tl;dr - My sister moved to another country and had a child with her ex-fiancé. The child isn't a US citizen and courts in both countries have sided with her ex to keep the child in the other country, and will not allow my sister to bring the child to the US. Now my parents and my sister want me to cancel my vacation and give the money to my sister to help with her legal bills, and are furious that I said no.
Background: My older sister did a student exchange program when she was in college. She liked it so much there that she ended up staying there. Eventually later on she met someone. They have a child (who is 8 now) and they were planning on getting married. But their relationship fell apart before the wedding happened. My sister wanted to move back here and bring her child with her.
I always thought that if a baby had a parent with US citizenship, it automatically made the baby a citizen no matter where in the world that baby was born. But that's not true. Since my sister and her child's father aren't married and my sister had not been physically present in the US for years before their child was born, it means their child is not automatically a citizen. Their child could get citizenship but that would require them 1) to be allowed to enter the country legally as an immigrant and 2) for them to be in the physical and legal custody of my sister. This where the problems happen.
Their child is a citizen of her father's country and the court there won't let my sister have custody or bring their child here. All the times my sister has tried and appealed the court say the current country is their home, their child has no ties to the US and has never been here, and my sister has no right to remove them from their home country. They also say the free healthcare and better standard of living means their child should stay and even talk about how much safer it is there vs. here.
Even though the law about an unmarried mother giving citizenship to their child born in another country has changed, it doesn't apply after the fact. My sister's child was born a year before the law changed so it doesn't count in their case. The US has an agreement with the country my sister lives in about custody agreements and child support so the courts here can't do anything. My sister has tried going to court and then appealing decisions both here and in the other country. She has hired lawyers in both countries. She has gone to politicians in both countries. She's had all kinds of consults with experts in international law. And no matter where she turns the law is against her and her ex says their child will not ever come here until they are 18 and can decide for themselves. Her choices are either: to stay to stay the other country where her ex has their version of legal and physical custody and sister would have visitation, not 50% but close. She can also try to meet the requirements for citizenship. Or she can move back to St. Louis and then go back to the other country once or twice a year for a visit.
To help my sister pay for her huge legal bills my parents re-mortgaged their house. It was basically paid off but now they are underwater on it. They gave her their entire savings as well. My mom didn't work after my sister and I were born but she's had to get a job as a cashier because of my parent's financial situation. My dad won't be able to retire now. They are looking if there's any social assistance because of how bad things are. I'm terrified that something will happen that will make their situation worse like an accident or illness because of how bad the situation is. Even after all this they are still hell bent on helping my sister. I'm don't have the money to look after them if anything goes wrong. I'm a phlebotomist, I don't have piles of money lying around to help my parents and even now they are still giving my sister money.
My sister is almost massively in debt. Before now neither her or my parents asked me for money but now that my parents and my sister have found out I'm taking a vacation they want me to cancel it and give the money to my sister. I finished my training in 2020 and the last four years in the healthcare sector have been so stressful. I haven't had more than three days off in a row since I started my job. I'm going on a Viking Cruise and I've been looking forward to it for over a year. I don't want to cancel it. I currently do not have any debt but they are pressuring me to go into debt for my sister. My parents have visited my sister's child, they have visited the other country and regularly do video calls and phone calls but I think my parents and my sister are still in denial about the situation. When I said I'm not cancelling my cruise or going into debt to help my sister all three of them got so angry. My sister lost it on me and my parents backed her up and said they were disappointed in me. Besides my sister's child the three of them are the only family. But my parents and my sister won't talk to me unless it's to tell me how angry they are. It just sucks that they won't talk even though I know I'm right and won't change my mind.

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Gaz had crawled high into the apple tree and was pulling fruit down, lobbing it into the net his sister Tibble was holding out with her four hands. He hooted as he saw Jonathan walking through the rows.
Tibble turned, her blue fluff ruffling. "Human Jonathan! We have gathered many of the apples!"
Jonathan smiled as he approached, noting the large pile stacked on the ground. "Tibble, you have to put them in the baskets. Contact with the dirt will cause them to rot." He laughed. "I've told you this."
She shook her head. "Pyramid shape best. I like this." She pointed at the pile. "This is best way. You said you would make more cider. We like the cider. You will make it for me."
He knelt down and picked up an apple, taking a bite. Juice oozed out around his lips as his teeth pierced the skin of the fruit. He chewed for a moment while looking up at Gaz. "Yes. I said I would. Get these in the baskets and I'll carry them back."
She growled at him. "Piles are best." Tibble then began moving the top of the pile into the basket.
Jonathan sat under the tree as she filled the first basket, finishing off his third apple. She stacked it as high as she could before they started rolling off the top, and he got up. He lifted the basket and started carrying it toward the shed. "I'll be back for the next basket shortly."
He walked the half mile through the ruins of the city and stopped outside the door to the shed. He placed the basket down next to the apple masher and pulled the first apple up. He felt something ping on the back of his neck. Instinctively he scratched it, not remembering the sensation. He scratched a second time before he remembered what that particular vibration meant.
"Ares. Answer transmission."
The silicon based assistant accessed the relay and transmitted it to his subneurals.
An image of a man appeared in his ocular display. "Activation code Xeres Zulu three Kappa Alpha seven." The man said.
Jonathan tensed up and took a long breath before sighing. "Go ahead, admiral I'm guessing?"
"Admiral Alexander Oline, and you are Remnant Jonathan Kurzov?"
"I am."
"You are being activated."
Jonathan shook his head. "I'm retired."
"Retired?" The admiral asked. "You're done being human? I didn't know that was a thing."
"I'm retired from whatever you're wanting to ask me to do. Unless it's gardening, I don't give a shit about whatever you're doing."
Admiral Oline looked away for a moment and then back at Jonathan. "I have a report here describing in depth contact and conflict with an alien species, conducted by you. We received this information along with an application for a species of blue fuzzy creatures to be put under our species protection from a communications relay you and your assistant built. Am I wrong in this?"
Jonathan groaned. "No, you're right. I did a good deed."
Alexander nodded to himself as he looked over the report. "Yes, and now for your punishment." He smiled. "Prior to this, we thought all expansionist missions into your galaxy were extinct. The only traces we have left, before you, are the four sentience probes that were sent with your colonists. Do you still have access to those probes?"
Jonathan shook his head. "Haven't seen them in a few centuries. They left this system to continue scanning."
The admiral nodded. "Well, they have been continuing as programmed. They've been transmitting the entire time, and their data as mothballed during the last era, but now." He paused for a moment, his face growing stern. "A lot has changed since you left the Way. We, humanity, are on a similar path as yourself it seems."
"How so?" Jonathan asked.
"Humanity is making peace with our existence. We have gone back to our roots, trying to find peace in this darkness. Gardening, zen, familial ties, these are major values we have fostered, same as you and your adopted blue friends."
"Well, good for humans. Woo." Jonathan said. "Get to the point Oline. What do you want."
"Okay, I'll cut the curtsies. Those four probes from your expedition, their transmissions got bought up by a young entrepreneur. He went through them, refocused the probes to blue planet and found something. There's a species there, Isopodal, smart, but technologically savage. They're never going to reach beyond their atmosphere. They're planet locked, hell, probably never going to see electricity."
"Okay, so savages are causing a problem how?"
Oline sighed, shutting his eyes for a moment. "He watched them, then shared the feed with his friends, who shared the feed with their friends, and it became a phenomenon. These big bug, they're nice with extended families. They build their homes out of their shed carapaces. The longer they stay in a place, the bigger their homes get. Some are a hundred generations old, children walking through their halls touching the shells of ancestors long long gone. They scavenge, filter feed. The build tunnels to channel wastes from their small towns to the forests nearby, perfect balance with their ecosystem. They don't wage war, plan long term settlements with population quotas, living exactly as how the new human government envisions we should."
Jonathan nodded. "Sounds nice."
Oline sighed again. "It's a whole thing. We have a moon dedicated to making plushies of these things. People love them. The probes have been following specific towns for four decades now. Generations of people are involved in this ideology."
"And where do I fit in?"
"Your conflict with the Brin. Our Isopods biologically cleanse their environments of heavy metals. Their towns are built out of high demand, refined, high value materials. The Brin have since shifted their focus away from your blue fuzzy's and now are predating upon the Isopods."
"Fuck. Alright, I'll put a stop to them. You got coordinates for their homeworld?"
The admiral shook his head. "No, we're not into genocide anymore. We have to consider voters now. Your galaxy is being watched in detail now, with your little communication relay set up. We have to do this hands off, plausible deniability."
"For fuck's sake. Okay. How you wanna do this then?"
"Open source a Hadronic engine, give it to them. Basic freedom fighter protocols."
Jonathan nodded. "Understood."
Admiral Oline looked down at his templates and transmitted them. "Remnant Jonathan Kurzov, you are authorized to commence Project Pandora, classification Ultra Secret."
---===*===---
The father and eldest daughter and melted in the house of her forebears. She screeched through the walls, begging them to get out while she focused on the twins. She grabbed the two balls and tucked them into her filter pouches before running out the front door. She made it out to the beach as the heat intensified and the floating disk began sucking up their home. She stood in the water, her visual plate peaking out from the waves watching as she shivered with sadness. Her feeler appendages stroked the twins in her pouches as they fed from her filters, safe under the water. The beams finished melting down her home, pulling the slag up into the belly of the floating circle. She watched it float slowly away, disappearing down the beach.
She stood in the water, watching the smoldering hole that was her home far into the night. The stars were bright, and a dim glow came from beyond the horizons. She didn't dare leave her home, her ancestors. She kept shivering in grief, then she saw it.
A shadow contorted and a figure moved. Her vision, being as highly sensitive as it was, could barely make it out. She watched as it stood next to her ruins, her family home. A flash came from the thing.
"Fear not." It said as clearly as if it were her own blood.
She tiptoed out of the water, her weight coming back to her as she walked onto the beach. She shimmered back at the creature. "Spare us. Please."
It turned toward her, its face horrible and full of holes. Two orbs peered down at her, sending waves of fear through her shell. "A mother stands before me." It said, reflections appearing in front of it, cascading infrared to her. "I will do more than spare you."
Terror welled up in her and she fell down to the ground, but she resisted the urge to coil up and maintained her gaze upon the creature. "You are not them. You, you are different."
It walked closer to her, moving upon a mere two appendages. It lowered down next to her, extending a manipulator arm toward her. "Chance has sent a plague upon your peoples, one that you will not survive." It stared deep into her visor plate. "My people weep at that thought and offer you, Mother of three now two, a gift."
She could not help herself, and as if commanded without words, she extended two of her manipulator appendages up toward it. It opened up the ball at the end of its arm, five digits unfurling to reveal a black cube. It gently pushed the cube into her two pointed appendages.
"What is it?" She asked, shimmering.
The creature shimmered the air around it, speaking in ways she couldn't. "It is the gift we wish we did not have to give. It is horror, pain, and destruction. You know it in your organs, you feel it thinking about your mate, your daughter. Those that brought this feeling to you, will not stop until you give them this feeling back. This, this will allow you to do so, and I am sorry to have to give it to you."
She looked down at the cube in her points, feeling it as it vibrated across her limbs, reaching into her. Lines traced across her shell as she watched it grow on her. She looked back up toward the being as it crawled across her body but the shadow creature was gone.
A voice spoke to her, vibrations in her very core. "Hephaestus online. Greetings Mother."
She stood, her numerous feet appendages poking into the wet sand. "Where are you, being?" She shimmered with her shell.
"I am in you Mother, and am at your service." It replied within her minds.
"What has happened?" She asked, shivering with fear.
"You have been called upon to save your people."
She looked around before touching her own carapace. "How do I, how do we do that?"
"Where are the survivors?" It asked.
She thought for a moment, visions of the deep, visions of safety in the dark filled her minds.
"Go there. Help them."
She shivered again, defeat in the squish of body, her filters feeling the twins feeding at her sides.
"They will not stop, and more will suffer and die."
She turned her gaze back toward the horizon, seeing the glow of other homes melting in the far distance. "We can stop this?" She asked, now solely using her thoughts.
"I am but your tool. You can stop this." It replied.
---===*===---
She had not been to the vents since she picked her mate. They had fed there, filtering, hardening their shells together while discussing their future family. She could see the flickers of bioluminescence in the dark as she approached, her filters tasting the dense biofilm from the sea. She was close, and the flickers were from many peoples, many different families. She watched them talk, brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, fathers, grandparents, all missing loved ones. Pain was the primary color, loss and heartache shared through the broken peoples.
She stepped into the outer ring, the heat of the vents warming her and her twins at her sides. Shimmers rose up to her asking who she had lost. She replied. "Mate and eldest daughter." But her reply wasn't heartache, but rather tinged with a new feeling and color. She replied with deep reds, a red tied to a thought from a people people beyond the stars, a red of blood and fire, things she knew nothing about.
The people's around her shifted in confusion at the colors. An elder great mother rose up to her. "You speak confusing daughter. What are you saying? Are you injured?"
She looked around, her visor meeting with dozens of others as they raised up to look at her. "The darkness came to me, spoke with me." She looked at the great mother. "The darkness touched me and has told me what we must do."
The elder mother walked over and touched manipulators with her. "Sit with us daughter, you need to rest. You have come far and need to heal."
"Our mates burn." The Mother of three now two said. "Our children, our families, our fathers burn. Things of light and pain come here and kill us. I will not heal these wounds. I bleed in my organs, pain beyond pain. I will not rest until they cease, until they feel my pain. They will feel this in their organs!" She flashed brighter than those around her thought possible. "I will stop them!"
A father stood up, pain shown in his colors. "They burn us. They are in the sky! How do we stop them? Do you know how? If you know anyway I will lend my spikes to yours. Please, tell us how! Anyone, tell us how." He shouted as bright as he could, lament touching his words.
The Mother of three now two walked over to him, placing her appendages upon his. Dots of blue light shifted from her carapace onto his. She looked into his visor plate and spoke with tinges of red. "The darkness has come and has promised us vengeance."
He flexed his carapace, breathing deep as he sucked in the sea. "What is this?" He asked, his own colors shifting toward the red.
"Our pain made flesh." She replied.
---===*==---
Brin operator Noloc was marking the next metal deposit while the syphons were busy pulling up the slag. It radioed over to buddy Lana. "You nearing full?"
Lana replied back. "Yeah. You want to get food while we empty?"
"Yeah, obviously." It replied. "Care to stimulate bodies while we eat?"
"Yeah obviously." Lana said. "Hey, are you getting any weird readings?"
"Like what?" Noloc asked.
Lana sent over telemetry. "Heat spikes in the water. What are those?"
Noloc looked them over and then scanned the water nearby. "Yeah, I got a dozen near me too. What are those?"
Noloc turned to look out the window just in time to see something leap onto the outer hull of its ship. "Um, one of the native creatures is on my miner."
Lana screamed through the radio.
Noloc shook at the noise and looked back out at the native. The creature was larger than normal, its color darker as well. Noloc watched as the thing curled, hunkering down on the hull. Deep scratching sounds echoed through the ship. "I am in need of assistance." It radioed up toward the mothership. "Assistance needed, native attack."
Telemetry came down. "Wait time for assistance five minutes. Ten minutes. Three hours." It read out, the time continuously increasing.
Noloc looked around. "What is happening! I need assistance!" Another thud on the hull and Noloc looked out to see another native boring into the ship. "Help!"
---===*===---
The Mother walked over to the downed ship and watched as the warriors cut apart the pilot. Hephaestus highlighted the mining beam as she walked across the machinery. She pointed with one of her manipulators. "There Father. We need that piece." She shimmered.
One of the fathers walked over and cut it free with his new sharps. "What is it Mother?"
"It is a tool of light and fire."
He shook, remembering his family burning.
"Remember that pain Father. They will feel it as they burn."
He paused and looked at her. "We will be as they are then. Burners, bringers of pain. That is not who we are."
She felt at the empty filters at her side. "My twins are in the deep with the mothers. That is not who they are, but that is who we must be so they can stay that way."
The Father shimmered back in tones of red. "They will be as we were before."
She flashed understanding. "We will suffer, become the monsters so they won't have to."
He replied understanding.
--===*===---
Three galaxies away, sitting in their living rooms across numerous worlds, humanity watched on. The four probes, hidden in their cloak fields, displayed in completed holographic representations, the forgotten horrors of war. Beams of fire and light rose up from the depths of the seas, melting Brin ships out of the sky. Day after day, the Isopods did what they did, scavenged. More fallen tech fed them, and within three months they had risen out of their gravity well, taking the fight into orbit.
A year later and several scavenged stations and the Isopods had opened up communications, seeking the others hiding in the shadows.
A world of blue fuzzy creatures were quick to respond, welcoming the filter feeders to the galactic community.
The Mother of Three now two was aboard the ship crossing the darkness as the first gathering commenced.

A few months ago I read a post about how this sub had a problem with unfunny racist users infiltrating it and posting plain racist posts and selling them as 'jokes'. Now I love myself a good racist joke, but it has to be witty, funny and, most important, a joke. If I want to hear racist ramblings I'll just go speak to old people in a retirement home or in a Fratelli D'Italia convention.
With that being said, is it possible that we are having a similar problem with unfunny sexism? With posts and especially comments that mistakes plain misogyny with jokes? Is it just an impression of mine?
Thank you for your attention, feel free to downvote me to oblivion.

Spill my blood in the snow. Watch as the essence of my life melts away the ice at your feet. Slit my throat and drain me until I’m too weak to see. Set my soul free for all I ever wanted was for you to be with me. Atleast then I would know that you could finally be happy. Bathe in the sweet crimson nectar from my veins. Let my life give way to prosperity for those that may be saved. It’s too late for me anyway. When I wake I think of it… every day. If I asked this of you then what would you say. Would you allow me this one favor. It need not be done with anger. Be happy, you’re free from the burdens that came with me. All I need is for you to be the last thing I see. As I close my eyes and draw my final breath, what we had is all that will be left. As you grind dirt into my wounds, taste the sickly sweet stench of my heart as it pours through the cracked earth. Feel my flesh under your nails as you bury your hands in my chest plunging your fingers into my soul to retrieve the heart that you stole. Only to rip it to shreds and dance in the falling ashes of our love. Watch as the embers of my life fall from the sky to paint the sunset a dark red before it fades to the pitch black void of night.
First time poster looking for any notes comments or critiques/analyses. Thanks.

I know that it's better that I do my own but I really liked the Second Brain 🧠 design and I want to adapt it to my own life . I have searched everywhere , also in the Deep-web ;) , but to no avail .
So pls if someone can share it , or at worst give me a similar notion template.
Another question , do you think that building notion templates and selling them is a good business , worth the time spent on them ?

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Highlight the following benefits: This is my personal opinion, but you may disagree with me!
Budget Planning: AI analyzes your spending habits much more deeply than you might on your own. This leads to tailored recommendations and insights you wouldn't uncover manually. In addition, it can process massive amounts of financial data, like budget plans, spending analysis, and savings suggestions, in seconds.

On a separate note, I want to mention the fight against impulse buys. AI eliminates emotional spending triggers often associated with human budgeting. It sticks to the data, promoting financial discipline.

"Create a budget template that will work with my income and spending habits. I want something I can easily track and modify." 

Accounting and Tax Compliance: Modern platforms track changes in tax rules and legislation in real-time, alerting you to updates that could affect your life and work. This reduces the risk of non-compliance and potential penalties. If you set up your assistant intelligently, you may even be able to prevent problems in some cases.

And, unlike a real financial advisor, AI platforms are noticeably cheaper and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Here's a prompt you can use:

"Explain the key financial ratios and how to calculate them. Provide examples of how to use them to assess my business health." 

Investment Management: AI is increasingly important in trading, as financiers make trades using algorithms. And if the best experts are using it, why shouldn't we? AI platforms are trained on vast amounts of data, allowing us to identify patterns humans might miss. This helps ensure the integrity of financial data and reduces costly errors.

In addition, some platforms can assess risk tolerance, financial goals, and market conditions to generate customized portfolio management recommendations.

Here's a prompt you can use:

"Summarize the current economic climate. Highlight key indicators (e.g., inflation, interest rates, GDP) and their potential impact on my investment portfolio." 

These points add to a common conclusion regarding one fundamental advantage: data-driven automation. AI can quickly handle routine and time-consuming tasks, allowing us to make more educated decisions or free up time for more enjoyable activities.

Hi everyone! The Book Club is looking to fill two out of four of our executive positions. The two roles available are Marketing Director and President. For the Marketing role, we ask that you submit a sample of a poster for a hypothetical event of your choosing.
Executive Application: https://forms.gle/NXGGCvebMnjKsj1o7
Here is the breakdown of the responsibilities for each role:
President

• Coordinate tasks between director roles
• Ensure documents are filled out and handed in on time
• Coordinate and plan events
• Stay in communication with the SUO

Marketing Director

• Manage social media account(s)
• Make and print posters
• Advertise club events

If you are interested in the Book Club, but not interested in becoming an executive, here are our social media accounts:
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/book.club.kelowna/
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TL;DR What is an artist approved version of a contract that looks like “I request from you an art assignment, you consign your art up front for publishing in my ezine that will likely never make money, you give me the rights in perpetuity if we DO make a profit threshold together, and I sign back over rights after a certain amount of time if we don’t”, if there is such a thing?
Not looking for actual contract language, just what would an artists view point/feedback be on some kind of arrangement like this?
(Disclaimer: I get that the following is a pipe dream. I understand it will never make money if I even get the steam to execute it, which I probably will not.
Even if I do get that steam, I don’t anticipate any artist in their right mind would want to hitch their wagons to my rising star for free.
This is more of a thought experiment more than anything.
TIA for the ”this will never work” or “no artist would ever do this” style responses, but I already understand that.)
I am starting a hobby public domain “publishing” house where I am attempting to bring the “pulp” era style of publishing back (serialization, fast turn around, consistent publishing schedules etc) in a modern way, starting with public domain work, and then eventually using original work.
I have several issues of my e-zine already put together with content, but text only. What I am looking for is art for covers and some interior illustrations, art pieces, photos etc to add flavor to the text.
Obviously this is a hobby and at best an independent-online-small-press-boutique-zine that MAYBE, SOMEDAY, in my WILDEST fantasies, someone MIGHT want to pay for, leading to bigger and better original projects and physical editions.
I very much support artists and creative persons and feel they should be compensated seriously and fairly; free “work” isn’t really work, after all, it’s a donation.
I am also poor, currently unemployed and at best looking at working an entry level job for the rest of my life with no retirement savings, so unless this thing touches a cultural zeitgeist and takes off, I don’t anticipate it ever making a dime for me to pay said artists who might be willing to contribute to such a pipe dream/hobby, but in case it ever did, I would want to be sure that an equitable payment could be made to the artists.
(Ideally I’d like to 100% own the art, too, but I know that would be tricky since no money would actually be exchanged yet or likely ever.)
From an artist’s perspective, what type of contract would you want to see for something like this? How would a transparent exchange work between an artist and management, who I guess is myself?
I’m thinking the most likely would be a consignment style arrangement on a unit by unit sold basis, sort of like a residual system with an understanding that rights transfer to the publisher at a certain profit threshold?
You contribute the art assignment on a pre-arranged basis, for a specified piece of the backend and actual residuals etc, should any come about?
Would reverting the rights to the art back to the artist after a certain amount of time if no money was ever made be a fair trade off, putting part of the marketing responsibility on the artist, thus any payment would be in part your responsibility, also be fair?
The idea of this weird sort of utopian, “we all contribute for free and get our reward in the end” contract seems contradictory but must be done already in some fashion, right?
What would an artist approved version of this look like?

Whats the best way to get high quality free player photos (soccer) for poster design, is there any source for free?

Hi everyone! First time poster here. Need help finding a song, if this isn't allowed then please direct me to a more apropriate sub, thanks!
Went to an event a few weeks ago, today I went through my vidoes of the event and stumbled upon 2 small videos containing a song I really liked, but as per usual with rave music I'm having a difficult time finding it. Here are the videos:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8h371zxl3zt94jpcpofnj/20240504_235613.mp4?rlkey=od31ltxyzpacuq6q6jtza4mxq&st=fc0u7xqg&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dg1kx4ibftu07l8571zve/20240504_235900.mp4?rlkey=u4qgthzpwcvqqgo0typb5z4dw&st=hgdvt3sg&dl=0
The first video contains some bonuses, like a dancing rave-chick (I swear I didn't take the video because of her :P) and a man exclaiming "Åh Herregud!" (Oh my God!). In the second video, the rave had been hit by an earthquake, so the building was sideways.
A thousand blessings and rain-free outdoor raves (unless you like that) to whoever helps me find it! Thank you, happy raving and all that.

Hello all, first time poster here. Don't currently have a set goal in mind for RE, but have just been trying to save as much possible while still being reasonably spendy with friends and on a vacation every now and then. Genuinely haven't really thought much about how i'm doing, and I know everyone has a different goal/standard for doing well, but would like to see if there's anything I could be doing differently with my current situation. Maybe shooting to have the opportunity to retire in my early-to-mid 50s?
Age: About to be 28M, single, no kids.
Total comp from job: $101k
401k (mostly traditional, Roth started this year): $190k investing max limit of $23k + 9% employer match
Home equity: ~$165k Current mortgage remaining: $183k at 2.875% (~4 years into 30 yr fixed)
Roth IRA: $63k Investing max limit into Roth IRA each year, moving towards investing into ETFs more Mostly FAANG and ETFs/Funds (VGT, QQQ, QQQM, VOO, MGK)
Individual Brokerage: $8k Haven't been putting very much in here, but will be putting more in as salary grows, probably just into things like VTI
Various savings accounts total: $34k Using an online bank HYS and CD accounts, averaging around 5% APY.
Total net worth from everything listed: $460k
Grateful to be debt-free (no student debt or loans if we're technically not counting the mortgage).

So I'm a high schooler who decided to learn Python through project work for my capstone. The video I was following was this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ext9G7xspg&t=100s
Now I want to display the projects that I did from this tutorial in a website. I want to use website templates because I am in no means a professional developer and making a website from scratch is way out of my field. . I know there are multiple platforms where I can create a website like wix and Squarespace, however, would they support Python/Py files? How would I do this for free? Do I need to use a different platform where I can upload these games/projects?
I did the following projects from this tutorial (I used vs code):

1. Madlibs
   
2. Guess the number
   
3. Rock-Paper-Scissors
   
4. Hangman
   
5. Tic-Tac-toe.
   

I also want this website to be interactive, where my user can click on an icon for a certain game/project and it takes them to the game and they can play it. Is this possible? Please help!

my_qualifications: irrelevant
With the people and influencers hyping it and all the hype around I think it will be new canada having alot of Indian economic migrants.
Although Germany don't deserves that hype imo due to lesser opportunity of high salary employment (fancy) ,no settlement with English I mean better work on skills rather than wasting time learning language (atleast intelligent ppl will do that) and broken healthcare and taxation (tf is 50+% tax don't excuse of retirement free health blah blah it just doesn't justify it) Not to mention famous german paperwork as we are not digitalised.

Hey everyone, first time poster here and honestly not knowledgeable about airsoft at all. These were owned by my cousin who has now left the country and they've been sitting in my garage for 2 years.
I can provide more details of what I know, but there are 3 airsoft guns available for sale. I will list all the information below of what I see on the pistol but I don't want to put anything else in case I am incorrect.
Post photo w/ handle and timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/FzzullK
All prices are OBO and I can provide ammo for free for any purchases (please just let me know which one you want).
All images: https://imgur.com/a/YHpi3Ob

1. Tanio Koba Tactical Grip Handle, KJ Works Barrel(?) - $100
2. WE WET5168 G 23 Tactical .40 Made in Taiwan - $100
3. HK USP 25-094705 .45 110300383 US - $100

Buyer pays for shipping, I'm located in Southern California.
The orange tips on all of these are super faded, so I'm unsure if I can sell these but just want to get them off my hands.
Ammo is BB pellets from Daisy and Airsoft Premier Ammo
Let me know if you have any other questions! I have proven trades on gift card trade threads if you want me to send those over to you for additional references.

You dare not use the "P Word."
P_G draws all the looneys out; the type of crazy person that will say anything to derail the conversation; the type of hand wringing that makes it obvious there is a cover up going on.
David Seaman has alerts set up so that he is ready to respond to any P_G post within moments, to insert disinformation about James Alefantis being a Rothschild and intentionally, always, forgetting the fact that "I've never had an affair before" is the end of an email thread that describes providing three young girls for entertainment.
The P_G terrifies shills and it terrifies elites such that they spent billions trying to bury the story and make it even seem dangerous to talk about. The over-the-top suppressive response was what drew a lot of people's attention.
On Reddit, you can see the censorship at work; the most reasonable answer, awarded "Reddit Gold" is deleted.
https://i.imgur.com/teOOQPI.png
rareddit allows one to see what Reddit has deleted. In this case, we see that Reuters set of a "strawman argument" about a basement, while ignoring the real focus; the convicted pedophiles; the satanic imagery; the corruption. Reuters is a corrupt mouthpiece of the elite.
https://i.imgur.com/HZ2S8lF.png
Reuters recycled an old trope from another child sex story in Britain, "There is no basement, so there is no child abuse." The problem is that Reuters and James Alefantis lied to you. Why would they lie about a basement?
https://i.imgur.com/3Vsgpbz.jpg
Ben Swann did a 5 minute run down, which is the best introduction to the issue:
Here is the video:
https://gvid.tv/v/XzjlMh
Here is a screenshot of the opening:
https://i.imgur.com/U6oQa28.png
But notice he says, in regards to John Podesta's emails "none mention child sex trafficking".
There is literally a file called "Italy Child Sex." There is the hot tub email. Ben Swann does a pretty good job of balancing what he is and isn't allowed to say, but his summary leaves a lot to be desired.
https://i.imgur.com/o3Tyt1e.png
He does mention the "code words." "Cheese pizza" has been used as an alternative way of referring to "child porn" on the Internet, for years. 4chan even organically invented a way to deal with "cheese pizza" threads, by inserting pictures of spider man to fill the threads to limit.
"Dr. Pizza", a journalist with Ars Technica, staunchly denied Pizzagate was real, but was then caught as being a pedophile. Dojo Pizzeria was tied to an arrest. "The Pizza Connection Trial" involved using pizzerias for laundering money from drugs and human trafficking. There are plenty of red flags.
https://i.imgur.com/zBygdzo.png
Megyn Kelly did the most unjournalistic interview, possible, of James Alefantis in order to help cover up the crimes involved. She leaves out the blackmail case, Laura Silsby, the pedo musicians (Sex Stains, Majestic Ape), the satanic imagery on Alefantis' Instagram, the babies, drugs and money on Instagram, and on and on. Megyn Kelly is not just the dumbest reporter, there is, she is intentionally blind to the obvious.
https://i.imgur.com/IeLc8Rd.png
It is worth noting that Alefantis allowed a camera into the pizzeria to show a bullet hole in the computer, claiming that it went through the door first... but there is no bullet hole in the door.
https://i.imgur.com/orQNaSY.png
Megyn Kelly expresses horror, sympathy over Pizzagate in first interview with Comet Ping Pong owner
https://archive.ph/mC7q7
A fake media narrative was set up that discussing this topic was dangerous, when they staged a scene where son of an FBI agent "show up" Comet Ping Pong. A "False Flag" shooting.
https://i.imgur.com/7GN1Mzv.png
The lie was obvious. Why would a "P_G Researcher" shoot a computer that supposedly housed all the evidence?
https://i.imgur.com/qeX1oVG.jpg
Despite the suppression and spin of the story, it continued to gather steam on the Internet, resulting in entire communities being banned; tens of thousands of people blocked from viewing any content.
Before Reddit completely banned P_G subreddit, this was one of the last posts (which was deleted along with everything else.)
https://i.imgur.com/DKJkdQJ.png
Given all of the corruption and cover ups we know about, it is no surprise that P_G has been reduced to nothing more than a footnote in conspiracy forums. But, when there are new developments, thousands of people take notice, though they no longer discuss it, from fear of being banned.
The last corners of the Internet where people were allowed to discuss, were heavily shilled and monitored by SITE Intelligence Group (Mossad cut out that makes fake threat reports) and their allies, so that they could be labeled "extremists."
Even in those dark corners of the Internet, the issues were still being pushed and still causing some progress to be made; if nothing else, then they at least continued raising awareness.
https://i.imgur.com/sIjplTL.png
Project FLICKER
https://i.imgur.com/5LthZW1.png
Sodomy, bribery: The case against Terry Bean
https://archive.ph/n0UNJ
Ed Buck Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Providing Methamphetamine to Two Victims Who Suffered Fatal Overdoses
https://archive.ph/70944
Adam Schiff and a Writer for "Lucifer"
https://i.imgur.com/oxPCj0Z.png
Adam Schiff. Ed Buck. Ted Lieu.
https://i.imgur.com/OXDXY9Q.png
P_G did not pop out of thin air. Not only was pizza already in wide use as a code word, John Podesta already had a reputation for being involved in blackmail rings.
https://i.imgur.com/s6P9uJF.png
Comet P1ng P0ng already had a reputation of documenting wild parties. Nevermind, whether or not, that could be Hillary and Huma on a ping pong table; why would there even be two women dressed to look like Hillary and Huma on a ping pong table? And why would that be recorded and then rebroadcast at Comet?
https://i.imgur.com/8FRaQAb.png
Notice the Pentagram on the Pizza, on the poster in the girl of the room who made the video of "Sex Stains" at Comet.
https://i.imgur.com/uEgcYJP.jpg
Here is her family. Draw whatever conclusions you like.
https://archive.ph/WA4lM
The research continued, but the astroturfing stuck to the same tired arguments that were now, officially, debunked.
https://i.imgur.com/pGuTcie.jpg
P_G drew so many people not because of a basement, or a specific allegation; people were drawn in because it pulled together so many issues under one umbrella, resulting in a series of cascading epiphanies that was neurologically rewarding researchers.
https://i.imgur.com/1NLY4de.png
It is now deleted, but my recollection of when P_G "broke" was on the now banned "The Donald" subreddit, when, along with the realization that John Podesta and James Alefantis were connected in a number of ways (David Brock even claimed they were dating in a video interview), the "FBIAnon" post about Hillary Clinton being involved in human trafficking, the connection with Marina Abramovic and "Spirit Cooking", and the "Edible Schoolyard"... the question emerged organically...
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"Are these people joking about eating kids?"
https://i.imgur.com/udXqU5T.png
This is what the media and government was really trying to hide. Whether it was true or not, people asking the question is enough to destroy nearly every single career politician, CEO and news outlet that helped cover it up; as well it should.
https://i.imgur.com/BjVwBKr.png
All of the other corruption is bad enough, but these people are practically bragging about it on social media.
https://i.imgur.com/EXBPYZa.png
In The Secret Teachings of All Ages, we are introduced to a number of ancient rituals that date back prior to the written word. One of these rituals was to be buried alive. One might say a sensory deprivation tank is the modern version, but we keep seeing child sized coffins in the social media of this group of people.
https://i.imgur.com/xHh29a7.png
"Marina" was who Hillary Clinton was printing classified material for. Here is Marina Abramovic with John of God.
https://i.imgur.com/Q3L7A0r.png
Marina with boy.
https://i.imgur.com/7PFEISA.png
Marina with girl.
https://i.imgur.com/Mu0mhYr.png
People have every right to question what is going on with these images.
https://i.imgur.com/uzRNGCj.png
Note: Tamara Luzzatto is not actually their grandmother. But, she is in Sydney Blumenthal’s contacts, along with half of DC. The other half? Have her husband in their contact list.
https://i.imgur.com/HiVEmyI.png
Marina Abramovic, Marco Brambilla, Jeff Dupre
https://i.imgur.com/utVX6tg.png
Marina's "Art".
https://i.imgur.com/CqRsMDZ.png
More "Art".
https://i.imgur.com/EGq6cag.png
A cannibalism reference?
https://i.imgur.com/7tcDgUE.png
Marina and Rothschild.
https://i.imgur.com/jvZ7XTW.png
Marina and Dr. Oz?
https://i.imgur.com/aFM9ayl.png
Similar to the Finders ritual?
https://i.imgur.com/PpSmLBH.png
Many of the researchers on the Internet were correct and their research was borne out with the arrest of Epstein, Maxwell, Nygard, Brunel and others.
Bill Clinton denied, but he lied.
https://i.imgur.com/i2uInFa.jpg
Nobody was yet talking about Maxwell and Epstein stealing babies.
https://i.imgur.com/hJP7I5W.png
The Finders files were not yet public in October of 2016.
This story, though guessed at by P_G researchers, was also borne out.
Secret CIA Files Say Staffers Committed Sex Crimes Involving Children
https://archive.ph/L6C9F
CNN Producers were not yet arrested for trying to build their own sex slave networks.
https://archive.ph/3n11T
Another former CNN producer under investigation for child sex crimes
https://archive.ph/c13rY
Comey had not been exposed, yet, in October of 2016, of ordering a cover up of P_G. The IG report with emails from Comey's personal account had not been released, yet.
"A Serious Woman*
https://i.imgur.com/x9sj7cB.png
Coleman Notes:
https://i.imgur.com/KNwKJRT.png
The Anthony Weiner Laptop:
https://i.imgur.com/AyvYFUf.png
Brett Blomme, a juvenile court judge, had not yet been arrested, where he and his husband were sexually abusing their adopted children and uploading the recordings of it to Kik, gave out kids, using the legal system, to his pedo friends.
https://i.imgur.com/fzO0K70.png
Adam Schiff and Ed Buck are both into young black men.
https://i.imgur.com/oxPCj0Z.png Epstein Didn't Kill Himself. But, someone went to a lot of trouble making a fake video to try and convince us he did.
https://i.imgur.com/1aK08wN.png
All of the evidence disappeared.
https://i.imgur.com/b661F86.jpg
"Minimum Security" Maxwell's Customers Are Still Free.
https://i.imgur.com/NokPzFZ.png
A Mossad blackmail ring was, more or less, operating out in the open and anyone who complained about it was treated like they were crazy. This went on for decades, and, then, it turns out everyone who was complaining was, not only right, but that it was worse than anyone was willing to let on.
https://i.imgur.com/Fr11sR5.jpg
Former Israeli Intel Official Claims Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell Worked for Israel
https://archive.ph/Sja88
Former Spy Details Israel’s Main Motive Behind Epstein’s Sexual Blackmail Operation
https://archive.ph/IeBgO
Epstein's blackmail ring was never the only game in town.
Jean-Luc Brunel: Epstein associate found dead in Paris prison cell
https://archive.ph/2R41A
Fashion Mogul Set to Face Sex-Trafficking Charges in U.S.
https://archive.ph/nMs3v
This all happened AFTER Reuters insisted that P_G was fake.
Even prior to October of 2016, there was already a great deal of public information that should have been very concerning. There was plenty of reason to have legitimate concerns about Comet P1ng P0ng when some weird information started to come out.
Before Comet P1ng P0ng made the spotlight, most people were not aware of information that was already available.
Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sex trafficking young girls on his mysterious private island. Over 40 years ago, a different millionaire escaped justice in a stunningly similar case.
https://archive.ph/8ivRh
Ghislaine Maxwell's father was an Israeli spy and she almost certainly inherited his blackmail operation. Robert Maxwell was also involved in text books for the US educational system.
*The “Anti-Extremism” Think Tank Started by Sons of Israeli Superspy Robert Maxwell *
https://archive.ph/lCvQ6
Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal
https://archive.ph/A6dsG
Roy Cohn was another blackmail ring operator and mentor of Donald Trump.
https://i.imgur.com/Pnly1CT.png
The Hellfire Club
https://archive.ph/LrXni
When James Jameson Bought A Girl Just To Watch Her Be Eaten By Cannibals
https://archive.ph/3YT1d
You will be cooked into a kebap if you are too uppity about it and the police will do nothing.
https://i.imgur.com/X7kdBG4.png
Clinton's faith healer, Oprah's friend, John of God, with a baby farm and in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of women. The Chicago Ripper Crew. The Franklin Scandal. UN Child Sex Abuse. None of this stuff is new.
https://i.imgur.com/cvkO8Ix.jpg
DynCorp
https://i.imgur.com/cMndyxc.png
Bacha Bazi
https://i.imgur.com/gaNSXaH.png
Cover Ups.
https://i.imgur.com/a1fAvlo.png
More cover ups.
https://i.imgur.com/fSir93g.png
And more cover ups.
https://i.imgur.com/hlV5aAe.png
And more cover ups.
https://i.imgur.com/FyzLh0e.png
And more cover ups.
https://archive.ph/sAu38
How many pedophiles are the Clintons tied to? I've lost count.
https://i.imgur.com/dcXvCNm.jpg
James Alefantis and David Brock
https://i.imgur.com/sxTSS5p.png
Lawsuit of David Brock and James Alefantis
https://i.imgur.com/lHFkcNy.png
Media Matters for America
https://i.imgur.com/oxE9aPs.png
Exclusive Access to money laundering through art.
https://i.imgur.com/Gl1ds8y.png
Friends with Police
https://i.imgur.com/aYc1Xuq.png
Heather Podesta on the Board.
https://i.imgur.com/y01Onag.png
But P_G was more than just about research into what was going on politically, or into James Alefantis obvious satanic proclivities and his obvious attraction to children. What was revealed was a dark nexus of media, politics and these weirdo cultists.
There was a widespread epiphany of a great many people that this degeneracy was being intentionally pushed by people who were occultists and wanted everyone else wrapped up in their dark religion. And when we said, "No", they collectively lost their minds.
It should also being concerning that Kamala Harris was tied to Comet, as well, and, seemingly, a top choice for John Podesta to run for office. Considering her ties to fake police...
https://i.imgur.com/vgai2ns.png
In Your Own Homes It is becoming increasingly more difficult to resist these forces from coming into your own home; particularly if you have children.
The pedophiles reading to kids in drag is nothing new to anyone.
Drag Queen Story Hour
https://i.imgur.com/1vg4oCF.png
Alberto Garza
https://i.imgur.com/HjE2JQg.png
William Dees
https://i.imgur.com/7MPhRV0.png
Sasha Sota
https://i.imgur.com/VgQZW8n.png
The bottom line is that the media, the disgusting shills on the Internet, the FBI and many other groups are involved in covering up these crimes because their political agendas demand it.
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I'm looking to make the jump into 3D printing. I've done a little research and I think I want to start with a Bambu Lab printer. As a complete beginner I'm not sure if I should start with A1 Mini, A1, or get a P1S that I can grow into. Eventually I want to do some printing with ABS so I'm kind of leaning towards the P1S model, But I'm thinking that's a bit of a big investment for a beginner.
For some background on myself and my experience I've been a mechanic and technician for almost 40 years. Due to an injury it looks like I'm going to be retiring early, so plenty of free time. My last 10 years of work I've had a lot of experience in robotics so I'm thinking 3D printing might not be too bad for me. I do have a house full of cats so that's another reason I was leaning towards getting a P1S because it's enclosed. I will have to find an area in the house to put the printer away from the cat and away from bedrooms I guess because of noise.
I've always been a tinkerer because of my mechanical background and I'm looking to get the 3D printer to maybe make a little inventions I've been thinking of, around the house items and things just to solve problems.
So what do you think should I bite the bullet and just go for the P1S model or start small and work my way up?

TLDR IT generalist since 1990s that has free time and am interested in work outside my employer. Ideas how to start?
I have worked for a cleared DOD contractor for 25 years designing and implementing solutions and I have a good amount of free time so I thought about seeing if helping other organizations with solutions is something I would like to do. I just want to try it some not leave my current job but I have no idea what the next step would be. I have clearances, degrees, certs and 25 years being the person my company assigns all the work to if we need to come up with a solution for business requirements. I also have 550 hours of vacation so I could take time off to help someone on a project and see if the work is enjoyable.
Kids are all grown and out of the house I could retire in 5-10 years I think I have a lot of valuable skills and experience that could help a lot of orgs but not sure the next step.