Betterhomes

The genuine work of art this series is.. I am amazed. The details are perfection. I also adore Shakespeare so like, this collection I knew was gonna be one I was gonna have to complete! I’m like 4 + The Secret away from completing it! But I’m gonna take a break bc the Birds are supposed to be releasing next week. One per pay! My new rule lol. Unless I find the rest of them for a decent price then I have to buy them right? Girl math! These girlies though, whew. I truly cannot get enough of them. Added to my work desk with the other girlies until I find them a better home lol.

Nausea. The best way I've come to think about it is how a mountain goat would feel if it realized the actual scale of the situation it was in the universe, in a rock, hurling through spacetime, on the side of a steep mountain, with a lion at the top.  While wildly different, it's the dame result that Wittgenstein tends to lead people to. A rush of freedom followed by a retreat to nausea as you realize, this is it. Where I get off the existentialist train though is when I stop looking at the bigger picture. I keep going on without defining meaning first. I don't even need to build it 'fresh out of the box' as it's been built before.  I go one in the ways we all do everyday and it's often enough. Feeding my children, living my wife, helping my neighbor, hell, serving on my county tax commission board of helping in my son's school, my career, my over 35 basketball league, the shitty but getting better home bree I make with my brother, cooking meals, swimming in the pool, going to the park, sitting my own philospohy. I keep on everyday and most days, it's enough. 

Now that I’ve found a place where it’s safe to criticize Shawna M. lol I can finally talk about this [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ylcWLEP1568](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ylcWLEP1568)  Coming from a seasoned boyfriend executor. Getting mad at an abuse victim, and then indefinitely cutting her off, for not being able to admit right away that she’s in a tough situation is… wow. Shawna cares more that her opinion is heard than about what she can actually do to support Laura. Shawna repeatedly pushing for agreement makes Laura extremely uncomfortable, yes partially because Luke stresses the hell out of her, but also because Shawna has just become an unsafe person to talk to about her life. Notice how Laura gets upset only after Shawna gets argumentative then steamrolls a very rationally communicated “Please stop.” Some alternatives: \-) offering to buy antacids, put them in an unmarked container, and give them to Laura to claim they’re more multivitamins from Doctor Babydoctor. If Shawna just listened a little more Laura might have mentioned how Luke was successfully fooled about the sample last week. \-) meet for coffee once a week and give her a ziploc of antacids to keep in her purse. Bonus of staying in touch more consistently \-) sharing the number of Dr. Babydoctor’s trauma-informed colleague \-) or more generally, suggesting counseling “for her stress” but also so she has access to professionals (I know this might cost money and get on Luke’s radar, which is why my first idea was Dr. B’s colleague. Or hey maybe their insurance covers mental, who knows) \-) suggesting playdates so Laura can rest up occasionally \-) “John and Luke should hang out!” bonus Greg. Men holding other men accountable. There's an infinitesimal chance Luke could improve from their influence. \-) planning and rallying postpartum support. Abuse victims are kept exhausted and can’t fathom planning an exit. Shawna’s tone blaming Laura for being dumb enough to stay in this relationship, then Shawna literally abandoning Laura’s village when Laura needs one more than ever makes my blood boil. A thriving village is so necessary for victims and so targeted by abusers. \-) once the village is in place and Laura feels safer and revitalized, actual steps can be taken to remove Luke from her life, and even then it’s a long road for her. As much as we want Luke to disappear yesterday. A child, a pregnancy, and unemployment (which I’m sure he is so pleased with) do not make it easy to up and go like Shawna wants. It’s so much bigger than just “yelling at Laura” like she was remorseful about on vacation, though I’ll take even a shred of awareness from Shawna. But then “Why is she with that man??” again indicates that she’s taking her anger for Luke out on Laura. And I get it, this was also back when Shawna was still reeling from her stillbirth. If she’s not in a place where she can give as much support as she wants, just continuing to show empathy is totally fine. At least talk to other friends and make sure they’re here for Laura too? But no, she just had to convince Laura she was right. Was Laura wrong to lash out with the antacid comment? Obviously yes, duh. That doesn’t make Shawna right. Has Laura been a bad friend by missing girls night? No. The girls know Luke is the reason for Laura’s flakiness. They know they have better home lives than her, they fully have it in them to be there for her with this baby. She doesn't deserve any less help because Luke keeps her from getting close with her friends. At this point Laura is due in a month and my heart absolutely breaks for her. She’s so lonely and scared and tired. And now with this post [https://www.reddit.com/r/ShawnaTheMom/comments/1tgxcho/in\_the\_words\_of\_shawna\_l\_ohmygod/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShawnaTheMom/comments/1tgxcho/in_the_words_of_shawna_l_ohmygod/) I’m stocking up on stress remedies to recover from Luke observation. I know I’m not the first person to discuss this here, I just needed to get it out of me. I would love to hear more thoughts!

I’m back again to send some more unused keys off to better homes! A quick plug for my very new gaming YouTube channel: [https://youtube.com/@sthulhuyt?si=E3t8sRoCM72YoO6V](https://youtube.com/@sthulhuyt?si=E3t8sRoCM72YoO6V) I just did a video on the deck-building horror game “Inscryption” that I’m trying to get circulating more as it hasn’t caught any algorithm waves yet (and I think it turned out really good!). I also did a few videos on Death Road to Canada that seemed to be well liked by viewers, including many of you! I hope you’ll consider checking them out and giving some feedback so I can get better at masking and editing these videos. I have a lot of fun with it! I’ll be delving into more cosmic horror games as well as some off the wall silly games like “Just Die Already“! Here are the games that I’m giving away as well as their Steam Store links: 1 -\[For the People\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1146600/For\_the\_People/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1146600/For_the_People/)) 2 - \[Gone Viral\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/680030/Gone\_Viral/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/680030/Gone_Viral/)) 3 - \[Patron\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1538570/Patron/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1538570/Patron/)) 4 - \[In Other Waters\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/890720/In\_Other\_Waters/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/890720/In_Other_Waters/)) 5 - \[Roadwarden\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155970/Roadwarden/)](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155970/Roadwarden/) 6 - \[Golden Light\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245430/Golden\_Light/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245430/Golden_Light/)) 7 - \[Mai: Child of Ages\]([https://store.steampowered.com/app/3499550/Mai\_Child\_of\_Ages/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3499550/Mai_Child_of_Ages/)) TO ENTER: SPREAD THE JOY! Tell me what is making you the most happy in your life right now, and then list all 7 games in order from the number you want most to the number you want least. Drawing winners will be picked at random and ranked from 1st to 7th place based on when their name was drawn. If you win, you will get the most wanted game on your list that is still available after previous winners are awarded. And again, please consider checking my YouTube channel out! -Sthulhu 🐙

Hey fellow Viners! Because apparently none of us know how to stop ordering things we absolutely did not need, I created a new sub specifically for buying, selling, trading, or gifting Vine items. 😂 You know those products that sounded amazing at 2am while scrolling Vine, but then arrived and just were not for you? Maybe the skincare hated your face, the shirt fit weird, the gadget is still sitting unopened, or you got something cool but honestly would rather trade it for something else. Or maybe there was an item you wanted so badly and it disappeared before you could grab it. Since we all accumulate an absurd amount of Vine stuff, I thought it would be fun to make a space where Vine members can swap items, clear out some space, find things they missed, or pass along products that deserve a better home instead of sitting in the “I’ll deal with this later” pile. So, If anybody wants to join, you are more than welcome! I am posting a link in this post. But the sub is called r/AmazonVineItemsBSTG I hope to see you there! 😊 Just as a reminder, this group does intended to follow the Amazon Vine 6 month rule before selling or giving away items. The goal is simply to have a dedicated community for Vine members once items are eligible. Side note: I did ask the moderators for permission before posting, and they said it was okay to share here.

Hey fellow Viners, because apparently none of us know how to stop ordering things we absolutely did not need, I created a new sub specifically for buying, selling, trading, or gifting Vine items. 😂 You know those products that sounded amazing at 2am while scrolling Vine, but then arrived and just were not for you? Maybe the skincare hated your face, the shirt fit weird, the gadget is still sitting unopened, or you got something cool but honestly would rather trade it for something else. Or maybe there was an item you wanted so badly and it disappeared before you could grab it. Since we all accumulate an absurd amount of Vine stuff, I thought it would be fun to make a space where Vine members can swap items, clear out some space, find things they missed, or pass along products that deserve a better home instead of sitting in the “I’ll deal with this later” pile. So, If anybody wants to join, you are more than welcome! I am posting a link in this post. But the sub is called r/AmazonVineItemsBSTG I hope to see you there! 😊 Just as a reminder, this group does intended to follow the Amazon Vine 6 month rule before selling or giving away items. The goal is simply to have a dedicated community for Vine members once items are eligible. Side note: I did ask the moderators for permission before posting, and they said it was okay to share here.

Hi everyone! My partner and I are in a tough spot regarding our two cats, Lola and Lala. We both are no longer able to support them due to our financial circumstances and they have not been getting along well with our third cat who has health issues. We are looking to see if anyone would be willing to take them in and provide them a healthy and loving home. They are sisters who are about 2 years old! They’re also both potty trained with wood pellet litter (less smell and less mess for cat owners!!) and they already have all their vaccinations. Both cats are also spayed and will come fully groomed! They are compatible with other cats, however we are not too sure about any other animals or children, but they are very friendly once they are comfortable and familiar! For anyone open to adopting them, there will be a rehoming fee of $150. This includes both cats and we will provide a stainless steel litter pan used for wood pellet litter :) Pictures are provided in the post. They are lovely cats! Lola loves to cuddle, but Lala (the long haired cat) is the SUPER cuddly and they are both very smart and playful!!! We wish our circumstances were different, but we are simply not able to support all three cats at once anymore. We hope they are able to provide the same love and humor to another person or family as they have for us :) If anyone is interested or has any advice regarding finding them a better home, please let us know! DM or comment. Thank you! EDIT: thank you to everyone giving advice in the comments! I wanted to let everyone know that I have added some extra details to the second paragraph about the cats :)

A lot of U.S. homebuyers are learning the same painful lesson right now. Getting pre approved is not the hard part anymore. Surviving the real monthly cost is. That is the shift. For years, buyers were told to focus on one number: how much house the bank says you can afford. In 2026, that number is often the beginning of the problem, not the solution. Because the real budget is no longer just: * principal * interest * taxes * insurance It is also: * whether insurance is even available at a sane price * whether taxes jump after purchase * whether the house needs immediate work * whether utilities and maintenance quietly eat the rest of the cushion * and whether one surprise in the first six months turns “affordable” into “fragile” That is why so many buyers feel confused right now. They are not always losing because they cannot get approved. They are losing because approval no longer tells them what ownership will actually feel like. **The old trap was buying too much house** **The new trap is buying a house that only works if nothing goes wrong** That is the real 2026 version of the affordability problem. A lender may approve the payment. That does not mean the house is safe for your finances. A house can look manageable on paper and still blow up the budget because of: * roof age * HVAC replacement * plumbing surprises * foundation repairs * storm, flood, or wildfire insurance * HOA increases * or just the fact that older homes almost always need more cash than buyers want to admit That is especially brutal for first time buyers who are already stretching. If you use most of your cash to get into the deal, then the first repair is not an inconvenience. It is a destabilizer. **Why this is happening this year** The market is producing a very specific kind of buyer pain. Homes are still expensive enough to stretch the payment. Mortgage rates are still high enough to make the monthly number heavy. And the “cheaper” homes often carry more hidden repair or insurance risk. So buyers are not choosing between: * a house they love * and a slightly better house later A lot of them are choosing between: * a compromised house now * and waiting in a market that still may not get easy That is why this feels so hard. The market is not offering clean answers. It is offering tradeoffs. **The fixer upper is where this gets dangerous** This is where a lot of buyers talk themselves into trouble. The logic sounds reasonable: * buy cheaper * fix it slowly * build equity * stop waiting Sometimes that works. But there is a huge difference between: * ugly and * broken Ugly means: * old paint * dated kitchen * worn flooring * bad fixtures * cosmetic bathrooms Broken means: * roof * electrical * plumbing * water intrusion * structural issues * major systems near end of life The first kind of house can be a smart entry point. The second kind of house is often a financial trap wearing a lower sticker price. That is what buyers need to get much better at separating. **The monthly payment is not the monthly cost** This is probably the most important line in the whole article. The monthly payment is not the monthly cost. The real monthly cost includes: * repairs you know are coming * repairs you do not know are coming * higher insurance * higher utilities * maintenance on a larger or older house * and the loss of financial flexibility after closing A buyer who uses every dollar to close may technically own the home, but they may not actually be in a strong ownership position. That is why two houses with the same mortgage payment can have completely different risk. One is stable. One is a trap. **Why waiting is not always wrong, and not always right** A lot of people keep saying: just wait, the market has to get better. Maybe. But waiting only works if you are using the time well. Waiting makes sense if it helps you: * improve credit * build reserves * increase down payment * lower other debt * learn the local housing stock better * and avoid buying from panic Waiting does not help much if the strategy is only: “maybe the market saves me.” Because the market may not save you in the way people imagine. Prices may soften a bit, but rates may stay annoying. Inventory may rise, but the better homes may still be expensive. Affordable listings may still be the ones with hidden cost issues. So the smarter version of waiting is not passive. It is preparation. **The question buyers should ask instead** Not: “What is the maximum I qualify for?” Instead: “What price point still leaves my life stable after closing?” That means asking: * how much cash will I have left * what repairs are likely in year one * what does insurance actually cost * what does the tax bill look like after reassessment * and if one big surprise happens, do I still have room That is a much better buying question than the bank approval number. Because the bank is underwriting the loan. You are underwriting your life. **The buyers who get hurt most this year** The most exposed buyers are usually: * first time buyers * low down payment buyers * buyers using nearly all their reserves to close * buyers chasing “cheap” older homes without enough inspection discipline * buyers assuming they can always fix things later * buyers who confuse pre approval with true affordability That does not mean they should never buy. It means they need stricter filters than the market is encouraging. **What a smarter buy looks like in 2026** A smarter buy this year usually has some mix of: * manageable monthly payment * known repair profile * insurance that is available and tolerable * enough cash left after closing * fewer urgent capital expenses * and a house that still works if your budget gets squeezed a bit That can mean the smarter house is: * smaller * less trendy * farther out * or more cosmetically dated But it usually does not mean buying the house that only works if every assumption goes perfectly. **My view** The hardest part of buying a home in 2026 is not just getting approved. It is avoiding the house that looks affordable on paper and becomes unstable in real life. That is the real trap. Because a lot of buyers are not being beaten by purchase price alone. They are being beaten by the combination of: * high rates * thin financial cushion * hidden repair risk * insurance surprises * and the false comfort of lender approval That is why pre approval is no longer enough. It tells you what the bank might fund. It does not tell you what you can safely carry. **Useful** [GRAI](https://internationalreal.estate/) **prompts** * “Compare this home’s real first year ownership cost versus the listing price and mortgage payment, including insurance, repairs, taxes, and reserve risk.” * “Tell me whether this house is a cosmetic fixer upper or a financial trap based on likely repair categories, carry cost, and my budget.” **Wrap up** A lot of buyers this year do not need more optimism. They need a more realistic definition of affordability. In 2026, the home that saves your budget may not be the one with the lowest listing price. It may be the one least likely to surprise you after closing.

Evening all, few more steals for you all to pick up! All prices are included below. Payments to be made via PayPal invoice only. All first class shipping is included in the prices provided, buyer just covers the PayPal fees. Always open to negotiation, offers, bundle deals. Tagged photos / timestamp photos - https://ibb.co/album/twFTw1 CHR1STIAN D1OR GILET (BODY WARMER) - https://ibb.co/album/fM7CPS This is a bit of a grail piece alongside the puffer jacket, but I can’t let the puffer go just yet! Copped this from Cloy and at the time was the most expensive and best version. Very very good piece. All tags are correct. Buckles are correct. Buttons and studs are correct. Monogram itself is really clean and also correct. Received so many compliments on this, but haven’t given it any wear in the last year so want to see it go to a better home! UK - £50 EU - £55 Worldwide - £60 ST0NE ISLAND Shorts - https://ibb.co/album/wBsKqS From Top Stoney. Everyone knows how good his clobber is so no need to go into detail on that. Really nice colour. Nylon. Mesh inside so can be worn as swimming trunks. Worn once (not for swimming). No damage or flaws. Size XL but don’t fit that way, all Top Stoney is small fitting so recommend viewing his size charts or just send me your stats and I’ll advise of fit. UK - £20 EU - £25 Worldwide - £30 TRAINERS - Bear in mind none of these have been washed or cleaned in any way. I’ve literally taken them out of their box for the first time in over a year, so what you see is what you get. Some time spent with some soap and water, or crep cleaner and these will all be good as new again. N1KE x TR4VIS SCOTT x FRAGMENTS JORDANS - https://ibb.co/album/TcrcZm Bought from Lin. Worn twice without a shoe shield in, then shoe shield went in so light creasing to toe box. No other damage or flaws. Cokes with box, spare laces and different coloured laces. Wore these at the Nike store in NYC and London, getting compliments in both but I’ve never fully checked their 1:1 comparison. UK - £40 EU - £45 Worldwide - £50 N1KE x S4CAI Trainers - https://ibb.co/album/FxPYP4 An absolute grail trainer back in the day. I remember I copped these reps and then won the retail pair of the triple whites, and honestly preferred the fit, feel and comfort of the reps! It’s been so long I can’t remember who I got these from, but at the time I was so petty with getting these as close to retail as possible. So at the time they were the best in the game for 1:1 comparison. Comes with original box. UK size 8.5. EU size 43. UK - £20 EU - £25 Worldwide - £35 M4ISON MIHARA YASUHIRO Trainers - https://ibb.co/album/LSCNjV Again I can’t remember exactly who I copped these from at the time, but did my research and made sure I was paying for the closest things to retail I could buy at the time. Worn these all over London and had people asking where I copped, since they sold out. Really comfy trainer, bit of a converse vibe to them but something a little different! No longer have the box unfortunately and these are a UK size 9. EU 43. UK - £35 EU - £40 Worldwide - £45

Hello everyone 👋 I’m Gwi, the creator of TableKinn (the website is going live on 20/05/2026) professionally software architect for too long now. Welcome to r/TableKinn, the official community space for the project. I’ve been working on TableKinn for more than a year now. It started from a simple ambiance soundbox where I gathered tools for my more than 10 (? years of GMing). As a result, this subreddit is where I want to start opening the doors properly. Not just to announce things, but to build, share, listen, test, improve, and talk with the people Tablekinn is actually made for: - Game Masters - Worldbuilders - Players who love lore - People who run chaotic long campaigns - People with 287 NPCs, 12 factions, 4 unfinished plotlines, 3 forgotten villains, and one Google Doc that has become a cursed artifact - Obsidian crowling under dark storylines long forgotten - People using AI tools that long lost memory of what is truely happening This place is for you (and ofc for me xD). **TL;DR** TableKinn helps Game Masters and worldbuilders create and organize their roleplaying worlds without scattering everything across docs, tabs, subscriptions, and AI credit systems. It is not here to replace the GM’s imagination. It is here to give it a better home: a warm, practical place to prep, remember, connect ideas, and keep your world ready for the next session. The inn is open. Pull up a chair. 🍻 ## What is Tablekinn? Tablekinn is a cozy digital inn for Game Masters. The idea is to create a living campaign space where you can keep track of everything that makes your world feel alive: - NPCs - Locations - Factions - Items - Lore - Sessions - Acts - Scenes - Notes - Relationships - Plot threads - Ambience sounds - Raw ideas - Prep notes - Improvisation fuel And all the tiny details that usually get scattered everywhere. The goal is not to replace the imagination of the GM. The goal is to support it. I want Tablekinn to help you (it currenlty helps me). To prepare faster, remember more, connect your ideas, and make your campaigns easier to run at the table. All that in a tool that does not require that I have 15 paying monthly overpriced subscriptions for map making, lorebuilding VTTing ... Most of all I want to use gen AI for lorebuidling I find it appealing but I do not want to pay for credits in order to do that, I already have Claude on my side. I wanted TableKinn it more like a warm campaign headquarters. A place where your world can sit by the fire, breathe a little, and be ready for the next session softly. Why I’m building it I started working on Tablekinn because I wanted a tool that felt made for the way campaigns actually grow. - Campaigns are messy. - You create one NPC as a joke and the players adopt them. - A random tavern becomes important. - A throwaway faction becomes the main villain. - Someone asks about a detail you invented six months ago. - You prep one thing, the party does another and its the fun of it. - Your notes multiply. - Your memory suffers. But the campaign keeps growing anyway. That’s the beautiful chaos I want Tablekinn to help with. - I want it to make long campaigns easier to understand and to have 1 place for my lorebuiling. - I want it to help GMs find the right information quickly. - I want it to make relationships between characters, places, factions, and story threads easier to visualize. - I want it to bring ambience and sound closer to prep, instead of making you juggle ten browser tabs during a session. - I want it to feel good to use. Basically, I want to build the tool I wish I had when running a campaign. What kind of things will be in Tablekinn? The project is still evolving, but the vision is clear. I want Tablekinn to become a proper campaign home for Game Masters, with things like: - Character and NPC tracking - Location and faction management - Session prep - Scene organization - Relationship graphs - Campaign memory - Ambience and sound tools - Generators - Worldbuilding support - Quick access during play - A clean, warm interface - Useful AI-assisted features, without making the tool feel soulless A place to connect the pieces of your campaign instead of burying them in disconnected notes I also want Tablekinn to be easy to try, accessible and free. The plan is to let you all use it for free, without unnecessary friction, so you can actually test it on a real campaign or a real upcoming session. ## What is this subreddit for ? This subreddit is not just a place for updates. It is a table. A place to talk about the project, give feedback, suggest features, report bugs, share ideas, and help shape Tablekinn into something genuinely useful for the TTRPG community. You can post about: - Feedback on Tablekinn - Feature ideas - Bugs or confusing moments - Campaign prep workflows - NPC tracking problems - Faction drama - Note-taking systems - Worldbuilding struggles - Sound and ambience at the table - Tools you currently use - Things you love or hate in campaign managers - What slows you down before a session - What helps you improvise during play - What you wish existed for GMs - Cool ideas for making Tablekinn better I want honest feedback. If something feels wrong, say it. If something feels exciting, say it. If a feature would save you time, tell me. If a feature sounds useless, tell me too. If you have a weird GM problem that only makes sense to people who run long campaigns, that is exactly the kind of thing I want to hear. The goal is to build this in the open, with real conversations. Community vibe I want this place to stay friendly, constructive, and fun. Think of it like an actual tavern table. People can pull up a chair, talk, debate, disagree, share ideas, give criticism, and challenge decisions. That is welcome here. But keep it respectful. Constructive criticism is welcome. Different opinions are welcome. Different systems and playstyles are welcome. Beginner questions are welcome. Deep nerdy GM theory is welcome. Chaotic campaign stories are very welcome. What is not welcome: Personal attacks Harassment Insults Gatekeeping Hateful behavior Bad faith arguments Spam Or anyone trying to turn the tavern into a battlefield In short: be cool, be useful, and don’t throw mugs at the other guests. If things get rude or uncivil, the tavern staff will step in. Posts or comments may be removed, and repeat troublemakers may be firmly escorted out into the cold night air. The fire stays warm here. How to get started Introduce yourself in the comments. Tell us what you run, what you play, what kind of campaigns you love, what tools you currently use, and what your biggest pain is as a GM. Are your notes scattered everywhere? Do you forget NPCs? Do you struggle with session prep? Do your factions become impossible to track? Do you want better ambience at the table? Do your players keep making random things important? Do you have one campaign document that should legally be classified as a dungeon? I want to hear about it. You can also make a post today with a feature idea, a question, a workflow, a complaint, a bug, a suggestion, or something you would love Tablekinn to help with. Thank you for being here at the beginning. I’m building Tablekinn because I believe GMs deserve better tools. Warmer tools. Smarter tools. Tools that understand the chaos, creativity, and joy of running a campaign. The inn is open. Pull up a chair. Let’s build something great for Game Masters together. 🍻 Gwi Creator of Tablekinn (previously soundgeon)

https://preview.redd.it/1cyfwzfp8r1h1.png?width=468&format=png&auto=webp&s=281e1ecc5d9eb268916cd69ee5b4abee12d5db9f My 2026 Rose planting season has come to an end a couple of weeks ago.  Read on if you are interested: \- 20 new rose plants, either in new spots or replacing prior rose plants. \-5 in pots, new potting mix, 2 new pots \-8 existing rose plants were shovel pruned onto skid row to make way for new rose plants.  2 of those choose death or attempt to live on skid row.  Rest have adopted very well to skid row and shown new growth.  Perhaps their prior spots is to blame – too early to believe this is true. Some interesting-to-me purchases made this season: \-Heirloom Roses via Costco They ran a ‘sale’ thru Costco. Not cheap imho but I can understand why people order from them now.  Mine arrived very well packaged but came as bare twigs.  Had to laugh at opening the box and seeing the 3 set of twigs in wrapped pots.  One of the roses had yellow leaf growth.  Stuck in a box for at least 8 days during shipping, maybe more in preparation by the nursery.  Spent a few days in mostly shade getting acclimated, planted and took off with new growth.  One plant has already formed a big rose bud besides noticeable growth.  Can’t wait to see the bloom on this White Gold plant.   One of the others is focused on growth and the last is doing well but certainly not great with growth; it’ll living well, just slower to grow.   \-True Bloom Bought a dormant True Joy variety fresh on the shelf at Lowe’s from a nursery, for its yellow color and noted fragrance.  Came in a rectangular plastic box with a lid I call a coffin.  Plant never broke dormancy, started to wither away to black on ends of all canes and was returned for a refund.  Found a replacement, same tag.  Appeared nice and healthy to me.  Planted it.  Surprise surprise - mislabeled.  Very disease resistant but also very red and very much not a True Bloom - it's grafted.  Still not certain the variety.  Produced quite a few blooms already and with the new current growth on it, more to follow.  Haven’t decided if it’ll be replaced next Spring or not. True Bliss is an outperformer.  Bloomed massively upon planting, went quiet for a couple of weeks, suddenly new growth everywhere on it.  It’s taken well to its spot and will produce an abundance of fragrant blooms, I’m certain of it.  A great plant. True Spirit.  One of my salvation rose purchases.  Badly handled and treated.  Lowe’s had it on clearance for half off.  A few broken canes, loss of leaves from dehydration but looking beyond that, still had good structure and looked good with great chance at survival.  Cleaned it up and rehydrated it for a few days before planting it in a pot.  It very quickly noticed a better home and showed appreciation by sending out its first bloom very quickly.  Looking forward to seeing this plant grow well and nicely. True Sincerity. Marketed by BH&G as a 1 gallon rose under a different name – Albeiro Orange.  The last of this year’s salvation rose purchase for $8.  Came poorly planted in a tiny pot, everything swayed in the direction of the wind but plant was intact.  Huge canopy of ultra thin canes with a lot of leaves.  Overall, very green, very good health, just not watered while at Walmart.  Cut overwhelming amount of canopy off, trimmed to fit nicely in a larger 2 gallon pot and watered it well.  It has a cherished spot in nearly all day sun along with others on skid row.  New growth everywhere on this little plant.  It will take at least this year for it to grow more substantial before being transplanted into a permanent spot, like a much bigger pot.  I think it’ll take a 1 yr, 1 gallon plant 1 year to make it into a larger 2 yr, 2 gallon plant. \-Other “Juan Pablo” roses by unknown breeder but believed to be Pope John Paul II roses by J&P.  Arrived at Lowe’s in a white plastic 2 gallon pot with a big citrus fragrance from the blooms.  And a simple tag “Juan Pablo” around one of the canes.  Bare root, young flimsy plant imho.  Not sure why it’s not called Pope John Paul II rose – it’s the English translation of Juan Pablo.  Anyways, slow starter, small blooms initially after planting, went silent for a while, now new growth all over each of the plants. And another flush of blooms about to commence.  Much larger blooms this time.  Very pleased as these are planted for remembrance of my mom.  These replaced prior Queen Mary II roses that were a complete disappointment and now residing on skid row, and surprising to me, thriving much better than before. \-Bloomables Noticed Walmart no longer carried this brand at my local stores.  Only available at Lowe’s in my area.  Found Parfuma Earth Angel, and Princesse Charlene de Monaco very nicely hidden, concealed behind a lot of Dee-Lish and Sweet Mademoiselle plants.  Also bought Romantica Moonlight, Sunbelt Savannah and Pinkerbelle.  PCdM had a few long canes wrapped around the plant, slightly damaged.  Cashier discounted it to under $13.  Great experience.  All of these plants have taken well but at different rates.  Savannah clearly took root the soonest and is going wild with growth on top, sides, bottom, new canes and basal breaks. Bloomed a few times, smaller than expected but totally acceptable as plant was setting up. Looking forward to these plants thriving very well and with abundance of fragrant blooms. OVERALL PLEASANT EXPERIECE SUMMARY \-found remarkable Bloomable varieties by surprise.  Forced to make more of a garden area in my backyard.  All are growing well, very impressed. \-bought and planted a rose plant that originated in Australia via HD: Brindabella Purple Prince.  Watching this one closely.  Strongly disease resistant and trying to bloom as much as possible.  Supposedly it is bush form.  And supposedly constant blooms.  If so, may make a hedge by buying more next Spring.  Very impressed. \-the True Bloom varieties are terrific plants. Very impressed with these new plants. \-initially mocked roses, er twigs, purchased, shipped and received from Heirloom Roses. Now I fully understand why this is a popular nursery choice amongst gardeners.  Yes, they charge premium and while you may find it shocking to receive twigs for such a hefty price (and you will be justified initially), you can see why it’s better. \-Scentimental Rose – a brute of dormant body bag rose plant that puts the other roses to shame. Growth monster + bloom monster. Abundance of ultra dark green leaves, contrasted with the variated white and red blooms. Exceeds all expectations.  Trimmed a new large cane growing horizontally from the graft and it responded by growing 4 new canes vertically.  It has not lost a leaf since planting.  It’s in a big pot and you can’t see thru any part of the plant.  A true monster of a rose plant.  I wish all my plants can copy the growth of this brute.  Not sure how tall it’ll get but 6’ is very likely, 7’-8’ more likely the truth.  Guessing on the width but 4’-5’ seems possible. DISAPPOINTMENTS \-shovel pruned existing plants that underperformed to skid row.  It’s their last year to prove better, healthier growth is possible.  Or else, garbage can will be their home.  2 plants decided death was better than to try for one last attempt to live on.  The rest of skid row transplants were given small amounts of fertilizer, lots of good soil + compost mix for bedding and fill around plants and watered frequently by the irrigation system. \-Scentuous Rose plant: bought as dormant in body bag from Aldi.  Initially, strong growth.  I was well pleased, initially. Bloomed a few times.  Was growing well.  Suddenly leaves were less green, fell off shortly after and plant lost all leaves.  New leaf forming (single leaf), lot of cane die back underway, no signs of buds for other leaves.  I don’t think it’ll make it.  And I’m not doing anything but watching it. Sink or swim time for that plant. LESSONS LEARNED No more purchases of dormant roses either in body bags or coffins for me.  Failure to grow and not getting what is labeled is the breaker for me.  Add in what I perceive to be substandard growth (or unexplainable lost of leaves and cane diebacks in Spring) to make it a no more purchase.  But this is completely contrasted by the Scentimental Rose growth as a dormant body bag rose. Persistence is the key to finding good rose varieties at the local locations.  You may find really good varieties well hidden in fresh drop-offs by the nurseries to the retailer.  Your experiences will always vary on this. Give shovel pruned roses one last opportunity by transplanting them to skid row.  Pleasant turnaround may happen, unexpectedly. Started spraying on roses that suffered from blackspots in the past. Notable change on most, one plant in particular (ketchup and mustard rose) taken very well to treatment: no loss of leaves, no spots. Others haven't reacted as well but still better than last year. I'll continue with sprays to see if it continues improving outcomes for these roses.

# How Do I Setup a Small Garden in a Balcony? Complete Beginner’s Guide for Indian Homes Living in an apartment does not mean giving up the dream of growing your own green space. In fact, some of the most beautiful gardens I have personally seen in Indian cities were built in tiny balconies barely large enough for two chairs. A few pots, proper sunlight, smart plant selection, and consistent care can transform even the smallest balcony into a relaxing green paradise. Over the last few years, balcony gardening in India has become more than a hobby. People now grow herbs, vegetables, flowering plants, and even mini fruit plants in urban spaces. Whether you live in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Patna, Pune, or Kolkata, balcony gardening can improve air quality, reduce stress, and even provide fresh organic produce at home. If you are wondering, “How do I setup a small garden in a balcony?” then this detailed guide will help you from start to finish. # Why Balcony Gardening is Growing Fast in India Indian cities are becoming more crowded every year. Open spaces are shrinking, but people still want greenery around them. Balcony gardening solves this problem beautifully. Here are some major reasons why balcony gardening is trending: |Benefit|Why It Matters| |:-|:-| |Fresh Air|Plants improve indoor and outdoor air quality| |Stress Relief|Gardening reduces anxiety and mental fatigue| |Organic Food|Grow herbs and vegetables naturally| |Better Home Decor|Green balconies look attractive| |Temperature Control|Plants help cool surrounding spaces| |Eco-Friendly Lifestyle|Reduces dependence on market produce| A small balcony garden can completely change the vibe of your home. # Step-by-Step Table: How to Setup a Small Garden in a Balcony |Step|What to Do|Importance| |:-|:-|:-| |1|Check sunlight availability|Helps select correct plants| |2|Measure balcony space|Prevents overcrowding| |3|Decide plant types|Flowers, herbs, vegetables, etc.| |4|Choose containers|Pots, railing planters, grow bags| |5|Prepare soil mix|Healthy roots and growth| |6|Arrange watering system|Consistent plant care| |7|Add fertilizers/compost|Better productivity| |8|Use proper tools|Easier maintenance| |9|Protect from pests|Healthy plants| |10|Maintain regularly|Long-term success| # Step 1: Understand Your Balcony Environment Before buying plants or pots, spend one full day observing your balcony. # Ask Yourself: * Does the balcony receive direct sunlight? * Is it windy? * Is rainwater entering heavily? * How much weight can the balcony handle? * Is it east-facing, west-facing, north-facing, or south-facing? # Sunlight Guide |Sunlight Hours|Suitable Plants| |:-|:-| |6–8 Hours|Tomatoes, chilies, roses| |4–6 Hours|Herbs, spinach, money plant| |2–4 Hours|Snake plant, peace lily| |Very Low Light|ZZ plant, pothos| If your balcony gets harsh afternoon sunlight, install a green shade net. # Step 2: Select the Right Plants for Balcony Gardening One mistake beginners make is choosing random plants without understanding maintenance needs. Start small and practical. # Best Plants for Indian Balcony Gardens # Vegetables * Tomato * Chili * Spinach * Coriander * Mint * Fenugreek * Brinjal # Herbs * Basil * Mint * Oregano * Curry leaves * Lemongrass # Flowering Plants * Marigold * Rose * Petunia * Jasmine * Hibiscus # Low Maintenance Plants * Snake plant * Aloe vera * Jade plant * Areca palm # Step 3: Choose Containers Smartly Containers are the backbone of balcony gardening. You do not need expensive ceramic pots initially. Many successful balcony gardens start with recycled buckets and grow bags. # Best Container Types |Container Type|Best For| |:-|:-| |Grow Bags|Vegetables| |Clay Pots|Herbs and flowers| |Plastic Pots|Lightweight setup| |Railing Planters|Space saving| |Hanging Pots|Decorative plants| |Wooden Boxes|Premium look| # Important Tip Avoid very deep pots for shallow-root plants like coriander and spinach. For urban homes, lightweight grow bags are extremely practical. # Step 4: Prepare the Perfect Potting Mix Garden soil alone is not ideal for balcony gardening. You need loose, airy, nutrient-rich soil. # Recommended Potting Mix Formula |Ingredient|Percentage| |:-|:-| |Cocopeat|40%| |Compost|30%| |Garden Soil|20%| |Sand/Perlite|10%| This mixture improves drainage and root growth. Homemade compost works wonderfully for balcony plants. # Step 5: Watering the Right Way Overwatering kills more balcony plants than underwatering. This is one lesson almost every gardener learns the hard way. # Simple Watering Rules * Water early morning * Avoid watering during hot afternoons * Check soil moisture before watering * Use pots with drainage holes # Seasonal Watering Guide |Season|Watering Frequency| |:-|:-| |Summer|Daily or alternate day| |Monsoon|Only when needed| |Winter|2–3 times weekly| A spray bottle is excellent for delicate seedlings. # Step 6: Vertical Gardening for Small Balconies Space is limited in apartments, so vertical gardening becomes very useful. # Vertical Gardening Ideas * Wall-mounted planters * Hanging baskets * Plant shelves * Ladder stands * Railing planters This method increases growing area without occupying floor space. Vertical gardening also improves balcony aesthetics dramatically. # Best Vegetables to Grow in Balcony Gardens in India |Vegetable|Growing Difficulty|Pot Size| |:-|:-|:-| |Chili|Easy|Medium| |Tomato|Moderate|Large| |Spinach|Very Easy|Shallow| |Coriander|Easy|Shallow| |Radish|Easy|Medium| |Mint|Very Easy|Medium| Growing edible plants gives a satisfying feeling that decorative plants cannot match. Fresh coriander from your balcony tastes better than market produce. # Expert Tips for Successful Balcony Gardening # 1. Start Small Do not buy 40 plants on day one. Begin with 5–6 plants and learn gradually. # 2. Group Plants by Water Needs This prevents uneven watering. # 3. Rotate Pots Occasionally Plants grow more evenly. # 4. Use Mulching Dry leaves or coco husk reduce water loss. # 5. Feed Plants Naturally Use compost tea, banana peel fertilizer, or vermicompost. # Common Balcony Gardening Mistakes to Avoid |Mistake|Problem Created| |:-|:-| |Overwatering|Root rot| |Poor drainage|Fungus growth| |Wrong plant selection|Weak growth| |Overcrowding|Pest infestation| |Using heavy soil|Root suffocation| |Ignoring sunlight|Poor flowering| I personally lost my first tomato plant because I planted it in compact clay soil without drainage. The roots simply rotted during monsoon season. Learning through mistakes is part of gardening. For more details visit [www.jetfiretools.com](http://www.jetfiretools.com)

We own a townhouse outright — 2 dwellings on one block with a shared driveway. No mortgage. Nice neighbourhood and close to work / school It’s not huge, but it’s comfortable, relatively new, and we were the first owners. If we stay, we can afford private school for the kids and have much less financial stress. The alternative is upgrading to a larger freestanding home in a better area, but that would mean taking on a significant mortgage again and likely sending the kids to public school instead. What would you personally choose? Do you think living in a townhouse long-term is worth the trade-off for financial freedom and education opportunities?

We went to view multiple homes today. We are in the preliminary planning stages, but our girl has her down payment all lined up, hope filled, raring and ready to go just in case she should find a home that she really loves. None of the homes we viewed were foreclosure homes. They were all “normal” starter family homes. Larger yards were requested. Every home was nearly the same: Run down, needing lots of repairs that have long been neglected. (Remember, none of the homes were supposed to be in need of repairs.) The homes for sale were not really too comfortable looking by my humble standards. Almost every home had some degree of “handyman special“ vibe. All the homes also had smalish yards. The new homes were not quite what we expected and were made for “multigenerational living“ on almost nonexistant lots. We‘ve over time moved into several different homes over my lifetime; both new and previously owned homes, as we often changed locations as my husbands work location changed. Our moves were company moves with big moving companies who were paid to move us. I don’t even see this happening too much anymore come to think of it. But I did over the years get to do some serious house hunting more than a few times in my life time. My husband and I started our young married life decades ago, in a 4 bedroom 3 bathroom newly built home. It wasn’t the largest home ever, or the smallest, but the lot was over 1/3 of an acre. (So for starter homes, this was my reference point.) I can tell you that nothing could have prepared me for what I saw today! 😳🏚 We have not as a society been making progress to make a better world, with better homes that allow folks and families to lead better lives. The economy is in much worse trouble than you might ever imagine! There is no lying about the state economy when you look into a random cross section of average home owner’s state of affairs.

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Last September my fiancé and I found a rabbit that was obviously someone's pet out in the wild. We took him in, meaning for it to be temporary. When no one answered any of the postings we did in the local area, we figured it may have been a case the bunny was purposely let out into the wild. By then, we had bonded and wanted to keep the rabbit, even naming him Fluffernutter, and tried our best to be good rabbit parents. It's gone really well so far for the most part - he's a really chill guy that loves hanging out in the area we made for him with some foldable dog pen fences - but 8 months down the line has begun to drag. We live in a one bedroom apartment and already have a cat as well, putting us over our pet limit on our apartment. Between that, and cost of his bedding, hay, and greens supply killing our bank accounts, we've come to the conclusion that Fluffernutter needs a better home than what we can give him. If you live in the Bay Area of California, and would be interested in taking in a new bunny, please dm me. We don't know how old Fluffernutter is, but he's a medium sized bunny, and we think he's a palomino. We haven't been able to take him to the vet to get fixed, and we think he has fleas, unfortunately. It's part of the reason we're wanting to get him into a new home, because we can't afford to take him to the vet for that stuff. Fluffernutter is, like I said before, a really sweet and chill guy. He likes napping most of the time but he loafs on the carpet rug we got him a lot and will sometimes do binkies right outside his sleeping hutch. He's been fine with our cat, and even play with him at times. His favorite greens are Romaine lettuce, green cabbage, dino kale, and cilantro. He does have a bit of an attitude when he thinks it's dinner time - flipping his food bowl and staring at us with a grumpy face - but otherwise isn't aggressive at all. He is litter trained, and has been an indoor pet only. We will also give away our current supplies for him as well. We are asking for a $40.00 rehoming fee. Here's a couple pictures of him : https://preview.redd.it/dp9xvbgt3f1h1.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f8039b13fc50d76eb20955ba398f66360fd5138 https://preview.redd.it/o3znh2yp3f1h1.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86f698817b27744ad6bee43cd86b8c7164c22169

This week, a despondent demonologist discovers the dangers of ditties, driftwood and dill-dusted delicacies. A wholesome\* story about a mostly sane demonologist and his growing crew, trying their best to usher in a post-scarcity utopia using imps. It's a great read if you like optimism, progress, character growth, hard magic, and advancements that have a real impact on the world. I spend a ton of time getting the details right, focusing on grounding the story so that the more fantastic bits shine. A new chapter every Thursday. *\*Some conditions apply, viewer cynicism is advised.* Map of [Pine Bluff](https://imgur.com/a/pine-bluff-spring-of-second-year-tIeMcAI) Map of [Hyruxia](https://imgur.com/a/YGrPMxh) Map of the [Factory and grounds](https://imgur.com/a/9qD63rD) . [First Chapter](https://www.reddit.com/user/Mista9000/comments/1rs1xgb/how_to_read_perfectly_safe_demons/) [Prev](https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/1t6or68/perfectly_safe_demons_133_paving_the_way/) \-------- Next \*\*\*\* Grigory stared at the figures in front of him. It was just a handful of lines of simple arithmetic, but right now it might as well have been the ancient language of extinct squidmen. “Bah, I’m done. Done,” he said to no one. Almost no one at least, his idle imps stared at him, and Professor Toe-Pounce didn’t twitch a whisker, snoring gentle cat snores by the fireplace. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his eyes. It was only early afternoon, but he lost all interest in doing anything. He picked up a rig he made to play with his cat and flicked the yarn across the slumbering beast. He got up, walked a pace further away, then circled tightly twice and laid down. The cat huffed, and instantly was sound asleep.  “Liar,” Grigory snorted. The message was clear enough. He put away his yarn and headed downstairs for a change in scenery. As he expected, most people were out and about, leaving him alone in the big dining hall.  “Imps! Make me….” He wasn’t hungry or thirsty, not really. Just restless. “Nevermind. Cancel.” He sat on one of the chairs and frowned.  *Reading was too dull, I’d spent all morning, all year, doing that. I had lots of letters to reply to, but those could wait. It was snowy and windy out today, I could dress for it, and see the town in all white, but my toes would probably get cold.*  Grigory tapped his finger on the table, unsure even what he wanted.  *I must get out of here. I’ve been too cooped up for too long.*  He turned to the sound of footsteps approaching. His face lit up. “Mister Stanisk! Just who I was hoping to see! How’ve you been?” “Well enough, I reckon I’m finally getting a half step ahead. We’se got updates on the installation of them new not-ballistae on towers six and eight, and the latest from Rikad’s expedition–” “Yeah, that’s fine. We can discuss work… later. For now I have a far more important mission for us.” “Oh?” “I’m bored to within a whisker of my life. Let’s do something. What do you do on your days off?” “Heh, sleep. Do some cookin’ at the Spire. Go for walks with the elv, if’n we can line up the time.” “Bah, none of that.” The Empire’s only arcane industrialist shook his head. “Good, we have a much more pressing issue then, let's see what there is to do in town. Thousands of people avoid toil every day, one can only assume they have developments in that space we can join in on.” “Might be. My nose has been in my work, near as much as yours. Let me get my gear. Sounds like a plan.” Grigory went back to his chambers to get a jacket, some money and a hat. Professor Toe-Pounce had taken over his chair, and was sound asleep. Grigory rubbed his soft, fluffy head. “How can you be so dishonest without words?” The cat stretched his front paws out but didn’t open his eyes. Grigory hurried away to the dining hall. *A cat shouldn’t be who I talk to the most. Especially one that clearly doesn’t value the truth. Why don't I do this more? I’m no hermit, I’m a member of a community! I helped build this community!* His fellow director arrived in his armour, his hands and face free. “Let’s get to it. Did you’se know where you want to be?” “Not exactly? I’ve been bottled up too long and the people I talk to just talk about business. Is there anything happening today? Oh, I’d love to listen to some music! Is that happening anywhere?” “Ain’t any kind of shortage. I see them singin’ and carrying on all the time. We’ll find some aspiring bard in no time. Let's take the low road, more likely to see folk, plus we’ll keep our boots dry.” Stanisk led to a door that had been added a few months ago, leading from the factory halls down to the caverns. As a simple security it was locked, but Stanisk’s enchanted ring tapped it open. They took the winding stairs down and down until they were in the more familiar parts of the dorf excavation.   “So what prompted this, sir? You’se never take a day.” “Exactly! And that’s my very issue today. Do you know what I did before we met?” Grigory scarcely waited for a reply, “Research! Every day, or hustling for coin. It’s almost hard to imagine doing a full day of work for a skinny bronze. But I had to eat, and that was the rate…” “I reckon being a soldier was harder for less money. But at least we got leave. Drinking with a bunch of assholes was kind of fun, if’n they’se assholes in the same barracks as ya. I miss it a bit, but also don’t. Ever feel your past happened to someone else? Like memories are sort of not your own?” “No, but I get what you are saying. Hah, I might be the only person in this whole place that hasn’t had their life meaningfully changed. Better wines and food I guess? Oh warmer bed, but otherwise, being rich is the same as being poor for 99% of my day. Waking day,” he clarified, as the obvious inaccuracy annoyed him. “Hardly seems fair,” Stanisk said. They were in the main cavern network now. The biology department at the Academy had long since replaced his simple moss frames with a whole system of tiered planters. There were ferns, orchids and mosses, all thriving in the low light. Grigory had to stop himself from thinking too hard about the temperature, but the geothermal heat network must be working. It was like a pleasant fall day, even while the snow swirled on the surface. The side caverns were all behind doors, and Grigory enjoyed not knowing what was inside them. Last winter they were stuffed with the huddled masses, but this year, he had no idea. Likely some kind of storage. “Hardly better though. The selfish part of me is disappointed that fantastic wealth changed so little. For either of us.” “Hah! I have that thought all the damned time. When I was in the service, I was sure that once I had my pension, fourteen glindi a month, and six acres of frontier to farm, I’d be the happiest man what lived. The peace and calm. The freedom! But here I am, working from sun up to sun down, while I’se got enough money to buy a duchy.” “That’s the heart of it I think. We’re free to do what we want, but what we want is to build. Other than today.” They got to the main under-road, a wide level passageway towards town. Some people sat in the benches in the middle, but didn’t pay the two truant directors any heed.  “I used to have a loop that made sense, I imagined it as a candle. My candle burned wax at a fixed rate, and a week of paid work bought two weeks of living expenses. Sometimes my candle was pretty tall, but mostly it had just a few days. Now though?” He shrugged. “Wax stacked to both moons. But having money isn’t why I’m bored! I’m bored because all I do is the same thing! Think and read and think.” “Ah, put like that, the answer gets simple. Do somethin’ else!” The under-road had some park alcoves along the side, with seats and often a whole tree, making the cave feel more like a garden at night. Grigory read the test results for the pale stone. It wasn’t real rock, rather a sculpted analog that was half structural support and half insulation. He hadn’t been down to this part before and could appreciate the level of skill it represented.  One of the alcoves had a young man with a lute playing an upbeat tune and a handful of people listening. Grigory tapped Stanisk’s elbow and they stopped at the back to listen.  “Burn my boats and slit my throats! Scorch my willy and blast me to jelly! The ‘quisitor cried to Defenders steely-eyed I'm sick of the prayers and I’m sure we have spares!” He stopped playing and stared at his newest listeners. “Light above, M’lords! You honour me! Is something a matter?” he asked, drawing everyone’s attention to them. “No, not at all! I was rather liking your song actually. Don’t mind us, we’re just taking a stroll,” Grigory replied. “Wow, I never expected to be so popular! Wait! I have a way better song! It’s called ‘Grigory is Great!’” Grigory paled and shook his head, “No, I really don’t–” The lute was even more jaunty and he belted out the lyrics with his whole chest: “The best mage at any stage? GRIGORY! The toast of either coast? GRIGORY! Who freed the poor and gave us more? Grigory! Who birthed the imps and cured the–” “Thank you, that’s rather enough. We need to be getting along now. Thank you,” Grigory the Great decreed. “Sir! I ain’t even done the first stanza yet!” “Thank you! Bye!” The Mage hurried along. “Heh, he was just gettin’ to the good bit!” Stanisk said as they left earshot. “Tell me that no one listens to that kind of music! It was dreadful, the rhymes were so lazy and the construction so simple!” “Is that the only part that you didn’t love?” “It was rather… artless in its praise. Extravagant even. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to take myself seriously knowing that someone has heard that song!” “I dunno, I thought it was catchy. Might be you ain’t got an ear for music?” “Might be. I don’t want to spend my day listening to that. There must be other things. Are there games? I overhear lots of things about games.” “Heaps, I ain’t all that certain which is where or nothing.” “Then we have a proper quest! Let’s press on.” They continued down the under-road until they saw a sign for the community recreation hall.  “As good a place to start as any!” Grigory declared, and they ascended the winding stairs up. On the other side of the door was the entry foyer, and the shrieks of happy children could be heard even before they opened it.  Dozens of kids ran in every direction, some wore solid coloured capes and others held felt swords. It was anarchy and the distracted demonologist didn’t see a single parent anywhere. He did see imps carrying ribbon banners and coloured eggs, but it wasn’t clear if that was connected to anything. *It wasn’t my problem before I got here, I can’t imagine it is now that I am.*  They pressed through the riot of kids, a storm that persisted into other rooms and hallways.  “Stanisk, any idea what Throwy-Ploppy is?” Grigory pointed to a sign for ‘Division C- Throwy-Ploppy Tournament.’ “Don’t reckon I do! Sounds fun though!”  They went through that door into a long high ceilinged hall. At regular intervals, there were clumps of people holding bean bags, and down the center of the hall a blue ribbon was suspended, considerably out of reach. The two men stopped a step into the room to puzzle it out. They were lobbing their sacks over the ribbon and seemed very invested in where they landed. He angled closer to the empty half of the hall and craned to get a better look at the maps embroidered onto the rugs. “Sirs! What are you doing here? Is everything okay?” a middle aged man in a vest asked, clearly shocked. “Quite alright! I’m taking an afternoon stroll and noticed your tournament. Would it be an inconvenience if we were to join? I admit to having no idea what the rules are. Or even just play a practice round?” “We’d be honoured! Of course, come! Here, you can use my ploppers!” The man handed him a set of five fist-sized bags. They were smooth silk, filled with flax seed and embroidered with flames. “Attention everyone! Minor change! The team of Mage Thippily and Lord Stanisk will compete in the final! The current point leader is Giggles and Gunk. Please come to the centre! All other games are canceled!” Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared. Grigory smiled awkwardly and stood still. “No, I don’t want to disrupt your event, I was just looking to try–” “Nonsense! We wouldn’t have it any other way! The game is simple, you throw your plopper over the skyribbon, and hit the targets. There are civil and military targets. At the end of the round we add up both totals, multiply them together, and that’s your score. High score wins. And each target can only be hit once. Other than the central keep, you *only* get those fifty points if you hit it twice.” “Got it,” Grigory said. He hefted a sack to get a better feel for it. “Please, go ahead, just over the ribbon, and you can see the points right on the rug!” the man in a vest said. “Alright, I see.” Grigory gulped. The entire hall, perhaps a hundred people, were watching him try this game for the very first time. The noise and excitement when he first entered was gone, and they all stared at him. “Errm. Alright!” He threw the first one over the ribbon, and it landed in an unlabeled forest on the rug. “Oh.” “Sir, that's what's called a plop. Very common, keep going!” He threw again. “Plop?” “Aye, M’lord, very close that time.” He aimed for the biggest target, the one marked granary. And hit it. He stood extra straight with pride. The crowd cheered and whooped and it took a while before he could throw again. He had one more plop, and hit the docks. “Excellent round M’lord! Ten for the granary, and twenty for the docks! Lord Stanisk, you’re up!” His Chief of Security was a natural, and only had a single plop, including double hitting the keep. The crowd loved it, and celebrated each hit. “Amazingly skillful, my Lords! That totals 80 points of civic and 70 points military, for a total of 5600! Up next are the challengers!”  Grigory looked at Giggles and Gunk– it was a teenage girl with her dad, and they both looked like mice meeting some owls. The young lady stepped up to the line and threw her first bag. It plopped. So did the next four. The assembled onlookers seemed genuinely disappointed on each miss.  “Aw shucks, this is a very tough game, M’lord. Your turn, Pa.” Her dad went, plopping his first three. His fourth rolled after it landed onto the corner of the granary. He frowned and threw his last, a deep plop, into the sea at the edge of the rug. The vest-wearing man clapped politely, “Well done, both teams! The final score is 5600 to 10! Our new champion is the team of Mage Thipply and Lord Stanisk! Congratulations! Wait here while I get your trophy!” Grigory smiled politely, suspicion rising. “No, it's quite alright. We just popped in to see how you spend time! A fascinating game with deep strategic incentives, I approve!” The other players shook his hand, and the people around him were overflowing in their congratulations. Grigory smiled tensely, growing uncomfortable. “Me and my fellow director have a few other errands to run today, but thank you so much for including us!” He noticed there was a chalkboard at one end, noting the scores and winners of the preliminary rounds. As he suspected, none of the scores were under ten thousand, and a few were over twenty. He managed to not roll his eyes as they escaped before they were given the trophy. They left via the main entrance, onto the wintery streets of downtown Pine Bluff. It felt so much more open, finally free of the crowds, loud children and grinning players. Their boots crunched on fresh snow. They were in the cafe district, where people sipped steaming beverages under heat lamps. “I think we ruined that whole thing. I feel terrible for interrupting,” Grigory lamented. “Ruined? Hell no, we turned a boring game into a memory they’ll hold onto till they’se teeth fall out. I reckon the songs about this win will smooth out the details.”  “I swear to actual demons, they better not write a ballad about my plopping!” Grigory said, exasperated. “‘Throwy-Ploppy’ kind of rhymes with ‘Thippily stomped.’ They gots plenty to work with.”  “I don’t know if I could survive the embarrassment. Oh, a market! Let’s see what other people create on their own time!” They strolled through the stalls, causing constant distractions and drawing a whole crowd of onlookers. Grigory smiled tensely, shook hands and tried to focus on the goods. One stall had a hunk of driftwood carved into a single bottle wine holder.  “Oh! I like this one, it encapsulates so much of what I like about town! How much did you want for the little one, with the copper fittings?” “For you? Nothin,’ take it! It couldn’t go to a better home!” Grigory sighed, “No, where is the sense in that? I am *very* able to pay, fifty? A hundred, it’s no problem.” “Your money is no good here, Sir. I’ll throw in a set of coasters too, they match!” “Thank you, please let me pay, I’ll just leave a hundred–” Grigory slid across a thick silver coin, only to have it pushed back at him. “No, no, no! You’ve given me too much already. Take it! Please.” Grigory looked at the man, the panic in his eyes, and took the path of lesser damage. “You are exceedingly kind. Thank you.”  The woodcarver beamed and handed Grigory his treasures. Stanisk led them away, until they finally had some space. “Nice rack. Had your fill of the common man?” “I may have. There are so few places I can go without wrecking things.” Grigory rubbed his eyes. “Are you hungry? Let's eat. Where’s fun to go?” “Real food? Let's hit the Spire. I’ll show you how to make potato fry-ups! They’se dead simple and tasty.” “Oh, that does sound tasty. Hmm, sure! Do you do much cooking? The imps surely do a better job?” “They do, and faster, and less wasteful too. But I like slicing a potato, and I like eatin’ what I make. When I started cooking, way back, years ago, the world was full of cooks better'n me. I still liked it. Now I got better at it, there are still more people plus imps better’n me. But I still like it. I don’t reckon other folks change it much.” “Ah, your value is in the act not the outcome?” Grigory asked. “Nah, outcome matters, it’s the bit we eat.” “True enough. There is something to be said for being useful with your own hands.” The Stone Spire Sanctuary was busy, as always, its massive common room filled with a reasonable fraction of the town. They passed a clump of men in the stableyard throwing hatchets into firewood. They were keeping score, and the popularity of steel axes started to make a bit more sense in the sales figures he looked over a few nights ago. At least this place was big enough and busy enough that they only attracted the odd stare as they crossed into the kitchen.  Stanisk shoo’ed the two cooks and their attending horde of imps, “Oy! You two, clear off, this corner’s tied up with an important mission, use the other side.”  The Chief of Security got everything they needed on the counter, “You’se know how to hold a knife, right?” “Please, I not only am an accomplished cook, I’ve done a few surgeries a day all spring!” They started and Stanisk chided him for being too slow, too fussy, and holding the knife wrong. Through the torrent of kitchen advice, soon they’d fried, salted and seasoned a whole basket of Stanisk’s latest speciality. Everything smelled of hot oil and herbs when they finally sat on tall kitchen stools.  “That was fun, took longer than I anticipated to be honest,” Grigory said between bites. “Nah, it’s super fast once you know what you'se doing. What do you think?” “Delightful! I see why they’re popular. I like the dill on them more than I expected. Well balanced!” “Nah, not the damned food. I meant the day.” Grigory pushed back from his plate. “Honestly? Better than being cooped up, but it also worries me. There are aspects of this town I just can’t experience, my presence will prevent them. I assumed that making this better would make my world bigger.” He shrugged, and ate another potato wedge. “Am I doomed to be a hermit in my own world? No. That can’t be it. Maybe it’ll get less distracting as the town grows?” “Aye, maybe? You are kind of a one-off. I reckon there’s a reason I ain’t seen a single legate in the whole time I was in the army. Well, other’n big speeches. I don’t reckon I know how it would feel if my boss’s boss sat at my mess table.” “Bah. I see what you’re saying. But I didn’t mean for... doesn’t matter. Maybe I’ll just set up a Throwy-Ploppy rug in my study. I liked that one.” \*\*\*\* [Prev](https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/1t6or68/perfectly_safe_demons_133_paving_the_way/) \-------- Next \*\*\*\*

RAW - RAW was leaving USA Network anyways, but NBC is a bigger channel & they still have partnership with NBC. Seeing RAW on Prime-time TV (even bigger than USA) wouldn’t have been bad. NXT - NXT can stay on CW. No issue with them on CW SmackDown - Now with SmackDown; I have 2 in mind: either keep SmackDown on USA or give it a different home on A&E Network!! WWE currently have a partnership with A&E to air documentaries & focus on wrestling history. Why not move one of your big shows on there?? Just a thought lol PLE’s/SNME’s - I feel like Netflix would’ve been a better home for all WWE PLE’s & SNME AROUND THE WORLD. No expensive ESPN. All major events on Netflix in the U.S. & International.

For context, when I was 18 I had a uromastyx. I wasn’t planning on getting one, but I worked at PetSmart at the time and this poor uromastyx had been in our store for a year at this point and not only that but they were feeding him crickets and the max temp in his small enclosure was only about 75-80°. \[Crazy side story about the crickets: when I got moved from cashier to pet care associate and learned he was eating crickets, I started giving him a freeze dried veggie mix instead (which still isn’t ideal but we didn’t have any fresh greens in store). Well one day we got audited and the auditer saw the veggies in his tank and asked why they were there, I explained to him that uromastyx’s and vegetarians. He told me all the reptiles are only supposed to eat crickets and made me take out the veggie dish. I put it back once he left but I always thought that was insane.\] So anyways, because of all this I ended up buying him to hopefully give him a better home. I had a 20g tank and was planning on upgrading as he grew. The hottest spot in the tank reached about 110° with the rest of the tank around 90° if im remembering right. He was terrified of me at first but eventually got used to me and I even got to hand feed him his favorite dandelion flowers. Unfortunately, I went away for a week and had my mom watch him for me. I had one of those enclosures with the front opening doors and apparently she didn’t close the doors all the way and he got out. My mom found him dead hiding in my room somewhere. My heart has been broken about this ever since. I was planning on having him for 30 years or however long he lived, but his life got cut so short and I still haven’t forgiven myself. Im 30 now and have been thinking of getting another uromastyx. I want to make sure I have all and any updated info regarding their care which I will definitely fully research again beforehand but im looking for some inspiration for a potential enclosure. I take very good care of my pets. I currently have hermit crabs living in a 40g tank with 60g topper we built ourselves and they are thriving.

Hi all, I'm still looking for few more unpaid beta readers to get general feedback for my turn-of-the-century organized crime drama/thriller, A RESPECTABLE CRIMINAL. Complete at 114K words. New York City, 1919. In the days leading up to Prohibition, Vittorio Gennaro is Sicilian immigrant just trying to make an honest living so that he can marry his best girl. But as a young man who already has a criminal past, he’s mistrusted by everyone around him. Especially his own father. When a run-in with a notorious Irish thug once again leaves him behind bars, his only refuge is the life that he’d left behind. In order to survive, he will have to face an impossible choice: between the life he so desperately wants or the one that he’s tried so hard to escape. This is a gangster story in the vein of Boardwalk Empire and The Godfather, so you can expect some of the usual for the genre (murder, assault, butchery of a dead horse, prison execution, ethnic slurs). It also deals with the typical challenges of immigrant life in early 1900s New York City. Please DM if interested. \######################################## **CHAPTER ONE: La mano nera** **New York City, 1909** “DEATH now stares you in the face.” Amedeo Fraschetti’s hand trembled as he sat alone at the kitchen table in his cramped fourth-floor tenement. There, he reviewed the handwritten letter once again. He’d been completely unable to sleep since receiving it. And had read it many times over already. Each time, he’d hoped that somehow its message would be different. That perhaps he’d misunderstood and was mistaken about its meaning. But it was always the same. It was written in Sicilian, of course. The penmanship was poor. Perhaps deliberately so. And it began with a surprisingly apologetic tone. *Please excuse our intrusion. We send you this note to let you know our misery. Times are difficult.* While the first part was courteous enough, the second half left no doubt as to the sender’s true intentions. *Death now stares you in the face. We advise you not to act like a coward. We know that you can pay. You must obey.* *If you do not, you will suffer. If you make known the contents of this letter to anyone besides your wife, we shall know at once. We ask of you $1000.* The final section instructed him on how to deliver the money. He was to put it in a package wrapped in plain brown paper. Then, at 10:00 pm the next night, he was to deliver it to an alley off Baxter Street and place the package behind a pole. *We will be watching. Pay or die.* It was signed *LA MANO NERA*. At the bottom were crude drawings. A grisly dagger. A stabbed heart that dripped blood. And the most telling of all: a Black Hand. *La mano nera*. Amedeo didn’t have to ask who these men were. He knew them well. They already came into his tiny grocery every single week, demanding tribute. Under the orders of the local chieftain, Don Giuseppe Mastrangelo. For “protection.” But now they demanded more. Far more than he could possibly surrender. Men like these had plagued his homeland of Sicily for many decades. They were men to be feared indeed. He knew of other shopkeepers who’d attempted to stand up to them. And in return, they’d had their shops bombed. Or their children kidnapped. The police had tried to fight them. Led by the great detective, Lt. Joe Petrosino. Who was well-known as a master of disguise. And one who never forgot a face. The “Italian Sherlock Holmes.” Petrosino and his Italian Squad had done much to combat the Black Hand. But they were few. And the Mafiosi were many. And very good at keeping to the shadows. “*Vieni a letto? È così tardi*,” his lovely wife Silvana called from the bedroom. “Are you coming to bed? It’s so late.” “*Sì, carina*,” he responded. “*Uno momento*.” He locked the letter away in a drawer to keep it out of sight. He didn’t want her to worry. He got up and went to the window. There was only one for the whole apartment, which led to a fire escape. He checked the blanket that hung over the frame to keep out the draft as best they could. It was the first week of March and still bitterly cold outside. Just two days earlier, they’d had what they hoped would be the last snowfall of winter. Then, in just a few short months, they’d leave that same window open day and night to endure the heat of summer. It was a very different life from what they’d had in Messina. Tenement life was difficult. And not made any easier by this new threat. But the grocery was thriving, and they had food in their bellies. What’s more, they knew that with continued hard work, they could one day prosper in their new country. If the Black Hand didn’t come and take it from them. Amedeo went to extinguish the soft glow from the gas lamp. But before doing so, just as he did each night, he took one last look at his sleeping children. Three little *angeli* from heaven, all quietly sleeping in their cots. At age seven, Oriana was the oldest. Strong-willed, responsible, and dependable. Just like her mother. Rosina was a year younger and also strong-willed, but far more interested in what else might be in store. Just like her father, Silvana always said. The youngest, Mafalda, was only eighteen months old and their first to be born in l’America. Who knew what she would be like? Perhaps next they would have a son. But as he stared at their beautiful young faces, he could feel nothing but love. Proud of what they had created and determined to protect them at all costs. To forever keep them safe from harm’s way. All of which led him back once again to that letter. And the question of whether or not he would give in to their demands. But what kind of a father would he be to cower in fear? And even more so, what kind of example would he set for his children? \* \* \* THE NEXT MORNING, Amedeo awoke early and went straight downstairs to open the grocery. He was wrought with worry deep in the pit of his stomach. He’d barely slept, and it showed on his face. He’d been like this for two days. Ever since receiving the letter. Each time Silvana had asked what the matter was, his answer was always the same. “*Non è niente*,” he told her. “Probably just the weather.” Theirs was a small shop on the corner of Elizabeth and Broome, on the ground floor of the same tenement in which they lived. And certainly not the sort of place that one would think to attract the attention of the Black Hand. They were tiny compared to the Gimavalvos, who’d recently had their store bombed when they’d refused to pay. Amedeo had worked long and hard to get where they were. Life had been good to them since coming to l’America. Difficult, yes. But they had survived. Like many Italian immigrants, he’d originally left his family behind in Messina and come on his own. Just after Rosina was born. The hardships in those early days in New York were unrelenting. The church took pity on him and gave him two apples. He ate one and sold the other. Soon, he had a pushcart from which he sold fruit. After two years of long hours day in and day out, he’d earned enough money to not only bring over Silvana, but Oriana and Rosina as well. And after another two years, the family had earned enough to open their own grocery. They were doing well. Enough that Amedeo hoped to move to a bigger location. And a better home for his growing family. He’d already been to the bank once, hoping to secure a loan. After all that effort, he certainly didn’t like the idea of some band of thugs just coming and taking it away. Or even just a piece of it. Especially through simple threats and intimidation. \* \* \* AFTER a full week had passed, Amedeo began to feel more at ease. There’d been no other word from the senders. Perhaps, he wondered, it had been delivered to the wrong address. Or that, by some miracle, they had already been arrested. But then a man he didn’t know entered the store. There was nothing particular about this man. He looked just like any other *paisano* from the neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan. But what he came to deliver was something very different. It was a message of fear. “You’re late in your payment,” the man informed him. Amedeo attempted to feign ignorance. “Payment for what? I don’t know what you’re talking about.” “Don’t play stupid with me,” the man grumbled. “You owe 1000 dollars and our patience grows thin.” Amedeo pulled him aside. Fortunately, Silvana was upstairs with the baby, and the other two were in school. “I don’t have that kind of money,” he balked. “Where would I get it?” “You went to the bank about a loan,” the man informed him. “Best see to it that you pay your fair share.” Amedeo stood his ground. “I *already* pay Don Mastrangelo for his protection. What good is that service if you’re just going to come and demand more?” “We hope it’s because you and your family *want to live*,” the man told him.

its great, SLIGHTLY below winterblessed, thats only cause it doesnt have a penta kill animation skin feels great, auto attack animations feel insanely smooth, light and snappy, the weight and feel are similar to dark waters diana and dragon slayer diana, but the legendary quality makes it feel alot more polished. its different from winterblessed more firm and crunchy auto attacks, i like it winterblessed, has better home guards, and splash art imo\\ think there is a sound effect on q when killing minions, a satisfying dink eternal aspect has significantly better chromas, especially the pearl one, for those of you who think the base model has too much gold, well pearl chroma is basically what youre looking for, it looks much better than base model in terms of color scheming, its def the one im gonna be using all the time, red chroma is kick ass as well the visual colors, from conq and riftmaker, blend insanely well with this skin the model looks so much fucking better than the leaks we saw earlier, its surprised really symmetrical and tight nit ult transformation is solid, more focus on the moonsilver blade transforming, but actual model, i think winterblessed has the better ult transformation, also not sure if its a bug, it might be but the ult transformation only last until combat ends, unlike winterblessed it last until you die or recall partical effect on abilities are really nice and high quality voice lines being canon, have crazy implications and impact on dians lore and in general the lore of runeterra, they are super interesting to listen to mythic version- is basically what darkstar should have been, its fantastic, i think the partical effects and design choice for the moon light buff is absolutely awesome, nice Penta kill animation and ult overlay, rubs me wrong base legendary doesn't at least have the penta kill animation, but still a great skin none the less, up to you if you think its worth spending 125 tho. base legendary is a great buy

I've had this [this figure](https://myfigurecollection.net/item/1258843) for the longest time with no place to display it, so I've been hoping to sell it off to a better home. It's unopened and the box is in perfect condition, here are the [verification pictures](https://imgur.com/a/xPi46BH). I'm currently asking for $200 including shipping, with the price being negotiable. Shipping to US only. I will edit the post once the figure has been sold.

# A Theoretical Exploration of a Better Economic System # Preamble This document is a theoretical exploration of what a more equitable economic system might look like. It is rooted in the foundational principle that value must flow back to those who created it. It draws from the legacy of communist thought while attempting to address its historical failures through structural design rather than ideological enforcement. The system is built on three productive sectors — primary, secondary and tertiary — each governed by a consistent value distribution model, underpinned by a centralized state and given democratic accountability through sector-based unions. No claim is made that this system is perfect or complete. It is offered as a serious attempt to answer a question that existing systems have failed to answer satisfactorily: how do you build an economy that is simultaneously productive, fair and resistant to corruption? # The Core Principle Labor and contribution create value. The person who grows the crop, manufactures the product or delivers the service is the source of economic output, and the system must reflect that. Ownership of capital does not entitle anyone to extract value from another's work. Business owners and entrepreneurs are rewarded for their genuine contributions — their ideas, vision, risk and management — but not for the mere fact of ownership. This is not a radical proposition. It is simply a logical extension of how most people already intuitively understand fairness. # The Primary Sector The primary sector encompasses agriculture and raw resource production. The value of any produce, referred to as "x", is determined by the buyer — specifically, who purchases the produce and for what purpose. A farmer growing premium sugarcane destined for high-end skincare companies commands a higher x than one growing commodity sugarcane for a standard sugar mill. Quality is therefore self-incentivizing: better produce attracts better buyers at higher valuations naturally, without requiring a separate bonus mechanism. The market's price signal is preserved; only the distribution of that value changes. The farmer receives x/4 of the buyer-determined value. Where no buyer is available — due to seasonality, market conditions or other circumstances — the state acts as buyer of last resort, purchasing the produce at the most recent comparable market price drawn from the farmer's sales history. For new farmers with no established sales history, the state purchases at the median price for that quality tier, assessed by an independent national bureau. This removes the desperation dynamic that large buyers typically exploit and lowers the barrier to entry for new agricultural workers without distorting market prices. Agricultural and primary sector land is permanently protected from commercialization, development or repurposing. Water rights and associated resources are attached to that land. If a farming family can no longer work their land, it returns to a state land bank rather than entering private real estate markets. Fallow land is assigned to workers fulfilling their civic labor quota, ensuring no productive land sits idle. # The Secondary Sector The secondary sector covers manufacturing and processing — the transformation of raw produce into finished or intermediate goods. The final product value is referred to as "y". Workers in this sector receive y/4 of the product's value, rising to y/2 for skilled or premium work where higher quality inputs and specialized labor are involved. Production facilities are either state-owned or privately operated under a state loan. In both cases the worker's y/4 share is untouchable — it is built into the transaction itself and cannot be skimmed, withheld or reduced by ownership structure or management decisions. Private facility owners receive a fixed management wage for their contribution of idea, vision and operational management. This wage does not scale with production volume, making exploitation of workers structurally impossible rather than merely illegal. Owners receive performance bonuses when their facility prospers, and favorable loan repayment terms when their operation generates sufficient returns for the state. This three-layer incentive — fixed wage, bonus and loan relief — aligns the owner's interest with quality, efficiency and long-term sustainability without creating extractive incentives. For unsold goods, the same buyer of last resort mechanism applies as in the primary sector. Because manufactured goods are far more standardized than agricultural produce, median market valuations are easier to establish and the state's acquisition price is more straightforward to determine. # The Tertiary Sector The tertiary sector covers services, retail, marketing and distribution. A tertiary sector business acquires products from the secondary sector at y/4, representing a 25% investment in the final sold value. They sell to the consumer at y, retaining 2y/3 (approximately 66%) as their share, with the state receiving y/3 (33%). After recovering their 25% product investment, the tertiary operator is left with approximately 41%, from which marketing, distribution and operational costs are deducted — leaving a real profit of roughly 30%. This is intentionally higher than the secondary sector worker's share, reflecting the greater skill, risk and complexity involved in service-based work. Workers in the tertiary sector receive their share from within the 2y/3 allocation. The business owner's compensation — for their idea, risk-taking and vision — is paid from the state's y/3 share, meaning the owner's reward never comes at the expense of workers. Tertiary sector owner compensation is set higher than that of secondary sector owners, reflecting the greater complexity and initiative required to build and sustain a service business. Performance bonuses apply here as well. Where a producer sells directly to a consumer without transitioning through sectors, the producer receives 2z/3 of the sale value z, with the state retaining z/3. # The State's Role and Revenue The state's y/3 share from every transaction functions as the central redistributive engine of the entire system. It is not divided by fixed formula but allocated as appropriately as required to support each sector — loans and economic infrastructure, public healthcare, free education and the food guarantee each receive funding proportional to their current demand and developmental stage. No sector or public service is starved for the sake of a rigid ratio; the allocation is adaptive and responsive to the economy's actual needs at any given time. Surplus revenue beyond what the three sectors require is directed into two long term instruments: international trade investment, building the nation's economic relationships and foreign reserves, and a retirement fund for citizens who are no longer able to work. This ensures that the social contract extends to the end of a citizen's life, not merely their working years. The state operates a centralized national bank, keeping valuations stable and insulated from speculative financial activity. It offers low to no interest loans with decade-long repayment terms and loan relief provisions for businesses whose performance benefits the public. It runs a national bureau for the assessment of luxury goods, innovations and new produce where market signals are insufficient to establish fair value. Inventions and innovative ideas are purchased directly by the state at bureau-assessed values, ensuring creators are rewarded without requiring private capital markets. The tax philosophy of this system is that the state takes its share at the point of production and transaction through the y/3 mechanism. Once that share is collected, it does not reach into citizens' pockets again. No income tax. No dividend tax. No property tax beyond ownership limits. Government revenue is automatic, structural and invisible to the individual. # Housing and the Social Contract Every citizen is guaranteed basic shelter and food in exchange for fulfilling a minimum civic labor quota — approximately six hours of daily productive work. This guarantee is modest and sustainable, benchmarked against the median housing quality of a well-developed nation and achieved through modern prefabricated and modular construction methods. Housing is built by quota workers who are compensated in housing and food for their labor. This creates a self-compounding loop: each shelter built houses more workers, expanding the construction workforce and accelerating the rate of housing production until the deficit is eliminated. Existing professionals bridge the skilled labor gap while the free education and skills training system scales up a trained workforce over time. In the founding phase, the state converts land and property held beyond personal use into immediate community shelter. This founding act establishes the system's legitimacy before the economic engine is fully operational, demonstrating that redistribution is a structural principle and not merely a promise. Citizens with physical disabilities or temporary incapacity — due to pregnancy, accident or illness — have their quota suspended and receive state care during that period. Beyond the baseline, citizens can improve their conditions by working additional hours or acquiring skills, both of which are actively encouraged and supported by the state. Property ownership beyond personal use is prohibited. Citizens may own a better car or a better home, but property they are not personally occupying or housing family in reverts to the state, preventing artificial scarcity in land and resource markets and keeping those markets stable. # Unions and Structural Accountability Each sector — primary, secondary and tertiary — has its own union whose leadership is elected from within that sector. A farmers union leader is a farmer. A factory workers union leader came from the factory floor. These union leaders hold no state position; their power is entirely economic. If the state acts against the interests of workers — cutting healthcare budgets, manipulating loan rates, failing to honor the social contract — the unions can refuse to transact with the state. This is not merely symbolic. The state's entire revenue model depends on normal economic activity flowing through all three sectors. A single sector refusing to transact is painful. Two sectors is crippling. All three simultaneously is existential for the state. Both sides bear the cost of a breakdown, which means neither side has incentive to push the other to that point. The balance of power is genuinely mutual. Corruption is further contained by structural design. The worker's share — x/4, y/4 or 2y/3 — is embedded in the transaction itself, not distributed through a bureaucratic chain that officials can skim. A corrupt official cannot intercept what was never in their hands. Attempts to exploit loan interest rates are self-defeating, as significantly higher rates would kill the business creation the state depends on for its own revenue. Attempts to cut public services are immediately and visibly felt by every citizen, triggering organized union response before damage can compound. Corruption is not prevented by trust or law alone — it is made structurally unrewarding. # The National Trade Body International trade is conducted through a single national body which holds a monopoly on the country's external economic relationships. It is 60% owned by the state and 40% held in public shares available to any buyer who purchases them in the national currency. This currency requirement is deliberate: foreign investors wishing to participate must first acquire and engage with the local economy, creating organic international demand for the national currency and naturally limiting hostile foreign accumulation of influence. Even if a foreign entity accumulated a significant portion of the 40% public shares, the state's permanent 60% majority ensures national trade direction can never be outvoted by outside interests. Shares are dividend bearing — shareholders receive a proportional cut of trade profits. These dividends are entirely taxless for all holders, consistent with the system's broader tax philosophy that the state collects its share at the point of production, not at the point of citizen benefit. The state's 60% shareholding makes it the trade body's largest dividend recipient, providing a second distinct revenue stream entirely separate from domestic y/3 collections — a sovereign trade dividend that grows as the country's international relationships mature and expand. Domestic social spending is therefore never in competition with international trade investment. During domestic economic slowdowns, trade dividends provide a buffer. The state consequently has a direct financial incentive to build strong, fair and expanding international trade relationships — its own revenue grows with national trade prosperity. # Governance — The Grand Council The system is governed by a Grand Council — a tripartite structure distributing power across three distinct bodies with different compositions, different accountability mechanisms and genuinely competing interests. No single body can accumulate unchecked authority because each is structurally dependent on and constrained by the others. The **Union Councils** form the democratic foundation of the Grand Council. Each sector elects its own union leadership from within — practitioners with lived experience of the sector they represent, not career politicians. Their power is economic and their accountability is direct: they answer to the workers who elected them and those workers feel the consequences of every decision immediately. The **Governance Council** handles long-term national planning, infrastructure, economic execution and institutional management. Its members are selected through demonstrated competence and track record rather than popular election. This insulates long-term planning from the short-termism of electoral cycles, which historically incentivize populism over sustained generational investment. The Governance Council cannot alter worker share structures, cannot cut public service budgets without triggering immediate union response, and cannot manipulate valuations without the Bureau's independent verification. The **Bureau** is the independent technical arm of the Grand Council. It assesses luxury goods, innovations, new produce and any valuation where market signals are insufficient. Insulated from both political pressure and economic interest, its function is purely technical and its methodology is transparent and publicly auditable. The Bureau's assessments are binding. Together these three bodies answer the question that destroyed every previous attempt at an equitable economic system: who watches the watchers? The Union Councils watch the Governance Council through economic leverage. The Bureau watches both through independent valuation. The Governance Council provides the stability and long-term vision that neither unions nor a bureau can supply alone. Power is not concentrated — it is distributed across bodies whose interests naturally check each other. # Closing Thought The moral foundation of this system — that labor creates value, that no one should extract from another's work, that basic human needs are rights not commodities — is not new. What failed in previous attempts was never the principle. It was the mechanism. The system described here is an attempt to preserve that moral foundation while building structures robust enough to protect it from the forces that have historically corrupted every similar effort. It is imperfect and incomplete. But it is offered in the belief that the question deserves to be taken seriously.

Anyone else keeping a library of cookbooks on their phone? I have lots of hard copies in my library but nothing compared to my phone collection. Am I missing anything obvious? what are your go to cookbooks? \*\*\*Edit\*\*\* So many great recommendations. I knew you guys would come through, thanks for all the amazing tips you beautiful bastards Illegitimi non carborundum EDIT 2 here is the updated list, for those who stumble in late * Kitchen Confidential - 2000 - Anthony Bourdain - Audiobook * The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - 2002 - Patrick Lencioni * 32 Yolks - From My Mothers Table to Working the Line - 2016 - Eric Ripert.pdf * A Day at elBulli - An Insight Into the Ideas, Methods, and Creativity of Ferran Adrià.pdf * A Guide to Modern Cookery - 1903 - Auguste Escoffier.pdf * Acid Trip - Travels in the World of Vinegar - 2017 - Michael Harlan Turkell.pdf * American Sfoglino - A Master Class in Handmade Pasta - 2019 - Evan Funke.pdf * Baking and Pastry - Mastering the Art and Craft - 2015 - CIA.pdf * Blood, Bones, Butter - 2011 - Gabrielle Hamilton.pdf * Bread, Cake, Doughnut, Pudding - 2014 - Justin Gellatly.pdf * Building a Meal - From Molecular Gastronomy to Culinary Constructivism - 2009 - Hervé This.pdf * Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork - 2014 - Adam Danforth.pdf * Catering - A Guide to Managing a Successful Business Operation - 2000 - CIA.pdf * Cook's Illustrated Cookbook 2001 - 2015 - America's Test Kitchen.pdf * Crucial Conversations - Tools for Talking When Stakes are High - 2002 - Kerry Patterson.pdf * Culinary Artistry - 1996 - Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page.pdf * Culinary Calculations - Simplified Math for Culinary Professionals - 2003 - Terri Jones.pdf * Culinary Essentials, Instructor Edition - 2002 - McGraw - Hill.pdf * Dirt - 2020 - Bill Buford.pdf * Dishoom - 2019 - Shamil Thakrar.pdf * Down and Out in Paris and London - 1933 - George Orwell.pdf * elBulli 2005 Catalogue - Ferran Adrià.pdf * elBulli 2006 Catalogue - Ferran Adrià.pdf * elBulli 2008 Catalogue - Ferran Adrià.pdf * elBulli 2009 Catalogue - Ferran Adrià.pdf * elBulli 2010-2011 Catalogue - Ferran Adrià Juli Soler Albert Adrià.pdf * Everyone's Table - Global Recipes for Modern Health - 2021 - Gregory Gourdet.pdf * Flash in the Pan - 1992 - David Blum.pdf * Food for Thought - Essays and Ruminations - 2025 - Alton Brown.pdf * Food Inc. - 2009 - Karl Weber.pdf * Franklin Barbecue - A Meat Smoking Manifesto - 2015 - Aaron Franklin.pdf * Garde Manger - The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen - 1998 - CIA.pdf * Gastronique - 2014 - Institut Paul Bocuse.pdf * Heat - 2006 - Bill Buford.pdf * How to Cook a Wolf - 1942 - M.F.K. Fisher.pdf * How to Cook Everything - 1998 - Mark Bittman.pdf * How to Cook Everything Vegetarian - Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food - 2007 - Mark Bittman.pdf * How to Win Friends and Influence People - 1936 - Dale Carnegie.pdf * In the Weeds - Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain - 2021 - Tom Vitale.pdf * Indian Food Cookbook - The Taste of Northern India - 2014 - Shira Barak.pdf * International Cuisine - 2008 - Jeremy MacVeigh.pdf * James Beard's American Cookery - 1972 - James Beard.pdf * Kitchen Confidential - Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - 2000 - Anthony Bourdain.pdf * Larousse Gastronomique - 1938 - Prosper Montagné.pdf * Life on the Line - 2011 - Grant Achatz.pdf * Love and Knishes - An Irrepressible Guide to Jewish Cooking - 1956 - Sara Kasdan.pdf * Ma Cuisine - 1907 - Auguste Escoffier.pdf * Mastering the Art of French Cooking - 1961 - Julia Child.pdf * Momofuku - 2009 - David Chang.pdf * Never Split the Difference - 2016 - Chris Voss.pdf * New Complete Technique - 2012 - Jacques Pépin.pdf * Nose to Tail Eating - 1999 - Fergus Henderson.pdf * On Cooking - A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals - 2014 - Sarah R. Labensky.pdf * On Cooking - A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals - 2025 - Sarah R. Labensky.pdf * On Food and Cooking - 2004 - Harold McGee.pdf * On the Town in New York - The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution - 1973 - Michael Batterberry, Ariane Batterberry.pdf * On Vegetables - Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchen - 2017 - Jeremy Fox.pdf * Plenty - 2010 - Yotam Ottolenghi.pdf * Princess Pamela’s Soul Food Cookbook - A Mouth-Watering Treasury of Afro-American Recipes - 1969 - Pamela Strobel.pdf * Professional Baking Study Guide - 1946 - Wayne Gisslen.pdf * Ratio - 2009 - Michael Ruhlman.pdf * Relæ - A Book of Ideas - 2014 - Christian F. Puglisi.pdf * Rick Stein's India - 2013 - Rick Stein.pdf * Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat - Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking - 2017 - Samin Nosrat.pdf * Sauces Reconsidered - Après Escoffier - 2019 - James Peterson.pdf * Secret Ingredients - The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink - 2007 - David Remnick.pdf * Street Foods - 2015 - CIA.pdf * Textures - A Hydrocolloid Recipe Collection - 2014 - Martin Lersch.pdf * The Apprentice - My Life in the Kitchen - 2015 - Jacques Pépin.pdf * The Art of Simple Food I - 2007 - Alice Waters.pdf * The Art of Simple Food II - 2013 - Alice Waters.pdf * The Book of Sushi - 1981 - Omae Kinjiro.pdf * The Book of Yields - 2011 - Francis T. Lynch.pdf * The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook - 1996 - America's Test Kitchen.pdf * The Cook's Book - Techniques and Tips from the World's Master Chefs - 2005 - Jill Norman.pdf * The Devil in the Kitchen - Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef - 2007 - Marco Pierre White.pdf * The Dishwasher - 2016 - Stéphane Larue.pdf * The Elements of Taste - 2001 - Gray Kunz & Peter Kaminsky.pdf * The Essential Cook's Kitchen - Traditional Culinary Skills - 2011 - Alison Walker.pdf * The Flavor Bible - 2008 - Karen Page & Andrew Dornenburg.pdf * The Flavour Thesaurus - Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook - 2010 - Niki Segnit.pdf * The Flavour Thesaurus More Flavours Plant-led Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for Cooks - 2023 - Niki Segnit.pdf * The Food Lab - Better Home Cooking Through Science - 2015 - J. Kenji López - Alt.pdf * The French Laundry Cookbook - 1999 - Thomas Keller.pdf * The Good Housekeeping Cookbook - 1942 - Dorothy Marsh.pdf * The Hungry Eye - 2021 - Leonard Barkan.pdf * The Joy of Cooking, Revised and Expanded Edition - 2019 - Irma S. Rombauer.pdf * The Kitchen Book The Cook Book - 1991 - Nicolas Freeling.pdf * The Making of a Chef - 1997 - Michael Ruhlman.pdf * The New Basics Cookbook - 1989 - Sheila Lukins & Julee Rosso.pdf * The New Larousse Gastronomique - 1977 - Prosper Montagné.pdf * The New York Times Cook Book - 1961 - Craig Claiborne.pdf * The Pastry Chef's Apprentice - 2011 - Mitch Stamm.pdf * The Pastry Chefs Little Black Book - 2017 - Michael Zebrowski.pdf * The Perfectionist - Life and Death in Haute Cuisine - 2005 - Rudolph Chelminski.pdf * The Professional Chef - 2011 - CIA.pdf * The Professional Chef - 2024 - CIA.pdf * The Raw and the Cooked - 2001 - Jim Harrison.pdf * The Reach of a Chef - Professional Cooks in the Age of Celebrity - 2006 - Michael Ruhlman.pdf * The Science of Cooking - 2016 - Stuart Farrimond.pdf * The Sex Life of Food - When Body and Soul Meet to Eat - 2006 - Bunny Crumpacker.pdf * The Silver Spoon - 2011 - Clelia D'Onofrio.pdf * The Soul of a Chef - 2000 - Michael Ruhlman.pdf * The Whole Beast - Nose to Tail Eating - 2004 - Fergus Henderson .pdf * The Zuni Cafe Cookbook - 2002 - Judy Rodgers.pdf * Unreasonable Hospitality - 2022 - Will Guidara.pdf * White Heat - 1990 - Marco Pierre White.pdf * Whole Beast Butchery - The Complete Visual Guide to Beef, Lamb, and Pork - 2011 - Ryan Farr.pdf enjoy 😄

This is a two parter cuz I didn’t wanna make two separate posts. I was recently looking into the specifics of dissociation in connection to C-PTSD, and the article I was reading mentioned amnesia. I’d previously discovered a few instances of amnesia with my regular PTSD with my therapist, but as I thought about it, I remembered something from childhood that hit me like a freight train. I was in 5th grade, it was gym class, and we were doing a unit on track and field for a mini event that all the elementary school students did every year. I really liked the high jump, and was looking forward to doing it, but days upon days passed and we were never given the opportunity to do it, and pretty soon we were done with track and field. I was confused, because we never did the meet that year, but I didn’t think much of it and just started complaining to my friends about how we had just moved on to the bowling unit. And I remembered them just looking at me strangely. ”Ashe, the track meet was last week. You DID the high jump at the event.“ (Paraphrased; this was like 15 years ago lol) They even told me that they’d seen me practice and stuff, that we‘d all signed up for our events like three weeks ago. And I had ZERO recollection of it. I’d just forgotten the last three weeks. I asked my parents, I tried to figure out if I’d gotten sick, or hurt, or whether I’d missed the meet, or school, or, like, anything. But no. I still, to this day, have absolutely no idea how I forgot it all. I don’t even know if it was a symptom of CPTSD, but it was just so insanely stark and clear cut, right around the time my situation started becoming worse, that I can’t help but wonder about it now. And related to that, I sometimes wonder whether I ever actually had autism, or whether I was just a smart kid really into his hobbies and it was all manifestations of CPTSD. I had a pretty easy time making friends all the way up to 3rd grade, and even at my most socially inept in 4th and 5th grade, when I was getting social skills training, I still always had a number of people around me who were consistently my friends, and I was never bullied by anyone at school. If I had lived in a better home situation, would I have even been diagnosed with it? I never told any of my therapists about how I never felt safe at home, and how scared I was of my abuser, and all that stuff when I was getting evaluated for it. I always strove to figure out what people wanted from me and do it, so I treated therapy sessions like tests that I needed to answer correctly so that everything seemed normal to them besides my apparently latent major depression, anxiety, ADHD, nervous breakdowns, nightmares, bedwetting, hypervigilance, etc. Like, I started getting evaluated for everything when I told my mom I wanted to be homeschooled, because I was so depressed and sad all the time, but not because I had any obvious social dysfunction. They only diagnosed me with autism after the depression, anxiety, and ADHD were all on the books, and then they evaluated me for it. Behaviors like not making eye contact, stuttering and other speech impediments, sensitivity to sudden loud noises, not making adequate social progress for my age; all of that could also be explained by CPTSD. The last thing that inclines me to think that way is that I don’t really have any social issues anymore at all. I find eye contact intuitive and easy, I can read a room, I don’t yap about my hyper obsessions without reading the emotional temperature of whoever I’m talking to, I’m funny, I’m a good listener, I don’t have social anxiety, and I’m apparently very empathetic. I don’t even think about how I enter conversations; it just feels like one moment I want to join in and the next I’ve already slipped into place, and I can’t explain how I do it to my neurodivergent friends. I’ve met many people, from doctors and professionals to casual friends, and even to other people with autism, that have said they can’t tell I have it, or even if I’m masking. And lastly, now that I’ve spent a few years with my trauma therapist, I don‘t really have the very depression and anxiety that got me diagnosed in the first place. It’s not a perfect theory, of course. It doesn’t explain my coordination problems and dysgraphia I had when I was younger. I still indisputably have pretty serious ADHD (both my parents have it too), and those two things are frequently correlated. Also, I REALLY don’t like high volumes of people, especially when I’m not feeling good, to the point that I just won’t eat lunch sometimes if the cafeteria is too noisy. I hold grudges to an excessive amount, and I have a very very rigid moral compass that won’t bend even in situations where I really should just let something go. Every once in a while I get overwhelmed and have something that could be characterized as an autistic meltdown. Most recently it happened on vacation when I was ridiculously hungry and the group I was with just kept on being indecisive about where they wanted to eat. I kept on proposing places over and over because I was desperate and they insisted we all had to eat together, they all agreed on hot pot, and then half an hour later after waiting and being seated and then figuring out how the menu works, they eventually were like “nah, let’s just go somewhere else,“ and I just broke down angry crying because I was hungry and exhausted and frustrated that we’d just wasted so much time, and then my mom started chastising me about crying, at which point I stormed out and went to get gyoza, and refused to talk to any of them for the next day and a half. I also occasionally have mental shutdowns; four years ago I went to my first ever live concert with my gf at the time. I was nervous and wanted reassurance, but she immediately abandoned me to jump in the mosh pit. And half an hour later, after so much loud music that literally shook the floor and constant laser lights and shouting and screaming and everything, I completely shut down and tried to curl up in a ball and cover my ears. Luckily, my friend ended up finding me, and like the G she was, said “meh, I was kinda done with this concert anyway. C’mon, we’re leaving.” and we ended up getting quiet late night pizza. Anyways, that’s enough yapping. Just figured I’d post this to see if anyone else ever had any similar experience.

A lot of buyers in Central New York are saying some version of: “I’ll wait until there are more houses on the market.” Totally understandable. Inventory has been tight, and it can feel frustrating when the same types of homes keep popping up. But here’s the catch: more inventory does not automatically mean easier buying. When better homes hit the market, a lot of other buyers usually notice at the same time. That can mean more competition, faster decisions, and sometimes stronger offers — especially if the home is priced well and doesn’t need a ton of work. The better approach is usually not “wait and see.” It’s: Know your budget. Know your must-haves. Know your deal-breakers. Have your financing ready. Watch the market consistently. Be ready to move when the right house shows up. That does not mean rushing into the wrong house. It means being prepared enough that when the right one appears, you are not starting from zero. For CNY buyers, especially in areas like Liverpool, Clay, Cicero, North Syracuse, Baldwinsville, East Syracuse, and Syracuse itself, preparation matters just as much as timing.

Noonlight is a 24/7 monitoring service for police, fire and medical services available across all 50 states in the USA. The original integration supported very minimal dispatch context, primarily police, fire, and medical dispatch requests with no context. This fork modernizes and extends the integration so Home Assistant automations can provide much more useful context to Noonlight. Major additions include: * Noonlight Dispatch API v2-compatible workflow support * Sandbox testing support * Sandbox server token override support * Production vs sandbox safety protections * Human-readable alarm cause support * Dispatch instruction support * Home Assistant dispatch lifecycle events * Webhook receiver support * Improved logging and diagnostics * API endpoint override support * Token endpoint override support * Better Home Assistant automation integration * Cleaner event-driven architecture This allows Home Assistant automations to include information such as which sensor triggered, which room or area was involved, whether the alarm is intrusion/fire/medical related, whether the alarm is TEST or LIVE, occupancy context, property access information, dispatcher instructions, and contact workflows. [https://github.com/KruseLuds/noonlight-hass](https://github.com/KruseLuds/noonlight-hass)

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Core Aquarius Traits dikhne waala: Aquarius carries a mix of Saturn’s discipline and Rahu’s unconventional hunger, which creates a very unique personality pattern. These people often become problem-solvers in the area of life Aquarius influences. Others naturally come to them for advice, solutions, or unconventional perspectives. There’s usually a strong sense of “I’ll figure this out somehow” energy. They tend to have big desires and ambitious expectations, but often also a feeling that something is still missing. Obsession can become a major theme especially around the house Aquarius influences. They may collect things, ideas, knowledge, contacts, or experiences related to that life area. Aquarius energy often creates a person who is good at handling groups, networks, or people with completely different mindsets. Their path usually has ups and downs, but long-term outcomes often improve with maturity. There’s often attraction toward occult, hidden knowledge, psychology, tantra, astrology, or unconventional systems. Aquarius placements can create a strange mix of confidence && unpredictability. Strong desire to win, prove themselves, or overcome challenges in their chosen area. Delays happen but once laziness/inconsistency is defeated, growth becomes significant. **Sudden intuitive flashes are common, but they may ignore them initially.** AQUARIUS HOUSE-WISE OBSERVATIONS Aquarius in 1st House Strong individuality but constant desire to improve personality/image. Ambitious, but sometimes inconsistent in effort. Can appear confident while internally feeling unfinished. **Aquarius in 2nd House** Deep focus on money, security, and family. Strong desire to provide for loved ones. Financial gains may come through family connections. Material desires tend to be high. **Aquarius in 3rd House** Strong communication skills. Good for digital work, networking, marketing, sales, or self-made efforts. Restlessness in relation to siblings or surroundings. **Aquarius in 4th House** Strong attachment to comfort, home, property, and lifestyle upgrades. Protective toward mother/home matters. Desire for a bigger or better home often remains strong. Comfort improves with time. **Aquarius in 5th House** Creative but mentally restless. Attraction toward speculation, hobbies, entertainment, or risky excitement. Romantic life may be eventful. People usually find them interesting to be around. **Aquarius in 6th House** Fighter mentality. Strong problem-solving under pressure. Competitive nature. Ability to overcome enemies/obstacles with persistence. **Aquarius in 7th House** Relationships may involve unconventional dynamics. Spouse can be socially active, demanding, or friendship-oriented. Marriage may expand social network. Business partnerships can be profitable. **Aquarius in 8th House** Strong attraction toward occult, hidden knowledge, mysteries, psychology. Curiosity about secrets, transformation, and deeper life patterns. Gains may come through inheritance, research, hidden systems, or technical work. **Aquarius in 9th House** Lifelong learner energy. Strong curiosity about philosophy, spirituality, or unusual belief systems. Growth through mentors, travel, or knowledge. **Aquarius in 10th House** Career may start slowly but improve steadily. Strong networking advantage professionally. Success often comes through persistence rather than instant breakthroughs. **Aquarius in 11th House** Huge desires, ambitions, and social goals. Strong networking power. Gains through connections, elder siblings, communities, or large circles. May overgive in friendships. **Aquarius in 12th House** Foreign connections can become important. Gains through international work, isolation-based work, research, or behind-the-scenes roles. Strong inner world and escapist tendencies possible. **AQUARIUS LAGNA OBSERVATIONS** Life often improves noticeably with age. Early struggles, later rise pattern is common. Career can feel unstable initially with sudden shifts. Relationships may involve repeated lessons before stability. Attraction factor is often stronger than they realize. Very selective about trust, teachers, and authority figures. Suspicious mindset at times. Strong survival instinct. Can overthink worst-case scenarios. Hidden stress gets stored internally. Need discipline to avoid self-sabotage through delay, addictions, or overthinking...

Core Aquarius Traits: Aquarius carries a mix of Saturn’s discipline and Rahu’s unconventional hunger, which creates a very unique personality pattern. These people often become problem-solvers in the area of life Aquarius influences. Others naturally come to them for advice, solutions, or unconventional perspectives. There’s usually a strong sense of “I’ll figure this out somehow” energy. They tend to have big desires and ambitious expectations, but often also a feeling that something is still missing. Obsession can become a major theme especially around the house Aquarius influences. They may collect things, ideas, knowledge, contacts, or experiences related to that life area. Aquarius energy often creates a person who is good at handling groups, networks, or people with completely different mindsets. Their path usually has ups and downs, but long-term outcomes often improve with maturity. There’s often attraction toward occult, hidden knowledge, psychology, tantra, astrology, or unconventional systems. Aquarius placements can create a strange mix of confidence && unpredictability. Strong desire to win, prove themselves, or overcome challenges in their chosen area. Delays happen but once laziness/inconsistency is defeated, growth becomes significant. **Sudden intuitive flashes are common, but they may ignore them initially.** AQUARIUS HOUSE-WISE OBSERVATIONS Aquarius in 1st House Strong individuality but constant desire to improve personality/image. Ambitious, but sometimes inconsistent in effort. Can appear confident while internally feeling unfinished. **Aquarius in 2nd House** Deep focus on money, security, and family. Strong desire to provide for loved ones. Financial gains may come through family connections. Material desires tend to be high. **Aquarius in 3rd House** Strong communication skills. Good for digital work, networking, marketing, sales, or self-made efforts. Restlessness in relation to siblings or surroundings. **Aquarius in 4th House** Strong attachment to comfort, home, property, and lifestyle upgrades. Protective toward mother/home matters. Desire for a bigger or better home often remains strong. Comfort improves with time. **Aquarius in 5th House** Creative but mentally restless. Attraction toward speculation, hobbies, entertainment, or risky excitement. Romantic life may be eventful. People usually find them interesting to be around. **Aquarius in 6th House** Fighter mentality. Strong problem-solving under pressure. Competitive nature. Ability to overcome enemies/obstacles with persistence. **Aquarius in 7th House** Relationships may involve unconventional dynamics. Spouse can be socially active, demanding, or friendship-oriented. Marriage may expand social network. Business partnerships can be profitable. **Aquarius in 8th House** Strong attraction toward occult, hidden knowledge, mysteries, psychology. Curiosity about secrets, transformation, and deeper life patterns. Gains may come through inheritance, research, hidden systems, or technical work. **Aquarius in 9th House** Lifelong learner energy. Strong curiosity about philosophy, spirituality, or unusual belief systems. Growth through mentors, travel, or knowledge. **Aquarius in 10th House** Career may start slowly but improve steadily. Strong networking advantage professionally. Success often comes through persistence rather than instant breakthroughs. **Aquarius in 11th House** Huge desires, ambitions, and social goals. Strong networking power. Gains through connections, elder siblings, communities, or large circles. May overgive in friendships. **Aquarius in 12th House** Foreign connections can become important. Gains through international work, isolation-based work, research, or behind-the-scenes roles. Strong inner world and escapist tendencies possible. **AQUARIUS LAGNA OBSERVATIONS** Life often improves noticeably with age. Early struggles, later rise pattern is common. Career can feel unstable initially with sudden shifts. Relationships may involve repeated lessons before stability. Attraction factor is often stronger than they realize. Very selective about trust, teachers, and authority figures. Suspicious mindset at times. Strong survival instinct. Can overthink worst-case scenarios. Hidden stress gets stored internally. Need discipline to avoid self-sabotage through delay, addictions, or overthinking...

Core Aquarius Traits: Aquarius carries a mix of Saturn’s discipline and Rahu’s unconventional hunger, which creates a very unique personality pattern. These people often become problem-solvers in the area of life Aquarius influences. Others naturally come to them for advice, solutions, or unconventional perspectives. There’s usually a strong sense of “I’ll figure this out somehow” energy. They tend to have big desires and ambitious expectations, but often also a feeling that something is still missing. Obsession can become a major theme especially around the house Aquarius influences. They may collect things, ideas, knowledge, contacts, or experiences related to that life area. Aquarius energy often creates a person who is good at handling groups, networks, or people with completely different mindsets. Their path usually has ups and downs, but long-term outcomes often improve with maturity. There’s often attraction toward occult, hidden knowledge, psychology, tantra, astrology, or unconventional systems. Aquarius placements can create a strange mix of confidence && unpredictability. Strong desire to win, prove themselves, or overcome challenges in their chosen area. Delays happen but once laziness/inconsistency is defeated, growth becomes significant. **Sudden intuitive flashes are common, but they may ignore them initially.** AQUARIUS HOUSE-WISE OBSERVATIONS Aquarius in 1st House Strong individuality but constant desire to improve personality/image. Ambitious, but sometimes inconsistent in effort. Can appear confident while internally feeling unfinished. **Aquarius in 2nd House** Deep focus on money, security, and family. Strong desire to provide for loved ones. Financial gains may come through family connections. Material desires tend to be high. **Aquarius in 3rd House** Strong communication skills. Good for digital work, networking, marketing, sales, or self-made efforts. Restlessness in relation to siblings or surroundings. **Aquarius in 4th House** Strong attachment to comfort, home, property, and lifestyle upgrades. Protective toward mother/home matters. Desire for a bigger or better home often remains strong. Comfort improves with time. **Aquarius in 5th House** Creative but mentally restless. Attraction toward speculation, hobbies, entertainment, or risky excitement. Romantic life may be eventful. People usually find them interesting to be around. **Aquarius in 6th House** Fighter mentality. Strong problem-solving under pressure. Competitive nature. Ability to overcome enemies/obstacles with persistence. **Aquarius in 7th House** Relationships may involve unconventional dynamics. Spouse can be socially active, demanding, or friendship-oriented. Marriage may expand social network. Business partnerships can be profitable. **Aquarius in 8th House** Strong attraction toward occult, hidden knowledge, mysteries, psychology. Curiosity about secrets, transformation, and deeper life patterns. Gains may come through inheritance, research, hidden systems, or technical work. **Aquarius in 9th House** Lifelong learner energy. Strong curiosity about philosophy, spirituality, or unusual belief systems. Growth through mentors, travel, or knowledge. **Aquarius in 10th House** Career may start slowly but improve steadily. Strong networking advantage professionally. Success often comes through persistence rather than instant breakthroughs. **Aquarius in 11th House** Huge desires, ambitions, and social goals. Strong networking power. Gains through connections, elder siblings, communities, or large circles. May overgive in friendships. **Aquarius in 12th House** Foreign connections can become important. Gains through international work, isolation-based work, research, or behind-the-scenes roles. Strong inner world and escapist tendencies possible. **AQUARIUS LAGNA OBSERVATIONS** Life often improves noticeably with age. Early struggles, later rise pattern is common. Career can feel unstable initially with sudden shifts. Relationships may involve repeated lessons before stability. Attraction factor is often stronger than they realize. Very selective about trust, teachers, and authority figures. Suspicious mindset at times. Strong survival instinct. Can overthink worst-case scenarios. Hidden stress gets stored internally. Need discipline to avoid self-sabotage through delay, addictions, or overthinking...

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**Ganondorf Quotes** Bowser: You had better not be thinking about backstabbing me like last time. Ganondorf: I didn’t backstab you in our *last team-up*. Bowser: Oh, right. Guess you learned your lesson. Ganondorf: Yes, backstabbing my ally while I still might need them was unwise. Bowser: Right, be like me and be a loyal team player! Ganondorf: Of course, you would *never* backstab your allies. Bowser: Are you mocking me? Ganondorf: I would ask, "What do you think?” but I know it isn’t your strong suit. \_\_\_\_\_\_ DeDeDe: Now you had better not be thinking about your evil magic to turn me into a mind-controlled slave! Ganondorf: Don’t worry. I wasn’t thinking about that at all. DeDeDe: Good, because you know that if you did, Kirby would just beat the curse out of me like he always does when I get controlled by an evil force, so it wouldn’t do you any good. Ganondorf: I see. So you are saying that as my servant would be just as much of a failure as you are a king. DeDeDe: That’s right—HEY! \_\_\_\_\_\_ Wario: Alright so how much are you paying once the job is done? Ganondorf: Payment is contingent on my satisfaction with your performance. Wario: What? Ganondorf: (Sighs) Do a *good job* or you *don’t get paid*. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Link: (Sighs) We are working together again. Ganondorf: This doesn’t please me either. Zelda: Let’s just get this over with. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Ganondorf: *Perfect*, I am burdened with having to team up with a conceited, cheap knockoff. Metal Sonic: You are privileged to work with a superior being! Ganondorf: Is that what you tell yourself every time your creator has to rebuild after Sonic turns you to scrap? Metal Sonic: I WILL DEFEAT HIM! Ganondorf: Don’t make me laugh, you’ve lost so many fights that Sonic doesn’t even take you seriously. Metal Sonic: You will pay for mocking me! Ganondorf: No I will not. Metal Sonic: (eerie monotone) I will not make you pay… curse you and your evil mind control magic! \_\_\_\_\_\_ Shang Tsung: So can we all trust each other to work together. Starscream: Of course. Ganondorf: No. Starscream: Oh come, are you saying you don’t trust us? Ganondorf: You two don’t trust each other. Shang Tsung: It’s true. Starscream is so treacherous he’s been betrayed by clones of himself he created to serve him. Starscream: Oh like you’re any better!  Ganondorf: Could you two *intellectuals* please save your bickering for after we don’t need each other?! \_\_\_\_\_\_ Omni-Man: Just how long do you plan on continuing to try to conquer the same planet over and over? Ganondorf: Is this a question or an insult? Omni-Man: Truthfully, it’s a question. You outlived anyone loyal to you, you’ll outlive the kingdom you have been trying to conquer, you’ll even outlive me while still not having what you want. What will pursuing your ambitions leave you after the next 500 years. Ganondorf: As you have said, my ambitions are all that I have left and the only thing time ensures I won’t lose. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Dracula: So you returned after that last encounter. Ganondorf: Are you surprised? Dracula: No, I’m not the only immortal who has returned from being slain. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Black Panther: Do you ever feel shame in failing your responsibility as a king? Ganondorf: I used to convince myself I wanted a better home for my people. Maybe I did once, maybe I was just deluding myself. It is so far back the memories start to blur together. Black Panther: So your old kingdom means so little to you that whether or not you ever cared about it is just a memory no longer important to you. Ganondorf: I have lived so long that much of my past no longer holds any meaning for me. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Ganondorf: The prince with no subjects. Vegeta: And a king with no kingdom. Ganondorf: Not yet at least. Vegeta: Not ever. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Ganondorf: The magic of a god could only revive you as a talking head? I could have revived the entire body. Mimir: Doesn’t matter. I have made deals with a man like you before and I am not making that mistake again. Kratos: Likewise. Your hunger for power reminds me far too much of my own past, and I can assure your efforts will have the same result. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Lobo: So are you picky about how your arch enemies die? Ganondorf: As long as they are dead and I may claim the Triforce, it makes no difference how they die to me or by whose hands. What matters is your unusual request for payment. Lobo: What are you saying that the mighty Demon King Ganondorf can’t do it? Ganondorf: No, I can, I just never imagined I would work with a mercenary who asks for a “talking dolphin best friend” as payment. \_\_\_\_\_\_ (Infinity Castle Map) Bowser: This castle is huge! I must have it! Eggman: You can’t have this castle, you’ll just get it destroyed by Mario! It shall be mine, it is the perfect place for an evil lair! Ganondorf: Both of you silence your bickering and focus on defeating the enemy. Besides, this castle will soon be mine. Bowser & Eggman: (eerie monotone) Yes your majesty. \_\_\_\_\_\_ Homelander: What a day, the world’s greatest hero is teaming up with a guy who calls himself the Demon King. Ganondorf: Don’t make me laugh, you could never be a hero. Homelander: Oh what does an old man like you know about heroes? Besides losing to them, of course. Ganondorf: Heroes are strong enough to stand up to adversity, you always run when things get difficult. It took you most of your life to stand up to your tormentors even though you always had the power to destroy them. Homelander: I was a child! Ganondorf: And I have seen heroes who were brave enough to oppose me even when they were children. Even in fights where they couldn’t win. You run at the first sign a fight becomes difficult, even as an adult. Homelander: You really are a monster! \_\_\_\_\_\_ Sonic: Great, looks like I'm paired with dark and gloomy. Ganondorf: Cease your chattering, hedgehog. You are only useful to me in that the power of the Chaos Emeralds can turn the tide of wars! Though perhaps if you give me the emeralds, victory will be assured. Sonic: Yeah, not going to happen, bad guys tend to try to use them for evil purposes, and yeah, you're a pretty guy, especially with on-the-nose titles you have, like "demon king" or "king of thieves." Ganondorf: Fine. I will just take the emeralds from your carcass when you lose, and who knows what things I would be able to unleash with the Triforce and the emeralds in my hands. Sonic: Yeah, yeah, I just have to make sure I don't have to lose and don't even think about trying to betray me. I'm pretty used to my team ups with bad guys ending with betrayal.  \------- Eggman: Look where on the same team for now I find your use of magic interesting. Ganondorf: Yes your technology will be very useful to my empire. Eggman: Don't you mean my empire? Sage: I suggest we negotiate who empires claims what later for now we combine our forces to destroy our enemies. Eggman and Ganondorf at the same time: Fine!  \------- Samurai Jack: Aku? Ganondorf: Wrong master of darkness. All of his forms are bitch except for his green face. Samurai Jack: If you are as evil as him then I'll assure you with my sword created by the gods to slay evil then you will meet your end by my blade just like aku did Ganondorf: Unlike Aku, my evil never dies. Samurai Jack: We will see!  \------- Superman: Don't think I'm not keeping an eye on you Ganon just because we're teammates. Ganondorf: I would expect nothing less. Superman: Why do this? You could have become an great ally or friend to Zelda and Link instead of trying to rule over them. Ganondorf: We have been mortal enemies since we met, those two would never be my friends. Superman: You could always change, In fact I know you can if you tried Ganondorf: Save your breath for those worth your time. Men like me don't change. Superman: I know there's good in you Ganondorf: Not enough to ever change. **Domination Lines** Vs Link: You have fought well, but victory is finally mine! Vs Zelda: This time, your hero isn’t around to save you! Vs Wario: I have been wanting to do that since the day I met you. Vs Bowser: You always were the inferior villain. Vs Saber Nero: Your crimes against music shall plague the world no more! Vs Asta: Your defenses against magic are impressive, but magic is not my only tool. Vs Hawkeye and Green Arrow: Mundane arrows like yours cannot defeat me.

Hey everyone. Reaching out from Detroit, hoping to find some support for my grandparents in Fayetteville. My grandpa is currently on hospice and unfortunately isn’t doing well. The hospice company they’re using has been extremely unreliable. They’ll schedule visits and then just not show up with no call, no warning, nothing. It’s now been over a week since they were last out. My grandpa can’t get up or move around on his own, and he’s a big guy (6’4”, around 250 lbs). My grandma is a tiny lil woman, barely 100lbs, and physically can’t safely help move him by herself. I’m trying to support them from a distance until I’m able to get down there in person, and right now I’m looking into better home hospice options in the Fayetteville area. Does anyone have experience with compassionate, dependable home hospice companies they’d recommend? I know hospice is never an easy situation, but I’d really appreciate hearing about any providers who treated your family well and actually showed up when needed. Thanks yall 🫶

She’s an 8-month-old GSD, very affectionate, playful, and genuinely a sweet baby. Unfortunately, she’s currently with relatives who have no prior experience handling pets, and because of improper care and lack of understanding, she has slipped into malnutrition. She deserves a better home with someone who understands dogs and can give her proper care, nutrition, attention, and love. Looking for a responsible adopter only — preferably someone experienced with large breeds or willing to learn and care for her properly. If interested, please drop me a DM.

Update: I think I phrased a lot of things badly in the original OP due the stress of the situation. People seemed to think that I basically abruptly went back into full-time work without consulting my wife, and I was trying to force her to do farm work to keep her from distracting me. This is not the case at all. We discuss every step of our lives together. She took the lead in buying our current property, and while we don't need the money, it seemed to make sense to make it at least something of a working farm. She built the chicken coop and then I started helping by adding some tech to it like cameras, doing the mowing of the pasture, etc. I was always doing computer based work before and during our marriage. I gradually started doing more unpaid projects, and now some paid projects. We discussed this at every step and both agreed. I didn't think I tried to pressure her but it seems like now she was just agreeing to these changes to please me, so maybe I phrased some things wrong when talking to her too. Recently, we got into this pattern of her wanting to talk about the news while I was working (either computer work or farm work, I switch off). I kind of tried to gently push back that I sometimes needed focus and it was hard for me to process and form an opinion about the news events and such she was asking me about when I was in the middle of a coding session. Many of the arguments we've built up have been over those same things, like what has been happening in the news. We could discuss such things fine in the past but it seems to be more challenging now. She says now I don't have any time for her. It's true things have changed since the original retirement, but I'm still home and around most of the time, even if I'm doing some work. I didn't understand why it was a big problem now since we'd discussed it before, but she said she was just doing that to go along with what I wanted. Should I just quit all the side work and go back to regular retirement? I was taking the lead in the farm expansion project idea. The point of it actually was partly to reduce the existing workload on both of us with equipment, technology, and maybe paid manpower instead of our own. It would probably involve more animals overall, but ideally less work for us. We haven't been traveling in the RV for a while due to those existing commitments, and we'd both like to start traveling again. There may also be some tax advantages to running a "real" farm. She just got angry and said she wanted a simple life and was happy with what we have now. I thought we had been on the same page about the farm project until recently. She hasn't actually left yet but it's tense. We barely talk, and if I reach out to touch her, she mostly ignores me. We always used to make dinner together but now she doesn't want to, she just makes it for herself and says I can make my own. This has been something of an issue in the past since I went mostly vegetarian but she only stopped eating chicken, since we raise chickens for eggs and try to be no-kill to the extent possible (a cull is needed sometimes which is always tough). I was fine with that, it's her choice. So I would make at least part of the dinner separately so I had a vegetarian addition, while I was also cooking the vegetables and such in common for both of us. We'd still time it so we could eat together and talk. I'm trying to get her to agree to couples counseling but so far she is resistant. She says I'm the one that needs therapy. I've done therapy in the past but stopped eventually. I'm willing to back if it would help, but I kind of want her there too. I'm not sure what to do next. Please give me any more suggestions. OP: I live with my wife on a midsize rural property (about 15 acres). We married about 10 years ago. We both worked for years, made good money, and retired early. We spent a lot of time traveling in an RV during the years around COVID and for some time afterward. For some time, we have spent nearly every waking moment together with each other, including errands, etc. I recently started getting back into professional work. Some of this requires me to travel locally in the area, but I’m back home by the end of each day. Most of the work can be done at home on my computer. To facilitate this, I started setting up a better home office, and asked her to please give me space during the day, basically replicating a working day even though the work is flexible. I asked her to ask if I had time before asking me another question. I also recently gave her some ideas for expanding into a home based business around a mini-farm. We already have some animals and some crops, but we don’t do it for money. We easily enough could put up a farm stand though as many of our neighbors do. Then we had a huge argument and now she wants to leave me. She views all of this as part of us drifting apart. She says she retired so we could have a simple life, and my idea of a proper mini-farm would be way too much work. She says she’s “walking on eggshells” if she has to ask me if I have time first before asking me a question during the day. She thinks we are stuck in an endless cycle of arguments and angry outbursts and it's only a matter of time before we have another one. I love her and don’t want her to leave, and she says she still loves me too, but I am not sure I can be happy in this relationship either. It seems like I can’t focus on my work if she wants to be able to talk to me at any given time during the day. I don't want to get angry with her but it seems like under the current situation it keeps happening. How do I fix this?

My family ended up going to the fair one day and came back with 2 goldfish, apparently they were gifted to them last minute before coming home and well since the youngest has been wanting a pet we ended up keeping them. I myself am against fairs / carnivals using fish for prizes so when I found out where they came from I wasn’t all that thrilled but clearly didn’t want to neglect them so I decided that very night after a long shift to get them a set up to the best of my abilities. With that being said I have a couple questions lingering atm. Any tips would be greatly appreciated too! # • Things to point out: I’m making this post late at night due to being worried their environment may not be in tip top shape. I tend to worry or overthink too much and well this being something new it’s got me a little all over the place. I just recently (today) tried to adjust their air pump (hooked it up to a valve) since it was producing a lot of air bubbles causing it to splash a lot and overall pump being a little noisy. We recently found out that we’re only supposed to feed them ONCE every OTHER day when we’ve been feeding them I believe 2 times a day once in the morning and another at night. They are about to complete a week in this tank that I put together in a hurry due to them being literally gifted to us in a pitiful small plastic container. That being said I’m probably going to change out their water tomorrow aka later today for the first time ever. All I’ve been told so far/ have sort of learned is from the internet and from my local pet store which is sort of all over the place in certain areas… # • Questions: 1. The smaller of the 2 *has* *had* a black dot on the top of its head since we got them, after almost a week of having them I noticed its frills / fins have started to gain a few black stripes/ hues at the tips only and the dot slightly grew in size. Could this be due to poor water quality or would it be going through a slow color change? I mean the other one is still vibrant in color and doesn’t have these signs of color change.. (Referring to the 1 Picture & kinda can see the “black dot” in their reflection in the last picture) 2. For the gender, I believe I might have 2 males? I’ve tired searching about it but I’m still unclear on this. (picture also included) 3. They lately have been nibbling around the tank. Like the little gravel, the plants, decor and sometimes **rarely** the slightly bigger one will nibble at the smaller one but eventually get “slapped” away. Could this be due to stress or just them idk … doing fish stuff? Cleaning even???Again I’m really new to this so sorry for the funny questions. 4. I noticed the filter I have has a thin layer of a clear coat i believe to be biofilm/ slime. Is this normal? 5. As I’m typing this I noticed they occasionally swim to the surface and either blow some bubbles or just linger for no more than 3 seconds or so (not really but it’s quick) I adjusted the air pump again to produce a slightly thicker stream of bubbles. Could they be lacking oxygen or even stressed? Again any answer or tips would be greatly appreciated. I just want to provide a better home for them in general with in my capabilities. Thank you!

I run two games in a single world. They have different tasks at hand and are around 17 sessions for party A and 29 for party 2. Both parties have amazing players. However, recently the 4th and 5th members of party 1 had been leaving almost regularly. I would find two new members, interview, select which takes me days and I can't afford those days anymore as I am in uni. Another factor is that I've slowly lost my apptetite for the story of their game and realized the problems that may arise from having the two parties in the same world. I've slowly lost interest and have found myself considering making up excuses just to avoid session (which fortunately I've never continued on) but their schedule is also volatile as they would sometimes be unable to attend the game and make it unplayable as there js already too little of them. But alas, I just wanted to let it out. I am considering breaking it up to let them join new groups and have a better home than mine. How can I break this up formally?

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The company announced a major partnership with data center developer IREN to deploy up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure across IREN's global pipeline, with Nvidia securing the right to invest up to $2.1 billion through warrants tied to 30 million IREN shares at $70 per share. The deal sent IREN stock surging 27%. Separately, Corning announced a fiber optics partnership with Nvidia worth $500 million, marking a shift toward optical connectivity in AI data centers. Reports emerged that the Trump administration plans to invite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to accompany the president on his upcoming China trip, alongside executives from Apple, Exxon, Boeing, Qualcomm, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Visa. The visit focuses on relationship building between Trump and Chinese President Xi, with expectations low for major deals beyond soybeans and aircraft. SoftBank is in talks with Nvidia and Foxconn to build domestically produced AI servers in Japan by the end of the decade, according to Nikkei reports. Despite the positive news, Nvidia has underperformed the broader semiconductor sector by the largest margin in years, as competitors AMD and Intel gain ground. AMD positioned itself as the only other full-stack AI alternative to Nvidia, with analysts highlighting AMD's integrated strategy as a potential threat. Arm Holdings faced questions about AI CPU niche erosion amid intensifying competition. Institutional investors showed mixed activity, with several firms adjusting positions. Anthropic expanded its compute capacity through a partnership with SpaceX, utilizing Nvidia infrastructure despite CEO Elon Musk previously criticizing the AI company. The Magnificent Seven stocks led market gains, with Nvidia contributing to the group's capture of 55% of S&P 500 profits. 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Separately, the company appointed Jonathan Arena as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. Institutional investors including Principal Financial Group and Swedbank AB reported holdings in the stock, which outperformed competitors on the trading day. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/CAAACJ0A74oAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QtsEjMdGXyhSreI8-sQ18e3QgAjVbc/6/d4cTYTUG_FgSPMwe_W5tYw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2VhZmVhMjNlYjgzNTE3NDQzNGU3NzUyYzM0ODdiYzAx) # Earnings Events # Mixed Q1 2026 Earnings Season Shows Sector Divergence as Tech and Healthcare Lead Gains The Q1 2026 earnings season revealed widespread performance variation across sectors, with notable strength in technology and healthcare offset by challenges in traditional industries. McDonald's, Vertex, and Shift4 Payments exceeded forecasts, driving stock gains, while AAON surged 45% following its earnings beat. Healthcare companies including LifeStance Health, Vericel, and Argenx posted strong results above expectations. Energy sector results were mixed, with Diversified Energy and International Seaways reporting solid quarters, while Goodyear showed disappointing performance. Financial services displayed uneven results, as Carlyle Group and Chicago Atlantic missed estimates, though OTC Markets Group and Payoneer beat forecasts. Industrial and manufacturing companies showed resilience, with Watts Water, Insight Enterprises, and Enovis surpassing expectations. Lamar Advertising and EPR Properties led real estate gains. Technology hardware faced headwinds, as NetScout missed EPS targets despite revenue beats, while Cognex exceeded expectations significantly. Consumer-facing businesses delivered varied outcomes, with Celsius Holdings and Carter's reporting results while Hertz and Snap faced scrutiny. The earnings season highlighted ongoing sector rotation as investors weighed growth prospects against economic uncertainties, with clear outperformance among companies demonstrating operational efficiency and market positioning strength. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/1/u5L5cvj5gG457XZnCNhm8g/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2YxMGNhMGRkNTc3OWE1NDVmMjRlY2E5MzU1ODMzNjMx) # Airbnb Beats Revenue Expectations Despite EPS Miss; Expedia Surges on Strong Quarter Airbnb reported Q1 revenue of $2.68 billion, exceeding estimates of $2.62 billion, though earnings per share of $0.26 fell short of the $0.31 consensus. Gross booking value reached $29.2 billion, surpassing projections, with 156.2 million nights and seats booked. The company guided Q2 revenue between $3.54-$3.60 billion, above the $3.46 billion estimate. Expedia delivered stronger results with Q1 revenue of $3.43 billion and adjusted EPS of $1.96, significantly beating expectations on both metrics. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/4/RIQhcqq-W9X5Ic9Nmv7jRA/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzJjZTZkODc5YjU1NjViYWVhMDIzYjI1ZmE0OTk2NmQy) # Crypto Events # Bitcoin Holds $80K-$82K Range Amid Mixed Signals as ETF Inflows Surge and Strategy Reports Losses Bitcoin traded in a volatile $80,000-$82,000 range this week, briefly touching $82,700 on optimism surrounding US-Iran peace talks before pulling back. The rally triggered a $242 million short squeeze, though the cryptocurrency failed to sustain momentum above $82,000. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their strongest performance in months, posting a five-day inflow streak totaling nearly $1.7 billion in May, pushing total assets under management to $109 billion. The sustained institutional buying represents a five-week streak as hedges unwind and appetite returns. Bitcoin dominance exceeded 61%, pushing the prospect of an altseason further away. While Bitcoin maintained relative strength, Ethereum, XRP, and Dogecoin lost momentum after the short squeeze faded. Ethereum consolidated near $2,400 despite reaching an $8 billion milestone in tokenized US Treasuries on its network. Corporate Bitcoin holdings faced scrutiny as Trump-linked American Bitcoin reported an $82 million first-quarter loss and revenue miss. Strategy Inc signaled potential Bitcoin sales, though industry observers including Samson Mow noted treasury firms need flexibility to protect shareholders. Canaccord raised its price target on Strategy stock citing Bitcoin momentum. Technical analysts offered divergent views on Bitcoin's trajectory. Fundstrat's Tom Lee pointed to unusual technical action suggesting a crypto bull market, while Bollinger's trend model signaled full investment. However, on-chain metrics painted a more cautious picture, with network activity declining and spot demand turning negative despite the $80,000 price level. Some analysts identified signals pointing toward a possible move to $85,000, while others warned of potential downside. CME Group announced plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility Futures on June 1, expanding institutional trading tools. In the broader crypto market, Toncoin rallied over 100% for the week, while privacy coin Zcash surged 40%. Bitwise agreed to take over Superstate's $267 million tokenized Crypto Carry Fund. The Fear and Greed Index remained in fearful territory despite Bitcoin's price stability, reflecting ongoing market uncertainty. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/5/ghMGsr5soIK-GVgNZ9L8NQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzUyNGEyYTVmMWMyZjI2MzY5OWZlNWRkOGNmNTIwMTk2) # Coinbase Reports $394 Million Q1 Loss as Crypto Trading Slows Coinbase posted its second consecutive quarterly loss, missing Wall Street estimates with revenue falling 31% to $1.41 billion. The cryptocurrency exchange lost nearly $400 million amid weakening trading momentum and a softer crypto market environment. Shares declined 4-5% following the earnings miss, as CEO seeks to reduce the company's dependence on spot crypto trading. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/6/-jV1e6fUIZssakt5svgnJQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzRkZDg2NDFiOGQwODFkNTdmYzJhZDM3NWEyMDFmOTk5) # Kraken Acquires Asian Stablecoin Firm Reap for $600 Million Crypto exchange Kraken's parent company has agreed to acquire Reap Technologies, an Asia-based stablecoin payments and cross-border business services provider, for $600 million as competition intensifies in Asian stablecoin markets. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/7/XttcuSzXME0dK1YSn9YkCw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzYwNDgwNjQzZTQ1NWZkMGUzZWIwYTBlYmE4MmJkNDQ2) # Tokenized Treasuries Surge as Major Financial Institutions Embrace Blockchain Settlement Ethereum reached $8 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasuries as Wall Street accelerates blockchain adoption. JPMorgan and Mastercard executed cross-border treasury settlements on XRP Ledger in five seconds, while Ondo Finance enabled near-real-time redemptions. Bitcoin treasury firms identified a $3 trillion opportunity in BTC-backed digital credit. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/8/Uft2xHrMBR60v5lPQPw6rg/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2FmOWYxZjM2YmYwYzZkZDU3NzRiNzg1N2YyYWVkZmI4) # XRP Stalls at $1.41 Despite $25M ETF Inflows While Toncoin Surges XRP remains range-bound at $1.41 as $25 million in ETF inflows fail to trigger upward momentum, leaving traders divided on whether May brings a rally to $1.60 or decline below $1.20. Meanwhile, Toncoin posts gains today. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/9/VYidkDrjw9HttNPLZVLsJw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2E4Y2I1OTAxMTIyY2RhMWIzMTUxNTQzZTMxYWQ4N2Zl) # Oil And Gas Events # Shell Reports $6.9 Billion Profit Beating Estimates on Iran War Oil Price Surge Shell posted quarterly profits of $6.9 billion, exceeding analyst expectations as escalating conflict with Iran drove oil prices higher and boosted trading revenues, though the energy giant reduced its share buyback program. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/11/JkqBmHUlBapMhmQZewroNw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzIwMGE0NzMzN2U5YzNiMGNlZDAzYmY4NTg4ZTkyZDRl) # DOJ Investigates $2.6 Billion in Oil Trades Placed Before Trump Iran Announcements The Department of Justice and CFTC are investigating at least four oil trades totaling $2.6 billion that wagered on falling crude prices shortly before President Trump's major Iran war announcements, including ceasefire and military delay updates. The trades, placed ahead of developments that would typically lower oil prices, have drawn scrutiny for their timing. While available data does not identify the traders or confirm insider trading, federal officials are examining whether the transactions involved advance knowledge of policy decisions. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/34/xGXE8pKhkoRvaHvotsZZqQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzI1OTk4YzBjMDgyZTI1MzAyMzI5Y2M1NTBiODViMjg2) # Geopolitics Events # US and Iran Edge Toward Deal to End War as Trump Pushes for Swift Resolution The United States and Iran are moving closer to a short-term agreement to end their two-month conflict, with Iranian officials reviewing a US peace proposal as President Trump seeks a rapid conclusion to hostilities. The proposal, described as a one-page document, aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt fighting, though Iran is reportedly refusing to make certain concessions and asserting control over the strategic shipping lane. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian disclosed a recent 2.5-hour meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been in hiding since the war began. The meeting signals high-level deliberations on the US proposal, with the world awaiting Tehran's response. Trump indicated a deal could be reached before his planned China trip, with both nations working on a memorandum to end the war. The conflict has severely disrupted global commerce and energy markets. Iran claims all vessels now require permission to transit the Strait of Hormuz, effectively halting shipping through the critical waterway. Oil prices have fluctuated dramatically, recently dropping below $100 per barrel on peace hopes, though the Department of Justice is investigating over $2.6 billion in suspiciously timed oil trades placed before Trump's major war announcements. Economic consequences are mounting across multiple fronts. Germany's Finance Minister blamed Trump's Iran war for triggering an energy price shock that halved the country's 2026 growth forecast and is expected to reduce federal tax revenue by more than 50 billion euros through 2030. Major shipping companies are responding to ongoing risks, with DP World launching end-to-end cargo war risk insurance for Middle East trade. British retailer Next announced it will raise prices as Iran war costs have tripled. Political pressure on Trump is intensifying as his affordability agenda stalls ahead of midterm elections. Former Trump Defense Secretary cautioned that an Iran deal might take months and would not involve unconditional surrender. Meanwhile, violence continues in Lebanon, where Israeli forces claim to have killed 220 Hezbollah members since a ceasefire began, with fresh airstrikes reported in Nabatieh. The conflict's ripple effects extend to Europe's energy security, with Swiss authorities warning the US-Israeli war on Iran could affect Switzerland's power supply stability this winter. Hedge funds are rebounding from historic losses incurred during the war, while investors assess the situation's impact on corporate earnings and market stability. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/13/_5Iek0JQ_V0tcKlFt36tyA/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2M1M2RkY2JmODNmNmZhYWQzYWY3YWZhMDNhZjU1NDQ3) # Iran Rejects U.S. Hormuz Reopening Plan as Unrealistic While Reviewing Peace Proposal Iran has dismissed U.S. efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as unrealistic, with senior official Mohsen Rezaei stating Tehran will not accept any plan without reparations for war damage. Despite the rejection, Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed it is reviewing messages received through Pakistani mediators but has not yet responded to Washington's latest peace proposal. Iran has established a new agency to screen and tax ships passing through the strait, moving to control shipping traffic while deliberations continue. Iranian officials have outlined non-negotiable red lines including uranium enrichment rights, complete sanctions removal, and release of frozen assets. The Trump administration awaits Tehran's response as China, after hosting Iran's foreign minister, has renewed calls for a ceasefire and urged the reopening of the strategic waterway. The Pentagon is reportedly considering Iranian oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of potential deal terms. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/14/oVvh_yJOIH-H4_xZ7kd2Ww/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzFjYjgxN2I2ZTk2YWRkNjYzOTkxNmRkOGUxOTBlY2Nk) # Trump Sets July 4 Deadline for EU Trade Deal, Threatens Higher Tariffs President Trump issued an ultimatum to the European Union, demanding implementation of the Turnberry trade agreement with zero tariffs by July 4 or face substantially increased tariffs. During a call with EU Commission President von der Leyen, Trump emphasized their unity on preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons while pressing for trade deal completion. Separately, Trump met with Brazil's President Lula da Silva at the White House to discuss trade and tariffs, describing the meeting positively and noting both governments agreed to continue negotiations. Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed the supreme leader maintains full oversight on all issues. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/15/AqRsSZJ5LMwZZD1EJ7rfOw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzgzMDM2OWRhNTIwNzliYmJjODUwZTM1OWQ2NjllNDg1) # US Productivity Growth Slows as Jobless Claims Edge Higher US labor productivity rose at a slower pace in the first quarter as hours worked rebounded. Meanwhile, initial unemployment claims increased slightly but remained near decades-low levels, indicating companies continue to avoid significant layoffs despite recent job-cut announcements. The data suggests businesses are gradually improving worker efficiency to control costs. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/16/QsbExbTcLcjfJ-i5s34ehQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzRlZmUxYzFjNWQxZmYyZmI1NjY5ODdiOWIyNTM1NmQ5) # Trump to Bring Corporate Leaders on China Trip as Boeing Eyes Major Aircraft Deal The Trump administration is assembling a high-profile business delegation for next week's China visit, inviting CEOs from Nvidia, Apple, Exxon, Boeing, Qualcomm, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Visa. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will join the trip as the company pursues a substantial aircraft order exceeding 500 737 MAX jets plus widebody planes, marking Boeing's first major China deal in years. Meanwhile, U.S. shale producers are cautiously increasing output, though industry observers don't expect a return to previous boom levels despite elevated oil prices. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/17/LzGdS3EWNHUozBuXI7INCQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2I5ZDdmYzc1YWU5MzBjNTBkMGVkMmJmYWRiNTBhMTZm) # U.S. Poised to Restart Project Freedom After Gulf States Lift Military Restrictions Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have lifted restrictions on U.S. military access to bases and airspace, enabling Washington to restart Project Freedom, the naval escort operation for commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration is considering relaunching the operation as early as this week. Markets have begun pricing in potential escalation risks. Iran has reiterated its nuclear enrichment red line amid the developments. State media reports indicate a U.S. attack on an Iranian tanker in Hormuz, with Iran retaliating with missiles, though details remain unconfirmed. The situation recalls previous naval confrontations over the strategic waterway. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/18/euvcEXnPuaBz6C7Yva-CNg/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzIxNzdlOTBkNGQ4YWQ2NTgyNDg4ZjY1ZTAwNGM3OTNh) # Trump and Brazil's Lula Meet at White House, Seeking to Repair Strained Relations President Trump hosted Brazilian President Lula at the White House, marking a diplomatic reset after months of tensions. Lula proposed a multinational task force against regional organized crime and expressed willingness to support U.S. efforts on Cuba, while seeking to avoid new American trade tariffs. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/20/AFoQ7DvHwp6Q6x9nhqKwCQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzZiN2Q0MzU2YWQyNTUyODMzYjkwYTdmMDZiYzZjMTJk) # Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Restore U.S. Military Access for Strait of Hormuz Operations Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have lifted restrictions on U.S. military access to their bases and airspace, removing a key obstacle to restarting Project Freedom. The initiative aims to provide naval and air support for commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration is preparing to resume operations as early as this week following the Gulf states' decision to grant expanded military access. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/21/iUhn1-LfHUHz9QfFkhrlEw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzE2NDc4ZWJiODYyZDEyY2ZlNWRmODUwNmE3Njc5ZDI5) # Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Forces in Strait of Hormuz After Tanker Strike Iran launched missiles at U.S. military units in the Strait of Hormuz following an American attack on an Iranian oil tanker, according to Iranian state media citing an unnamed military official. The exchange marks a significant escalation in the strategic waterway through which roughly one-fifth of global oil passes. Iranian officials indicated further retaliation is forthcoming. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/32/e56c6KaxrzhzMvDjXKl_9w/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzMwMzE5MDQyNmM1MmE4MWU3MTJjNjNiOTRjNzRmOTlk) # Real Estate Events # Real Estate Sector Shows Mixed Results as Housing Market Weakness Pressures Valuations Real estate markets displayed divergent performance in Q1 2026 amid broader housing market challenges. Better Home & Finance grew revenue 52% but posted a $70 million loss, while Curbline reported $142 million in acquisitions with 55.9% new lease spreads. Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance saw quarterly profits decline, and Claros Mortgage Trust reported a GAAP loss of $0.39 per share. Realty Income lifted its 2026 AFFO forecast citing strong demand and increased investment activity. Cushman & Wakefield beat estimates on robust leasing growth. However, headwinds emerged as Whirlpool slashed its full-year revenue forecast due to sluggish housing turnover, while real home prices fell to their lowest level since 2014. Chiron Real Estate was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Compass Point. High-yield cannabis REIT investments face payout risks from tenant defaults. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/22/h8mSU00oQbb9ay1N6CUcKA/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2UwYTkwOGEyNTk4YzA2ODMwNTZmZmY5NWJlNDBkNzRh) # Mortgage Rates Hit One-Month High as Housing Market Faces Multiple Pressures U.S. mortgage rates climbed to 6.37%, the highest in a month, weighing on the spring housing market. Foreclosure filings reached a six-year high, driven by rising property taxes, insurance costs, and household debt. The New York Fed reported expected home price increases slowed to 3% in April from 3.3% in March, while five-year inflation expectations held steady at 3%. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/23/Rv7mNXjqmVJi71sfhdt-Qw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzMwOWUzNzk1NTdlNGVkNWYxMzU2Y2Q1ODUxYmYyNmZh) # Healthcare Events # Amazon Pharmacy Launches Same-Day Delivery for Oral Ozempic Across U.S. Cities Amazon Pharmacy is expanding same-day delivery of Novo Nordisk's oral Ozempic pill, Rybelsus, to nearly 3,000 U.S. cities, with plans to reach 4,500 by year-end. The service will include new prescription kiosks, strengthening Amazon's entry into the digital healthcare and prescription delivery market amid growing competition for GLP-1 drug distribution. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/35/sW5a7Or8sVQkLZCHnvymyQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzIwNzEwODVkZGI2YTljNWEwOTdkNTA0N2UzZmExYmNk) # Biotech Sector Sees Wave of Clinical Trial Advances and Major Investment Activity Blackstone Life Sciences committed $250 million to Anagram Therapeutics for an oral enzyme replacement therapy targeting pancreatic insufficiency, marking significant investment activity in the sector. Multiple companies advanced clinical programs, with Solid Biosciences initiating a phase 3 trial for Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy and Entrada reporting positive early-stage results showing improved muscle function in Duchenne patients. Edgewise Therapeutics progressed clinical programs in muscular dystrophy and cardiovascular indications. Regulatory developments included FDA clearances for NRx Pharmaceuticals' depression trial and Cadrenal Therapeutics' phase 3 HIT trial following End-of-Phase 2 guidance. ArriVent received IND clearance for its ADC targeting ovarian and endometrial cancers, while Armata secured fast track designation for a bacterial infection treatment. Oculis obtained FDA agreement on study design for an optic neuritis drug. Weight-loss drug makers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly gained on indications that pill formulations could expand market reach. Several companies reported trial enrollments and data presentations, including Opus Genetics completing enrollment in its BEST disease gene therapy study. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/24/O4NH2Q7k7lHvIs8zKY2ZdQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzEyYWZhM2RhZWY3MDhmYTU3MTE0ZjUwMTBlYTJiYzNl) # Trump FDA Turmoil Dominates as Medical Device Maker UFP Technologies Gains Attention Trump's FDA faces internal clashes and paranoia amid leadership upheaval. UFP Technologies emerges as notable medical device manufacturer within industrial sector. Medical mistrust in Africa, rooted in colonial history and recent Western trials, intensifies with AI proliferation. Rare disease families access drug development training through specialized bootcamps. Opus Genetics completes enrollment for BEST disease gene therapy trial. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/25/5VGB3JPiTeaEtSpaER4v1w/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzM2Njg4NDQzYjg1NmY0NmUwY2E2MmY0MTg3MTliNzlk) # Technology Events # Qualcomm Surges on AI Pivot While OpenAI Chip Financing Struggles Signal Industry Uncertainty Qualcomm reached a new 52-week high as its AI data center strategy gains traction, while AMD appears better positioned than Intel for emerging agentic AI applications. CoreWeave exceeded revenue estimates driven by robust cloud demand from AI workloads. However, OpenAI's reported $18 billion chip financing difficulties raise concerns about AI infrastructure costs, even as companies like Block and Motorola Solutions pursue AI-driven growth strategies. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/28/vPrAV9kT2MWp4zxXXqpOBQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzhmMDgyNWRmN2ZkNTNiM2Y5MzkyM2I2NmJiNTAzYmMx) # Nvidia Secures Strategic Partnership with IREN for 5GW AI Infrastructure Deployment Nvidia and IREN announced a strategic partnership to deploy up to 5GW of AI infrastructure across IREN's global data centers, with Texas's Sweetwater facility designated as the flagship site. Nvidia received a five-year option to purchase 30 million IREN shares at $70 each, totaling potential investment of $2.1 billion. IREN stock surged 27% on the news. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/30/-b8zwNpC1F2yUiOMhRiCrQ/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2ZhYTkzN2Q4MjczMDE5Yjc2MzNhMDc4OTkxMWZhMDA3) # Macro Events # Fed's Hammack Pushes Back on Rate Cuts, Warns of Prolonged Inflation Fight Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack signaled interest rates should remain on hold for an extended period, warning that excessive cuts would reignite inflation. She criticized the FOMC's post-meeting statement suggesting rate cuts ahead as misleading, noting the Fed has missed its inflation target for years. Hammack emphasized high inflation continues pressuring consumers through elevated gasoline and other prices, while geopolitical conflicts could create lasting price pressures. She advocated maintaining a neutral policy stance amid significant economic uncertainty. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/36/SavAWNtxguzq0B8K7W1FTg/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzU3YzgzNjA1NzQwMWRmMmJkYzllMDMwMWViZTJmYjNl) # US Trade Court Declares Trump's 10% Global Tariff Illegal A US trade court has ruled that former President Trump's 10 percent global tariff violated the law, marking a significant legal setback for the controversial trade policy. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/37/t3okGp7-eP3EgFhZ3qpCJA/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2RkMzZjMWI4MTc4ZWMzOTA2MDM3YzU4NjIwZmM0NGFl) # Federal Reserve Officials Signal Caution Amid Economic Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risks Multiple Federal Reserve officials emphasized heightened economic uncertainty and the need for flexibility in monetary policy decisions. Cleveland Fed's Hammack and Minneapolis Fed's Kashkari both stressed an open-minded approach to future rate moves, with Kashkari citing Iran war concerns. New York Fed's Williams acknowledged the economy's resilience while noting government debt levels require future attention. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/38/ZD2HrHRPwxhu48C2rTY7Rw/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2E1NWJlODdmYjQwYWZmODU2NmQ1N2IxZTYxNzU4ZjEw) # NY Fed Survey Shows One-Year Inflation Expectations Rise to 3.6% in April The New York Fed's April consumer survey revealed one-year inflation expectations increased to 3.6% from March's 3.4%. Medium and longer-term inflation expectations remained stable at 3.1% for three years and 3.0% for five years ahead. Expected home price growth declined to 3.0%. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/39/U1OV4QAIAHpxa8LUEKsd-Q/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0L2Q0MWMxODM0N2ZkMjYwOThkYmFjNWZmYWRhOTlhZWI5) # April Jobs Report Expected to Show Labor Market Resilience Amid Mounting Economic Pressures Friday's April employment report is anticipated to demonstrate continued strength in the U.S. labor market, with forecasts suggesting payroll gains of 80,000 to 100,000 jobs and stable unemployment rates. However, analysts warn that current geopolitical tensions have yet to fully impact employment figures, with effects expected in subsequent months. Meanwhile, inflation concerns intensify as Bank of America projects April CPI rising 0.5% month-over-month to 3.7% year-over-year, driven by ongoing conflict-related pressures. The Philippines has experienced particularly sharp inflation increases. New tariff threats targeting the EU compound existing economic uncertainties, while job seekers continue facing challenging conditions despite overall market resilience. The data may push Federal Reserve rate cut expectations further into the future. [Continue reading](https://sxyvh.mjt.lu/lnk/EAAACJ9KoXcAAAAAAAAAANdLVigAAAACUTQAAAAAACXiCwBp_QyQoG8lPowBRu-SOG0ErWJ7DQAjVbc/40/9qrMkJcI0qGxa8I__Og52Q/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJrZXRmbHV4LmlvL25ld3MtcGl0LzA0OGU0YzU2NjE1NDk0YjdkZmQxODkyMTllOGUwM2Mx) # US Treasury Sanctions Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Over Alleged Iranian Oil Sales Scheme The US Treasury sanctioned Iraq's deputy oil minister Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly and militia leaders for allegedly facilitating Iranian oil sales in violation of existing sanctions. Officials accuse Al-Bahadly of authorizing large-scale diversions of Iraqi crude to blend with Iranian oil, targeting what appears to be a hidden cash route for Iran's sanctioned petroleum exports. 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So the story goes a while back this lady who already owns 9 cats found this little cat in the streets and then continued to try and care for her. chip her and get her shots all situated and what not. While in her possession, the 9 cat house situation becomes a problem so much so that they had to lock the kitty up in the bathroom for the most part because all the other cats kept bullying or attacking this new kitty. apparently one of her eyes was very damaged early in the 9 cat lady saga and had to get veterinary attention. So then some time passed and the kitty is given to another cat hoarder lady who can’t take anymore cats so then she gives her to the person who’s in my circle. The current status of this kitty is she now lives in a house with 3 other cats who are mostly non aggressive but old and a bit difficult, and a 4th one thats a Norwegian forest cat who is a psycho always doing crazy shit and attacking the other cats at random moments when his mind goes to the dark side. I wish I could find out that this cat belonged to a nice person or family and then got lost and now in this shitty situation or something. Or maybe if I could find her a better home because she’s extremely well mannered and friendly and just wants love. What websites should I check? What should I do? The current owner has not been able to let her out of a room because the Norwegian forest cat is a huge liability as he may attack her and it will not be and easy transition if the owner wants to keep her. She’s chipped and I have all the paperwork that I believe is the 9 cat lady but idk it could all be a different story for all I know. Any help or advice is seriously appreciated

Hi guys, We have a 4 month old puppy at home but me and my brother had to move out for work. Our parents are old and not well, so they are managing food and hygiene but can’t really give him time or play with him. He’s very active, playful and a bit naughty. I had started basic training and he knows simple commands like sit. He is healthy and has received his rabies vaccine. Since our house is on main road, we can’t let him roam freely, so he stays inside most of the time. We feel he deserves a better home where someone can give him proper time and care. We live in Jankipuram, near Gudamba/Tedhi Puliya side. If anyone is interested, please DM. We can share photos and videos 🙏

Home vs Apartment Which one suits your situation better? Home (House) Pros • You own the land. Land value drives long term growth in Australia • More privacy. No shared walls or lifts • Easier renovations and extensions • Better for families and future upgrades • Stronger capital growth historically Cons • Higher purchase price • Higher council rates and maintenance costs • More ongoing upkeep • Often located further from CBD or transport • Requires larger deposit and borrowing capacity Apartment (Unit) Pros • Lower entry price. Easier for first home buyers • Closer to city, transport, jobs, and lifestyle areas • Lower maintenance responsibility • Access to facilities like gym, pool, security • Good option for singles, couples, and investors seeking rental demand Cons • Limited land ownership • Strata fees and special levies • Slower capital growth compared to houses in many markets • Less flexibility to renovate • Potential building defects or strata issues Simple rule If your priority is growth and space → House If your priority is affordability and convenience → Apartment Always assess your budget, lifestyle, and long term goals before deciding. Property prices can go up or down. Every purchase carries risk. \#laxmihomeloans \#HomeBuying \#FirstHomeBuyer \#PropertyAustralia \#RealEstateTips \#HomeLoanAdvice

Recently i posted this picture on reddit, and yes, i see the state of this bun's cage, i truly wish i could do more to give him better conditions but the bun isn't mine, but my school's (yeah being called an abuser isn't really nice, specially over a picture with no context, that's on me and I'm sorry) I wanted to ask for tips in what can i do to give him a better life. I can't take him home with me, i can't get in the cage and clean by myself, and can't do more than just observe. I was thinking about getting a new water bowl for him and donate it to the school but I'm not sure if i have enough money to buy one (no, i can't get a job, I'm a teen and nobody wants to hire a teen T.T) What can i do to improve his life in the school without being ignored? Please, i really need an advice. ___ Extra: Everyone slow down a bit, I'm in a rural area i cant go to a 1 million pesos exotic vet, these arent even mine T.T I'm just looking for affordable solutions, like: a proper water bowl, what to do to keep dust and dirt away from it, what food to get, ect. PLEASE read other replies and the full description, I'm drained from answering every ittle missunderstanding: -I'm not from the US -the school is rural -not the school or i have enough founds -im not asking for money, I'm asking for advices -i can't call animal services because calling the authorities in the one place kids get education with animals in the system will get me expelled -i can't find them a better home, the reason these bunnies are in the school in the first place is because we couldn't find a better place for them, the town is small there's no magical sanctuary around the corner where i can leave rabbits that aren't even mine. Just wanted to clarify, Please, I'm just a tired teen who wants to help these rabbits as much as i can :'( ___ UPDATE MAY 7: -MY PARENTS ACCEDED TO BUY STUFF FOR THE BUNNIES OMG we're also seeing y'alls ideas OMG THANK YALLLLL :'D If this goes well we could give the buns a better life quality, maybe even rehome them (i doubt it, but as long as they live well around school and raise awareness about the situation in it it'd truly be an amazing outcome)

Travelling away from these places full of memories and improving my life (better home more work) really helped. I went out with girls who said 99% of the time that they loved the time together I felt really valued and it helped. She tried to initiate a contact after 4 months, trying to follow my IG, but I ignored it. The story could have been totally different if she sent me a message instead, but I felt that follow request was totally not courageous and could have led to something toxic. I noticed people that stay in contact after breakups use stories to try and show how incredible their lives are without their ex. Honestly I would have played that toxic game too, leaving hints on me going out with women etc, so ignoring was the best solution. 🙏

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but the whole obsession with *bigger homes = better homes* feels like it’s fading a bit. For the longest time, every new launch was about scale. Taller towers, more units, bigger clubhouses, more amenities than anyone could realistically use. And yeah, it looked impressive. Still does, on paper. But when you actually talk to people living in these places… the conversation is different. Half the amenities are either crowded or underused. Maintenance becomes a headache. And sometimes the house itself—despite being large—just doesn’t *work* that well. Weird layouts, wasted corners, not enough light. It’s like the focus was on adding more, not thinking better. That’s probably why there’s this slow shift toward smaller, more intentional projects. Not tiny spaces—but smarter ones. And this is where someone like Shahid Balwa comes up in conversations. Not in a hype way, but more like—okay, there are developers who seem to be leaning into this idea of usability over scale. Like, what actually makes daily life easier? * A living room that doesn’t need rearranging every week * A balcony you’ll *actually* sit in * Ventilation that doesn’t depend on keeping doors open all day None of this is revolutionary. But it’s weird how rare it still is. Also feels like buyers are just… more aware now. People are asking better questions. Not just “how big is it?” but “how does this space function?” or “will this still feel comfortable in a few years?” That shift matters. Because once people start noticing design over size, the whole way projects are built has to change. You can’t hide behind scale anymore. And honestly, it’s about time. Another thing that stands out is how resale conversations are changing. Earlier, a bigger flat automatically felt like a better investment. Now, buyers actually walk in and assess how the space feels. If it’s poorly designed, size doesn’t save it. A well-planned smaller home often leaves a stronger impression—and sells faster. Curious if others are seeing this too—are smaller, better-designed homes actually becoming more desirable? Or is this still a niche mindset?

*Vancouver summers are getting hotter, and data shows most B.C. homeowners aren't prepared. Here's what to know about air conditioning installation in Vancouver.* BC has always had unpredictable weather, but in recent years, the hotter, drier summers have become impossible to ignore.  https://preview.redd.it/n3e5tbvrwdzg1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=218b24755cb113897c3aee86168fd1b32e0a966f As [HVAC contractors in Vancouver](http://harbourenergy.ca/), we work with residential, commercial, and industrial clients. In 2021, we saw the heat dome push temperatures to a record-breaking 49.6°C in parts of BC. It changed how many of us think of BC, and now a long, dry summer is also predicted for 2026. The *Extreme Weather Home Makeover: How Climate Change Is Changing Home Improvements*, published by BC Hydro in 2022, surveyed 800 British Columbians and found  69% are concerned about how climate change will affect the comfort of their home, and 21% are actively planning renovations to prepare for more extreme temperatures. If you're a Vancouver homeowner and you haven't seriously considered your heating and cooling setup, you're not alone, but now is the time to start. # Portable Air Conditioning When summer's heat hits, many Vancouverites rush out to buy portable air conditioners. It makes sense in the moment, but the data tells a different story: portable AC units are the most widely adopted type of air conditioner in B.C., yet they use twice as much energy as window units and are far less efficient than a properly installed central system.  For homeowners in Vancouver and the surrounding GVRD, relying on portable units means higher bills, inconsistent cooling, and a bigger environmental footprint, none of which are great as summers grow longer and hotter. # Heat Pumps In Vancouver  As experienced [HVAC contractors in Vancouver](https://harbourenergy.ca/), we often recommend heat pumps to clients across the Lower Mainland. Why? BC Hydro generates 98% of its electricity from clean, renewable sources. Running a heat pump is one of the most environmentally friendly ways to heat and cool your home. Additionally, heat pumps keep you cool in summer and warm in winter. And generous rebates are available for customers ready to invest in heat pumps. # Rebates Available to Vancouver Homeowners Today, BC residents can receive up to $19,000 for heat pump installations through the[ CleanBC Better Homes Energy Savings Program](https://betterhomesbc.ca/learn-about-programs/energy-savings-program/), which offers income-tested rebates for ground-oriented homes. Rebates of up to $16,000 are available for low- to middle-income households, while general rebates range from $1,500 to $4,000 through[ BC Hydro](https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/residential/rebates-programs/home-renovation/renovating-heating-system.html) or[ FortisBC](https://www.fortisbc.com/rebates/detail/air-source-heat-pump-rebate).  Key Heat Pump Rebates (Ground-Oriented Homes): * Income-Qualified (ESP): Up to $19,000 for heat pumps, up to $3,500 for heat pump water heaters, and up to $5,000 for electrical service upgrades. * General Rebates: Up to $4,000 for whole-home systems or $1,500 for partial-home systems. * Northern Bonus: Residents in Northern BC may qualify for up to $3,000 in additional incentives. * Multi-unit Residential: Up to $5,000 for heat pumps and $3,500 for water heaters in apartments/condos.  # Don't Wait Till the Heat Hits–Start Now One of the most actionable takeaways we recommend as [HVAC contractors in Vancouver](http://harbourenergy.ca/) is to start now. Depending on the season and demand, lead times from quote to installation can run three months or more. [Vancouver's HVAC contractors](https://harbourenergy.ca/) are busy. Demand for heat pump installations has surged alongside awareness of available rebates and increasingly hot summers. If you want your system installed before the high heat of August, start now. # Affordable HVAC Contractors in Vancouver At Harbour Energy, we work with home and business owners across Greater Vancouver. Whether you're switching from a gas furnace, upgrading aging baseboard heaters, or installing a new heat pump, our licensed HVAC technicians can walk you through your options, help you access available rebates, and get your installation scheduled before the summer rush. We offer free estimates, 24-hour emergency service, and all work is backed by a 2-year warranty. Reach out at  604-272-7272 or [contact us online](https://harbourenergy.ca/) to get started.

*Vancouver summers are getting hotter, and data shows most B.C. homeowners aren't prepared. Here's what to know about air conditioning installation in Vancouver.* BC has always had unpredictable weather, but in recent years, the hotter, drier summers have become impossible to ignore.  https://preview.redd.it/4tuxgechwdzg1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=67053ed2430225905cdb3e1e8d480409f3614590 As [HVAC contractors in Vancouver](http://harbourenergy.ca/), we work with residential, commercial, and industrial clients. In 2021, we saw the heat dome push temperatures to a record-breaking 49.6°C in parts of BC. It changed how many of us think of BC, and now a long, dry summer is also predicted for 2026. The *Extreme Weather Home Makeover: How Climate Change Is Changing Home Improvements*, published by BC Hydro in 2022, surveyed 800 British Columbians and found  69% are concerned about how climate change will affect the comfort of their home, and 21% are actively planning renovations to prepare for more extreme temperatures. If you're a Vancouver homeowner and you haven't seriously considered your heating and cooling setup, you're not alone, but now is the time to start. # Portable Air Conditioning When summer's heat hits, many Vancouverites rush out to buy portable air conditioners. It makes sense in the moment, but the data tells a different story: portable AC units are the most widely adopted type of air conditioner in B.C., yet they use twice as much energy as window units and are far less efficient than a properly installed central system.  For homeowners in Vancouver and the surrounding GVRD, relying on portable units means higher bills, inconsistent cooling, and a bigger environmental footprint, none of which are great as summers grow longer and hotter. # Heat Pumps In Vancouver  As experienced [HVAC contractors in Vancouver](https://harbourenergy.ca/), we often recommend heat pumps to clients across the Lower Mainland. Why? BC Hydro generates 98% of its electricity from clean, renewable sources. Running a heat pump is one of the most environmentally friendly ways to heat and cool your home. Additionally, heat pumps keep you cool in summer and warm in winter. And generous rebates are available for customers ready to invest in heat pumps. # Rebates Available to Vancouver Homeowners Today, BC residents can receive up to $19,000 for heat pump installations through the[ CleanBC Better Homes Energy Savings Program](https://betterhomesbc.ca/learn-about-programs/energy-savings-program/), which offers income-tested rebates for ground-oriented homes. Rebates of up to $16,000 are available for low- to middle-income households, while general rebates range from $1,500 to $4,000 through[ BC Hydro](https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/residential/rebates-programs/home-renovation/renovating-heating-system.html) or[ FortisBC](https://www.fortisbc.com/rebates/detail/air-source-heat-pump-rebate).  Key Heat Pump Rebates (Ground-Oriented Homes): * Income-Qualified (ESP): Up to $19,000 for heat pumps, up to $3,500 for heat pump water heaters, and up to $5,000 for electrical service upgrades. * General Rebates: Up to $4,000 for whole-home systems or $1,500 for partial-home systems. * Northern Bonus: Residents in Northern BC may qualify for up to $3,000 in additional incentives. * Multi-unit Residential: Up to $5,000 for heat pumps and $3,500 for water heaters in apartments/condos.  # Don't Wait Till the Heat Hits–Start Now One of the most actionable takeaways we recommend as [HVAC contractors in Vancouver](http://harbourenergy.ca/) is to start now. Depending on the season and demand, lead times from quote to installation can run three months or more. [Vancouver's HVAC contractors](https://harbourenergy.ca/) are busy. Demand for heat pump installations has surged alongside awareness of available rebates and increasingly hot summers. If you want your system installed before the high heat of August, start now. # Affordable HVAC Contractors in Vancouver At Harbour Energy, we work with home and business owners across Greater Vancouver. Whether you're switching from a gas furnace, upgrading aging baseboard heaters, or installing a new heat pump, our licensed HVAC technicians can walk you through your options, help you access available rebates, and get your installation scheduled before the summer rush. We offer free estimates, 24-hour emergency service, and all work is backed by a 2-year warranty. Reach out at  604-272-7272 or [contact us online](https://harbourenergy.ca/) to get started.

https://preview.redd.it/7ljm9ggmzazg1.png?width=1672&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1f9a1c62116d8433cce61359dcb46071a919593 When people compare homes, the most common question is simple: will the layout actually work for daily life? A home should not feel good only on paper; it should support movement, storage, privacy, natural light, and family routines. **2 & 3 BHK homes at** [**Nirman Neopolis**](https://nirmanneopolis.com/) are planned for people who want spacious homes in Tathawade with practical design. This blog looks at what makes **2 & 3 BHK homes at Nirman Neopolis** useful for different types of families. # Home Layouts The layout is one of the main reasons people look closely at **2 & 3 BHK homes at** [**Nirman Neopolis Tathawade**](https://nirmanneopolis.com/). The project offers spacious 2 BHK and 3 BHK homes with attention to planning. The 2 BHK homes are suitable for small families, while the 3 BHK homes work better for people who need extra space. Layout points: 1. * 2 BHK homes are apt for Nuclear families and working couples. * 3 BHK homes are the best option for bigger families. * The extra room can serve as a study or guest room. * Double balconies give an openness. * Many home seekers might like layouts as per Vastu. Nirman Neopolis offers 2 & 3 BHK homes. They seem to be designed for comfort and convenience in everyday life. # Project Characteristics Better homes when the project supports the lifestyle around it. [Nirman Neopolis](https://nirmanneopolis.com/) provides 2 & 3 BHK homes in a residential community with amenities like a landscaped garden, swimming pool, fitness zone, indoor games, activity areas, and many more. These features can be used to support different age groups. Feature points projection: * Area for routine workouts. * Swimming pool for chilling. * Indoor games for free time. * Play areas for children. * Landscaped areas for quiet outdoor time. This makes 2 & 3 BHK homes at Nirman Neopolis not just apartment units, but a part of a planned living environment. # Location Advantage “Location adds real value to any home plan. [Nirman Neopolis Pune](https://nirmanneopolis.com/) 2 & 3 BHK homes are situated in Tathawade, near Hinjewadi, the Mumbai-Pune Highway, schools, colleges, hospitals, and retail options. This location can help reduce daily inconvenience for working professionals and families. Location points: * Tathawade is well connected to Hinjewadi. * Broad journey-access highway. * Educational institutions are open. * Healthcare access is available in the region. * Retail & mall options for convenient weekend shopping. 2 & 3 BHK homes at Nirman Neopolis make sense for people looking at a comparison of spacious homes in a connected area. # Benefits in Lifestyle The daily routines are appreciated in the benefit of a big house. Families require space to work, study, rest, cook, entertain guests, and have personal time. Community features and practically planned 2 & 3 BHK homes at Nirman Neopolis can cater to these needs. Lifestyle points: * More privacy for the family. * More space for work-from-home needs. * Balconies are fresh air corners. * There are amenities for kids and adults. * Community living adds a social dimension. For many families, a more settled and functional living experience can be found in Nirman Neopolis Charholi 2 & 3 BHK homes. # FAQs **1. What are the options available at Nirman Neopolis?** Nirman Neopolis offers 2 & 3 BHK residences with spacious layouts and double balconies. **2. Are 3 BHK houses also ideal for small families?** Yes, a 3 BHK can be good if you need an extra study/guest room or storage space. **3. Do the houses have balconies?** Yes, as per the project details discussed, the 2 & 3 BHK homes in Nirman Neopolis have double balconies.

Hello! Sorry for any formatting issues, I'm on mobile. I have a big question and am looking for some advice. One of our neighbors has two dogs. We live in an apartment and he tethers the dogs outside (against the lease, but that's a separate issue). Around 5pm (now 9pm) we heard one of the dogs crying. The crying continued for two hours. We ran a couple errands and came back and she was still out there. However, a severe thunderstorm was rolling in and we were becoming increasingly concerned. I called animal control and they couldn't come out. So we were just left monitoring the situation. A little before 8 the storm was right there and we decided to leave a note on the owners door and bring the dog inside our place. And yes, we knocked multiple times, knocked on their direct neighbors door and got no response. She is SKINNY. For context she is a staffy, so naturally a more muscular breed. We have a staffy mix so we know ribs shouldn't be as visible as hers was. I gave her some food and she didn't even take time to breathe while eating. She also reeked of pee. We didn't know how long we would have her so we gave her a bath. The water was brown, just fully brown. She also, like most staffy/ bully breeds if left untreated, had awful allergies. Nails were super long, red paws, dander just caking her skin. So I guess my question is. How do I go about reporting this without saying yeah I just straight up took this dog and that's how I know they are covered in pee and extremely skinny. They need to go get these dogs out of this situation. I can only imagine the other dog is in the same condition. Yes, I know legally I shouldn't have just taken the dog. But I'd rather face a fine then let a dog sit outside in a severe thunderstorm. The man came and retrieved the dog. He didn't apologize, didn't thank us for the bath which isn't even the point. He had no remorse and didn't even seem concerned. We told him she was muddy so we had to bathe her. She was not excited to see him. Went into the apartment hallway, sniffed him and then ran right back into our apartment. She has clear abuse indication. Help me get these babies into better homes.

I adopted two of the sweetest cats I've ever met last Monday after I thought I had done enough research, cat proofing, and preparation as a first time adopter. I had no issues financially and I was able to spend most of my time with them since I work remotely. However, my anxiety spiked so much in the past week that I was having panic attacks and was unable to sleep, eat, or be productive at work. I was constantly alert to every sound they made, although in retrospect I'm sure they were happy and comfortable in their new home. They were playing, eating, purring and living life, but my mind could still not relax. Even when they were super cuddly and affectionate, I still had a pit in my stomach worrying if I have been taking care of them properly. The final panic attack was the last straw for me in deciding that I was unprepared to take care of these cats - I thought "if I am like this when they are good, how bad will I be if they are sick/have an emergency?" Over an hour ago, I officially surrendered these girls. The loss and guilt is unlike anything I've ever felt in my life before. I almost broke down when they were picked up, but coming back to an empty apartment without hearing their trills completely broke me. My family cut me off but this somehow hits even harder despite me only knowing these girls for less than a week. I try to tell myself they will find a better home with humans who will be able to fully care for them and that maybe it wasn't meant to be. But I can't help but feel like an abject failure right now. Just needed to get this off my chest since I don't really have anyone to talk with. If anyone has been in a similar situation and has any advice/criticism, anything would be a help right now. Thank you Edit: They were surrendered back to the local cat cafe which I adopted them from. They are an awesome org and take great care of their cats so I am not worried in that regard.

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Location: Southern Indiana Hello, I'm (F18) and around 5 years ago my mom, sister, and I finally moved out of my dad's house. We had around 30-40 cats at a time then. My dad still lives at his house, but through the past few years we had many cats die due to his neglect. He doesn't acknowledge that he's being neglectful, despite many people telling him that he is. He now has around 20 or so cats. None of them are vaccinated, and when the weather warms back up they are definitely going to get fleas again. A lot of them are neutered, none of the females are spayed, but he had some young boys left over which keep getting cats pregnant. The kittens barely survive, and at least one of them gets sick or an infection. He open feeds the cats with 3 food bowls, and has around 4-5 litter boxes. They pee in their food bowls and all over the house. Many are malnourished or have infections in their ears or eyes. This is what my life was like for 10+ years when my parents still lived together. Everything was dirty and destroyed by the cats. After we moved out, more cats started to die. My dad told us if we left, all the cats were going to die, which is what's happening now. He makes it my responsibility too, constantly asking me questions on what to do for the cats and when one ends up dying he blames everyone but himself. Recently he sent me a photo of a cat that had a prolapsed uterus. She had given birth for the second time. I told him to take her to the vet immediately but he's basically bed ridden from a recent car accident that caused him to have multiple surgeries on his foot. He managed to get his mom (my grandma) to bring her to the vet. But she lost too much blood and had to be euthanized. He says he loves these cats, and that they're all that he has, but lets this happen to them. I want the cats to have better homes or something, but he keeps telling me the shelter will euthanize all of them. I would have reported him earlier, but he financially supports me, my mom, and my sister, and I get insurance through his job. If I report him, he will likely go to jail due to him having drugs in the home (mostly weed products, which are illegal in Indiana, and possibly stronger ones too.) He also is incredibly volatile and I am worried if he were to have his cats taken he would take his own life or try to harm me or my family. In addition to this, my mom and grandma (his mom) are not supportive of my idea, as they greatly enable his abuse and my mom gets weed from him. The only ones on my side are my therapist and my girlfriend. My main concern is getting the cats out of the house, especially 2 of the older cats. I don't want any of them to be euthanized and would like to adopt those 2 cats, but it seems unlikely due to my living situation. I don't know what to do. Is there any way I can help the cats without ruining everything else?

Gonta is turning 5 this September, but he still acts like a sweet puppy. He is a huge cuddle bug; he loves people and gets along with anyone! He has shared open spaces with dogs at dog parks and currently shares a home with two cats, whom he enjoys being around. He is kind and protective of children in the home, as well. He has been in my care for about 4 and a half years now, and it has certainly been a journey for both of us! When I adopted him from what used to be my local shelter in Kissimmee, I was told that he was found wandering the streets looking for food. He was severely underweight, had callouses all over his body, and it appeared as if he had never been loved or cared for. Despite all of the things he had gone through even before turning a year old, he still loves everyone, and we could never see him harming even a fly. As soon as we sat down to get to know him, he was wagging his tail and rubbing his noggin against my family and me. He is leash-trained and potty-trained, so he ONLY goes potty outside unless he really can't hold it in any longer! Due to experiences in his first home, Gonta experiences anxiety that causes him to pee if he perceives danger or becomes overly excited. Typical triggers include enthusiastic greetings, loud arrivals at home, or meeting new people. Additionally, inconsistent feeding or walking can cause anxiety, sometimes leading him to vomit. Ensuring he is walked and fed in the morning or afternoon successfully manages these issues. We believe his past was abusive and unstable, which led to his anxiety. With consistent care and patience, he is comfortable and content. (I can make a better list of the things that cause his anxiety down bellow in the comments) He loves food and playing with tennis balls. We specifically purchase the $2-$3 tennis ball packs from Walmart, and they last a long time with him! He is very food-motivated, and that is what has helped us with some of his training. He will sit, stay, follow, wait, give paw, and come up on the bed/couch only when told to. He even sits and waits for his food until he is given the command! He is currently learning how to spin and how to go "under" (trying to teach him how to stand in between my legs when there is a scary dog or stranger on our walks to help with him getting too excited) He is not a destructive dog by any means and will only break things if you allow him to, for example; we allow him to bite and tear his toys or pieces of paper/cardboard. Overall, he is an amazing pet. He's the sweetest boy I have ever met, and I do love him so dearly. Absolutely loves cuddling in bed for hours and also loves playing fetch or tug of war. He loves being around anyone he meets. Reason for Rehoming: Unfortunately, I can no longer take care of him due to my personal inability to deal with the stress of caring for an anxious dog while being an autistic and disabled young adult trying to figure life out. It's quite the long story and i don't want to into detail about my personal issues, but to briefly explain, he isn't incredibly difficult to take care of in general; he simply requires patience and consistency. The problem is that I can no longer provide that for him due to my mental illness worsening because of huge life changes over the last 2 years. I am rehoming him because he deserves an owner who is consistent, calm, and patient; I can no longer provide that for him. I don't own a car to take him to the dog park on a regular basis, most days I can barely get out of bed to care for him, I have explosive meltdowns that cause him distress, and I am not making enough money to hire a trainer or pay for any vet bills. Info: He is already neutered, but needs his vaccines updated some time this year. (I lost the paperwork when we moved homes and haven't been able to find it since, but I'm sure he doesn't need them until August or September.) Adoption Fee: $170 Will provide: •Large bag of his food •Food container •Dog bowls •Collar •Harness •Leash •Toy(s) •Bed •Favorite blanket •Box of disposable diapers/male wraps (he doesn't need to use them every day, only for the first couple of days he is with you or when meeting new people) •Dog cone (inflatable) •Flea and tick shampoo (just in case you need it in the future) If you are comfortable, I would like to personally run a friendly interview with you and get some insight on what your home is like, so I can rest assured that he will go to a better home. Info: I posted this on a different subreddit today and got ripped to shreds. People were saying I'm neglecting my dog and was told to just "figure it out". Just in case you might have the same sort of train of thought and are going to comment something under the same line, I want to say that I have been trying everything with the limited amount of resources I have. I can't afford vet bills or training, and my family is not going to help me. I love this dog. Believe me, I really do. I just can't stand keeping him while knowing that someone else who is much more able bodied and capable will be able to provide him a better home. I apologize if that came off as defensive or mean. I got extremely unhelpful comments before from people making it seem like i was trying to throw him away and make him someone else's problem and its quite frustrating :(

I'd love to be able to arrange furniture without the distortion of camera perspective. I played HF1 when it was new, then got into Animal Crossing, and now when I play HF2, all I can think about is how much better things would look if I had similar layout tools. When I'm doing this stuff at home, I am constantly measuring things and using levels to line things up. Things this would fix for me: * lining up lighting either positioned over specific items, like pendant lights over a bar, or distributing lights precisely around a room. * positioning rugs centered to features like a fireplace or dining table * much more easily create visually pleasing groupings of wall art * arrange multi use spaces without guess-and-testing furniture arrangements I would play this game a lot more if I didn't find it frustrating to get details just right. If this feature were a dlc, I would buy it. I have bought very, very little dlc in my life, but I would pay for this. I had to pick a release specific flair, but I would play more of either game with this feature.

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Hi everyone, I need some practical advice based on real experiences. I have a personal loan with IDFC FIRST Bank: Loan amount: ₹8.29 lakh Interest: 11% EMI: \~₹18,000 Paid EMIs: 5 months Lock-in period: 9 months Now I’m planning to take a home loan, but my current EMI is reducing my eligibility a lot. When I contacted the bank, they said foreclosure is not allowed before 9 EMIs. However, I’ve heard that in some cases banks allow early foreclosure if we are taking a home loan (especially with the same bank). My questions: Has anyone successfully foreclosed an IDFC FIRST Bank personal loan during lock-in? Did mentioning a home loan help in getting approval? How much foreclosure charge did you pay (% and total)? Did you need to escalate to nodal officer / grievance team? Any tips on how to approach the bank to increase chances of approval? I’m okay paying foreclosure charges if it helps me get better home loan eligibility. Would really appreciate real experiences or suggestions. Thanks in advance!

For context, my ex left me about four years ago for someone else. After our relationship ended I found out she’d cheated on me. We haven’t seen each other in ages but recently got back into contact. We’ve started talking again and she seems really different. Better. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t thought about going back. And before you call me naive and stupid, she really seems to have changed. When we were together we were teens who both lived in abusive households, were unmedicated, both in terrible places mentally and she often smoked. Now, we’re in much better home situations, are on meds, go to therapy and are clean. She also apologized for what she had done to me. She’s since realized (her words) “what a terrible girlfriend” she was and told me she’s not like that anymore. Overall we both seem a lot more stable and capable of being in a good relationship. So, I guess my question is, can people stop their cheating tendencies? Sure, she’s in a better place mentally but am I setting myself up to get cheated on again? I’m really not sure here.

For context, my ex left me about four years ago for someone else. After our relationship ended I found out she’d cheated on me. We haven’t seen each other in ages but recently got back into contact. We’ve started talking again and she seems really different. Better. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t thought about going back. And before you call me naive and stupid, she really seems to have changed. When we were together we were teens who both lived in abusive households, were unmedicated, both in terrible places mentally and she often smoked. Now, we’re in much better home situations, are on meds, go to therapy and are clean. She also apologized for what she had done to me. She’s since realized (her words) “what a terrible girlfriend” she was and told me she’s not like that anymore. Overall we both seem a lot more stable and capable of being in a good relationship. So, I guess my question is, can people stop their cheating tendencies? Sure, she’s in a better place mentally but am I setting myself up to get cheated on again? I’m really not sure here.

For context, my ex left me about four years ago for someone else. After our (11 month) relationship ended I found out she’d cheated on me. (I know, not a long relationship but we were friends for 3-4 years before getting together which is why I still feel like this for her) We haven’t seen each other in ages but recently got back into contact. We’ve started talking again and she seems really different. Better. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t thought about going back. And before you call me naive and stupid, she really seems to have changed. When we were together we were teens who both lived in abusive households, were unmedicated, both in terrible places mentally and she often smoked. Now, we’re in much better home situations, are on meds, go to therapy and are clean. She also apologized for what she had done to me. She’s since realized (her words) “what a terrible girlfriend” she was and told me she’s not like that anymore. Overall we both seem a lot more stable and capable of being in a good relationship. Tl;dr: To So, I guess my question is, can people stop their cheating tendencies? Sure, she’s in a better place mentally but am I setting myself up to get cheated on again? I’m really not sure here.

For context, my ex left me about four years ago for someone else. After our relationship ended I found out she’d cheated on me. We haven’t seen each other in ages but recently got back into contact. We’ve started talking again and she seems really different. Better. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t thought about going back. And before you call me naive and stupid, she really seems to have changed. When we were together we were teens who both lived in abusive households, were unmedicated, both in terrible places mentally and she often smoked. Now, we’re in much better home situations, are on meds, go to therapy and are clean. She also apologized for what she had done to me. She’s since realized (her words) “what a terrible girlfriend” she was and told me she’s not like that anymore. Overall we both seem a lot more stable and capable of being in a good relationship. So, I guess my question is, can people stop their cheating tendencies? Sure, she’s in a better place mentally but am I setting myself up to get cheated on again? I’m really not sure here.

Buying first home between me and partner. Medium cost of living city in British Columbia. It is an older home, 1932, but with extensive renovations and upgrades to be in line with modern standards including heating, plumbing, electrical. No big projects necessary or planned at this time. Furnace, water tank, roof all replaced in the last 3 years. Asking for home insurance quotes and am getting annual quotes ranging between $4500 to $5000 from multiple large companies (BCAA/Westland) as well as an independent broker. This is with $5000 deductible and minimizing value of the home as much as possible. Asked other people living in the area about what they are paying annually and they are saying anything between $1100 and $1500 for similar or better homes with the same coverage levels. Sellers showed me what they paid for better coverage with BCAA ($2700) last year, we are being quoted $4500. Is this a thing? Have rates magically doubled in the past year? I have never had home insurance before but I am told that claims free history maxes out at 10% discount after 10 years (1% per year) and that does not seem to cover the discrepancy. What am I doing wrong?

So within this MASSIVE pond we will be getting hopefully in the summer of 2026- I decided to start making concept art of what could potentially be things that exist in the update or things id like to see in the update! I wasnt feeling like drawing all of the new bugs so I decided to meet in the middle and draw all the concept creature cards! The main thing I wanted to focus on is trying to make concepts/ideas for how to make this new larger pond better than the pond before- A few things that I felt Grounded 1 did well with the ponds was that it required a secondary form a progression that aided in your water adventures. Specifically- It pushes you to wanting/needing to make breathing equipment and fin flops to traverse the depths. Later on you get some upgrades to the breathing and fin flops which makes it way easier to traverse. Then we have daggers- needing a pebblet dagger, a bone dagger, and a widow dagger to collect resources or even open up areas that were locked behind these specific tools. This was a great idea of expanding the need of separate equipment needed to progress instead of just killing the next big thing and getting a higher tier armor. This made you choose equipment that was required for under water exploration but.. that was kinda the end of it- Once you found everything in the pond you never really need to go back down there or use the equipment you got because it was only related to the water and that ment that most of the waters contents were built for the water but there was no more progression after that. With the new larger area we can definitely not only have more content to explore in the water but also make it something that you need to go back to for multiple reasons. The problem with adding an update where you will see tier 1 - 3 or even 4 bugs is that current saves will plow through the tier 1 bugs which is generally how grounded works but I tried to think of a way to make it more unique and fun to have to tame the waters instead of just living in them as soon as you get there. Bugs that werent waterborne would instantly die in water because frankly- they werent built for that environment. So whats to say our armor is built for that environment either? With any armor that is made of bugs from the surface I think it should give you a new debuff called waterlogged. This meter goes up the more you are in the water with armor that clashes with the pond. Making you slower. This should heavily promote people to not wear any armor when going into the pond or to be wearing something like acorn or clover. This brings you back to essentially Tier 1 where you are fighting Tadpoles Now lets talk about these bugs >.> \- For Tier 1 we have Tadpoles, Water Fleas, and Diving Bell Spiders I decided to make Diving Bell Spiders a Tier 1 Enemy instead of a Tier 2 enemy because I wanted to create more room for higher tier bugs and so that we can have an early enemy that isnt super strong but is also familar. \- For Tier 2 we have the Water Boatman, Spiny Water flea, and a Water Louse For the Boatman I wanted to change it to a tier 2 enemy because I wanted to make the fin flops a tier 2 armor, mainly because I wanted to add tadpole tails to be used to make a tier 1 flipper Spiny Fleas are the same excuse as Diving Bell Spiders in that they are making room for new bugs and familiarity. The Water Louse is a passive creature that feeds off dead things, I find it to look similar to a larva so I had a thought of it being sorta like a watery larva \- For Tier 3 we have Crawfish, Water Strider, Mayfly, and Tiger Mosquito Crawfish make sense inside a pond or river and whilst being a very dangerous and tanky foe being able to swim but also scale the ledges of the pond. Water Striders I wanted to be riding across the surface potentially closer towards the middle of the pond potentially guarding some resource Mayflies being in their adult forms where they are unable to fight I think of them as potentially something similar to a scarab- trying to kill them for their parts but are really fast and easily get away without a plan Tiger Mosquito is in the same spot to give the same mosquito rapier as in the first game \- Tier 4 Bugs including Diving Beetle, Dragonfly, and Leech I wanted to make the water include the first Tier 4 enemies to make it one of these areas that lead to stronger armor and weapons than current- Diving Beetles being similar to Ox Beetles in the first game but are diving through the depths of the pond, extremely tanky and heavy hitting Dragonflies being closer to the edges of the pond where they are extremely dangerous- being fast flies and darting at you. Leeches I wanted to be slow but deadly- making it able to latch onto you to drain health at fast rates and potentially even going through armor- definitely planned to make a tier 4 lifesteal armor set and weapon \- Boss Tier! We have 3! Brody the Bullfrog, Alice the Axolotl, and the O.R.C. id Mantis I wanted to make the water have not only a semi surface boss fight but also a totally underwater fight. Brody the Bullfrog I wanted to be a semi aquatic fight in that you are in an arena full of lilypads and Brody is able to stand on on of the few lilypads Going into certain phases I could see Brody using a ranged tongue attack similar to Dozer but also jumping to new pads- Even diving underneath the water to then make a lilypad shake a little before he jumps out of the water and lands on it. Maybe there will be tiger mosquitos that he eats to try and heal from a distance who knows! \- Alice the Axolotl I wanted to be a fully underwater fight because believe it or not- Axolotls are predators and are quite destructive to environments. If Grounded 2 is actually placed in Maine- you may know that Axolotls were made Illegal in the early 2000s for their destructive qualities to environments, but this is the 90s! so totally legal to have pet in the pond who kills tiny teens <3 I want it to be fast, and also sneaky, thinking of brody being able to hide under the water and burst back out I want Alice to do this more. I am not totally sure how I want all of this to work but these are just goofy concepts with no real meaning! \- Finally we have the O.R.C. id Mantis- I want the mysterious stranger to take over the mind of the Mantis from the first game and maybe even add a lil laser to it since it was already a fierce predator and I want it to be scarier. Maybe it uses a light on its abdomen to channel energy from other O.R.C. Mantises in the fight to make her invulnerable to damage until the other O.R.C.s are killed \- Finally we have the Goliaths! I wanted 2 goliaths just for the sheer size of the pond. The Koi Fish I wanted to add mainly because I didnt really have any other great ideas for super large fresh water animals. I did think of an Eel but the cool eel I wanted was a salt water eel soooo- oh well\~ I was thinking of called the new Koi Fish Trudy III or Trudy II. Maybe Wendell moves Trudy to the new pond during the ceremony to give her a better home than his lab infested waters Or maybe Trudy had a baby! and he put the baby there or maybe he had another falling out with his wife and named another koi after her- Truly bizarre.. \- Lastly- I was thinking of having a Painted Turtle as a Goliath. Having it drop scutes similar to how Trudy would drop scales. \- Now thats all i really have for concepts- I have a lot of text of ideas for resources, mechanics, and armor/weapons. But I dont know if ill ever make those! So- I hope you enjoy these ideas and maybe Ill predict the future of some >.>

(M26, single, Queensland) Hi I'm planning my strategy for how I'm going to enter the housing market and the options I have to maximise my money to achieve my first deposit. My current plan is to save and buy my first house to live in then turn it into a investment in 6-8 years (assuming 5% growth) and use the equity to buy a second house. (Depending on market value and the economy by then) Or if the worst just sell it to get a better home I work in mining currently on $162k a year and I'm currently working on paying off all my debts (I made a few mistakes when I was starting out) and will have most of not all paid off by the end of the year. After all debts are paid off I've budgeted to comfortably set aside $3,600 per month, $43,200 a year. I'm just in the planning stage to use it effectively. Now I could just save it all and get a comfortable deposit but I'm also wanting to invest a portion to build my future wealth to support me and a posable future partner/family My current plan is to split it as $2,500 ($30k per year) into a savings account at 4% p/a and $1,000 ($12k per year) split into a 3 ETF investment portfolio (diversified into Aus, US and Asia markets) and I'm looking to just use savings for a deposit and keep the investments running for eventually my dream home. But I'm wanting to know what first home buyer schemes I should be putting into to maximise my money effectively. Should I be using the "FHSSS" scheme and if so how should I split it up. Or any other schemes I should be utilising. I'm looking to buy a $600k -$750k in outer Brisbane Sorry if there's some mistakes I've been trying to teach myself how to manage money for my future wealth 😅 so sorry if it doesn't all make sense

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We have two herding dogs and a small orange tabby cat. Our one dog doesn’t have a problem with the cat and sometimes our cat will try to play with her but our other dog every time the cat is out - will very very aggressively chase him and bark to the point that our cat has to stay in a different room basically all hours of the day other than night when he gets to run around the house and the dogs are locked in our room. We don’t really know what to do and would love any advice as we want our cat to have the best life and also wanna be around him more. we have to dedicate times of the day that we sit in the room with him and play in pet him. My husband & I at this point are thinking if we can’t figure out how to train the dogs - we might have to give our cat to a better home where he can have a better lifestyle. Any advice would be super helpful! (we’ve tried treat training the dogs around the cat but the cat tends to hide under the bed.)

I (23F) am an ex Veterinary Technician. Animals have always been a great love of mine. I left the field because of the toxicity, but I still have a strong background in veterinary care. My now ex friend Kat (26F) has been interested in becoming a dog breeder. She has an intact 2-year-old male dog, Seamus, who is a backyard-bred doodle. If you know anything about doodles, you’ll understand. He is sweet but has multiple medical and behavioral issues. About a year ago, she acquired a second dog, Farrah who is a little over a year now or just recently turned a year, also a mixed-breed doodle-type dog (Merle coat, which she insists came “naturally,” which I disagreed with but I digress). A few months ago, Kat told me she had started tracking Farrah’s estrous cycles (heat cycles) because she wanted to breed her. For context, Kat has openly stated she cannot afford routine veterinary care, including vaccines and wellness exams for Seamus, who already has ongoing medical issues. I advised her that responsible breeding requires a lot of money and medical resources, including pre-breeding health screening, veterinary oversight, and a planned emergency vet just in case. I told her she should really think everything through before doing it. That breeding isn’t a fad she’s dealing with living breathing animals. She did not listen. Farrah is now a pregnant dam carrying approximately 7 puppies, and Kat has been repeatedly contacting me for veterinary advice. I don’t mind answering minor questions, but most of the time my recommendation is a vet visit, which I repeatedly stated. I am not a vet, and I cannot diagnose or treat her dogs. Then she FaceTimed me and to show me “how big her belly is”. Side note I don’t know how long ago Farrah got pregnant either. Kat never told me. And she hasn’t been to a vet to pinpoint a gestation date or a due date. When she flipped the camera around… I. WAS. FLOORED! There was PISS EVERYWHERE, Farrah was behind a playpen laying on blankets COVERED IN PISS AND SHIT, and her coat was severely matted/pelted. Kat lives in Arizona. We originally met at a prior job and stayed in contact after she moved. At that point, I snapped. I told her she is not in a position to ethically breed dogs and that she is openly abusing and neglecting her animals. I also told her I’ve seen shelter animals in better condition. Seamus has Entropion, which is commonly associated with genetic conformation and can cause chronic pain, corneal ulceration, scarring, and potential vision impairment. He also has significant territorial aggression and other behavioral concerns. He was emaciated. My heart broke. I started crying. Which she didn’t understand. I could barely get the words out at first. She admitted neither dog has even been to a vet since she moved- she moved around 3 YEARS AGO. Like why she would breed a dog with a genetic disease is BEYOND ME. She again asked for veterinary advice, and I refused, basically begging her to take these dogs to the vet and that I can’t do much for her. I told her she is knowingly attempting to breed animals without the medical knowledge or financial means, and that she should rehome them and stop breeding animals, that she is harming them more in the long run. She blocked me and told mutual friends I said she “wasn’t smart enough to breed,” which I never said. But don’t disagree. Since then, several mutual friends have also cut contact calling me an asshole and saying I was shaming her for not having money when she started breeding as a way to make money. I was told I was too harsh, but I feel I was genuinely in the right. That anyone who saw those dogs would be sick at the state they were in. And would want to find them a better home. I am still upset for Seamus and Farrah. And I’m thinking that maybe I should’ve just given her advice so they’d have some semblance of care. I don’t know. I really don’t. AITAH? **Edit:** typos **Edit**: I am currently on the phone with the Arizona Humane Society. I’ll update more after I’m off the phone. **Edit/ Update:** I gave them the information I have. Her phone number too. I do not have her address and I have no shame in saying Kat is her real name. Katya is her full name she’s Russian so I do not know how to spell her last name but I did give them whatever photos of them I have. I took a couple screenshots. They said they’d open up a complaint and do everything they can. But with the limited information they don’t want to get my hopes up. I’m going to see if I can call in a favor with the vet she said she took them to when she lived here. I know a girl who works reception. Maybe I can find something like a referral or last name to give them. **Update:** This will probably be the last one of tonight until I can talk to my friend at the vet clinic. I have an online gaming friend that lives in her area. I know they hung out when she first moved out there. So I reached out to him on a whim and explained the situation. He’s going to do what he can to reach out. And hopefully get the dogs away from her. Idk how that will work out or if it will. But- I am not giving up on getting all of the information I can. I’m still gonna talk to my friend. See if I can find any more information. Like how to spell her last name. And give that to the Humane Society. I hope she is held accountable and that legally there is justice. But honestly. I’m just hoping that the dogs are okay. Thank you to the people who are helping me. I appreciate you. **Update:** I heard back from my online gaming friend (Freddy) he said they’re talking about meeting up tomorrow (Saturday night) possibly to go get a drink. He’s hoping that he can talk her into giving the dogs to him. He said he will keep me updated on what happens and if they actually end up meeting up tomorrow. So pray if you believe in God and cross your fingers yall. **Update:** He saw her. They talked. From what I understand she agreed to give him the dogs. He is going to meet up with her tomorrow after he gets out of work to actually get them. He didn’t go into too much detail when I asked him how he got her to surrender them. But the good thing is that he is getting them! He said he will send pictures when he gets them home. **Final Update**: He has the dogs. From what I’ve been told. They’re doing well. Freddy said they slept most of the time the past couple of days. But he has a vet appointment scheduled and they’re going to do everything they can to keep the babies healthy. Thank you again everyone for your help.

Hi everyone! I'm 19 years old and I'm currently doing a program to become a respiratory therapist, I just want to know if anyone here is a respiratory therapist bc I was wondering how much the pay is, and if you knew how to level up to a practitioner..one more question, what do you think is better, home health or travel for an RRT? I also live in California...hope that helps! Thank you so much everyone

Hi Folks : Which would a better option long term for similar price points ? Based on what I have observed, you get more sq footage and bigger homes for the same price ( say $3.5M to $4M) in Los Gatos compared to PA. I see that PA is a better location from a proximity to other parts of the Bay and schools and probably appreciates better ? but you get better homes for the same price in Los Gatos with good schools as well. I also see that Los Gatos homes tend to stay in the market longer. Appreciate any thoughts. Also will consider remodeling the PA home mid to long term.

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but the whole obsession with *bigger homes = better homes* feels like it’s fading a bit. For the longest time, every new launch was about scale. Taller towers, more units, bigger clubhouses, more amenities than anyone could realistically use. And yeah, it looked impressive. Still does, on paper. But when you actually talk to people living in these places… the conversation is different. Half the amenities are either crowded or underused. Maintenance becomes a headache. And sometimes the house itself—despite being large—just doesn’t *work* that well. Weird layouts, wasted corners, not enough light. It’s like the focus was on adding more, not thinking better. That’s probably why there’s this slow shift toward smaller, more intentional projects. Not tiny spaces—but smarter ones. And this is where someone like Shahid Balwa comes up in conversations. Not in a hype way, but more like—okay, there are developers who seem to be leaning into this idea of usability over scale. Like, what actually makes daily life easier? * A living room that doesn’t need rearranging every week * A balcony you’ll *actually* sit in * Ventilation that doesn’t depend on keeping doors open all day None of this is revolutionary. But it’s weird how rare it still is. Also feels like buyers are just… more aware now. People are asking better questions. Not just “how big is it?” but “how does this space function?” or “will this still feel comfortable in a few years?” That shift matters. Because once people start noticing design over size, the whole way projects are built has to change. You can’t hide behind scale anymore. And honestly, it’s about time. Another thing that stands out is how resale conversations are changing. Earlier, a bigger flat automatically felt like a better investment. Now, buyers actually walk in and assess how the space feels. If it’s poorly designed, size doesn’t save it. A well-planned smaller home often leaves a stronger impression—and sells faster. Curious if others are seeing this too—are smaller, better-designed homes actually becoming more desirable? Or is this still a niche mindset?

The honest answer is: possibly in some segments and in some buildings, but a broad rent collapse in the next 1-2 months is unlikely based on current data. Leasing enquiry volumes are around 30-40% below the same period last year according to Betterhomes, reflecting hesitation from tenants. However, landlords are largely holding their prices: listings on the portals rose only about 5% between late February and mid-March, which is well below what you would expect if mass departures were driving a supply surge. About 85% of landlords surveyed by Smart Bricks said they are not considering selling under current conditions. Where you might find concessions: Mid-range apartments in areas with significant new supply coming online - JVC, Arjan, IMPZ, Dubai Silicon Oasis - were already softening before the current situation. In those areas, a landlord with a vacant unit has more reason to negotiate right now than they did six months ago. Premium villa communities and central waterfront areas are holding firmer. The supply-demand picture: Even if a meaningful number of expats leave, Dubai has been adding roughly 1,000 net new residents per day for most of the past two years. The rental market is not one bad month away from oversupply at a city-wide level. The geopolitical uncertainty does create short-term vacancy risk in specific buildings and communities, but a structural rent correction takes longer to materialise. If you are actively looking to rent or renegotiate: Now is a better moment to negotiate than it was six months ago. Bring data: use the Smart Rental Index on the Dubai REST app to show what comparable units are currently indexed at. A landlord facing a vacant unit in this environment has more incentive to deal than they did in a tight market.

**Betterhomes** — Dubai, UAE, 🇦🇪 **Work Model:** On-site **Experience:** Mid-level · 1+ years **Type:** Full-time **Visa Sponsorship:** Yes — employment visa **Category:** Real Estate **Skills:** Real Estate, Sales, Leasing, Negotiation, Client Relationship Management **Benefits:** Medical --- **The opportunity** Join Dubai's leading real estate agency as a Sales and Leasing Agent, focusing on client relationships and closing deals. **Key requirements** - Minimum 1 year sales experience (Real Estate, Car sales, Recruitment) or high-end service industry - Fluent in English - Valid driving license - Proactive attitude --- [See the full listing & apply](https://menajobs.me/jobs/real-estate-agent-based-in-dubai-betterhomes-dubai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_menajobs) [Never miss a GCC job — join our Telegram](https://t.me/MenaJobsBot) Know someone who'd be a good fit? Tag them or share this post! --- *Posted by [MenaJobs.me](https://menajobs.me) — GCC's job board with thousands of+ jobs from 200+ companies*

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Hi everyone, I’ve been researching different communities in Dubai recently and came across **DAMAC Hills 2**. I noticed there isn’t much detailed discussion about what it’s actually like to live there in 2026, so I thought I’d share a quick overview and also get opinions from current residents. From what I’ve found so far: **Location:** It’s located along Al Qudra Road, a bit away from central Dubai, so commute time is something to consider. **Property Types:** Mostly townhouses and villas, which makes it attractive for families looking for more space at relatively affordable prices compared to central areas. **Amenities:** * Water Town & sports facilities * Community parks * Schools and supermarkets within the area * Gated community vibe **Pros (from research):** * Affordable compared to many villa communities * Quiet and family-friendly * Modern layouts **Cons:** * Distance from Downtown/Business Bay * Public transport options are limited I found this detailed area breakdown helpful while researching (covers amenities, lifestyle, and property insights): [https://www.bhomes.com/en/area-guides/damac-hills-2](https://www.bhomes.com/en/area-guides/damac-hills-2) Would love to hear from anyone currently living there — how’s the traffic during peak hours? And has the community matured over the last year? Thanks in advance 🙌