I already saw Across the Spiderverse 3 days ago. I have to admit it was a fun experience to watch the movies.
And then, a few days after watching the movies, i started to remember something like this. "What if the person that you looked down upon might be your greatest nightmare?"
That's the thought i have regarding Spot's character in the movie. So here's my analysis for Spot's character.
BEWARE, THERE MIGHT BE A SPOILER BELOW.
According to TvTropes, "Nobody to Nightmares" is the trope where the characters is considered to not be a threat by anybody. But as the story progressed, that character started to be known as the most feared person that is ever known
In Across the Spider-Verse, Spot was once a scientist named Jonathan Ohnn who works for Kingpin to create Super-Collider technology in the first movie. After Spider-Man destroyed the Super-Collider, Jonathan got exposed by the explosion and mutated that caused his body to transform, his skin turning pure white, he no longer has face, and portal starts to appearing all over his body. After he was rejected by his family and his company was shut down, Jonathan decides to starts a life of crime with his mutated power.
At first, Spot was pretty incompetent as a supervillain when using his power. For example, he's unable to rob an ATM with his portal power at the supermarket. Even Miles as Spider-Man looked down on him, and called him The villain of the week. This comment also infuriate Spot.
After a fight with Spider-Man that caused him to lose a lot of his portal, Spot accidently trip into his own portal. And this the part where Spot finally able to tap his inner potential. With his portal, he's able to travel to different universe throughout the Multiverse. After that, he decided to travel the alternate universe to gain more power so he can finally beat Miles at his own game.
Spot's conflict with Miles starts to spark during the fight at Earth-50101, Mumbattan. So when Spot able to gain more power after absorbing dark energy from the Super-Collider, Spot finally gained more power and Miles just had a vision of a possible future where his dad, Jefferson Davis, who's promoted to be a police captain, died for saving a children from falling building because of Spot's doing. And then, Spot made a vow that he's gonna take everything from Miles like he already take everything from Spot. This event traumatized Miles that he started to worried about losing his father because of Spot. And that is how Spot progressed himself from incompetent supervillain into a cataclysmic multiversal threat.
This is one of a good example how to build a villain who starts as a nobody or an Incompetent character to become the most dangerous threat that the heroes must face, a living nightmare. Spot here starts to become my favorite "Nobody to Nightmare" character with the likes of Syndrome from the Incredibles and Big Jack Horner from Puss in Boots the Last Wish.
That is all the analysis that i write for Spot's development as a villain. So what do you think? And what's your opinion toward Spot's development as a villain?

This past few months has nerve racking dealing with odor as a result of acid reflux, stress, dis regulated nervous system, and candida build up. This community has given me courage to ask for help. I am so thankful, and I have so much respect for you all. I changed my diet, turns out i’m intolerant to a lot foods. I also run for an hour everyday. Which has helped me build my confidence slowly. This experience however, has left a scar. I am not sure if I will ever look at the world the same. My relationship with God, food, money, work, school, friends, and my body are different. Some relationship got stronger, and some weaker. i’m nervous to start living again to be honest. I’m not sure where to start, part of me want to move to a different state and start over. I am taking the summer off from working and school. I just gonna keep documenting my progress and try to live again. I realized sooner to change my diet because of you guys ❤️❤️

If this is off topic to the community or been rehashed a million times, feel free to delete, I’ll be deleting tomorrow anyway, but was curious if anyone has had success working Alcoholics Anonymous focus to stay clean and sober when their primary issue impacting their life, body, and wallet was hard? I’m def an alcoholic, however, they’re kind of different brands of insane thinking…..and there’s a whole lot more AA meetings than ca or na.
Just looking for advice/experience if this is the place to ask.
Actually I’d be really interested if someone wanted to reach out who has worked the steps and had success solely through cocaine anonymous

This is a new account that I am trying to use, sorry. This happened many weeks ago, and only today did I find out she is carrying a little bit of a grudge. I am 33m, my wife is 32f, MIL is 68f.
Okay, a bit of background: my MIL is not some horrible hellion from whatever weird place they spawn terrible mothers in law. She's generally kind to me. We come from different cultural backgrounds - I am from a liberal coastal city, she is from The Heartland - but it's fine, usually.
The context for this story is that she, by her own admission, wanted to be The Matriarch at this point in her life. She wanted her two kids to have grandkids and live down the street and she wanted to be the undisputed head of an extended family. Instead, her two kids are child-free, her husband divorced her, and she raised a headstrong daughter who married a guy (me) who's not particularly good at taking orders. I promise I'm not a jerk.
We went to visit in late March for a long weekend. Everything was a Normal Day. I woke up, ate lunch, and she was making us a surprise dinner that she promised I'd like, which should be done around 6:00. Everything okay thus far. At 2:30(ish?) I realized I didn't eat enough lunch, and I have always had full access to her pantry, so I went to find something to tide me over. And that's when it started: she "didn't want me to ruin my dinner."
I know my body and I know I'd be grumpy waiting 3h30m for dinner, so I promised I wouldn't ruin my dinner. And she kept on me, she said "no, I'm serious, you're gonna like it". I agreed that I would like it, told her that I was hungry now, and kept walking. She told me that I was ruining dinner. I said I was really hungry. She flatly told me not to eat anything from HER pantry.
(my wife, who does not suffer fools, often folds when it comes to her mom, because she doesn't want to disturb the peace. I don't blame her for not intervening on my behalf.)
Finally I just told her "fine" and I walked a mile to the gas station to get some snacks. Dinner was fine - she was kinda cool to me, but I figured she was just working through her feelings, because we all have feelings.
But she told my wife today that she's still "hurt" by what I did. My wife, to her credit, didn't ASK me to apologize to my MIL, but did say it would help soothe feelings. But I don't think I did anything wrong. AITA?

Sunday, June 4, 2023
Ask Me Anything with u/humbledbyit
Welcome to this non-real time meeting of Overeaters Anonymous!
I’m u/CAM075. I’m pleased to introduce today’s OA Fellow u/humbledbyit who will be qualifying today:
Suggested guidelines for sharing:
As you share your experience and strength in OA, please also share your hope. Please confine your sharing to your experience with the disease of compulsive eating, the solution offered by OA, and your own recovery from the disease, rather than just the events of the day or week. If you are having difficulties, share how you use the program to deal with them. If you need to talk more about your difficulties and seek solutions, we suggest you speak to your sponsor and other members after the meeting.
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QUALIFER:
Since I was a child food and eating brought me comfort like nothing else. I was hooked. I used it to feel better when I felt out of place or just didn't feel right in my own skin. I used it to escape my feelings and numb out. However, my body showed signs of it & I was overweight as a child. Went on my first diet at age 12. That began my career as a "shape shifter." Throughout my life my body would undergo extremes of weight loss and gain and my closet had varying size of clothes because my weight was always a moving target. The ability to maintain a healthy weight was always out of my grasp for some reason. In college I was under a lot of stress to do well, compulsively ate a lot & became morbidly obese. I tried many things to control my eating and weight including therapy for eating disorder (mine was binge eating with compulsive exercising), hypnosis, pay & weigh programs, cutting out sugar and carbs, plant-based diet, personal trainer, nutritionist, energy healing, on and on. With many of these I lost weight and thought "I'm on my way.” That was until I reverted back to compulsive eating. When I hit rock bottom my mental obsession was in full force. Sometimes I’d wake up & my first thought would be of food or how disgusted I was with my body because of how I ate night prior, during the day what excited me was “what am I going to eat later” and sometimes I’d even dream about food.
A therapist suggested I try OA. When I came to OA I learned that I am not alone and that I have a broken "coper.” That when life happens I just don't know how to deal with it so eventually I "use.” I use food to numb out or escape my thoughts and feelings. I tried some ideas that were recommended to me in OA. What I learned is that food plan or any kind of controlling of food just causes me more mental obsessing about what to/not to eat. If I had learned anything up to that point it was that I can't stick to a plan of eating forever, I always fall off. I don't have the power to stick to any plan of eating for good and all. Also, I have a mental blind spot and I blank out on the consequences of compulsive eating & when it comes down to it I can compulsively eat any food. I discovered that ingredients such as sugar or food types like carbs aren’t my problem and I don’t have to cut out any food groups. My problem is behavioral in nature, it’s about what I do with food – I compulsively eat to make myself feel better.
As a result of getting a sponsor and working the 12 steps out of the big book I now have freedom and neutrality around all food. My mind is much more peaceful. I can actually eat in way that nourishes my body and it does not feel like a struggle at all. There is no white knuckling. I can still enjoy food without using it to cope with life or to comfort me. Also, I get to help other compulsive eaters, share the solution that worked for me and sponsor them. Now, I have a new way of dealing with life. I know this program works if I work it and I am so thankful to have found this solution. I am a grateful recovered sponsor and am happy to help! Feel free to DM message me if you would like to chat more.
Closing: By following the Twelve Steps, attending meetings regularly, and using the OA Tools, we are changing our lives. You will find hope and encouragement in Overeaters Anonymous. To the newcomer, we suggest attending at least six different meetings to learn the many ways OA can help you. The opinions expressed here today are those of individual OA members and do not represent OA as a whole. Let us all reach out by private message to newcomers, returning members, and each other. Together we get better.

Please forgive me if I sound ignorant or rude. I’ve been studying Swedish culture as well as the language and, being from the US, a lot of Swedish customs are very puzzling to me. I understand the concept of fika but I find it difficult to believe that the population commonly eats pastries on a daily basis and most people aren’t morbidly obese, especially since I’ve heard that Sweden doesn’t have much of a gym culture.
Do people really eat cinnamon buns and things like that for fika every day or is this idea overblown for the food/tourism industry? Is it secretly common for people to eat plain salads or low calorie foods instead and the pastries thing is just a stereotype? Do Swedes take sugar and milk in their coffee during fikas when they eat pastries, or just black unsweetened coffee so it’s low calorie? Will people assume that you are strange or can’t afford to eat if you don’t order food for fika? If you have a heavier body weight, are you expected to not take fika as a matter of decency and restraint?
I would feel very embarrassed being seen eating pastries every day by my friends or colleagues. In the US, I’ve received comments from my coworkers about how I’ll get fat just from being seen eating a granola bar every day since they’re “basically candy bars.” Though we have a high rate of obesity in my country, people who only eat salad for lunch and don’t eat snacks are very highly thought of and praised everywhere, especially if they are also thin. I’m struggling to understand a culture where snacking is encouraged, especially with calorie-dense foods.
I apologize if this sounds like a “is it true that Americans only eat burgers and fried chicken” sort of question. I’m very fascinated by the idea of fika and want to know more. Part of why I’m uncertain is because it feels very strange and indulgent to me to have designated coffee/snack times for adults, when the jobs that I have worked had no obligation to even give us breaks and it’s encouraged to eat at your desk while working.

Hello there and Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Fellow Redditors!
Before you continue, as a young man who knows what he wants, I would like to state what I am NOT seeking:

• Fakes/Flakes
  
• Pen-Pals: (Meeting up in real life should be the goal)
  
• Time-wasters: Introduction and pleasantries are fine and welcomed. I am just looking for the conversation to progress and for dates to be marked on the calendar! My schedule is FLEXIBLE due to my line of work, so I can adapt and evolve as needed!
  
• Lastly, PG pictures work just fine, and I have plenty to share. Yes, I am well-endowed, but there's more to me than that. With that being said, you wouldn't walk up to a man in real life and ask him his cock size at your first introduction...would you?
  

I'm not a man looking for loads of digital nudity. I would definitely much rather see you in real life and get a surprise!
*** Also, I'm on NoFap. The basic explanation means I don't masturbate and waste my seed into kleenexs, lol. (Going almost 200 days strong), so unbridled, primal virility are aplenty with me! Very Large Loads & Very Fertile!
***SHORTENED VERSION:
TLDR: Summary of me: I'm a young nerd/geek with an outgoing personality, shredded physique, and contagious smile/love of laugh laughter. I'm seeking a like-minded woman to befriend and have an ONGOING, and most importantly, RELIABLE mutual relationship (friendship) with. I'm also very open to something serious as well! Connection and open communication are a MUST!
I am also a HUGE Giver and love extended foreplay. I am straight & fully comfortable in my sexuality and open to a vast array of Kinks/Potential Fantasies inside and outside of the bedroom! PEGGING has definitely caught my interest as well!
I would want to continue impregnating the same woman multiple times, over and over in order to birth an empire with a strong family unit, core principles & morals, and creative leadership. I want to be an active participant in my children's lives and an amazing Father to all of them!
One, two, or even three children are NOT enough for me; we will enjoy this journey together and celebrate each and every time my prime genetic seed takes hold and root in your womb.
I bring intellectual prowess, awesome physical genes (see pics on my profile and latest posts), and a burning desire to procreate with the RIGHT woman who shares some common interests with me (See Below)!
***LONG VERSION:
Hello there,
I am a young, well-spoken, and outgoing individual sporting an amazing sense of humor & chiseled physique. I deeply enjoy good conversation filled with laughter and the warmth it brings and love to please as I am very eager to learn, try, and experience new things!
Things I enjoy OUTSIDE of the bedroom:

• Fitness (Both Resistance & Aerobic) Walking, Jogging, Hiking, etc.
  
• Video Games & Board Games
  
• Nerf Wars & Airsoft
  
• Nature Exploration & Outdoor Recreation (I would love to try out camping, kayaking, and canoeing!)
  
• Watching Movies and TV Shows
  
• Creative Thinking both PG and Rated R lol
  

Things I enjoy Inside of the Bedroom include everything vanilla plus A LOT (virtually open to exploring everything except extreme pain) more that I'd love to discuss face to face.
My Ideal Person:
I am searching for a cool, laid-back and relaxed woman to enjoy mutual fun INSIDE and preferably OUTSIDE of the bedroom as well. The type of person who can enjoy a mind-blowing session while also being able to laugh at various blunders or bloopers that happen during or after the fun, go for nature walks with a lustful twist, and/or seeing a movie on the couch or in theatre!
NO Pressure, NO Insecurity, just cool peeps having an amazing, hot time while creating passionate memories together and building Vast Empire & Undying Legacy.
Thanks for stopping by and reading. Shoot me a chat request, and I look forward to meeting you!

I have always been very insecure about my legs, well my thighs in general to be precise. I am a shorter woman who Is very fit and I am very proud of the top half of my body but, I have pretty large and kind of muscular thighs because I am an athlete, which makes them bigger than usual. On top of that I have a good amount of stretch marks on them which only makes me feel worse. I have always been jealous of girls with skinny thighs that don’t have to worry about what people are thinking. Because of this fear I avoid wearing short shorts or going anywhere wearing a bathing suit (Changing rooms included). So my question is : should this be something that I should be insecure of??

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Chapter 6 - From the Ashes
Winrow, Vanstead Dukedom of Augustein, Year 991
She remembered the sounds of screaming. That day came to her in flashes of disjointed images and sensations. In one moment, there was the usual constant chill of the facility, and then in the next there was a burning heat spiraling outwards, climbing up the walls and dying the grey into red.
She remembered twisting shadows and contorted figures. Those magicians, distant and immoveable figures for so much of her life, collapsed to their knees and choked on smoke.
She remembered smaller figures writhing in the flames. A hand crushed beneath debris reaching towards her. A smoking corpse she couldn’t recognize.
She still wondered, sometimes, lying on the cot and staring up at the wooden ceiling, if it had been Tom or Ben. She would focus on the little details of the figure, laboring over the smoking limbs and the exact hunch of the shoulders. She never did know for certain.
She supposed it didn’t matter in the end.
—
Joan inhaled, tightening and loosening her grip on the tray of food she was carrying with her. Once she was done mentally preparing herself, she pushed back her shoulders, gripped the door handle, and turned it.
The door opened with a loud creak. Joan had decided to leave it unoiled on purpose; Amara never responded to knocks, so the least she could do was give a very obvious advance warning when she entered the room.
Joan plastered on a large smile, ignoring the numbness that had been growing on one side of her face, and stepped over to the figure seated on the bed. Amara didn’t even turn, her eyes fixed on the open window and the flowing curtains. It was a bright day, the towering white clouds drifting peacefully across a vast expanse of blue. The sight was particularly welcome after a week of non stop rain.
“Good morning,” Joan said in her most cheery voice. She set the tray down on a small table placed beside the cot. Slowly, Amara turned her head to stare at her. Joan swallowed.
Ever since Amara had woken up, she’d barely spoken or even acknowledged her surroundings. All her movements were dulled, as though she was wading through water, and Joan had yet to see any true reaction from her.
Even when she’d first quietly explained what had happened, that the building was gone and that there weren’t any other survivors, Amara had just listened quietly, perfectly still and unmoving. When Joan had finished speaking, all she’d said was, “Can I see the ruins?”
Joan hadn’t known how to respond to that. Part of her suspected she still hadn’t fully processed what had happened and seeing the destroyed building might provide closure, but she also had to be honest and tell Amara that she was in no condition to move. Amara hadn’t responded to that, but she would still ask, every now and then. Those were the only times she would speak without first being prompted. Besides that, she only ever answered in short, clipped sentences, never referring to Joan by name and never saying more than necessary.
When Joan had confided in Leila, the watchman had made a sympathetic noise and shaken her head. “Poor thing must be in shock,” she’d said.
It was the most obvious explanation and the one Joan had immediately jumped to as well. And yet, the longer she spent around her patient, the more she started to wonder if that initial assessment was wrong.
Despite how dulled her movements seemed and how little she spoke, Amara’s eyes never had the same look to them. Even when she stared off into the distance, there was a constant sharpness there, a hardness that seemed at odds with the rest of her behavior.
Even now, seated on the hospital cot, Amara studied her with that same uncanny perceptiveness, a gaze that always made Joan feel like she was being judged. She forced her own eyes to remain steady instead of darting away like her first instinct was. She briefly considered how absurd it was for her, a former Rose, to be intimidated by an injured patient who was probably half her age and barely old enough to no longer qualify as a “girl.”
Joan cleared her throat, the sound seeming to echo in the pervasive silence.
“How are you today?”
A silent stare was her only answer. Joan suppressed the urge to sigh, instead keeping her smile plastered on. She nodded at the tray of food and stood again.
“Well, if you need anything, I’ll be right there doing work.”
Some time after Amara had woken up, Joan had gotten some neighbors to help her move a table into the patient room so that she could keep an eye on her while working. Amara hadn’t voiced any complaints about it, and it made Joan a little less uneasy, so she’d stuck with the system.
Joan settled down in her seat, squinting down at the stack of letters. She didn’t start reading, however, until she heard the familiar clink of silverware as Amara finally ate. Her shoulders slumped in relief, and she leaned over the table and began to work, ignoring the sensation of eyes on her back as she did so.
—
“You’re healing well,” Joan commented as she carefully inspected an unwrapped wound. She was sure to move slowly and with deliberate gestures, not missing the way Amara’s eyes followed her hands whenever she checked her injuries.
As Joan moved on to the next bandage, she once again considered how lucky Amara was to have survived the explosion. Though she hadn’t seen the building collapse herself, a few of the onlookers had told her that it was sudden and violent. “What do you think happened?” one of them had asked. Joan had told him that she didn’t know. Truthfully she suspected it had been an experiment gone wrong, but she hadn’t wanted to reveal Amara’s secret. As far as the other villagers were concerned, the building was just a lone orphanage that had suffered an unfortunate accident.
“Can I see the ruins?”
Joan frowned. “Not yet,” she said slowly. “Not until all your bones are healed.”
When she looked up again, Amara had turned her head away and was staring at the sky again. Joan sighed and continued the check up.
—
A knock sounded from down the hallway. Joan set down the shirt she was patching and stood with a frown.
“I’ll be right back,” she said before rising and hurrying to the door.
When she opened it, she found not another patient, but Leila still in her watchman uniform. She blinked at the woman, eyes briefly darting over to the basket she was carrying, then back up.
“Leila, it’s good to see you. What’re you doing here?”
“I was patrolling around the area and thought I’d stop by. Here.” She raised her hand and passed the basket over. Joan took it and peered down at its contents. Inside, she found various ripe fruits, some bright flowers that Leila must’ve gotten fresh from the florist, and a small pouch that, when opened, contained an array of glinting coins. Joan’s eyes widened.
“Leila, you didn’t have to—”
“They’re from the watchmen,” the other woman interrupted. She smiled. “I told them I was stopping by and they pooled together some money to help out.”
A warm feeling rose in Joan’s chest. She swallowed, carefully closing the pouch again and setting it back inside the basket beside a bright yellow blossom. “Thank you,” she whispered. “Please tell them thank you for me.”
Leila reached out a gloved hand and patted her shoulder. “After all the times you’ve had to heal us, this is the least we could do,” she joked. She glanced behind Joan at the hallway and lowered her voice. “Speaking of which, how’s she doing?”
“She’s healing well,” Joan said. “I estimate she’ll be able to walk around within the month.”
“You really do work miracles.” Leila shook her head and stepped back. “I ought to get back on patrol. Remember, if you ever need anything, you can ask me.” With a wave, the woman turned around and walked away.
Joan watched her retreating back, shaking her head with fondness before moving to close the door. Basket carefully balanced in her hands, Joan made her way back down the hallway and to the patient room.
“I’m sorry about that, Amara,” she said as she stepped through the doorway. “Leila visited and—”
Joan’s voice cut off.
The cot where Amara usually sat was empty, the wrinkled sheets haphazardly pulled aside. Joan’s eyes darted frantically around the room, landing on her desk table, where her sewing box was overturned, its contents spilled across the table, chair, and wooden ground. Fabric strips, threads, pins, cushions of needles.
And there, a few feet away from the desk, she could just barely make out the top of a head poking out from behind the bed.
The basket fell to the floor.
“No no no—”
Joan didn’t think, immediately sprinting towards the back of the room, cursing herself for being so stupid. Am I too late?
“Amara!” Joan called, stumbling as she leapt onto the cot and peered over in dread, her heart pounding against her ribcage.
There, seated on the ground with her back supported by the bed, sat Amara. She turned her head to face her, and Joan saw that in one hand she held a gleaming pair of scissors and in the other, a thick bundle of wavy hair that lay half scattered across the ground, blown around by the wind billowing into the room.
“You’re back,” Amara observed. Her gaze was as sharp and perceptive as ever.
Joan’s eyes rapidly scanned her, but there were no new injuries to make note of. The only change was her hair, which had been cropped short so that it sat in an uneven line below her chin.
All at once, the tension bled away and Joan slumped down.
“You cut your hair,” she said weakly. Her head throbbed, and she absentmindedly rubbed at it.
“Yeah.”
Joan released a long breath and slowly straightened. She closed her eyes for a moment, calming her rapid heart rate. When she spoke, she forced her voice to remain as still and calm as possible, though she couldn’t entirely mask the slight tremor in her voice.
“Amara, the next time you want to cut your hair or—or do anything, please tell me first. Please.”
Amara stared at her, quiet for a long time. She shifted her position, and for the first time since she’d woken up, something in her eyes changed.
“Okay,” she said.
—
It was a windy day. Joan shivered and pulled her cloak closer, but she didn’t remove her gaze from the figure walking just beside her.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” Joan asked. Amara just nodded, not even turning to look her way, and Joan sighed and shook her head. She faced forward as well, eyes following the dirt path and remembering the last time she’d walked along it.
The closer they got to the ruins, the more Joan’s unease grew.
Amara had continued to heal at a rapid pace, and when she’d first started being able to walk around on her own, she constantly did so, moving with a silent, steady determination. The end result of that persistence had led them to their current situation, on the road to the ruins, Amara with only a few bandages left on her skin and walking by herself, albeit a bit slowly, and Joan, whose eyes kept darting over, watching for any reaction.
As far as she could tell, there were none. Amara moved with remarkable calm, shoulders relaxed and eyes steady.
Joan exhaled and kept walking. Ever since the scissors incident, as Joan had dubbed it in her head, Amara had started speaking more. She was still mostly quiet, but she seemed a little more engaged, more interested in her surroundings. She’d even requested Joan teach her how to read, after Joan had given her a tour of her little home and shown her the library. When Amara was sitting there quietly, listening as Joan taught her basic letters and spelling, Joan could almost tell herself that she was just an ordinary, curious young woman if not for the array of scars on her skin. Joan had tried to heal them, but form magic couldn’t alter colors, and so the marks still lingered.
That near normalcy, however, was where the doubts had begun. Initially she’d assumed Amara wanted to see the ruins to give her closure so that she could move on, but what if it had the opposite effect? Joan wasn’t a fool, she knew Amara’s behavior was in no way normal. She had to be repressing things, or perhaps the truth hadn’t really settled yet. What if seeing the ruins caused her to break down?
The longer they walked, the more the doubts grew. Joan quickly became lost in her thoughts, so much so that she didn’t immediately notice when they stopped walking
“Which way?”
Joan blinked and looked up, seeing that they’d reached a familiar fork in the road. Her heart sank and she swallowed. “Left,” she said, voice hoarse. She cleared her throat. “It… it’s just past that hill.”
Amara nodded and turned without hesitation, slowly making her way up the slight incline in a steady rhythm. Another breeze blew past them, carrying scattered tree leaves with it. Joan watched Amara reach the hill top and begin descending until she’d disappeared from view.
Joan stared at the path, limbs suddenly heavy. She tightened her grip on her cloak.
“Get it together,” she muttered. There was no reason for her to be so nervous, she told herself. It was absurd, after all the things she’d already seen throughout her life. But Amara had an uncanny ability to make her feel like a lost child again, someone completely out of her depth.
Joan waited a little longer, listening for any sounds, but there were none besides the wind and rustling flora surrounding them. And so, after a deep breath, Joan lowered her head and made her way over the hill.
When she looked up again, the ruins were in sight. She slowed her pace as she approached.
Where once a simple sturdy grey building had stood, there now lay a pile of debris. Only the bottom sections of the buildings remained standing, jutting out from the ground like broken blades. Charred, splintered wood lay strewn about the grass, and large chunks of shattered stone formed crude boulders.
Surrounding the ruins, colorful blossoms grew in bright patches. Originally someone had suggested burying the bodies—at least the ones they’d been able to recover—there. But Joan had shuddered at the thought of forcing the experiment victims to rest eternally near the broken facility, so she’d requested they move them to Winrow’s graveyard instead. Thankfully people hadn’t questioned her, though the move in the burial site hadn’t stopped people from planting flowers around the area as a memorial.
Joan’s eyes scanned the ruins, finally landing on a single figure standing just in front of the collapsed building. Slowly, Joan approached until she was a few feet away, her footsteps crunching as she stepped over debris.
Amara’s back was turned to her. She didn’t move, simply standing there staring at the destruction before her. The wind blew her now short wavy hair against her neck, and her cloak billowed. The movement caught Joan’s eye, and she caught a glimpse of Amara’s hands hanging at her sides, balled into tight fists that shook barely perceptibly.
Joan opened her mouth and closed it, not knowing what to say. Hesitant, she took another step forward.
And then, all at once, the trembling stopped. Slowly, Amara’s fingers loosened, uncurling themselves until they hung limply at her sides. She raised her head, lifting her face towards the deep blue sky. Joan saw her whole body breathe as another wind blew past them, as though she was trying to fill her lungs with as much air as possible.
A few seconds passed, and Amara’s shoulders fell as she exhaled. Her head lowered back down to eye level, and slowly, she turned around.
Strands of hair lay strewn haphazardly against her face, mussed and twisted by the wind. Her posture was perfectly relaxed and casual, not a trace of tension in sight. The scars running up her arms seemed almost to move in the shifting shadows cast by her cloak. Her sharp eyes, a bright green that gleamed in the sunlight, were piercing.
But what caught Joan’s attention the most was her smile. It was bright, unreadable, and utterly unfamiliar.
“Joan,” Amara said, voice calm. “Let’s go back.”
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Hello, Im hoping someone with similar health issues body composition can share their experiences using wegovy/ozempic or majourno for weight loss while being hypothyroid. I’m 35 y/o female and weigh about 163lbs and I’m 5’0. While this may not seem like a lot to some it is the heaviest I’ve ever been despite following a calorie deficit, working out several times a weeks. I have logged my food and meals for a year and even paid a health coach that calculated my macros and provided me with a meal plan and exercise regimen I followed for 6 months. The scale maybe moved 1.5-3lbs during that time. I have a consultation with a plush care provider this week and I’m hoping they will prescribe something to aid in my weight loss journey. I have BCBS so I have no idea if my insurance will cover a weigh loss medication. Anyone who with similar issues found success with wegovy/ozempic or majourno? Please share! Thank you!

Previously, when Bruce Maddox was doing his android and positronic research, he obtained orders from Starfleet to force Data to undergo testing and evaluation - in the hopes that Maddox could replicate Soong’s work. A subsequent trial with the Judge Advocate General resulted in Data being determined to not be Starfleet Property, and he was free to choose if he would undergo Maddox’s procedures.
But it didn’t determine whether Data was an individual, and subsequently, that Data died in the aftermath of the final encounter with Shinzon’s Scimitar.
Between then, artificial life forms - at the behest of a Romulan secret society - caused the destruction of Utopia Planetia on Mars, and the Federation banned their existence within Federation borders. Maddox’s, and Alton Soong’s work in Positronics was continued, but outside the Federation. As a result of Romulan Tal Shiar operations, the Federation rescinded the ban, and made the Positronics’ “home world” a protectorate, and granted them freedom to travel.
The assumption here is that they were accorded some, or possibly all, rights of personhood in the Federation, as Admiral Picard is in a golem body and suffers no such restrictions.
Which leads to Golem-Data. This body exists due to Alton Soong wanting to create one that could age as humans do - amongst other reasons, and was working on integrating the following personalities: original-Data, Lore, B-4, original-Data’s daughter Lal, and Soong himself. Soong died before finishing, and Starfleet took possession of it.
As Golem-Data wasn’t sentient - as imperfectly defined by Federation law and custom - it was purposed and programmed as an AI security system for Daystrom Station by Starfleet. It only became “Data” - with the constituent aforementioned personalities integrated, by the work of Geordi and Alana LaForge.
But because Golem-Data was (re)built by Starfleet as an AI, is this Data an individual with Federation rights like Golem-Picard and other synths created (or (re)born) by individuals, or is he/it Starfleet property by virtue of being a computer system built/programmed for a specific purpose?

So names Justin im a introvert I love video games and anime I also love hiking my depression and anxiety get to me sometimes but I try to keep a positive attitude and look towards a bright future I'm looking for a loyal and honest woman to spend my life with my age range is 23-35 I'd prefer if you lived in the USA if possible as I do want to meet up and be in person eventually I work in retail when I'm not working I'm taking a walk or playing my games but I don't have a body type I'm looking for I kinda have a dad bod myself I'm 6.2 brown hair blue eyes so send me a chat or add me on my stuff from my profile I don't know what else to say so I'll end it there hope to hear from you

I decided to come here in hopes that someone might be able to help me out with a potential explanation for pain and recurring yeast infections I’ve been having. To preface my situation, I (22F) had a surgical abortion back in November of 2022 (in a US state where abortion is legal). There were no complications and my follow up appointment 2 weeks later checked out fine. However, since I got pregnant, I have had recurring yeast infections that my obgyn can’t seem to explain. I’ve had at least 7 yeast infections the last 8 months and never had a problem with this beforehand. Ive had the same sexual partner the last 9 months. I have taken all necessary lifestyle measures to avoid infection per my obgyn but continue to get them. My blood work is completely normal, hormones are at normal levels, I tested and have no STD’s. Also not on birth control.
Sex has also been quite painful for my pelvis the last few months (especially in certain positions, sometimes it’s a very sharp pelvic pain). The first couple months, I assumed my pain was normal considering the procedure, but it’s now been 8 months and feels like my pelvic area continues to get more sore during sex.
About 4 weeks ago, I was back at the obgyn for another yeast infection. They decided to do a sonogram because I mentioned my pelvic pain as well. Sonogram came back fine and the doctor said maybe I was just constipated or maybe it was Bacterial Vaginosis (even though I didn’t think I had BV symptoms). She said she was gonna prescribe me something for the yeast infection as well as BV because it would take 2 weeks for my blood test and urine culture results (results ended up showing no signs of BV). After finishing both medications, I had sex with my partner one night. Immediately after sex, I had extremely intense pelvic pain that had me laying on the floor for 2 hours until I could find the strength to move to bed. Moving was too painful and I got really nauseous and vomited a lot (my partner offered to take me to the ER but I refused at first). By morning, the pain went down just enough to move a bit. Went back to the obgyn, she prescribed me medication to treat a UTI and no imaging was done (I've had a UTI before and it felt nothing like the pain I was experiencing so I was hesitant to take meds). The intense pain persisted for another day until I went to the ER (about 2 weeks ago).
At the ER, ultrasound and CT scans were taken. CT scan was “perfectly fine” they said. Ultrasound showed fluid in my stomach and my left ovary was three times the size of my right one. They ruled out the previously diagnosed UTI as well as ovarian torsion and said it was most likely a ruptured ovarian cyst. They mentioned it was interesting that no cyst showed up on my prior sonogram at the obgyn. Had to do a follow up appointment a week later.
About a week ago, went to my follow up appointment at obgyn to get another ultrasound. The ultrasound showed no signs of any ruptured cysts and there was still slight fluid in my stomach. Doctor said it probably wasn’t a ruptured cyst and she didn’t know what all the pelvic pain was from and the remaining fluid could just be my period. She shrugged and said maybe this all could just be the stress still affecting my body from having an abortion.
Although the extreme unknown pain has subsided, my pelvis still gets pain whenever I have sex and I also have another yeast infection today. I want to stress that I take all necessary lifestyle measures to avoid them. I even take probiotics daily that my obgyn recommended. I don’t know what caused all this in the first place because most doctors have said they think all these incidents are unrelated to one another. I just don’t know what’s wrong with me. Any help would be so very much appreciated. Thank you.

Hi angels, I have the opportunity to get FFS + BA and wow, how the long and extensive transition road has led me to here.
My entire life, since I was a child, I dreamt of having a beautiful female face, long pretty hair, a beautiful female human. As a teenager, I used to draw on the mirror the kind of face I wanted, as my face developed more male. I’d outline it’s general shape, my eyebrows, my eyes, lips, and I’d make changes to it like you would a painting, or a blueprint. I’d taper my chin, soften my jawline, retrace my eyes bigger, round my forehead
I archived thousands of photos of things I found beautiful, beautiful women, beautiful faces; hair, body types, drawn to an aesthetic I would eventually assume. Drawn to natural beauty, soft features, the art of imagery and design, creating pinterest boards and tumblr collages of the very nature of femininity, so beautiful, and still to this day I do that
How suffocating it feels to be trapped in a physical expression you don’t identify with, and what a struggle it has been. Truly tumultuous, heartbreaking, soul-crushing. Every trans person knows the feeling I’m talking about at one point or another - it’s unfair, really. But it serves a purpose, I believe.
Through the years of my self-development, I have discovered that no matter how hard you work on yourself, no matter how much you develop, no matter how much you meditate, or pray, or workout, or do yoga, no matter how much you transform yourself - there is still something innate and inherent in relation to gender and it’s energetic expression within all of us, there will always be a natural energy in us all, and you cannot change it.
I’ve come to realize that the reason I am transgender is because the energy inside my body is so inherently feminine it is being materially expressed into the physical form from the inside out, naturally. There’s nothing I can do to change my natural energy, nor do I want to. I choose to honor the energy within, a move forward in the face of my transition with love and beauty.
Now the time is here, just on the horizon, for me to shed the male chrysalis. How beautiful the journey has been, and how beautiful the journey will continue to be.
Much love, godspeed, ciao x

I managed to lose 100 pounds, managed to eat normally for 2 years, I honestly felt so powerful and confident for the first time in... forever. Since 2022 the binges started again. At first I'd binge once a week, maybe 1000 calories over my maintenance. Well, I'm now able to go on a week long binge and consume more than 10k calories daily. I've been stuck in this cycle of gaining and losing weight, I'd gain 5 pounds, lose 3, gain 7, lose 4, etc., etc. I'm currently 20 pounds heavier than this time last year and I can't stand to look in the mirror. I only think about food, thought of food makes me cry, I eat things that I don't even necessarily find tasty, I continue eating after throwing up or having really bad acid reflux or even after not being able to stand straight or breath normally. Half of my money went to junk food in the past two months. I talk with a therapist and a psychiatrist and they aren't taking me seriously in the slightest. I tried everything, working out, taking phentermine, fiber supplements, hell, I feel insane because I started smoking occasionally hoping it would reduce my appetite. I've purposely decided not to have any food in the house and to go out for my meals so I'd eat an appropriate amount, but when I get the urrge to binge but am left without food I get hysterical, panicked, I sob for hours. I know that not a single thing I said was rational and I don't know how to change. I have a history of depression and suicidal thoughts and I feel crazy for even saying this but I've almost attempted a few times because of this in the past month. I feel like I'm in the passenger's seat... I am ashamed to see my friends as my body' s been changing drastically from week to week. I'd fold a pair of jeans and take them out a week later only to find out they don't fit me anymore. I just need someone to say something, any advice or a kind word is greatly appreciated. Edit: I unfortunately wasn't prescribed the phentermine nor Vyvanse, which is what I begged my psychiatrist for, and got it through shady means

Background: 34 year old guy that just woofed down some delicious BBQ and a lemon shake-up. Don't have a lot planned and I am looking for someone to get into a great conversation with this week. I am starting to get the Sunday scaries and would love to find some people to take my mind off of going back to work tomorrow.
Requirements: You just being you. Maybe you would be into answering any of these ice breaker questions:

• What is one smell that sends your mind hurtling back in time to a fond memory?
• Baseball has walk-up music; where a song plays as a batter walks up to the plate to hit. What would be your "walk-up song?"
• What is one thing you like to do when you have your whole house/apartment/flat to yourself?
• You are the hot new actor and you get to choose your movie of a lifetime. What kind of movie would it be?
• What is one thing you would invent that you think would make life better for people?

A little about me:

• Big fan of peanut butter
• So fatigued by all the media available for me to consume that I end up just watching YouTube when I have free time
• Can make two pasta dishes pretty well.
• Thinks everyone should splurge on a hammock you can hang anywhere
• Is enjoying my long deep dive into 90's hip-hop
• Can help you learn to dress and bath yourself good if you have deficits from illness or injury (it's my life's work)

Hope to hear from you!

Background: 34 year old guy that just woofed down some delicious BBQ and a lemon shake-up. Don't have a lot planned and I am looking for someone to get into a great conversation with this week. I am starting to get the Sunday scaries and would love to find some people to take my mind off of going back to work tomorrow.
Requirements: You just being you. Maybe you would be into answering any of these ice breaker questions:

• What is one smell that sends your mind hurtling back in time to a fond memory?
• Baseball has walk-up music; where a song plays as a batter walks up to the plate to hit. What would be your "walk-up song?"
• What is one thing you like to do when you have your whole house/apartment/flat to yourself?
• You are the hot new actor and you get to choose your movie of a lifetime. What kind of movie would it be?
• What is one thing you would invent that you think would make life better for people?

A little about me:

• Big fan of peanut butter
• So fatigued by all the media available for me to consume that I end up just watching YouTube when I have free time
• Can make two pasta dishes pretty well.
• Thinks everyone should splurge on a hammock you can hang anywhere
• Is enjoying my long deep dive into 90's hip-hop
• Can help you learn to dress and bath yourself good if you have deficits from illness or injury (it's my life's work)

Hope to hear from you!

I wanted to talk about how powerful the Titans really are. Throughout the show we see many Titans, from walking mindless ones, to jumping ones, to the 9 Titans themselves. On paper, they are just gigantic humanoids that can be dispatched with swords. But, there is more to that skin then most would assume. I will be discussing Titan killing weapons, and more interestingly, the power of the Founding Titan.
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Titan Killing Weapons and Pure Titans

Pure Titans, often split into the classifications of mindless and abnormal, are Titans which as we all know, have a love for human flesh (Or specifically, spines). Regerneration allows them to regrow even their heads in under 2 minutes. We see in Season 4 how they are quite easily dispatched by Anti-Titan Artillery, but those are rather new weapons. The Anti-Titan Rifle used by Gabi in season 4 is a Russian PTRD-41 Anti-Tank Rifle, used to Pierce and destroy Panzer 3's and 4's. We also see Anti-Titan Artillery, Massive Armor piercing guns firing 100 MM rounds, rounds that, mind you, are still capable of posing a threat to modern weapons.
Why do I bring this up? Titans have very, very hard skin. These weapons weren't designed for kicks and giggles. They were designed with a purpose. Up until this point, no weapon worked. Soldiers way back when fought with swords and spears, until their weapons shattered and broke and their armor was worn and destroyed. They couldn't kill a single Titan. And they were massacred. Then they had muskets and cannons. No success. We see in the Rumbling scene rows of massive Artillery guns fire and they did nothing, not even stunning one of the Titans. None of these weapons did as much as tickle a standard 15 meter Titan, while these tank killers did. We can use this knowledge to now know that Titans were walking tanks, and hard ones. 100 MM rounds don't usually tear meter-wide holes through their targets either. These weapons were the only conventional ones that could destroy Titans.
On Paradis however, all of their weapons used Ultra-Hard steel. For everyone who doesn't know what that is and though that Paradis was using oversized boxcutters, It is a mix of several metals alongside with the main material Iron Bamboo, a type of plant that originated by sucking a variety of rare minerals out of the ground and combining them, making a very hard steel. This mix of resources were then turned into snap-blades, our iconic thin blades, with the design being that if it can't cut, it will snap off a portion or portions so it can stay sharp. These blades were quite powerful, to the point where they, despite how thin they appear, sliced through massive tree branches with ease, something that would be a difficult task for anyone wielding a normal blade. Using the information above, we also know these blades were cutting through Panzer Armor. They can cut off an entire Titan limb, including the much harder bones. Additionally, Cannonballs were made from this steel as well, so they weren't just using regular old cannons. These cannons were also much more powerful to the point there they could only function on rails, or else it would fly back due to recoil.
Covering that, Hardening is even Harder. Yet these weapons still persist through. I haven't found a way to scale Hardening but at this point these Anti-Titan Artillery guns are not fucking around. Hardening is leagues above regular Titan skin, putting it a couple tanks ahead of Panzer 3's. Anti-Titan Artillery continues to put 1 meter holes in the Titans. And these are the small ones, the big on used by Pieck and Magath is even bigger.

The Founder

Manga spoilers warning, just in case.
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The Founder is the most powerful of the 9, but we never get to see the full potential of it. It is described as nothing short of godlike. So first up, there are the more obvious powers. The Founder has access to all Titan shifters powers. The Founder has the ability to strip shifters of their powers, and by simple logic, give powers as well. The Founder also has the power to control Titans. Later in the manga we see he also has the power to summon all of the 9 Titans from the past. It also has the ability to manipulate the minds and bodies of all Eldians. It can also see into the future using Eldians existence, and can transport any Eldian into paths. The Founder can also change forms and has unlimited energy.
Now, for the Founders other powers which are not immediately obvious. First up is summoning regular Titans and wall Titans. This is could be through creation in Paths or using a Eldian from the past to be the nervous system. Either way allows the Founder to summon infinite amounts of Titans. Next up is the modification of pure Titans and the 9. This means modifying and changing aspects, like hardening generation, abilities, energy, all of that. Next is the creation of different materials. The Founder, in the past, created Hardening, implying other resources could be created. Not only that, but the very reason why Iceburst stone and Iron Bamboo exist only in Paradis is that the 145th king of Eldia created them, presumably to give Paradis a boost later on down the line. This allows the Founder to create anything from advanced armor to an explosive liquid. This is possible do to the soil in paths, which can create anything the founder desires. This also allows the Founder to modernize the Titans. This also allows the Founder to help build infrastructure, as was the case with Hardening.
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Sorry if it feels a bit rushed. The Founder is pretty OP, and Titans in general. The Survey Corps have been fighting literal tanks throughout the show. Like all tanks, they need to be modernized to resist newer tech, which is the founders job. Hopefully this wasn't totally stupid. Maybe I am overthinking things but that's my real specialty.

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129. Situation – Get To Know Me (Hot Toddy Dub) 05:46 117bpm Dm
130. Beanfield, Marzenka – Alone feat. Marzenka (Original) 07:29 122bpm G
131. Delano Smith, Diamondancer – A Message For the DJ featuring Diamondancer (Original Mix) 05:36 126bpm F
132. Clive From Accounts – 4 Time (Original Mix) 05:38 127bpm Dm
133. Jerk House Connection, Akram Sedkaoui – Each & Every Day (Life Goes On) feat. Akram Sedkaoui (Rocco Deeper Mix) 08:35 127bpm Gm
134. ANOTR, Abel Balder – Your Mind (Original Mix) 05:40 130bpm Gm
135. Rodney Hunter – Temperature’s Rising (Original Mix) 03:51 118bpm Dm
136. Pugs Atomz, Inkswel, Eliza Dickson – Why Don’t You Listen (Fred Everything Remix) 06:02 119bpm Fm
137. Folamour – Fearless (Original Mix) 05:23 122bpm Gm
138. Mr. Flip – Hit Different (Afefe Iku Remix) 04:51 113bpm Dm
139. Jonny Miller, Kid Fonque, ASAP Shembe – Connected Beings feat. ASAP Shembe (Jazzanova Remix) 05:56 120bpm C
140. Carlo Gambino – Dance For You (Original Mix) 07:27 122bpm Am
141. Gerd – We Bring U Muzik (Warehouse Mix) 06:08 126bpm Ab
142. Joeski – Rude Boy (Original Mix) 06:20 125bpm C
143. Musta, Venessa Jackson – Loving Me (Hot Toddy Remix) 08:00 84bpm Am
144. youANDme, Kristina Sheli – Moment 04:35 124bpm C#
145. OVEOUS, Don Kamares – Legacy (Original Mix) 05:35 123bpm Dm
146. KE, Risk Assessment – Feel That (Franck Roger Remix) 06:28 124bpm Ebm
147. Paperclip People – Throw (Original Mix) 06:47 127bpm C
148. Austin Ato – When Love Is Tender (Original Mix) 08:42 127bpm Ab
149. Francisco Allendes – What You Do (Original Mix) 06:49 127bpm D
150. Particle – Let It Go (Original Mix) 06:34 87bpm Cm
151. Afefe Iku – Sista Georgia (Original Mix) 11:35 122bpm Dm
152. Mike Steva, Stevo Atambire – Destiny Song (Pa’ala) feat. Stevo Atambire (Original Mix) 05:54 121bpm Bm
153. PAWSA – Room Service (24 Hour Mix) 04:44 130bpm Am
154. Kerri Chandler – Coro (DJ Spen Kaoz Re Edit) 06:30 124bpm Dm
155. Awen, Caiiro – Your Voice (Adam Port Remix) 04:20 122bpm Gbm
156. Inaya Day, Harry Romero – Rise Up (Extended Club Mix) 06:19 127bpm Cm
157. Pig&Dan – Rock You All Night (Original Mix) 03:27 123bpm Bm
158. Yousef, The Melody Men – Hear That Sound feat. The Melody Men (Club Mix) 05:56 128bpm D
159. GruuvElement’s – Boom Room (Original Mix) 06:39 94bpm Em
160. Dam Swindle – All I Want (Edit) 03:56 124bpm Dbm
161. Mike Dunn, LOA. – When The Dust Clears feat. LOA. (MD MixX) 03:42 124bpm F
162. Seamus Haji, Phebe Edwards – Better Come Again 04:00 120bpm Em
163. Suzanne Palmer, Mark Picchiotti, Craig J. Snider, The Absolute – I Believe feat. Suzanne Palmer feat. Craig J. Snider (DJ Spen & Michele Chiavarini’s Higher Love Dub Mix) 06:15 124bpm Eb
164. Paul Kalkbrenner – Bengang (Original Mix) 05:30 128bpm Dbm
165. Louie Vega, Robyn – All My Love (feat. Robyn) 05:58 127bpm Gb
166. Daniel Steinberg – Groove People (Original Mix) 05:29 125bpm C
167. Purple Disco Machine, Kaleta, Bosq – Wake Up! (Extended) 06:56 122bpm Dm
168. Kon, Fiorious, Saturday Love – 2 B Free (Oliver Dollar Remix) 04:31 123bpm Em
169. Lady Blackbird – Lost and Looking (Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy Cosmodelica Remix) 03:42 120bpm G
170. Kerri Chandler, Bluey Robinson – Tenacity (Main Vocal Edit) 04:25 124bpm D
171. Honey Dijon, Ramona Renea – Love Is A State Of Mind (Original Mix) 03:13 125bpm Cm
172. Adam Port, Alan Dixon – Forms Of Love (Original Mix) 06:03 122bpm Bb
173. Jamie Jones – My Paradise (Original Mix) 03:31 128bpm Bbm
174. Fka Mash, Sio – Bumblebee 03:38 116bpm Gm
175. Dennis Cruz – Ready For The Blues (Original Mix) 05:00 128bpm Cm
176. Ramin Rezaie – Searching (Original Mix) 03:57 131bpm Am
177. Tony Lionni – Out Of Sight (Special Edit By Jerome Sydenham) 06:15 124bpm C
178. HRDY, Paulo Maria – Connected (Original Mix) 05:42 124bpm Gm
179. Dario D’Attis – Tanzstube (Original Mix) 07:44 120bpm Bbm
180. AMP Fiddler, Andrés, Dames Brown – What Would You Do? feat. Andrés feat. Amp Fiddler (Two Soul Fusion Remix) 03:07 125bpm G
181. Low Steppa – Closer (Original Mix) 04:57 125bpm Bbm
182. Fred Everything – Searching (Original Mix) 08:03 120bpm C
183. Sophie Lloyd, Pauline Taylor – Angels By My Side feat. Pauline Taylor (Floorplan Remix) 03:28 125bpm Fm
184. S.A.M., Sarah Ikumu – Spotlight feat. Sarah Ikumu (Mousse T. Shizzle Mix) 03:20 123bpm Gbm
185. Malone – Time To Move (Original Mix) 03:08 125bpm Em
186. Steve Bug, Mr. V – Back To ’95 feat. Mr. V (Cinthie‘s ‘Just A Vibe’ Remix) 06:12 124bpm Gm
187. Khan, Julee Cruise – Say Goodbye feat. Julee Cruise (LoSoul ‘She’s Homeless’ Mix) 07:08 116bpm F
188. Dam Swindle – Hey Mister 03:59 126bpm Am
189. Julien Jabre – Voodance (Original Mix) 07:29 123bpm Dbm
190. B Beat Girls – For The Same Man (Nic Fanciulli Remix) 03:34 127bpm E
191. Mark Broom, Riva Starr, Star B – Fire (Ron Bacardi Remix) 05:42 126bpm Bb
192. Make A Dance – I Need Somebody (Original Mix) 03:20 122bpm Bm
193. Beyonce – BREAK MY SOUL (Original Mix) 04:38 115bpm Abm
194. Zach Witness – Frankie & Levan (Original Mix) 03:41 127bpm Am
195. Danny Tenaglia – The Brooklyn Gypsy (Original Mix) 07:41 153bpm Dm
196. Beau – Losing You 03:23 124bpm E
197. Felipe Gordon – The Love (Original Mix) 07:38 120bpm Gbm
198. Ferreck Dawn, Izzy Bizu – Life (Original Mix) 02:51 125bpm Cm
199. Kimberly Davis, The Shapeshifters – Love’s Been Waiting (7″ Version) 02:48 123bpm Gbm
200. ANOTR, Sebastian Kamae – Time To Smoke (Original Mix) 08:46 130bpm Gb
201. Daniel Anthony – Endless (Original Mix) 07:03 126bpm Dbm
202. Jamie Jones, AMEME – Pliva 04:04 123bpm Fm
203. Darius Syrossian, DJ Supreme – I’m The Joker (Original Mix) 02:36 129bpm Gm
204. Oliver Way – Stained Glass Shadows (Robert Hood Remix) 06:54 128bpm D
205. Sailor Jane, R.E.A.D. – Where’s My Phone? feat. Sailor Jane (Marco Faraone Remix) 03:35 128bpm Fm
206. Daniel Steinberg – Take My Hand (Original Mix) 05:17 130bpm Gm
207. AMP Fiddler, Andrés, Dames Brown – What Would You Do? feat. Andrés feat. Amp Fiddler (Folamour 12″ Remix) 04:30 121bpm Am
208. Brian Burnside – This Generation (Franck Roger Mix) 08:20 127bpm Dm
209. Chymamusique, Colbert, LaTique – Above My Head (Radio Mix) 04:34 118bpm Gbm
210. Brooklyn Baby – NYC (Original Mix) 05:04 128bpm Em
211. Marlon D – Jesus Creates Sound (Original Mix) 05:30 126bpm Ebm
212. Kiko Navarro – Dope High (Vocal Mix) 07:52 92bpm Fm
213. Franck Roger – Don’t Ever Luv Me (Original Mix) 06:44 124bpm Dm
214. 40 Thieves, Qzen – Don’t Turn It Off (Original Mix) 04:38 117bpm Em
215. Linkwood – Tears (Original Mix) 08:39 96bpm Bm
216. Mr. V – Somethin’ Wit Jazz (Dario D’Attis Extended Remix) 07:08 122bpm Bbm
217. David Morales, Elle Cato – Holding Me Touching Me feat. Elle Cato (Extended Mix) 06:58 126bpm Bbm
218. Bassfort – Moon Shadow (Joe ‘Joaquin’ Claussell Remix) 11:26 124bpm G
219. Close Counters – GET DOWN! (Original Mix) 04:17 122bpm Ebm
220. Steve Lawler, Marco Lys, Joy Farrukh – If Only You Knew feat. Joy Farrukh (Extended Mix) 05:37 126bpm Am
221. Todd Terry, Riva Starr – This Is The Sound (Original Mix) 06:07 126bpm Gm
222. Honey Dijon, Dope Earth Alien – It’s Quiet Now (Original Mix) 03:02 123bpm Cm
223. Jon Cutler, E-Man – It’s Yours (Kyri Markou Extended Remix) 05:39 126bpm Am
224. Thakzin – The Magnificent Dance (Original Mix) 07:05 88bpm F

I recently discovered the idea for no-dig beds and I am very interested; I help run a community garden and a garden/greenhouse for a restaurant at the non-profit where I work. We have tons of cardboard, make our own compost, and are always looking for ways to make gardening easier on the body and more efficient. Sounds like the perfect match!
Currently our restaurant garden is made up of ten raised beds, many of which need to be repaired and overhauled. Would it be a good idea to just go ahead and build a no dig right on top of raised beds that were not used last season? I am getting ready to plant outside in the next few weeks (We have a short growing season here). Curious to see what people think.

When in public or even with friends or whatever, I constantly feel like I’m burdening people with how ugly I am. I know it’s ridiculous but it makes me feel like I’m annoying people because I’m so ugly.. I hate being stared at. On my breaks at work I’ll just walk the shop and the amount of men who just stare out of their vehicles is absolutely ridiculous. Odd times you’ll get shouted at but mostly just stared at. I get it’s normal and even when I’m in a car I’ll look at people passing by but I don’t stare to the extent that men do, it’s uncomfortable. I feel like anyone that looks at me is picking apart all of my features and thinking about how ugly I am. I’m struggling so bad at the minute I’m just sick of being so ugly with a terrible body, it’s really hard. If I had the money I’d get so much surgery done to myself.