Hello, I want to monetize my channel, but I was denied. I haven't appealed yet. I'm sure it is because I have 4 videos with copyright claims. I haven't used any copyright covered music in 16 years though, and all the video is mine. The vast majority of my views come from one music video.
I also have a short handle: @suck
I'd rather not delete any of the videos with claims, but I would reluctantly delete 3 of them. I'm absolutely not deleting the music video with 4M views though. Will it help me get approved if I set the videos to private?
Can anybody share any advice or strategies on how to monetize my channel, or some steps to take to increase my chances of approval? Or do I burn the channel down and start posting @suck themed videos? (mostly joking...)

And Electabuzz is already finished. Sometimes, I just really feel like doing a run and just because I can. Electabuzz was a Pokemon I loved in XD, my history with it came from the Elekid you could get in a trade named Zaprong. It was the MVP of all my teams in XD, even when half my team was Electric type already. Without further ado...
Up to Brock: Moveset: Quick Attack, Leer Electabuzz actually has more Attack than I thought. It's good that he has a nice stat for it. It's nearly as much as Special in this case. I had confidence Electabuzz would be very good at this. He had more than enough power to take down Gary's Bulbasaur, and he got through Viridian Forest pretty well. Nearly ran out of Quick Attacks, but I managed to do it by using Leer to help save my last bits of PP. I took out Gary 1A very quickly, too, and didn't even have a rough time against Buzz Lightyear. Sandshrew's Sand-Attacks hardly did anything. Even before getting Thunderbolt, I was doing pretty damn well. I did utilize Leer against Geodude to try to keep his Defenses low while I hit him with Quick Attack. It didn't work the first time, but I grinded up just one level, from 12 to 13, and while I took a beating from Geodude, I took him out. Then Onix... played the absolute worst I had ever seen him play. He kept switching between Screech and Bide, never using Tackle once, allowing me to lower him to -6 Defense, killing him off.
Up to Misty: Moveset: Quick Attack, Leer, Mega Punch, Thunder Wave I caught a Spearow while going through the grass to Mt. Moon, but a Jigglypuff who came after wasted all my Poke Balls. Not a big loss, I got the Spearow. I chose the Helix Fossil. Mega Punch gave me quite a big boost in power. Not having an Electric move worried me slightly, so I chose to trounce Gary 2. Turned out all Electabuzz had to do was clench his fists and punch through his entire team, much like Kangaskhan did. Now I felt like a boss. I punched through Nugget Bridge, punched through a few other trainers, and then I remembered Seismic Toss. I knew I had to beat both the Hiker and the Jr. Trainer to get it now, but I chose to get it now. Through Leer and Mega Punch, I pummeled the Geodudes down. Still wouldn't advise it. It'd make a bit more sense to utilize Cut when you get it later to go here, I think. When I came back to heal after that... battle, I came back to see if I could handle Misty. I was able to handle her, too. The Thunder Wave I picked up to help kept Starmie at bay, Leer made sure her X Defends did nothing, and I punched through both of Misty's starfish.
Up to Surge: Moveset: Body Slam, Seismic Toss, Mega Punch, Thunder Wave I went back to obtain the S.S. Ticket, and got to the boat pretty fast. Got the Seismic Toss as well. Felt pretty good about the pace at the moment. As I did, I went through all the normal fights I usually did, and Gary 3 went by pretty fast. Body Slam just solidified my damage even more than normal. I slammed through everything he had. I got Cut after I traded for Dux, and I caught a Diglett when I left the boat. Surge was yet again, an easy fight. I spammed Body Slam through the whole fight. Except with Voltorb. I ended it with Mega Punch to conserve Body Slam PP. Legitimately, having both those moves isn't always bad.
Up to Erika: Moveset: Body Slam, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave You'd think Boomer would mess him up. He didn't. Seismic Toss was a 2HKO on each of his three Pokemon, even the Graveler. It chose to hit me with Tackle, which did jack, and shit. Do I even need to mention Gary 4? I had Thunderbolt. My man tore through his team at that point. ZAPPITY ZAP ZAP DOUBLE D! Oh, and I Body Slammed Kadabra and Ivysaur pretty easily. These stats are PERFECT for solo running. I stopped to both buy the Reflect TM from the Celadon store, and also to get Psychic from Saffron. Psychic beat up Giovanni 1 straight up, and while Erika gave me a reset because Vileplume hit with a strong Sleep Powder, I kicked her butt. Psychic swept her, too.
Up to Koga: Moveset: Same Well, this felt like a literal lightning round. I got Fly for Dux to get back to Lavender, and again, Psychic got through it, even Ghost Marowak didn't like Psychic very much. Snorlax got zapped out, and I cycled to the gym immediately. I was already underleveled, and despite this, I won with Psychic. Now... Weezing's Sludge HURT like a bitch, but I took it out. I still had the speed to win. Good enough for me.
Up to Sabrina: Moveset: NOW I'M MOTIVATED! I hope that helps signify how I felt about this thing. Rival Fival didn't have me reset. I just zapped through one part of his team (being Pidgeot, Gyarados, and Growlithe), slammed Alakazam out of the way, and Psychic was good enough to take down Venusaur. With a crit. Giovanni 2 was yet another sweep with Psychic (though Kangaskhan took the zap), and Sabrina wasn't bad at all. Body Slam killed Kadabra, Mr. Mime got zapped out, Venomoth took two Psychics, and I zapped Alakazam with a Thunder Wave. It hit me with Psywaves as I kept slamming it. The first one did 1 damage. Literally 1. MY GIRL, STOP USING THIS!
Up to Blaine: YOU SHALL DIE.. SHISHISNSIHISNSHING... Um... Zappity Zap Zap... Double D... I'm beginning to think I need a new bit. Did this while also being underleveled.
Up to Giovanni 3: I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROAAAACHIIINNGGGG... Despite the fact that only two of his Pokemon are actually weak to Psychic, I took out his whole team with Psychic. While still being underleveled. Again.
Gary 6: Moveset: Body Slam, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Reflect I used my Rare Candies now, for sure, because I was sure I couldn't be THIS underleveled anymore. I took a reset here, too, I think because Pidgeot Quick Attacked me. Or because I missed a Thunderbolt on Gyarados and took a strong Hydro Pump. Either way, not good. Thunderbolt killed Pidgeot, Psychic ended Rhyhorn, I then shocked Growlithe and Gyarados, slammed down Alakazam, and I crit on Venusaur with Psychic again.
Elite Four: Moveset: PROOVOOOKINNGG... BLACK CLOUDS IN ISOLAAATIIOONN... I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAAAAAMMMEEEE!!! BORN IN FLAMES, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED, MY FAMILY CREST IS A DEMON OF DEATH!!!! Yet I am an Electric type. I could care less of my type not matching up to the lyrics, for now, I am against the League. My level was low enough to where I made it necessary to fight several Victory Road Trainers. Turned out, that was enough.
Lorelei: I will spare you the zap bit and just say Thunderbolt did it.
Bruno: Same as Lorelei, but I set up Reflect and spammed Psychic.
Agatha: Psychic did it. Thunderbolted the Golbat.
Lance: After Gyarados died to Thunderbolt, I set up Reflect, and spammed Psychic on the Dragonairs, and used Thunderbolt on Aerodactyl and Dragonite. And to think I was debating between Reflect and Light Screen...
Champion Gary: I set up Reflect immediately, zapped Pidgeot, slammed Alakazam, it lived to also copy my strat, then I zapped it. Rhydon died to Psychic... Gyarados and Arcanine both die to Thunderbolt, and I hit Venusaur with Psychic. It's Mega Drain did nothing, and then Psychic finished it off.
I won at Level 63 and at a time of 3:58.
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Rankings: 1. Gengar: 62, 3:21, 4 resets. (Thunderbolt, Mega Drain, Psychic, Body Slam) 2. Kangaskhan: 62, 3:24, 1 reset. (Body Slam, Blizzard, Earthquake, Rock Slide 3. Victreebel: 62, 3:30, 2 resets. (Razor Leaf, Swords Dance, Body Slam, Sleep Powder) 4. Blastoise: 63, 3:32, 8 resets. (Blizzard, Withdraw, Surf, Earthquake) 5. Nidoking: 67, 3:43, 8 resets. (Body Slam, Blizzard, Earthquake, Thunderbolt) 6. Venusaur: 62, 3:47, 7 resets. (Body Slam, Swords Dance, Sleep Powder, Razor Leaf) 7. Mr. Mime: 70, 3:47, 7 resets. (Psychic, Meditate/Reflect, Body Slam, Thunderbolt) 8. Primeape: 63, 3:52, 5 resets. (Dig, Thunderbolt, Karate Chop, Rock Slide) 9. Poliwrath: 63, 3:56, 12 resets. (Blizzard, Earthquake, Amnesia, Surf) 10. Lickitung: 63, 3:57, 3 resets. (Swords Dance, Body Slam, Earthquake, Blizzard) 11. Electabuzz: 63, 3:58, 3 resets. (Body Slam, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Reflect) 12. Charizard: 66, 3:59, 10 resets. (Earthquake, Body Slam, Flamethrower, Swords Dance) 13. Hitmonlee: 69, 3:59, 13 resets. (Hi Jump Kick, Meditate, Seismic Toss, Body Slam/Mimic/Mega Kick) 14. Slowbro: 64, 4:00, 12 resets. (Psychic, Blizzard, Surf, Amnesia) 15. Machamp: 67, 4:05, 8 resets. (Rock Slide, Body Slam, Submission, Earthquake) 16. Kingler: 64, 4:14, 13 resets. (Surf, Blizzard, Swords Dance, Body Slam) 17. Raticate: 68, 4:17, 13 resets (Blizzard, Dig, Body Slam, Thunderbolt) 18. Seadra: 67, 4:26. 16 resets. (Surf, Blizzard, Double-Edge, Agility) 19. Tentacruel: 60, 4:28, 10 resets (Blizzard, Barrier, Mega Drain, Surf) 20. Ninetales: 67, 4:28, 11 resets (Flamethrower, Body Slam, Mimic, Dig) 21. Nidoqueen: 67, 4:29, 11 resets. (Earthquake, Blizzard, Body Slam, Thunderbolt) 22. Farfetch'd: 70, 4:33, 10 resets. (Fly, Slash, Swords Dance, Body Slam) 23. Hypno: 62, 4:38, 8 resets. (Meditate, Hypnosis, Body Slam, Psychic) 24. Clefable, 67, 4:39, 4 resets. (Body Slam, Psychic/Blizzard, Minimize, Thunderbolt) 25. Wigglytuff, 66, 4:41, 6 resets. (Thunderbolt, Body Slam, Psychic/Blizzard, Defense Curl) 26. Dewgong: 64, 4:44, 5 resets. (Blizzard, Mimic, Surf, Body Slam) 27. Scyther: 63, 4:46, 18 resets. (Swords Dance, Swift/Mimic, Slash, Double Team) 28. Golem: 68: 4:49, 8 resets. (Earthquake, Defense Curl, Rock Slide, Body Slam) 29. Chansey: 68, 4:51, 2 resets. (Minimize, Psychic/Softboiled, Thunderbolt, Blizzard) 30. Butterfree: 66, 4:53, 28 resets. (Mimic, Sleep Powder, Psychic, Mega Drain) 31. Jynx: 61, 4:57, 4 resets. (Body Slam, Lovely Kiss, Psychic, Blizzard) 32. Persian: 70, 4:58, 13 resets. (Mimic, Bubblebeam, Thunderbolt, Body Slam) 33. Sandslash: 67, 5:00, 11 resets. (Body Slam, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Earthquake) 34. Vileplume: 67, 5:04, 15 resets. (Mega Drain, Body Slam/Mimic, Swords Dance, Sleep Powder) 35. Marowak: 73, 5:10, 9 resets. (Blizzard, Earthquake, Mimic, Body Slam) 36. Alakazam: 63, 5:18, 4 resets. (Toxic, Psychic, Recover, Seismic Toss) 37. Seaking: 64, 5:20, 8 resets. (Agility, Double-Edge, Blizzard, Surf) 38. Tangela: 66, 5:24, 16 resets. (Sleep Powder, Growth, Body Slam/Mimic, Mega Drain) 39. Rapidash: 72. 5:24, 10 resets. (Fire Blast, Body Slam, Mimic, Agility) 40. Arbok: 71, 5:28, 27 resets. (Mimic, Earthquake, Body Slam, Rock Slide) 41. Raichu: 63, 5:29, 5 resets. (Thunderbolt, Mimic, Agility, Seismic Toss) 42. Golduck: 64, 5:34, 6 resets. (Dig, Blizzard, Mimic, Surf) 43. Starmie: 61, 5:42, 16 resets. (Thunderbolt, Blizzard, Surf, Psychic) 44. Muk: 66, 5:42, 11 resets. (Mega Drain/Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, Minimize, Sludge) 45. Hitmonchan: 73. 5:44, 12 resets. (Submission/Mimic/Submission, Agility, Ice Punch/Seismic Toss, Body Slam) 46. Dodrio: 72, 5:49, 17 resets. (Drill Peck, Mimic, Agility, Body Slam) 47. Fearow: 73, 6:00, 30 resets. (Drill Peck, Mimic, Agility, Swift) 48. Venomoth: 65, 6:24, 15 resets. (Mimic, Psychic, Sleep Powder, Mega Drain) 49. Golbat: 74, 6:26, 12 resets. (Double-Edge, Wing Attack, Mega Drain, Mimic) 50. Electrode: 70, 6:29, 25 resets. (Thunderbolt, Mimic, Swift, Toxic/Reflect) 51. Parasect, 71, 6:32, 18 resets. (Body Slam, Spore, Swords Dance, Dig) 52. Cloyster, 62, 6:55, 17 resets. (Blizzard, Withdraw, Surf, Tri Attack) 53. Beedrill: 65, 6:55, 23 resets. (Swords Dance, Mega Drain, Double-Edge, Twineedle) 54. Magneton: 64. 6:58, 10 resets. (Rest, Double-Edge, Thunderbolt, Mimic) 55. Onix: 80, 7:11, 25 resets. (Earthquake, Harden, Body Slam, Rock Slide) 56. Pidgeot: 76, 7:16, 13 resets. (Mimic, Agility, Double-Edge, Fly) 57. Arcanine: 72, 7:17. 14 resets. (Body Slam, Dig, Fire Blast, Agility) 58. Weezing: 72, 7:31, 12 resets. (Mimic, Sludge, Thunderbolt, Fire Blast) 59. Rhydon: 73, 7:33, 16 resets. (Thunderbolt, Earthquake, Mimic, Rock Slide) 60. Dugtrio: 78, 7:47, 33 resets. (Slash, Mimic, Earthquake, Rock Slide) 61. Exeggutor: 71, 9:16, 25 resets. (Mimic, Psychic, Mega Drain, Sleep Powder)
While this run MOTIVATED me, I was utterly SHOCKED at the fact he just barely MISSED the top 10: S: Gengar,Kangaskhan, Victreebel, Blastoise, Nidoking, Venusaur, Mr. Mime, Primeape, Poliwrath, Lickitung, Electabuzz, Charizard, Hitmonlee A: Slowbro, Machamp, Kingler, Raticate, Seadra, Tentacruel, Ninetales, Nidoqueen, Farfetch'd, Hypno, Clefable, Wigglytuff, Dewgong, Scyther, Golem, Chansey, Butterfree, Jynx, Persian B: Sandslash, Vileplume, Marowak, Alakazam, Seaking, Tangela, Rapidash, Arbok, Raichu, Golduck, Starmie, Muk, Hitmonchan, Dodrio C: Fearow, Venomoth, Golbat, Electrode, Parasect, Cloyster, Beedrill, Magneton D: Onix, Pidgeot, Arcanine, Weezing, Rhydon, Dugtrio E: N/A F: Exeggutor
And Electabuzz is the best Electric type so far. Sorry Raichu. Next is his twin brother... or I guess Fire-type counterpart... DANTE, I mean Magmar. I think it should be kinda neat.

2021 pic is post ankle surgery. Had 3 surgeries to fix my broken ankle(260 lbs). 2022 pic is from consistent implementation of fasting and lifting(185-190 lbs). 2023 is most recent after doing the same thing over and over for almost 3 years now(170-175lbs). Stats- Male 25 Height- 5’11 Weight- 175 Fasting regimen- 16/8 BF percent- 13% Workout- 5x/week

(Sorry Kim...you must have called it an early night!) ;)
-Another indicator we are on the way to exiting BK:
-Posted Summary below....seems like both parties are "walking-away". Don't think it affects our claim against the Catch-and-kill against PSS! This may free up PD1 ( Socazolimab ) developmental work or further news with Lee's Phama/China Oncology Focus - just speculating about SRNE ties in China?
-Cut and paste summary below:
Docket 810:
" Motion for Entry of an Order Approving and Implementing Mediation Settlement and Granting Related Relief Filed by Debtor Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. Hearing scheduled for 6/29/2023 at 01:00 PM at telephone and video conference. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit A # (2) Exhibit B # (3) Exhibit C # (4) Exhibit D # (5) Exhibit E # (6) Exhibit F # (7) Exhibit G # (8) Proposed Order) (Peguero, Kristhy) "
Stretto: https://cases.stretto.com/public/x228/12086/PLEADINGS/1208606072380000000042.pdf
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Settlement Summary

1. Debtors’ Settlement with the Nant Parties—Payment or Mutual Releases. The Settlement has a toggle framework whereby the Debtors can either (i) raise sufficient funds to irrevocably pay the more than $175 million owed to NantCell and NANTibody (on account of their two respective judgments) (the “Nant Payments”) or (ii) elect to not make such payments and “walk away” with a full “divorce” from the Nant Parties.
   
2. In the payment scenario, referred to in paragraph 9(i) above, the Debtors have agreed with the DIP Lender, the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee, and the Equity Committee that they will not make the Nant Payments unless they have secured committed financing (without material contingencies) to pay each of (i) the DIP Facility, and (ii) unless otherwise agreed in 3 The summary of the Settlement set forth below is subject to the more detailed terms of the Order. In the event of any inconsistency between this summary and the Order, the Order shall control. Case 23-90085 Document 810 Filed in TXSB on 06/06/23 Page 4 of 12 5 US-DOCS\142224284 advance in writing by the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee, all allowed general unsecured claims in full in cash on the effective date of a chapter 11 plan of reorganization (a “Plan”).
   
3. In the walk-away scenario, referred to in paragraph 9(ii) above, (i) the Debtors and the Nant Parties (including their respective Related Parties) will mutually release their pending litigation matters and all other claims and judgments against each other, including the approximately $175 million owed to NantCell and NANTibody; (ii) the Debtors will convey all of their ownership in NANTibody, NantCancerStemCell, LLC, and NantBio, Inc. to those respective entities (and Sorrento’s membership, directorship, and any other rights in those entities, as applicable, will be canceled); (iii) NantBio will pay the Debtors $1.5 million; and (iv) NantCell and the Nant Parties will obtain a full release of the Debtors’ royalty rights with respect to the PDL1 antibody that is the subject of the April 21, 2015 Exclusive License Agreement between NantCell and Sorrento. In short, the walk-away would be a full divorce of all relationships between the Debtors and the Nant Parties (and their respective Related Parties), so that both sides can continue operating without needing to interact with each other, thereby minimizing the prospect of future litigation.
   
4. This toggle framework will allow the Debtors to preserve optionality in the near term and determine the most value-maximizing path forward, as they continue their ongoing sale and financing marketing process. The implementation of the Settlement with the Nant Parties (i) will be effectuated through the Plan if the Plan is effective on or prior to July 14, 2023, or (ii) if the Plan is not effective on or prior to July 14, 2023, will be effectuated prior to and separate from the Plan pursuant to the Order.
   
5. Plan Support. Upon the entry of the Order, the Nant Parties agree to support and vote to accept the Plan (and will take no actions that could interfere with or delay confirmation of Case 23-90085 Document 810 Filed in TXSB on 06/06/23 Page 5 of 12 6 US-DOCS\142224284 the Plan or that support any competing plan), provided that the Plan contains (i) the terms of the Settlement and all of the terms and conditions contained in the Order, (ii) no terms and conditions inconsistent with the Settlement or any terms and conditions contained in the Order, and (iii) only such other terms that are acceptable to the Nant Parties to the extent any of them are affected by any of such other terms.
   
6. Post-Judgment Discovery Related to the Approximately $125 Million Owed by NantPharma. The judgment debtor examination currently scheduled for June 14, 2023 in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles (“Los Angeles Superior Court”) shall be adjourned by agreement of Sorrento and NantPharma to the earliest date available in Department 14 of Los Angeles Superior Court, on or after July 20, 2023. Nothing in the Order shall affect any party’s rights or obligations with respect to (a) the subpoenas duces tecum previously served on NantWorks LLC (“NantWorks”) and Nant Capital LLC (“Nant Capital”) (save for the requirement to provide oral testimony on June 14, 2023), or (b) the written discovery requests previously served on NantPharma; provided, however, that NantPharma, NantWorks, and Nant Capital will not use the adjournment of the judgment debtor examination or anything else in the Order as a basis for any motion or argument to quash, modify, delay, or limit their responses to the subpoenas and written discovery.
   
7. Other Litigation. Other litigation proceedings4 between the Debtors and the Nant Parties will be unaffected (until any releases are effectuated by the Order, if applicable). Nevertheless, if, at any time prior to July 14, 2023, the Chief Restructuring Officer of the Debtors (the “CRO”) determines in his sole discretion that it is not expected to be reasonably possible for 4 Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. vs. NantCell, Inc., et al., Case No. 19STCV11328, Immunotherapy NANTibody, LLC, et al. v. Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., et. al., Case No. 19STCV18304, and Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. v. Patrick Soon-Shiong, Case No. 20STCV08789 (each in Los Angeles Superior Court). Case 23-90085 Document 810 Filed in TXSB on 06/06/23 Page 6 of 12 7 US-DOCS\142224284 Sorrento to make the Nant Payments, the CRO will promptly give written notice of this determination to counsel for the Nant Parties at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and counsel for the Debtors at Latham & Watkins LLP, whereupon Quinn Emanuel and Latham & Watkins shall meet and confer to, and exert their respective best efforts to, minimize legal expenses and costs to be incurred thereafter in any and all pending litigation between their respective clients.
   

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I babysit for a 15month old for a mom who works at home. I go twice a week, sometimes just once a week due to the mom traveling for her job. When we first met, the baby would cry if I got too close. Now, I am able to pick her up and walk her around. The only problem is that after about 10 minutes, she’ll start to cry because she wants her mom. Her mom works in clinical research and has important calls and stuff. I try to distract her, but she will start to panic if she can’t get to her mom fast enough. This makes it hard for the mom to do any work. I only stay for about 3 hours, but I feel like I could be doing more to help her with this anxiety, since I also have dealt with it. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? I want to be able to keep her calm and happy.

I feel like I’m spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere. How many views for a new account (less than 1 week old) is normal? This isn’t my first account but my previous accounts I guess were shadowbanned. So I have never really had an account running normally 😅 I’m trying to just post regular life stuff and nothing to get me put on the naughty list. I just don’t know if I’m wasting my time on this new account or if I just need to keep posting. New account has only like 6-8 views on each reel. Will it pick up or am I doomed?

Hope the community doesn't mind me posting some updates. I have had bad symptoms for 8 months and just diagnosed and started 75mg Unithroid 3 days ago.
Positives:
- When I take it, I notice brain fog go away completely. I don't want to go back to bed. No side effects noticed. Is this how normal people feel?
- I don't feel the urge to sleep at all and have more motivation to walk and do things on my to-do list.
- Natural-like energy and less depression/anxiety.
- Lost 3 lbs.
Side effects/negatives noticed: None yet.
Still have dry/pinching "sinus" cavity pain at times and hoping for some relief for my hand issues. This may be unrelated. Looking forward to further improvements over the next several weeks. My doc said it might not be placebo and it's working already. In additional to supplements, I take gabapentin and valium at night still.

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My case manager at the shelter I live told me about a pilot program that draws a lottery every three weeks and that if picked you are awarded an amount of money. Well I got picked and I can begin to tell you guys how over the moon I am about this. This woman has been my savior and I can’t thank her enough

From Sellyme regarding shinies
Unfortunately TSR is in bed with Niantic and blocks any solid proof from being posted here, which is users of this sub rely on inaccurate surveys with user-submitted data rather than reliable data from bot farms checking hundreds of millions of encounters a day. See also: TSR's own shiny rates page knowingly reporting the base shiny rate incorrectly for its entire existence (first as 1/450, then as 1/500).
Unfortunately the usefulness of bot-collected data is obviously significantly limited for raid-exclusives, so cases like this one are a bit more difficult to spot.
You’re either believing misinformation or alarmism from different events
I assume by this you're referring to the annual freakout from casual players catching 200 Pokemon during a Go Fest without using an incense (and thus not getting any of the boosted spawns!). I can assure you that I'm not counting any of those, and detest the "I didn't get a shiny, it's rigged!" posts that don't actually include a sample size or methodology just as much as anyone else.
I just increment the number every single time any of the following things happen:

• A shiny that has already been released is entirely disabled, without notice (i.e., excluding things like Meltan, Smeargle, and Unown forms, and evolved event shinies like Nidoqueen). This is typically extremely obvious within hours - either because it's a wild spawn that bots pick up hundreds of thousands of and don't see a single shiny, or because it's a raid exclusive with a very heavily boosted shiny rate that is very obvious to hardcore players when no-one in their raid group gets a single one. Unfortunately because of TSR's blocking of reliable data, it often doesn't get fixed immediately - some have lasted weeks! This is the most common scenario, usually due to the way they manage the server-side game master file meaning that after an event ends they roll back to the non-event config.
• A shiny that was meant to be released wasn't. Again, very obvious, because everyone is looking for it. This is the entire reason we have shiny confirmation posts on this subreddit for every release. We typically see one of these every 2-3 months, and they usually only last a few hours, affecting only New Zealand, Australia, and sometimes Japan. A very famous example of this is shiny Unown during Go Fest 2020, where Niantic forgot to turn it on for the makeup event, and ended up having to host a third Go Fest to make up for the errors during the second Go Fest that they had to host to make up for the errors during the first Go Fest.
• A shiny that is meant to have boosted odds does not. This typically happens for research day events, where a Pokemon with a 1/512 base shiny rate is meant to have a 1/10 rate for the duration of the event.
• A shiny with known odds that are higher than base rates gets silently changed to being significantly less likely. Obviously I'm excluding event boost odds from this, so things like Kricketot shiny release which was 1/128 for the entire duration of that event dropping to 1/512 at its conclusion are just an announced event bonus ending, not an issue. Note that I am including things like Shadow Mawile being 1/256 instead of 1/64, because even though that is almost certainly an intentional choice to give shadows different shiny rates, it was never communicated and all previous shadows have had better shiny rates than their non-shadow variants, so users could not be reasonably expected to know that this would occur.

Because of the nature of how I've been counting this, I don't have a complete list of every single instance. However I did in the past, so here's a quick list of all the old ones going up to late 2020 + the newer ones I can remember off hand or have been recorded on the NZ bugs page:

• March 2017 - Guaranteed catch of shiny raid bosses wasn't working with feature release
• March 2018 - Lugia disabled entirely for several hours after Eggstravaganza event ended
• November 2018 - Krabby disabled entirely for over a month
• November 2018 - Magnemite disabled entirely for over a month
• January 2019 - Misdreavus disabled entirely for 11 days
• January 2019 - Cyndaquil disabled entirely for 13 days
• January 2019 - Zigzagoon disabled entirely for unknown period as it was erroneously in Ditto disguise pool
• January 2019 - Taillow disabled entirely for 1.5 months
• January 2019 - Feebas shiny rate nerfed halfway through research day, predominantly effecting EMEA users
• June 2019 - Horsea shiny rate nerfed from 1/128 to 1/512 about 18 hours into event
• August 2019 - Poliwag disabled entirely for 3 days
• August 2019 - Carvanha disabled entirely for over a day
• August 2019 - Barboach disabled entirely for over a day
• September 2019 - Gligar shiny rate only 1/512 instead of its normal permaboost rate for start of event
• September 2019 - Entei disabled entirely for first day of event
• September 2019 - Suicune disabled entirely for first day of event
• September 2019 - Entei disabled entirely again because T5 raids stopped spawning at all
• September 2019 - Suicune disabled entirely again because T5 raids stopped spawning at all
• January 2020 - Scyther disabled from "Use 10 Nanab berries" research tasks both before and after (but not during) evolution event
• January 2020 - Alolan Vulpix disabled from "Hatch 7 eggs" research tasks for event start
• February 2020 - Spinda disabled entirely for start of Valentine's event
• April 2020 - Spinda disabled entirely again for two and a half weeks
• May 2020 - Carvanha didn't receive announced boosted shiny rates for AU/NZ
• August 2020 - Unown disabled entirely for AU/NZ during a paid event
• October 2020 - Shadow Drowzee disabled entirely for over a week
• October 2020 - Shadow Omanyte disabled entirely for over a week
• October 2020 - Shadow Growlithe disabled entirely for over a week
• December 2020 - Cubchoo only shiny-eligible via incense for start of event
• March 2021 - Fletchling disabled entirely for over a day after its Community Day ended
• April 2021 - Castform spawns' weather integration broken after shiny Rainy Castform released, preventing encounters for a week
• May 2021 - Galarian Ponyta disabled entirely for a week
• August 2021 - Unown U disabled entirely for 2 days
• December 2021 - Druddigon disabled entirely at event start in AU/NZ
• April 2022 - Exeggcute shiny rate not boosted as advertised for research day until after NZ/AU/JP finished
• May 2022 - Binacle disabled entirely for two weeks
• June 2022 - Axew disabled entirely for a month
• June 2022 - Archen shiny rates nerfed halfway through event
• June 2022 - Tirtouga shiny rates nerfed halfway through event
• June 2022 - Unown shiny rates silently changed to 1/512 instead of their normal 1/64 before Go Fest
• September 2022 - Deoxys Attack disabled entirely for first day of event
• September 2022 - Deoxys Speed disabled entirely for first day of event
• September 2022 - Deoxys Defense disabled entirely for first day of event
• September 2022 - Alakazam disabled for start of event in AU/NZ. (Note that Alakazam raids didn't even go live until over two hours after they were supposed to, so they managed to screw this one up twice!)
• November 2022 - Shadow Machop disabled entirely for AU/NZ/SEA until the event had gone live in Europe
• November 2022 - Shadow Sableye disabled entirely for AU/NZ/SEA until the event had gone live in Europe
• December 2022 - Purrloin disabled entirely for first few hours of release
• December 2022 - Furfrou disabled entirely for first few hours of release
• January 2023 - Salamence disabled entirely for first 4.5 hours of release
• January 2023 - Dedenne disabled entirely for first 7 hours of release
• February 2023 - Gardevoir disabled entirely for first 4 hours of release
• March 2023 - Shadow Mawile silently given 1/256 shiny rate instead of 1/64 rate players expect for Mawile
• March 2023 - Surskit disabled entirely after end of Let's Go event
• May 2023 - Shock Drive Genesect shiny not enabled for first day
• May 2023 - Kleavor shiny rate nerfed when using remote raid passes
• June 2023 - Uxie shiny rate nerfed when using remote raid passes
• June 2023 - Azelf shiny rate nerfed when using remote raid passes
• June 2023 - Mesprit shiny rate nerfed when using remote raid passes

I could add even more if I wanted to be particularly mean and include things like the Charmander, Roselia, Electabuzz, and Chespin Community Days not having boosted catch rates (making it significantly more likely for shinies to flee), but that's another issue entirely.
There's plenty more I'm forgetting, this list is only 50-odd. I think the majority of the missing cases are shiny rate nerfs, due to those being necessary to confirm with bot data and thus getting censored from this subreddit and much harder to find retrospectively. But hopefully that's a good starting point for anyone who wants to investigate further.

So I am really confused. My rheumatologist-1 told me this year that after several delayed appointments that my labs from 2022 suggest that I have Sjorgen's, albeit mild. I agree with this assessment, because I consistently experience dry skin, dry mouth, dry eyes, neuropathy, body aches and, chronic fatigue. My rheum-1 suggested that it explained my Raynaud's phenomenon.
But when I learned about plaquenil and that my rheum-1 wasn't going to offer me treatment because he didn't think it was that severe, I decided to get a second opinion. Rheum-2 also told me that he was not going to prescribe me medication, but because my labs from rheum-1 were from a private lab, he sent mine to a public one, commonly known as LabCorp.
Just today, after my blood was drawn last Friday, my rheum-2 sends me a message that my labs came back and that based on what he read, he came to his own conclusion that I DO NOT have Sjorgen's.
I guess this is all very confusing to me. I am going to see a rheumatologist next month from Cedar-Sinai because I wanted to try Plaquenil. But now I am not sure if I am suffering from an autoimmune disease or not.
If it serves any purposes, the labs I took in 2022 with my rheum-1 was when I still had thyroid cancer, prior to my surgery. The new labs in 2023 by my rheum-2 was a month after I finished radiation treatment, and 9 months post surgery.
2022 - https://imgur.com/gallery/0mIIlgc
2023 - https://imgur.com/gallery/1Rf562R
I know nobody's a doctor here. Should I still continue seeing rheumatologist #3 to get a definitive answer?

Ive read and handful of batman comics
Batman year one
The man who laughs
long Halloween
Dark victory
The killing joke
In that order. and im planning on A death in the family next my goal is to build an idea of the characters before branching out and reading more modern runs and want to know what comics people would recommend to read whether they introduce characters or just important story arcs

1. any comics you would recommend for whatever reason it may be
2. comics that introduce you to characters
3. other vital stories in batman's history

Comics I got on the to read list
Scott Snyder Omni 1 and 2
Batman Hush
Knightfall Book 1
I'm waiting for some reprints because I prefer to collect physical comics and was thinking about getting
Batgirl year one because I got the Gail Simone Omni
Under the red hood
and i want the new Nighting run by Tom Taylor because i heard its a good jumping on point for the character
Anything helps I've been into comics for like a month so far so general advise helps too. Sorry for the messy post I just need answers. any advice helps

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Ukraine updates: Kyiv and Moscow trade blame for dam at UN - DW - 06/07/2023 Skip to content Skip to main menu Skip to more DW sites.
After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya accused Moscow of detonating "a bomb of mass environmental destruction" leading to major and avoidable flooding.
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that the dam breach "Will have grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine on both sides of the front line through the loss of homes, food, safe water and livelihoods."
Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not be stopped by Russia's explosion of dam.
Ukraine will not let the explosion of the Kakhovka dam stop it from reclaiming occupied territories, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

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France is unenthusiastic about a proposal for Nato to open a liaison office in Japan, an official has said, days after the French president, Emmanuel Macron, said the move would be a "Big mistake".
There have been suggestions, alluded to most recently by the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, that the organisation would open an office in Tokyo - its first in Asia - in response to the growing challenge posed by China and Russia.
Despite calls for Nato to work more closely with allies in north-east Asia, France is apparently reluctant to support anything that fuels tensions between the alliance and China.
"There is no Nato liaison office in any country in the region. If Nato needs situational awareness in the region it can use the embassies designated as point of contact," the official added, reacting to an article first published in the Financial Times.
Opening an office in Japan would require the unanimous approval of the North Atlantic Council, where France could use its veto to scupper the plan, according to the Kyodo news agency.
Without saying specifically where, he noted there had been a "Request" to have a Nato liaison office "And we're looking into the possibility of establishing the office."

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Had my first character retirement in Gloomhaven after around 10 sessions playing with 3 other people. My retirement card was to open envelope X, everyone else has retired their first character before me and started new, interesting characters but I'm now stuck with playing another base character through to retirement. Without spoilers, can someone reassure me that it's going to be worth it to continue playing to see the outcome of the unlock and give advice on what base character to play next? I started with Tinkerer and the two remaining unplayed base characters are mind thief and spell weaver. I'm not really looking forward to either of them as their mechanics don't seem very interesting to me. Sorry for the bummer of a post but after 30ish hours of playtime I'm pretty let down.

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Haste I think there have been things I've done, or especially things I've refrained from doing for reasons of my own. I always thought I was doing so with you in mind, but maybe it's not fair of me to interpret what you need. Yes, I'm worried this is unfair. No, it's not stopped me before. But if I'm off this is the most unfair of all. But here we have it. Some of the good, peeking out under the rubble and confusion. You set me and my whole world alight. Relentlessly. Without fail. The way the thought of you is a physical sensation has not abated in the slightest. I keep noting it because it's just the most intense and perplexing thing and it's completely unique to you. Like you're pulling at my soul. Or my soul is trying to pull me to you from the inside. I don't need to see you for that, the thought is more than sufficient, but when I do see you? When I look, it's amplified by a hundred. You are, simply put, fucking hot. Overtly and subtly. You're somehow even more staggering when you're at ease. Those types are my all-time favourite snapshots of you. And you don't even know it. People just appear when you're single, do they? No guesses as to why that is, you big dumb beautiful man? And looks only get you so far. You are the whole package, others that want you probably don't even know or get the best of you like I do and still it's true for them. Even my damaged ass knew it from the start. God, I want you. To kiss all the worries and apologies away until all that's left is the sound of our breathing. To let the earth moving desire take over and work each others bodies to exhaustion. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to not call in the best sex of my life when I haven't had any in over five years? Can you imagine how jealous I feel when I think of your situation, how I might be stirring up these feelings and they're being delivered elsewhere? When it hits, it is shockingly ugly and hateful, as powerful and unflinching as everything else you inspire in me. I've gone from horny to tears in 60secs. It's just crazy. You make me crazy. I don't know that I'll ever be immune to you. It's just different, what we have. Like it's in my nature, in the stars, I don't know. You have so much power over me, though you might not feel it. You have the power to completely halt my life in its tracks, to steal anyone and everyone's thunder, to reduce me to anything from a quivering mess to a sobbing mess. Always with the mess... And that's just from a distance. I might be all kinds of fucked up, might not be able to love you in the way you deserve yet, maybe never, but from the very depths of my being I love you the best I can and I always will, there will never be another you to me. Whether I continue as a car crash or I make my way to you, whether you're receptive or not in that eventuality. Whether we can ever get it right. Always. Always sorry, here, yours, with the mess, with all my heart.
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Bottling things up (unfinished)
I'm still not sure of all that I'm feeling right now. Sorry, I imagine it's hard for you to keep up too. But having everything on the table can only be a good thing surely. And that's what is getting me. Where are you? Why do I still feel like I'm giving everything and you're not? It's worse because I'm letting myself be influenced by things I don't know. That I've had to guess or have read on throwaway accounts. I feel unstable...I feel let down. I feel like a hypocrite, because I'm not perfect by any stretch. So what's my issue? Why am I annoyed that you're not telling me to feel less guilty when I know I deserve it? Why am I expecting you to do things I can't? I suppose, I just feel like I am really pushing myself, still, and you're still keeping me at arms length. I'm being unfair. I suppose, that's why I'm feeling drawn to you again. You're hurting me and I like it. This feels like love to me. Is this how you wanted your love to feel? You talked about me setting you free. What a joke. I know I've said how I won't think badly of you etc., I do mean that, but that comes from a place of care for you, being unwilling to put more stress upon you. Fear of being a bad person. So I compromise myself in order to deliver the most gentle truth I can tell instead of the most authentic. Yeesh that's deep. Didn't know that until now :l I
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True to form, he walked away Said he loved her, didn't stay May I have your peace please? An unspoken favour brought to fruition Not the most loving of decisions She really did try to empathize But feared a lie in disguise She'd never known love, just neglect Resounding familiarity hit while she wept Perhaps this is love after all Love always making her feel small Love that always leaves her alone Love that comes and always goes Maybe love isn't meant to stay That would explain him walking away Love is another word for pain
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S--
Wrote. He loves someone else too. Or instead of. Or it's all a lie or a game. I feel...totally annihilated. I love him and I hate him. It's all pointless and a waste of time. Staying away is best for both of us, we are both disasters. He's crushed me on purpose. I just don't get it. How is it that he loves me but doesn't give any consideration to me? I feel so fucked up. I wish I knew what the fuck is going on, this is driving me mad and it's only been half a day. I realised maybe this is him trying to fill in some blanks in a really shitty way. I guess we'll see what the next few days hold
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You changed everything when you entered my life. Neither of us ever anticipated what it would become, I'm sure of that much. Of course, I had made no secret of my desire to be close with you, I already knew I adored many things about you. But then I found so many more once your walls came down. The magnetism I felt between us, still feel, it's unlike anything else. We are unmatched in that regard. A photo of your face... Honestly. Just that fucking gorgeous face, those pleading eyes. You left me. I know, that's not how we're supposed to see it, but I know how it ended up feeling. The loss of you was like all the light disappeared. I've not seen myself in years for the darkness. I couldn't even see an us for a long while. I was caught unawares when you came back, professing to have loved me all along. Understandably so, since you never said anything and went as far as to deny it at times. I am...not the fastest mover. It can take me a long time to process things. You rushed me, inadvertently into the correct decision, but even so. I tried to draw a hard line. You resisted. I falter in my resistance and you withdraw- you make either shockingly thoughtless or facetious moves which actively hurt me.
Bla bla fuck off K------
...(unfinished)?
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It's been such a long time now. In the cold and dark. I had thought I'd gotten over it, over you, but I don't think I've been the same since. I've sought emptiness, rejection and solitude even in my daydreams these past years.
I've been around the houses on what to do with this situation. I don't fully understand, it's impossible to see the full picture without the definition only you could provide.
I think, I want to say goodbye. Close the chapter properly. I'm not abandoning you, I will be at the other end of the phone if you need me. I'm pretty much asking permission here. It just hurts. It hurts a fucking lot, and I'm in a state, I don't really want to go through all the stress of fixing my life just to be greeted with heartache. I just want peace. Safety. And you have a full life, I don't want to be hanging over you like a dark cloud. I want you to live freely.
Do you want to see me?
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I want to see you
Can we? I feel like I'm going crazy. I want something solid. I want to see you. Please?
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A recipe for hurt
Wine, love, a dash of detail, flavour, spice and promises. Combine with me.
Stir. Add heat. Keep stirring. Never let it rest. Stir. More heat. More stirring.
Reduce it.
Until it's sticky. Switch off. You can rest now. I'm stuck to the hot pan. Not going anywhere. I won't leave you. Not even when you sit back and watch as I burn.
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Sometimes you make me feel worthless. Monitored but not cared for. Never enough to be cared for.
Other times, I feel helpless. Disgusting. Volatile. Like I should hide myself away for your safety. I can't possibly be what you need.
Where do you go when pain is all around?
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What about me? (Unfinished)
Over the years a number of people have been given a little piece of me for themselves. Some, used it to build themself back up. I am a part of them. Others, didn't know what to do with a piece of me. They didn't care for the sentiment. But it mattered not, the piece was theirs to do with as they pleased. Now only a scarce few haven't (yet) returned to reintroduce me to the once little piece of me, flourishing under the host's eventual conclusion that they can accept the unwavering love and care it exists to offer.
You were supposed to get a little piece of me. I already admired you from afar, then, I could see you hurting and I wanted to make it better. I wanted you to realise what you were capable of, what you could have and most definitely what you under no circumstances should have to tolerate. I wanted you to have complete faith that you were cared about, cared for, desirable, deserving, admirable, full of amazing, good qualities. You are innately good natured. So soft under it all. Child like.
You became something different to me. I began to need you. The sweet good mornings and goodnights. The approval, the sameness, the reciprocity. I realised I had to be something different for you, because I loved you. That was scary. The thought of holding a piece of you in my hands (behave) was like the ultimate dream and an absolute nightmare. Because I wasn't ready to accept it, for good reasons and admittedly stupid and regrettable reasons. You get that. I know you do.
I did what I do best and I went away. I had aimed to fix what I could and return. But, I was hurting and confused. Everything was on my shoulders. Things you had said previously were ringing in my ears, I knew you'd move on fast and it taunted me day and night. I became somebody different alright... But not in the right direction. I vascillated between self deprecation and self pity. I was in no fit state for anyone but you were all I thought of, I couldn't have stopped myself reaching for you any of the times I did. Even though you gave me no hope. No care. I felt like I was bleeding out while you watched.
It changed me. I have been different since that year I spent chasing after you. I'm closed off, totally disengaged from people in the real world. I've not even had a proper sex chat since 😂. It's not all your fault, not even mostly your fault. I am still sorry. I'd never tried to love or be loved before. Not to mention, I still believe we have something more than your everyday love. You have altered the trajectory of my life, thrice now. Nobody else has that power over me.
I had been talking to someone else, though I was writing to them more than I ever spoke to them, if that makes sense. I had been slowly, privately, building my confidence. Working my way through a tonne of negativity that had been building up since long before you. But keeping myself safe, unreachable. I've been a bit of a mess. But I was really making progress and felt he and I were both really growing into my appreciation of him, right as I found you 😂
It was such a shock. I felt everything all at once. I didn't understand what on earth was happening on any front.
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Disappear
That was your plan. Do you remember that conversation?
Is that still your plan? Might there be room for one more? Nothing would make me happier. Sometimes, I think it's the only way.
Disappear with me? Even if just for a little while. Wrap me up in those arms and hide me away. I don't want to see anything else, feel anything else but you. Shield me from the lingering chill of your distance. Disappear with me. Please. We can make it all disappear.
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To me to you
As I said, I'm sorry I wrote from a bad place. You reached for me. I reached back and you dropped your hands. That's not how you said this was going to work.
When I found you, big shock, lots of feelings etc etc. For the first couple of weeks, I wasn't really sure what I was doing, feeling, everything was in limbo.
I wasn't fixated on whether the letters were all for me, I just found it hard to understand- your continued ambiguity was such a contradiction. I mean, you can't say 'hindsight is a farce' and then talk about your regrets looking back immediately after. That doesn't make sense. We still weren't communicating.
You pushed me. Tick tick tick. I wanted to set you free, I don't know. It was eating me up, I have had so much going through my head. I thought I was leaning the other way for a while. I did nothing though. Mostly, I was just thinking of you and us.
By the time I was reaquainted with my feelings for you, I was hurt by the things I'd realised and kind of dismayed with how things were playing out here. If that was my fault, which I can totally see how, I get it. Let me make amends. I want us to be on equal, even footing.
May I be struck down if I'm lying, I was honestly thinking about asking to see you moments before you asked 😂. I don't know what I said or did to make you push me away once I finally decided to break the last barrier between us. Or like I said, whether it was, ugh, you know all that I said. There are so many possibilities.
It's mostly one general possibility that brought me here. Brought me back. Kept me here through everything. Has got me writing this despite you literally denying everything.
You. You're unique. You're you. Perfect. Someone to me. Always. Infinity. Us. All the things that have happened that don't just happen. All the ways you make me feel and even the ways I feel them.
I'm not sure who I'm writing this one for. I suppose, it depends on what happens next. And I don't know that either.
I believe at this point I've covered everything essential between the two messages. Over to you.
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Hurry up
Sort your head out. Listen to me. Believe it. Try.
Where are you? Where should I be? Show me the way.
My soul is going to leave my body trying to pull me to you from the inside.
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Reach
Do it again. Please. We're so close, don't stop repeating until we are there. I feel it's just this one thing and everything will be right. Give me your hand. Allow me to get a steady grip and I won't let go.
Where are you? Where should I be? That's all I need. You and me. We'll get there. Have faith. Try. Feel. Do you feel my love for you? I keep sending more of it out there. It's all around you by now. Wishing you well. Smiling when you're smiling. Babbling on in your ear that you could have my help picking up the pieces.
Yours,
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All I know is how I feel. What I'm capable of. What I have to give.
It takes a birthday wish, a genie with their fingers crossed and a sacrifice to the heavens for me to form so much as a comfortable rapport with someone. More so since the first time I fell in love with you. Yes.
Please, soldier, lower your weapons? Not your defences. I understand. I too am battered and bruised under my armour. I need medical attention and a place to rest and recuperate. You said you had what I needed, picked up my broken heart and sent it ahead. Why won't you tell me where to find it?
I feel it. Fixed. Already looking forward to the next time you'll spend time caring for it. It trusts you. Though it does want out of the testing facility.
Won't you trust it to stay close by if you let it out?
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I'm scared
of looking a fool. Being dumb. Of seeming insincere when it's all I've been and want to be. That I'll hurt or disappoint you. Of not being able to give you what you want. Being left. Being hurt. Being loved.
I forgive you. It's been an impossible situation, I am well aware of that.
Forgive me for the pain and confusion while you waited for me to get properly reaquainted with and admit to my feelings for you. This has all been so, so challenging to navigate. I did what I thought was best for you. True to form, I made things harder than they could have been. I think. I really do need your insight to know for sure how to break down what happened.
So, yeah, I'm scared. Terrified. Still. But most of all I'm scared that I'm one letter away from the chance to learn the minutiae of our love.
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You and I
We've made a lot of mistakes, it's true. I regret mine. I'm sorry. I know you feel the same. The journey has been a long one and the terrain unforgiving.
One of these days, at least I sincerely hope, our walls will be down concurrently. We aren't that strong, love, we can't run from this indefinitely. We are going to sink down in shared bliss onto the rubble and not get back up for many sunsets and sunrises.
Until that day, I will likely be alone. I already am, have been since you. Just so you know my intention. I won't be seeking solace elsewhere. There are no prerequisites, it's what I want. To be yours. When I look back I think I always have.
I've fallen for you twice. Yes. I love everything about you. Everything. I will continue to love you while we are opposed, I will long for when we intersect. I know you feel that too. That will have to be enough, won't it?
You brought life to my fading heart. Now it's ran away to be with you. It texts. It's happy there. I'm happy it's there. Thank you for everything, even if you didn't mean to.
I forgive you and I love you.
Always here,
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Hi, sorry about that. And for the late message. x2. And the fact this one is so long haha. Hmm any more apologies? I don't think so? A platitude- no stress about replying, neither when or if.
I'm going to preface this by saying that I genuinely had left you, as requested, more or less in the friendzone until a few months ago...But since then, loads of stuff has been happening r.e our history (unrelated to our catch up in March btw). Could we have a face to face to talk about it? A walk, drive? Liquid lunch may be indicated 😂 I could travel to wherever works for you. Anything I could do to make you feel comfortable enough to agree, it's yours, just let me know. It's really, really put me through the wringer. I've not been able to talk to anyone about it except S--- because I wanted to protect us both, and she wasn't very helpful haha. I don't expect anything from you at all. Just wish to look you in the eye and ask you about it? Air it all out. Please? It wouldn't be unpleasant for you in any way. I realise it's not always been easy here 🙈 I swear I'm in full possession of things like self control nowadays haha. This isn't a ploy, I don't wish to confess my feelings to you, if you're worried, though I'll admit this has brought them back slowly. But I won't be weird about it. Umm weirder* I guess, but I swear thoughts or feelings aren't where all this is coming from! 😂 I'm not going keep writing if you say no. I know I have form for it so please rest assured the crazy is not about to start back up. I was gonna move fac for unrelated reasons and I don't have to return. It's all your call. I just don't know what else to do. It's been months, I thought it was being resolved and now it's worse than ever. I genuinely just want to unravel what on earth I've just been through tbh and talking will help either way. You'll understand why if you'll allow me the space to show you. I know it's weird, but we're some kind of friends right? So I'm hoping you'll afford me the benefit of the doubt... And perhaps an hour or two of your time :3 double please.
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The majority I've written the last couple of weeks. Quite the journey. Where will I end up? You tell me.

Zod's notes: This was my very first venture into writingprompts - in this comedic piece, a scientist finds himself inexplicably the hero when the lab he works with is overrun with dangerous creatures. Content warning: violent imagery. Original Prompt
“How is this possible? Dr. Jaeger pondered as he loaded another clip into his gun. He was a molecular biologist who had never fired a gun in his life. Shrieking yowls of a creature reverberated down the hallway, announcing to Dr. Jaeger the position of one of the loose specimens. He inhaled deeply, preparing to round the corner. He turned around the corner and caught a glimpse of specimen BH90201, an agile creature, like a hairless mountain lion but with neon-green saliva dripping from its gaping maw. Upon seeing Dr. Jaeger, specimen BH90201 catapulted into a sprint down the long hall, its claws struggling to make traction against the smooth facility floors. For a fleeting instant, Dr. Jaeger thought he saw… crosshairs? He shook his head, raised the gun with steady hands and pulled the trigger. The cerebral cortex matter of specimen BH90201 splattered against the wall.
Dr. Jaeger darted his eyes in quick assessment for any further threats in the immediate area. He rushed down the hallway, feeling the air lifting his long white lab coat like a cape. Fluorescent lights flickered as he approached the door at the end of the hall. A woman’s wail from inside told him all he needed to know. He scanned his badge on the keypad… even in an emergency he had to badge in. He opened the door and witnessed the carnage before him. Chunks of flesh and organ meat were strewn about the room. Dr. Jaeger estimated 10 dead, though it was hard to tell in the jigsaw puzzle of severed limbs. Dr. Damasell was entangled in the thick tentacles of specimen 10TAI, a 14-foot squid-like creature with five eyeballs and the mouth of a lamprey eel.
Standard bullets wouldn’t cut it, Dr. Jaeger knew. Fortuitously, he noticed, under the disembodied arm of one of the slain guards, something with a little more kick. Dr. Jaeger was confused why one of the guards had an AT4. They were run of the mill security guards, why would they be armed with anti-tank weaponry? Even more baffling to himself, was that when Dr. Jaeger picked it up, he instinctively knew how to use it. Specimen 10TAI’s tentacles swung towards him, but Dr. Jaeger fired. Somehow, despite the magnitude of the weapon, Dr. Jaeger’s hands and body were unperturbed by recoil. He jumped backwards, narrowly missing the thrashing tentacle.
The projectile made its way directly into the center of 10TAI’s mouth, past the rows of razer sharp teeth. Specimen 10TAI exploded, its flesh splattering across the room like meaty confetti. Dr. Damasell thudded to the floor. Dr. Jaeger dropped the AT4 and began stepping over the fallen tentacles and chunks of flesh. Dr. Damasell lay on the floor, untangling herself from 10TAI’s lifeless tentacle. Dr. Jager offered her a hand. She had a small cut above her eyebrow but was otherwise unharmed.
“Thank you, Dr. Jaeger!” she exclaimed, giving him a kiss. Words flashed in the air, as if by magic. “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! 10,000 XP!”
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“And THAT,” my thirteen-year-old cousin Damian exclaimed, “is how you play the game, LOSER.” He tossed the controller unceremoniously across the room, flipping me the bird as he strode towards the hallway, hollering to my aunt Carol, asking her when lunch would be ready.

My girlfriend and I were together for about 7 months. I have two kids from a previous marriage and so does she. I bought a house and almost immediately she moved in. “ Big mistake”. Back in the beginning of January she told me she went to the Dr to get the Depo shot in the butt so she would be covered birth control wise for 3 months. Come around April and I ask her if she needs to go get another shot, she tells me she is pregnant.
I’m shocked. I’m 37 and don’t want any more kids. she’s 38 and said she didn’t want any more kids. Now instead of being stressed she starts acting happy and wants to pick out colors for the baby room. I ask her if I can see her medical records to verify that she got the shot.
“No! It’s non of your business!” It’s a miracle baby, just except it! Well after a few fights she decided to move in with her parents. Only thing is she left her old cellphone at my house and it was hooked up to her Google drive account and I could see all of her pictures and google search history. She screen shoted her medical records to try and photo shop a fake depo shot on them. On that screen shot there is no depo shot noted. Her search history was stuff like, “ is my boyfriend aloud to see my birth control records” and “is conception deception illegal”, what are the legal consequences for lying about being on birth control.
She is due in October and according to my lawyer there isn’t much I can do till the baby is born but I might be able to press charges for reproductive coercion. Should I?

Are pregnancy tests at 3 weeks post sex definitive ?

Are pregnancy tests at 3 weeks post sex definitive ? I did not have sex but grinded naked with my partner and no ejaculation occurred but I am highly paranoid regardless and wanted to take a test (ik it’s probably crazy but it would ease my mind🥲😅)