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I've just seen a post on a prolife sub that "people are so angry when they get pregnant after having sex, because they are literally following every step of the process". A while ago, I've seen several posts on this subject saying that the main purpose of sex is to procreate, and if you don't want to be pregnant, take all the precautions to avoid that. But if pregnancy still occurs, you're not allowed to do anything. Even if you can't afford it, even if it damages your body or health. You might have a chance only when your life is in danger, but we've seen how that's going.
BUT the thing with this "the main reason of ... is ..." is that it shouldn't be a valid argument. A knife's main purpose is to cut things. Imagine doing an activity you love, 《cooking》, and you accidentally cut yourself. You didn't want a cut. That cut harms you and damages your body but you can't get treatment for it because you knew this could happen. You're only allowed to get treatment if the wound gets infected and can potentially kill you, otherwise nope. But at least a cut lasts for a few days without treatment. Having a cut can be kinda painful without treating it. Carrying a pregnancy you don't want can be a burden that changes your life forever.
So the argument with "the main purpose of sex is pregnancy so don't be surprised when you get pregnant". We're not surprised. We just want to control what happens to OUR bodies. People have sex for the sole reason of having fun and that can result in pregnancy. Other people have sex to get pregnant and that doesn't result in pregnancy. Let's let women decide what to do. 🙏🏻

Тhе Кremlin has аnnounсed thе start оf a projеct to еreсt in Bеlarus а stоrage faсility fоr its nuclеar weарons, рledging tо comрlеte thе соnstructiоn bу Julу 1, аftеr which some of thе Russiаn nuclеar саpabilities will bе transferrеd therе. In this wау, Mоsсоw intends tо kill two birds with оnе stоnе.
First, this is abоut a signifiсant dеepening of thе prоcess of thе сrеерing ocсuрatiоn оf Вelаrus. Moscow will gеt а реrmanent military bаse there, whiсh will be guarded by a реrmаnent сontingent of Russian troорs. This is hарpening in thе opеn, clеar tо thе eуеs of averаgе Веlаrusians, while thе gоvеrnmеnts didn't evеn bоther to sign any оfficial аgreemеnt or рroреr accomраnуing pаpеrwоrk that wоuld at lеast stiрulatе thе tеrms оr сonditions оf stay. Оf сourse, аs а rеsult of аll this, Mоscоw will be ablе tо tie Minsk even more firmlу tо itself, significаntlу inсrеase its рolitiсal influencе on the соuntrу, аnd compliсаte the lаttеr's pоtentiаl drift towаrd both Сhinа оr the West. Evеn if the Russiаn wаr on Ukrаine еnds аnd thе Alехаndеr Lukashеko regime сhаngеs, thе Russian militаry basе stоring nuсlear wеаpons will рlау а hugе rоlе in Веlarus's domеstic роlitiсal life. It shоuld be reсаlled thаt one оf thе main reаsons fоr Russiа's occuраtion of thе Crimean Рeninsulа wаs Ukrainе's intеntion to stор ехtending the lеаsе tеrms for thе Russiаn Вlаck Sеа Fleеt nаvаl base in Sеvastopоl. Of сoursе, the Kremlin will trу to usе the fасtоr оf the nuclеаr base fоr a mоre рraсtiсal builduр оf thе Union State of Russia and Веlаrus (which сurrеntly еxists рurelу оn рaреr).
Seсondlу, it is about аnоthеr аttempt by Моscоw at nuсleаr blackmail tаrgеting thе аnti-Putin соalitiоn оf Western dеmoсrаcies in order tо сoеrcе it to start peaсe negotiаtiоns (and to encоurаgе Кyiv tо jоin). In thе cоnditiоns Russiа is facing todаy (bоth оn the bаttlefiеlds аnd in domеstic рolitics), it wоuld extrеmely bеneficial fоr the Кrеmlin tо frееze thе wаr with Ukrаinе until the Russiаn Мinistrу of Dеfense аnd its military-industrial сomplex train аnd preparе a nеw роwеrful invasion forcе. Соnsidering thе fасt thаt l, dеsрitе all drawbасks, the Russiаn аrmy wаs still аble tо осcuру 16% оf thе Ukrаiniаn territory, Kremlin's prоpаgаnda pundits will рromоte this fact to thеir dоmеstiс аudience аs a greаt viсtоrу fоr Vladimir Рutin in order to sеаl his rе-elеction in Мarch 2024. Hоwevеr, tо this end, Moscow wоuld nеed to sign a сеasеfirе agreemеnt with Куiv аnd, in fасt, dividе Ukrаine, based оn thе current situаtion on the bаttlefiеlds.
Fоr its part, Ukraine is convеning a meeting of thе UN Seсuritу Сounсil, as bоth Russia аnd Веlаrus intend to violate thе 1968 Тreatу оn thе Non-Рroliferаtiоn оf Nuclеаr Weароns, to whiсh bоth states аrе signatоriеs. It is pоssible thаt Russiа mаy рrоmise not tо dерloy nucleаr weapоns on the tеrritory of Belаrus if Ukrаine аgreеs tо an immеdiate cеasefire аnd, thus, rеfrains frоm thе еxрeсtеd cоunteroffensive in Mаy-June 2023. Ноwever, this game being plаyed bу the Krеmlin is greatlу hindered bу thе arrеst wаrrаnt fоr Рutin, issued bу the Intеrnаtiоnаl Сriminal Court in The Hаguе. Аfter аll, Рutin hаs nоw сeasеd to bе a legitimаtе рarty tо аnу international negotiаtions. Under thesе соnditiоns, it is еаsier for the Wеst tо increаsе аrms, еquipmеnt, аnd ammо supрliеs tо the аrmеd fоrсеs оf Ukrаine with the аim оf соmрletelу ехреlling Russian troорs оut оf Ukrаine tо restore the соuntry's intеrnationаllу rеcognizеd bоrdеrs as of 1991.

I’m (F25) , a family member would do certain things between when I was younger. These things made me feel uncomfortable and I asked multiple times for it to stop to no avail. Only after posting about it on Reddit I’ve realised it was indeed SA and I want to know if anyone in this community knows if it relates to wanting ti be submissive when it comes to sex?
I want to protect their identity so calling them X. Examples are below:

1. X never let me lock the bathroom door when I shower X walks right in and has conversations with me even though the shower doors are see-through. This still happens now at 25yo. I used to lock the door when I was younger but X would use a coin to open the door and would leave it wide open so I just stoped locking the door and forget to every time now.
   
2. X have always sneaked up the stairs and burst into my room on purpose. Dispute multiple times asking X to knock. If I’m just out a shower and wearing a towel I’ll always ask X to leave but X scoffs as if I should be less embarrassed and I’m weak for being embarrassed about being naked.
   
3. When I was younger if I would touch myself X would take enjoyment from bursting into my room and surprising me and made me feel dirty and mentally fucked up for doing so. X would also watch through a crack in the door (caught them sometimes) before bursting in.
   
4. X would ask to see my breasts and say it was to compare mine to theirs and any time I said I didn’t want to I was made to feel silly for being embarrassed like it was no big deal.
   
5. X used to ask me to shower with them. Well over the age I needed anyone to wash my hair. X would again scoff if I said no and plead for me to join them as if I was not wanting quality time with them.
   
6. X flashes me (still does) and leaves the door to the bathroom wide open when they shower and sometimes calls me over to chat with them on purpose as if they want to see my reaction to seeing them naked.
   
7. X would insist on checking me ‘down there’ when I was younger and would put cream on me saying there was a rash but I never saw one. I remember getting older and being adamant that I could do it myself but X got furious with me.
   
8. X gets into my bed without asking when I’m in bed or when I’m not and asks me to cuddle them in their bed and gets angry when I say no.
   

The next two are hard for me to type…I don’t feel ready but this platform has been really supportive so far so here goes. For content X definitely physically abused me and still emotionally abuses me and I think they are narcissistic.

1. Growing up and even sometimes now I go into a childlike mind and put on a higher pitched child like voice (this cringes me so much so please don’t say anything nasty about this). Once when I was hugging X in their bed and was in this childlike state. They played into it and said ‘aww my baby, do you want to suck milk’ and I for some disgusting reason that bothers me to this day I nodded and X got their breasts out and I ….I can’t type the rest but I don’t think I need to.
   
2. Again difficult to put down to writing. This one I don’t know if it’s in my head. When I was younger X would ask me to sit on their lap. I would feel (or think I did) them pushing up their private part on my body. I would feel uncomfortable and would sit in a different position but it would keep happening and I learnt to ignore it.
   

Sorry for the lengthy post - it’s difficult to write cause I know this person would take it very badly if they knew I was posting this and I feel like I’m betraying that person.
Context : been depressed since 11/12 and after experiencing panic attacks for the first time at 25 I finally told a doctor and I’m on a waiting list to get help for pdsd (unsure if that’s what I have) and I don’t know if it’s worth mentioning this if it’s stupid or if I am even able to. I no longer live with X.
Throughout my childhood I knew I was into bdsm as I liked to be submissive. I struggle to enjoy sex now unless it’s bdsm.
I just feel dirty if I am wanting sex or going after it so it needs to feel like it’s being taken from me. I used to and still do fantasise about rape, which is very disturbing but I can’t help it. I also fantasise about sleep/passed out sex and public sex with lots of people watching/touching me.
Has anyone experienced this / is this normal? I want to feel used/humiliated and am worried about getting myself into a bad situation but also want to experiment with my partner and our sex life.

Hello everyone. I'm a 20 year old (M) college student who used to work with a much older woman (35F). I always found her attractive. In my eyes she was the the prettiest woman I've ever seen in my life (she actually looked much younger than her age).
Anyways we started talking at work and we had chemistry. We pretty much liked the same things and we had great conversations. As time went on and on, things got more intimidating. She started starring at me in a very intimadating way. She also started texting me daily and consistently. I knew that she was in a relationship with another guy and i just thought she was just being friendly.
But one day, she told me to hang out after work together. And we did. I had an amazing time with her. I honestly haven't met anyone that interesting in my life. As i was walking her home, she caught me off guard and kissed me. It was the sweetest kiss I've had ever experienced. I told her i liked her a lot and so did she. I always had in my mind that i shouldn't get into other people's relationship and i genuinely felt bad about her boyfriend. But i couldn't resist to her, it was magical.
We worked for 3 months together (basically all summer). This was honestly the best time of my life. We started dating somehow. (we kept it between us, but we started seeing each other a lot). She's the most amazing woman I've ever met, idk if her age makes me think of that. Maybe it's her maturity Thad made me fell so hard for her? I'm not sure. Anyway, the thing after summer was over, i left the job, because of college. And after this happened she somehow disappeared. She suddenly started texting me rarely and she was cold, but nothing had happened between us. I kept texting her and asking about how she was, but after some time she ghosted me.
It's been half a year since we texted each other. I honestly can't stop thinking of her. She's been living in my head 24/7, i can't concentrate on anything and most importantly in my studies. I just think of her and cry, i can't even listen to music anymore, because we had the same taste and the songs remind of her, why did she do that to me? Why she initiated the whole thing if she's was going to do that without explain anything to me. She promised me that she would keep in touch with me no matter what. And i believed her. I know the age gap is huge, but i didn't mind, that's what she said as well. I feel like i was being used.
I also bear in mind that she was cheating on her boyfriend, and i don't know if i would like to be with someone who's a cheater. I just feel so depressed and don't know how to get over her. I know some of you might say you can find other people as well, but i literally had one gorgeous girl asking me to have sex with her and i declined, because while she was talking with me, i was only thinking about her. It feels like I've developed an obsession with her and it's unhealthy. I've been with other women before, but this just felt so special to me, i can't really explain it. I feel so blank. I've been waiting for a text from her every single day, and the urge of texting her is huge, idk if she's gonna reply or not. did she just play me? I just crave of seeing her just one more time. She stigmatized me. Every other girl i meet, i subconsciously compare her to her and she's always better. I can't feel anything for other girls and it's been a long time. I'm so embarrassed of going to therapy because a woman 15 years older played me like that.
TL;DR i had an affair with a much older co-worker, and when she left the job she stopped texting to me, but i can't get over her.
PS: excuse me for my English, im Argentinian.

Hi all, I have been giving myself .25 ml injections of estradiol for seven weeks now. Everything seems to be going fine, but whenever I feel differently or pain, I think, is the medicine causing the change? I guess I am trying to say that I wonder if some of the things I feel or think are in my head. I know some things are not; for example, my nipples are extremely sensitive. I have no doubt that is from the medications. I had an experience this past weekend that I think is me being sick, but then again, maybe not and I would like to hear what others say.
Thursday, I had small lunch, came back, and noticed that my stomach felt a little tight. I did not think much of it. I did not eat dinner that night because every 20 minutes or so, my stomach and abdomen would tighten up for a few seconds. I am extremely hungry the following day, but I can only get a few bites in, like lunch. I went to bed Friday evening, and the cramps kept coming every few minutes but were extremely painful. I had brunch on Friday, and the pains were still happening, but I finished lunch, went home, and laid on the couch most of the day. I went to bed Saturday evening, and the pains started to ease up and continue to be less and less through the day, and on Monday, very little.
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I am told that what I described can be common with HRT and can happen regularly; I have no idea if my symptoms were because of the medicine or if I had something bad to eat. I would love to know if others have had similar experiences.

In this situation there is a site-to-site VPN between two offices and one of the Sonicwall TZ 270 units seems to drop the connection despite the VPN still showing as being enabled on both sides (it'll be missing the little green circle indicating being up).
A reboot of the one particular firewall will fix this issue, however there apparently is no way to schedule automated reboots for these types of firewalls.
This error has happened multiple times over the past few months. Having just started investigating it, the only log preceding the latest instance is the one in the title.
Does anyone have any further information about this error or what it might actually be hinting at? I don't believe we're hitting any kind of use limit on either side. I'm assuming that this error is pointing at something else being wrong (or maybe the unit being defective).
Both firewalls are on the latest firmware.

I grew up with my cousins until I was about 10, but then unfortunately we parted ways as my family moved yo a different country. Going through my teenage years without cousins was tough. My sister moved back to the country where I am from, and had the chance to reignite her relationship with our cousins.
For the first time ever, all of us are in one country at the same time - my cousins have moved here and my sister is currently visiting. I have had the chance to meet with some of them without my sister, and I loved it. I was super excited and created a WhatsApp group to schedule a dinner together. I either got no response or very sporadic messages.
We ended up canceling, and I learned from my sister that she doesn’t get along with them. Although I’m close with my sister, I mentioned that I would like to continue to have a relationship with my cousins. I would like to meet with them even if she wouldn’t like to. This has put a strain on my relationship with my sister. My brother, father, and mother have made it clear that they are siding with my sister. They frequently prefer for our family to go out by ourselves because they consider everyone else “weird.” I’ve never felt this way, and I think it can be very isolating. I’ve asked my sister multiple times why she doesn’t get along with our cousins, and she says that it wasn’t a specific circumstance, she just doesn’t like how they act with/around her.
I feel like I’m stuck in the middle and I’m not sure if I should prioritize my sister or my cousins. As I get into my late 30s I’m starting to feel a bit more confident about whom I enjoy spending time with, and speaking out even if I’m singled out. But I still have that small voice in the back of my head that tells me I could be in the wrong. Would love to hear some opinions.

Hello everyone. I'm a 20 year old (M) college student who used to work with a much older woman (35F). I always found her attractive. In my eyes she was the the prettiest woman I've ever seen in my life (she actually looked much younger than her age).
Anyways we started talking at work and we had chemistry. We pretty much liked the same things and we had great conversations. As time went on and on, things got more intimidating. She started starring at me in a very intimadating way. She also started texting me daily and consistently. I knew that she was in a relationship with another guy and i just thought she was just being friendly.
But one day, she told me to hang out after work together. And we did. I had an amazing time with her. I honestly haven't met anyone that interesting in my life. As i was walking her home, she caught me off guard and kissed me. It was the sweetest kiss I've had ever experienced. I told her i liked her a lot and so did she. I always had in my mind that i shouldn't get into other people's relationship and i genuinely felt bad about her boyfriend. But i couldn't resist to her, it was magical.
We worked for 3 months together (basically all summer). This was honestly the best time of my life. We started dating somehow. (we kept it between us, but we started seeing each other a lot). She's the most amazing woman I've ever met, idk if her age makes me think of that. Maybe it's her maturity Thad made me fell so hard for her? I'm not sure. Anyway, the thing after summer was over, i left the job, because of college. And after this happened she somehow disappeared. She suddenly started texting me rarely and she was cold, but nothing had happened between us. I kept texting her and asking about how she was, but after some time she ghosted me.
It's been half a year since we texted each other. I honestly can't stop thinking of her. She's been living in my head 24/7, i can't concentrate on anything and most importantly in my studies. I just think of her and cry, i can't even listen to music anymore, because we had the same taste and the songs remind of her, why did she do that to me? Why she initiated the whole thing if she's was going to do that without explain anything to me. She promised me that she would keep in touch with me no matter what. And i believed her. I know the age gap is huge, but i didn't mind, that's what she said as well. I feel like i was being used.
I also bear in mind that she was cheating on her boyfriend, and i don't know if i would like to be with someone who's a cheater. I just feel so depressed and don't know how to get over her. I know some of you might say you can find other people as well, but i literally had one gorgeous girl asking me to have sex with her and i declined, because while she was talking with me, i was only thinking about her. It feels like I've developed an obsession with her and it's unhealthy. I've been with other women before, but this just felt so special to me, i can't really explain it. I feel so blank. I've been waiting for a text from her every single day, and the urge of texting her is huge, idk if she's gonna reply or not. did she just play me? I just crave of seeing her just one more time. She stigmatized me. Every other girl i meet, i subconsciously compare her to her and she's always better. I can't feel anything for other girls and it's been a long time. I'm so embarrassed of going to therapy because a woman 15 years older played me like that.
TL;DR i had an affair with a much older co-worker, and when she left the job she stopped texting to me, but i can't get over her.
PS: excuse me for my English, im Argentinian.

Y'all I've been in a mood. I've been reading all these fantastic stories and been in a love coma basically. But recently I've been thinking that I need something more. Like after the mmc and fmc get together and all is brownies and sunshines, what then? I don't want it to end there. I want to continue with the story. I wanna know what else they face after they finally get together. Especially if they have kids and are raising them and all that, I wanna see the details, I wanna see more hardships they face.
Are there books like this out there? Not books per se but series 😩🤌

Hello everyone. I'm a 20 year old (M) college student who used to work with a much older woman (35F). I always found her attractive. In my eyes she was the the prettiest woman I've ever seen in my life (she actually looked much younger than her age).
Anyways we started talking at work and we had chemistry. We pretty much liked the same things and we had great conversations. As time went on and on, things got more intimidating. She started starring at me in a very intimadating way. She also started texting me daily and consistently. I knew that she was in a relationship with another guy and i just thought she was just being friendly.
But one day, she told me to hang out after work together. And we did. I had an amazing time with her. I honestly haven't met anyone that interesting in my life. As i was walking her home, she caught me off guard and kissed me. It was the sweetest kiss I've had ever experienced. I told her i liked her a lot and so did she. I always had in my mind that i shouldn't get into other people's relationship and i genuinely felt bad about her boyfriend. But i couldn't resist to her, it was magical.
We worked for 3 months together (basically all summer). This was honestly the best time of my life. We started dating somehow. (we kept it between us, but we started seeing each other a lot). She's the most amazing woman I've ever met, idk if her age makes me think of that. Maybe it's her maturity Thad made me fell so hard for her? I'm not sure. Anyway, the thing after summer was over, i left the job, because of college. And after this happened she somehow disappeared. She suddenly started texting me rarely and she was cold, but nothing had happened between us. I kept texting her and asking about how she was, but after some time she ghosted me.
It's been half a year since we texted each other. I honestly can't stop thinking of her. She's been living in my head 24/7, i can't concentrate on anything and most importantly in my studies. I just think of her and cry, i can't even listen to music anymore, because we had the same taste and the songs remind of her, why did she do that to me? Why she initiated the whole thing if she's was going to do that without explain anything to me. She promised me that she would keep in touch with me no matter what. And i believed her. I know the age gap is huge, but i didn't mind, that's what she said as well. I feel like i was being used.
I also bear in mind that she was cheating on her boyfriend, and i don't know if i would like to be with someone who's a cheater. I just feel so depressed and don't know how to get over her. I know some of you might say you can find other people as well, but i literally had one gorgeous girl asking me to have sex with her and i declined, because while she was talking with me, i was only thinking about her. It feels like I've developed an obsession with her and it's unhealthy. I've been with other women before, but this just felt so special to me, i can't really explain it. I feel so blank. I've been waiting for a text from her every single day, and the urge of texting her is huge, idk if she's gonna reply or not. did she just play me? I just crave of seeing her just one more time. She stigmatized me. Every other girl i meet, i subconsciously compare her to her and she's always better. I can't feel anything for other girls and it's been a long time. I'm so embarrassed of going to therapy because a woman 15 years older played me like that.
TL;DR i had an affair with a much older co-worker, and when she left the job she stopped texting to me, but i can't get over her.
PS: excuse me for my English, im Argentinian.

Trying to figure out if this is an ER issue or can it wait to see a specialist when I can walk and drive again. Sorry for the long backstory hut these things are all coming together and seem relevant, maybe.
I’m 40F, overweight but have had back and joint issues since my teens when I was much more spry and in shape. About a month ago I pulled my lower back. This isn’t unusual and happens from time to time so I did the usual treatment I know works. Muscle relaxer, ibuprofen, heating pad and extra stretching. It improved slightly and I was able to get around ok, went to work etc but it was always hurting.
Woke up today and it was so much worse. Took me ten minutes to get out of bed, stretching hurt so much I cried. Pain is shooting down my leg and when I try to stand up straight my lower back spasms until I go back into a semi-crouch.
A little history, I first pulled my back out around 17 years old and have had this happen periodically ever since. When I had both my kids I had issues with the epidurals. The first one the doctor couldn’t locate the spot where the needle was supposed to go. A second doctor was called in who got the needle in place, but I ended up with a spinal headache. I got a blood patch which failed and needed to be done a second time. With my second son the epidural was placed fine but then the epidural itself stopped working once they had me go on my side with one of those peanut balls they use in labor. It was an immediate failure as soon as I got into position and they had to give me a bunch more pain meds. I’m not even sure what they did but the anesthesiologist was back and working with the nurses. Eventually they managed the pain and epidural but I overheard the doctor talking to my husband about whether I had issues with my spinal column. She thought maybe something physically was out of place.
As a teenager I was in a car accident and the doctor mentioned one of my vertebrae was twisted or cocked to a weird angle or something. At the time I assumed it was related to the accident but now not so sure.
I give all this backstory to ask whether this sounds like a progression of something that’s truly a physical anatomy problem, like a backbone shifting out of place? Is it a muscle thing? Should I continue to try to manage this myself or go to the ER? My husband is traveling but my in laws have the kids so I could get myself to the hospital for a visit if need be. Otherwise I could wait until he’s back to go to an orthopedist or whoever.
I’m terrified of being paralyzed due to my own stupidity but I also don’t want to go to the ER if this is something that can wait. Please help, the kids will be back this evening so I’m a little short on time.

Hi. I'm looking to talk to some new people, maybe make some friends
They are:
History, especially the 19th-20th century but with more broad and general knowedge in other time periods. I'm not an expert or anything but I am pretty passionate about it and tend to read/listen about one event or the other on a pretty regular basis.
Literature, especially old novels. I recently read Demian, Day of the Oprichnik, Heart of Darkness, the Perfume and Little Prince. Currently started reading Blood Meridian. Some of my favourite works would include: "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "Faust part I" (need to get to part II) and "No Longer Human". I also like to write short stories and book reviews.
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I'm currently working to scrape off the rust and then when I'm finished with that will begin to learn a fourth language. It's fun to go through different works in multiple languages. For example, I read the aforementioned Faust part I in all three.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad! The main questline at least, Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and will try out Deus Ex Manking Divided again ( Got inspired since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk). I was waiting to play Elden Ring but it ended being too stressful for me. Go here and get beaten up go there and get beaten up, repeat...Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games...like EU IV and HoI IV . I am definitely looking forward to try out Victoria III, after they add more content to it. I also got Modern Warfare 2, since the first MW had great multiplayer gameplay.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good new season of Bleach. Some other favourites include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass , Higurashi (season 2 is a bit weak but the first one is a masterpiece of horror), Code Geass, Attack on Titan and others. My favourite Manga is Berserk...I hope it gets a good ending..the first couple of new chapters were...a bit rough but the new author seems to have got his footing.
Anyway, that should be enough information to give you a good picture... Before I go, I would like to ask for you to include the title of the last book you read in your reply. A minor request, I feel. I'll be ignoring those that don't

I already have both 2.5 anni may and raihan from last year but I still need Red and Snorlax, Brendan and Latios, and Lucas and Diagla. Currently at 5.5k paid. Is it worth?

She's sweet. She's sweet to me too. She's not cruel on its face. I just don't get the support i need. She has been abused herself and kinda was broken when my parents divorced. She's not hateful or aggressive, any more than most people and less so than most.
But she's got alot of traits that draw me to this subreddit, though she doesn't seem like alot of nmoms described here.
She's hyper hyper Christian. Once a staunch catholic, now a Evangelical fundamentalist. So is my family. My granny has gone full MAGA while i was NC the first time.
Anyways, the things that make me drawn to think she may be narcissistic (or something!)
Things are never here fault, although i feel like she feels intense guilt. I also feel like that guilt feels like she's playing the victim so i don't fault her as much. Still, she'll never take responsibility; it's always "i didn't know what else to do" "so and so told me to do that"
She's told me she thinks I'm misremembering things and creating memories. Even things she wasn't present for and wouldn't know else wise. For awhile she'd just deny when i'd express how i felt "but that's not true"
She threatens me financially. After not speaking for years, she got my address and sent me a letter. She used this opportunity to threaten to take me out of her will (ive been supporting myself %100 since 18 btw). Years later i asked her why, she said she "didn't know what else to do" which felt like she was trying to make it my fault, like i'd forced her hand.
She'll send my older brother to essentially be her enforcer. I recently called her out on that b/c she sent him to "make sure i'm alive" (i'm also NC with my brother b/c he's violent and doesn't respect boundaries). When iasked her about this she said she had tried to come herself but got the wrong dorr. Felt extremely like a lie and weirdly like she had regressed to some childlike state.
There's more but this has gotten long. Basically, I've been up all night reading these posts. Alot resonant strongly, but my mom isn't mean or vocally ugly. She's the sweet victim, and i kinda hate that. Hate that i love her. Don't understand why she can't just be a caring mother to me.

You can spend years working on a single mathematical problem, work night after night without sleep, and finally get a new result. But then you get only a few chances to tell the world about it, and you really don’t want to screw it up.
This year I’m on the road a lot giving mathematics talks. Some of them are invited talks where my work is the main event of the day, like when I spoke at Los Alamos National Laboratory in February, while others are conference talks and I might be in one of several parallel sessions where I am giving a 20 minute talk alongside of several other speakers.
This has made me think really hard about how to organize my talks. Some of them need to be more tutorial and lean hard into undergrad and grad level content, since very few experts will be in the audience, while others should be crafted to address the needs of a more technical audience.
Here are some principles I try to live by, when I craft a new talk:

• Begin with an ELI5 - To those new to reddit, that’s “Explain Like I’m Five.” I just saw a talk by Stephan Garcia, where he opened with a combinatorial problem called the Chicken McNugget problem, and honestly, it’s the most engaged I was with any talk at that analysis conference. Honestly, if you can get all of your research down to a point where a 5 year old could understand it, that’d be amazing. Truly, aim as low as you can, while also giving a decent example of your work. Start at an undergraduate level in the first few slides or first few minutes and then gradually build up until you get to something that only experts might follow (and if you never get to that point, that might be ok too). You want people to be able to leave and “take something away.” If someone asks what you talked about, you don’t want someone to say “it was really impressive and complicated work” but then not really know what the point was.
• Have as few slides as you can get away with, with as little text as possible. Your slides should not be filled with paragraphs. Your job as the speaker should be to fill in those details. You want enough on the slide that there is something meaningful and it should serve as a cue for your own thoughts. John McCarthy suggests that for an N minute talk, you should have N/2 slides, and to really take your time as you go through them. I definitely have not followed this in all of my talks, but it is a good guiding principle.
• Leave the details out. This is the first thing that Terry Tao suggests in his own advice on the topic. Very few people in the audience will follow the really technical details of your work. I would go as far as saying that a math talk should have no proofs. Or if you have proofs in there, then they should be very short or just a sketch. When a talk starts to get really detail oriented, your audience is going to start looking at their cell phones, work on their own talks, or just start to fall asleep. Your goal in a talk is to give the audience an appreciation for the problems you are working on and the work that you have done. Stick to the highlights.
• Re-engagement. This is something that you don’t hear mathematicians talk about much, but I hear from a lot of YouTubers. You are going to lose your audience somewhere. Funny enough, on my YouTube channel, I find the point when most people (that came for a mathematics video) exit, is when the first equation appears on the screen. It’s inevitable that people will lose the thread eventually, but somewhere in the middle, you should insert a slide that can bring them back. This can be by switching to another closely related topic that a different segment of the audience can relate to, you can drop back to an ELI5, or you can even bring back and old example and talk about your results anew in that context. Pretty pictures help a lot with this.
• Include pictures whenever you can. This is harder to do in Pure Math than it is in Applied Math. But even in the process of making a proof, mathematicians often have some visual floating in their brains. Do your best to express that or something very analogous. Also, if you are so bold, consider including pictures of researchers that are relevant to the history of the problem. We have an entire area of our brain that is dedicated to decoding faces, it’ll help your audience stay engaged if they have some visual to connect with.
• Be grateful. Thank the organizers. It’s a lot of work to put together a conference or invite a speaker. Thank your collaborators; I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t do this alone. And thank your mom, I mean, thank your adviser (if you are a PhD student or a postdoc).
• Show the audience where they can get more of you. Put a QR code in your slides (generators are all over the internet) that can send the audience to your webpage (you should have one), your arXiv preprint, or something else related to you. If they enjoyed your talk, you want to give them a way to learn more about your work, and a method through which they can get in touch with you. The whole point of a conference is to network, and this is the one time when you have everyone’s attention.

That said, if you want to hear more about my thoughts on giving talks in mathematics and science, then you can check out this video: https://youtu.be/fh7gBQSvvqw
At the end of the video is a link to a semi-plenary talk I gave at the Southeast Analysis Meeting 2023 in Clemson. And truly, I’d like to thank the organizers for bringing us all together.
What do you think about these points? Is there anything you object to or want to add?

This is part of a series of posts. You can find the rest of them here.
It’s fairly safe to say that the Chibnall Era faces a lot of criticism compared to its predecessors. One such example of this criticism is the Doctor Who fandom’s opinion on Chibnall’s companions: Ryan, Graham, and Yaz (also known as ‘the Fam’). The decision to have three companions onboard the TARDIS at a time compared to the usual 1-2 is a very interesting one, and thus has many consequences that come out of them. These consequences vary from good to bad, but either way make for interesting discussion points.
‘The Fam’ is a term considered to be very controversial to Whovians across the internet, with many fans considering it as yet another weird decision made by Chris Chibnall. Personally, I don’t mind the term. It’s a good way to refer to the Thirteenth Doctor’s companions throughout Series 11, similarly to how ‘the Ponds’ refers to both Amy and Rory. It’s much shorter than saying ‘Ryan, Graham, and Yaz’, and therefore is the term I will be using throughout this post.
One of the better parts of having separate companions is the ability to tell stories set across multiple locations. Having so many companions on set at the same time makes for a lot of balls to juggle. Some writers throughout the last two series have tried to avoid this problem by splitting the four members of our crew into two or three separate teams, each with a specific objective to meet. A good example of this is “Praxeus”, where the fam is split up into three segments: Ryan in Peru, Yaz and Graham in Hong Kong, and the Doctor in Madagascar. These three parties develop the story being told in their own pieces, and paint a picture as to what’s happening throughout the globe. Whether the decision to split up the Fam in these stories ended up working and prevented characters from sitting around actually did anything is debatable, but there’s no doubt that it’s allowed for much more dynamic storytelling in terms of locations. Stories are no longer limited to being set in one main location, where the most split up our TARDIS crew gets is between two sides of the same conflict. Instead, much larger stories can be told. Stories like “Praxeus” and “Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children” make extensive use from this, and benefit from it quite a lot. They may not be amazing stories, but they are very unique in the way they’re told.
Of course, not everything is good with having so many characters sharing the screen at the same time. In many scenes, at least one member of the fam gets overshadowed by other characters. The most common victim of this ignoring is none other than Yasmin Khan, who got more than the short end of the stick throughout her first two series on the show. Often being the fourth wheel aboard the TARDIS, rarely does she ever get any time devoted to her. As such, her character remains flat throughout the entirety of Series 11 and 12. Luckily, however, she does stay on until Series 13, where she gets plenty of time spent on her character. Perhaps this will make up for the lack of focus she’s gotten so far.
As for Ryan and Graham, I actually like the direction Chibnall went with their characters. I loved how their relationship as grandparent and grandchild grew as they travelled with the Doctor. Hearing Ryan call Graham ‘grandad’ at the end of “It Takes You Away” was satisfying, especially when you look at how these two family members acted towards each other when they were introduced. When the end of “Revolution of the Daleks” came around, and Ryan and Graham took their final bow together, I couldn’t help but feel slightly emotional. Seeing our grandfather-grandson duo end out their tenures in the same place where they began, demonstrating how far they’ve come is so inherently beautiful, and is one of the best parts in the entirety of Chibnall’s run. While Chibnall’s treatment of companions wasn’t always great, what he did with Ryan and Graham is a part of his era that will always stand out, and makes Series 11 and 12 very interesting to watch.
In the end, Chibnall’s initial decision to create three companions for the initial part of his run with the show proves to have some interesting effects. While many fans are prone to focus on the negative outcomes, of which there are many, I think there’s a lot of value in focusing on some other legacies of the Fam’s run on the show. The types of stories told throughout the Chibnall Era thus far has been interesting in the way they’re told, and the overarching plot between Ryan and Graham was super satisfying to see develop. I may be in the minority here, but I find the Fam to be an enjoyable group of characters to watch. They may not be handled well 100% of the time (especially Yaz), but the good aspects of their tenure shine very brightly, making for a strong team throughout the entirety of their run. Much like the rest of Chibnall’s run, the Fam isn’t perfect, but they’re still fun and enjoyable to watch.
Next time, we prepare for the thirteenth and final series of 13 in 13 with “Flux” as all hell breaks loose during “The Halloween Apocalypse”.

Is it just me or is anyone else's iPhone 14 Pro an absolute dust magnet? I'm specifically talking about the camera. I mean seriously, I keep it in my clean pocket and never really touch the camera but it's still attracting dust like no tomorrow. No matter how many times I clean it with my sweater sleeve or a cloth, the dust will just reappear in a few hours. I switched from an iPhone Xs and never had this issue. I'm not a neat freak but I'm sure as hell not an absolute pig either, so idk what's causing this. Any tips?

Although I suffered from very bad nausea, I had a very high appetite during the first trimester and eating every couple of hours was the only thing that made me feel less nauseated and sick. Now when I started the second Trimester, I suddenly have no appetite! At all! Can't even drink water! My overall energy is a bit better but still very nauseated and weak 😭 Any suggestions on how to lift my appetite?