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Hello hello :) I'm going to try this again! I am looking to add more people to my snail-mail pen pal list!
A little bit about me:
I live in the Midwest (USA) with a huge passion for writing letters and photography
I absolutely LOVE reading (romance, social science, and poetry are my top genres)
I work as a clinical coach at a substance abuse rehabilitation treatment facility and will be obtaining my substance abuse counselor certification in the near future
I graduated college in 2022 with a BA in psychology and a BA in social and criminal justice
And now for some of my favorites:
Artist: Taylor Swift
Band: EXES
Color: Blue
Animal: Penguin
Food: Pasta
I have no preference on age/gendelocation! If you want to become pen pals, SWEET! Feel free to comment or DM me :) I can't wait to get to writing to more people!

Hey there, I know that there are some cool people out there on Reddit, so go ahead and shoot me a dm :D
A few hobbies of mine include photography & music. I’m not really sure how to elaborate further on that; I do enjoy taking pictures of anything I find pretty and well my taste in music spans various different genres, which include: indie, edm, pop, kpop, jrock, random movie soundtracks & classical but I am always looking to expand my tastes and discover new music. I do want to learn to play the piano too someday (hopefully sometime soon). Shoot me a few recommendations, I’d love to check em out! Oh, I also love trying out foods from cultures around the world and learning about said cultures so if you live abroad or if you like learning about other cultures yourself: bonus points. For the record, I myself am from Canada.
Oh, and ideally this would be a long-term sort of thing, I’m open to getting to know someone else entirely and vice versa. That means that I’d love to share not only our accomplishments but also our failures with each other and hopefully we’d feel comfortable enough to help each other through them. But of course, let’s not force anything if we don’t bond. Hope to chat with some of yall :)

Hey everyone,
My housemate found a young pigeon, looks to be about 3-4 weeks. It was quite shaken up when I brought it inside. I've put it in a box with a fluffy blanket and a hot water bottle since it's quite cold out. It drank water without problem but initially refused the food I offered. I've fed it twice since (it eats about 10 boiled peas per feed) it's capable of eating on it's own and has perked right up and seems to be rapidly improving but is still showing some worrying signs (ruffled feathers, loose stool).
I think I might be a little out of my depths here but I'm struggling to find a pigeon friendly wildlife rescue service and I'm concerned that if I call wires it will just be euthanized (it's my understanding that they are considered pests and with the programs set up to trap and kill mynas I worry that a similar thing is in place to control pigeon populations. I read that it cannot be legally released back into the wild). Will the pigeon receive proper care if I call a wildlife rescue service? If not, what advice is there for getting this guy proper help.

The morning after our victory, I led a small team of Paladins, Clerics, and Artificers, with Rogues outside of sight alongside us.
Well, it was more accurate to say that we took one of the military vehicles and carefully drove it over to the next city. The Artificers didn't strip entire cars bare on the street, they had to get it into a garage somehow.
This excursion was primarily exploratory, to see what we were dealing with at the end of our effective territory.
The blockade was a nice touch. We slowed to a stop, we got out, and we approached. When they raised their guns, I held my hand up, and we stopped.
"This is a formal request for a ceasefire." I stated, projecting my voice with the amplifier. "We will continue to approach, opening fire will signal to us that you do not value your lives."
We continued approaching, the guns still trained on us.
The person who came out to speak with us was more forced out, he clearly didn't want to be the one to talk to us.
"Am I to assume you speak with authority?" I asked. He looked at the other soldiers, he didn't have a clue. "Then I'll make this concise and brief. You will dismantle this blockade, you will retreat, and you will not prevent us from making contact with the neighboring city. Any attempts to prevent us from passing will result in your immediate capture, any attempts to harm us will result in your immediate death."
The standoff was tense, after a few moments, I began to count down. "Five."
I could see sweat beading down their faces.
"Four."
Eyes wide, terrified.
"Three."
They broke first, backing away, guns still trained on us.
"If your intention is to retreat, such that you can face us with a larger force, allow me to make one thing clear." I blasted their blockade apart, some of them screamed. "Your bullets are useless against us."
They ran, we cleared the blockade away, and we repeated this two more times.
Seeing the city after so long felt... overwhelming. I had completely forgotten how big it was. It was almost enough to not notice the checkpoint, and the fifty of so Humans who stood on the other side, guns pointed at us.
"I will allow one of you to shoot me." I said, walking toward them. "A freebie, use your highest caliber, try and hurt me."
The bullet that struck me ricocheted into a tree, The silence that fell was just as deafening as the report from the gun, they stared at me in utter shock, and then they all ran
Several Human civilians looked at the fleeing soldiers, then looked at us as we stepped out from our territory and into theirs.
"Oh, shit. That video was real." I heard someone say. "Look at that sick fuckin' armor." Another spoke. "Are they going to attack us?"
"Halt." I commanded, my troop stopped, the tension in the air was palpable.
"My name is Ruuk Stingtail." I spoke. "For the time being, I come in peace, and invite anyone who is curious to ask questions.After all, it has been a solid year and a half since we had any contact with anyone other than enemies and ourselves."
There was still tension, of course, but eventually someone did approach, cautiously, of course. "Yo, uh, can I touch you? You know, to make sure you're actually real and not some sort of weird animatronic?"
I reached my hand out and he touched it. "Whoa." He pulled his hand back.
Several Humans had pulled out their phones, they were already recording us. I quickly appraised the people around us, looking for anything we could exploit for our own uses. I noticed someone with their arm in a sling, it wasn't in a cast, but it was wrapped up.
"You there." I said, pointing at him. He pointed at himself. "Yes, come here."
He approached cautiously. "What happened to your arm?" I asked.
"I, uh, I tore a muscle." He said. "Doctor said I can't do much with it until it heals."
"Ruka." I said, looking at the Paladin of Bahamut. He walked closer. "Show us your injury, if you would."He did, there was the ugliest bruise I'd ever seen.
"Do you consent to having your injury healed?" I asked.
"What?" He asked, blinking.
"I'm offering to have your injury healed." I reiterated.
"Yeah, sure?"
Ruka gently laid his hands on the Human's arm. "O, holy Bahamut, heal this grievous wound and grant wholeness and wellness to his man, zyak qe coi."
The Paladin's hands radiated holy light, the bruise rapidly faded, and the Human stared at it, utterly awestruck. "Holy shit." He gasped. "I mean-"
"It is not taken as blasphemy." Ruka stated, holding his hand up.
"We are here-" I spoke, looking at everyone, "-to prove our existence beyond a single video. Circumstances demand that what we do isn't simply charity, but the means by which we can survive. For this, I am sorry, I recognize that in this way, I am using you." I paused, dredging up and wiping away tears. "Our people depend on this."
If we were to have any form of peace, any form of justification for war, we needed to be sympathetic. By taking prisoners, we made ourselves targets to any would-be vigilantes looking to serve their country.
By being up front about our intentions, we showed a quiet desperation, efforts made to foster peace, even though I had bared the fangs of war.
More Humans gathered, those who were sick or in pain, we provided healing. I told our story, of how we one day woke up like this, the struggles of finding ourselves in a situation where nothing was made for us, how when we were quarantined, we were forced to fend for ourselves. How when the mine collapsed, we worked together to save the trapped miners. How when we were blockaded so they could force us to die en masse, how we were blessed with miracles.
How, when we fully understood what our intended fate was, the people heard the wisdom of my Emperor and elevated me to the position of Imperator, and how I used my authority to direct our people to our first victory.
"I shall admit, taking those soldiers' lives brought us satisfaction." I said. "They had oppressed us, tried to eradicate us, we gave them every opportunity to choose peace, to choose life. I just can't understand how they couldn't see us as people who desperately wished for love and compassion."
I laid it on thick, and the Humans ate it up.
Before long, we had expended our spells, and I said, "We will try to return, presuming the military doesn't try to carpet bomb us into oblivion, our prisoners of war be damned. I pray your leaders see reason."
We returned to our commandeered vehicle, closing the checkpoint so nobody could get in, and we returned to the city.
We did this each day we could, speaking words of hope for peace, determination to protect ourselves as needed. As always, we provided healing to those who needed it, some people even came, desperate for relief from something incurable, to which we did the best we could. Throughout this, I spoke of things to come, a thriving city, as much a part of the world as anywhere else, a place where we could share the wonders of magic.
I was asked, "Why do you close the gate when you leave?"
I simply answered, "If you entered, they would force you to remain, even though we know anyone who remains Human under the Divine Gate remains Human." It was an embellishment, but it was more poetic and exotic.
Throughout all of this, the military watched us like a hawk, waiting for us to slip up and cause some damage.
Days turned to weeks turned into a month, and we had solidified our existence to the world. We turned the checkpoint into our border, our Rangers found that we were completely sealed in on all sides by fencing.
I declared it the territory of the Empire.
"All of the land that the U.S. government sealed off belongs to the Empire." I spoke. "By locking it behind fence and gate, they have declared it our border, and we shall agree to that sentiment."
It was such a tiny parcel of land, compared to the rest of the continent, but it could comfortably fit ten offshoot villages, each which could connect us to other cities.
Construction of the new border wall began shortly after, the fencing uprooted piece by piece, replaced by solid stone proudly displaying the anachronism our lives had become, and even though there had been no agreement to peace, the U.S. government was powerless to stop us.
The moment I had claimed the land, the moment it was known to be claimed, my Emperor had claimed it in turn. By the end of the week, we had a new border wall built, one that was staffed with Rangers, Druids, Fighters, and Artificers. One that was connected by tramways, simplifying travel.
And throughout this all, Darastrixthurhi was transformed from a lifeless rock, to a city teeming with plantlife.
My Emperor held me in his arms as we laid on our bed. Sharing a bed together had always been a highlight of his being with me, his willingness to hold me, to touch me, made it all better, made it all right.
"Our enemy stalls for time, while we win the hearts of their people." He mused. "I can hear them praying to me, wishing for strength, for power, and I pull on them, make their hearts yearn. Tomorrow, invite them to visit, to witness the splendors of our nation, to feast with us in the name of peace."
"As you wish, my Emperor." I spoke.
"Ruuk, I permit you to call me your love."
"As you wish, slaitov." I replied. "Shall there be a day when we show our subjects?"
"I shall announce it during our feast." He replied.
My heart thundered, it was so sudden, yet... "Thank you, slaitov."
"Soon to be husband, Imperator mine." He replied.
When I announced the feast, the Humans who wished to join us were ecstatic. I even extended the invitation to the military personnel. "Come as civilians, if you would." I said.
The preparations that went into the feast went underway, we had a good hunt and our efforts to preserve our food was going excellently. When the Humans arrived, they marveled at the tramways, the architecture of our housing, our magical wonders. Some even saluted me, though they said they simply wanted to give me the respect I deserved.
I ensured they had the grand tour of the town, but when we neared the wall into the Fortress City, I spoke solemnly, "Any further, and you risk your Humanity." I looked at them all. "I would interpret any such entry as a desire to join our Empire, and will expect a pledge of loyalty."
The look of longing in their eyes showed me that my warning was largely going to be ignored. Hell, a handful of Humans walked right in, transforming almost immediately.
"It reacts to a want to become a Kobold." I said. "Anyone who doesn't want to might have a better time of it."
While our new citizens were given some proper clothing, I led the rest of the Humans around.
"Why didn't you stop them?" One of the Humans, a female soldier, spoke.
"Why should I?" I asked. "I very clearly stated what would happen, they made the choice."
I showed them around the Artificery, magic items and what technology we were able to make was proudly on display. I noticed one of them palm a device and walked over to them, holding my hand out. "Do not think we are not paying attention." I said. There was a tense moment before she put it in my hand. "Besides, this is just a little hand fan." I flicked a switch, two paper and wood blades extended and began to spin. "You taking this would have left one of our prisoners without any form of air conditioning."
I put it back, they tried to hide the anger at my casual mention of prisoners.
"Are they being treated well?" The soldier asked.
"Yes." I said. "Due to the lack of wireless signal, we allow them their phones so they have something to occupy their time when we're not putting them out in the yard for exercise or giving them their ration."
"You're forcing them to eat rations?" She asked.
"We all eat rations." I replied. "Feasts like this are for when we have a surplus that we can't guarantee to keep." I smirked. "That being said, as we are smaller, we need less to eat than the average Human."
I didn't pretend any of that was meant to be reassuring. "The prisoners will be joining us for the feast." I said. The incredulous looks I got elicited a chuckle from me. "If you think I'm being bold or flippant, we have them fitted with enchanted collars that will choke them if they attempt to flee. They are cursed, you see, and can only be removed with magic."
"That's fucked up." Another soldier stated.
"Inhumane, actually." I corrected. "But it's the only thing we have available that won't accidentally kill them. The worst that will happen is they'll pass out, a passive regeneration effect will keep them alive."
"Have you... tested these collars?" A third soldier asked.
"We have a small group of Sorcerers in the Warren who tried to summon a Demon for power." I said. "They have tested the collars every now and again, usually by fucking around and finding out." We approached the area where the feast was being held, food was already being set up, the prisoners were already seated, their eyes widened when they saw their fellow soldiers.
"You won't get away with this." The female soldier growled.
"Funny, that's what we said when we were locked in here." I replied. "They are fed, given water, are clothed, and are provided shelter. That's far more than we were ever given."
I directed them to their table, and soon, everyone was sat, except for my Council, and my Emperor. They arrived shortly after every one was seated, each took their seats. I sat beside my Emperor's seat.
I noted that same female soldier was attempting to film us surreptitiously.
"Today, we are gathered to welcome our Human guests, those who have seen us as people, rather than monsters." My Emperor spoke. "The establishment of my Empire was always a dream, to bring back a glory lost to time, to honor the thousands who died during the first Dragon Rage, to honor those who were murdered by my long-standing enemy." He looked around. "It had always been me desire to hunt down every last one of his children, to eradicate them, it was my Imperator who entreated me to choose compromise."
He paused, taking up a cup. "These Humans are here because my Imperator has likewise chosen compromise, to cast aside the hatred that has grown in his heart, for the sake of our peace and prosperity. Enough lives have been lost, let the first year of our Empire not be drenched in blood, that in peace and prosperity, our greatness is acknowledged, whether grudgingly, or emphatically. To my Imperator, without whom this victory would have never been manifest."
Every Kobold raised their cups, including our new citizens.
"And to our guests, who have agreed to come here in peace. May their wisdom be echoed by their leaders."
The cups were raised again.
"Now enough talk, let us feast!"
The Human frowned, putting their phone away. It was clear she didn't get what she wanted from that. After everyone polished off their plates, the people began dancing as our musicians displayed their newly awakened Bard Class- it seemed not simply playing or doing well at the arts was enough, one needed confidence and a desire to entertain.
Our guests were allowed to mingle and enjoy themselves, though the prisoners were kept under guard, any Soldiers who wished to speak to them would have to live with the fact that they would be listened in on, and considering the guards could use the spell Comprehend Languages, well, they wouldn't be able to hide beneath a foreign language.
"So, you're the leader of this little group." I regarded the Human who approached me, that same soldier who seemed bound and determined to catch us with our pants down.
"Yes." I said. "Your attempt at catching us with your recording won't work, you know." She betrayed surprise. "One, any idiot would know not to say anything incriminating at a party their enemies are invited to. Two, anyone stupid enough to do so wouldn't even make it as far as we did."
"Indeed." She said. "What was this about compromise?"
"Exactly as it sounds." I replied. "My God, Kurtulmak, has nurtured a well-earned hatred of Gnomes, considering their God committed near genocide against us. Imprisoned against his will, for the crime of wanting justice... When the victors write the history books, they will do everything in their power to make those who are suffering injustice out to be the bad guys."
"And what will your history books say?" She asked.
"That depends on your leaders' answer, Miss..?"
"Martel." She said. "Corporal Martel."
I had completely put it out of my mind, after all, we got our vengeance on the soldiers who tried to have us massacred by a God.
"So." I said. "The one who set Garl Glittergold against us shows her face." I remarked. Her eyes widened. "Why were you, of all people, not present that day, when we marched on your encampment?"
"I was called away on duty-" She started.
"Bullshit." I said. "You fled, didn't you? You ran from your fellow soldiers like the coward you are, you left them to die."
Arcane energy crackled across my body, and I had to hold back from blasting her apart. "Leave." I hissed. "This day of peace is not for cowards and traitors."
She backed away, clearly terrified. I couldn't hold back the anger any more, but I wasn't going to let her be a casualty yet. I aimed my spell at the metal pole, the Witch Bolt striking it. "I said LEAVE!" I roared. "IF YOU EVER DARE TO RETURN HERE, I WILL END YOUR MISERABLE, PATHETIC, COWARDLY LIFE!"
She fled, I did not care that several eyes were on me, if there was one thing I hated more than Humans, it was self-serving cowards like her.
I felt my God's touch on my shoulder, his presence soothed the rage, granted me the clarity of mind I needed to function. I cast my gaze toward the rest of the soldiers, who looked like they were mice caught in a trap. I approached them.
"You may leave, if you wish." I stated. "My anger at her is not anger at you."
"What the fuck did Tiana do, that pissed you off so much?" One of the soldiers asked.
"That woman was the one who called down a God to kill us." I stated. "The fact that she is present at all means she abandoned her post and left her fellow soldiers to die." My lip curled into a snarl. "The only thing I hate worse than anything, is a coward and a traitor, and that woman, Tiana Martel, is both."
I sensed a jolt of shock from my Emperor, I looked at him.
"Ruuk." He said. "Say that name again."
"Tiana Martel." I replied.
My Emperor about faced and roared, "Paladins of Bahamut, after that woman! Move!"
The Paladins gave chase, our Emperor did not order them around, out of respect for his pact with Bahamut.
"My Emperor, do you really want to risk any peace we could gain, chasing after one woman?" I asked.
"Ruuk." He said. "What are the chances that a single woman who can call down a God, who has knowledge of us that can be exploited, is suddenly not present when we finally make a counter attack? By our pact, your eyes are my eyes, and she has tried to cause problems the entire time she has been here."
He paused. "Tiana Mahtel, that's how she pronounced it, yes?"
I blinked.
"Wait, that woman is Tiamat?" I asked.
As if in answer, there was a roar, and in the distance, a dragon reared up, one bearing five heads of different colors.
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Hi all, this is my first post so be kind!
I am a barmaid in a tiny village pub in the UK. I’m 22 next week. I started a new job on the 16th May so coming up to a month now. On a number of occasions in the first week I asked my manager if there was a contract for me to sign, and any paperwork to fill out. She told me her printer was broken and so, eager to be ahead of everything, I said I’d print it myself and bring it in if it was going to be an issue. Within the next couple of days, I brought the paperwork in, all filled out and ready to be added to payroll. Speaking to a couple of the girls I work with, they all told me that pay day is 7th of every month..strange day but okay, fine.
After being told that, I changed a lot of my direct debits and delayed some payments until this date so I can be on time and avoid fines etc.
However, 6th June comes around and we were informed on the work group chat that manager was ill and told a lot of the waitresses not to come into work as food wasn’t on for the next couple of days.
All day 7th we were waiting for pay to hit. It got to 12:10am last night (8th) and a couple girls started making comments in the group chat about needing to be paid. At 3am this morning, she posted this in the group chat… ‘Everyone except Alice and Hannah has been paid. Can’t do them from bed as they need to be set up as new. Will do as soon as I’m well’
I understand that the manager is ill but it’s not my problem. I gave her my documents and account details with more than enough time to be added, to be paid on the same day as everyone else.
She’s cancelled food for the whole weekend so intends on being off until start of next week.
Is there anything I can do, or politely say to her about this? I don’t have enough fuel to get to work today-Sunday without being paid.
What rights do I have in terms of not showing up? I didn’t sign any contracts, so where do I stand?

"I believe abortion is morally wrong. However, I think being pro-life goes beyond being just anti-abortion. It seems that many people say they are pro-life, but really they are just pro-birth. Being truly pro-life means that you believe in helping impoverished pregnant women to keep their dignity and put food on the table for them and their children. The apostles helped poor widows and so should we. My church helps support a local charity that does this. If abortion bothers you but you don't care about starving children, then you're just pro-birth, not pro-life."
This fellow on a Christian site is quite honestly telling it how it is.
I do very much respect his line of thinking because quite honestly its how pro choice view pro lifers.

Hoi everyone,
I'm new to Brabant and would be happy to explore the area and get to know your favourite hangout spots.
My interests, in case you have some specific recommendations and/or want to meet up:

• Analog photography
  
• Knitting/Crocheting
  
• Movies - any film festivals in the area?
  
• Korean language/food - Lived in Korea for a while and speak the language, although it's getting a bit rusty now. Anyone wants to practice?
  

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Hi I am visiting Singapore from 11th to 24th June but will only have 3 weekends out of my working days. I had a few questions: 1) Does express pass of Universal Studio include rides like transformer, roller coaster? How much is the pass and from where to buy? (If not then what are separate prices?) 2) If I have limited budget, which place should I visit after Universal Studio, Gardens by the bay, S.E.A. Aquarium or any other? 3) Which chocolate or food item should I bring back to my family from Singapore? (Only halal ones) 4) I will be staying in Geylang. What place could I eat halal foods?

here my input:

1. I love to see a NG+ mode for base class story( sort of like KotFE and ET but for just class) maybe even add a sort of Diffculty level as well with new ach and such maybe even a death reset hardcore mode.
2. Return of old skill and talent system, the old system Hybrid builds were amazing and fun and bought immense diverse gameplay. just like wow they did the same thing now they revert back to the old system they had
3. Return of Class Armor set bonus one thing about class armor sets is it ability to mix and match bring a whole new level to gameplay just like the old skill and talent system.
4. Story mode Operations for older and some newer Operations like KP EV EC DF DP and even such like R4 and more, like in SoR for ToS the story mode system they implmented was a good idea for return or solo player to do the OPs to a degree and enjoy the story.
5. make certain crew skill more useful example Artfice there is almost no reason to be a artficer in current state or even Bio, adding new feature to these crew skills would benefit both game and players, Like add a food making skill for bio different buffing then stims and such. artfice unique relics that grant different useful bonus or even combo wambo sets
6. Credit system easily the most need rework in the game, economy is out of balance so raise the in game credit value of completing quest and dailies as they progress into more endgame content planet like lvl 80 dailies will grant 100k or more for each completion maybe even more
7. SH reworks alot of bustted deco and mount in the game, thing like the Deco ambient music not working at time and not being on a loop same with jukebox systems, certain mounts like Hutt cantina skiff projection dancer isnt working as intended where it starts to dance as you stay still. and such. wouldnt hurt for a Zakuul aprtment or oricon SH either just saying?!?!
8. more reason to do higher tier endgame content, it nice to see special glowy effect to armor form MM/NiM armor but were gonna need more so let add thing like special auras cosmetics example complete DP or DF on MM/NiM and recieve a Dark Side Dread corruption effect for your body Sort of like Destiny Nightfall finish blue flame head except full body. might seem hard to do but come on we got weapon tuning what hard about making it for the body.
9. probably not important in alot of player eyes but seriously more relationship stuff and story i love to know how the story of my current character ends will it be like my last reddit post or will we be stuck in a limbo forever here the link for those intrested: https://www.reddit.com/swtocomments/x06mi2/how_would_you_want_swtor_to_end_for_your_characte?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
10. LAST BUT NOT LEAST MOST IMPORTANT GIVE A BETTER REASON TO SUB, SERIOUSLY PERFERRED IS FINE AS IT IS BUT OK HOLD AS MUCH CREDIT AS YOU WANT UNLIMITED ACCESS TO OPS YADA YADA IS ALL GREAT AND ALL BUT A LITTLE MORE EQVIUILANT WOULD BE NICE GIVE US A REASON TO SUB THAT MAKE US FEEL OH YEAH I NEED TO SUB OR I WILL REGRET IT.

What do you all think these are just 10 reason but can you think of anything i might of miss for those that can post this to the forums let get broadsword to notice and teh devs and more.

Hi everyone, I have lived a rough life and am trying to turn the corner on some underlying issues that I have carried with me for some time. These issues affect my parenting and my close family relationships.
Being that I have tried mist everything for help, and have had the most success and gaining a new perspective on things....the most helpful was mushrooms. I used them a few years ago for a bit and the benefits were amazing. I ironed out my mega problems and improved My overall life in amazing ways. I am left with some anger issues and some alcohol use that do not mix well at times.
Due to my insane financial situation from cancer a few years back and some unsavory decisions I made thinking I may die, I cannot afford to purchase any mushroom spores. I usually never ask people for help as I feel my life is my problems but the weight of the issues solely on my shoulders has become horrific.
It's kind of silly but Is anyone willing to send me some prints or liquid cultures so I can get back to the personal growth that I found successful through mushrooms Years ago? In the world around me, everything seems so negative and nobody seems to really give a damn. I have given the shirt of my back to people on the past and am not looking for anything crazy. This is a cry out to the myco community so that I may feel love from a stranger and humanity, and so that I can regain my life again.
I'm weird and if this is dumb, I ask that you don't leave a negative comment here. I am crying out for a good solution from good people to help me overcome some demons. I'm poor and have trouble putting food on the table for my 3 children so I cannot justify buying spores. I already have all the supplies from past years and am only missing the spores.
Much love and thank you for reading.

Hey there,
Just food for thoughts here, I'm trying to make a list of characters from any fiction or non-fiction sources to match with the playable archetypes in BID. I was trying to make this to ease my new players into understanding the playbooks, but now I am just doing it for fun. Although, they are just basic archetypes and, I am looking for popular characters, preferentially criminals, that have the same basic dimension than the suggested playable classes.
That's what I have so far (I am not very good at this):
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Cutter : Arthur Shelby (Peaky Blinders), Bane (Batman), Vi (Arcane)
Hound : Sherlock Holmes, the Mandalorian, Batman, Aragorn,
Leech : Walter White (Breaking bad), Jynx (Arcane)
Lurk : Catwoman, Bilbo Baggins,
Slide : Loki, Casablanca, Danny Ocean (Ocean's11),
Spider : Gus Fringe (Breaking bad), Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes),
Whisper : any occult characters from a Lovecraft novel,
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Any ideas ?

Last Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that brain-computer interfaces could solve the biggest bottleneck in human progress. Musk is known to have launched the Neuralink in 2016. He believes the company’s technology can help humans achieve “symbiosis” with artificial intelligence. Simply put, people will be able to combine their brains with computers.
When it comes to brain-computer interfaces, the first impression may be that Musk makes monkeys “mind-type.” Since then, Musk’s Neuralink has been developing brain implants designed to treat diseases such as paralysis and blindness. Recently, however, the Chinese team was surprised.
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The world’s first brain-computer interface test on monkeys was successfully conducted
Recently, the world’s first nonhuman primate interventional brain-computer interface test has been successful in Beijing, which is of great significance to promoting the field of brain science research, marking China’s brain-computer interface technology among the international leading ranks.
The experiment was led by Professor Duan Feng’s team from Nankai University and jointly completed with the General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army (301 Hospital) and Shanghai Xinwei Medical Technology Co., Ltd., which broke through core technologies such as endovascular EEG signal acquisition and interventional EEG signal recognition. According to the video, the surgical monkey just needs to “think” to bring the food to the imports.
This technology has been widely used in medical, military, and other fields, such as it can help patients with stroke and ALS recover, and even store human thinking, consciousness, and memory in the future. This series of very magical results have begun to happen. It seems that some scenes in sci-fi blockbusters are not so far away from us.
Brain-computer interface refers to a direct connection between the brain of a human or animal and an external device to exchange information between the brain and the device. At present, there are mainly three kinds of BCI, invasive, non-invasive, and interventional BCI. Neuralink, founded by “Iron Man of Silicon Valley” Musk and a team of scientists, is one of the few companies that develop invasive brain-computer interfaces.
In contrast, the interventional brain-computer interface technology used in China is safer. According to information released by Nankai University, the team sent interventional EEG sensors through the singular vein into the sagittal sinus and the motor cortex brain region. After surgery, the team successfully collected and identified the non-human primate interventional EEG signals, realizing the active control of the robotic arm.
It can be said that the interventional brain-computer interface takes both intrusive and non-invasive strengths while avoiding the shortcomings of both. From the current development, brain-computer interface technology has made breakthroughs, which may first help to the medical industry. Guotai Junan Securities pointed out that medicine and health is the main application scenario of brain-computer, and the future will gradually penetrate entertainment, smart home, and other fields, and become an important form of human-computer interaction.
Brain-computer interface technology will enable the metaverse
Brain-computer interface is a complex system and a basic tool for reading and writing on dynamic network data of neurons. What is more surprising is that, with the sudden rise of the Metaverse, people have great expectations for the integration and interaction of the virtual world and the real world. Many people in the industry believe that the brain-computer interface is the cutting-edge technology hatched by Metaverse.
In the future, brain-computer interface technology will enable Metaverse, and the brain-computer interface is expected to become the next generation of human-computer interaction technology, the ultimate form of Metaverse. At the same time, with the continuous development of Metaverse in the future, the strong support of national policies, as well as the continuous exploration of brain science, the brain-computer interface will become the next generation of Metaverse entrance after VR and AR, realizing the real Metaverse.
According to the White paper on brain-computer Interface standardization released by the China Institute of Electronic Technology Standardization, the potential market for brain-computer interface technology (Brain-Computer Interface, BCI) will soon reach tens of billions of yuan. Another prediction analysis believes that the brain-computer interface in the next 20-30 years, the commercial application will gradually land, will open a 100 billion dollars of market.
The technical race has already begun. Brain-computer interface technology is an important strategic direction of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. The future industry represented by the brain-computer interface has stepped into the fast lane, and the formation of breakthrough scientific research achievements and innovative applications is the strategic need for innovative development.
WiMi Hologram Cloud focuses on brain-computer interface achievements
At present, the brain-computer interface field has tried to combine technology in the consumer field, and the application of in-game interaction is becoming more and more popular. It is understood that WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ: WIMI) has started to develop BCI game models and paradigms based on brain-computer interfaces. The game model was designed with a P300 brain-computer interface to explore a feasible and natural game execution experience using electroencephalography (EEG) signals in a practical environment.
According to the report, the novelty of the WiMi Hologram Cloud study is reflected in the design of the BCI games and the paradigm, which integrates the rules of the game and the characteristics of the BCI system. In addition, the convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm is introduced to achieve high accuracy on the training samples. This brain-computer interface system not only provides a form of entertainment but also provides more possibilities for game control.
To be sure, WiMi Hologram Cloud is based on the CNN BCI game model, forming a platform that can meet the interests of both healthy and disabled users. For healthy users, brain-computer interface games are mysterious and technical, which increases the charm of the game and is very conducive to the promotion of the game. For users with disabilities, BCI games provide them with a fair gaming platform, not only allowing them to play games with healthy users in the same way but also as a functional rehabilitation system to help patients with rehabilitation training. WiMi Hologram Cloud’s application of brain-computer interface technology to entertainment games is an important part of promoting BCI technology from the scientific research stage to the practical application market stage.
Conclusion
On the whole, although the new achievements of brain-computer interface technology in China have attracted global attention, it needs to be admitted that at present, the research perspective of foreign brain-computer interface technology is more advanced than that in China, and there can be some technological breakthroughs from 0 to 1. However, the advantages of China are more reflected in the range from 1 to 10, that is, domestic enterprises are good at learning from overseas innovative ideas, making better improvements and engineering realization of products, and pushing the products to the clinic more quickly. In short, if you want to catch up, and eventually lead the industry trend, the core point must also be to increase the investment in basic scientific research.

Since I work part time nights, I normally tru to always cook my fiancé lunch and dinner so he can have home cooked meals and not just hot pockets and cereal like he always wants to eat. We agreed on I cook and he simply does dishes and puts away left over if there are any which is rarely.
Recently I haven’t been feeling the best due to some health issues that are getting worse so when I cook for a long period of time I normally serve him and just sit down or lay down I don’t even eat at times. Once he eats he plays Xbox with our roommate who I also feed too don worry.
Recently I’ve been getting up at 2-3am to get water and see he left all the food out. Today was my last straw. I made deviled eggs since him and the roommate have been begging for them and I was up at 7am for some reason. I started feeling bad so I laid down before work at 5pm. My fiancé got home I fed him and went to work with our roommate. I got home at 2am and the deviled eggs and left overs were out so everything was bad since it was eggs and milk. I wasn’t even going to try and save it. He complains when I ask him to do simple things like take the trash when I cook or the dishes in the dishwasher. And I’m starting to feel unappreciated for trying my best when I’m not even to my full health.

The Internet killed my passion for food
I’ve been in the industry for 30 years. I’ve recently left it, for any number of reasons, but I left my last role with plans to restart a catering business with high concept, upscale designs and event management.
I stopped, for a few reasons, but a huge factor of it? The Internet.
All you Instagram and TikTok content creators (you’re probably too busy ordering tuile silicon molds to see these), with your regurgitated, dogshit viral posts, have warped the expectations and perception of food for clientele.
You spend hours laboring over a single dish, you post your visit to whatever pseudo-Nordic scallops in a ring with edible flowers bullshit, and you’ve created a culture of expectation that’s just distilled nonsense.
Esoteric but reductive concepts that are flavorless crap that you saw someone extrude from Daniel Boloud or another chef they aren’t skilled enough to actually emulate.
You’ve created a culture of stupid, talentless, Amazon ordered baking molds and herb oil drizzled cream sauces on shit that doesn’t benefit from a cream sauce.
Food fucking SUCKS now. Prove me wrong.

I didn't know there was a student exchange or something. Last week, i began to notice somw foreigners in my college. Funny thing is i'm kind embarassed because many of them are tall😂
This is so random. I got an idea. Since i'm tired of media social, I want to be friend with them, at least if i get one friend i will be very super appreciative. A way to someone's heart is through food. I'm thinking of bringing some tradisional desserts and let them freely choose what they want to try. I will ask how is the food, what major they take, etc. Is it a good idea to approach them like this out of nowhere in college?

Hello, I am visiting Berlin next week, and I was wondering, if there are some nice all you can eat buffet restaurants in Berlin approved by locals? It can be a breakfast, indian food, whatever. Also, it would be good if it didn't cost 25€ .