Alright, to make long story short from my last no contact we both really needed closure from our fight that resulted in our break-up. We hanged out every other weekend and talked for about a month. Why we broke up was due to pettiness, ego, and pride on both sides and she was on her menstrual cycle too, I was also very confused on her antics during our relationship and didn’t communicate at all with her on how I felt of about that which resulted for a perfect storm for us to break up. Fast forward a month, she reacts to a message I sent on Instagram before we broke up with a bunny on Easter. I tell her my apology and hope she and her family were doing okay, the following week calls me drunk and all emotional about wanting to be back together and wants me to go see her calling me “babe” “I love you,” etc. We hanged out, watched the Total Eclipse, a movie the following weekend, trip to Dallas (she lives in another city not too far ((kinda far actually))😭But then, she told her father after he called her during our date in Dallas. Now I already told my mom that I was seeing her again, she didn’t say anything and really didn’t care. She told it was my choice in the end of the day. Will her Dad wasn’t too fond of her being with me and after I broke up with her. After I dropped her off I messaged her the day after because she was kinda ghosting me that night I dropped her off. She just told me that her father wasn’t too happy that she was hanging with me so she said that we shouldn’t hang out anymore and or talk all together. I totally agreed as I talked to her on the way dropping her off about how I felt and if a scenario ever happened where I got a disapproval from her family it would result to me leaving because I care for her and I don’t want them and her to be unhappy for us being together after betraying there trust with there daughter. After that, we parted ways and thanked each other for the great memories and we didn’t speak for a couple days until she messages me 2 days later “ ____ 😭😭” (fill in blank with an imaginary name) I responded with “is everything okay” and then … radio silence. For a day, then messages me with “I fell asleep” at like 9PM which she knows I’m asleep because I have to wake up at 5am. I tell to stop being dry and to spit it out. I was honestly kinda annoyed because she was just drowning me in like suspense or something so I sent her a paragraph telling her I love her and care for her but it’s best for us to go no contact. AND… was left on delivered again. Now to current events, sorry the ‘ prologue’ was not “long story short.”💀
Fast forward two weeks later. It was ruff on not only me but her too. I honestly was really depressed and honestly praying to god for another chance and will, he delivered. On Thursday I took a nap of misery and told god for her to message me and give me on last time with her. Waking up at 12am all sweaty, stinky breath, thirsty as hell, I check my phone and I see a notification from her. My first thought was “my prayer was actually answered.” She just said if we could talk and how she wasn’t really handing our break up #2? She stated her dad got drunk and just told her he wasn’t mad about hanging out with me but not telling him she was hanging out with me. I told her that I was honestly really depressed and wanted her back in my life because I can’t see myself with someone else. We accepted that we will AGAIN rekindle our “friendship” (seeking to rebuild our relationship back but slow and exclusive) but here’s what’s troubling me now.
She’s being all shallow and ghosting me for hours sometimes even days. I can’t process her telling me she’s “not doing so good” without me but ends up ghosting me or being dry at times and honestly it’s bringing me the assumption she doesn’t really miss me but just likes the company and the attention. It’s very frustrating that she comes back to my life, twists the knife even deeper and then puts little effort in trying to fix it (I thought I did something there😭🔥) But Yha, this is my biggest struggle by far right now with her. And this isn’t new, after our first initial no contact she was the same, ghosting me being dry as the savannah desert, and now. So what do you guys think if someone even read this far😭 if you did, ummm… I’ll pray for you tonight🥹 anyways have a great day people of Reddit🫡

Yuji is special grade level and has potential to be the strongest
I am going over a series of bullet points then explain more in depth with what he may be able to learn to really convince you that much like how I covered Mahito before if Yuji reaches his full potential he’d be the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Major point 1: He matched Yuta while Yuta had a stat buff in his domain in their fight with Sukuna. And no Yuji wasn't playing support either he helped restrain Sukuna and was throwing straight hands combining his attacks with Yuta. Mind you this was before he awakened and began landing black flashes.
Major point 2: Yuji has lasted longer than basically anyone in the Sukuna battle. Aside right after the Yuta fight where he had to take a minute to heal he’s had the longest time fighting Sukuna. More than Yuta, Choso, Maki, Kashimo. I get Sukuna has not been giving Yuji his full attention every second and we can’t put all the credit on Yuji but it speaks volumes for how strong Yuji is.
Major Point 3: It’s stated verbatim Yuji has the potential to rival Sukuna by Sukuna’s Femboy and Gojo thought Yuji had the potential to surpass him.
Major Point 4: Yuji is very new even still. At max he had a month to learn blood manipulation AND shrine. And he had to stack that with soul swapping with Yuta and Kusakabe while learning RCT and simple domain. Give him more time to properly use convergence, have him take time to mimic things Choso once did while he was alive, maybe he pulls a Choso and remembers the two brothers he once killed and take wing king for himself. And shrine you don’t have to get me started.
Major Point part 5: Yuji has had the most training of anyone in this series under the largest variety of masters. Choso, Gojo, Kusakabe and Yuta, Todo, Nanami. Who else gets this level of training. Yuji lives by their will and their teachings all of them are high level combatants. Yuji is kinda crazy.
Minor Point 1: Yuji has two really good CT’s . Blood manipulation he has rct to help with and shrine. He’s not the best with either of these but they definitely help rise his stocks.
Minor Point 2: He is chosen by the sparks of black and is alone the only character in JJK that has the ability to throw black flashes at will with the highest level of black flashes in a row and highest level of black flashes overall in history. This shows Yuji is already a master of a hight in jujutsu that obviously being Black Flashes. Gojo and Sukuna may have domain expansion but they can’t claim to be able to black flash like Itadori can.
Now then with major bullet points and minor ones at the way. Can Yuji REALLY surpass Gojo and Sukuna- yes. He’s been stated that he can surpass Gojo by Satoru himself and Sukuna’s femboy acknowledged that Yuji could be equal to Sukuna. He has been a jujutsu sorcerer for less than a full year and has reached the peak of what may be able to do with a black flash.
Yuji already has a crazy growth rate. Understanding how to use cursed energy very fast and went from getting bodies by a Finger Bearer before cursed energy to throwing hands evenly with Mahito in goodwill. Yuji has went from getting kinda bullied by Yuta holding back to actually shocking 15F Meguna with how strong he was.
He has grown insanely already and has awakened as a jujutsu sorcerer just like how Gojo once did. Even still Yuji lacks a domain expansion but what if he just… gets one there is endless possibilities for Yuji’s domain expansion so it could be extremely busted maybe even more so than Gojo or Sukuna. Maybe it’s open barrier as well. He’s also got banger H2H skills even more so than Kenjaku or Gojo who before were noted as JJK’s best in H2H.
Yuji is stronger than let’s be honest most of the verse with better feats than most characters even before his awakening. Like I said keeping up with Yuta inside his domain meaning he has a stat amp inside his own domain. This makes Yuji stronger than a majority of the verse physically. This alone strength wise puts him on the special grade level at least physically. Now this is before black flashes not being in the zone or anything. Give Yuji a few years, use him post his awakening, he can use black flash at will, has a shit load of experience and skill now, he has mastered blood manipulation and shrine, he now has an open barrier domain possibly, he has a simple domain, he has reverse cursed technique. Nobody could step to Yuji.
Sadly there isn’t more to say about this aside he could learn some more abilities maybe even unlock a maximum technique while he’s at it. He could unlock more info on the soul perhaps and train his soul so that way if he ever meets Mahito like people again we know for a fact he’s safe.
Sadly while there isn’t a lot to go into Yuji definitely would surpass Gojo and Sukuna if he got time to truly let himself grow he’s already the strongest character in physical outside them most likely.
Now to watch the world burn MWHAHAHAHAHA

So context. I’m in a campaign with five other players and this issue relates to a situation where my character is in the minority when it comes to an opinion.
What happened was that we needed to clear out a room in a building that was filled with difficult enemies. So two players decided on bombing the room with fire magic and lamp oil. This led to the rogue NPC and my character going to steal the oil from a shop. My character morally disagreed with this idea. But it made sense mechanically for her to accompany the rogue since she had the second highest stealth. Plus plot wise, she felt she needed to make it up to the rogue NPC and one of the PCs for her cowardly actions in the building earlier.
The oil was stolen successfully and the rogue got it back to the building, but at the cost of my character getting caught outside past curfew and sent back to the tavern where her employer was. This meant that she got an earful despite her not being directly involved in the bombing and she got to see most of the aftermath of the whole incident, making her feel even more guilty. It led to a later conversation where my character finally piped up about not wanting to do something like that again.
Out of the six characters, three of them were very on board with this plan (two of which were the ones who planned it), one of them wasn’t at the session we did this on but agrees with the plan after being briefed on it, one character is staying neutral on it and focused on keeping NPCs safe and my character was heavily against it, but had a hand in it due to what I mentioned earlier. There are also a few NPCs with differing opinions on the plan too, but only one of them agrees with my character (her employer).
I don’t mind my character being in this position in terms of plot and roleplay. It’s actually kinda interesting. But I don’t want this to affect other player’s fun in terms of gameplay. I don’t want to judge everyone’s play style on one incident. But if we’re going for a chaotic campaign, my pacifist Bard who wants to spare as many people as possible might clash with the characters who are more willing to kill a little more, especially if she’s literally the only one who thinks this way.
How do I strike a balance? The campaign is still in its infancy, so I don’t think I need to go as drastic as making a new character. But my character is now fleshed out enough where I like where her main personality is.

Hello! I hope you’re doing well!
Just like everyone else here, I’m looking to meet new people. I’d love to form a long term connection. It’s been a long time since I’ve had that. I miss looking forward to hearing from someone.
I’m 25, female, and live in the US (obviously lol). I have lots of interests. Some are watching sports (football and hockey mostly), being outside, space, history, movies/TV shows (Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Harry Potter, The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Shameless), and tons more! I could list everything out, but I’d much rather get to know you through conversation. It feels more genuine that way and less like an interview!
I love meeting new people and getting to know them. I put a lot of effort into the relationships I form. I can be pretty talkative and a glass half full type of person. I’m very lively most of the time lol. I mention this in case it’s not your cup of tea! I have a decent response time, I usually answer pretty quickly. I’m 420 friendly, easygoing (or I think so!), and not easily offended.
As for you, please be 18+ and willing to put some effort into the conversation!
Anyways, I don’t want to make this too long. I really hope I hear from you! And if not, I hope you find what you’re looking for 😊
P.S. I am not cool with voice calls until I’m pretty comfortable with someone. Even then, they aren’t my favorite thing in the world. So please please don’t ask to call me everyday lol I understand if that’s a dealbreaker!

37f, 140lbs, 5’4”, nonsmoker, occasional alcohol use. Medication: 50mg spirolactone dx : mitral valve prolapse moderate, mitral regurgitation severe.
I was first diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse in 2015. At that time it was mild and in 2018 I was told I did not need to come back for an echo unless I had symptoms resurface. Fast forward to 2024, I started with a new primary care who I reported to that I was noticing chest pain, very high heart rate, dizziness, blurred vision, shortness of breath, and more difficulty with exercise. I was also exploring medication for ADHD so my PC ordered an echo to ensure a stimulant was appropriate with my MVP. I had the echo two weeks ago and since I live rurally and there is no local cardiologist I am several months out for a cardiology consult but am currently looking at out of state options so I can get my results looked at sooner. I met with my PC and they gave me some general info but said I would need to talk about treatment plan with a cardiologist. In the meantime I was hoping to get insight on what my results mean and if I should be making lifestyle changes while I wait for the cardiology consult. Thanks (results below)
Left ventricular systolic function is at the lower limits of normal. EF is 50% The left ventricular regional wall motion is normal. Diastolic function is normal. The right ventricle is normal in size and systolic function. There is moderate bileaflet prolapse. There is severe mitral regurgitation. Global longitudinal strain is abnormal at -16.2%. There is no pericardial effusion. Recommend a TEE to better quantify the severity and mechanism of MR
systolic function is at the lower limits of normal. EF is 50%. Global longitudinal strain is abnormal at -16.2%. The left ventricular regional wall motion is normal. Diastolic function is normal. Left Atrium The left atrium is normal in size and appearance. Right Atrium The right atrium is normal in size and appearance. Right Ventricle The right ventricle is normal in size and systolic function. Aortic Valve The aortic valve is trileaflet. There is no aortic regurgitation. There is no aortic stenosis. Mitral Valve Mitral valve leaflets open normally. There is moderate bileaflet prolapse. There is severe mitral regurgitation. No mitral valve stenosis. Tricuspid Valve The tricuspid valve is normal in structure and function. Pulmonic Valve The pulmonic valve is structurally normal. There is trace pulmonic regurgitation. Great Arteries The visualized portions of the aorta are normal in size and appearance. Venous The inferior vena cava is normal in size, and collapses normally with respiration, suggestive of a RA pressure of 0-5mmHg.

We lost our beloved, sweet, goofy black lab in Nov. at the age of 14. We now have a 15 week old male black lab pup. We’ve had him for 7 weeks. He’s from champion hunting lines so he’s bred to be a hard-charging, high energy field lab. Which is what my husband wanted because he bird hunts. This pup is SO different and SO much more… intense… than our last one and I’m worried that maybe we have a problem on our hands.
My husband is retired and home all the time so the new pup (Amos) has a LOT of attention and interaction. We’ve worked on his training since the day we brought him home. Here are the “pros” so far: 1. No hint of separation anxiety 2. Fine in his crate from day one. Never cries or whines in there, slept thru the night from day one - even at 8 wks old. Never had an accident in the crate. 3. We use a playpen for him in our living room to keep him confined to one area so he can’t destroy everything or get into anything that might harm him. He entertains himself on his own in his pen with tons of toys. He doesn’t cry to be let out or have any issues with his playpen or the outside dog run that we sometimes confine him to for a few minutes in the yard so he can be outside without 100% direct supervision. 4. We work on his basic obedience training every day, throughout the day. He knows sit, down, stay, come, leave it, off, and how to shake. He also walks pretty well on a loose leash. 5. He seems very bonded to both me and my husband and loves to lick us and get belly rubs. 6. He’s 98% housebroken. He’s never had a poop accident in the house and only occasionally has a pee accident now - maybe once every 7-14 days - and only if we miss the signals he has given us.
Now for the more concerning issues. 1. He bites. Hard. And he has literally laid open my husband’s hands multiple times. He was HORRIBLE with this the first few weeks (he came from a large litter) and we’ve worked hard on it. He’s much better with the frequency, but he’s still very mouthy and still gets sudden bouts of extreme snappiness regularly and we have to constantly correct him for it. Nothing we have tried has worked. We’ve tried probably 5 or 6 different procedures from different online trainers. Nothing seems to work with him. What is the most concerning to us is sometimes when he’s acting up and we’re trying to calm him down or get him back under control, he lunges and snaps at us and tries to bite, often delivering a hard bite. I keep reading this isn’t true “aggression” but it sure seems like it is, in the moment! 2. His chewing is insane. We can’t have him out in the house out of his playpen under direct supervision for more than 5 minutes (surrounded by toys and various chews) without him going from furniture to furniture and chewing on them. If we try to stop him and redirect him to a toy, he just spits it out and goes right back to the furniture. He will do this over and over until we simply have to put him back in the playpen. He does the same thing when he’s loose in our backyard. We’ve puppy proofed it the best we can but it’s still a large yard with flowers and bushes and rocks. He’ll go from one to the other, grabbing a rock in his mouth and running away, or breaking off huge branches off the bushes and just generally acts like a crazy dog. If we try to take things out of his mouth (always trading him first something else, he often gets snappy) 3. On walks, he barks and lunges toward people and other dogs. Not in aggression, but in excitement to get to them. We’re working on not letting him jump up on people, but he’s CRAZY when he meets new people or dogs and if we handle him to try to calm him down or keep him from jumping on someone, he often will whip around and snap at us. 4. He’s been prone to overstimulation from the first day we brought him home and the more wound up he gets, the more snappy he gets. But how do we socialize him without letting him get overstimulated? 5. He has times where he’s great on his leash and walks well and is fine. But other times, he grabs his leash and bites it, pulls on it, spins on it, and if you try to calm him down or make him stop, you guessed it - he snaps and tries to bite.
In short, he can be super sweet but he’s also EXTREMELY strong-willed and we’re just not sure if his behavior is “normal” for 15 weeks old and we just need to keep working through it or if we truly do have a problem on our hands and need to bring in a professional behaviorist. Can some of you please tell me what you think? Are we expecting too much of him at 15 weeks? And what were your labs like at 15-16 weeks old?
Thank you!

Hi all. I played Battletech a lot as a kid, 30+ years ago. I still have the box sets for Citytech and Aerotech from that time, as well as the Battletech Compendium rule book. I played a few games with my son several years ago and he’s recently taken a renewed interest in Mech construction.
My question is this- what books would I need to get current on the rules? I’m talking beyond the basic rules. We played Alpha Strike and he quickly outgrew that version. One of his hobbies is creating countless new games that rely heavily on resource management, so there is no such thing as too much info for him.
Hoping to get back to playing with him and would like to take advantage of new rules and equipment.
Thanks!

I’ll keep a buck Matter Monster deserves to be known as the stereotypical gym bro technique. Matter Monster allows the user to manipulate their muscles to an inhuman extent, giving them improved cursed energy reinforcement, or even the ability to enlarge them and make them even stronger, a sudden activation can be used for intense explosive power in the muscles. Beyond allows the user to make their muscles much, much more durable when flexed, giving them increased durability while flexing.
Extensions
Tough Out: By suddenly enlarge a muscle and flexing it at the same time the user can release a sudden impact, this can be done all through their body breaking grapples and launching anybody touching them.
Million Mile Muscle: By stretching their muscle and loosening it rather than flexing it the user can stretch their limbs to inhuman distances to deliver ranged physical attacks. This gives them a sudden increase in range to catch people off guard.
Mad Muscle: By suddenly enlarging the muscles whilst using Million Mile Muscle (Shortened version can be called M.M.M.) the user can release a heavy impact with immense range.
Melting Muscle: The user increases the amount of heat created by the movement of their muscles by an extreme amount, allowing them to burn anything that their attacks touch. A good example is if they flexed and punched you immediately after that punch would be superheated. Doing this could be used for a cool visual effect like flexing so hard your sweat evaporates in a burst of steam.
Maximum: MONSTROUS MACHO MUSCULAR
The user enlarges, hardens, and heats their muscles at the same time. Give them a massive increase in everything physical except agility, their new bulky body can move at insane speeds however not by running, by squatting and pushing off the ground like a frog, their strikes will also take a more rigid motion (Think of a sumo slap, or the punching motion a linemen might make in a football game.) in exchange for a lack of range of motion and directional control they became what is essentially a massive flaming boulder of muscle.
Bonus: You look like a JoJo’s character : D
I hope everyone found this cool, this technique was inspired by a mix of Zangief, E. Honda, and dhalism from street fighter

This past week I sent TWO shoes out through depop shipping. The mail lady took both pairs like it was nothing. Then come the following day the shoes got sent back to my house because shipping label I chose through depop was >2 and the shoes exceeded that. Quickly told the buyer imma take care of that asap and I did!! I appropriated the shipping myself and paid the difference for the label. Told the buyer I just got that out and sent him the tracking via depop messages. WRONG. Because I used depop shipping it technically stated it got redelivered on depops end so what did depop do the following day? THEY REFUNDED THE BUYER AFTER I ALREADY SENT OUT THE SHOES. After I saw the email I instantly blew depop up and the told them what happened and I provided the receipts as well as tracking all the evidence I needed to show and I was demanding a reversal of the refund due to him having both items, depop followed up with “oh we see it got delivered back your house so just repost them and have the buyer rebuy them because it wouldn’t be FAIR if you had both money and shoes” and at this point I flipped and I let loose on depop I was blowing them up telling them how could they do this what were you thinking etc etc depop generically told me to have the buyer repay for them and all will be well or if not to hit them up and I told them that there wasn’t resolution because the buyer was telling me “oh I’ll pay for them when they get here” I was begging and pleading to depop the hours before they got delivered that I was getting scammed and they wouldn’t have it. The shoes got delivered and the kid said he was gonna pay and he actually gave me hope as well until he didn’t, the kid started playing dumb and said “I never got the shoes” but I have him saying “I’ll send in a little bit” I have been going back and forth with this kid as well as depop and depop is giving my me 0 help I’ve contacted them on their socials and was telling them to check my shit but they would send me the automated emails and ignore me but then tell me they weren’t??? Bruh I have had other claims where I email depop they ask for the evidence I send and instantly moneys reversed back with emails and all that so I know how it goes!! I did the exact same thing and depop did nothing but say they’re looking into and that it’s escalated to the proper team, but nothing was changing they were not doing anything for 3 days!! They kept just stringing me a long. On top of that I’m in a message war trying to get my money and this kid is reporting me for but he is scamming me? Depop is taking so long for anything and telling me they don’t like the way they are being spoken to? and I’m going crazy because of how much money it is and how little help depop is giving me, I am literally telling and asking what they’re doing and thinking. I would send one messsge and wait 24 hours for the next. Even now it’s the 4th but now depop has banned me because they “don’t appreciate the way I’ve spoken to them” they have banned with the scammer having my money my shoes and his account in tact. I’m left with no shoes no money and this kid has found my instagram and hes making accounts to troll me and I’m sitting here like WHY WAS I BANNED. They said I’m going to get paid out my money but they told me the balance without the money I’m owed then I told what about that and they said it with a different team being handles??? Why the fuck is it like this why am I not getting answers I know why I was banned I for sure hurt their feelings but why was I banned and not him? I have the screenshots that he acknowledged he recieved and the ones where he retracts and starts saying how he never got them etc. I was relatively new to the game but I just past my 50th sale I had 22 5 star reviews, this kid had half that and when I left review that he was a scammer depop took his side and took that away?! I’m at a loss for words because depop was my side hustle and now I have to find a new one. I don’t fucking understand why they’re doing this I wish I would’ve just had the guy rebuy them instead of me resending them myself thinking I was doing the the good thing. I’m so hurt right now

I’m in Downer’s Grove, a suburban locality southwest of Chicago. I’m sitting at a brewery having earned an internal reward for writing up another edition of the Week Ahead newsletter. Now I’m going to sit here writing up these blurbs for Charlottesville that double as a prompt for tomorrow’s radio appearance on WINA. I was going to skip tomorrow so I could explore Chicago, but there’s so much happening this week that I want people to know about.
So, let’s go:
DOWNTOWN MALL
I’m quoted in this week’s C-Ville Weekly article on the Downtown Mall which is also weird because I write a weekly column for that publication as well. On Monday, Council will be presented with recommendations from a committee that has suggested ways to reform the mall and how it managed. They’ve also made suggestions that have been floated before but didn’t get anywhere, such as adding parking meters and adding more seats. They also suggest a revisit of how outdoor cafes are regulated, with a possible idea of changing their boundaries to allow for more pedestrian flow. Also possibly charging more. There’s a lot in the report worth reading. (there’s a link in my summary).
150 to 190 AFFORDABLE UNITS at 10th and Wertland
We can now look at the first image of what a six story building at the corner of 10th and Wertland would look like. This is the first major development under the new Development Code, and the first of three projects in the University of Virginia’s affordable housing initiative that seeks to construct between 1,000 and 1,500 units on land owned by them or the UVA Foundation. The Board of Architectural Review will take a first look at their meeting on Tuesday. Take a look at the picture with this segment. This infill development will transform Charlottesville and make a move to a more urban character. But is that road even close to handling the traffic? What do you think? (read more)
TRANSIT PLANS
On Tuesday, Charlottesville Area Transit will hold a virtual meeting on their transit strategic plan. Public comment is being taken through May 31, and this webinar offers an opportunity to learn how changes will be implemented gradually as the number of buses come online. I admit I follow this closely because I’m an avid fan of taking a bus if I don’t have to drive. But I really want people to pay attention to transit policy as the core of Charlottesville community prepares for more density. (this is a story I wrote last week) (learn more about the meeting)
PRIVATE SCHOOL REQUEST
At this point, I cannot provide empirical evidence that private schools, particularly Christian schools, have seen increased enrollment in the past few years. I do know that entities like the Christian Community Academy state that they have more and more applicants but don’t have the space to accommodate them. This Thursday, the Places29-Rio Community Advisory Committee will have a community meeting about a special use permit request from CCA that seeks to be able to build 9,000 square feet worth of modular buildings to accommodate their middle school enrollment. As part of the packet, they’re saying they will come back with a rezoning for a new building and to increase enrollment further. I’d like to read a story about the growth of private Christian schools that seeks to understand why. But not one that demonizes the parents who make the choice to take their kids out of the public option available to them. Is this how we further the cultural divide that threatens to tear us all apart? (learn more about the meeting)
OTHER ITEMS:

• Louisa County Supervisors will consider a budget supplement of around three-quarters of a million dollars to cover a shortfall for fire and rescue services (learn more about the meeting)
• The Albemarle Architectural Review Board will consider an amendment to add five more units to what had been proposed as six (learn more about the meeting)
• The MPO Policy Board will adopt the long-range transportation plan and endorse Smart Scale candidate projects, a process that is transparent but depends on reporting to let the public know what’s happening which is what I do. (learn more about the meeting)
• Nelson County’s Planning Commission will discuss a series of recommendations about how to alter the zoning code to better implement the recently adopted Comprehensive Plan. (learn more about the meeting)

Any extra edge in this installment is created purely by writing this in Downer’s Grove, Illinois, a place right next to the place I spent years four through six. I am beginning to feel like so much of me comes from here, a place I spent formative years but then ended up in a suburb of Lynchburg. I’ve not been here for 44 years, and here I am for one more night only. I’m convinced my sense of place and community is created by being ripped away from this one. I know at least one of the reddit readers prefers it when I don’t talk about myself, but my journalism wouldn’t exist if I hadn’t learned to read about three miles away from where I hit send.

Hello. I am a fairly long time SWGOH player who loves to collect and complete stuff. I play this game in a completely inefficient but fun way. I like to complete my collections rather than just gear up to min requirements and move on to better farms.
Because of this, and the nature of SWGOH, I tend to take a decent time on stuff I should already have. (I have only recently unlocked GL Rey 3 years after her release.) I also have trouble staying focused on tasks for extreme periods. So I made a spreadsheet to showcase progress and guide me to what's next. And then I made another. And another....and another....And now I'm on the 8th sheet and it's just been completed.
My goal was to make a complete list of every character in order that they should be farmed, starting as though I'm a brand new level 85 with access to everything.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dGGsZcbzO5Y0HtoN9luO1SzoYymXsr8PpNe1yYCR8ws/edit#gid=762504185&range=A1:B3
I come here to share this list for anyone like me who wants to find a new farming path, and to open up discussion to other players.
This is the rule set I used in my list, and in my farming process in general ever since day 1:

1. Get a team that gets me crystals. A good Fleet, a good GAC batch, TB and TW teams, ect.
   1. Start with Hoth TB Empire/Rebel, then Goe TB Sep/Rep, then finally get into ROTE.
      1. This does not take into account the bunker requirements in ROTE, because if it did everyone would have to be relic 9 because it's constantly updated.
   2. This assumes I have access to and 3 star'd every node at this point.
   3. This assumes I will not spend money (on shards). Obviously I could farm anything if money was no object.
2. If I'm going to farm a ship, farm the pilot(s) first.
   1. At the same time, if possible.
3. Early teams should not be reliant on Zetas until I get a dark side fleet, and assume omicrons are not active unless that's all the character can do.
   1. I can skip Zetas and Omicrons until I get to a point where I have extra resources that no one else needs.
   2. Pretend Datacrons don't exist. Sure Kit Fisto or First Order SF TIE Pilot might have a game breaking datacron, but that isn't permanent and thus I will not drop everything to get it. It will also not factor into my farm order.
4. Relic targets are based on the stats we get from the relic, event requirements, and where the character would be used.
   1. Tanks almost always go to relic 9, and good pilots go higher than the character probably should
   2. Relic targets can be skipped on a necessary basis. I do not need to push to the target relic immediately, but eventually I will come back to them when it becomes more reasonable to do so.
      1. Spending money on high relics is allowed but discouraged.
5. Event Requirements must obviously be farmed up first, preferably but not always to their completed target.
   1. This rule is in effect even if the character is already unlocked. Have to be complete.
   2. I can skip characters that are impossible to gear or farm at the moment, such as marquee event characters not on a node yet, or ships that require high relics.
6. Once I have an event character, go back and give the requirements a home if possible.
   1. Prioritize the event character's team, such as Padme's GRs or CLS's Rebels, before going back.
7. Take a break between GL farms to gather resources if possible. Multiple GLs in a row drains everything, including willpower.​

What about you guys? How would/do you go about farming all 335 characters + ships in SWGOH?

So context. I’m in a campaign with five other players and this issue relates to a situation where my character is in the minority when it comes to an opinion.
What happened was that we needed to clear out a room in a building that was filled with difficult enemies. So two players decided on bombing the room with fire magic and lamp oil. This led to the rogue NPC and my character going to steal the oil from a shop. My character morally disagreed with this idea. But it made sense mechanically for her to accompany the rogue since she had the second highest stealth. Plus plot wise, she felt she needed to make it up to the rogue NPC and one of the PCs for her cowardly actions in the building earlier.
The oil was stolen successfully and the rogue got it back to the building, but at the cost of my character getting caught outside past curfew and sent back to the tavern where her employer was. This meant that she got an earful despite her not being directly involved in the bombing and she got to see most of the aftermath of the whole incident, making her feel even more guilty. It led to a later conversation where my character finally piped up about not wanting to do something like that again.
Out of the six characters, three of them were very on board with this plan (two of which were the ones who planned it), one of them wasn’t at the session we did this on but agrees with the plan after being briefed on it, one character is staying neutral on it and focused on keeping NPCs safe and my character was heavily against it, but had a hand in it due to what I mentioned earlier. There are also a few NPCs with differing opinions on the plan too, but only one of them agrees with my character (her employer).
I don’t mind my character being in this position in terms of plot and roleplay. It’s actually kinda interesting. But I don’t want this to affect other player’s fun in terms of gameplay. I don’t want to judge everyone’s play style on one incident. But if we’re going for a chaotic campaign, my pacifist Bard who wants to spare as many people as possible might clash with the characters who are more willing to kill a little more, especially if she’s literally the only one who thinks this way.
How do I strike a balance? The campaign is still in its infancy, so I don’t think I need to go as drastic as making a new character. But my character is now fleshed out enough where I like where her main personality is.

I’m currently relistening to the books and catching new things. Just got to the part with Samantha’s introduction, after they fight the sand ooze. They mention that the ooze didn’t die and a grain of it is probably floating out in the ocean. At the end of this book they’ll unleash that ocean and the sharks on to the ninth floor. I have a feeling the sand ooze will be back for the faction wars. What role do you all think it’ll play? I had totally forgotten about it but on this reread it feels significant.
Anyway, just putting this out there cuz I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. If it’s been discussed before then sorry, and I’m sure mongo is appalled!

I've written a short description about who I am and what im looking for below.
Hello! I'm a vibrant 20 year old university student studying Computer Science. I'm passionate about making a difference in the world and love spending my free time exploring the arts. My friends describe me as a "kinda dumb but extremely kind hearted" – always ready with a smile and a kind word.
I enjoy outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking, which allow me to connect with nature. I'm also an avid reader and a bit of a coffee shop connoisseur – there's nothing better than a good book paired with the perfect latte.
I'm seeking someone who shares my enthusiasm for life and my passion for the environment. A sense of humor and a kind heart are must-haves. If you're someone who enjoys deep conversations, spontaneous road trips, and has a love for animals, we might just click!
I can whip up a mean vegan lasagna that could fool any cheese lover and I'm always up for a challenge, whether it's learning a new language or trying out a new recipe.
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That's all, feel free to message if you like what you've read.
Edit - I forgot to mention I'm from the UK lol

Summary

I competed for the first time at the USPA Drug Tested Emerald City Classic hosted by DOP Strength Gym in Kirkland, WA on May 18th, 2024.
Here's my Instagram post with videos of my third attempts and a photo with my participation medal (I was the only 110kg submaster male lifter).
I went 9/9 with no red lights, broke my gym PRs on squat and deadlift, and had an awesome time. I competed in the submaster 110kg class in raw full power, weighed in (24h before) at 105.7 kg, and totaled 545kg. I planned to take very light openers, big jumps for my second attempts (15kg for squat and deadlift, 10kg for bench), and then smaller jumps (7.5kg for squat and deadlift, 5kg for bench) for my thirds, and I stuck to that plan. All of my lifts felt great and moved fast except for my third bench, which was a little bit of a grind. My strategy paid off because I had a much more enjoyable day going 9/9 a little light, compared to how I would have felt if I had missed any of my first or second attempts--which I saw happen to plenty of other lifters.
The gym was a little crowded with 60 lifters in 4 flights but the meet was super well run, with good vibes all around. The meet director was super clear at the rules briefing and the spotteloader crew absolutely hauled ass and the whole meet was over at 3 pm. I also got to see several master's lifters set state and national records, including a 72 year old woman, so that was awesome to watch.
My friend and training partner, who is an experienced master's lifter and meet judge, showed up to handle me and that made a huge difference in my experience. He really helped me a ton with understanding the pace, timing my warmups, loading the bar, chalking my back, cheering me on, telling me when to rest, eat, hydrate, everything. He really did a fantastic job.

Prep

I took Steve DeNovi's free 3x Bench - Conventional Deadlift program and ran Block 3 and the peaking block (10 weeks), with modifications to the accessory selection and split to make it 4 days a week. My weekly split was:

• Mon: Primary squat, OHP, pull ups, bicep curls
• Tue: Primary bench, secondary deadlift (cluster singles), chest supported rows, face pulls, tricep pushdowns
• Thu: Secondary squat, paused squat, tertiary bench (Larsen press), lat pulldowns, DB incline press
• Fri: Primary deadlift, paused deadlift, secondary bench, bent over rows, lateral raises

I really enjoyed this program and got a lot out of it. I felt like the peak timing was just right for my meet.

Squat

Squats felt great in prep. My training max for the first block was 425 lbs and I upped it to 435 for the second block. I didn't feel like I under or overshot any of my prep lifts, my RPEs felt accurate.
There was a little confusion about whether squats would be done on a 25kg squat bar or a 20kg power bar, but they ended up using the 20kg Kabuki power bar. The knurling felt great on my back.

1. 170kg. The main thing in my head was to take my time setting up, which I did, and I think it helped calm my nerves. When I unracked, the bar tilted to the right slightly, but I was able to level it out as I walked out. Stance felt solid, got a strong brace, weight felt light and moved fast.
2. 185kg. Better unrack. Felt lighter than I expected.
3. 192.5kg. Beat my gym PR of 415lbs. My handler said my third looked like it moved better than my second. I felt a cramp in my right inner hamstring as I locked it out though, and it's feeling sore today. I felt in control the whole rep but I think I kinda dive-bombed it and went a little too deep and that over-stretched my hammie. Looking back at the videos, I think I rushed the descent on all my squats, even though I had been practicing a slower descent during prep. Something to work on cleaning up before my next meet.

Bench

I kind of wrote off bench for this meet since I made poor progress in prep. For the first 5 week block my training max was 265 lbs and I felt like I was undershooting, so I increased it to 275 lbs, but once I started hitting singles at 250+ they weren't moving well and my butt started coming off the bench. I fixed that issue late in prep by setting my feet further back. My left shoulder had also been bothering me a bit lately, plus I started getting some tennis elbow on my left from the bent over rows or something. So I went with attempts I knew for sure I could hit, and didn't get too excited for bench. I also really felt that bench was a natural "valley" between the peaks of squat and deadlift, in terms of the energy level of the meet.

1. 100kg. A gimme attempt just to practice the commands for real.
2. 110kg. This was the best bench single I've had lately--setup, foot placement, arch, unrack, controlled descent, pause, and press, everything felt solid and it went up so fast that my friend who was working the scoring table shouted "Put some weight on the bar!"
3. 115kg. Unrack felt great, controlled eccentric and pause felt good, got a fast press command, but I think my back slipped a little on the pad, which was kind of slick, and I didn't get enough leg drive, and forgot to cue bar path, so I pressed it straight up off my chest and hit a sticking point, then my back cramped up and my arms started shaking. I barely got it locked out. I originally wanted to aim for 120kg on my third attempt but now I'm glad I didn't because I for sure would have missed it.

I'm pretty satisfied with just getting 9 white lights on bench because I was so worried about my butt popping up or having a brain fart and jumping the start or rack command, and those things didn't happen.

Deadlift

Deadlifts are my best event (long arms) and the pauses and cluster singles in DeNovi's program really helped dial in my setup and make me stronger off the floor. Having access to a deadlift bar in training was nice, as the whip might have thrown me off if I had only ever trained on a stiff bar. Liquid chalk + hook grip + Kabuki bar = unlimited grip.
Toward the end of prep I changed my setup to get rid of my dynamic "hip pump" wedge and just sink straight into my starting position, set my hook grip, and just patiently "leg press the floor away." This change really paid off because it helped me get the most out of the deadlift bar and made my lockouts a breeze.
I was worried about the back cramp during my third bench interfering with my deadlift, but as I started warming up, my back felt fine, however I was feeling that third squat in my right hamstring. Thankfully the pain subsided once I got warm again.

1. 215kg. Felt light, as it should have, like a last warmup. Not much else to say.
2. 230kg. My handler said "earn your third attempt!" I executed my setup and pull exactly like my first attempt and was surprised by how fast it broke the floor and how easy the lockout was. I heard someone say "that's a good hinge!"
3. 237.5kg. I almost went for 240 but kept it conservative because I was worried about my hamstring. I kinda regret holding back now. I took a couple extra seconds to build up a really hard brace before methodically executing my setup. Just as the bar passed my knees they shook a little, and the crowd started cheering for me, but the bar didn't slow down at all so I knew I had it in the bag for 9/9 and just felt ecstatic.

A spectator walked up to me afterward and gave me a really good compliment--he said my deadlifts looked like a hydraulic machine!

Next steps

Now that this meet's behind me, my main training priority will be getting my bench up. I'm going to reevaluate my approach to frequency, volume, specific vs. hypertrophy work, and my diet.
For squat, I think I'll continue doing pauses and maybe add tempo descent work or something to break my dive-bombing habit because I don't want to pull a hammy with a heavier weight at my next meet.
My deadlift feels locked in, so I'm not going to fix what isn't broken. I want to work in some RDLs in my offseason since I haven't done them in a while, but that's it.
There's another USPA meet at the same venue in late September which is kinda soon but I'm really tempted to do it so I can go in more confident, open a little higher, set some new meet PRs, and get my money's worth with this USPA membership. It's about 17 weeks away now so that's enough time to have a few weeks of offseason before another prep cycle.

I honestly don’t know where to turn, I’m too embarrassed to talk to anyone I know about this…
I am very much behind on paying taxes, honestly I’ve never paid taxes or filed since I began working. I’ve been waiting tables since I was 18 and I’m about to turn 28. I don’t know what to do or where to turn. I can’t afford to pay all that I’m backed up on which probably is at or over $100k from my estimation’s collectively. I also a few years back tested positive for hiv and I can’t afford health insurance so I can’t access treatment and because of my backed taxes I can get care through the affordable care act. I’ve been missing work more and more as I feel tired a lot of the time and have been getting sick often. My teeth are starting to rot out even though I brush and floss daily and am at risk of loosing all my teeth. I’ve since moved in with a friend to try to get on my feet with lowering my monthly expenses but it seems so hard to get ahead. Especially with this economy, I wish I could just break even financially and get the healthcare I need. I don’t know what to do, should I file bankruptcy or even can I? Maybe I should just let this disease take its toll and do away with me… I am just so lost.
I’ve looked into manifesting and thinking positive as other people have said it’s helped them out of seemingly impossible situations by keeping the faith… I just find it hard. I just want to feel normal again and feel like myself; but I don’t know if that’s possible for me.

Everytime I log in my PC is going wild. I’m not exactly sure what’s happening. It keeps opening new tabs for Windows Help.
I can’t access anything else and the tabs keep switching and creating more tabs, my curser moves but I can’t click anything.

My friend (24F) and I (24M) were hanging out recently when she opened up about some tough things she’s been dealing with. She’s been feeling unhappy with her living situation and her roommates, to the point where she decided to move out. Things got even harder for her after she broke her ankle. The injury forced her to take a break from work, which made her feel really isolated since she couldn’t get out much.
As we talked more, she shared that she was worried about something deeper. She’s been feeling some bad vibes and is concerned it might be related to spiritual energy or magic. Now, she’s on a quest to find people who understand these things to help her make sense of what’s going on and hopefully feel better. It is worth mentioning that she has a bad past, and a dismantled family.
For further clarification, we have been hanging out for almost a year now, she holds significance to me. However, I am more of a scientific guy, I look towards life in a logical, scientific, and rational way rather than emotionally, and I have a fairly stable life, in all the different fields. The problem arose when I decided to not just stick to listening but to guide her and confront her, maybe extract her from the deep hole of depression she is in, after all those ideas are a result of the situation she is in. Ultimately, I advised her to obliterate the idea she had. The underworld of spiritual people has never been truthful in any scientific way, never been precise or accurate from a philosophical approach, and they have never been legitimately advising others. Engaging with such surroundings might lead to one of two. Either believe their lies and feel temporarily better by their flimsy fables, just like how drugs obliviate the human mind, fake satisfaction. Or they drown her deeper into a profound hole, followed by severe consequences on her side.
To make things better I wanted/ advised /encouraged/ motivated/ promoted her to keep her schedule full and stay around people, friends, and family. Only not while working on herself by reading actual beneficial books, learning online/on-site a new skill or ameliorating existing competencies, and doing sports.
However, she got triggered when I asked her what she had done in the past 365 days, I know she has been through a lot in the past, and asking her such a question was the cherry on the cake, she became mad, I can't even forget her gaze into my eyes, she cried, and almost hit me with a bottle of water. I obviously care about her a lot, and I felt guilty for pushing her that much, but on the other hand, I intended to help and aid, I began from a further point in life, and yet, I made it out, I want the same for her too. Even after what happened I calmed her down, apologized to her and hugged her tight. Although the dust settled, I still feel guilty and hurt for how she reacted, and for hurting her feelings that much, so AITAH for pushing her that much by asking such critical and sensitive questions though I knew she is quite sensitive. ?

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently got a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate and I'm also contacting neighbors to see if they would like to buy my Amazon account
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Got $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently got a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate and I'm also contacting neighbors to see if they would like to buy my Amazon account
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Got $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90

Hello friends, I’m in a bit of a conundrum and I’m quite desperate, so basically I had recently got a $100 Amazon gift card with the intention of getting Mw3 Cod point gift cards so I could get the Lilith and Inarius operator bundles in mw3 and also get my younger brother a 2400 Cod Point gift card so he can buy whatever bundle he likes, but when I try to check out with my Amazon balance, they say that I can’t buy gift cards because my Amazon Balance comes from an Amazon gift card, but I can buy anything else from Amazon, but I don’t want anything else right now and I’m extremely desperate and I told my younger brother and he had the idea of asking people on Reddit if they would be willing to trade the account for money so I’m doing that now. all of the $100 are still on the account completely untouched, on a brand new amazon account I made last night just for this gift card, but after I redeemed the gift card on the account last night I found out that you can’t buy gift cards if your balance comes from an Amazon gift card. if you DM me I could give you guys the password to the email attached to the Amazon account, and the username & password to the actual amazon account so you can lockdown the account and put it in your own email if you want, you can also change the password to the email so that way you can completely own it and you don’t have to worry about me trying to do something foul and you could pay me back with just $90 so I can get my CP cards and you can have an Amazon account with a $100 balance, and I’m down to give you my full name and FaceTime you so that you know what I look like, and so if I were to screw you over I’d have to face you. I try my best to be a good and honest person and so if someone were to take a chance on me I would 100% deliver and seriously appreciate it although there’s no way you could 100% know cause I’m just a random dude on the internet but I would hate to get scammed and so if we could figure out a way to make the trade to where both people are safe from getting scammed I’m completely down, I’m pretty desperate and I'm also contacting neighbors to see if they would like to buy my Amazon account
honestly, I’d love to FaceTime you afterwards to thank you face-to-face Annnnnd if you’re down we could squad up and throw down in Warzone :) I’m not crazy good but I can handle myself
TLDR: Got $100 Amazon gift card to buy Cod Points and just found out that Amazon won’t let me buy them because the balance came from a gift card so now I’m looking to see if anyone will buy my $100 Amazon account for $100-90