona, Owl House, Gravity Falls, My Hero Academia, Amazing Digital Circus, Fortnite, Fall Guys, Minecraft and a bunch of obscure and often cute or silly stuff that I couldn't name :D
Thanks a lot.

So to provide some context, I (28F) recently started a law firm with my mom, who is an attorney. I was working on my own business at the time, but when my mom’s paralegal up and left her right before Christmas, she needed help, plus I had experience starting a business and was previously in the legal field, so I agreed to come on as her legal assistant/business helpeetc. We agreed on a set weekly amount for pay, which wasn’t crazy high but solid and I felt like I could use the opportunity to help my mom build something lucrative after leaving her old firm (where she was severely monetarily taken advantage of, and is going to have to sue her old business partners for what they owe her + her partner investment at the old firm, but that’s a story for another day) The thing is, I was wary going into this my mom would not be able to financially keep our agreement, because she has big dreams and ideas but doesn’t always take the practical steps in terms of things like budgeting (the fights and struggles this has caused in my house between my parents my whole life and the financial issues we’ve experienced as a result have shown me she has no plans on changing this but I am also empathetic because she is crazy busy and my other siblings, one who is severely mentally ill and lives at home, take up an insane amount of time)
Now I want to hammer in that my mom is a good person, with a big heart. My dad is a good person too, which is why I feel this situation is so difficult for me to navigate. They have their issues and personally to me, seem to act like children in many ways in how conflicts are handled and how they emotionally react (my mom especially, she cares so much how people feel about her but doesn’t realize that her fuse is short and she will just yell and scream at everyone) They have not had an easy set of cards dealt to them in regards to all of us kids and the individual issues, and I have always had so much empathy for them. However, the older I’ve gotten and more I’ve experienced, the more I realize a lot of the issues we had growing up, whether it was financial or my siblings behavior and issues, probably could’ve been handled in a much healthier way which would’ve saved a lot of the pain experienced by continuing the cycles and behaviors that were causing the issues in the first place. My parents stayed married, but basically tolerated one another and never had a united front, were always talking bad about one another and could never agree on proper ways to fix what was happening, so it was a chaotic mess all the time, where the more difficult kids were enabled and it felt like those of us who actually had more of our shit together, were just expected to either help with it or just deal with the fact they didn’t have time for us because of the time my siblings took up. An example of this would be when I was in college, I was on a full scholarship (full tuition, but not room and board) because of my academic and athletic scholarship, so I ran track and XC to help pay for school. I worked two jobs as well to pay for my rent, and barely slept as I was in pre-med. I am the oldest of the 6 kids in my family, and in my family, I was the good kid. I didn’t ask for much, always figured my stuff out, etc. They “never needed to worry about me” so they didn’t. However, during that time when it went to school, my dad lost his job and my parents were fighting more and more. My siblings had less tolerance for their “bullshit” but they also fought each other because of the issues at home. Therefore, they began to struggle a lot. My mom was always borrowing money from me and I had no idea when I’d get it back. I would struggle and could barely afford my NEEDS. I barely bought books I needed and would often be finding ways to take pictures of my friend’s books, etc. Anyway, this was consistent and even to the point where I could not buy myself the sashes and what not for my graduation (I was in the honors courses, extracurricular, scholar athlete, Greek life, graduated top of my class for my major etc) because my mom had borrowed almost 1000 from me…and gave it to my sister who was studying abroad. This sister has never cared about taking my parents money or caring about how their financial situation affects everyone. She has since been diagnosed with BPD…I get that I have some unresolved family issues, so that may be coming out as I type here, but I also wanted to provide context into why I feel the way I do. I was also heavily parentified being the oldest, with an extreme sense of responsibility, even as an adult, for the well being of my siblings and parents. I have”sacrificed” (I say it in quotes because I know it was my choice and I take responsibility, but looking back I don’t agree with how it was all handled and felt my parents should’ve been more of the adults and allowed me to try and build my young adult like without the burden of caring for children that were not mine) a lot of time, money and opportunity so I could focus on trying to “save “ them (I have gone over this complex I have in therapy and I’m still working through it, but take responsibility for my actions in perpetuating the cycle)
I could go into more detail about the difficulties and struggles my parents face, and how life has gotten harder and harder for them. My mom is an enabler because she has trouble with people disliking her, yet burns bridges with people who genuinely care because she ends up accidentally taking advantage of them to focus on for example, her kids who are not actually doing anything to help and causing more issues in the family. My siblings are beginning to hate her, threaten to cut her off from meeting her future grandkids, etc I will be on the last line for cutting her off, because I genuinely believe she is such a loving person who has never been able to totally focus on her and has just been running on fumes for years. However, through therapy I’ve also come to recognize she is an adult who has had the opportunity to change her behavior (my dad too) to try and get a more positive outcome, but they have chosen to remain stubborn, and say it is because they have no time, but that part just isn’t true, it would take a lot of work and reorganizing at this point, but changes could be made. I have literally bought my mom therapy appointments, set them up, (I control her calendar for work so I know when she’s free and I handle all business scheduling so I know what appointments are important to the firm so I try to schedule when we have a few days without major deadlines) and my mom still says she is too busy
Anyway, finally to the point of this post, my mom owes me over 10k in promised payment, and I have been working full time. She has given me the amount I’ve needed to pay my half of the rent at my place (I live with my partner, who is genuinely shocked at the behavior of my parents and our family dynamics, but is very loving and supporting regardless, even to my family) but besides that, I’ve just been floundering. I don’t know where the money goes after we bill, but my mom is always complaining we don’t have money in the account. However she has not forgotten she owes me, and always brings up how she wants to get me paid, but I am continuing to struggle and don’t know when that will happen. I know she will, but when? The other aspect of this is my sister (the one with BPD) just graduated law school and was supposed to help us with the firm to help pay for her bar prep and bar fees, but she has managed to avoid work and I know my mom is just going to pay for it all anyway. However, I’m not mad cause I’m very proud of my sister and what she has accomplished with her mental health struggles however, that means her work has fallen into me, and not only am I helping with my duties and hers,I am expected to set up all the automations in the firm, handle all the schedules and set up a business for success. That takes time on top of all I am doing, and my mom gets easily frustrated with technology and things and complains this should all be easier and we should get it set up to be automated, have draft emails, etc . I tell her that takes time and money, but she has this idea we can just hire someone to take on the extra work but I’m not even being paid right now, so even the money that could potentially go to me, the person working full time, would be given to a VA to help push the firm forward. I would be okay with that if I really believed we were on our way to making a successful sful, lucrative business, but because of all the issues at home, my mom has barely been able to work. She is emotional and has a short fuse a lot, and it’s hard for me to keep things moving when I need an attorney to do most of the big thing clients pay for when working with a firm. Now she has gotten ill (which I am so upset about but my guess is it is due to stress) and has been out of work for two weeks besides hitting deadlines that need to be hit, she will call me screaming , crying (edit since input syringe instead of crying the first time) that she can’t do this anymore, can’t do the firm, etc. But then being happy and excited the very next day. I always tell her I just want her happy and to take care of herself, but she needs to let me know so I can find new work and build my life. I feel stuck in limbo and know I need to take actions to help myself, but I still wanted to try and help my mom as much as possible and see if the firm could still be built. However, yesterday my non working sister (studying for the bar) called me to show me the new outfits she had gotten and how she was going to go out with some friends, I love those types of calls from my sister but it made me realize my mom was still giving her money, fun money not just get ready for the bar money, and I’m here struggling and my partner is picking up the slack. One of my brothers, who I have lent money to multiple times in the last few months (he always pays me back in a timely manner) who said he couldn’t afford to do things he wanted and had to sell his EDC ticket, is now at EDC and my mom has no money in her account so my guess is she helped him. My dad works too so they are surviving, but she complains about the mortgage and bills to me a lot, so I feel guilty adding to her stress especially with her being sick, but I’m kind of at the end of my rope here after seeing she is still not prioritizing paying her employee (even if I am her daughter and have a lot of empathy for the situation)
I know I wrote a lot but I feel like I could have provided so much more context. Once she is feeling better I know I’m going to have another talk with her, but I don’t know if I should just say I’m done once we finish up our current case load and to not bring on any more clients unless she hires someone else cause I feel she’d be more likely to pay them. I want to believe it could be different and my mom could figure out how to build this firm professionally going forward, but I just don’t know if I’m being idealistic. Anyways, I do really wish I could get the money I’m owed to put into my own business that I have put on hold to do this (thinking I could help my mom AND save some money to put towards my own business which my mom was on board with and wanted because she sees the firm as a way to help all the kids finance their own dreams, and she really means that which is one example of why I say my mom is genuinely a good and kind person who loves her kids) part of me wants to say that if she wants to keep saying she “can’t do this” anymore that I am quitting and I hope she takes the time to focus on taking care of herself because I can’t stand by and watch her do the same stuff that will stress her into an early grave which genuinely scares me but is how I feel. Granted even if she isn’t working she is kind of addicted to stress so it may not change anything but there is part of me that hopes it would. Plus, they obviously need the money so it is probably just wishful thinking.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble, maybe I needed to get my feelings out, but I am wondering if anyone has any advice? Have you been in a situation like this and how did you handle it? Please be kind to my parents, but truthful as any help would be appreciated.
TLDR Summary
Busy Mom of 6 with good heart is my employer and has not paid me what is owed, but spends money on my siblings and has a history of doing things like this. I know she is struggling financially. How do I approach her and what is my best course of action to resolve and help versus just being harsh and cutting it all off?

In a fascinating study, evidenced for a possible landing sight for Lehi in America has been discovered within easy travel distance to Palmyra, NY. If substantiated, it could add weight to an Atlantic migration, the controversial Solutrean Hypothesis, in addition to the traditional Siberian route. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/05/19/first-americans-chesapeake-parsons-island/
The link is behind a pay wall. Here’s the article
PARSONS ISLAND, Md. — With the Chesapeake Bay sloshing at his knee-high boots, Darrin Lowery stood back and squinted at a 10-foot-tall bluff rising above a narrow strip of beach. To the untrained eye, this wall of sandy sediment is the unremarkable edge of a modest island southeast of the Bay Bridge. To Lowery, a coastal geologist, its crumbling layers put the island at the center of one of the most contentious battles in archaeology: when and how humans first made their way into the Americas. The story of the first Americans has long been a matter of public and scientific fascination, undergirded at times by vicious disagreements. The timeline of when people arrived has shifted earlier in grudging steps over the past century, and scientists today mostly agree people were in the Americas at least 15,000 years ago. Story continues below advertisement
Lowery’s site and others like it could revise the story again, pushing back the timeline earlier than most experts thought possible. In total, Lowery and a motley crew of collaborators have discovered 286 artifacts from the site on the island’s southwestern edge. The oldest, they reported, was embedded with charcoal dated to more than 22,000 years ago, a time when much of the continent would have been covered in ice sheets. If Lowery is right, Parsons Island could rewrite American prehistory, opening up a host of new puzzles: How did those people get here? How many waves of early migration were there? And are these mysterious people the ancestors of Native Americans?
Casts of tools found at Parsons Island are seen on display. Lowery and his team have unearthed 286 artifacts from the site so far. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) New claims of sites dated this far back face a wall of skepticism, rooted in legitimate scientific scrutiny and in the threat they pose to long-entrenched views. To complicate matters, Lowery — who has been affiliated with the Smithsonian but does much of his work independently — presented the results of his study of Parsons Island in a 260-page manuscript posted online rather than in a traditional peer-reviewed journal. The peer-review process is designed to help validate scientific claims, but Lowery argues that in archaeology it often leads to a circle-the-wagon mentality, allowing scientists to wave away evidence that doesn’t support the dominant paradigm. He says he isn’t seeking formal publishing routes because “life’s too short,” comparing this aspect of academic science to “the dumbest game I’ve ever played.”
The island is also a challenging site to study for a variety of reasons — most poignantly because it is rapidly eroding as the land subsides and sea level rises. The spot where the artifacts were found is now covered by the choppy waters of the bay. “The visit reinforced my will to invest my time into this time period, because it’s a very fragile record,” said Sebastien Lacombe, an archaeologist at Binghamton University, who visited the island in 2017. “It’s at risk of disappearing, and we’re at risk of [allowing] these sites and artifacts to lose their meaning forever.” ‘A weirdo kid’
Darrin Lowery walks a beach on Parsons Island. Most of the artifacts were excavated by erosion, discovered on the beach after they had already fallen out of the bluff. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) Lowery began exploring the Chesapeake shoreline as a child, wandering his backyard on Tilghman Island, about 15 miles southwest from Parsons Island. In 1977, 9-year-old Lowery picked up a distinctive fluted stone projectile point. A few years later, he saw something similar on a documentary on public television, in which a Smithsonian archaeologist explained it was a Clovis point, a relic of what most people then believed were the first Americans. For the last half of the 20th century, the peopling of the Americas followed a tidy narrative. Humans traveled from Siberia across a land bridge that connected Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, when sea levels dropped. They then migrated southward around 13,000 years ago, when the ice sheets covering the continent retreated and exposed a previously impassable inland route. These people — named after a site in Clovis, N.M. — left behind distinctive, fluted stone points that have since been found scattered across North America. Story continues below advertisement
Lowery turned to his dad and said, “I found one of those.” He found more by walking the shoreline every day. Lowery made discoveries as he meandered, and he began to understand how seasonal patterns, sediment movement, wind and waves could unearth ancient treasures. “I was a weirdo kid,” he recalled. He trained as a geologist, and it was geology that initially attracted Lowery to study Parsons Island. In 2010, he published an article in Quaternary Science Reviews describing layers of windblown silt deposited between 13,000 and 41,000 years ago at Miles Point in eastern Maryland. But the geological record is like reading the CliffsNotes version of a book, and he was frustrated by an “unconformity” in the sediment layers where thousands of years were missing, like someone had ripped out those chapters.
Parsons Island is rapidly eroding. The archaeological site is now covered by the Chesapeake Bay. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) Lowery and a colleague were prowling around in a whaler, looking for a spot that might fill in the blanks, when they spotted a black streak of sediment rising up out of the bay. They pulled up to Parsons Island and thought they had found “the Rosetta stone” to decode the geology. Parsons is a 78-acre island less than a mile offshore that is privately owned by the Corckran family, which uses it as a family retreat. With the Corckrans’ permission, Lowery and colleagues began to visit regularly. The bluff layers preserved a remarkably intact geologic timeline going back more than 40,000 years. Then, one morning in August 2013, the team discovered a leaf-shaped prehistoric stone tool jutting out of this crumbling wall. They knew from the work they’d already done that it was probably quite old. Story continues below advertisement
On a recent visit to the island, geoarchaeologist Daniel Wagner demonstrated why. He stepped back to scan the cliff, then tapped a narrow spade into a light tan sediment layer just above his head. That, he said, is the geologic “chapter” where they’d expect to find Clovis artifacts. Lower layers were set down before Clovis. The palm-size tool Lowery and his colleague found came out of the dark sediment layer near their knees. The scientists used two methods to date the sediment around the artifact, both showing it was more than 20,000 years old. They scoured the beach on 93 visits and conducted a formal, top-down excavation, collecting the 286 artifacts. They sent out sediment to labs that specialize in studying ancient pollen and microfossils called phytoliths to help reconstruct the ecosystem at the time. Back then, this region wouldn’t have been a coastline. The sediment the tools are embedded in dates to the “last glacial maximum” — the scientific term for the most recent coldest period of the Ice Age. In the final analysis, Lowery thinks the artifacts may have been transported downslope before they were buried, making them between 15,000 and 20,500 years old. “This was a swale, where water was collecting,” Lowery said, envisioning the ancient landscape. “You’ve got a dune. It’s got sedges and small trees on it that are windblown and all contorted, and then behind it you’ve got a little pond.” That pond may have attracted prehistoric bison, musk ox and llamas, whose fossilized molars he’s found scattered on the island shore. And it may have been what attracted the mysterious people who left behind a cache of stone tools. A story in flux
Parsons Island is seen from nearby Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) Parsons Island is the latest addition to a growing list of what are called pre-Clovis sites. But while the long-held “Clovis First” theory has crumbled over the past three decades, that has only deepened the debate about how much earlier the first Americans arrived. Claims of early sites present a challenge on two fronts. The first is technical: Dating a site convincingly can be difficult, depending on the context. Sediments can shift or be disturbed. What at first look like artifacts can turn out to be “geofacts,” created not by humans but by natural processes or animals. As a result, many pre-Clovis sites “enjoy a Warhol-esque 15 minutes of fame, and then they disappear” because of real problems with the geology or the methods, said archaeologist James Adovasio. In 1973, he began excavating Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania, which dated back 16,000 years. It was instantly mired in controversy, and the site still has its critics today. The second challenge reflects the culture of science. For a long time, people who claimed to find pre-Clovis sites were swimming upstream against deeply entrenched thinking. Tom Dillehay, an archaeologist at Vanderbilt University, began working on a site in southern Chile called Monte Verde in 1977, which was dated to 14,500 years ago. He recalled a group of researchers he calls the “Clovis police,” scientific gatekeepers who summarily rejected any pre-Clovis sites, sometimes for valid reasons and sometimes as a knee-jerk reaction. Monte Verde began to change that. In 1997, a group of respected archaeologists visited the site and declared it authentic. “It took about 25 to 30 years for Monte Verde to be accepted,” Dillehay said. “We went through hell.”
Holly, a German shorthaired pointer, runs across a bluff top on Parsons Island. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) Lowery says he isn’t interested in running that gantlet. He noted that he drew on multiple labs and methods for dating the Parsons Island artifacts in an effort to ensure that any one extremely old date isn’t a fluke. He’s also invited other researchers in to visit and study the site. That approach irritates some scientists. David Meltzer, an archaeologist at Southern Methodist University, said in an email that he would not discuss Lowery’s claims “until they go through the wringer of peer review and get published.” Others like Stuart Fiedel, an independent archaeologist based in western Massachusetts who has been skeptical of other sites, say the site should not fly under the radar just because of Lowery’s unconventional process. Story continues below advertisement
“There are people I know in the field who will not pay any attention to it, because it has not been peer-reviewed, which I think is kind of sticking your head in the sand,” Fiedel said. “It’s there. We can’t act as [if] nothing’s been found there.” Share this article Share
A bigger issue may be the site’s rapid erosion. Most of the artifacts were found after they’d fallen out of the bluff, which means their place in the geologic timeline is obscured. Nine artifacts were found in place, and only three were able to be dated using charcoal flecks found next to them. Steven Forman, a geoscientist at Baylor University, helped date the sediment layers at Parsons Island, corroborating findings from another lab. He said that it’s hard to find the artifacts in the kind of bulletproof geological context needed to support extraordinary claims. “The case is not as tight as we like to see it with other sites,” Forman said. Michael Waters, an archaeologist at Texas A&M University who has worked on pre-Clovis sites and excavated at Parsons Island, thinks he probably got there too late, when most of the artifacts had already been eroded out. Still, he pays someone to monitor the bank profile on a regular basis, because he’s ready to jump on a plane if they see something in place. “Too bad we didn’t get there four to five years sooner,” Waters said. Enter ancient DNA
An ancient bovine tooth is among the fossils found so far on Parsons Island. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) Parsons Island isn’t the only site that could dramatically push back human arrival in the Americas. Last fall, a study published in the journal Science described fossilized human footprints discovered at White Sands National Park in New Mexico that have been dated to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. That stunning finding suggests people were here during the Ice Age — much earlier than most experts thought possible if the first humans arrived via the Bering land bridge and inland corridor. The dates at White Sands are still being disputed because of questions about the methods. But the timeline collides head-on with another exciting line of evidence: studies of ancient DNA. By examining genetic material preserved in bones and teeth and comparing those samples to modern populations, scientists have been able to track when populations mingled and became isolated from one another, offering a new window into patterns of human migration. Story continues below advertisement
In broad strokes, they’ve found that the ancestors of Native Americans split from ancient Siberian populations no earlier than 23,000 years ago. The studies can’t say where such splits took place, but many scientists interpret genetic evidence to mean that the ancestors of modern people weren’t in the Americas until much later. Genetic studies suggest that Native American ancestors traveled into what is now the United States between 17,500 and 14,600 years ago. Joe Watkins, a senior consultant for Archaeological and Cultural Education Consultants in Tucson and a Choctaw tribal member, said that he sees a few problems with using the still-evolving DNA evidence to decide how ancient sites are related to modern-day people. “The reality is genetics does not equal culture,” Watkins said. He also argued that there are still too few samples of ancient DNA in the Americas to be sure they capture the whole story. “Trying to create population histories based on 10 people, if you will, is a little bit of a scientific conundrum,” Watkins said. It could be that additional ancient genomes will one day help fill in the blanks. Another possibility is that earlier sites could represent small, isolated groups of people who didn’t contribute to the ancestry of living Native Americans.
A tree-lined path leads to a beach on Parsons Island. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) “Let’s suppose you have a successful population colonizing an area, and then one day, 15 males go out and get eaten by a short-faced bear,” Lowery said. “You reduce the genetic diversity, and bada boom, bada bing, game over.” All this explodes the neat picture of one population migrating into the Americas as ice sheets retreated, hunting big animals like mammoths and giant sloths, driving them into extinction as they went. If there were small groups making their way into the New World, with different stone tool technologies, and far earlier than previously believed, how did they get here? People could have migrated along the coast by boat, following a “kelp highway.” It’s also possible the ice sheet was not as impenetrable as experts have long thought. Lowery’s longtime collaborator, Dennis Stanford, proposed that people crossed the Atlantic Ocean in what is known as the Solutrean Hypothesis, though that idea has been rejected by many archaeologists. To resolve the question, scientists need to keep looking for more evidence. Archaeology is a historical science, and unlike chemistry or biomedicine, where researchers can perform the same experiment over and over again to see if they get the same results, consensus is built by argument, counterargument and new evidence. To a certain extent, older ideas and prejudices also fall away as new people enter the field, said James Feathers, who performed dating on samples from Parsons Island before he retired from the University of Washington. “Sometimes you have to wait for people to die off,” Feathers said.
Alex Corckran, whose family owns Parsons Island, stands on a beach on the southern side of the island. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post) Lowery is determined to keep motoring around the Chesapeake, researching the ephemeral landscape that he loves and that may contain clues about human prehistory. He acknowledges that the sites, perhaps a little bit like him, are “persnickety” but that shouldn’t deter interest in them. Instead, it should spur more. He noted that if a pod of silverfish was found gnawing on documents in the National Archives, people would be galvanized to act. “I view it as my swan song,” Lowery said, “to say you can learn a lot from [an] eroding site if you do a little bit of effort and look at it systematically.”
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(F21, M21, together for 2 years, found out 6 months ago)
TL;DR: relationship is healing after his porn addiction and micro-cheating. We have had many conversations, he makes a solid effort and seems to be a changed man. The problem now is the constant flashback reminders. How do you trust again, seeing daily triggers, when the relationship is seriously improving? How to reprogram the mind into renewing trust once more, so I’m not stuck in the past?
**I know people don’t read long posts but if even one person has advice I will seriously appreciate it! PSA: our first relationship. **
Been with my boyfriend for 2 years. He was my best friend before that for 3. I get it, we’re young and it’s normal for guys to watch porn blah blah blah. But this was cheating.
The week we were official, we discussed porn. I asked him how he would feel if I watched porn and vice versa. He expressed strong discomfort. I asked if it would be beneficial to us, he agreed it wasn’t. Since neither of us thought to gain sexual gratification through anybody else, and wouldn’t walk into a strip club or brothel, we decided not to do it online either. We agreed in the conversation that porn is now considered cheating, and off-limits boundary. He admitted to having a porn addiction before, since he was 12.
Fast forward to 6 months into the relationship. I noticed he became far more degrading in sex and also far less interested in me. He would make up excuses for being busy (despite living with me, I know it was quick but this wasn’t official living, he was with me 6 nights a week in a flat on my parents property. We basically lived together as I moved into the flat instead of the main house). After sex, I would explain that I don’t like being degraded THAT much (I normally don’t mind a bit but this was a noticeable difference). He apologised. I asked him if he was watching porn on countless occasions after that, feeling as though the sex was scripted or weirdly unnatural. I told him it was okay if he was watching, I would just prefer to know. He said “of course not” every. Single. Time.
Fast forward to 10 months in. At this point we had been official for that long, but “seeing” each other for roughly a year. I had consistent dreams about him cheating on me with the girl he slept with (my toxic ex-best friend, before we were together in school). She used to judge me for being close friends with him then one day said “I had sex with him last night” as if it was a power move that she got the guy who was flirting with me.
I had insecurities because she is tiny and petite, would talk shit about me to him and brag about having sex with him when he first showed signs of interest in me back at school). Before the porn I struggled with this history and used to cry mid-sex over it because I felt annoyed I wasn’t as sexually experienced or petite as she was. I hardly thought about her after overcoming this so it was weird I saw her fucking him in my dreams after 3 years no contact. My gut was screaming something is wrong.
He left his laptop at mine, (this never happens so I took the opportunity) he had openly told me the password to it before so I knew. Anyway, only come to find that in his search history he has Grace Charis, Kim Kardashian’s tits (he typed a typo so he searched 9 times to find the images) and other girls scattered through his timeline since the last time he cleared his search history. This was without incognito, I could only imagine what else was hidden. It killed me because he told me one of his friends’ girlfriends looked like Kim Kardashian once, I instantly remembered. Yuck.
What hurt most was his instagram. He “never” uses it, and often takes days to respond to cute stuff I send him on there. Turns out he was searching Asian AI pornstar models on instagram (hana_bunny bunny or something), 2 DAYS after my birthday! (Which he put barely any effort into. My 21st he bought me a bucket of cheese and flowers. Thanks I guess?? I spent hundreds for his 21st and made him a book of personalised memories and drawings).
Fast forward. I felt sick to my stomach like never before. Left work early and he knew I went home because he noticed my car wasn’t at work, so he came over. I confronted him. Asked him if he remembered how we talked about porn being cheating? He said yes. I asked him why he thought I deserved to be cheated on then, to which he was silent. I explained how I felt and cried to him saying I would never look like them, and we agreed not to do it.
He confessed straight away. I asked him what genres he normally went for, of course he said “college girls fucking”. Also said he mostly used the top pornhub results that week and did it roughly twice a week for the past 8 months despite the conversation. I believe it was more times than this. At least he was admitting to some of it.
Lots of discussing followed and has ever since. Lots of empty-handed apologies when it was brought up. He purchased porn blockers that I could easily outwit within half a second of testing. But at least he was spending money to fix the problem and it was his idea.
He offered couples counselling but it’s so expensive, I can barely afford rent. He’s offered to pay but I think I need private sessions first, I’m exhausted even explaining this in writing let alone talking to a stranger. I think it’s just a me problem now.
He then decided living with his mates would be better than living with me, despite us going to the same city and same university for the next year ahead. I had turned down moving to another state because he said he would never move there. He told me I had “no chance” of ever living with him and his friends in a heated argument. He said he didn’t want me to “become an accessory to his life”, words he has apologised for but I never forgot.
He moved in with them… but here’s the thing. One of (our mutual) roommate friends has a girlfriend (different girl⁾ whom he has admitted he used to be really attracted to. I told him I would feel gutted that he couldn’t just choose to live with strangers instead so I don’t have to deal with the discomfort of him seeing her potentially more than me, and also that way we would both be in the same position, starting fresh (not choosing his friends over living with me). He then tells the boyfriend I’m upset because he used to like his girlfriend and sugarcoated it, which obviously isn’t the whole story. He told me his friends say I’m crazy for being upset over that, lessening the chance of me ever mingling with them again. Mind you, these guys have all cheated on their partners before and discouraged him from living with me.
Fast forward again. I’m struggling to find a job. I have to pay triple rent because he doesn’t want to live with me at this new place. He has job offers left right and centre, one of them being at a hostel, which is also a club. I told him any of the other 8 jobs sound really good, that’s the only one I’m uncomfortable with due to his porn addiction. I’m worried he will just be flirting the whole time. I was right. He chose that job despite the sadness and anxiety he knew it would bring me.
One day, he BUTT DIALLED me at work (lmaooo). I could hear him flirting with girls in another language (I didn’t know he was learning another language!) and laughing with them like I’ve never heard before. Then he bragged about it to his coworkers and said “she’s so nice, such a great girl”. They cheered him on for speaking the language.
I was fuming. I nearly called it quits that night but since, he has been making an effort. He has drastically improved his behaviour and genuinely makes an effort. He said he has changed his ways, he has apologised many times and though I don’t think he’s necessarily watched porn since I found out, it has been 6 months since, and I’m devastated like it’s the day it happened. The flirting. The way he behaves when I’m not around. I will never know when he’s being disloyal, which sucks. But it’s not like he’s actively messaging or sleeping or hooking up with anyone, it’s only small stuff.
He has done little things here and there to try and reignite the passion: flowers, cards, chocolates and dates etc. which I really appreciate. He doesn’t leave his laptop at mine, even if he knows he is coming back over the same day with it, which was a red flag to me. But so far, I don’t think he’s watching porn. And I have seen a huge improvement in the relationship overall.
My problem now is the reminder. I can’t trust him the way I used to. Every time I see a model I want to crumble. Every time I see Kim Kardashian or Kanye or golfers (Grace) or ads or beautiful women from different countries, it kills a part of me. I have no idea how to move on from this. I get flashbacks all the time. Our intimacy is pretty good still. But every time he calls me beautiful I don’t buy it. There’s always someone better, I feel worthless and I can’t control it anymore. I feel terrible because whilst he’s making great efforts, I still don’t trust him and feel insanely insecure at the thought of him getting to live a double-life. He is a beautiful soul who really does bring out the child in me and I don’t want to lose that. I feel so bad that my brain has changed its thought process. We are now in a much better place together.
He has been proving himself but it still makes me feel like shit knowing I was never good enough for him in the first place. I was his 7th, he was my 1st, not that I care but it explains my devastation. Hence why it’s so heavy for me. I gave him everything and it still wasn’t enough. He was happy to keep secrets and risk the relationship on multiple occasions, but now that things are fine I’m starting to process more. I need a quick fix to changing my mindset and believing him again to save our relationship. Because things are different now and I have hope for us in the future.
—————————- I would LOVE advice on ways to reverse negative thinking. Ways to forgive, truly, and to learn how to believe partners again. I need new tools to be more resilient and confident again, otherwise this won’t survive. I wouldn’t have stayed with him if I didn’t think it was worthwhile, I don’t want to put 5 years down the drain and would like advice other than merely breaking up. I’ve seen a difference, I am the problem now.
Does anyone have any healthy mind habits they can share, or positive ways to overcome this situation? How do you trust again and stop comparing when triggers arise?

Three years ago, I (44f) was pregnant with my 4th child with my spouse (32 MtF) when she came out to me that she is trans. We had a very solid relationship and I helped take her to doctors appointments for her transition. She decided that we couldn’t stay in our state because she wouldn’t be able to find work as a trans woman, so we moved the family 3000 miles across the country. Once here, she worked full-time, and had evening school. She doesn’t drive, so I was taking her to her appointments, hair removal, support groups. She even started networking and making friends. It caused a lot of friction, among other things but basically my mental health was suffering because I never had the opportunity to make my own friends, nor have I ever been invited out with hers. I have been socially isolated for 3 years.
Two weeks ago she was getting out of bed and smiling at her phone, then held it to her chest guarding it. I felt something was off, said as much and asked if I could see her phone. She said “no” in a mocking tone I have never heard before and left. That night was a huge fight. I asked her why we weren’t getting marriage counseling like I’ve asked and she said her therapist was against it. I asked her to switch therapists because that is insane. She refused.
The next day she had therapy and I read that sometimes spouses with speak with the therapist of their spouse so I asked if I could. Without hesitation, she said yes. I thought it was strange because my wife doesn’t like having her flaws exposed and was expecting her to ask me why or what I was going to say. Instead, 5 minutes before the zoom she gaslit me by asking if she could stay with a woman I have never really been comfortable with if she doesn’t feel “safe” with me. (She’s been saying she doesn’t feel safe with me often lately and more and more each day. I am confused.) I recognized how sinister this was; she was trying to upset me before therapy. I remained calm, asked the therapist why he was against marriage counseling for us and found it was actually my wife that didn’t want it. I got off the phone and called my sister to book me a hotel. I felt scared.
The next day I came home and she and I made up, even had makeup sex because I fell for her lovebombing.
The next day, we were still good. Until I hit a tree root growing in the street and popped my tire. I asked her to help since she controls the finances and she was unwilling. She finally got us a tow, but then I was upset because we fight a lot about her not making an effort to be there when I need her. She then stopped messaging me, which is unlike her. I texted asking why she’s being so cruel. I waited for her to show up at home to talk. She came with a cop and an ambulance and told me I need to admit myself for a 72 hour psych hold. Confused, I walked to the police car and the officer asked if I’m ok. I told them besides utterly confused, yes, I’m fine.
In shock,I left to take some rescue cats to a lady I’m working with and just cried. I told her I don’t know what my wife is trying to do. I came back home and my wife was mad at me, except when she saw me talking to the neighbors, then she was sickeningly sweet. I went to bed in a separate room that night and around 11:30 I woke to her standing over me. She said she needed a charger, but I know now she was trying to see if I was asleep. I was in and out of sleep and went to the bathroom at 1:30. I noticed my wife was gone and the door was unlocked. I assumed she went to the home of the woman she mentioned and locked the door and went to bed. She called me at 2 am and told me I locked her out. I unlocked it and went back to bed, ignoring her attempts to engage me.
The next morning I started to drive my children to school and my back tire immediately flattened. I got out and looked, and there was a screw in it. I immediately thought that it was from her being outside at 1 am and she was trying to get a reaction from me to call another psych bus. I drove on the rim to a tire place, got it changed, and went to my doctors appointment where I documented I think I’m being psychologically abused.
Around noon she said she was coming home to talk. I saw her approaching the house with a very intimidating looking 6’4” trans woman. The woman introduced herself as my wife’s penpal of 3 months, that she was a carpenter and had her tools with her to fix things around my house. (I imagine a lot of screws.) My wife told me that this woman made a 6 hour drive in the middle of the night to walk around the neighborhood with her and smoke pot. The woman then starts to tell me I need to leave my home. That my wife and I need time apart. I play nice because I’m scared, but tell them I can’t because I have nowhere to go. My wife finds a piece of paper with DV hotlines on it that I got from my doctor and her demeanor when from sunny to dark. When she was alone with me, she was the same wife I married, loving, wanting to work on our marriage. Around this woman, she needs time apart. They left the house after dinner to stay at a house the woman rented and do mushrooms. I didn’t hear from her again. My adult son called to see how I was doing and I said good, wife is spending the night with some strange woman while I’m here with the kids. He was livid. “Mom! She’s been telling us (he and my adult daughter) that you are a danger to the kids and suicidal! Why did she leave you alone?!”
The next day my adult daughter begged me to come pick her up from college because “something is weird and [wife] isn’t acting normal. No one can get a hold of my wife. I drove the 1.5 hour drive to get my daughter with my other 4 kids in the car. My wife called my daughter around 6 to say she, the strange woman, and the other woman were at the house waiting for me. My daughter was frightened and didn’t want to go home. We got home and my wife and the woman were in her car across the street. My wife was crying and the woman was smirking at us. They drove off immediately. No sooner did I get in my home did the police knock on my door and tell me I have an abuse prevention order and I have to leave.
As we were leaving my daughter started sobbing and confessed my wife had been texting her that I am a danger to myself and the family for months. My daughter knew about this woman and was threatened not to tell me or I would ha everyone. She told me how my wife told her that she was going to have me committed and take the kids to raise with this woman while I “got help.” My daughter is processing enormous guilt right now.
She cut my bank account so I can’t eat or get a hotel. My daughter is staying at the house because after being with me the majority of the time, she can’t any longer because I have no money for hotels. I’ve spent what friends and family could send. I gave her the key to the house and she told me the locks have been changed. My wife has also relinquished the family dogs to the humane society. She has been going to work and leaving my two year old with a stranger she just met in person last Thursday (I stayed home with the baby and was her only caregiver.)
The woman left on Friday to go back down to be with her wife, but apparently coming back on Monday to stay at my house.
I have court on Tuesday. Please help, I am so scared they will take my kids.

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Exploring CSS Compatibility in Gmail Clients

When designing email campaigns, understanding the constraints imposed by email clients like Gmail is crucial for ensuring your message is delivered as intended. Gmail, being one of the most widely used email services, has specific rules regarding the CSS properties it supports. This can significantly impact the visual presentation of your emails, potentially affecting user engagement and the overall success of your campaign. Designers often face the challenge of balancing creativity with the technical limitations of email clients, making knowledge of these constraints essential for effective email marketing.
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Command	Description
u/media query	Used to apply CSS styles for different devices and screen sizes, but limited in support by Gmail.
!important	Increases the priority of a CSS property, but Gmail ignores these declarations.
Class and ID selectors	Allows styling of specific elements, but Gmail predominantly supports inline styles over external or internal stylesheets.

Navigating CSS Restrictions in Gmail

Email marketers and designers often encounter significant challenges when creating campaigns intended for Gmail users, primarily due to Gmail's handling of CSS. Unlike web browsers that typically support a wide range of CSS properties and selectors, Gmail strips out certain CSS attributes to maintain its own standards of email presentation and security. This includes, but is not limited to, complex selectors, styles defined in tags, and the use of !important declarations. As a result, email designs that rely heavily on these features for layout and styling may not appear as intended in the recipient's inbox, leading to potential issues with readability, engagement, and overall effectiveness of the email campaign.
To effectively work within these limitations, it is essential for designers to adopt Gmail-friendly CSS practices. This includes the use of inline CSS for critical styling, as Gmail is more likely to preserve these styles. Additionally, understanding and utilizing CSS properties that Gmail does support can help in creating responsive and visually appealing emails. For example, employing table-based layouts and inline CSS can enhance compatibility across Gmail's web and mobile clients. By prioritizing simplicity in design and coding, and rigorously testing emails across different clients, marketers can create effective, engaging email campaigns that look great in Gmail, ensuring their message is communicated clearly and effectively to their audience.

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Navigating CSS Restrictions in Gmail

Email marketing remains a vital communication tool, with design playing a key role in engaging the recipient. However, when it comes to designing emails for Gmail, one of the largest email platforms, there are unique challenges. Gmail strips certain CSS properties to maintain a consistent user experience and to protect against potentially malicious code. This means that email designers must be adept at navigating these restrictions to ensure their emails look as intended across all devices. Understanding which CSS properties are stripped and which are supported is crucial for this. For instance, Gmail does not support CSS styles contained within the