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In October 2021, the UAE announced that it plans to launch an ambitious mission to the asteroid belt in 2028.
On Sunday, the nation gave us some new information about this bold asteroid mission - including its name, the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt.
The MBR Explorer will visit its first asteroid in 2030, and will follow an orbital path allowing it to pick up speed from several planets along the way.
That search may be especially meaningful on Justitia, which may have formed closer to our planet and then migrated out to its current position in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, scientists say.
The rest of the mission manifest includes flybys of the asteroids Westerwald, Chimaera, Rockox; 2000 VA28, 1998 RC76 and 1999 SG6, all meant to represent "Different classes of asteroid with varied compositional types," UAE Space Agency officials said in the same statement.
Four science instruments have been announced to probe the geology, composition and structure of the asteroids: a high-resolution camera, a thermal infrared camera, a mid-wavelength spectrometer and an infrared spectrometer.

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I just wanted to cry for a minute about the fact that my buns now totally avoid me coming near them or touching them because I've had to pick them up daily to put them in their neutral spaces together. They're at the point where in neutral space they don't squabble, but on my girl's turf (and where they'll be living together) she still growls, chases him, pulls fur, and stresses him out. They haven't worked out who's top bun - lots of nose to nose meeting, but not much grooming, if at all. This hasn't changed for about a week now and I feel like we're stuck. But as stressed as this all makes me, I'm just so sad that now I'm seen as a bad guy, too, when all I want them to do is get along so they can live together and I can start working to rebuild their trust in me.
I don't think I'm looking for anything here, I just needed a space to vent. If you read this, I thank you. Please snuggle your buns for me. :'(

I’ve done this since I was a kid, but it was more unconscious back then…. Whenever things felt good, it’s like my brain gets scared and starts to disassociate.
Now, I’m in a healthy marriage with two small children living a life I never thought possible. I’m overwhelmed with joy and love.
The problem is that when I start to “feel” too much, my brain like clicks off and then I’m staring into space thinking about something else or nothing at all.
I guess I’m either looking to see if this is a shared experience or wonder if anyone has any advice.
Despite being in therapy for a decade and honestly feeling so “healed” this is something I just can’t overcome.

I am Here for Fang yuan not for you losers
When I leave her, I will still carry fang yuan with me, this place is merely a small place where thoughts take form, I dont write for anyone just because I see its a shame that Reverend insanity has such a complete opposite fandom compared to what the novel is
It seems as if everyone merely reads for entertainment or as a hobby a small thing you pick have a bit of fun and then put it out
But this is not it, Its an Experience, atleast I saw it like that, Its a Life experience with the purpose of completely reshaping who you are and to take you to the beyond and not stay stuck in Ordinary abyss
This entire sub is stuck in Ordinary abyss, because they do not see the Jewel, the Essence of the novel and I feel this truly, when I write posts its the essence of the novel speaking through me its the experience, the mysteries of life and existence trying to be revealed through me
I wished this sub was something different where actual real people who actually care deeply about spirituality and do not see Life and existence superficially
I wished i could atleast find a single true fan, a single true person who learned atleast 1% of what fang yuan is, yet alas, no one and I am the one ridiculed
It is obvious when one is climbing out of Ordinary abyss, all sorts of insults, all thorns and hardships fall into their way
I have had true hardships that I've fought through thats why I understand
It is also an obvious spiritual sign that I am approaching the Truth, as it is said
"Heaven when it is a bout to confer great office upon a man, exercises his mind with suffering, and his bones and sinews with toil. It exposes him to poverty and confounds all his undertakings. In this way, it is seen if he is ready"
This wouldnt get in my mind since I am totally alone, its literally in the name "aloneinthisworld", and I wont go so low as to hurt another since I simply dont care nor does it achieve anything, aloneness is not bad, I like it
but sometimes I remember other people exist and remember the world exist and only then do I remember there are other human beings
Like when I see comments I forget there are actual real humans behind that thing since I myself dont know what a human being is
I mean I do talk to people, sometimes even a lot but when I do so I just let the body talk and its just spontenaous thing
How do I explain I've became so engrossed in Thoughts that I have been non-stop thinking for 2-3 years and I think all day long non-stop, the posts you see on this sub are a bit of the monologues I have with myself
But I have way longer ones that I just think to myself everyday or so
You think just putting all these posts together is easy?
The theories about god, existence, world were not so easy to arrive at, I went through blood, sweat and tears in tens and tens of psychedelic experiences
Imagine going into psychosis numerous times trying to find a meaning to existence, to why I live to why I suffer, to the intense curiosity of knowing what am I and we are
Imagine tripping and thinking you are Alone in the world and you realise you can never know another person is "real", Ive lived days in that
Ive also lived days thinking the past didnt exist neither did space, time or matter and I was imagining everything
Or that everything is a dream, or that the world is not real
Ive thought of all the most deranged thought which no normal human would ever consider in their lifetime
I have loads of writings on my phone and computer about those days trying to stick this to that to make a coherent thought
Ive also through psychedelics completely lost a sense of "self"
I have no "self" so thats why when I listen to music, its an intimate way of being with it
Same when I read novels, I swear I completely Forget I am a Human being and a world exists completely totally
And this is what happened to me with Reverend insanity
Just prior I had read another big novel then Reverend insanity
And I completely lost it, I forgot i had parents, the world existed completely, not a single thought came to my mind of the other persona "me" only fang yuan
I literally was Fang yuan as in I read from waking to sleep and believed literally I am Fang yuan
Fang yuan is not just a character, he is like a part of my being since I hated the world and at that time I first i was young and stupid and I just saw like a beautiful model of what i have desired to become
Its not the edginess, Ri isnt even that edgy at that time i didnt like the bear or kids b,urn, What I liked is the relentlesness and the genius of fang yuan
You would know my shock when after an accident I ingested Lsd and I literally meet God and he explains to me how the entire world was inside God's mind
I have through more than a year and a half searched for the explanation
I have traveled countless roads
From even believing in Eternal Love to Being Fang yuan and Hating the world and everything
Its such a huge contrast yet both these ideals dwell in my mind, god and the devil
Such mystery what this world is, it defies explanation
I have searched and the answers I got are always short of the goal and cannot penetrate into the Truth of the world
I am still looking and will continue to do so
You see only the persona of "me" being like fang yuan here because you are on the Ri sub so ofc, it is also a sort of training, we are what we absorb, I play the fang yuan persona to reinforce what I am and it works amazingly
I also practice indifference to the world, taking walks and staying indifferent to all the surroundings
It is what it is, But I truly don't care about anything
Nada, not a single emotion remains in me
I am like a dried pond
Even if people I knew died, even if my life goes sideways
I will accept it and live with it
I have No desires, nothing in this world do I want
I want nothing
not god, not eternal life, not money, not a wife, not friends, not a carrer
Nothing
fang yuan alone atleast gets some interest in me
But even fang yuan little by little no longer moves me
maybe the next step is after that
But the ocean of the world has dried in me
nothing remains
I simply don't care whatever happens
you wont be able to understand me but it is what it is,
we all have our own destinies, our own roads to walk

I’ve done this since I was a kid, but it was more unconscious back then…. Whenever things felt good, it’s like my brain gets scared and starts to disassociate.
Now, I’m in a healthy marriage with two small children living a life I never thought possible. I’m overwhelmed with joy and love.
The problem is that when I start to “feel” too much, my brain like clicks off and then I’m staring into space thinking about something else or nothing at all.
I guess I’m either looking to see if this is a shared experience or wonder if anyone has any advice.
Despite being in therapy for a decade and honestly feeling so “healed” this is something I just can’t overcome.

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[H] I have these games for trade:

• Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
• Bendy and the Dark Revival
• Operation Tango
• Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
• Windjammers 2
• DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT

[W] Some of the bundled games I'm interested in:

• Fights in Tight Spaces
  
• Monster Hunter Rise
  
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
  
• Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
  
• Beat Hazard 3
  
• Blade of Darkness
  
• Resident Evil Revelations 2 Deluxe Edition / Season Pass
  
• Deadlink
  
• Strangeland
  
• Mechwarrior 5
  
• Star Renegades
  
• There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
  
• Wildermyth
  
• Jackbox 5 + 6
  
• Offers! There's probably a bunch more I'd be interested in!
  

Please note that I do not sell or buy games.
Feel free to propose any offers or ask questions. Apologies if I already have or am not interested in what you're offering; I buy a fair amount of bundles, and I only trade for games I'm actually going to play!

Hi there,
I am hoping to get some advice on a rental reduction issue. Our apartment flooded on 14th April 2023. On 27 April our Real Estate agent sent us an email saying the following:
"Hi,
I hope you are well.
A quick email to advise the rent will been reduced to $600.00 P/W (from $830 P/W), so the monthly rent for May is $2607.14 until the matter is resolved"
Therefore, our rent, which was paid on 9th May was reduced by approximately $1000. We are moving out of our property on 9th June. None of the damage has been fixed and therefore the matter remains unresolved and will do so until we leave.
Given our rent is already paid up until we leave we are seeking a partial refund from our Real Estate agent because by the time we move out the damage will have been going on for 7.5 weeks and we will have only received a 4 week discount (when we paid the rent in May). The agent is now saying that because we are moving out we are not going to get any more reduction and they won't refund us even though he was the one that sent this via email. It doesn't make sense as he said we would be entitled to the reduction if we continued living here yet, because we are moving out that somehow deems us unworthy of it, despite the fact that the conditions remain the same. We have no carpet in our living space and instead have exposed cement floors with rusty nails sticking out of them, multiple large holes in the kitchen floor, a broken front door and a hole in the wall. We are only trying to follow up on reduction that the Real Estate agent offered us, but he is now trying to backtrack, presumably because he now has to go to the owner and tell them that he owes us money.
Does any one have any advice? TIA🙏🏼

I have been looking for historical weather data that is free to use for a personal side project. Non commercial purposes. Looks like the NWS has this, but site density is kind of low in the midwest -- there is one station in all of Ohio, one in all of Wisconsin -- is this the best data source?

I’m an HRBP in the healthcare industry and I’m currently job searching because of low pay and terrible company culture. I just found out that I am moving forward to the next stage in the interview process with another company (very reputable company, remote role & the position is an HRBP role) who’s starting pay will double my current salary. My current company is undergoing a restructure because they are trying to reduce costs. I just found out that I’m being promoted to Director of Talent Management & removed from the HRBP space - this comes with a 4k increase 🙄. I love my manager, I’m well respected at this company & the title is appealing BUT the pay is not worth sticking it out with this company. I was kinda forced into accepting the director position and my title will change effective June 6th. I feel bad about starting the new role knowing that I might possibly hand in my notice soon if offered a job with the other company.
How can I leverage my offer letter for the director role to expedite the process with the company that is offering more pay? Should I not say anything about the promotion and just wait to see what happens after the next stage in the interview process?

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Hello everyone,
I’m a 34 year old man who was married to who I thought was the love of my life. I met her when I was only 15 years old and we quickly became best friends and eventually dated in our later teen years then married in our early twenties. I was married to her for 13 years and we have two wonderful children together. I feel like a rug was pulled out from under me. She was a school teacher and I worked in a factory doing quality control, we owned a small business together and even owned two homes at one point in hope to rent it out. Our lives seemed great, it definitely had it’s struggles but we had each other and our children.
My son who is now 12 is a blessing and I couldn’t be more proud of him. He enriched my life in so many ways and only a few years later we were happy to find out that we were having another baby. A girl who we were over the moon about but sadly we lost her. It was a extremely low point in my life and still brings me to tears this day. My wife and my son helped me through it and I did everything to help my wife with our loss. She started to feel extreme depression and refused therapy or any other help.
Things seems to get better when we found out that we were having another baby, it was going to be a girl. It obviously didn’t fix the situation or fully heal our hearts over the loss of our lost daughter but it filled us with joy, joy that was much needed in both our lives. So 9 years ago we were blessed with our beautiful little girl who brings us all so much joy.
My wife seemingly started to feel happy again and life started improving. I had to drop out of school so my wife could keep going and also take care of them kids and I worked full time and a few side jobs. It was a worthy sacrifice at the time. She was working on her degree and eventually got her masters with a 4.0. Once she had secured a good paying job I would be allowed to go back to school myself. Years passed and I was able to buy my local comic book store to keep it from closing and it was a dream of our to own our own business.
We eventually grew the store and moved up in our main jobs, her a high school teacher and me a factory worker who got a inspection job that had better pay and hours. Life was seemingly on the up. We bought our second home in what was considered the nicest/safest neighborhood in our city. I only wanted the best for our kids and hopefully to have more.
I found myself working my 7am to 3pm job then my comic shop in the afternoons, 3:15 to about 6pm. I would arrive home and spend the afternoon with my wife and kids. Life was good but I was working all the time, even the weekends. My dream became a nightmare.
Late 2019 we discovered that we were having a baby, it was a boy. My heart was filled with joy except for my wife. It seemed like the depression was returning and stronger than ever. The news of our son brought her into fits or rage and crying spells, I tried to be supportive and understanding but I was at a loss of how to help. Sadly we lost my son, I found myself devastated and alone. My wife was relieved over the loss and I didn’t know how to handle it. I was alone this time and trying my hardest to be supportive but it was difficult. I needed her but the loss was viewed so differently by her.
Later in March of 2020 my so was diagnosed with type one diabetes, it was a hard pill to swallow. Major life changes for a 10 year old. I was trying to sell my shop to be home and support him. Oddly my wife was against it and insisted on me continuing to run the shop.
I started to notice she would leave the home for a few hours after I arrived. It seemed normal to me. She definitely needed her time to unwind and be alone. I just wanted to support her and let her have her space.
Eventually her trips to get milk would last 4 or more hours and sometimes she would come home empty handed. I was growing concerned. Everything seemed somewhat normal except she refused to take our daughter out on Sunday shopping trips anymore. My daughter was confused why it stopped, they had had “girl dates” all of her life but now without warning it was over.
Fights eventually started and sex almost completely stopped. I signed us up for marriage counseling. She agreed to go but never participated in any of the activities for us to work on at home. She became more and more distant and colder to everyone.
On August 1st 2022 my daughter was diagnosed as well with type one diabetes. I was devastated but had to be strong for her. On the 3rd of August 2022 my wife was caught with one of her students. My world was turned upside down.
It’s been almost a year now, somedays I don’t want to get out of bed, but I keep moving for the children. My soon to be ex wife lives with her parents now, I only see my kids half as much as I did. It’s hard to be alone. The house was so full of sound and kids laughing and now it’s quite most days.
My wife is facing criminal charges and my children’s lives have been ruined by this. I don’t know what to do most days. I don’t know who to talk to. Life is hard, it’s only going to get harder from here.

So I just finished Lego city undercover and it was phenomenal! Now I will probably be pretty long winded in this, so to save those that don’t have the time to listen to a ramble that is passionate but long, I will give my rating first
Story- 8/10 Gameplay 8/10 Open world 9/10
My rating is very high, but I think you will understand why, once I explain my history with this game and it’s predecessor
The first gaming console that I owned (meaning not shared with siblings) was the Nintendo 3ds. This system was amazing to me, allowing me to experience some games that still mean so much to me today.
Lego city under cover: the chase begins was one of those. If you play a decent amount of video games, then I’m sure you know that feeling of being so engrossed in the experience that you can’t put the game down until you finish it.
I would say this was my first or second time experiencing this, and of course it led to me seeking out more games that had this same effect, games like rdr2, the Spider-Man trilogy (soon to be) and the Arkham games.
This game found a way to make the most mundane tasks like picking up donuts for Dunby non-trivial and rather entertaining. Though I am still quite mad at him for the ending of the game. He kind of reminds me of a more lazy version of Jameson from Spider-Man. No matter what I do he seems to always find a way to hate me (though at least Jameson doesn’t send spidey away and take credit for his accomplishments)
It also had great mechanics for detective work like the magnifying glass. I don’t really remember what the combat was like for that game but I will assume it was similar to the newer one. It was just ok in my opinion. Definitely not my favorite Lego game combat.
Where the first game really excelled though was in the feeling the story gave you. You felt like a cop trying to take down the big bad that was Rex fury (though I suppose he really is more of a henchmen in the second game)
So all in all lego city undercover the chase begins was probably a 7 or 8.
This game cranked everything up a notch, improving the open world, possibly improving the combat I’m not to sure, and giving you better missions overall. Instead of a battle on the back of a truck, you get to fight Rex on a dinosaur while piloting a robot! Then you fight him again while falling from space!
The music is just as good as it was in the first game (that scene where your falling toward the rocket, beautiful!!!) The comedy was also amazing. Just wow I could go on forever about the jokes. They where genuinely hilarious
“How dare someone draw a beard on my mother, do you know how much I had to pay the artist to not paint it in the first place” 😂
Not a quote I don’t quite remember the exact phrasing.
I actually didn’t think I would end up liking this game more than the original. The campiness of it threw me off a bit, since I didn’t really remember to many specific lines from the original. It took me realizing that this game is the embodiment of a cheesy cop show to accept the corniness. It took several new save files for me to fully get into it, the newest one being on steam deck which game me 40 fps. So much better than any of the console counterparts that I had played on before!
I would say this game is a must play for anyone looking for a new Lego game to play or just a chill game to play in general.
Well that’s it for my thoughts on this game. I am interested to see what other people have to say about this game.
Thank you if you read through this :)

I feel like I always need to preface my posts by saying that I'm a big supporter of the family - I'm one of the ones here who always defends the Pieces and Middles so I've got some constructive feedback, which I think would really help Crazy Worth It.
Firstly, it's a different concept to vlogging, which means it requires a completely new way to edit. Showing long bits where they are waiting on a product or unsure of how to use it gets tiresome - unless they're critiquing the product on being confusing. At the moment there's not enough separation between the products they're trying out. Also I think the is it worth it or not needs to be tighter / stronger / more emphatic when they definitely think it's worth it.
I also think they should film in one space - where there's a table and they try most of the products there (unless they have to go to the kitchen or car or something.
Third, develop a brand identity for it - develop your own version of ticks and crosses - maybe your own language etc.
And finally - I mean this with the utmost respect and love - Hannah needs to be more confident and stop looking at Crystal for validation when she says something or gets shy. It's awesome that she conceived this channel and wants it to work. She should be more confident in her responses. Even if they have to re-edit them in - because at the moment Crystal does most of the filler talk. There are times you see Hannah being super confident and then other times where she buckles.. and that's OK - there's absolutely nothing wrong with it - but you're in the game of swaying public opinion on a product so I think a bit of confidence will help.
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Just my two cents - if they're reading this, I hope they're not offended. I just feel like for it to be lasting, it can't just be treated and edited like a normal vlog.

For example, would populer lit be more trusting of the Government in a world in which RFK did not die? How would lit. look at the world in other ways, like with tech, or the space race, or teenagers and adults? Would it have much of a butterfly effect at all, or would the trends in lit. have remained unchanged/

Tyler
Cassie had taken over the discussion from there on, entering the formal interview stage of the chat with Miu'Kin, as was her right as first wife. She was the arbiter in the end, and she had a veto that Miu'Kin needed to clear before she could get the thumbs up or down from Tyler to formally join the marriage. Cassie didn't give the other woman any slack either, she might not be a warrior, but a mother needed her own kind of spine, and even with Nara on hand, Cassie wanted to make sure the children were safe with Miu'Kin as a guardian too.
"What would you do if there was a threat to the children while the rest of us are away Miu'Kin?" Cassie asks, close to the end of her intended questions.
None of them had expected Miu'Kin's eyes to blaze.
"A threat? To the children! What kind? I might not be a battle princess but by the goddess's shell I won't-" Miu'Kin stops, a small jet of flame coming from her nostrils. "Err.. I uhm. I'm sorry. I get... passionate about protecting those who can't protect themselves. My first year working in a daycare, someone who claimed to be an Orega Girl tried to kidnap one of my charges, a sweet little boy... I uh. Killed her with my bare hands. I don't remember it. I saw red, forced her outside, sealed the nursery and triggered an alarm and then proceeded to beat her into a paste. I don't remember any of it, but I uh... apparently finished her off beating her with her own arm after ripping it off. No one's ever threatened the children of that nursery again and I haven't worked there in over a decade."
Matroika leans in. "...I want to call bullshit so badly, but you're such a sweetheart I actually believe you."
"It was in the news a whole bunch. My name was redacted because of the possible organized crime angle, to try to prevent retaliation, but you should be able to search Heart Shell Nursery kidnapping attempt or something similar and it'll pop up."
"I'm on it girls."
Tyler pulls out his communicator and does a little search, and sure enough, exactly as Miu'Kin had described it. He quickly passes his communicator around, letting the girls all look for themselves.
"Well I'll be damned!" Matroika looks up from Tyler's communicator, clearly reassessing the other woman. "For such a demure gal, seems like you can bring that Apuk fire when it counts. She's got my vote girls. Seems like a perfect fit to me!"
Cassie coughs delicately into her hand. "I didn't realize we were at the voting stage yet, but I suppose we can have the discussion now."
Miu'Kin moves to stand. "Would you like me to wait outside the privacy field?"
Cassie shakes her head and motions her to sit down. "No, unless one of the others would like to you, I don't think that's necessary. Nara?"
Nara makes a show of considering things for a few moments. "I say yes to welcoming Miu'Kin as our new sister."
Cassie looks to Elyria. "What about you Elyria?"
"I say yes! Miu'Kin's a sweetheart and she can protect the children with all that Apuk ferocity where it counts? Sounds perfect for us." Elyria beams over at the other woman.
Cassie nods. "Well I see no reason to dissent from my sisters, I say yes. I think Miu'Kin will be a fine addition to our family. Tyler?"
All eyes now focus on Tyler who strokes his chin for a moment before smiling over at the lovely redhead, putting a shiver down her spine.
"I don't see why not. Miu'Kin, would you do me the honor of marrying me?"
To her credit, Miu'Kin, clearly a bit over stimulated, manages to squeak out a "Yes!" before she passes out, thankfully being caught by Matroika before she can hit the table.
"Heh, guess she got a little overexcited, not that I can blame her, getting to marry our hubby should be exciting!"
Caring Conquests apparently had people pass out frequently enough that a nurse was kept on staff, and Miu'Kin's back on her feet before too long, the shy beauty boldly taking Tyler's hand and nearly passing out again as the Sarkins head down to Caring Conquests' legal office and sit through another intense round of paperwork. True to Bey'Tor's word, the second round of Miu'Kin's fees for the matchmaking service are waived, and in what felt like no time at all, the Sarkins, plus one redhead, are standing on the sidewalk in the warm sunshine of a late morning on Serbow.
Tyler stretches before taking Miu'Kin's hand again. He'd decided that since it was theoretically her wedding day, he'd be giving her some special attention above and beyond what he tried to normally give his wives. They'd do a ceremony with the skipper back on the Tear of course, but for now... he gives Miu'Kin's hand a squeeze, savoring the warmth radiating from her as she looks over at him with a shy smile, clearly doing her best to suppress just how giddy she is about the whole thing.
"So Miu'Kin, since you're local to the capital, care to give us the tour?"
"I... I can do that! Yes! I'd love to! Anywhere in particular that any of you would like to go?"
Tyler pulls his communicator out. "Well we have a list we can go through and you can tell us what you-"
"Hey sir!"
Tyler looks up at a distinctly male voice calling out to him and finds a small group of Marines and sailors, many of them with their spouses, disembarking off an airbus. The man who'd called out to him, one of the senior petty officers from the squadron, races up and visibly resists saluting Tyler since they're out of uniform for once.
"What's up Petty Officer Tywin? Seems like quite a crowd."
Petty Officer First Class Scott Tywin nods. "Some of it's intentional, some of it's happenstance... this ad for this matchmaking service got sent out across the comm net an hour ago and a lot of us had been talking about adding Apuk gals to the family... hard to beat Caring Conquest's reputation from checking their reviews, a discount's just icing on the cake. We're also here to support Mark."
Tywin points to a man that Tyler recognizes as Mark "Tiger" Ayako, a Marine NCO and naval aircrewman.
"Oh? What's going on with Staff Sergeant Ayako?"
Tywin grins just as wide as he can. "Mark fell in love with the Apuk at first sight. Hell, at first description. Then he did some research and that was it. So we're something of a bachelor party and escort to make some Apuk girls extremely happy today. Not sure if they can shake out a battle princess from this joint, but I'm sure Mark would make any Apuk gal they match him with feel like a queen regardless."
"Hah." Tyler can't hold the laugh back. "How many girls is he intending to marry?"
"As many matches as come back good really. Plus one or two. There's a couple gals back on the Tear waiting for the Apuk to soften Mark up a bit before making their move themselves. So what brings you out here si- Oh."
Tywin looks twice at Miu'Kin and realizes it's not Nara or one of the other Sarkin girls.
"I take it you're a happy customer sir?"
"Something like that Tywin. This is Miu'Kin, my new wife."
Tywin nods cordially to Miu'Kin. "Pleasure to meet you ma'am, and congratulations to both of you on your wedding."
Miu'Kin bows her head slightly to Tywin, but keeps her peace, trying to hide a sudden bout of shyness beneath demure good manners, something Tyler suspects is part of her normal coping strategies.
Tywin looks over his shoulder at the group heading towards Caring Conquests, there was a small group of women lagging behind who were clearly Tywin’s own wives.
"Alright, gotta get back to the family! Enjoy the rest of your day boss!"
And in a flash the last of the small mob of Marines and sailors are inside as Tyler grins like a maniac.
"Hell just off that crowd I bet I'm going to get a very happy text from Bey'Tor. Seems like you're not the only happy blushing bride in the Capital city today Miu'Kin... and seems like the Tear is going to be getting a strong Apuk expat population."
Cassie chuckles into her wing. "At the rate things are going, Apuk might even equal or out number the Horchka. An interesting development for sure. Now... where should we be off to? Perhaps we could do a little shopping as well, to help Miu'Kin prepare for her move up to the Tear?"
Miu'Kin nods eagerly. "Oh that would be really lovely of you! I would quite enjoy company as I shop... and I must say I've ah. Never been to space before. Never mind made an extended trip to deep space or anything like that. So any of your experience you'd be willing to share with me, I'd greatly appreciate it."
"Of course, that's what family's for!" Cassie answers for the group, flexing her wings a bit and letting herself stretch, unintentionally emphasizing her gravid stomach... which lets loose a growl worthy of a grizzly bear. A blushing Cassie rests a hand on her stomach. "Oh dear. Seems I'm a bit peckish. Please excuse me."
Tyler shakes his head. "We haven't eaten anything but some snacks since this morning and you're eating for three dear, maybe we should all get some lunch. Miu'Kin? Care to recommend a local place?"
"Of course! One of my favorite places is actually nearby!"
Miu'Kin happily trots along, hand in hand with Tyler, and eventually points out a place nearby.
"Huh!" Tyler peers a bit closer with an axiom boost to his vision. "Well I'll be damned, looks like a tavern straight out of a roleplaying game mixed with a greasy spoon diner from back home. I love the look, the Apuk really nail some aesthetics that really appeal to me. That said... I can't read Cindertongue, Miu'Kin, what's the name of this place?"
"Oh! Sorry! It's 'Flame Charred With Love: Apuk Family Style Dining'!"
That got everyone's attention.
Cassie's wings ruffle just a bit. "Apuk family style cuisine? Ooh! That sounds lovely. As a fellow carnivore I know I enjoy Apuk food."
"Hell I'm down for any kind of home cooking. Nara says she isn't much of a cook but I've devoured every Apuk dish she's made me." Tyler notes, remembering some excellent meals.
"Bit rich for us omnivores sometimes, but I suppose that's what making a salad back in orbit is for." Matroika chuckles.
"Four carnivores in the family does make life hard when you like vegetables as more than a garnish, you're not wrong, darling."
Miu'Kin nods. "Well I'm a pretty good cook! I even know how to cook with vegetables. Just give me your favorite recipes! Between Nara and I we'll keep everyone fed! I think you'll like this place though, it's Apuk home cooking just like Mama..."
Miu'Kin freezes dead in her tracks as she reaches for the door.
"...Oh no."
"What's wrong, honey?"
The term of endearment melts Miu'Kin just a bit as she tries to compose herself.
"I eat here so often that I kinda spaced why I eat here. My uh. My mother owns this place, she's usually on shift. Some of my sisters and other mothers work here too, you could call it a family business. Working at the diner as a waitress was my first job."
Tyler shrugs. "So? This is good, I was hoping to get a chance to meet your mother at least before we left the planet."
"Sure, but I just... it. Okay. If you're sure. It can. Family."
Miu'Kin looks into Tyler's eyes, and finding only reassurance and a smile there, takes a second to steel herself and pushes through the heavy wooden door to the jingle of a bell.
"Come on in folks, we got a table ready just for you!"
An older Apuk woman with silver in her red hair and smile lines carved into her caramel skin calls out from where she's tending a spit in the middle of the mostly open kitchen, a smile on her face big enough that you could probably see it from orbit if she went outside. Then she actually looks to see who had just come through her door.
"Oh! Hey sweetie! Who are your fri-" The woman, Miu'Kin's mother it seemed, eyes actually focus on Tyler properly now, and drop down to where Miu'Kin's still firmly holding Tyler's hand. "-riends?"
Miu'Kin swallows loudly. "Uhm, Mom. This is my new husband, Tyler, and his other wives."
For a second. One brief second. Every noise in the restaurant ceased.
The live fish in the tank, clearly marked as food, stopped moving.
A waitress nearly dropped a plate.
Diners looked up from the booths.
Deeper in the kitchen, a few other older Apuk women, presumably sister wives or sisters of Miu'Kin's mother, all stick their heads out to see what in the shell is happening.
Then all hell breaks loose in the way only a family with up to a hundred odd mothers-in-law can.
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I have a Laravel app that currently scrapes mobile apps and adds them to a database saving an icon along with 4 screenshots. The images are optimized before import and are typically 3-5mb in size combined. For scaling and budget purposes, B2 looked extremely appealing, especially paired with Bunny.
On DigitalOcean spaces, a single app import typically took anywhere between 1,500ms to 2,500ms. Not amazing, but tolerable and it is what we've been working with so the bar is set.
I got everything configured and did a quick test in Tinker with Storage::disk('s3')->put('test.txt', 'test'); to ensure everything was working as intended. Good to go.
Before I started the importer job in the background, I decided to do a "quick" test of 5 apps:

• 7,641ms
• 9,007ms
• 7,561ms
• 7,939ms
• 7,035ms

😮 My plan has immediately backfired.
Is this to be expected? I did a Google search and see a lot of complaints for upload speeds with personal backups, but is this really an issue with B2?
For clarity, my bucket is in us-east and the origin server that is uploading the media is in Virginia.

I'm at a complete loss, I'm trying to mount something and was looking for studs, instead all I found were small areas (2"x2") where there's "something" behind the wall (stud finder is hyper confused), I used some magnets to find that each of them seems to be where the drywall screw is, but when I drill into it it's hollow and seems like hard plastic.. and there's a large gap between the drywall and the concrete behind it. before I go ripping a big hole in my wall, anyone have any clue what I could be dealing with?? My searching has provided me nothing useful...
https://i.imgur.com/5nwczs1.jpg
Image of the magnets spaced out along the wall, these areas do not have anything above/below, and when drilled directly above is DEFINITELY not a stud

TLDR: Any advice/knowledge to share about the Mazda financing deals moving from May into June? aka should I jump for the 2.9% APR before May 31st or wait for June deals? CX-5 was at 0.9% APR for months, just not when I was ready to buy. Now I’m worried to commit to 2.9% if it drops back down after May. Help!!
I’ve been looking at cars on and off for about a year or so. My dad leased a 2019 CX-5 and moved to a 2022 CX-30 last year due to the sharp increase in leasing prices. I’m not a fan of the smaller cab and slightly lower seating in the CX-30. Buying in Los Angeles and lowest rates (even at credit unions) are 4.75-5.25%. I looked at hybrids or EV for a bit, but with the much higher APR plus additional sticker price, the savings on gas in LA (~$5.49/gallon) wouldn’t make up the difference to save money in the long run.
Coming from a 2009 Volvo V50 with 180k. My dad didn’t keep up with regular maintenance when it was his car, so we’re at a point where required repairs start at 6k and every drive is filled with the possibility that the final thing will snap (figuratively or literally) and I’ll be without transportation.
I drive ~30 miles/day for my work commute. Chronic illness means I’m not doing much beyond that. However, I’m trying to drive ~600 miles round trip around the second weekend of June to be present for a family member’s big day, so I’m feeling that the time has come to make the purchase. Will appreciate any advice provided and/or assistance with Mazda dealerships/deals in the area.

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