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My family and I are headed for Kyoto for 5 nights at the end of June and I'm looking for recommendations. I'm desperate to indulge in the clichés like sushi and sake, but would love to hear other recommendations from locals that I might otherwise miss. We're not too fussed about sights, more about good food, drink and culture (any tips for music festivals or exhibitions would be greatly appreciated).
Many thanks!

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Mauricio Pochettino’s sudden availability means Manchester United may have to rip up their plans should they decide to sack Erik ten Hag this summer.
i understands no decision has been made on whether Ten Hag will remain at United, with Ineos choosing to wait until after Saturday’s FA Cup final to consider his fate. It is not thought that the result against Manchester City at Wembley Stadium will have much bearing on the outcome.
However, should Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Sir Dave Brailsford and new chief executive Omar Berrada come to the conclusion that a new coach is needed to carry out the Ineos revolution, Pochettino’s Chelsea exit represents a fresh twist to the managerial recruitment process.
Ineos are understood to have their shortlist of potential Ten Hag replacements in place, as they want to beckon in an era of being proactive rather than reactive. They feel knee-jerk decisions have been the crux of the problem in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years at Old Trafford.
Thomas Tuchel and Gareth Southgate are high on the list, with Graham Potter, Kieran McKenna, Roberto De Zerbi and Ruben Amorim also understood to be admired by Ineos. But Pochettino being back on the market looks set to make them go back to the drawing board.
Ineos are long-term admirers of the Argentine. They tried to bring him to Nice, another club in their footballing portfolio. United themselves considered hiring him two years ago before going for Ajax boss Ten Hag, with some senior figures at the club reportedly keen to rekindle their interest.
Pochettino lasting less than a year in charge of Chelsea has not tarnished his reputation in Manchester.
If anything, he leaves with a better reputation than when he arrived at Chelsea,” a source close to the club tells i. “This crazy Chelsea team finished the season strongly and finished above United, despite all the drama on and off the pitch.”
Unlike Chelsea, who sources said are likely to move very quickly to replace the former Tottenham boss, the fact Pochettino’s own options are limited plays into United’s hands, too.
The majority of the others on Ineos’s hitlist are very much in demand. Southgate will take some persuading to leave England, given the generation of talent available to him. Sources close to the England coach have insisted that as it stands, he is not convinced the time is right to take the United job.
McKenna appears destined to replace either Pochettino at Chelsea or De Zerbi at Brighton, with both clubs set to make their moves in the coming days, long before United are even sure if they need a new manager.
De Zerbi is another with plentiful options. He is understood to be interested in the Chelsea role too, even if the club are unsure whether the firebrand Italian is the right fit for them, and whether he has the “footballing identity” they are looking for. He has also long harboured dreams of coaching AC Milan and Juventus back in Italy, both of whom will soon be looking for a new coach.
This is all a moot point if United elect to stick with Ten Hag for another season. Several United legends have called for the Dutchman to be given more time at the club, insisting that he deserves the opportunity to work under a proper hierarchical structure, which will be in place once Dan Ashworth is confirmed as sporting director.
One sticking point is the company finances. Reports have suggested that to adhere to Financial Fair Play and the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules, Ineos could be left to work with a summer transfer budget of around £40m to complete their playing squad overhaul, before any money has been generated from player sales.
Sacking Ten Hag is likely to cost around £10m. That figure would go on to this year’s accounts if they removed the Dutchman before 30 June.
Given this season has been such a disastrous one, after signs of progress last term, many feel Teg Hag’s time will be up, regardless of the money it costs to relieve him of his duties, with a lowest-ever Premier League points tally impossible to ignore.
The man who he edged out two years ago will be waiting in the wings.

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I dont know it its been said or asked before, but we know she took inspiration from Powell & Pressburger's 'The Red Shoes.' Is there anywhere she cites them directly, or alludes to their other films?
Because knowing she watched The Red Shoes and loved it enough to create not just a song, but a whole album themed on it (as well as the original fairytale, of course) I would think it's natural she should have watched their other films.
Especially because there seems to be a few parallels in theme and story with Kate's songs - not to mention the films themselves are classics and some of the best British films ever made. I can really feel their inspiration in Kate's works whether directly or not, which is why I'm curious if she ever mentions them.
For example, I can really sense an undertone of longing and repression in her songs like in Black Narcissus. That film is so psychotically seductive and I feel like songs where she is a voyeur or dealing with 'forbidden' desire, maybe like Kashka from Baghdad and The Kick Inside seem to fit that aesthetic.
'Snowed In At Wheeler St' is also soooo The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp coded, where Deborah Kerr plays three women the main character finds throughout the years and loves/admires.
But the biggest parallel is probably Gone to Earth. The wildness of the English countryside fits perfectly. There's also something about Jennifer Jones in that movie that screams Kate Bush (at least, Kate Bush as Cathy - I feel like there's definitely a physical resemblance there almost). It's extremely Wuthering Heights coded.
Then there's A Matter of Life and Death, which feels very Running Up That Hill, Watching You Without Me, Top of the City. (and maybe In Search of Peter Pan vibes too?). This film seems to fit with her aesthetic and songwriting so well.
Of course The Red Shoes visually and the idea of dying and sacrificing yourself for your art feels very central to the Red Shoes album. Not to mention 'The Line, The Cross and The Curve.' She definitely took inspiration for the film in that respect.
(Also completely unrelated film but Deborah Kerr also plays Miss Giddens in The Innocents and I love that movie and I love that Kate loved it too and she made 'The Infant Kiss' from it. That's all lol)
Anyone have any other ideas/sources about Kate and Powell & Pressburger?

I have seen a distressing amount of people comparing Acherons niche to Boothills sitiuation so I wanted to go on a little rant on why it cant be compared since a "no" doesnt seem to work. First of all, we all know how Acherons ultimate work, she gets nine stacks from enemies getting debuffed and then she can ult without needing energy. Great, right? Now lets look at her relics and planetary thing: One gives her bonus cdmg/cr when she debuff a enemy, and other gives her bonus cr when a character with the same path as the wearer is on battle. Nothing wrong, right? Since Acheron is a nihility unit and she also needs nihility units to debuff enemies so she can get her ultimate. Everything is healthy here! So lets make it so its not. Acheron is now a destruction unit. Her set now needs a destruction character on your team to work. This sucks! Why? Because theres almost no destruction unit that can be used for debuffs! We can already trace this to Boothill from here, but lets keep going. Instead of changing Acheron, lets change her set instead! Now her planetary, instead of being the same path as the wearer, now its locked to destruction, so now It goes like "If theres a destruction character on the team, you gain CR". Thats awful! And It brings us back to the first case. Lets move back to Acheron herself, but in team compositions now, not changing anything about her neither her kit, but lets make It so theres only 2 characters she can use to get her stacks from. Sucks right? You will eventually be locked to these two characters. Now lets finnaly get to Boothill. He. Doesnt. Need. Super break. His kit already suffices the lack of damage after breaking other break dpses have, but the relic set forces us into it. That would be the same thing in the case of "what acheron were a destruction unit instead", which is not a healthy niche/mechanic because It brings no value compared to what you could have, but of course, we can just absolutely turn a blind eye onto this, right? I mean, who needs it! Its just some extra defense shred we are losing on. Lets also keep an closed eye to it when they keep adding more and niching more break damage into super break!
Finnaly, this is not to bring Acheron mains into this or to cause more argumentos, the intent of this post is to make people realize what a healthy niche is and what is not, which is what super break will slowly turn If they dont change how It is now, and also to bring more consciousness overall If you see a mother fudger around saying dumb stuff like this. Sorry for any writting mistakes, english isnt my native language, and have a good day.

Here is a lot of context before you feel the need to come after me (i would too). I am a overweight 17 year old girl (almost 18) who has my issues with self acceptance and being fat. At my first few attempts at weightloss I was fuelled by all the encounters I’ve had with people at school and in life in general where they so clearly and blatantly ignored me and pay more attention to skinnier and prettier people. The pattern wasn’t hard to catch and thats when the self hatred and internalized fatphobia started.
Whenever I saw fat people I saw them as annoying and beneath me (even though I wasn’t exactly fit or skinny myself). Since I was 15 I’ve been working out and trying to lose weight and failed. First, I tried intermittent fasting, then only eating stereotypical healthy labelled foods, obsessing calorie counting, then I tried OMAD but it all failed and ended with disappointment. Finally in Grade 12 I decided that this was the last time I would try and I would succeed or else I’d game end myself. I ate the same 2 meals everyday (protein oats for meal 1 and cauliflower rice, chicken, and veggies for meal 2) and a few walnuts to hit my minimum fat intake and I did my regular weight training aswell. I did this for 4 months straight. I lost ab 30 lbs going from 165lbs to 135lbs. For the first 3 months I was losing weight at a healthy and steady pace but I really started pushing it to a too drastic of a deficit of 1200 to 1400 cals. At this point I had lost my period for 2 to 3 months in a row and I started developing really concerning spots on my arms that must have been a result of a lack of some micronutrient. I was always insanely tired and food obsessed.
But nooo i was so determined because I had developed this “sigma grindset high-value disciplined chad adonis ronnie coleman not-like-other-girls” mentality that I refused to stop even after clear signs of declining health because being skinny was sooooooooo much more important than being healthy 🙄. The irony of it all is that I still looked skinny fat even at 135lbs and no one could tell I lost weight. No one ever commented on it at all.
I was done the 4 months and hit my “goal weight” but once the spots on my body started getting significantly worse and my period was almost gone for 4 months it had finally hit me how much I really damaged my health. I started being sooo scared because I had thought I did irreversible damage and would never get my period back. I went to the doctor and got tested and luckily everything was fine. Doctor told me to stop dieting and I happily obliged because at this point I was so over trying to lose weight because 1 I didnt even look how I wanted to look and 2 I was scared out of my mind about my teenage hormonal health and development. So I started eating everything, everyday, all day. I was so mentally restricted during my diet that now I would eat EVERYTHING i saw because it felt like I was finally free. Fast-forward 3 months and I had gained back the 30 lbs and 5 extra on top of that but now I don’t hate myself as much as used to. Now I’m finally okay with how I look because I appreciate how much my body can do. And I dont have any hate for fat people anymore.
With all of my past struggles with weight-loss and self expectance in mind I thought I thought I was doing okay.
Until one day my mom takes my brother and I to her friend’s house. Mom’s friend had a 20 something year old fat/obese daughter sitting there with all of us in the living room. We make normal guest talk until the conversation changes. Mom’s friend says her daughter is busy all the time. The obese/fat daughter states “yeah Im busy because its hard to balance work with the gym because I go to the gym.” I have no clue why but my brother (who’s also fat) and I make eye contact with eachother and we ARE SO CLOSE to bursting out laughing because “wElL iT sUrE dOeSn’T LoOk LiKe sHe iS wOrKiNg oUt” It was 100% one of those “this is such an inappropriate time to laugh and thats why its funny” moments but I am so sure she saw us have the slightest smirk. I felt so incredibly bad and disappointed in myself on the drive back home because I’m usually an empathetic person and I never expected myself to act like that in that situation, yet I did. Of all people, I hate it the most when people dont take me serious or respect me because of my unattractive appearance because I know how hard I have tried to be skinny and fit in so when I almost bursted out laughing in this girls face for saying she works out even though she doesnt look like it I realize I’m the very type of person I hate so much. I don’t know who to process this. I thought I was over the fatphobia but clearly I still have some deep rooted idea/notion that fat people are less valuable (EVEN THOUGH IM FAT!) THE IRONY IS NOT LOST ON MEE!!!
Sorry for making this so long but I want to know of any other people have been in the same situation of throwing rocks from a glass house.
TLDR: Im a fat girl who works out, that almost laughed in the face of a fat girl who said she also works out. Friendly fire irl but I feel disgusted by myself for it.

Hello! I’m just wondering if there is anyone looking for someone to run errands for them?
Context: I’m currently a graduating student hoping to make this a side hustle whenever I have free time away from our duties. Since our duty requires us to travel a lot, buy different things almost every day, and even contributions for tokens and food for guest speakers, it will require a lot of money. Ayoko naman sanang iasa lahat yon sa parents ko since we’re not that well off per se. Gusto ko rin naman na magkaroon sila ng mas magaan na buhay since one of them is already retired and only relies on their pension as budget.
Available services for errands: • Pharmacy • Bills Payment • Grocery Shopping • Pick-up and Drop-off of parcels • Food Take-outs • Others (If kaya, pwede naman mapagusapan) I don’t have a fixed availability, but most likely weekends ang best bet or around 8 pm onwards during weekdays. It usually depends on what kind of duty we have and/or kung anong activities are set on that date. But I’ll do my best to include it in my schedule if you’re interested.
Errand/Delivery Fee Base Price: 100php (First 5km) Succeeding Kilometers: Additional 20php If sa SM yung errand, additional 50php para lang po sa parking fee hehehe
Feel free to dm me for inquiries. Can also accept other services basta kaya and mapagusapan
I hope someone will be interested and help a student to survive this internship. Thank you!!!

Hi all!
I am getting married end of October of this year. My husband to be and I have a son, who's 14 months right now. Needless to say, when the wedding day comes, we'll need to figure out a baby sitter of nanny for the day.
Our wedding planner suggested that we should not ask family to watch our son, as we'll want our family to be as present as possible. This is true, and the main concern I have is that our son still naps (and I presume he will at 18 months too) during the day. Usually it's a nap between 11:00 and 14:00 but that's when the ceremony will take place (12:00 - 13:00). Whomever is watching our son will need to stay with him while he's napping, as we're at a venue that anybody could walk into and it doesn't feel safe if he's alone in a room (naturally).
Obviously, I'd love for my son to be there during the ceremony, but I deem it likely that he's not going to be awake for that and I've accepted that. I'd be heartbroken if my mom or sister or MIL has to miss the ceremony, because she has to stay with my son while he sleeps, so I do think we will need a nanny.
Now, if I look for a "wedding nanny", prices become insane REALLY fast. Probably because 1. It has the word "wedding" in it but 2. also because wedding nannies tend to concern themselves with all of the kids present at the wedding. I am looking for someone who can watch our baby boy alone, I'd like him to have full attention.
On the other hand, we don't really have a nanny or baby sitter (we've been very lucky with family helping out). I'm looking around to see if I can find a baby sitter that our son can get to know over the next months, but I'm just wondering if that's maybe a bit much to ask of someone, to spend all day at our wedding and especially the fact that I don't know them super well is tricky for me as well. Plus, if I hire a girl in the neighbourhood, I just worry that maybe during the day she'll find herself in situations that she doesn't know how to handle. Of course I'll be happy to help out here and there but if it ends up me taking care of our son all day, that would take away my focus on the wedding as well.
I don't know, I guess I'm just conflicted on how to handle this. I feel that trying to find a baby sitter and getting to know them over the past months is probably best but I was just wondering how other people did this. I guess I feel like my son deserves to be with us/family on the day of, but the napping/potential tantrums etc. make it hard to guarantee that whomever takes care of him, will be able to fully enjoy the day.
So, for those lovely ladies out there who had a baby/toddler with them while getting married (or who are going to have a baby/toddler with them when they get married), what was/is your gameplan?
Thank you!

Hi guys 👋 apologies in advance if this post is a bit long and all over the place, I just need to get the shit in my head out.
I decided to get sober because from 2020 - 2023 my drinking spiralled a lot. Drinking at home alone, drinking at work (WFH), smuggling alcohol into inappropriate places, having panic attacks and hating myself, vomiting a lot, diabetes going crazy due to stupid drunken actions (I’m Type 1)… you get the drift. I wouldn’t say I reached ‘bottom’ in that I still had a flat, paid the rent, went to work etc… but I was miserable and felt dead inside.
I started looking into AA and other resources around April 2023, as well as tracking my drinking activity, and decided I was going to quit completely in the new year 2024.
This year I have had two stints of sobriety - 69 days and then 65 days… but I relapsed again yesterday. I’ve been trying to do everything ‘right’ - going to SMART recovery meetings online (wasn’t sure if AA was right for me), journaling, mindfulness, even created a relapse prevention plan. I’ve had a lot of cravings recently that I have been resisting but yesterday I just felt so sick of having to keep resisting. It’s like I have an inner toddler that was sulking and whining and saying ‘just give me the damn vodka!’… and I gave in.
I now feel so confused… do I actually want to quit drinking still? I had (and still have) so many reasons to… I was making great personal progress within myself… increased health and self confidence and new hobbies. But will the cravings ever go away? Perhaps I’m just being impatient and expecting things to happen too quickly?
If anyone has any similar stories I would love to hear them. Thanks for letting me vent 🙏

I was listening to Money Trees on YouTube and I noticed that there are 5 separate Songwriters credited with helping write the lyrics. You can see the credits on the official YouTube channel and the Wikipedia page
Looking at his other songs, turns out all) his classics) have many songwriters credited with writing the songs.
Genuinely curious, isn't that frowned upon in hip-hop?
Is it something like: if it's just the chorus, you get a pass for having ghostwriters?

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice and support, I started off with GENKI and was doing well, decided to try Japanese only books like こどもand ever since then I was not motivated as I always feel lost.
I know it might sound obvious but I was told learning materials in native would help a lot but I got demoralised instead.
Any advice regarding native books vs GENKI?
Thank you

I really wish I could be a femboy with someone else around but I’m also scared to have people look at me different. Most of my friends are also like almost openly homophobic too so that doesn’t help. 😭

About me: Im a 6’1 175lbs white/mexican nerdy guy. Video games and working out are my passion. I watch more than I play but if I do it’s WoW and LoL (yes I hate my life). And I workout about 4-6 days a week. I have a full time job that pays pretty well and goal is to keep climbing the corporate ladder. I do want to have a family one day and own a home (prefer in next few years but not rushing anything). Dig anything horrogore related, dark humor is a must, and very open-minded. I love to learn and experience new things. I don’t judge people and like to go with the flow sometimes.
What I’m looking for: Preferably an Asian girl who is between 23-32. I’d want someone who has a decent career and has ambitious goals. I don’t smoke or do drugs but don’t mind if you do (hopefully not everyday). Drinking socially is fun. I prefer a cute face, don’t care too much for body as long as you’re not overweight.
Can tell you more about me and learn more about you if interested. Prefer if you’d send a pic if you do DM. Feel free to message even if outside what I’m looking for - open to anything as long as we vibe.

Hello car people!
Thank you in advance for any advice, as I am not a car person and I am at a loss of what's wrong with my car.
My 2017 Honda Civic hatchback has been acting a little funny when I accelerate where it feels like it's slipping or jumping(?) before quickly returning back to normal. However, if I'm idling in the car it will thump or slip like it does when I accelerate at low speeds. I'm trying to rule out things like pumps or belts before I get the transmission looked at again.
However I didn't know if transmissions could even make noise if you're idling?
I've had this car since it had 17 miles on it and we are at 110k now. I have had oil changes every 5,000 miles, regular filter replacements, recent spark plug replacement and fuel line cleaning. I did, however, have some fatherless behavior and didn't change the transmission oil until 100k miles. I didn't know it was different from motor oil, or I would have done it sooner (don't at me I'm literally just a girl ✨)
I would not say that I'm an aggressive driver and I want to get another 100k miles from it at least.
All advice is appreciated.
Thank you again!

So, coming to 100% cone mills from wearing those 98% levi's stretch all my life, I noticed how much nicer the 100% cotton sits and drapes. It has that stiff feeling to it, like it doesn't want to conform to your body, making it look more masculine rather than just "stretching" over my ass and emphasizing my curves and butt crack like feminine leggings.
It's restrictive, yes, but I do like how it feels that it remains stiff even when I move.
My question is, what if I go to the 95% Vidala/CM stretch options, will it drape similarly to the 100% or will they be like the Levi's, conforming to your body like a legging, which I dislike?
Reason I ask is, Gustin only makes a stretch black on black, which I need. I can't be bothered gambling my size in other companies so I just stick to Gustin until I can try some more pairs for free.

I've gotten a bit curious of many dinosaurs (and non-dinosaurs) in the franchise, and with Chaos Theory introducing Becklespinax, Majungasaurus, Suchomimus (finally) and many others into the Jurassic Park Cinematic Universe, I've also gotten curious as to how other animals would fit in your hypothetical scenarios (Like what did it look like? What role does it have? Is it an antagonist or does it help youthe heroes? Anything cool you wish to do with it? Maybe give me an idea of its sounds or roar?) And what better one to ask first than one of the Indominus Rex's donors, the Pycnonemosaurus?
I might ask for more animals?

For those who have not seen the first post, here it is:
^{To start, I (22M} have 2 younger siblings (12F and 15M). We all get along and we basically are best friends. My sister (we will call her Emily for privacy reasons) and my brother Ashton.) loves it when I babysit her. She says that I'm like a fun parent but instead, just a sibling, which I'm ok with. However, my parents took her statement too far.)
^{They always go out for some weird reason and always tell me to look after them which I'm ok with but recently it went too far. I got a job due to the student loans I need to pay off, and have been occupying myself with said job. I always make time to babysit my siblings yet my parents take advantage of it. They basically go out everyday and text me when they are coming back.
It's getting to the point where they text me during work, and that makes me lose my focus and risks me getting fired. I talked with my parents telling them that I'm over 18 and I need to care for myself financially (keep in mind they make me pay absurd rent prices}. They did not take no for an answer and instead scolded me on how I do not care about my family. I went nuts on them telling them how I'm not their parents and I don't need to babysit for shit. My brother Ashton stepped up to defend me and started screaming about how my parents mistreat them when I'm gone.)
^{My father then got up to slap him and I slapped his hand away. He tried to swing at me but luckily I have martial arts skills and easily knocked him down to his seat. I told them they needed to either pay off my student loans for me to help my siblings, or we go no contact. I've talked to a friend about a living arrangement and we both agreed that if it does not work out, I can live with him. I left my parent's house and my phone has been blowing up. My parents are threatening to sue me for assault and take everything I own.
What do I do? AITAH?}
Now, my update. My lawyer called me saying that my parents are suing me for assault. I don't know how they convinced a lawyer to side with them, but luckily I have a recording that says otherwise. My brother called me saying that now my parents are refusing to feed him and he wants to move in with me and my friend. I talked about this with him, and they both get along well, so we agreed. If they actually go through with this, I will countersue them.

Hello! I’m just wondering if there is anyone looking for someone to run errands for them?
Context: I’m currently a graduating student hoping to make this a side hustle whenever I have free time away from our duties. Since our duty requires us to travel a lot, buy different things almost every day, and even contributions for tokens and food for guest speakers, it will require a lot of money. Ayoko naman sanang iasa lahat yon sa parents ko since we’re not that well off per se. Gusto ko rin naman na magkaroon sila ng mas magaan na buhay since one of them is already retired and only relies on their pension as budget.
Available services for errands: • Pharmacy • Bills Payment • Grocery Shopping • Pick-up and Drop-off of parcels • Food Take-outs • Others (If kaya, pwede naman mapagusapan) I don’t have a fixed availability, but most likely weekends ang best bet or around 8 pm onwards during weekdays. It usually depends on what kind of duty we have and/or kung anong activities are set on that date. But I’ll do my best to include it in my schedule if you’re interested.
Errand/Delivery Fee Base Price: 100php (First 5km) Succeeding Kilometers: Additional 20php If sa SM yung errand, additional 50php para lang po sa parking fee hehehe
Feel free to dm me for inquiries. Can also accept other services basta kaya and mapagusapan
I hope someone will be interested and help a student to survive this internship. Thank you!!!