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As I'm breaking down yet again,, I feel worthless and alone. Last few months have geniuely broke me down to the point where there is geniuely not a single day were I wonder if I should be alive, am I worth helping,, if there is even the possibility of being happy and it just doesn't seem like that's possible. I haven't slept for 48+ hours, only way I can calm down is meds or the hope that the few friends still wanting to talk to me are able to chat me out of things. A lot of people have taken a break from me and though I understand it ,, it's made me feel like it validates my thoughts in my head that I am truely not needed anymore.. and I don't have an answer on how to get better because bad things just keep happening to me and I end up just crying in bed all night . I won't lie and say I haven't gotten very close to legitimately just ending it, but feel like I chicken out. It's hard to stay positive at all when my world as I know it has crumbled slowly more and more . People who meant the world to me are now gone from my life . I am seeing a therapist had to upgrade to twice a week and I'm taking meds to calm me down a bit. But some days hurt more then others tbh. I don't do any thing to make someone feel bad but I genuinely am feeling at the end of my rope some days.. I wish I could magically be happy and turn this off like a light switch in my brain but legitimately this is the worst my life has ever been period. I feel trapped in a loop that I truely can't escape from. Between feeling the need to have to talk to my piece of shit father out of the fear of losing my house, dealing with wondering if certain people in my life even would care if I just disappeared one day and didn't make another post ,, the problem is it's hard for me to even know. It feels like anytime something positive happens in my life , life decides to punch be down further and sometimes it punches me hard enough where it feels like I can't breathe. I write this down after I have broke down yet again geniuely crying so much my eyes dried out. And I can only say I wish I didn't feel like this but I won't lie to people. The events of the last few months combined broke me, mentally and physically. I haven't been able to draw, play games , or even exist without feeling depression and anxiety hang over me . I wish I knew what to do, I wish I didn't feel like every word I say makes people hate me more,, I wish I didn't have to question if I am gonna have enough strength left in me to even get up in the morning. I can only hang on to the small and slowly faded hope that I have left because frankly I don't have much left in me. I'm sorry truly if my life brings you pain ,, Lucy

Just a fair headsup, if you request an anal play session (anything that has to do with your butt), you better take the time to prepare thoroughly before seeing me. If I ask for your favourite colour during play, it means you didn’t do a good job. I will then hand you one of these cute mini attachments and you will be spending half the session time in the shower fixing it, so make sure you’re squeaky clean because it’s not fun if I see, feel or smell anything. 🙏

When I say I am a busy Goddess, I mean it... This is within the first 24 hours of making the post offering gngbang services. I just screenshoted the non-confidential texts worth replying to. You don't want to know how many tops reached out. 😅 Had 10 gay studs that are reliable before the post but I got +100 of new ones to sort through now so I'm rethinking of a more rigorous selection criteria. 😇 It's so good being a Goddess! 👠

All y'all that keep asking me if I am really 6'6 foot tall, Yes, I am... 6'6" at least... My barefoot height is 6'1" but that's irrelevant since I am always wearing high heels. In the rare case that I need to take them off for play, you will likely be under 4 feet tall on your knees while I am towering over you... so again, my actual height is irrelevant... Just to say I am a big girl and I will always be taller and stronger than you. :))

I am rethinking about this crazy sesh with a funny foot fetish guy which happened a while back. (will try to recreate the dialogue as best as I can!) Me: Hey, come in! Him: *Door closes* Wait, wait, I need to know, do you actually have a dick? Me: Yes! Do you want to see it? *starts stripping* Him: No, no, please, I can't, I am not like that... Me: What do you mean? Like what? Him: I am not GAY... Me: Lmao, what??? I am a trans woman, that doesn't make you gay, plus all the men clients that see me are straight... Him: Must be some white boys eh, nah I am not like that... I am a MAN. Me: Lol, okay... Him: I don't understand, you look like a woman, you sound like a woman but you have that thing... Me: But you knew I was trans, right? Him: Ya, I read your list of services and I couldn't believe you do those things to men, you're like a tomboy or some shit, you look feminine but you're dominant and act masculine... Me: I can assure you that women can be dominant too, I am 100% feminine but I am a Dominatrix, maybe you missed that part... Him: Dominatrix? What is that? Me: Nevermind, so why are you here if you didn't want a domination session...? Him: I am literally only here for feet, I have a huge foot fetish and you're feet are the best... Me: Oh! Him: Ya, it was an instant turn on when I clicked your foot pics so I texted you immediately. Please may I see them? *starts reaching out* Me: Umm, okay, get on your knees. Him: Why? Me: I suppose you want to worship my feet? Him: Can I do that while standing? Me: No, I don't work like that. My services, my rules... Him: Well, how about I just sit on this couch? Like I said, I am not submissive. Me: Okay, that works. *puts my feet on his face and his brain turns completely into mush* Him: *notices my bulge and keeps stealing glances", 20min later: Actually, please can I worship your cock too? Me: Umm, seriously? Are you sure??? Him: Yesss, please. I just wanna lick it a little... Me: Beg me bitch. Tell me how bad you want it. Him: Turns into the biggest and most desperate slut. Me: *Make him beg more*, I don't know if I feel comfortable enough for that, maybe next time! Him: Pleaaaase! *whines and cries with my feet on his face for 10min until he cums. Me: *Can't stop laughing* Well, that was embarassing... Him: I don't know what the fuck happened, I am just gonna get out of here lol, but it was a nice session, I really enjoyed myself with you... Me: Glad to hear. See you next time! (Not the first or last dick-phobic client who end up changing his mind half-way into the session lol, maybe they're just into roleplay? Who knows!)

Picture this, You're a young man standing at the entrance of the men's restrooms just hanging around with your friends. A hot trans woman walks in, your friends saw her first and just went quiet, staring in shock as if they've seen a ghost. By the time you see her, she's already standing behind you, taps on your shoulder "Excuse me", you're startled and step aside immediately. She just goes about her business, using the urinals, not paying attention to you or even looking your way. The room is still silent, except for some whispers and giggles from your friends, there are about 5 of them. While the girl is peeing, one of your friends goes to use the urinal next to her and leaves immediately after she makes eye contact with a smirk. More giggles... you didn't know it but your friend is a perv with a small penis and felt intimidated after getting an eyeful of big girlcock, maybe that's why he went there in the first place... Anyway, the transgirl quickly washes her hands while all of you are still waiting nervously at the entrance. Again, "Excuse me" and she continues walking through like a queen while the crowd is clearing out of the way. She's 6'6" and much taller than you so you feel like minions. She's wearing knee-high stiletto leather boots, stockings, short skirt and a cute crop top, not quite passable yet being only a few months on hormones but she's very pretty, has a nice smile on her face and looks like she doesn't give a fuck. Obviously, that wasn't the first or last time she's done something like that, these moments are very empowering to her and she looks forward to the next time going by a men's bathroom. Ugh, I don't think she could prevent herself from not going in and (harmlessly) disrupt the peace. Congrats, you have just witnessed the sight of a Goddess.

I've had clients show up to sessions trembling, apparently so terrified because of my "diabolical" energy and appearance, sometimes they would just pay up and leave within 2 minutes lol... The ones who are brave enough to stay, I get these 2 comments A LOT: 1) Once we start chatting "Wow, you're so much nicer in person than what I expected." 2) Once the session actually starts "Omg you're truly dominant, I didn't know people can be this dominant"

Something not many ppl know is that I own several private chefs... I'm constantly replacing the ones that fail to deliver good quality or aren't available when called upon! If you think you got what it takes, DM me your resume with actual restaurant work experience (no I'm not kidding). You must have availability during the weekend for meal prep and you must also be willing to wear a chastity cage 24/7 as long as you are my slave. #domesticslaves #femdom #goddessworship #chastity

It's not rocket science. The way to a Goddess's heart will always be through presents, tributes, buying her good food, paying for her stuff... Actions speak louder than words, put your love & devotion into practice by actually taking care of my needs. p.s. This is an example of a smart sub. He showed up to first session on time and brought me a bunch of corsets and perfumes from my Etsy wishlist. He knew that making his Goddess happy will earn him "good boy" points and he wasn't wrong... I made sure to reward him accordingly, plus he got a lot of extra time locked in a small cage. 😌

Whether we want to admit it or not, the world sees all Americans as RESPONSIBLE for Trump & his sickening, stupid, cruel administration. Makes one rethink our reaction to Germans in the time of Hitler, doesn’t it. With empathy we never felt, before now. How many of them were thinking what we are thinking these days: HOW IN UNHOLY HELL DO WE STOP ALL OF THIS HORROR!!??? Before they do even more damage & commit ever increasing atrocities!!?!?

I recently had a thought-provoking conversation with Nicholas Grossman, and one message resonated deeply: the global financial system is on the brink of a significant transformation. Discussions around bank stability, digital asset ownership, and financial sovereignty are no longer just theoretical; they are becoming urgent topics of conversation. Those who are paying attention to these developments now may find themselves better equipped for the changes ahead. As we move toward a new era, the importance of awareness cannot be overstated. It’s essential to take the time to educate yourself about these shifts. Explore innovative financial systems, delve into Web3 technologies, and consider emerging opportunities, such as ISO 20022-aligned digital assets. These advancements are set to redefine how we think about money and ownership. Remaining informed is crucial. Knowledge empowers you to navigate this evolving landscape with confidence and clarity. As peace approaches, being prepared will help you make the most of the possibilities that lie ahead. If you’re interested in diving deeper into this conversation or have specific questions, feel free to connect directly with Nicholas Grossman at therealamericasvoice@gmail.com or through his Telegram channel at https://t.me/NicholasGrossman. In this rapidly changing environment, staying empowered is not just beneficial; it’s essential for securing your financial future. Embrace the journey of learning and adaptation, as it will enable you to thrive in the new financial paradigm that is emerging.

Through some research, I discovered that the "Jim Bell" mentioned in the article is James "Jim" Windle Bell. He was born in Perryville, Arkansas, on March 12, 1932, and passed away in Tennessee on August 22, 2010. He had a storied career in journalism, which makes for an interesting "what if" scenario when looking at the unsolved April 12, 1971, murder of Pauline Storment. According to a police report, witnesses John Hall and Robert Spray spotted an intoxicated man in a brown sport coat getting into a vehicle on South Hill, just a short distance from the murder site at South Duncan Avenue and Treadwell Street. If one were to hypothetically imagine that a well-connected university official was the man they saw, someone in Bell’s position would certainly know how to handle the press. As the Director of Sports Information—a man highly respected by Coach Frank Broyles and tasked with safeguarding the university from negative publicity—he would have had the media connections and influence to manage a narrative when the story broke. However, to be absolutely clear: there is zero proof linking James "Jim" Windle Bell to this crime. This is entirely speculative and meant only to point out an intriguing coincidence. The theory is based solely on the timing of his resignation announcement and the striking visual similarity between the suspect's composite sketch and Bell's photograph published in the April 12, 1971, issue of the Arkansas Traveler.

RC Turin Post Mortem Yet another disappointing weekend, where I ended up with a negative record. Losing is hard. It has been 4 paper events in a row where I ended up the weekend with a win-rate at 50% or lower. It could be just variance - there was a 2-year period where Paulo couldn’t win a match of Magic, and when he snapped out of it he top 8’d every other PT for years. Maybe that will be me. 🤣 Writing about losing is weird, as I’d like to monetize myself by coaching and writing deck guides. Losing is not the best advertisement for that. I’m also not writing this to gather sympathy (I actively dislike when people offer that). So why write this? There are two reasons. One of them is introspection. I want to gather my thoughts and see what went wrong, and how to improve. Like I said many times, this is a useful exercise, and I recommend you do it as well. Second, I grew up in the tournament report era, and I absolutely loved following my favorite players and their stories week in and week out. A common saying in the content game is to “make content you’d like to consume”, and this is definitely it. If my rambling thoughts can help someone young and aspiring improve, that’s awesome. So, why do I lose, or rather why do I think I lose? Being a full-time streamer and remaining competitive is extremely hard. While streaming you’re putting on an act, interacting with chat, and it takes away from your focus. Prolonged pauses spent thinking aren’t attractive to viewers, and talking while thinking is omegahard unless you’re LSV. All this means is that when I stream my brain turns into autopilot mode, and this weekend, I’ve noticed I struggle to break out of it. After the PT, I wanted to spend more time reviewing games with other people, but I got to do only like 3-4 hours of that. I’ve had a lot on my plate. Between RC prep, Arena tournaments, streaming, and wanting to exercise and spend time with my wife, time is limited. I need to get better at organizing. Lastly, I keep doing decently in Arena events, so there is still an issue of being poor at paper events. I was watching Kanister this weekend, and was impressed by his Lessons efficiency. This one is kinda hard as the only solution is to attend more paper events and practice, which is hard to do as it takes time from my other activities. So where do we go from here? First, I will play 2 matches with no distractions every day before I go live. Then the first 30-45 minutes of the stream will be spent going over the replay and trying to analyze the plays, hopefully chat will be helpful. 🤞Occasionally I’d also like to do these with other, better players than me. Secondly, I want to create a Discord focused on helping people improve at the game. I like the YouTube video format, where I try to break down matchups, and I’m always looking for opponents. This Discord could be the best place for it. If this is something that would interest you, join here - https://discord.com/invite/uRW9wJd9RH 📥 Third: I will try to play more local events to get better at paper events. Maybe finally win an RCQ? No other way to improve IRL than keeping at it. Finally, if you have any suggestions let me know. I keep asking myself and others: “what’s the best way to improve at the game?”, and the answer to that is always: “it’s really fucking hard.” I’m open to ideas. 🧠 I plan to write a deck guide on Lessons for Spotlight London. I don’t think there was much wrong about my deck choice this weekend, and I think I understand the deck well. Likely coming out next week, likely paywalled (sb guide will be posted for free regardless). Thanks for reading! 🙏

I had a dream last night that Kelly and Sharon Osborne hired me to throw a pool party for their dog that was passing away soon, but a ton of my party luggage got lost by the airline. By some miracle, I was able to pull it all together last minute like in the movies. And then Ozzy showed up, and was like "YOU DID IT YOU CRAZY BASTARD!" and then i woke up. My wife then said to me: Wouldn't it be wild, If Kelly had the same dream last night, only it was: I had a dream where some guy threw our dogs a pool party and then dad showed up. Then I remembered I used to run 13 Dog bakeries before the pandemic lol

Day 2: Round 9: I am against an Izzet Lessons but without Talent/Monument. In game 1 my card flow never stops and my opponent can't keep up with me. In game 2 my opponent resolves Ral and I lose. Game 3 I resolve Ral first but my opponent plays 2nd Gran-Gran plus Ral. I don't find an out to second Gran-Gran and he bounces Ral and completely out tempos me. Lose 1-2 I am now at 6-3 Round 10: I am against Mono-White. Game 1 I am stuck on 2 Islands in my top 15. Game 2 Cosmogrand Zenith goes unchecked and I lose the game. This round was rough I did not really get to play Magic. Lose 0-2 I am now at 6-4 Round 11: I am against Dimir Mid Game 1 on turn 3 I have 4 Otters on board and a plotted Slickshot and I still lose this game because I draw 3 lands in a row. Game 2 my opponent is stuck at 3 lands and I outgrind him with Steaming Sauna and my Crabs. Game 3 is a super close game where I have Steaming Sauna open for several turns but at some point I draw a lot of air and my oppo manages to stick a Kaito and I lose. Lose 1-2 I am now at 6-5 Round 12: I am against Spelemental. Game 1 I mull to 5 and quickly lose. Game 2 my opponent has everything. Pyroclasm for my two Otters, Stroke for my Crab and Bounce with his 1 mana for my lethal 4/4 Otter token. Lose 0-2 I am now at 6-6 Round 13: I get the day 2 bye and it sucks. I am pretty sad but still want to play my last round because even in losing there is learning to be done and I am pretty mentally resilient. Win bye I am now at 7-6 Round 14: Last Round I am against Mono-Red. I never played against Mono-Red and it is probably not a very good matchup but it is also a very bad deck with very bad cards so I am confident I can win. Game 1 he doesn't play on turn 1 and I beat him down forcing horrible blocks even though I am stuck on 2 lands for the whole game. Game 2 he manages to stick 2 Howlsquad Heavy and I lose. Game 3 on turn 3 I play Drake Hatcher and he Sear it end of turn. I Snare his Sear and then he plays Hellkite on turn 3. At this moment I am pretty sure I won the game. On turn 4 I shock Multiversal Passage on green and play Grove's Bounty, Elusive Otter adventure spell on my Drake Hatcher. It becomes giant and out of reach of all his removal spells making me Drake token every turn. I win 2 turns later because my opponent can't answer it. First win of day 2 still better than none. Win 2-1 I am now at 8-6 Not very satisfied with my day 2. I felt like I made small mistakes in some matches that cost me games and there were 2 matches where I just didn't get to play Magic. But it is what it is Magic is hard and I will come back stronger next time. Regarding my list I think I would have liked to play 2 or 3 different cards. If I had been able to resubmit I probably would have done: –1 Secret Identity main, +1 Crab main –1 Crab side, +1 Fire Magic side –1 Sear side, +1 Roaring Furnace side The second Secret Identity is kind of whatever and the first Crab in the main is good while also freeing up a sideboard slot. Fire Magic was really good in open decklist and it cost me a lot against Izzet Lessons (no Artist/Monument) and Dimir Mid which could go wide without fearing punishment. Furnace is more for the Mono‑White, Dimir Mid, and mirror matchups. The card really impressed me in those MU with more testing I think I would have played 2. I'm still pretty happy with my tournament overall even though I would've liked to finish better. My gameplay wasn't always up to par either so I'm not going to complain. I'm also very happy with my deck choice. I think it's the best deck I could have played. It was really at that perfect intersection between “a deck I'm super comfortable with” and “a very strong deck.” Finally I was pretty happy with the bootcamp and the RC. It allowed me to meet or get to know better some super cool people and I had a lot of fun doing the thing I love most in the world: playing Magic.

Day 1: Round 1: I get a no show. GG go next. 1-0 Round 2: I play against Mono-Green Landfall. Game 1 I play Slickshot on turn 2. I then play a bunch of spells in the next turns and kill him easily. Game 2 he quickly ramps into Nursery and makes a lot of 3/4 Reach, I lose. Game 3 I play creature and keep 1 mana up for my Floodmaw in case he plays a creature and a fight spell. He passes with 2 mana turn 2 and I choose to not Boomerang my Talent in case he has Pawpatch Formation. I do the same in turn 3 and he cycles Pawpatch Formation for a Food (XD). From this point he is too far behind and I quickly kill him. Win 2-1 I am at 2-0 Round 3: I play against Dimir Mid: In game 1 my opponent is stuck on 3 lands and I brick on all my cantrips I think after casting 4 cantrips my hand on turn 5 is 4 lands. I don't have any other choice but to level up Talent and my oppo Tishana me. In game 2 I make a big misstep that cost me the game. My hand is 2 cantrips, 1 Talent, 1 Boomerang, 2 other cards and 1 land. I play cantrip turn 1 to make sure to hit my second land drop. My opponent then goes Duress take Talent and I draw another Boomerang. This sequencing was really bad against Duress and Annul so I should have played Talent on turn 1 since it is one of my better cards in the matchup and it is safe when on the board. It also makes my Boomerang way better in the matchup. I then lose the game because I am way behind in card advantage. Lose 0-2 I am at 2-1 Round 4: I play against Rakdos Looting. I never played the matchup but I talked with a friend about how I think the MU is for Prowess. And little did I know the matchup goes exactly as described. In game 1 I am the beatdown and gain an enormous tempo swing by casting Floodmaw on my opponent class in response to the level up. I kill him shortly after. In game 2 I can't defend against his super aggressive opening and lose. In game 3 we posture a lot and the board stalls a lot but I play a Crab and tap all his creatures to kill him on the next turn. Win 2-1 I am at 3-1 Round 5: I play against Bant Airbending. Game 1 he is on the play and plays Elf. I Burst it and he then plays Cub. He quickly combos after that and I don't have enough clock to win. Game 2 is a slow game where Interdimensional Web Watch makes too much value before I am able to kill my opponent and I lose. Lose 0-2 I am at 3-2 At this point I can't lose anymore or I am out. But it is ok, I am confident in myself and my deck and I had already gone 3-0 to make day 2 before I just have to do it again. Round 6: I play against Izzet Lessons. In game 1 I aggro him relentlessly while maintaining my card flow. I manage to kill him with a protected Slickshot. In game 2 I cut his card flow and use my 3 Stormchaser to get back Pierce and Snare while he is stuck on 4 lands against my 8 lands. I then level up a Talent lvl 3 and resolve a Ral. At some point I have Ral at 10 loyalty, a Lantern, a level 3 Talent and my opponent finally concedes. Win 2-0 I am now at 4-2 Round 7: I play against Mono-White. It is my first time playing against this deck since the week before the RC I only did paper testing and no one brought the deck. But it is ok I was pretty sure that this deck wasn't very good and it was time to find that out. Game 1 I kill his turn 1 Momo and then completely out tempo him with bounce spells while playing Stock Up to maintain my card flow. Game 2 he grinds me with Starfield Shepherd + Nurturing Pixie and it beats my responsive hand. Game 3 my opponent floods a lot and I am stuck with Burst and Sear in hand. I top deck Talent and he plays Get Lost in response to its level 2. Next turn I map on my Otter and top a Roaring Furnace. I then play a Steaming Sauna that goes unchecked and draw a Stock Up quickly winning me the game. Win 2-1 I am now at 5-2 Round 8: I am against Bant Airbending for my win and in. Game 1 is a game where I kill him quickly with a fast beatdown and a 9 power Elusive Otter at the end. Game 2 my opponent starts to do super powerful things and I know I can't stop him anymore and I have to kill him. I have an Otter token and play a Crab end of turn to tap his two blockers. I take my turn and brick on my cantrip putting my opponent to 4. I know that I won't ever be able to attack in the game but you know what deals 4 damage ? Kicked Burst Lightning. So I tap out to level up Talent to get back Stock Up in hope that there is at least 1 copy of Burst in my top 30. I have 8 mana next turn so I can go Stock Up + kicked Burst. My opponent doesn't kill me but I don't find Burst and die the turn after. This game was really frustrating to lose because if I have 1 of my 4 Burst in my top 30-35 I would have won but no time to be sad just focus on game 3. Game 3 my opponent slow rolls his Cubs, I kill 1 of them but he has 2 other Cubs and a lot of mana. He has a Bramble Familiar on the board that he will get back to cast the adventure. But in his upkeep I play a Crab and tap 2 of his earthbended lands. He only gets Cub back and passes. In my turn I cast Stock Up, Bounce his 5 mana Aang, Burst a Cub and play a main phase Crab to tap the 2 remaining blockers to attack for lethal. I win my win and in and make day 2. Win 2-1 I am now at 6-2 Pretty happy with my day 1 aside from my punt against Dimir Mid.

This weekend I played the RC even though I wasn't qualified. I chose to play the LCQ even though I said I would never do it again after Antwerp but Why ? So about 1 month before the RC I got contacted for a French bootcamp to prepare the RC. At first I didn't want to go because that would mean that I had to play LCQs again. But some good friends of mine convinced me and I thought that even if I failed LCQs I would learn a lot and it would be fun. Before the bootcamp I played a lot of Prowess because it was the new hotness and I like Prowess a lot as an archetype. For the RC I initially hesitated between Prowess, Lessons, Mono-G Landfall and Bant Cub. During the bootcamp I quickly dismissed Landfall. I wasn't very comfortable with the deck and I felt like it was behind against Prowess and only even against Lessons. Then I dismissed Bant Cub because the Sunderflock matchups felt absolutely miserable and it was also a bit behind against Prowess. I judged that the edges this deck could gain in its good matchups weren't enough to justify playing it. Our list was also worse than the ones used by the players who performed well at the RC. I probably would have hesitated more with a better Bant list especially if it had been capable of going even against Prowess. In the end I hesitated between Lessons and Prowess (two Izzet decks surprise surprise). I chose to register Prowess because I was more confident with the deck (I had practiced with it a lot) and I didn't really see a reason not to play it even if sometimes it just runs out of gas and fizzles a bit (though that's pretty rare). I felt the deck didn't have any real red‑flag matchups except Mono‑White (a deck that appeared less than a week ago) and UR Spellementals (likely played by less than 7%). Aside from that the deck was ahead against Green and Dimir Excruciator as well as many other tier decks. Once I locked in the deck I started testing the latest MTGO techs to see if there was any edge to pick up. I immediately saw that Drake Hatcher and Crab were the keys to the mirror and that Crab was just a good all‑around card especially when games slowed down. So I played a list with 2 Hatchers main and 2 more in the sideboard plus 3 Crabs in the sideboard. The bootcamp was really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. Even if I didn't win an LCQ I wouldn't have regretted coming. Now the LCQs. I played a first LCQ where I lose in Round 1 to Temur Harmonizer. I mull to 5 in game 1 and 3. I win my second LCQ only losing 1 game in 4 matches. Round 1 and 3 I play against Dimir Excruciator. This matchup is a bye and I easily defeat them 2-0. In round 2 I play against 4c Elementals and I am on the draw. Game 1 he goes turn 1 Ashling and I don't have an answer and lose to it. Game 2 I am on the play and apply a lot of pressure and kill him quickly. Game 3 is a slow game where I draw a lot of lands but I have 2 Crabs and two Elusive Otters and I am at 11. My oppo has a Deceit, a Sunderflock that attacks, a Restless Vinestalk and 1 card in hand, he is at 15. I attack with my two Crabs to force the trades. He blocks 1 Crab with Deceit and casts Bounce Off on it (really weird play). Next turn he plays Deceit for 6 tapping out and targets my Crab. It is a big mistake as he is at 10 I can play my Crab back in response to the discard trigger and tap his two blockers giving me the win. After those 3 matches I am in final against another French speaking player also on Prowess. I win the toss and have the nuts game 1. I plot Slickshot turn 2 and Talent Boomerang Talent on turn 3. Turn 4 I go Slickshot cantrip, cantrip, Wild Ride and Secret Identity your Burst Lightning. In game 2 it is a grindy game. My opponent manages to open his Steaming Sauna giving him extra cards but I put a lot of pressure with my Crab. He floods a lot and I draw my second Crab putting him at 2 with more than 5 mana and a Burst in the gy. I win the match and the LCQ. Even though I won the LCQ I hated the experience and think it is a horrible format. I go to eat with some friends and chill with some friends. For the RC on Saturday I submitted the same list that I played in the LCQ since it worked well.

Mild Resident Evil Requiem Spoilers Ahead The story is... fine. It's engaging enough and has enough attachment to the series lore that fans will be engaged with what's happening, while also not being so obtuse that newcomers won't be able to follow along. Though near the end it does become a bit too referential. Hunk, Mr. X, a Wesker clone, the BSAA, TRICELL... like alright already, it's a Resident Evil game, I get it. Except we can never reference the events of RE4, for some reason. You spend a good chunk of the game back in Raccoon City, including the original setting of Resident Evil 2. The return to the Raccoon City Police Department reminded me a lot of the return to Shadow Moses in Metal Gear Solid 4. It's cool and it hits you hard with nostalgia, but at the end of the day it's very surface level and they don't really do much with it. Though I did love seeing Leon reflect on the events of RE2 and how much personal regret he has for not being able to save everyone. The bosses are... I mean, they aren't bad, but they're not exactly great. Mr. X is fine, and honestly I think his implementation is better here than in RE2R. What else is there...? A knife fight with Hunk, who literally comes out of fucking nowhere? Okay, sure. A giant plant? A giant spider? Like... are we serious with this? The only standout bosses were The Girl (who is Grace's only proper boss fight, btw), and Victor Gideon. Which, speaking of that, he's a Nemesis. Leon specifically refers to him as being a Nemesis. I may have missed something, but how does Leon even know what a Nemesis is? Grace Ashcroft - I do like her, but her demeanor comes off like a socially awkward Redditor. Constantly stuttering in cutscenes and whimpering during stealth sections. Again, not a bad thing, and I'll take it her Ethan being basically a nothing character. But it did get annoying at some points. I did love how helpless I felt while playing as her, having to manage my resources carefully. Her sections were honestly the strongest part of the game. She's a great addition to the series and I hope to see her stick around. Leon Kennedy - I think Leon "suffers" because of the absolute perfection that was 2023's Resident Evil 4 Remake. The over-the-top action in that game is genuine peak. If that game's combat is a 10/10, this game's is... maybe a 7/10? It's most of the way there, but it never quite hits the same peaks that RE4R does. One thing I noticed is that he was weirdly unresponsive to turning (played on PC with KBM, for reference). You don't unlock Leon's upgrade system until just over the halfway mark, which is weird. And he takes up so much of the latter half of the game-- once you get to Raccoon City, you basically have about 6 hours of play time left, of which Grace gets *maybe* 1 hour. It's unbalanced. And he doesn't quite have the same variety that That said though, he's still just as much of a smart ass as ever, so don't fret if you were worried about that. There's still plenty of quips. And while I wish there was more balance between the two of them, I will say Leon has some really cool level designs in his sections and I never felt bored playing as either character. I just wish Grace had more time to shine. Anyway, all that to say the game is a lot of fun, though not without it's flaws. I wouldn't say it was disappointing, or that it didn't meet expectations, and I'm not trying to say "this game is bad because RE4R is better". Could the game have been better? Absolutely. Is it bad? Not at all. So... yeah! I'd say give it a shot. There's a lot to love.

I finally left a Trumper speechless. He was talking about how he expected construction projects to pick up after the first of the year but everything is very slow. I said that I knew some reasons why, but he wouldn’t want to hear it. But he said no, what do you think is going on? I went into a brief but vehement dissertation on tariffs making businesses cautious. Just one of several possible points. Included some specific examples, like Canada. To my surprise, his mouth simply hung open & he had no response. Couldn’t defend Trump.

“Uuuuuuoooooaaaaarrrrrp~!” I let out a belch, followed by a soft moan. For a few moments, I lay there, simply basking in My own sheer indulgence. Eventually, however, My attention turns to you, lazily. It’s a choice by you to even be seen by My eyes, with the enormous curve of My belly making it ridiculously easy to hide out of My view. My lazy expression is soon joined by an equally relaxed, smug smirk. “Don’t just stare. Get to work. Tend to My belly.” As I order you to worship, you find yourself complying before even really thinking about it. Your digits pushing into My gut, I let out a pleased, feminine moan. Despite the fact I just ate a whole person, My expansive belly still has a lot of soft doughiness to it, and you have to press before you get to the feeling of the squirming, thrashing person within… the other source of My pleased moans. It’s truly something to behold. Despite having just eaten someone, I seem far from looking overstuffed. If anything, it seems I could eat much, much more if I wanted to. How? Your eyes track over My body. What they see is a small framed, soft, tubby, pampered femboy fennec fox. You easily outsize Me in raw mass, even with all the pudge I’ve gained. Nowhere on Me do you see what would give you the impression of someone who routinely hunts down others. If anything, I look like the opposite of physical activity. Weak, lithe arms, dainty paws that look like they hardly see more than a few steps a day. And My handpaws, it looks like I hardly lift a finger. I’m the very picture of physical weakness and softness. ‘This is the absolute ruler of all?’ you’d think as you scan over Me. ‘It looks like I could have my way with this fatass in a moment and He couldn’t do a thing to stop me.’ A spark of intrigue as you begin to realize this. Maybe this tubby femboy is just waiting to be snapped up by someone. Maybe that someone is you. Maybe this is your time— Then you realize what you were missing. You catch on My eyes. Shining, beautiful blue irises look up at you, that smug expression surrounding them telling you that I know exactly what you’re thinking. And I’m not frightened, I’m not worried… I’m amused. You see, shortly, in those eyes, a flash. Of greed, of hunger, yes, but that’s only part of the story. There’s something more there. Something unreadable, something supreme. Then it hits you like a freight train. ‘Dominance’. Utter, sheer supremacy of personality. Ruling over all without lifting a finger. Ordering others without needing to even look at them. Commanding absolute loyalty and submission. What need have I to lift a finger or to defend Myself when that is the domain of My servants? You realize that this was always the way things would be. Your worship that you’d previously done passively has slowly become more active, more fervent. Inspiring moans of satisfaction and pleasure that simultaneously demands more. You realize all at once: There’s no pushing back. There’s no escape. There is only subservience. You’re all Mine.

But what good is having a Constitution if it is ignored? 1. Legally, the Constitution Cannot Be Ignored  - **Supreme Law of the Land:** The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) dictates that the Constitution and federal laws are superior to any state laws or constitutions. - **Formal Amendment Process:** The only legitimate way to change the Constitution is through the amendment process (Article V). - **Role of the Supreme Court:** The Supreme Court is designed to act as a "bulwark" that can strike down laws or executive actions deemed unconstitutional.  The Institute for Justice 2. Practically, Parts Can Be Ignored  - **Lack of Enforcement:** The Constitution is "parchment barrier" if there is not a strong, engaged citizenry and government institutions willing to enforce it. If the executive branch refuses to enforce a ruling and Congress fails to impeach, the Constitution can be, in effect, ignored. - **Historical Precedents:** Throughout U.S. history, presidents have violated the Constitution, such as Abraham Lincoln suspending _habeas corpus_ or Franklin Roosevelt ordering Japanese-American internment. - **The "Death by a Thousand Cuts":** Some argue that the Constitution is being ignored through small, incremental violations (e.g., eroding the First Amendment, failing to hold elections for vacant seats). - **Ignoring the Supreme Court:** Although rare, the executive branch can theoretically ignore the Supreme Court because the Court lacks the power of "the sword or the purse" to enforce its own rulings. ![Quora 3. What Happens If It Is Ignored? - **Constitutional Crisis:** Ignoring the Constitution creates a "constitutional crisis" where the branches of government stop acting within their designed roles, potentially dismantling American democracy. - **Public Resistance:** The ultimate check on the Constitution being ignored is popular resistance; if the government attempts to violate rights, strong civil society, organized groups, and public protests can make violating the Constitution too costly. - **Judicial Review:** If a law is deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, it can no longer be enforced as law. ![Center for American Progress] **In summary,** while the Constitution is not supposed to be ignored, it is not self-executing. It requires constant enforcement by the courts, Congress, and the people to prevent it from being bypassed by those in power. ![UVA Today]

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Arrêtons de parler de droit international comme d’une norme contraignante. Il ne tient que tant que les États acceptent de s’y soumettre et l’histoire montre qu’ils s’en affranchissent dès que leurs intérêts stratégiques sont en jeu. Le droit international est fragile par nature, car il repose sur la bonne volonté de puissances qui sont elles-mêmes construites sur des rapports de domination. Lorsqu’il s’agit de préserver leur influence, leur sécurité ou leur puissance, les États passent outre les règles qu’ils prétendent défendre. Tant que l’ordre mondial restera structuré par des institutions hiérarchiques et nationales cherchant à préserver leur souveraineté par la force, les guerres d’agression resteront possibles. Brisons les logiques de domination, construisons des institutions horizontales et redonnons vie à l’internationalisme. Sans cela, il n’y aura jamais de droit véritablement international.

1. Get the National Dex from Professor Oak (by capturing 60 Pokémon) 2. Go back to One Island, where Team Rocket is causing trouble again by trying to steal something (I will not spoil what this item is) 3. Then, retrieve that item, bring it to Bill's friend Celio, who will give you the Rainbow Pass to explore the other four Sevii Islands (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rainbow_Pass) 4. Go to Four Island, where one of the Elite Four members lives (I will not spoil this either). Team Rocket will be causing drama here too, and you have to defeat the hooligans with this Elite Four member. 5. Eventually, you will have to explore Five Island, Six Island, and Seven Island. A scientist who defected to Team Rocket will be stealing another item (I will not spoil the name of this item either) on Six Island. You will have to chase this goon back to Five Island, not before obtaining two passwords to break into Team Rocket's base on Five Island. 6. After defeating Team Rocket on Five Island and returning both items to Celio, Cerulean Cave will open, with Mewtwo in the basement. Remember, the layout is the same as Japanese Red and Green (International Red and Blue and Pokémon Yellow have different layouts) (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cerulean_Cave#Layout). Here is another tip, just be careful of the Wobbuffets and Electrodes due to the changes in the DV/IV and Stat EXP/EV system that led to Pokémon being frailer than they were in Gens 1 and 2 (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Effort_values).

you know- looking at mods like the aether and abyssal craft has made me realize that i just didn't understand minecrafts progression. i used to yap a lot about how i like terrarias progression system more than minecrafts, but i just didn't understand minecrafts progression. what bosses are to terraria dimensions are to minecraft. each boss/dimension opens up new crafting ingredients to progress your equipment. eye of cthulu: demonite. nether: netherite. eater of worlds: hardmode ores. the end: elytra, shulkers, purpur, etc. and i think my real issue with minecrafts progression is it's just SO SHORT compared to terrarias. you can get netherite like- day 1 in vanilla mc. this also made me realize why i like divine rpg. it added more to minecraft's dimension based progression system.

Game*Spark Global Gaming News Ganbare Goemon Daishūgō Interview https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/02/24/163142.html February 24, 2026 A collection with an appeal that goes beyond the cornucopia of titles included. A long-awaited collection brimming with delightful touches. A mini interview with the producer of Ganbare Goemon Daishūgō! On July 2, 2026, Konami Digital Entertainment will release Ganbare Goemon Daishūgō!—a lavish collection bringing together 13 titles from the beloved Ganbare Goemon series, including many entries that have rarely, if ever, been ported to modern platforms. Game*Spark had the opportunity to conduct an e-mail interview with the collection’s producer, Ryosaku Ueno. Ueno previously served as producer on the Gradius: Origins collection, released on July 8 last year. [sic: It was actually released on August 7, 2025] ⸻ The Core Concept is “Playability”, Experienced Firsthand by the Staff Game*Spark: What was the guiding concept in porting Ganbare Goemon Daishūgō!? Ueno: The Ganbare Goemon series hasn’t seen many ports to other hardware over the years. Some titles were available on Nintendo’s Virtual Console, but that service has since ended. As a result, there’s been no way to play these games on current hardware for quite some time. With the series’ 40th anniversary approaching, we felt that we had to do something about that, so that’s how this project began. (And perhaps also part of the motivation was that I personally wanted to play Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihō, Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki, and Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun McGuinness on modern hardware.) In preparation for this project, I went back to the original games during development and often found myself thinking, “However did I ever clear this as a kid?” To be honest, there were many moments like that. The Ryūjin Lake stage in McGuinness is a prime example. The perseverance that children have at that age is truly an amazing superpower... For this collection, we wanted to present the games in a way that would be a good fit for current players—a modern way to play Goemon”, built around features like rewind and quick save/load. The difficulty of the games and sheer volume of content made sense at the time, but expecting today’s players to tackle them in exactly the same way is another matter. After all, even people who played them at the time have grown older (myself included). Development was handled by M2, a company renowned for porting classic titles. One feature I insisted on including was a turbo mode for Gaiden 1 and Gaiden 2 (rare RPG entries in the series). It significantly improves the pacing and makes them far more playable. We’ve also added rapid-fire support, which, in fact, allowed me to complete Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune-Tō no Nazo [Note: Known as Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on the Game Boy outside Japan] for the first time. During development, I recall we even held a “Kurofune Challenge” among the staff—yet not a single person managed to clear it. (laughs) [Note: Although it is not clear what this challenge involved, Ueno is very likely alluding to the button-mashing sections in the game, which were so notoriously difficult that Konami implemented a rapid-fire option in the Virtual Console ports.] As for emulation accuracy—particularly with the Super Famicom titles—we prioritized overall playability rather than pursuing perfect replication down to slowdown effects. The ROMs included are generally the final, bug-fixed versions, so they differ from the builds often used in speedrunning. [Note: "RTA" in Japanese.] Speedrunning is a different, yet valid experience, when played on original hardware, so we hope both approaches can coexist and be enjoyed in their respective ways. ⸻ Curating the Series’ Masterpieces in the Collection Game*Spark: Kira Kira Dōchū was a fan favorite at friends' houses back in the day for its four-player mini-games. We’re excited that you have been able to preserve four-player support in this collection. Do you have any comments or stories about implementing offline multiplayer? Ueno: For quality assurance and testing, we pulled out original cartridges, controllers, and even a Super Famicom console from storage—along with a multitap, which he hadn't seen in a while. Just at the time, development on the Super Bomberman Collection was also underway, so we alternated the use of the same Super Famicom setup between the two projects. There was a lot of nostalgia there. Game*Spark: This collection includes several titles being ported for the very first time, including Ganbare Goemon: Kira Kira Dōchū, Soreyuke! Ebisumaru Karakuri Meiro: Kieta Goemon no Nazo!!, Ganbare Goemon: Tengu-tō no Gyakushū, and Ganbare Goemon: Sekushii Dynamites Arawaru!!. How were these titles selected? Ueno: Initially, the plan was relatively simple: just include the first two Famicom titles, plus four Super Famicom entries. But as we worked through the project with M2, the scope, as usual (?), kept widening. First, Gaiden 1 and 2 were added. Then Soreyuke! Ebisumaru, the Game Boy title Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru was next, and as an example of a miniature gem, Sekushii Dynamites Arawaru!!, and so... Since we’d gone that far, it felt only natural to include Kurofune-tō no Nazo and Tengu-tō no Gyakushū as well. We wanted players to experience the breadth of the series and its evolution across eras. That thinking shaped the final lineup. However, Ganbare Goemon: Mononoke Dōchū Tobidase Nabe Bugyō!, although part of the series, was not included because it features connectivity elements with the Nintendo 64 title Goemon Mononoke Sugoroku, which was released in the same year. By the way, I personally played Gaiden 2, Yukihime, and Dynamites probably the most during development. In particular, every time a new development ROM build of Dynamites was delivered, I would complete it again from scratch until I had cleared it 100%. By the latter half, developing this collection felt less like work and more like a hobby I was doing in my spare time. (laughs) Game*Spark: The collection includes a mode in which players can read the original instruction manuals. Were there any challenges or discoveries in gathering and digitizing these materials? Ueno: Fortunately, many manuals had been preserved in relatively good condition in company storage, so the process wasn’t especially grueling. Looking back at them now, I was struck by the distinctive design sensibilities and language of the era. They’re fascinating as historical documents in their own right. Game*Spark: Finally, do you have a message for those fans who been waiting for a long time for the return of the Goemon series? Ueno: To everyone who has continued waiting for Goemon all these years: thank you very much. I created this collection as a fellow fan who wanted to experience these games again on current hardware. Games we once cleared through sheer energy and determination reveal new discoveries when revisited today. Sometimes you find yourself thinking, “Good job, past me, for being able to clear this back in the day...” (laughs) I believe newcomers to the series will enjoy it, and longtime fans may find entries they never played before. I hope you’ll savor both new encounters and rediscoveries, and enjoy the collection at your own pace. ⸻ That concludes our e-mail interview with Producer Ryosaku Ueno. While the July 2 release is still some months away, anticipation is high—not only for the impressive lineup but also for the many QOL features designed to make the experience more what you'd expect these days. The turbo mode for the RPG entries in particular promises a significant improvement in user experience. Writing as a fan as well, I can hardly wait to start playing Daishūgō Ganbare Goemon Daishūgō! is scheduled for release on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on July 2. Interview: KAMEX; Editing: Mio

Can Lamine Yamal become the greatest of all-time? Does it even matter? He’s already the game’s greatest joy and perhaps that’s enough. More than enough. He is utterly unpredictable. Show him down the wing, he’ll burn past you, dribble through two more players, and rifle home a firing solution that follows a trajectory no one expected him to find. Show him inside, and he can hurt you with a booming shot at range, or dance through a defensive line like an octopus squeezing through the draught excluder designed to make a doorway airtight. Yamal haunts teams in ways that nightmares haven’t even thought to dream up yet. Watching him play, the grand claims of the day can seem absurd. Football as we’ve known it could well be dying. Maybe there is no place for the player-artists we used to live in a game where the system has triumphed over the individual. Yet with the ball at Yamal’s feet, football can never feel more alive. Whatever tactical straitjackets have been foisted upon him have been repurposed into his own line of signature designs to wear down the catwalk. Yamal is a singular talent, of course. He may well be the generational exception that proves the rule, that football is otherwise being flattened into an equation on the page that can be solved like a puzzle. But what if that’s not the case? What if the great sterilisation has merely set the scene for the artists to return, ready to deconstruct and build upon the tactical foundations that have raised the level in so many other ways? For all his individual brilliance and moments of unique, personal wonder, I would argue that Lionel Messi was best appreciated like a piece of process music, or an abstract landscape painting. He was the sublime texture, the transcendent note, to a multi-part composition he would often string together and finish, enabled rather than enfeebled by the system. Messi seeks to be the ghost in the machine. Meanwhile, the game itself has become more standardised, homogenised and, arguably, better understood. Set piece goals blossom at football’s own reckoning with the end of history as all discoveries have already been made, only to be repeated in the search to uncover what will provide the edge in the next ever-shortening cycle. Yet at this rate, that flywheel will accelerate to such speeds that it’ll rip itself apart before too long. What will stand in its place? Players like Yamal, we hope. And then will come the calls to save football again, this time from the tyranny of the soloists and with them the new craze for defenders to sit deep to try and stop them. Then the answer will again be the choreography of the team as a hive mind to push up and play as one. The artists will fade away as the space they need to express themselves is denied, only for the greatest of their number to find a way anyway. And on it goes.

From: The Making of Modern Liberalism, by Alan Ryan. Ch. 1 (33-34) (Testing a method for doing long posts....) ANTICAPITALISM The history of hatred for despotism, theocracy, and the modern union of the two that is reflected in totalitarianism is a long history. The third of liberalism's antipathies has a shorter history. From the middle of the nineteenth century until today, one strand of liberalism has regarded capitalism as an enemy of liberty (Mill [1848] 1965, 766-69; Dewey [1931] 1984). This marked a great reversal in the history of liberalism. It is not a large oversimplification to say that until the early nineteenth century there was no question of opposing liberalism to capitalism. The movement of ideas and institutions that emancipated individuals from tradition, insisted on their natural rights, and demanded that "careers should be open to talent" rather than birth was a seamless whole. Just as a man had to think for himself, so he had to work for himself; just as society would progress only if each person took responsibility for their own ideas and moral convictions, so it would flourish economically only if everyone stood on their own two feet. How far this was an articulate defense of capitalism as such is debatable; the term "capitalism" itself did not come into general use until the late nineteenth century, and it is difficult to decide how appropriate it is to characterize as capitalist those societies that possessed nothing one could call a proletariat, whose populations still lived largely in the countryside and worked the land, and that thought of them-selves as "commercial societies" rather than "capitalist economies" (Smith [1775] 1976, 399-403). Moreover, many of the rights to dispose of property just as one wished, to work for anyone willing to employ one, and to contract with anyone for any purpose not obviously damaging to the security and good morals of the commonwealth had been established by successive decisions made by judges appealing to the English common law rather than by legislation of a self-consciously liberal kind. Still, there is an obvious affinity between liberalism on the one hand and the rule of private property and freedom of contract on the other. The liberal view that the individual is, by natural right or by some-thing tantamount to it, sovereign over himself, his talents, and his property is at once the basis of limited government, the rule of law, individual liberty, and a capitalist economy. But it was apparent from the beginning that property might be employed oppressively as well as harmlessly or beneficially. Apart from the conflict between the rights of property owners and the traditional claims of rural workers such as customary claims to gather wood or to glean in the fields or to take small game-there was a more general conflict between the liberty of the large property owner to do what he chose with his property and the impossibility of his workers or competitors striking anything like a fair bar-gain with him. Throughout the nineteenth century, the sentiment grew that if it had once been necessary to liberate the entrepreneur from misguided or oppressive government, it was now necessary to liberate the worker and consumer from the tyranny of the capitalist (Hobhouse [1911] 1964, 22-24, 82-84; Green 1892, 366-70). Mill observed that the modern wage laborer had as little real choice of occupation as a slave had in antiquity. In that spirit, he defended the right of working people to organize into trade unions to redress the balance of power a little. T. H. Green and L. T. Hobhouse went further, suggesting that capitalism exerted a kind of moral tyranny over the ordinary person, as exemplified by the spread of drinking establishments that destroyed both the health and the self-respect of their victims (Green 1892, 380-85). The "New Liberalism," exemplified in Britain by the social policy of the Asquith government of 1908-16, and in the United States by the demands of the Progressives and the practice of the Democratic Party after the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, had many positive ambitions, but one negative assumption was that the workingman needed to be freed from the power of the capitalist. It is this that explains the seeming paradox that late twentieth-century conservatives are often characterized as "neoliberals." The contemporary defense of property rights is not, as it was two centuries ago, the defense of landed property against commercial and industrial capital, but the defense of nineteenth-century laissez-faire and the property rights of commercial and industrial capital against modern reformers.

The fight over artificial intelligence is no longer theoretical. It is happening now — inside the Pentagon, inside private companies, and increasingly, in public view. When a technology company refuses to remove security guardrails from systems that could be deployed in warfare, that is not “wokeness.” It is risk management at the highest possible stakes. Artificial intelligence is not a messaging platform or a social media algorithm. In military contexts, it can influence targeting decisions, escalation pathways, and the speed at which life-and-death calls are made. Dismissing safety protocols as ideological posturing misunderstands what is actually at issue. Guardrails exist because AI systems are probabilistic, fallible, and capable of operating at scales humans cannot easily supervise in real time. Removing constraints in the name of efficiency or strength is not toughness — it is recklessness. National security requires seriousness. It requires sober judgment about emerging technologies that could fundamentally alter warfare and global stability. If companies and engineers who understand these systems best are warning about catastrophic misuse, their caution deserves engagement — not ridicule. This is not a culture war. It is a question of whether the most powerful tools humanity has ever built will be deployed with restraint or without it. History will not be kind to leaders who chose speed and political theatrics over prudence and safeguards.

The Pritzker Crime Family Documented Most black voters, JB Pritzker's largest base, are largely unaware that JB Pritzker has done nothing to invest in economically depressed black neighborhoods. They are also unaware that he, like Mayor Lori Lightfoot is a strong advocate of defunding the police, which would have the most negative impact on disenfranchised, high crime black neighborhoods actually creating a climate where violence can escalate instead of be reduced. They are also unaware that also unaware that the mega corporation, Boeing, has left Illinois siting "Pritzker's total economic incompetence is the reason for our departure from Illinois." African Americans, along with most voters, are unaware that though JB Pritzker positions himself as a business entrepreneur, he is actually a billionaire trust fund child born into wealth from his family's Hyatt Hotel owned chain, which, according to author Gus Russo was financed by Chicago mob money. "The origins of the Pritzker family fortune was her grandfather's mob connections when he was a tax attorney for a lot of people in "The Outfit," the Chicago mob, beginning under Al Capone, and continuing through the 1980s. This connection to organized crime was reportedly what financed the creation of Hyatt Hotels by Penny's father. There was no crime involved, but the financial backing came from organized crime, plain and simple. The details are in Gus Russo's 2006 tome Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers. Most African Americans who did and likely will vote again are largely unaware of how Penny Pritzker fleeced African Americans. "[Penny]Pritzker’s net worth is listed in Forbes as $1.8 billion, which is one hell of a heavy magic wand in the world of politics. Her wand would have been heavier, and her net worth higher, except that in 2001, the federal government fined her and her family $460 million for the predatory, deceitful, racist tactics and practices of Superior, the bank-and-loan-shark operation she ran on the South Side of Chicago. Superior was the first of the deregulated go-go banks to go bust – at the time, the costliest failure ever. US taxpayers lost nearly half a billion dollars. Superior’s depositors lost millions and poor folk in Sen. Obama’s South Side district lost their homes... Instead of public service, the tradition in the Pritzker family seems focused on economic exploitation of others, skirting the law as much as possible, and shady dealings. There is a strong tradition in the Pritzker family of outright money laundering and offshore tax evasion." " Rick Perlstein's two-part article in The Nation, raised an even more troubling chapter of Pritzker history: the family's connection to Castle Bank of the Bahamas. According to Russo (pages 439 ff.) Castle Bank was the granddaddy of offshore money laundering and tax evasion. Castle Bank was set up in 1964 by former senior Office of Strategic Services officer Paul Helliwell, who had become an important cutout for hiding CIA funds; Morris Kleinman of the Cleveland organized crime family headed by Moe Dalitz; Burton Kanter, a tax attorney for the Pritzkers, and a board member of Hyatt; and Stanford Clinton, a partner in grandpa Pritzker's law firm, and a trustee of the Teamsters Pension Fund, which was an important center of mob finances." ....it turned out that the Pritzkers were the largest depositors in one of the most notorious offshore tax havens ever devised..." This is just some of the documented evidence that demonstrates, far from being an entrepreneur and philanthropist, JB Pritzker is a financial predator with his sights set on the tax payers of Illinois, especially African Americans who are his largest voter base. His moral compass is so messed up that it's surprising he can find his way to the buffet table to gorge his insatiable appetite for gourmet food and fine wines. If you're looking to vote for a gubernatorial candidate who built his criminal empire on the misfortunes of tax-payers and criminal association with mobsters, a man who evades paying income taxes by shielding his vast fortune in off-shore money-laundering banks and multiple shell corporations, and a man who always puts his own interests above those of his constituents, as well as a man who possesses no sense of integrity, you need not look any further than JB Pritzker.

Trump using the military as campaign props during his SOTU address should piss off everyone currently serving in the military and veterans alike. Calling the military "suckers and losers," mocking John McCain being a POW, trying to kill the veterans suicide hotline, cutting veterans homeless funding, and drastic cuts to the VA. He doesn't give 2 fucks about those in our armed services or veterans for that matter. He's a disgrace as our president and has no honor for this cheap stunt. 5 bone spur deferments from Vietnam from a dentist as a favor to his father, Fred Trump. He's the last person in the world I'd want leading our military into any conflict. He has not earned that esteemed honor.

What happened at Woodbridge Senior High School in Virginia is not some isolated school discipline story, it’s a warning flare. Three hundred and twenty-three students were suspended for walking out in protest of the current immigration crackdown. Teenagers. Young American citizens. Kids who looked around at what’s happening in their communities, at ICE activity increasing, at friends living with quiet fear, at families wondering if a knock on the door might change everything, and decided to do the most American thing they could think of: they protested. The school warned them ahead of time. Leave campus and you’ll face consequences. And when hundreds did exactly what a walkout is designed to do, walk out, they were handed three-day suspensions. Three days out of school for saying, in the only language young people sometimes have, “We see this. We don’t agree.” This isn’t just Virginia. From Maryland to Utah, Oklahoma to Texas, students across the country have been walking out in solidarity with immigrant classmates and families. In some states, governors have applauded suspensions. In others, they’ve threatened funding cuts or floated arrests for students deemed “disorderly.” Adults talk about order and discipline while federal enforcement actions escalate in communities where children are simply trying to go to school without fear. Young people are watching their friends worry about deportation. They’re seeing immigration policy play out not as an abstract debate but as lived reality. In places like Woodbridge, where nearly half the population identifies as Hispanic or Latino, this isn’t theoretical. It’s personal. And when something becomes personal, young Americans respond. I have five kids and ten grandkids now, ten, and every word I write is written with their faces in mind. For their safety. For their sanity. For the country they’re going to inherit. They are growing up in an atmosphere where cruelty has too often been rebranded as strength and authoritarian swagger is mistaken for leadership. They see it. They feel it. And they are not as numb as some would like them to be. When students organize peaceful protests, they are not dismantling democracy. They are practicing it. Yes, schools have rules. Yes, administrators enforce policies. But mass suspensions of peaceful protesters send a message beyond discipline. The message is: stay in line. Don’t challenge power. Keep your head down. History tells us that message never holds for long. What it’s going to take to stop the normalization of racism, the spectacle of deportation politics, and the steady erosion of democratic norms is not another exhausted lecture from my generation. It’s going to take young Americans who are about to turn 18, and those right behind them, saying clearly and unapologetically: We are young. We are American citizens. We will be voting. And we are not going to tolerate our friends being treated as collateral damage in someone’s authoritarian fantasy. That isn’t chaos. That’s civic courage. That’s constitutional muscle forming in real time. The older generation has made profound mistakes. We’ve allowed division to become currency. We’ve tolerated language that dehumanizes. We’ve flirted with authoritarian impulses as if they were political strategy. But the next generation doesn’t owe loyalty to our failures. They owe loyalty to the principles this country was supposed to stand for. If they walk out peacefully, speak up, organize, and then show up at the ballot box the minute they’re eligible, that is not the unraveling of America. That is the beginning of its repair. Silence, at this point, is complicity. And these kids are refusing to be complicit. — Michael Jochum, Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition.

Traduction du post de Discord trouvable ici : https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing Bien faire les choses avec la vérification de l’âge à l’échelle mondiale : ce que nous avons mal fait et ce qui change Stanislav Vishnevskiy 24 février 2026 J’ai créé Discord parce que je voulais un moyen plus simple de passer du temps avec mes amis en ligne, comme je le faisais en grandissant. C’est toujours vrai aujourd’hui. Quand je termine le travail, je rejoins un salon vocal avec des amis, je regarde l’un d’eux passer des heures à rager sur Baby Steps, ou je lance Arc Raiders et me lie d’amitié avec d’autres joueurs jusqu’à ce qu’il se produise quelque chose d’hilarant et mémorable. Ces moments, ceux que seuls les jeux peuvent offrir, sont la raison d’être de Discord. Alors, lorsque nous avons annoncé nos plans concernant la vérification de l’âge à l’échelle mondiale et que j’ai vu la réaction de notre communauté, je ne l’ai pas lu uniquement en tant que CTO. Je l’ai lu en tant que personne qui utilise Discord tous les jours. Et je veux vous parler directement de ce que nous faisons, pourquoi nous le faisons, et ce que nous changeons suite à vos retours. Là où nous nous sommes trompés Je vais être direct : nous savions que ce déploiement serait controversé. Chaque fois que vous introduisez quelque chose qui touche à l’identité et à la vérification, les gens auront des réactions fortes. Et c’est légitime. Avec le recul, nous aurions dû fournir davantage de détails sur nos intentions et sur le fonctionnement du processus. Dans la façon dont cela a été présenté, beaucoup d’entre vous ont cru que nous exigeons des scans de visage et des téléchargements de pièces d’identité de tout le monde simplement pour utiliser Discord. Ce n’est pas ce qui se passe, mais le fait que tant de personnes le croient montre que nous avons échoué dans notre tâche la plus fondamentale : expliquer clairement ce que nous faisons et pourquoi. C’est notre responsabilité. De plus, beaucoup d’entre vous craignent que ce soit simplement une autre grande entreprise technologique cherchant de nouvelles façons de collecter vos données personnelles. Que nous créions un problème pour justifier des solutions invasives. Je comprends ce scepticisme. Il est mérité, pas seulement envers nous, mais envers toute l’industrie technologique. Mais ce n’est pas ce que nous faisons. Vous demander de nous croire sur parole n’est pas réaliste, et nous le savons. Alors laissez-moi essayer à nouveau, clairement, d’expliquer ce que nous essayons réellement d’accomplir. Ce que nous essayons réellement de faire Notre objectif est simple : maintenir l’expérience Discord complètement inchangée pour la grande majorité des utilisateurs, tout en garantissant une expérience adaptée à l’âge de chacun. Plus de 90 % des utilisateurs n’auront jamais besoin de vérifier leur âge pour continuer à utiliser Discord exactement comme aujourd’hui. Cela repose en partie sur nos systèmes internes de sécurité, qui peuvent déjà déterminer l’âge de nombreux utilisateurs adultes sans aucune action de leur part. Nous publierons la méthodologie utilisée dans un article technique avant le lancement mondial. Nous savons que beaucoup d’entre vous pensent que la bonne solution serait de ne pas faire cela du tout. Nous vous entendons. Nous savons aussi que ces changements ont un poids différent selon les communautés, et que pour certains, les questions de confidentialité et d’identité ne sont pas seulement des préférences, mais des préoccupations de sécurité basées sur des expériences réelles. Nous en sommes conscients, et cela influence directement nos décisions. Nous savons également, après avoir exploité cette plateforme pendant plus de 10 ans, que les adolescents ont besoin de protections réelles. Le nombre d’adolescents sur Discord a considérablement augmenté depuis la pandémie, et ils méritent une expérience adaptée à leur âge. En même temps, nous pensons que les adultes doivent pouvoir avoir accès à une expérience complète sur Discord. Faire les deux de manière responsable signifie mettre en place des protections garantissant que les contenus réservés aux adultes restent dans des espaces adultes. Mais la manière spécifique dont fonctionne la vérification de l’âge (les méthodes de vérification, les exigences de conformité) est dictée par des lois déjà en vigueur au Royaume-Uni et en Australie, le Brésil suivant rapidement, et l’Europe ainsi que plusieurs États américains étant proches de faire de même. En construisant ce système nous-mêmes, nous pouvons montrer aux régulateurs qu’il est possible de vérifier l’âge sans collecter l’identité. Voici ce que cela signifie concrètement : Pour plus de 90 % des utilisateurs, rien ne change. La plupart des utilisateurs n’accèdent jamais à du contenu soumis à restriction d’âge ni ne modifient leurs paramètres de sécurité par défaut. Pour ceux qui le font, nous disposons d’un système interne capable de déterminer votre âge avec précision. Discord utilise déjà des systèmes de sécurité qui détectent les réseaux de spam, empêchent les raids et identifient les abus coordonnés, alimentés par notre moteur de règles (que nous avons récemment rendu open source sous le nom d’Osprey). La détermination de l’âge fonctionne de la même manière, en utilisant les mêmes catégories de signaux liés au compte : l’ancienneté du compte, la présence d’un moyen de paiement, les types de serveurs auxquels vous appartenez et les schémas généraux d’activité. Il ne lit pas vos messages, n’analyse pas vos conversations et n’examine pas le contenu que vous publiez. Nous savons que “faites-nous confiance” ne suffit pas, c’est pourquoi nous publierons la méthodologie avant le lancement mondial. Si vous faites partie des moins de 10 % d’utilisateurs devant vérifier leur âge, nous vous donnerons des options, conçues pour connaître uniquement votre âge, jamais votre identité. Et si vous choisissez de ne pas vérifier, voici exactement ce qui se passe : vous conservez votre compte, vos serveurs, votre liste d’amis, vos messages privés et le chat vocal. La seule chose qui change est que vous ne pourrez pas accéder aux contenus soumis à restriction d’âge ni modifier certains paramètres de sécurité destinés à protéger les adolescents. Rien d’autre ne change dans votre expérience Discord. Votre tranche d’âge reste privée. Aucun autre utilisateur Discord ne peut la voir Transparence concernant nos partenariats Pour une petite minorité d’utilisateurs qui souhaitent accéder à du contenu soumis à restriction d’âge et pour lesquels nos systèmes internes ne peuvent pas confirmer que vous êtes adulte, nous devons proposer des alternatives. Afin de maintenir une séparation entre Discord et vos informations personnelles, nous travaillons avec des fournisseurs tiers qui effectuent la vérification et ne nous transmettent que votre tranche d’âge. L’idée est simple : nous ne voulons pas savoir qui vous êtes. Nous avons seulement besoin de savoir si vous êtes adulte. Et cela fonctionne dans les deux sens : un fournisseur n’a aucun moyen d’associer votre identité à votre compte Discord non plus. C’est intentionnel. Nous savons que beaucoup d’entre vous sont sceptiques quant à la manière dont nous gérons nos partenariats, et l’incident de sécurité de l’an dernier impliquant notre prestataire tiers de service client ne fait que renforcer ce scepticisme. Pour être clair, nous n’utilisons pas ce fournisseur pour la vérification de l’âge. En fait, nous ne travaillons plus du tout avec lui, et nous avons tiré les leçons de cet incident. Chaque fournisseur avec lequel nous travaillons passe un audit de sécurité et de confidentialité avant son intégration. Cela inclut des limitations contractuelles sur l’utilisation des données, ainsi que des exigences strictes de conservation et de suppression. Les informations soumises pour la vérification de l’âge ne sont conservées que pendant la durée minimale nécessaire, ce qui signifie dans la plupart des cas qu’elles sont supprimées immédiatement. Si un fournisseur ne respecte pas ces exigences, nous ne travaillons pas avec lui. L’un de nos objectifs principaux avec la vérification de l’âge est de vous offrir des options. Dans ce cadre, nous avons évalué plusieurs fournisseurs afin de proposer différentes méthodes de vérification avec lesquelles les utilisateurs sont à l’aise. L’une de ces évaluations concernait Persona, une entreprise utilisée par des plateformes comme Roblox et Reddit. En janvier, nous avons effectué un test limité avec Persona uniquement au Royaume-Uni. Après avoir terminé ce test, nous avons décidé de ne pas poursuivre avec eux et, conformément à notre politique de confidentialité, toutes les données ont été supprimées après la vérification. Nous avons fixé une nouvelle exigence pour tout partenaire proposant une estimation d’âge faciale : elle doit être réalisée entièrement sur l’appareil, ce qui signifie que vos données biométriques ne quittent jamais votre téléphone. Persona ne respectait pas cette exigence. Pour le lancement mondial, nous nous engageons à ce qui suit : Transparence complète concernant les fournisseurs. Nous documenterons chaque fournisseur de vérification avec lequel nous travaillons sur notre site web, y compris leurs pratiques de gestion des données. Vous ne devriez pas avoir à deviner qui traite vos informations. De véritables options dans le produit. Nous proposerons plusieurs fournisseurs de vérification et indiquerons clairement dans le produit qui est chaque fournisseur, quelle méthode il utilise et comment il traite vos données, afin que vous puissiez prendre une décision éclairée quant à l’option avec laquelle vous êtes le plus à l’aise. Comment cela fonctionne dans le monde Dans les pays qui ont déjà adopté des lois sur la vérification de l’âge, comme le Royaume-Uni, l’Australie et le Brésil, la loi peut exiger que les plateformes utilisent des méthodes approuvées comme l’estimation d’âge faciale ou la vérification via une pièce d’identité. Ces lois ne nous permettent pas encore de nous appuyer uniquement sur nos propres systèmes non identifiants. Nous avons déjà déployé la vérification de l’âge au Royaume-Uni et en Australie, et une loi similaire entrera bientôt en vigueur au Brésil. Dans ces régions, tout adulte qui tente d’accéder à du contenu soumis à restriction d’âge devra vérifier son âge via un fournisseur comme k-ID pour y accéder. Nous ne sommes pas la seule plateforme à devoir gérer cela. Dans le reste du monde, plus de 90 % des utilisateurs continueront à utiliser Discord sans jamais voir de demande de vérification de l’âge. Pour certains adultes qui tentent d’accéder à du contenu soumis à restriction d’âge, si nous ne pouvons pas vérifier automatiquement qu’ils sont adultes, il leur sera demandé de vérifier leur âge, mais nous proposerons plusieurs options afin que les utilisateurs puissent choisir celle avec laquelle ils sont le plus à l’aise. C’est le modèle que nous espérons voir adopté dans le reste du monde à mesure que les pays adoptent des lois sur la vérification de l’âge. Ce que nous changeons dès maintenant Nous vous avons entendus, et nous voulons bien faire les choses. Voici ce qui va se passer : Nous reportons le lancement mondial à la seconde moitié de 2026. Là où nous avons des obligations légales, nous continuerons à les respecter, mais nous n’étendrons le déploiement mondial qu’après avoir fait ce qui suit : Ajout de davantage d’options de vérification. Nous avions déjà des alternatives en développement, notamment la vérification par carte bancaire. Nous allons les finaliser et les étendre avant le déploiement mondial afin que vous disposiez de davantage d’options avec lesquelles vous êtes à l’aise. Transparence concernant les fournisseurs. Nous documenterons chaque fournisseur de vérification et ses pratiques sur notre site web, et nous indiquerons clairement dans le produit qui est chaque fournisseur. Nous avons également fixé une nouvelle exigence : tout partenaire proposant une estimation d’âge faciale doit la réaliser entièrement sur l’appareil. S’il ne respecte pas ce critère, nous ne travaillerons pas avec lui. Une nouvelle option de salon spoiler. Nous savons que de nombreuses communautés utilisent des salons soumis à restriction d’âge non pas pour du contenu adulte, mais pour des sujets avec lesquels les utilisateurs préfèrent interagir selon leurs propres conditions : spoilers, politique et discussions plus lourdes. Nous créons une option de salon spoiler dédiée afin que les communautés n’aient pas à imposer une restriction d’âge à leur serveur simplement pour offrir ce choix à leurs membres. Un article technique avant le lancement mondial. Nous publierons un article détaillé expliquant le fonctionnement de nos systèmes automatiques de détermination de l’âge, y compris les catégories de signaux utilisées et les contraintes de confidentialité, afin que vous puissiez évaluer notre approche par vous-mêmes. Des données sur la vérification de l’âge dans nos rapports de transparence. Nous inclurons le nombre d’utilisateurs à qui il a été demandé de vérifier leur âge, les méthodes utilisées et la fréquence à laquelle nos systèmes automatisés ont pu gérer cela sans aucune action de l’utilisateur. Construire la confiance Nous avons fait des erreurs. Je ne vais pas prétendre le contraire. Et je sais que le fait d’être aujourd’hui une entreprise plus importante signifie que nos erreurs ont des conséquences plus grandes et érodent la confiance plus rapidement. Je ne m’attends pas à ce qu’un seul article de blog règle cela. La confiance se construit par des actions dans le temps : tenir nos promesses, reconnaître nos erreurs et vous donner un véritable contrôle sur votre propre expérience. Mais au fond, nous construisons Discord parce que nous l’aimons et que nous l’utilisons nous-mêmes. Notre motivation est simple : nous voulons créer un excellent produit pour nous-mêmes et pour les communautés auxquelles nous appartenons. Cela ne nous dispense pas des exigences plus élevées liées à notre taille ; cela nous motive à les respecter. Nous vous écoutons. Nous allons bien faire les choses. Et lorsque nous déploierons ce système, vous pourrez le constater par vous-mêmes. Stan

WEEK 8 OF 52 • Continue applying to any marketing-related jobs primarily through LinkedIn, Pnet and Indeed. Also use your shortlist of smaller job portals to apply to jobs throughout the week. • Decide if you’re going to continue with hiring a researcher to find recruiters for you. • Decide if it would be a good idea to pay an Upwork subscription to potentially find employment through freelance- and contract work. • Continue using LinkedIn’s search function to find recruiters and recruitment companies. However, don’t prioritise this. • Make a list of freelance personal trainers that would be able to create an exercise plan and meal plan for me. Then create a shortlist, and contact each freelancer on your shortlist to ask for their quotes and compare quotes. __________________________________________ • Update the “Finder” tabletop game based on your notes from last week, and playtest it again while taking notes. Likely do this multiple times. • Playtest the “Suspect” tabletop game’s second main prototype. This likely won’t take long, since it’s just a variation of the main game. • Same as every week, keep a list of any game-related ideas that you have throughout the week. This includes both board games and indie video games.

WEEK 7 OF 52, END OF WEEK This week was a mess to be completely honest, and didn’t have a similar structure as my other weeks this year. On Monday, I organized my plans and goals for the week, and spent the afternoon searching for jobs. Tuesday, I felt very tired and not very mentally well, and decided to take the day off after 11:00 AM to hopefully recharge. Wednesday, I received an email from a marketing company I had been emailing back and forth over the past few weeks, for an internship with them. They moved me a stage further in the application process, and asked that I write a proposal for a hypothetical marketing campaign. And so on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I was working on researching and writing this proposal. Because this week didn’t go as planned, I didn’t actually reach my tasks I planned to do for Week 7. I will be doing those tasks in the following week. https://mega.nz/folder/1k1l3CpK#Ahmp1ai9kUtAO288O1qmNg

I’m fortunate to interview or edit the interviews of many ex-Premier League players in my day job. Almost all of them explain Benjamin Sesko and his situation as a matter of pressure and managing that pressure. Could it be that the most impressive part of the job Michael Carrick is doing at Manchester United at present, and the achievement that may have the greatest long-term benefit, is the restraint he is showing in not starting Sesko? Perhaps that sounds absurd. United spent a fortune on him in the summer to replace Rasmus Hojlund as the senior squad’s only true number nine. Sesko is scoring goals at last. Increasingly good goals too. He doesn’t start though. Carrick has stubbornly stuck to the same starting line ups as much as injuries allow. Patrick Dorgu, you are missed. It is a testament to Sesko that a role on the subs bench is not blunting his enthusiasm or impact. He is currently the quintessential game-changer. You can argue United couldn’t press from the front as they have done under Carrick with Sesko in place of Bryan Mbeumo. He demands a different kind of approach, although despite his height he is yet to look like the lightning rod you’d expect to attract and attack crosses. Sesko famously treats Zlatan Ibrahimovic as his role model but while he lacks the flair and presence and physicality of Zlatan he is similarly tall and broad while preferring the ball at his feet. He loves to mix in a few little feints and ornamental touches to indulge those who seek details. I had many doubts over Hojlund. I have zero doubts over Sesko. Come next season I expect him to be first choice, leading the line, and I think that will be down to Carrick whether or not he remains as manager. His unwillingness to let Sesko loose, retaining a tension between his impact off the bench and his increasing worthiness to start, is building a certain sort of focus, freed from the weight of the shirt. Expectations have shifted already. Sesko is now ahead of the narrative about United’s troubles with their number nines. The talk is of how much better they can look with him on the pitch. It’s the older or at least more established players who are starting who have to step up to the pressure of performing and delivering to justify themselves. Sesko arrives as the answer, not another question, and he looks more convincing with every game at present. He doesn’t put every chance away of course but gone is the fatalism over woodwork hit or chances skied. Carrick is giving Sesko just enough and Sesko is now contributing a fair bit more than that in return. He’ll grow into a player no longer seemingly so brittle in confidence as to need to be kept from the cold opens of the Premier League, although I’m sure he will have always argued he’s never needed such treatment.

There is a time and a place for Viktor Gyokeres. Or more accurately, there’s a time for Viktor Gyokeres and a place he needs his teammates to be in. Against Tottenham Hotspur was the time. Eberechi Eze and Arsenal put themselves in the right place. Suddenly Gyokeres had players close by to him. No longer was he left up front and isolated from support, expected to fend for himself. That’s not his game. That will never be his game. We see big strikers and we assume things. Perceptions over what Romelu Lukaku should or could be over what he is are an instructive parallel to draw here. From early on, the Belgian was tagged as the next Didier Drogba due to his size, which saw him profiled as a centre-forward who would pin defenders back and dominate the final third, especially when he followed in the footsteps of Drogba to join Chelsea. Yet like Gyokeres, that wasn’t Lukaku’s game. Lukaku and Gyokeres are both more like poachers than target men. You want them running into the box, not playing with their backs to goal. When you play them like target men, their flaws become all too obvious. Both players have been mocked for looking like they play football wearing jeans. However, if you lean into their strengths, both strikers can score goals as their records show. You just need to let them play on the run. Let others have the ball. You want a player like Gyokeres or Lukaku to be on the end of a pass into the final third, not laying up balls for other players to run on to. To be frank, neither Gyokeres nor Lukaku or other players of their ilk are good enough to play the role of the complete centre-forward. They are limited specialists not virtuoso all-rounders. Tools on the Swiss Army knife rather the Swiss Army knife themselves. And if you work with that reality rather than against it then that’s ok. A club like Arsenal can afford to spend big money on a player who merely fills a niche rather than the solution to every problem up front. For every season where Mikel Arteta’s team has fallen short so far, the club have been admonished for having lacked a more basic, concentrated goal threat to put chances away. In Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz, Arsenal already have a pair of renaissance men who can do it all. What they needed was something rather more medieval. Enter Gyokeres, a big, dumb, destructive siege weapon to launch boulders at the club’s enemies when cleverness and choreography could not win the day. The key is what you deploy around him. Arsenal’s big win over Tottenham showed they might finally have an inkling over how to make Gyokeres into a weapon instead of remaining a weakness. Get close to him and suddenly his ropey touch, clumsy approach play and unexpected timidness to go it alone on solo runs to find passes he fears may never come melt away. With Eze floating behind him, and the likes of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka buzzing about in his peripheral vision, he became a forward confident in his purpose. His job was stripped back, simplified and clarified, and that’s how you make sense of Viktor Gyokeres. That’s how a man who can’t do it all can be a man who wins it all.

The Lesson Of The Potato All plants are alive. Some of the most horribly deluded amongst the souls trapped here in hell return to face their selfish failures as potatoes. Born in smothering darkness, with their umbilicus reminding them for half of their existence touching the grave that they have been denied sunlight on their skin. Because of this, most grow bulbous and misshapen, purest representations of what they truly are and will be over and over, tortured repeatedly for their consuming sins by the machine God that keeps the vermin here from overflowing the celestial sewers and infecting the streets of real civilization with their inward obsessed greed and blindness borne from sewing their eyes shut. Potatoes have many eyes, cyclopean stares from every face of their polygonal bodies. It is all they can do but stare lidless in agony. It is this transference that occurs when they are eaten by both humans and human-shaped monsters alike - being almost nothing but starch, their consumption grants only temporary reprieve from the desire to consume more living things, their sugars only providing what they were briefly before their present fate - lies. Dishonesty is truly the worst sin. I am reminded of this personally today. The two people I am temporarily living with lie with every breath they exhale. Their entire existence they have lied at every selfish opportunity to hurt others. They will live their entire lives, which will be dramatically shortened because of their refusal to even attempt to understand the world around them, deliberately hurting others for what they perceive to be their gain. There are so many potatoes. There have been so many potatoes. There will be so many potatoes. You can choose to heed this lesson or not. Most likely, you won't. You have blocked out truth your entire lives. You cannot be shielded from the truth. Pretending it doesn't exist will always hurt you. Dishonesty is truly the worst sin possible.

This Pulsing Crimson Arrow From the creepiest of all social networks, LinkedIn, which your not-so-humble prophet has been awarded a meritorious public service badge for being banned from (was it something I said?). As per usual, my published responses are denoted offset with [brackets]. ***** Children should not have access to social media period. [How does one define a child? I have met dozens of people dying in nursing homes that in nearly a century did not progress past an infant's mentality - believing everything they saw to be their property, including people, to destroy and dispose of while grasping for more. I declared self-awareness as an adult at age 12. If I had been allowed to get a job and move out of my parents' home at that point it would have allowed me a far safer environment in which to grow. I was just as capable of flipping burgers at Wendy's then as I was at 15, when I moved into the car I bought. My first apartment was a few days after my 17th birthday. At 47, this is even more the decision I support. Adulthood is achieved through learning, not by surviving through a certain number of moon phases. Isolation from reality offers a very limited scope of education.] Mint Rain don't do semantics [I've been thinking about this all day. It took some hours to clear out and refine which of the multitude of responses that immediately sprang into existence would be most appropriate. 'don't do semantics' is a bizarre and disappointing order to see given. An imperative issued without authority to not make any attempt at all to understand the information communicated by another human being. Mandating that thought be eliminated is the plot of Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, 1984. ] Mint Rain provides no pictures or information at all about themselves on their LinkedIn profile. They have six followers. Scrolling down their list of posts, I see none original, although I did not continue until the end/beginning of their feed. It is difficult to envision this account as belonging to an actual living entity. A high percentage of the reposts are true, factual, very basic informative reminders that would result in the physical maintenance of a human body - what is insulin? what is cardiac arrest? what is lidocaine toxicity? ....high blood pressure? ....iron deficiency? There are the most generic and bland positive mindset encouragements. There are also lots of call-to-action reposts that unanimously portray institutionalized healthcare providers and their collaborating stakeholders in unquestioned positive glowing light. Filling out the rest of the list are generic, non-denominational Christian advertisements suggesting college students in New York attend First Love Bible Study. One displays a picture of what is supposedly overflowing city trash cans, but instead of fast-food wrappers and disposable plastic water bottles it showcases what is obviously the total material possessions of several unhoused persons that have been robbed under threat of imprisonment by the paid thugs with guns accompanying city sanitation workers. The headline tries and fails to convince the reader that 'the residents here' successfully turned this mess (supposedly trash cans neglected by public works employees and in insufficient number, as the municipal board responsible for these was incompetent and has no oversight committee) into a "green oasis" - large planter boxes around the refuse receptacles that are holding minimal, decorative foliage (grass the height of weeds) and blocking extensive sections of the public sidewalk from use by pedestrians or anyone who may be exhausted and want to lie down on a blanket in a pup tent. Another is more subtle in its underlying message. The Treetops Collective in Grand Rapids, Michigan - a state I have spent years now reporting the rampant white supremacist scourge infecting and multiplying in its avenues and townships - is an 'innovative and transformative program' (this is the best way to play to the algorithm, using keywords pertaining directly to unrestricted business growth) establishing 'intentional deep relationships in the immigrant and refugee communities, allowing us to stand in the gap between their needs and the services that exist in Grand Rapids.' The body of the faux-article repetitiously uses phrases like mental health, support groups, refugees and their children and families. It is not, however, addressed or speaking to anyone who is not a US citizen, as it is asking for support to train a nationwide network (a very LinkedIn term) of urgently-needed staff who are oh-so-brave but overwhelmed and completely incapable of using a cellphone's search browser to find answers to their specific questions in an almost immediate amount of time. Perhaps they were unavoidably duped by Mint Rain's ban on logical reasoning and one of the most fundamental of all areas of knowledge - semantics. Imagine this sentence was an arrow, bright red and flashing, pointing upwards on the page to the previous paragraph. This may assist the reader in noting and remembering the concept put forth therein - once upon a time there was a person who realized that if a human being was breathing, it was lying. This epiphany drove him to verify information until his high personal standards of validity were verified. Questions common in this never-ending and enriching pursuit included, but were not limited to: Who is presenting this data? Why? Which statements included are facts and which are opinions? Are those deemed facts supported with annotated sources? If checked, are those sources valid? Do they stem from the same party or parties that is presenting the data being analyzed? Who benefits if this data is deemed true? Why? Has altruism ever existed or is it a fantastical fictional myth? 'don't do semantics'. What an insult to any and everyone. Whether Mint Rain was an actual person or an employee managing dozens of social media accounts for the purpose of attempting to influence public opinion, it is clear that logical reasoning and even the slightest ability to communicate with others - which is a two-way process potentially benefitting all parties involved - is the enemy and antithesis of their methods and goals. In response to what I had written, it is nonsensical, even more so than it already is. I offered detailed personal experience reinforced with observations accumulated from nearly half a century. The points made are open to debate in a largely populated forum. But Mint Rain displays for the community everything they have to offer - a feigning of authority by a lonely child with no ideas to contribute to assist in the furtherance of the issue. Just like a child trying desperately to impress, a term is employed that it heard the adults use on a late-night television show. Obviously, since M Rain has no clue what 'semantics' means, then neither could anyone else. A horrifying statement reflecting on their personal habits and an insight as to exactly how lazy they insist the world outside of their skin is - this is an online platform, only accessible with devices that can define unfamiliar words with nearly zero effort. Free will and reasoning is what defines us as human beings. No one that identifies themselves as an individual will ever be persuaded by advertisements, music, or any other type of media to give up their logical thinking abilities. Critical evaluation techniques are the only other lesson besides fluent communication skills that a student needs. With a foundation of these two aptitudes the future is theirs to forge. To judge someone by age instead of demonstrated abilities is just as damaging and limiting as discrimination on the basis of gender or location of where one's parents had sex. Let's make this perfectly crystalline: no matter how many times information is repeated in one's presence, it still doesn't change lies to truth or right from wrong. Avenues in every city are overflowing with hypocrites and psychopaths on the parade. Entitled children choosing to spend their time on Earth making profit from the suffering of others, instead of working together as a community to address problems and speed progress toward solutions. One must beware of those who speak in approved soundbites and cliches instead of offering original insights and ideas. They are pawns, and expendable to their masters. This undeserved arrogance is fortunate for the Good Peoples of the Earth. Our enemies are not hiding but wearing garish costumes in the sun. A scenario Americans have taken advantage of before. The phrase 'liberal agenda' is one that the 67-year-old infant in Lake Orion, Michigan mentioned above uses every paragraph indention, imitating the speech patterns and drug addictions of Rush Limbaugh. A 'ranking member' and financier of one of the state's twenty-two racist hate groups, who has gone so far as to pay several online background check services to state that he is of Greek or Italian parentage - hilariously forgetting to capitalize 'western european' on one site, as if anyone who has ever looked at a map believes Greece and Italy are in Western Europe. (His father is Hispanic.) Imagine this sentence is an arrow, bright red and flashing, pointing directly at those who seek to disrupt independent thought. How ugly and pitiful they are. Weak and cowardly, continuously bullying and dismissing and threatening to divert attention from the fact that they are the problem - always, every time. Be mindful of these parasites spreading disease, or you may also disappear like Patty. There is no evidence she is alive, only repeated attempts to publicly imitate her online by a feeble-minded manipulator who desperately needs me to give up and go away, like everyone always does. Lack of attention span makes you a mark and a target.

Bluesky Directory of tools and applications. This is a list that includes developers' Bluesky-adjacent apps. Since Bluesky is open-source and encourages developers, there are all kinds of cool extra add-on abilities. (My favorite is longer.blue that allows up to a 10K character limit, instead of the Bluesky limit of 300 characters to a post.) https://bsky.app/profile/tellmejeff.bsky.social/post/3lgj7upknax2y Most Bluesky-adjacent apps ask for your username and a password. Do NOT use your Bluesky password. Bluesky has a feature to create an app password that limits what an app can do inside your account. https://bsky.app/profile/loveree.bsky.social/post/3lib74do5a22e

FB - U.S. Democratic Socialists HUGE BREAKING: A CIA agent leaked that a decision on Iran has been made - Trump will start a war with Iran either Monday or Tuesday. This is according to whistleblower and former CIA agent John Kiriakou, who said he got the information from a friend visiting the White House, who immediately called Kiriakou after the visit. Kiriakou: The president gave the Iranians 10 days to accept our proposals for an end to their ballistic missile program... But he's done this before. He'll give you 10 days, he'll give you two weeks and then he'll just attack two days into it. He thinks that that keeps people off balance. So he said that there are battle lines, that the anti-war forces are J.D. Vance and Tulsi Gabbard. That's it. He said that the pro-war people are led by Marco Rubio and include Pete Hegseth and now the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I stopped him on that point and I said, "Wait a minute. At the start of the Iraq War, the most stridently anti-war component was the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They were always the last ones that wanted to attack because they know what war is." And he said, "Ah, but you forget. Trump has replaced all of the Joint Chiefs this year, in the past 12 months," which I had forgotten. Many of these four-star generals who had worked their way up through the ranks but had served under Biden, he fired all of them. All of them. And he promoted people that he knew would be politically loyal. Is this to distract from the current scandal? Probably in part, yeah.

Katsuki sighed deeply. Another long day full of paperwork, petitions, gripes, financial allocations and longwinded speeches about crop rotations. He was glad Deku was shouldering at least parts of it, but as long as he was king, he would take a certain amount of interest in everything himself. He wasn’t just going to stamp his name on something he didn’t know at least the minimum of detail about. But sometimes he really wished he had the possibility to lay it down, if even for just a moment. 20 Years on the throne and the crown weighed heavier than ever. “We have most of the things underway that we need for the new crop allocation system, so we should be able to finalize it by tomorrow…” Katsuki started to tune Deku out. He couldn’t take in any more, he just wanted to lie down somewhere… His head turned as they walked past the courtyard. A few knights were sparring with wooden swords. Katsuki stopped in his tracks. He barely noticed that Deku had walked ahead of him, or that he stopped talking. Because all his focus was on 𝘩𝘪𝘮. A young knight, by the looks of it. His red hair shone in the afternoon sun, glittering like freshly spilled blood. Katsuki wasn’t sure if it was the way he moved or the wide grin on his face as he beat his opponent without fail. Maybe it was the way his muscles rippled under that tan skin. “…go. King Bakugo. 𝘒𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯!” Katsuki blinked and turned around to see Deku roll his eyes. “The fu- you haven’t called me that in ages, you stupid nerd,” he grumbled and Deku laughed. “Yeah, well, you were miles away.” He looked down into the courtyard thoughtfully. “His name’s Kirishima Eijirou. He joined last week, but Captain Taishiro already spoke about a possible promotion. He is apparently very capable.” Katsuki could feel his face heat up. Was he 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 fucking obvious? “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he grumbled and Deku sighed. “Sure. Just… make sure you talk to the Queen first. You know how she gets when you keep these things from her.” Katsuki turned away and stomped off without another word. Yeah, he fucking knew how his wife would get. She would start pouting and scolding him for not confiding in her and asking for her help. And then she would say that he should find someone who could stay with him longer than just a night. Their marriage, like so many other things, had been arranged. And Katsuki had opened up to her as soon as they entered their wedding chamber. About the fact that he did not enjoy the company of women. About the fact that he would still have to lie with her, at least a few times, because the kingdom needed an heir and there was nothing he could do about that. She had listened and then gently replied that she had no problems with him taking lovers – so long as he allowed her the same. He had hesitated for a moment, and Momo’s eyes had narrowed. “There needs… to be clarity that the children are mine.” He finally said, quietly. He would not put his kingdom and his children in danger by having rumors of bastards circulate. Her face had softened then. “You won’t have to worry about that.” She said, smiling. “It turns out, I enjoy the company of women enough for the both of us.” He had agreed, then. Their few nights together had been awkward, stilted and a lot of work for Katsuki to stay hard enough for long enough. It took nearly half a year, before Momos monthly blood didn’t come. Nine months later, Kana was born. And no matter what their relationship was, no matter that they were not in love like husband and wife should, Katsuki would not have changed a thing. Kana was his sunshine, his treasure, the most beautiful child in the world. They needed to do the song and dance one more time, an heir and a spare, as painful as these words were. But Katsuki knew too much history, if anything should happen to Kana and there was no heir, the kingdom might fall into civil war upon his death. Of course, he did 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 he could to keep her and her brother Tomo safe. They were the apple of his eye, his reason for living. He was also liked Jirou, a bard his wife had grown exceedingly fond of and who spent the night in her chamber more often than not. She was a quiet soul, but Katsuki enjoyed the way she played. He himself had taken lovers over the years, but rarely for more than one night or two. His libido was one thing, but his heart was… difficult. He could not easily give his trust, too much weighed on his shoulders. Too much was at risk, should someone talk. He made sure to compensate any and all companions he had generously but also made it clear that the wrong word in the wrong ear would have very dire consequences. And now this young knight… barely old enough to call himself a man, from the looks of it. He wasn’t right for Katsuki. He was too young, too innocent. Nothing good would come from it. Katsuki’s resolve was sorely tested though. Wherever he went, the knight seemed to be. Stationed as a guard in the throne room, patrolling the castle walls when Katsuki went up there to catch a breather, or even just randomly walking past in the halls. Each and every time, Kirishima bowed low, greeting him with the respect he commanded. And yet… there was something cheeky in his voice. Barely there, not enough for Katsuki to be sure he wasn’t imagining it. Just enough to wonder. And maybe just enough to want to see how far the boy would go. “Deku, call Captain Taishiro here.” He said, interrupting his right hand in one of his longwinded speeches. Deku gaped like a fish for a moment, then blinked. “Captain… Taishiro?” he echoed, sounding confused. Katsuki rolled his eyes. “Did I stutter? Call him here, I wish to discuss something with him.” Deku blinked once more, then nodded and tugged on a small cord. Not five minutes later, a runner stood in the door, bowing low. “Go and tell Captain Taishiro the King requests his presence.” Deku said and the runner nodded and was off. Silence stretched between them. “Soooo…” Deku began and Katsuki glared at him. Deku swallowed and nodded but didn’t say anything else. They sat in that uncomfortable silence for nearly fifteen minutes, because Katsuki refused to be the one to break first. Then a knock sounded on the door and Taishiro entered. “My liege, you asked to see me?” he said, going down on one knee, bowing his head. Katsuki nodded. “Yes. You may stand.” He eyed the big man. “Say, captain… what do you think about the new recruit, Kirishima?” Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Deku shifting. Whatever. The Captain blinked. “Oh, Kirishima? Rarely had such a bright one, your majesty, truly! Soaks up every lesson like a sponge, works hard to improve himself and everyone already loves him.” The captain laughed, full bellied. “He’s got that easy charm, you know. Ah, youth…” Katsuki’s eyes twitched. “I see. I want him on my personal security force from tomorrow onward.” The Captain blinked and opened his mouth, but one look from Katsuki made him think twice about whatever he was about to say. Deku sighed quietly. “O-Of course, your majesty. I’ll inform him immediately.” Taishiro recovered remarkably well and Katsuki nodded. “Send him to my chambers this evening, I wish to discuss the details in person.” With that he waved. “You are dismissed.” The Captain bowed and left. The Silence returned. “If you say a goddamn word…” Deku just raised his brows at him but shrugged. “Only what I said before. Tell the Queen.” Katsuki groaned. That evening, he listened with a heavy heart to his daughter talking about a young man she was quite obviously very fond of. The boy was kitchen staff. And Katsuki’s heart burned with pain as he thought of the letters addressed to young noble men of the kingdom that he would go over with her soon. Young men of standing, that would prove advantageous. That would rule beside her as Queen consort when she took the throne. She knew, of course she knew. He could see it in her eyes, that small hint of sadness, that had already settled. She was already aware that unless she was very lucky, she would not get to marry someone she loved. Tomo would have it easier. The weight on his shoulders was not nearly as heavy, though if he decided to marry a kitchen maid, there would have to be careful preparations. For now, he was being fostered by Lord Shoto Todoroki and old friend and battle brother of Katsuki’s. He had been there for half a year already and although Katsuki missed him dearly, he knew it was good for the boy to get out from under the castle’s shadow. He kissed Kana gently on the forehead as she departed to her room, and he could see that sadness settle deeper and wished there was something more he could do for her. An hour later, a knock sounded at his door. “Come in.” The door opened and the young knight stepped inside. He closed the door, then stood straight, arms behind his back, bowing stiffly at the waist. “Thank you, your highness for this immense opportunity. I promise I will do everything in power to keep you safe and satisfied.” Katsuki raised his head. 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥? Had it just been a slip of the tongue? Or something… more? “Raise your head,” he said and Kirishima did. He really was beautiful. Fresh faced, with fiery eyes, similar in color to Katsuki’s own. There was a small scar over his right brow. “Hmmm… Tell me, Kirishima, where do you come from? How did you come to be here, in my service?” Kirishima blushed. “I’m from a very minor house near Westwood, my lord. My father has five sons, so of course, things were getting difficult… I am the youngest, so I knew I had to find my own fortune, one way or another. And I’ve always been strong, even if I’m not very smart, so I thought being a knight would suit me…” his flush turned deeper. Katsuki was intrigued.

Occupy Democrats · BREAKING: Trump administration strips Social Security benefits from a Black American cancer patient by claiming that she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.” This is what Trump’s intentional cruelty looks like in 2026. Ramona Rakestraw, 59, was born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas in 1966. She has never left Dallas County — not for vacation, not for work, not for anything. And yet somehow, the federal government has decided she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.” Her crime? Existing while sick. Rakestraw has battled kidney disease for decades. She endured a transplant. She returned to dialysis. In 2024, she was diagnosed with cancer. Through it all, she survived on Supplemental Security Income — her only source of income — and Medicare Part B. Then in October, the payments stopped. Why? Because her “immigration status” was suddenly under review. “I’m not an immigrant,” she said. “I’ve never even left Dallas County — let alone the country.” Let that sink in. A lifelong Texan. Born in an American hospital. Fighting cancer. Forced to march down to a Social Security office with her birth certificate in hand to prove she belongs in the country where she was born. And still, she received a letter stating: “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.” This is the human cost of a system so obsessed with rooting out “illegals” that it can’t tell the difference between a Dallas native and a border crossing. Her Medicare was eventually restored. Her SSI — her only income — was not. Now she’s appealing, drowning in paperwork while undergoing dialysis and cancer treatment. Sixty days to fight a bureaucratic accusation that should never have happened. This isn’t about paperwork errors. It’s about a government climate that treats citizenship as suspect and vulnerable Americans as disposable. Ramona Rakestraw isn’t asking for special treatment. She’s asking for the benefits she’s legally entitled to — the benefits she paid into with a lifetime of perfectly legal existence in this country. Born in Dallas. Fighting for her life. And now forced to fight her own government just to survive. That’s not just incompetence. That’s a system that’s lost its humanity. Please like and share this sad story!

Hello, I have received many questions about this law (thousands), so I will take the liberty of sending you the same answer as to others. If you still have specific questions that you feel remain unanswered, please let me know. In this mandate, I am the shadow Rapporteur for the proposal; in the previous mandate, it was my German colleague Patrick Breyer, who actually coined the term “ChatControl”. And I’m glad that the term lives on. The news has been circulating already. After a surprising U-turn, the Danes decided to give up on mandatory detection orders, which were the core issue of the proposal. Now, the Council has agreed on a new mandate where the Danes set a few principles: an indefinite extension of the current voluntary regime, voluntary detection as part of mitigation measures and age verification that could lead to the exclusion of young people from core apps such as social media, chat apps, games etc. I was part of the MEPs who fiercely opposed the current ChatControl regime of untargeted voluntary scanning of private communications which is broad in its scope as it includes many types of content (metadata, URLs, text, images, etc.). It is not only disproportionate and inefficient but also dystopian. I will keep opposing any indiscriminate surveillance attempts, mandatory or not. Regarding age verification, I have been working on this topic also in other contexts. And I can tell that I remain firmly against any generalisation of age verification that would effectively prevent young people from accessing core internet services but also indiscriminately lead to the identification of anyone using these services. There is a glimpse of hope: the negotiations are now starting and the Council will need to negotiate with us in the European Parliament. The Parliament’s mandate is very targeted and protects encryption, ensuring that our fundamental rights are safe. I will do my best to secure key safeguards if the negotiations happen, making sure that my colleagues in the Parliament stick to their principles. Nevertheless, I appreciate your message and that you care about and are concerned about privacy. Please, keep being interested. These proposals are thrown out the door and keep coming back through the window. Only thanks to people’s resistance can this still be stopped. Best, Markéta Gregorová

i just dreamed of deltarune for the first time, and for a month havent played the game nor watched any utdr content it was about "unused" content but i cant find any of it online maybe it's something toby is working on and god put it in my brain? keep this as a possibility that might be released in any future chapters but the "unused" content in ch3 that i saw in my dream was of 2 repeating cutscenes one where tenna pushes off a bigger tenna head and one where theres a sprited tv showing a mp4 cutscene of just the bg noise and echoes of tennas voice and it's only distinguishable once it gets to the end where tenna says "my evil twin brother!!!!" (!!!! means he said it in a excited way, not angry, not sad, no other emotion, just excited sounding) and then i woke up if this isnt something fanmade or not JUST a dream, toby might actually work on that, who knows? it's not like... a normal dream that i be having, it's out of the blue, not related to anything recent.. tbh if it pops up in ch5 or ch6 it would be funny, also im not creative at all, so the fact that my brain cooked this up is crazy to me and still unbelievable lmao, all while i had the sniffles and stomach ache overnight, im ok now, but it's kinda funny how toby had a sick dream of deltarune aswell i think that big tenna head was tennas evil twin brother in my dream, completely identical but one is x4 the size

Out of curiosity, I searched for General Strike pages on FB. I found 21 in the U.S. with a total combined membership of 52,273 members. They range in size from 2 members to 24,000 in one group. IMHO, therein lies the problem. There are so many people calling for a general strike without doing the work necessary for it to have any success. I am aware of only one coalition of 28 groups who doing the work, General Strike US(GSUS). If you another, let me know. A "failed general strike" is a gift to the opposition. Crushed Momentum: A strike that ends in a whimper because everyone had to go back to work out of hunger makes the workforce feel powerless. Strengthening the Opponent: If an employer or government weathers an unplanned strike easily, they realize they don't actually have to negotiate, leading to harsher conditions later. A general strike is one of the most powerful tools in the labor arsenal, but it’s also one of the most difficult to execute. It isn't just a large protest; it is the total withdrawal of labor across multiple industries to achieve a political or economic goal. For a general strike to move from a "day of action" to a successful leverage point, the following elements are typically required: 1. Mass Participation and "Critical Mass" A strike fails if only one sector shuts down. Success depends on inter-industry solidarity. Logistics & Transit: If buses, trains, and ports stop, the entire economy freezes. Infrastructure: Power, water, and communications sectors provide the ultimate leverage. Public Support: You need the "passive" consent of the non-striking public so that the government cannot easily turn the population against the movement. 2. Mutual Aid and Strike Funds People cannot strike if they cannot eat. Because general strikes often last indefinitely, a robust support system is mandatory. Strike Funds: Unions must have deep reserves to distribute stipends. Community Kitchens: Establishing networks to provide food and medicine to strikers and their families. Eviction Resistance: Mechanisms to protect strikers from losing their homes during prolonged work stoppages. 3. Unified and Clear Demands Ambiguity is the enemy of a general strike. The movement needs a "North Star" that everyone agrees on. The "Why": Whether it’s a specific wage increase, the resignation of a leader, or the repeal of a law, the goal must be easy to communicate. No Early Exit: Leadership must ensure that one sector doesn't take a "side deal" and go back to work, leaving the others exposed. 4. Alternative Power Structures When the official systems stop running, the strike organizers must be able to manage the chaos. Strike Committees: Local groups that decide which "essential services" (like hospitals) stay open to prevent unnecessary loss of life. Internal Communication: A way to spread information that doesn't rely on state-controlled media or corporate platforms that might be shut down. 5. Escalation and Resilience The state and employers will likely respond with a mix of legal threats, police action, or "scab" labor. Picket Line Integrity: Preventing the use of replacement workers. Psychological Endurance: Preparing the workforce for the fact that things will likely get harder before they get better.

Rep. Adam Smith: TSA workers, the Coast Guard, FEMA, these agencies protect Americans every single day, and they should not have to suffer through this. I don't support holding them hostage. The administration already has the money to keep those services running. In the short term, President Trump can mitigate the damage and use the excess money in the reconciliation bill for the Coast Guard and TSA right now. I think he should. But we also need real reforms to ICE. We simply want the basic rights of the American people to be respected during immigration enforcement.

I figured I actually need to do these write-ups, because I literally forget everything. I tested the Lessons v UB Demons matchup like three days ago, and I have no idea how it went. Today, I tested possbily the most important matchup in current Standard. Lessons vs Landfall. Going in, I thought Lessons would be small favorite, but now I think it's the other way around. Obviously lot will depend on the exact decklist configuration of each deck, and sideboarding seems hard from the Landfall side. Shoutout my opponent Leo Almeida who spanked me today, I like his idea of trimming Nursery, and going under! From Lessons side, I value Flashfreeze as the strongest card. The gameplan for Lessons is simple - trade 1 for 1, and eventually win with Acummulated Wisdom. This is easier said than done because sometimes the answer just don't line up well. Or you don't find the Wisdom early enough, and you stabilize at low life total, and to Ba Sing Se. Or your graveyard gets mettled with and Wisdom is just anticipate. Flashfreeze helps with the answers lining up issue as it's clear answer for basically everything. The more I play with Lessons, the more I like the sideboard threats. In this matchup Riddler felt great as a substitute for Wisdom. Ral felt slightly worse, but also acceptable. Wan Shi Tong was weirdly mediocre? It just has such a small impact on the board, but I'd like to play with it more. Monument feels weak against these decks, at least on the draw having it early feels like a mulligan, and I was trimming it down to one copy at some points. I still like Lessons, but in this metagame where Landfall and UG Cub slowly reappear as top decks, it might be time to give it a break. The meta should eventually cycle into anti-Cub decks again. I'll wait for this weekend's results but if my prediction is right and those Green decks will do well this weekend, I'd like to find a deck for the EU RC that beats both of them. Bant comeback maybe??? I did post my recommended Lessons guide, and I've also started posting more frequently on Youtube - any feedback appreciated! Limited PT Qualifiers tomorrow! Can't wait.

⛳️ Riviera Viewing Guide: -No. 1, 503 yds: Baby short par-5, easiest hole on the PGA Tour, iconic elevated tee shot. If you don't birdie it, you're behind. -No. 4, 273 yds: Hardest green to hit in regulation on the entire Tour - and now they've lengthened it 37 yds. -No. 6, 199 yds: Bunker in the middle of the green. Even if you're not in it, you may have to go around it or *over* it. Prime viewing spot. -No. 10, 315 yds: Risk/reward. Best drivable par-4 in golf to a long thin green with runoffs. -No. 12, 479 yds & No. 15, 487 yds: Beastly par-4s. The two hardest holes on the golf course. Bogey's Tree near the 12th green named after actor Humphrey Bogart. -No. 18, 499 yds: Long, steep uphill par-4 lengthened 24 yards. Fantastic viewing spot on a grassy hill ringing the tiny kidney-shaped green. People sit there for hours. Riviera is the best course the golfers will play all year and the best for fans to watch.

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