Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/gsS8RxZ
Looking to offload a few items from an SPR build. Hate to let these go but I’m currently trying to fund a bolt gun. My indecisiveness is your gain.
1. SPR UPPER - $650
Only seen around 100 rounds suppressed. This thing is a tack driver. Was running with a Polonium K and A5H2 with sprinco green. Muzzle device is rocksetted and properly torqued with a precision armament washer. Upper and hand guard was assembled and aligned with a classified defense Delrin Picatinny Alignment Vise Jaw. All screws are probably torqued with blue loctite applied (red loctite for gas block screws)
Build list: Criterion Core 18” rifle length barrel CMT HDM 15” Swiss ARCA handguard FCD URF-F forged upper (Centurion OEM) FCD x Revival Defense 6315RF (Rearden OEM) Centurion Arms gas block Trajectory Arms nitrided rifle length gas tube

1. B5 SOPMOD - $70

Lived on SPR. Like new condition with QD point.

1. Badger T2 offset plate (FDE) -$30

Catch and release minimal salt.

1. Badger Condition One 1.54 30mm Mount (Black) - $230

Only mounted with a NF 2.5-20 screws had been torqued to the proper specs. Like new.
5. KAC ACD - $100
Like new. Mounted then removed.
6. Geisssle Hi-Speed National Match Trigger - $200
Only installed in SPR and saw 100 rds. Currently installed with DMR springs but comes with Match and Service weight springs as well as hex keys to adjust travel.
Prices are shipped. Venmo or PP F&F only.
Let me know if you need more pictures.

4 yr old spayed ACD mix has in the past few months been scooting her butt excessively. Had a checkup and glands expressed when it first started and she didn’t stop. Okay. Got a dose of dewormer from the vet something with a D? It was chewable. That also did nothing. I have an appointment for next week but am very low on funds so anyone with any suggestions to try and help would be much much appreciated.

Had this passed to me by a friend if anyone has a few spare pennies to throw into the pot. The NHS being underhanded with trans people? Who would have thought?
Here’s the full text:
“Good Law Project has seen an alarming leaked document from NHS England regarding children and young people’s healthcare. The document, which does not bear the name of any NHS professional, asks providers of mental health support to children and young people (CYP) to invite those on the national waiting list for gender services for a face-to-face appointment. Providers are told: “We request all CYP who have been allocated to your service for mental health review are assessed as soon as possible.” One group is asked to be “reviewed and or assessed by… 30 June 2024.”
To enable providers to satisfy this request, they are allocated further funding for an initial face-to-face assessment – but no recurrent funding. We assume what is being sought and funded is (at best) an assessment and onward referral to already long waiting lists for mental health services or for autism/ADHD support.
As part of this process, children and young people on the waiting list for trans healthcare have been sent a “Gender Experience Summary Form”, asking them or their families whether they are receiving support from “the private sector or from abroad… such as… hormone treatment.”
The reality for all but a tiny minority of trans youth is that treatment is not available on the NHS. And regulatory harassment has diminished the pool of UK-based private providers of trans healthcare to almost nothing.
Against this background, the document recognises that many trans youth will have sourced hormone treatment from “unregulated providers or unregulated sources.” It states that the largest “unregulated provider” is a service called GenderGP, which it says is “registered overseas and is therefore outside the reach of the UK health regulators.” Good Law Project holds no brief for GenderGP but obviously “registered overseas” is not the same as “unregulated.” Nevertheless, the document seems to treat the two as one and the same.
At the assessment, providers are asked to “advise” the child or young person and their parent/carer not to take puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones obtained through these routes without appropriate care. NHS England does not identify what “appropriate care” is and it is hard to see what available care it would describe as regulated.
Providers are told not to prescribe or to stop prescribing puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones. They are also told that if the trans child or young person and/or their family “disregards your advice and you consider that this puts the child/young person at increased risk, then a safeguarding referral may also be appropriate in line with standard safeguarding approaches.”
It seems to us – and to those inside the NHS who have leaked the document to us – that what purports to be an “assessment” in fact an exercise in bringing very significant pressure to bear on trans youth and their families to cease private treatment, backed up with a threat of a safeguarding referral to social services if they do not.
Good Law Project has also seen a sample email sent to a parent of a young trans person. It tells a very different story to the internal NHS England guidance. It says:
“We understand it cannot be easy for [name] having to wait a long time to be seen by specialist Gender Services. Therefore, the NHS wanted to offer them some support through local Children and Young People Mental Health Services [CAMHS].”
Of course, no new funding is being made available for support – just an assessment. In the last year, the average wait time for CAMHS was over three months and more than 40,000 children had been waiting over two years for treatment.
The email goes on to suggest the provider may decide “clinical support would be best provided by your GP”. However, the NHS England document tells providers “not to continue prescribing puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones”, so this also feels rather misleading.
We are concerned about what appears to be a misleading exercise in gathering data on which trans youth are obtaining private treatment from abroad, for the purposes of seeking to cause or compel them to stop treatment.
Good Law Project is taking urgent advice from a specialist King’s Counsel and solicitors. We do not know whether it will be possible to take legal action. In the meantime, we suggest that families receiving these emails think very carefully about whether they participate in an exercise that is not fairly described.
If you would like to contribute to the costs of our legal advice, you can do so on this page.”
Link: https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfundenhs-cyp-guidance/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZyZQdD1u37rjmSUSWUMeLgtjk_iaKy5iZmZ0Nzt3lNdlLlZCyueC806ac_aem_AcdH7ROt3UH06bB1MjhcRy2MuHdaW2CP1I_Z7BQDNkCVAfrXqDvdH_gwwICaFWpbGTqp92hVS-FwX3vKBnafFRUU

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This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

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Ending soon

• Sorted by number of backers
  
• Kickstarter projects ending in the next 7 days, that have at least 100 backers (or marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter), will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the filters:
  
  • No DnD books
  • No zines
  • No 3D printing
  • No dice sets
  • No magazines
  • No shirts
  • No playmats
  • No furniture
  • No events
• Gamefound projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and passed the above filters.
  
• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects ending in the next 7 days, that will have reached more than estimated 95% of their goal by their deadline and have a matching BGG page.
  

Newly launched

• Sorted by number of backers
  
• Kickstarter projects launched in the last 7 days, that have had at least average 15 backers per day, have at least 100 backers or is marked as "Project we love" by Kickstarter and passed the filters (see above).
  
• Gamefound projects launched in the last 7 days and passed the filters (see above).
  
• (beta) Backerkit Crowdfunding projects launched in the last 7 days and have a matching BGG page.
  

Notable filtered projects

• Filtered projects from above lists that have more than 1000 backers.

Tags

🎉: Staff pick/featured
💰: Funded
🔥: More than average 200 backers/day
🌱: Creator's first project
🌳: Creator's >5th project
🔄: Money back guarantee (Read more)

FAQ

I live in Panama/Canada/Barbados/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!
Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.
Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?
Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.
Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?
Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).
Can I donate all my money to you?
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Can you help me promote my game?
Please no. I make lists. Nothing more.
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Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on not green M&M's, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (17)

Name	Description	Backers	Pledged	Ends	Information	Tags	BGG
Millennium Blades... Again!	The CCG Simulator is back! Grab Life By the Blade™ with four expansions!	2202	$215,323.00 (431%) in 19 days	2024-04-25	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰
Rome: Fate of an Empire [Solo Game of the Month]	You are the leader of Rome. Now you must conquer new lands, appease the masses, research new technologies, and build your empire into the greatest the world has ever known.	1729	$41,738.44 (835%) in 12 days	2024-04-26	💸 Gamefound 👥 1 player ⏱️ 60 min. Card Game Deck Building	💰🌳
Floodlands	Heavy rains have caused havoc in the region. Draw a map to help with aid efforts in this roll & write game you can print and play!	1009	A$8,095.00 (4048%) in 30 days	2024-04-22	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 30-50 min.	💰	BGG
Divine Right	Divine Right is a classic 1979 fantasy board wargame that combines combat, diplomacy, and role-playing in 2-6 hours.	767	$93,832.00 (474%) in 20 days	2024-04-27	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 180 min.	💰	BGG
Bebop, Shuffle and Swing, and Cat Blues: The Big Gig	Three games of cool jazz and cool cats.	715	$68,060.00 (454%) in 12 days	2024-04-26	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰
We All Take from the River	A game of environmental diplomacy!	686	$32,069.00 (160%) in 29 days	2024-04-22	💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 90-270 min.	💰	BGG
Heroes of the Sanctum - The Strategy Card Game	Lead a party of heroes through a demonic, post-apocalyptic fantasy universe filled with unique quests, loot, and legendary weapons.	555	£26,546.00 (492%) in 26 days	2024-04-25	💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min.	💰	BGG
Quiltable: Paper Quilts	A puzzly paper game of strategic quilt design and pattern completion!	231	$1,320.00 (2640%) in 25 days	2024-04-28	💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑100 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 15-30 min.	💰	BGG
NERTHANIA - Collapsing World 💥	2-4 players fight for control using their powerful worldshifting skills. Shift Nerthania, conquer the world. A unique area control game	207	€13,453.00 (384%) in 19 days	2024-04-25	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 120-180 min.	💰	BGG
Super Squad High	A teen superhero cooperative strategy board game. Balance your grades, relationships, and crimefighting and unmask the secret villain!	187	$12,145.00 (121%) in 19 days	2024-04-23	💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-120 min.	🎉💰	BGG
Molehill Meadows	Fuelled by worms it's time to collect, connect and tunnel for treasure!	169	£3,608.60 (172%) in 5 days	2024-04-25	💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-30 min.	💰	BGG
Xenofera: Galactic Market	The Ultimate Sci-Fi Auction Challenge: Collect Rare Alien Creatures and Out Wit to Outbid the Competition	165	$6,771.00 (113%) in 24 days	2024-04-27	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-45 min.	💰	BGG
Same Different	The hilarious new party game where all you have to do is think SAME Different. Sounds easy, right?	143	€10,216.00 (102%) in 46 days	2024-04-28	💸 Kickstarter	💰
The Last Gamble	The return of a true wargaming classic by Danny S. Parker. Originally published in 1989, it has been faithfully remastered and updated.	141	$17,334.00 (693%) in 9 days	2024-04-24	💸 Kickstarter	💰
Clockwork Automata Vol 3: River Boat Adventure	Take your clockwork adventure on a cruise down the river! Featuring a variety of dastardly denizens of the riverside.	116	£1,005.00 (201%) in 12 days	2024-04-23	💸 Kickstarter	💰
Cosmos: Empires - Culture Clash Reprint and Expansion!	Craft your galactic economy in this simple but deep 2-8 player engine-building card game.	104	A$4,807.98 (601%) in 21 days	2024-04-26	💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑8 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-45 min. Card Game	💰🌱	BGG
Hydrologic Cycle	An area control card game on the global water cycle from Central Michigan University Press.	104	$6,142.00 (123%) in 26 days	2024-04-23	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 10-15 min.	🎉💰	BGG

New this week (23)

Name	Description	Backers	Pledged	Ends	Information	Tags	BGG
Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition Reprint	The highly acclaimed Special Edition of one of the best Board Games is coming back to Gamefound! This edition offers a complete re-design of art and layout combined with high-quality components to improve in-game usability.	8976	$1,434,797.35 (7174%) in 5 days	2024-04-30	💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players ⏱️ 100 min. Dice Game	💰🔥🌳
Munchkin Big Box	Dive into 25 years of chaos and monster-slaying, all in one gigantic box, the Munchkin Big Box! Kill the monsters, betray your buddies, and hoard the treasures like never before.	4252	$605,161.00 (807%) in 4 days	2024-05-16	💸 Backerkit 👥 3‑6 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 60-120 min.	💰🔥	BGG
God of War: The Board Game	God of War: The Board Game is a cooperative dungeon crawler for 1-2 players (expandable to up to 4 with expansion) filled with epic fights and puzzles! It also features a unique combat and leveling system based on the bonding of characters and cooperation. Take on the role of Kratos and Atreus, fo…	2948	$324,165.27 (216%) in 4 days	2024-05-03	💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60 min. Cooperative	💰🔥🌳	BGG
Mindbug Battlefruits	Ready to spice up your gaming experience? Join the ultimate food fight and experience the taste of sensation in the new card battler from Richard Garfield: Mindbug Battlefruits.	2576	€248,264.62 (1241%) in 5 days	2024-05-04	💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 15 min. Card Game Deck Building Cooperative	💰🔥
Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern	Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern is a collection of small games for groups of three or more players. You play a retired adventurer running a tavern and settling down in a town. Put down the sword and pick up the ladle.	2112	$98,555.00 (329%) in 6 days	2024-05-16	💸 Backerkit	💰🔥
One-Hit Heroes – Co-op Boss Battles With Only 1 HP!	Pick your hero and take down bosses to unlock card packs and power up your team. Save the world with just 1 HP in this co-op card game!	1835	CA$158,973.00 (530%) in 5 days	2024-05-16	💸 Kickstarter	💰🔥
Mini Rogue - Season 2	Open the doors to the 2nd season of this celebrated roguelike solo/coop microgame! Will you overcome the new dangers ahead?	1783	€105,711.00 (755%) in 5 days	2024-04-30	💸 Kickstarter	💰🔥
GAMELIB POCKET: a real boardgame library in your pocket!	PAY WHAT YOU WANT and receive GAMELIB POCKET! Every week, for a full year, get a new game rule compatible with its components! 🤩	1106	€11,837.00 (395%) in 5 days	2024-05-09	💸 Kickstarter	💰🔥
KeyForge: Æmber Skies	The strange domain of the Skyrealm is the focus of KeyForge: Æmber Skies, the eighth KeyForge set. Keep your eyes peeled toward the sky this April '24, for that is when the launch of the Gamefound campaign for KeyForge: Æmber Skies will set high sail.	658	$181,564.05 (363%) in 3 days	2024-05-07	💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players ⏱️ 30 min. Card Game Deck Building	💰🔥
HISPANIA. The Roman conquest	Year 201 BC, Rome has defeated its greatest nightmare, the Carthaginian Hannibal, and sets already its sights on the next prey: the destiny of Hispania is in your hands!	521	€19,213.87 (640%) in 5 days	2024-05-16	💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑3 players ⏱️ 60 min. Wargame Area Control Cooperative	💰
Family Adventure in Exploring Emotions! 💎 Book & Board Game	Hey Feelings: Captivating Read, Play & Learn Experience that Entertains and Develops Kids' Emotional Intelligence.	488	€29,245.00 (325%) in 5 days	2024-05-18	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰
Cyber Pet Quest | A Thrilling Solo/Co-op Campaign Board Game	Guide cybernetic pets on a mission to rescue their missing owner in this riveting solo/cooperative adventure game for 1-4 players!	485	$27,114.00 (271%) in 5 days	2024-05-10	💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30-45 min.	🎉💰	BGG
Table Golf Association 'Meeple Beach' Edition	Meeple Beach is everyone's favorite customizable tabletop dexterity golf game. Design and play the oceanside course of your dreams!	371	$44,196.00 (98%) in 5 days	2024-05-16	💸 Kickstarter
Snowcrest	Discover ancient knowledge and appease mystical beasts to bring peace to your village.	208	A$12,321.26 (164%) in 5 days	2024-05-07	💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 15-60 min. Card Game	💰🌱	BGG
Castle Up	A thrilling card game where you will lead your people, build the greatest castle and leave your mark on history forever!	205	€6,487.00 (162%) in 6 days	2024-05-30	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-90 min.	🎉💰	BGG
Molehill Meadows	Fuelled by worms it's time to collect, connect and tunnel for treasure!	169	£3,608.60 (172%) in 5 days	2024-04-25	💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-30 min.	💰	BGG
REDLINE: Payday - Mech based expandable card game!	Epic mech battles in an expandable card game, fusing war gaming with streamlined strategy on a dynamic battlefield. New factions added!	145	$13,730.00 (196%) in 5 days	2024-05-16	💸 Kickstarter	💰
Attack of the SNACs	Join the Huntmaster in a multiplayer piedventure through Pieland's tasty terrains. Defeat the evil SNACs, earn loot, and save Pieland!	119	CA$10,625.00 (53%) in 5 days	2024-05-17	💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 45-90 min.	🎉	BGG
Dice of Fire & Ice	These glass dice have been forged from fire and ice. Made of a solid and hard two-tone glass.	119	$10,100.00 (337%) in 7 days	2024-05-15	💸 Backerkit	💰
Dice of Steam	Roll the dice, lay the tracks and invest in train companies in this captivating roll and write, print and play strategy board game.	103	€1,524.00 (1524%) in 5 days	2024-05-01	💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 30-60 min.	💰	BGG
Spellstorm	A magical battle royale! Eight wildly asymmetric wizards fight for the power of the Spellstorm.	89	$6,482.00 (65%) in 4 days	2024-05-17	💸 Kickstarter
Heraldic Waterslide Decals for Wargaming Part 4	A series of heraldic images for miniature wargaming. For models that are historical, medieval, fantasy, sci-fi, Warhammer, and more.	82	CA$3,890.00 (134%) in 1 days	2024-05-20	💸 Kickstarter	💰
Post Necrone : The Party Wanted Necromancer Expansion!	Rize to the challenge with the 8th playable class of the card game Party Wanted!	68	$2,344.00 (352%) in 1 days	2024-05-20	💸 Kickstarter	💰

Notable filtered projects (9)

Name	Description	Backers	Pledged	Ends	Information	Tags
Monsters of Drakkenheim - 5E Monsters with Lore Lairs & Loot	150+ New 5e monsters inspired by Eldritch Horrors. Harvest felled foes to craft loot. Engage epic bosses. Explore forbidden lairs.	6387	$874,828.00 (4374%) in 26 days	2024-04-26	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰🔥
Cairn 2e Boxed Set	Explore a dark and mysterious wood filled with strange folk, hidden treasure, and unspeakable monstrosities in this ttrpg boxed set.	3594	$178,942.00 (596%) in 25 days	2024-04-26	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰
Adventure Time: The Roleplaying Game	Experience your own adventure in the Land of Ooo in this epic 5E RPG based on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time!	2506	$425,376.00 (425%) in 6 days	2024-05-15	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰🔥
Campaign Builder: Dungeons & Ruins	In the 5E tradition, Dungeons & Ruins offers deadly risks and great rewards. All it takes is a torch, a sharp sword, and great courage…	2139	$170,754.00 (427%) in 5 days	2024-05-16	💸 Kickstarter	💰🔥
MekBorg and Steel Psalm	A MÖRK BORG-Compatible Tabletop Roleplaying Game Featuring MEK-KNIGHTS	1735	$137,062.00 (1705%) in 5 days	2024-05-16	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰🔥
Elder Mythos Roleplaying Game	A cosmic horror tabletop roleplaying game in which you will play dreadful Lovecraftian Entities vying to destroy or control the world.	1270	€86,263.00 (863%) in 18 days	2024-04-24	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰
Cloud Empress: Life & Death	The ecological science fantasy Mothership setting returns with two deluxe expansions in lands of spores and ash.	1186	$100,952.00 (1346%) in 19 days	2024-04-26	💸 Kickstarter	🎉💰
Dice Sets with New d4 and Optimized Numbering!	Mathematically balanced numbering and new d4 shape! Sharp edge resin or semi-precious stone, elegant cases included.	1060	$108,303.00 (1083%) in 26 days	2024-04-26	💸 Kickstarter	💰
The Secret of Oki Island: A 5e Solo Adventure	Pick your own path in this 5e solo adventure on the high seas.	1019	CA$46,831.00 (234%) in 4 days	2024-05-17	💸 Kickstarter	💰🔥

Hi guys,
Wondering if anyone of you has ever had the same issue and how you dealt with it.
I have opened a PEL with Wustenrot to deduct it from my yearly taxes. So far so good.
Today, I would like to use the money to partially pay my mort gage from my main residence, which falls under the allowed criteria.
I contacted the company, explained them that I would like to attribute the savings and use the funds. They 1st reply that I must reach 40% of the amount subscribed, which is fine I just need to transfer 2,000€. And then, said that I cannot because the contract is less than 10 years old.
The only way to get the money is to terminate the contract but if I do so, they will communicate to the tax authority for me to pay what I have deducted the past 6 years …
I don’t understand, the whole purpose of this contract was to finance my main residence and now that I need the money they refuse … especially they don’t even pay 0,5% interest per year.
I have reached out to the ACD but they said I must check with the company to « attribute » the sum and as explained they don’t want before 2028 …
I feel a bit robbed here

Today is March 15th, 2024.
The first mosquito forecast was released this past week — it’s a bit of a good news/bad news situation.
Here is what’s happening in the Twin Cities.

Minneapolis City Council Overrides Mayor Frey’s Rideshare Veto – UbeLyft Plan To Leave May 1st

The Summary: On Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council voted to override Mayor Frey’s veto, solidifying a pay increase for rideshare drivers.
Uber and Lyft's Response: In response to the ordinance, Uber and Lyft announced plans to cease operations in Minneapolis, including the airport, starting May 1st. Despite previous threats, this marks the first time either company has taken such action due to a minimum pay measure.
Potential Alternatives: Other rideshare services like InDrive and Empower have expressed a readiness to enter the Minneapolis market should Uber and Lyft leave.
State Action: Attention now turns to the capitol where a state law could possibly override the ordinance put in place by the Minneapolis City Council.
“Everyone wants to see Uber and Lyft drivers get paid more. But getting a raise doesn't do a whole lot of good if you lose your job.” -Mayor Jacob Frey
“Today’s vote showed Uber, Lyft, and the Mayor that the Minneapolis City Council will not allow the East African community, or any community, to be exploited for cheap labor.” -City Councilman Jamal Osman

Girlfriend Indicted for Providing Firearms in Burnsville Shooting Tragedy

The Summary: According to new federal charges, the firearms used in the shooting of three Burnsville first responders were purchased by the shooter's girlfriend, Ashley Dyrdahl, just weeks before the incident that resulted in the death of two cops and one firefighter.
Obtaining The Weapons: Text exchanges between the couple reveal Dyrdahl's active involvement in acquiring weapons, including discussions about background checks and firearm specifications.
The Charges: Dyrdahl has been indicted on 11 counts including conspiracy and straw purchasing which carries a maximum jail sentence of 15 years.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter Holds State of the City Address – Here Are The Key Takeaways

Downtown Revitalization: Carter emphasized plans for downtown revitalization, including a $2 million request for renovating the Xcel Energy Center and incentivizing office-to-housing conversions.
Workforce Development: The mayor proposed initiatives to connect St. Paul workers with local jobs, such as eliminating degree requirements for city positions and supporting small businesses in hiring at-risk populations.
Housing Discussions: Carter announced intentions to initiate comprehensive community discussions about housing policies, fueled by new funding sources and aimed at addressing affordable housing and rent stabilization.
Sales Tax-Funded Projects: He introduced the "Common Cent" projects, funded by a 1% sales tax, which will invest nearly $1 billion in streets and parks over 20 years
Innovative Snow Management: The mayor outlined plans to test new snow management strategies, potentially replacing snow emergencies with rotating parking rules

Business

❯ MSP Airport #1 Again: The MSP Airport has been named the top airport in North America for the third consecutive year by passenger surveys conducted by Airports Council International. It’s the 7th time in 8 years the airport has earned the distinction.
❯ $800M Data Center: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, revealed plans for a new 700,000 square foot data center in Rosemount, known as "Project Bigfoot," set to create 1,000 construction jobs and 100 permanent positions.
❯ New 3M CEO: Mike Roman is retiring after a tumultuous tenure marked by sluggish sales and legal battles and is set to be succeeded by William Brown on May 1. Brown was previously CEO at L3Harris Technologies, a tech company and defense contractor.

What Else We’re Reading…Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Planned Parenthood in Minneapolis

On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood in Minneapolis that performs abortion services. During her speech, Harris spoke about the guarnateeing a women’s right to choose what she does with her body. The visit comes as part of her nationwide "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour.

Sports

Kirk Cousins Bids Farewell to Minnesota

The Summary: Vikings Quarterback Kirk Cousins will be suiting up for the Atlanta Falcons this season, and the acquisition of his services wasn't cheap. Cousins and the Falcons agreed to a four-year, $180 million contract, which includes a $50 million signing bonus.
Darnold Incoming: Less than 12 hours later, the Vikings signed NFL journeyman Sam Darnold to a one-year, $10M deal.
NFL Draft: Many football analysts are expecting the Vikings to draft a young QB with a first round pick.
Running Back Help: The Vikings also traded for Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones from their division rival.

In Other Sports News…

The Gopher Men’s Basketball team ended their season on Thursday with a loss to Michigan State in the Big 10 Tournament. After being predicted to finish last in the conference, the Gophers ended up winning nine conference en route to a 9th place finish.
The girls high school state basketball tournament is underway. Hopkins and Minnetonka are set to face off in the 4A championship.

Headlines From Around The Twin Cities

❯ Ice out was declared on Lake Minnetonka this week just a few days shy of the 1878 record (KSTP)
❯ New reporting shows the outer ring of the Twin Cities suburbs are experiencing the most population growth in Minnesota (MN Reformer)
❯ Minneapolis is a finalist to host WWE WrestleMania in 2025 (Bring Me The News)
❯ Basilica Block Party has announced their lineup including acts like Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows (MPR)
❯ Minneapolis spent $100k+ per day to keep ice rinks open for eight days of skating (Star Tribune)
❯ Police are investigating a bomb threat that targeted a NE Minneapolis brewery's drag queen storytime event (WCCO)

Headlines From Greater Minnesota

❯ Moorhead City Council passes Gaza cease-fire resolution (MPR)
❯ Investigators ruled out Tesla as vehicle of interest in crash that killed doctor near Lake Mille Lacs (WCCO)
❯ Duluth is investigating options to protect Park Point as Kathy Cargill invests more (Bring Me The News)
❯ Wildfire triggers Split Rock Lighthouse evacuation on the north shore (Kare11)

The Final Word: Sunset Bliss

The sunset on my run around Lake Harriet was incredible last night — check it out here. Have a great weekend, everyone!

It was a busy week!
Lancaster halts commercial residential projects for 1 year (buffalonews.com)
The moratorium is necessary, according to the law, because Lancaster “has experienced significant and rapid growth” and its zoning code does not adequately address commercial residential development. The temporary halt is also needed to address issues such as “adequate water supply and sewer capacity, potential road improvements and the continued maintenance of green spaces.”
Marrano Homes starts construciton on Stonham Place townhomes in Williamsville - Buffalo Business First (bizjournals.com)
Marrano Homes is ready to begin construction on a new townhome community in Williamsville.
Stonham Place will be a 27-unit development on just over 3.5 acres of land off Main Street. The price for units will go into the upper $500,000s, according to Marrano.
Each will feature two bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a full basement and a two-car garage.
Ellicott seeks green light for 880 Elmwood Lofts project (buffalonews.com)
The Buffalo-based developer wants to construct a wood-framed apartment house at 878-880 Elmwood, bringing nine apartments to a pair of vacant lots in the Elmwood Village, between Lafayette and West Delavan avenues. One of those lots, at 878 Elmwood, formerly had a century-old house that was recently torn down, while the other previously had a house that was devastated by a fire.
New Marine Drive Apartments in Buffalo will be smaller (buffalonews.com)
Instead of 738 apartments as originally planned, it will have 686 – a reduction of 52 units but still up from 616 currently. And it will create a new configuration of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units to fit the current and expanded population, along with 855 parking spaces, 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space, a community center, a public plaza and green space.
State awards $10M downtown revitalization grant to Tonawanda, $4.5M each to Gowanda and Aurora (buffalonews.com)
The City of Tonawanda, the Town of Aurora and the Village of Gowanda have been awarded state grants totaling nearly $20 million to help the communities revitalize their downtowns by capitalizing on their waterfronts, natural assets and small-town charm.
The funds, through the state's Downtown Revitalization Initiative and NY Forward programs, are designed to accelerate transformations of municipalities with walkable urban cores that have the potential for change but need financial help to get there.
Big Reveal: Park75 - Buffalo Rising
Cedarland kicks off Emerald South redevelopment into Park75 (buffalonews.com)
The Buffalo-based developer owned by Dr. Fadi Dagher and Kevin Dagher is undertaking a $16.75 million conversion of the 58,000-square-foot building at 1175 Delaware, creating 84 new apartments in the neighborhood adjacent to Canisius High School.
Dubbed Park75 to evoke a higher level of housing, the new high-end complex will feature a mixture of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments – of which 30% will be fully furnished to capture a segment of the market that seeks a turnkey option.
The Barton Apartments Opens in Elmwood Crossing - Buffalo Rising
Sinatra and Co. opens luxury apartments in Elmwood Crossing - Buffalo Business First (bizjournals.com)
Sinatra & Co. Real Estate has finished renovating a former hospital building into 24 luxury apartments, part of the larger Elmwood Crossing redevelopment in the Elmwood Village in Buffalo.
The Barton Apartments at 140 Hodge Ave. was once part of the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo. Sinatra has transformed half of the four-story building into The Barton Apartments.
People Inc. led the redevelopment of the other half of the buliding, and last year opened Folwell Senior Apartments, a 44-unit affordable housing community for residents 62 and older.
Next phase of Buffalo's Northland expansion gets closer (buffalonews.com)
The third phase of the project, which is currently in the planning stage, involves redevelopment of 541 E. Delavan Ave. and a secondary building at 612 Northland, plus new parking and creation of a clean-energy microgrid with upgrades to an electrical substation that Buffalo Urban Development Corp. owns.
Tesla to install $500M supercomputer in Buffalo (buffalonews.com)
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that two giant computing projects totaling more than $900 million in state and private-sector investment are coming to the Buffalo area, as advanced technology and especially artificial intelligence take on an increasingly prominent role in business and life in general.
Tesla Inc., the electric vehicle maker, will spend more than $500 million over five years to install the Dojo supercomputer it is developing at its RiverBend gigafactory in South Buffalo, Hochul said.

Bitcoin

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Grayscale's Chief Legal Officer: "Just filling out some Forms"
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ethereum

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Recap of all core devs – execution (ACDE) by lightclients
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Looking for Node Overview: Chain, Consensus, Costs, etc
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Ethereum Manual for Digital Primitives – I need feedback for this text I'm writing (original text is in Italian, link points to the English translation)
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CryptoCurrency

• majinjohnny

Trader bets $379,000 at 80% odds that Bitcoin ETF will be approved
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• bkcrypt0

Buckle up -- ETFs incoming
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Coinbase requires UK users fill out risk-acknowledgement form
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btc

• rareinvoices

Michael Saylor gifts himself 2.5% of all MSTR Bitcoins. Brags that he doesn't take a salary, instead takes ~280M USD by diluting everyones BTC holdings. Proceeds to market dump all shares as well. #HODL
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• Low_Cryptographer289

This clip is from one of the videos I created years back. To produce high-quality 30 series of BCH Hausa video in 2024, I've launched a Flipstarter campaign to raise 17 BCH. Currently, 13.39 BCH has been raised from 12 contributors. 3.61 BCH remain for the campaign to be funded.
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• Low_Cryptographer289

Thanks to the 12 contributors so far. You can also join us on this journey to spread the economic freedom that Bitcoincash brings to the Hausa community.
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$SOLONG the dragon
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Was I right? Or was I right? 🤷‍♂️
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• geente

SEC: WE ARE NOT APPROVING THE SPOT ETF. CRYPTO BROS:
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• Direct_Big_5436

What is up with poor little dogecoin?
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Goldman Sachs Eyes Authorized Participant Role In Bitcoin ETF
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Traders Gamble $1.5M on Bitcoin ETF Approval Outcome!
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• uthred03

Would Spot BTC ETF be approved by the SEC?
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• cryptonitelife

As crypto cratered, Gemini talked to customers about FDIC insurance
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• CryptoNerd_16

Celestia's $TIA Token Rises by 30%, What's Behind the Hype?
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CoinBase

• motivationburns

I have $22,000 on hold because coinbase “flagged” my account because of my recent deposits. So basically because I have made more money in the past few months, they restricted access to my account. Well, I got paid yesterday $22,000 and I have zero access and I have 3 kids, rent due.
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• rickwap

What is up with all these frozen accounts?
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• KazzDocs

Update: Coinbase are still giving me the runaround
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binance

• AutoModerator

Binance Support Thread
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FantomFoundation

• Trukky1234

Effective immediately, the validator self-stake requirement has been reduced from 500k to 50k FTM. It's now more accessible to run a #Fantom validator. Additionally, lost FTM from early unlocking will now be sent to the SFC treasury for ecosystem funding.
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solana

• tim_b_er

Solana's Ecosystem Is Gaining Ground on Ethereum
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🥩 some SOL. Just trying to learn.
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• secondcomingofgzus

Dark Protocol $DARK, the future of Private Swaps, Private DeFi, etc.
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cosmosnetwork

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Namada airdrop update on ATOM & OSMO
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Nomic - BTC earning
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Total supply TIA
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New update for one-click node by Aust (1.4.1-fixed Defly connectivity)
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Defly Web Wallet sneak peek
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Algo Explorer vs Allo
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Fund 11: Onboarding Ethereum & EVM Ecosystems to Cardano via Rosen Bridge
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How to Buy Ergo (ERG) with Cardano (ADA) using Coinbase, Rosen Bridge, and Spectrum
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Axo eUTxO Advantages
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• ThePhoDit

Reasons to get Monero if I don't find any personal use to it
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The Monero Standard #87: the CCS has reopened for crowdfunding, an analysis of Bitmain X5 ASIC by gingeropolous, MoneroTalk discussing the effect of CEXes delisting XMR, and more...
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• AutoModerator

Friday Monero Market Thread - January 05, 2024
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NFT

• Bondabil

NFT colection on solana
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Looking for a professional producer
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• paddlechuckR

🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️THE WALKING NEDS🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️
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Just wanted to share that this morning from the NIH ACD Meeting, Neil Shapiro, NIH Budget Director announced that the RECOVER Initiative has secured an additional $200 million from the pandemic funds [the supplemental appropriations] for a second round of clinical trials in RECOVER [the NIH Initiative tasked with researching Long COVID].
Video embedded below from Twitter / X on announcement.
Source: https://twitter.com/Dakota_150/status/1735325502871626031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1735325502871626031%7Ctwgr%5E5aeae1c30e2417939b86f394f2712e09e5d9e58d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.phoenixrising.me%2Fthreads%2Fnih-recover-announces-200-million-supplemental-appropriation.91227%2F

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Anyone DCA almost everyday ?
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• JackTheKing

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All Core Devs - Execution (ACDE) call recap by Tim Beiko
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Binance Former CEO CZ Ordered to Remain in the US Until Sentencing
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Psychiatrists routinely commit crimes against humanity. In October, the WHO and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights jointly published a lengthy document, Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation, It is a full-throated call for liberty and freedom for those that historically have been called “mad” :
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/373126/9789240080737-eng.pdf
https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/9789240025707-eng.pdf
This is a call that challenges how psychiatry is practiced today and ultimately challenges its power in society. Psychiatry asserts that it has the medical authority to deem certain people “mentally ill,” and that such people can be forcibly treated because they suffer from “anosognosia” and thus lack awareness that they are ill and in need of treatment. That assertion is what gives psychiatry and society a moral fig leaf for locking people up and injecting them with a powerful antipsychotic against their will: Such treatment is for the person’s own good.
However, with this publication, the WHO and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights are stating, with great clarity: no more. Forced treatment should be understood as a gross violation of human rights and must end.
Psychiatrists are relatively mentally retarded :
A study by Drs. Phillips and Kronlund of the University of Washington showed that most doctors' assessments of the risks of various operations, procedures, and medications (even in their own specialties) were way off the mark, often by several orders of magnitude. I once had a conversation with a doctor who, within approximately twenty minutes, stated that a certain procedure he was contemplating (a) had a one-chance-in-a-million risk associated with it; (6) was 99 percent safe; and (c) usually went quite well. Given the fact that so many doctors seem to believe that there must be at least eleven people in the waiting room if they're to avoid being idle, I'm not surprised at this evidence of their innumeracy.
Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after cancer and heart disease in the USA and Europe.
In the 1970s, psychiatry was facing a legitimacy crisis , so the American psychiatrist Robert Spitzer blatantly rigged the DSM field trials with a linguistic sleight of hand. So we have the situation today where the DSM-5 field trials were a complete failure e.g. the social construct of schizophrenia cannot be reliably diagnosed between different clinicians e.g. the intra-reliable statistical kappa scores for schizophrenia is only .46 but it needs a score of .70 or above to be satisfactory or better. Furthermore, mathematically the concept of schizophrenia is too diffuse to be usable in the scientific context e.g. two different people can be diagnosed , with it, using two different non-overlapping sets of symptoms . Picture a venn or venn-like diagram :
A “set” : a group of mathematical elements or objects
*it is important to note the DSM-5 field trials were a mathematical or statistical failure not just for schizophrenia but all or most so called ‘mental disorders’ or ‘mental illnesses’ in general :
But Haven’t Brain Scans and Genetic Research Proven Brain Disease?
Published in the journal Neuron in 2022, Raymond Dolan—considered one of the most influential neuroscientists in the world—co-authored “Functional Neuroimaging in Psychiatry and the Case for Failing Better,” concluding, “Despite three decades of intense neuroimaging research, we still lack a neurobiological account for any psychiatric condition.” Reflecting on the more than 16,000 neuroimaging articles published during the last 30 years, Dolan and his co-authors concluded: “It remains difficult to refute a critique that psychiatry’s most fundamental characteristic is its ignorance. . . . Casting a cold eye on the psychiatric neuroimaging literature invites a conclusion that despite 30 years of intense research and considerable technological advances, this enterprise has not delivered a neurobiological account (i.e., a mechanistic explanation) for any psychiatric disorder, nor has it provided a credible imaging-based biomarker of clinical utility.”
What about genetic correlates to “serious mental illnesses”? A 2020 study in Schizophrenia Bulletin reported that no genetic variants have been found to predict schizophrenia; as no significant difference was found in the genetic variance of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and people without such a diagnosis. Similarly, examining mood disorders, a 2021 investigation published in the Journal of Affective Disorders(that included 5,872 cases and 43,862 controls, and examined 22,028 genes), reported that the study “fails to identify genes influencing the probability of developing a mood disorder” and “no gene or gene set produced a statistically significant result.”
In 2011, Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015 , acknowledged: “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. When I look at the numbers—the number of sui­cides, the number of disabilities, the mortality data—it’s abysmal, and it’s not getting any better.” In 2017, Insel told Wired: “I spent 13 years at NIMH really pushing on the neuroscience and genetics of mental disorders, and when I look back on that I realize that while I think I succeeded at getting lots of really cool papers published by cool scientists at fairly large costs—I think $20 billion—I don’t think we moved the needle in reducing suicide, reducing hospitalizations, improving recovery for the tens of millions of people who have mental illness.” In 2021,New York Times reporter Benedict Carey, after covering psychiatry for twenty years, concluded that psychiatry had done “little to improve the lives of the millions of people living with persistent mental distress. Almost every measure of our collective mental health—rates of suicide, anxiety, depression, addiction deaths, psychiatric prescription use—went the wrong direc­tion, even as access to services expanded greatly.”
Psychiatrists are relatively mentally retarded superstitious primitive witch-doctors :
B.F. Skinner's famous experiment, performed on pigeons is one which should be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested by not only people involved in self study, but also religionists, astrologizers, superstitionists, allopaths and others of their ilk. What Skinner did was to place hungry pigeons in a so-called Skinner box, which would drop food grains to the pigeon at random times. What Skinner found is that, if food were dropped when a pigeon was performing some particular action (e.g., strutting, grooming, scratching, etc), the food would "reinforce" the behavior, so that the hungry pigeon would tend to perform such behavior in order to get more food. Thus a pigeon, after some time in a Skinner box, would be found to be performing some action over and over, thus indicating that it had developed a "superstition" about how it could cause food to appear -- a superstition which would become more and more strongly reinforced as the pigeon was "rewarded" for this behavior by the random appearance of food. (Note: Skinner was a behaviorist, and thus did not believe in the existence of mentality apart from its behavioral manifestations; hence superstition to him meant merely "behaving superstitiously". Please don't ask me if he knew the difference between when he was awake and when he was not.)
One does not have to be a rocket scientist to see that Skinnerian reinforcement is the basis of not only superstition and religion, but also all kinds of other misbehaviors, particularly allopathy. That is, a person gets sick, he goes to the doctor, the doctor gives him a pill, he gets well, and Voila! -- he (and the doctor) thinks there is a relation between what the doctor did and the fact that he got well, when in fact there may be no relation and -- as many of us well know -- we would probably have gotten well sooner without the doctor. This situation is exacerbated by the so-called placebo effect , i.e., the fact that irrelevant "cures" are successful in curing 1/3 of all diseases anyway -- or at least that 1/3 of us get well after visiting the doctor (please don't ask what happens to the other 2/3).**
The diagnosis of schizophrenia (my current ‘diagnosis’) is so absurd and nonsensical that one would have to be a moronic humanist (e.g. Poet vs Physicist) to believe it :
“With respect to mental illness, validity means calling something a disease or illness that actually is a disease or illness. In every era, we see human conditions that are so disturbing, frightening, and enraging that they are labeled as either immoral, criminal, or a mental illness—and it is taboo to challenge these labels.The DSM criteria for schizophrenia consists of the following: the presence of two or more of the following behaviors with at least one of them being from the first three listed: (1) delusions; (2) hallucinations; (3) disorganized speech; (4) grossly disorganized behavior; and (5) negative symptoms (which include apathy, lack of emotion, poor social functioning, and difficulty following instructions). By 1968, it was obvious to psychologist Don Bannister that DSM criteria makes schizophrenia “a concept so diffuse as to be unusable in a scientific context.” Specifically, it is possible for one individual to be diagnosed with schizophrenia based on two symptoms that are completely different than the two symptoms of another individual similarly diagnosed. Bannister put it this way: “The two people are now firmly grouped in the same category while not specifically possessing any common characteristics.”
When critics of the construct of schizophrenia say that “schizophrenia doesn’t exist,” they don’t mean that people with the above behaviors don’t exist. Rather, they mean that the term “schizophrenia” is used as simply a wastebasket for disturbing behaviors, and it is not a scientifically valid construct. Thus it is no surprise for genuine scientists that schizophrenia cannot be reliably diagnosed, that brain structure correlates are not used for its diagnosis, and that standard treatment of it has been so ineffective.
Delusions, especially bizarre delusions, are a hallmark symptom of schizophrenia. However, as previously noted, culture and politics dictate a great deal of what is considered to be a bizarre delusion; and studies show that senior psychiatrists cannot reliably distinguish between bizarre and non-bizarre delusions. With respect to hallucinations, the other hallmark symptom of schizophrenia, as previously noted, many individuals hear voices that they are not troubled by, don’t enter medical treatment, and find their voices to be meaningful parts of their lives.
Even if one ignores the problem of validity of the construct of schizophrenia, there is the undeniable scientific problem of the diagnosis of schizophrenia being an unreliable one. Recall that in the DSM-5 field trials, the agreement between raters was established as poor to weak (with the kappa being .46).
Scientifically speaking, it’s the end of the discussion. Without a scientifically valid construct that can be reliably measured, there is no scientific value in looking for brain defect correlates.” [1]
"Who are the witch doctors ? Psychoanalysts and psychiatrists , of course... We live in an unscientific age... Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts." --Richard Feynman [2]
The world is full of average people and stupid people who at mediocre at science and bad at maths -- that includes psychiatrists.
In common with most sensible people, I believe that public funding for higher education in the United States, including student-loan support, should be strictly limited to mathematics and the real sciences—physics, chemistry, biology, and a few borderline areas like linguistics.
If you want to study law, accounting, business, journalism, education, history, classics, English, theology, or anything ending in the word ”studies,” fine: finance it yourself or find private sponsors. College stopped being for smart people 80 years ago; now college is merely high school 2.0.Women have more college degrees than men, now ? Of course, college is now worthless with them taking courses in “14th Century Lesbian Pygmy Sculpture” or “Diversity and Ethno-Centrism Privileged Studies” etc.. So American genetic peasants , who can trace back ancestry, to the genetic scum of Europe, can now use the term ‘schizophrenia’ to denigrate a natural genetic English Norman aristocrat.
The term ‘schizophrenia’ comes from the genetic turnip peasant kraut -- Emil Kraepelin, so it cannot apply to me :
Le projet Explore Your DNA / France
Nom du projet : «Projet Explore Your DNA /France »
Objet du projet : Recenser la population française au niveau de ses ethnicités.
Zone d’intervention : France métropolitaine.
Bénéficiaires : Populations à qui est destiné le projet.
Coût par participant : 12$ en contactant Davidski par mail [eurogenesblog@gmail.com](mailto:eurogenesblog@gmail.com)
Groupe porteur : Groupe Facebook Dans le secret de nos origines (Recherches et études Paléogénétiques).
Financement : Aucun, équipe animée seulement par des bénévoles.
Carte du projet (France) :http://umap.openstreetmap.ffmap/projet-france_540844
Carte du projet (Armorique) :http://umap.openstreetmap.ffmap/projet-armorique_340585
Calculateur des îles britanniques du G25 :
Target: Britannia_Saxonica_scaled
Distance: 1.3778% / 0.01377819 R4P ADC: 0.25x RC
31.4 Anglo-Saxon:Norse (Norse from Norman invaders)
29.6 Celtic:DEU_Lech_EBA:AITI_119 (Celtic from the early bronze age before the state of Germany existed)
21.2 Celtic:England_LBA (England Late Bronze Age)
16.6 Anglo-Saxon:England_Saxon:I0769 (Saxon non-kraut invader)
1.2 Anglo-Saxon:Deutschendorf_Poprad_MA (very minimal kraut-like Dutch-esque DNA)
Target: German (kraut genetic turnip peasant)
Target: German
Distance: 0.9250% / 0.00924995 R4P ADC: 0.25x RC
30.4 Anglo-Saxon:Deutschendorf_Poprad_MA (Significant kraut-like peasant DNA)
16.0 Anglo-Saxon:DEU_MA_ACD:STR_220 ( kraut peasant DNA)
15.8 Celtic:6DT22
11.6 Anglo-Saxon:DEU_MA_ACD:BIM_33 (kraut peasant DNA)
8.0 Anglo-Saxon:VK2020_DNK_Jutland_VA
6.2 Anglo-Saxon:DEU_MA (kraut peasant DNA)
6.0 C eltic:ITA_Boville_Ernica_Latini_IA
6.0 Celtic:CZE_Hallstatt_Bylany
1.6 Celtic:DEU_Lech_MBA:OTTM_151ind2_d
You stupid American plebeian simian peasant scumbugs :
You have denigrated me with the moronic term : ‘schizophrenia’
2.) For being pushed in front of an American subway (tube) train -- on American soil !
-Levine, B : A PROFESSION WITHOUT REASON : The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry—Untangled and Solved by Spinoza,
Freethinking, and Radical Enlightenment
-Feynman, R : Lecture III: "This Unscientific Age"
-https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(22)00647-X.pdf00647-X.pdf)
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society".--Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.”― Edith Sitwell

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The diagnosis of schizophrenia (my current ‘diagnosis’) is so absurd and nonsensical that one would have to be a moronic humanist (e.g. Poet vs Physicist) to believe it :
“With respect to mental illness, validity means calling something a disease or illness that actually is a disease or illness. In every era, we see human conditions that are so disturbing, frightening, and enraging that they are labeled as either immoral, criminal, or a mental illness—and it is taboo to challenge these labels.The DSM criteria for schizophrenia consists of the following: the presence of two or more of the following behaviors with at least one of them being from the first three listed: (1) delusions; (2) hallucinations; (3) disorganized speech; (4) grossly disorganized behavior; and (5) negative symptoms (which include apathy, lack of emotion, poor social functioning, and difficulty following instructions). By 1968, it was obvious to psychologist Don Bannister that DSM criteria makes schizophrenia “a concept so diffuse as to be unusable in a scientific context.” Specifically, it is possible for one individual to be diagnosed with schizophrenia based on two symptoms that are completely different than the two symptoms of another individual similarly diagnosed. Bannister put it this way: “The two people are now firmly grouped in the same category while not specifically possessing any common characteristics.”
When critics of the construct of schizophrenia say that “schizophrenia doesn’t exist,” they don’t mean that people with the above behaviors don’t exist. Rather, they mean that the term “schizophrenia” is used as simply a wastebasket for disturbing behaviors, and it is not a scientifically valid construct. Thus it is no surprise for genuine scientists that schizophrenia cannot be reliably diagnosed, that brain structure correlates are not used for its diagnosis, and that standard treatment of it has been so ineffective.
Delusions, especially bizarre delusions, are a hallmark symptom of schizophrenia. However, as previously noted, culture and politics dictate a great deal of what is considered to be a bizarre delusion; and studies show that senior psychiatrists cannot reliably distinguish between bizarre and non-bizarre delusions. With respect to hallucinations, the other hallmark symptom of schizophrenia, as previously noted, many individuals hear voices that they are not troubled by, don’t enter medical treatment, and find their voices to be meaningful parts of their lives.
Even if one ignores the problem of validity of the construct of schizophrenia, there is the undeniable scientific problem of the diagnosis of schizophrenia being an unreliable one. Recall that in the DSM-5 field trials, the agreement between raters was established as poor to weak (with the kappa being .46).
Scientifically speaking, it’s the end of the discussion. Without a scientifically valid construct that can be reliably measured, there is no scientific value in looking for brain defect correlates.” [1]
"Who are the witch doctors ? Psychoanalysts and psychiatrists , of course... We live in an unscientific age... Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts." --Richard Feynman [2]
Raymond Dolan—considered one of the most influential neuroscientists in the world—co-authored “Functional Neuroimaging in Psychiatry and the Case for Failing Better,” concluding, “Despite three decades of intense neuroimaging research, we still lack a neurobiological account for any psychiatric condition.” Reflecting on the more than 16,000 neuroimaging articles published during the last 30 years, Dolan and his co-authors concluded: “It remains difficult to refute a critique that psychiatry’s most fundamental characteristic is its ignorance. . . . Casting a cold eye on the psychiatric neuroimaging literature invites a conclusion that despite 30 years of intense research and considerable technological advances, this enterprise has not delivered a neurobiological account (i.e., a mechanistic explanation) for any psychiatric disorder, nor has it provided a credible imaging-based biomarker of clinical utility.” [3]
The world is full of average people and stupid people who at mediocre at science and bad at maths -- that includes psychiatrists.
In common with most sensible people, I believe that public funding for higher education in the United States, including student-loan support, should be strictly limited to mathematics and the real sciences—physics, chemistry, biology, and a few borderline areas like linguistics.
If you want to study law, accounting, business, journalism, education, history, classics, English, theology, or anything ending in the word ”studies,” fine: finance it yourself or find private sponsors. College stopped being for smart people 80 years ago; now college is merely high school 2.0.Women have more college degrees than men, now ? Of course, college is now worthless with them taking courses in “14th Century Lesbian Pygmy Sculpture” or “Diversity and Ethno-Centrism Privileged Studies” etc.. So American genetic peasants , who can trace back ancestry, to the genetic scum of Europe, can now use the term ‘schizophrenia’ to denigrate a natural genetic English Norman aristocrat.
The term ‘schizophrenia’ comes from the genetic turnip peasant kraut -- Emil Kraepelin, so it cannot apply to me :
Le projet Explore Your DNA / France
Nom du projet : «Projet Explore Your DNA /France »
Objet du projet : Recenser la population française au niveau de ses ethnicités.
Zone d’intervention : France métropolitaine.
Bénéficiaires : Populations à qui est destiné le projet.
Coût par participant : 12$ en contactant Davidski par mail [eurogenesblog@gmail.com](mailto:eurogenesblog@gmail.com)
Groupe porteur : Groupe Facebook Dans le secret de nos origines (Recherches et études Paléogénétiques).
Financement : Aucun, équipe animée seulement par des bénévoles.
Carte du projet (France) :http://umap.openstreetmap.ffmap/projet-france_540844
Carte du projet (Armorique) :http://umap.openstreetmap.ffmap/projet-armorique_340585
Calculateur des îles britanniques du G25 :
Target: Britannia_Saxonica_scaled
Distance: 1.3778% / 0.01377819 R4P ADC: 0.25x RC
31.4 Anglo-Saxon:Norse (Norse from Norman invaders)
29.6 Celtic:DEU_Lech_EBA:AITI_119 (Celtic from the early bronze age before the state of Germany existed)
21.2 Celtic:England_LBA (England Late Bronze Age)
16.6 Anglo-Saxon:England_Saxon:I0769 (Saxon non-kraut invader)
1.2 Anglo-Saxon:Deutschendorf_Poprad_MA (very minimal kraut-like Dutch-esque DNA)
Target: German (kraut genetic turnip peasant)
Distance: 0.9250% / 0.00924995 R4P ADC: 0.25x RC
30.4 Anglo-Saxon:Deutschendorf_Poprad_MA (Significant kraut-like peasant DNA)
16.0 Anglo-Saxon:DEU_MA_ACD:STR_220 ( kraut peasant DNA)
15.8 Celtic:6DT22
11.6 Anglo-Saxon:DEU_MA_ACD:BIM_33 (kraut peasant DNA)
8.0 Anglo-Saxon:VK2020_DNK_Jutland_VA
6.2 Anglo-Saxon:DEU_MA (kraut peasant DNA)
6.0 Celtic:ITA_Boville_Ernica_Latini_IA
6.0 Celtic:CZE_Hallstatt_Bylany
1.6 Celtic:DEU_Lech_MBA:OTTM_151ind2_d
You stupid American plebeian simian peasant scumbugs !
-Levine, B : A PROFESSION WITHOUT REASON : The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry—Untangled and Solved by Spinoza, Freethinking, and Radical Enlightenment
-Feynman, R : Lecture III: "This Unscientific Age"
-https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdf/S0896-6273(22)00647-X.pdf00647-X.pdf)
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Hello datahoarder,
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Long time listener, first time caller. I am very much a novice when it comes to IT work, datahoarding, etc, but I find it interested and have been subbed here for a number of years. I have been very remiss with my data, and I'm ready to take things into my own hands - but I have a few questions.
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For a long time now, the bulk of my data has been stored in Amazon Cloud Drive. I know, I know... I joined many year ago when they offered unlimited data for $60/year, and just stuck around as they progressively made the deal worse. I only have about 2tb, but it's all personal data and very important to me. I don't have any physical backups (I know!).
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Now, as you're all probably aware, Amazon plans to turn off ACD at the end of the year. I'm using this as an excuse to finally be responsible and build myself a NAS, learn rsync, back things up to google drive, etc etc etc.
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