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I never thought I had Native American blood in my family tree. My grandfather would always tell my mom we had a Native American bloodline She and my aunt never thought much of it. But I have built out a good portion of his side of the family tree and sure enough I got to my 7th great grandmother who was Cherokee-Chickasaw. I can’t seem to get past 1550. The little green leaves quit popping up and details are sparse. Is this normal to really not have much information past this point? I’d like to go deeper and see more of the Cherokee-Chickasaw side.
Is ancestry.com pretty accurate and do a lot of people actually have Native American blood in them? I researched both my mom and dads side and I’m a pretty heavy mix of English, Scottish, Belgian, German, Irish and Native American. I’m both really surprised and really proud of my roots. I noticed a lot of beautiful paintings and early photographs of my ancestors along with prominent writings about them as well.

So I came in and passed the Security + exam today. My score was an 803.
I don’t have an IT background (degree in biology) and no concrete IT work experience. So obviously I came in at a disadvantage. There were a lot of things I didn’t know about and had to pack in my brain. The one thing I did have was my CCNA certification. So that definitely helped me on the network side of things. However many many things were entirely new to me. Such as PKI, using Windows and Linux, CIA triad, hardening OS, attacks and defense, software/applications, tools, and everything web related just to name a few.
What I did to study: I took a little over a month and a half studying almost full time. I started with the Gibson book, read from start to finish in order to get a grasp of the scope of the exam. The book gave a good introduction for me, but alone was not enough. Reading it through and thinking you understand most of the concepts…then realizing how deceptively hard everything was came as a bit of a shock to me. This was me taking a few practice tests and coming to the realization.
I’m a bit of a resource hoarder so I used a ton. For additional books, I almost read through the Meyers one. All others I just skimmed or glanced at. I also pretty much took all the practice exams I could get my hands on. Hundreds of questions…
I’m not much of a note-taker so barely took any. I read other peoples notes though.
I regret not watching the Messer videos as initial foundation like most have (seems to be the norm around here) but I did read his notes and take his practice tests. I think I did high 70s-low 80s on the initial tests then came back later and got high 90s.
For Dion I listened to his lessens on audio on the go. I also took the 6 Dion tests. I took 4 early on and was scoring again high 70s-low 80s. Retakes on those 4 were in the 90s. The last two I took only once and very near to the day of the test, and got 85 and 86.
I have a better attention span for reading than for watching videos.
I also went through the entire chapple and lachance practice question book twice. Both early on and right near the end. I feel this one is underrated. I used a bit of CyberVista and Skillsoft learning and some Shannon videos.
On YouTube I watched ‘inside cloud and security’ for another run through. And also some ‘cyberkraft’ for PBQs. I even used chat openai which is pretty fun.
Really, my learning was all over the place and I became a hoarder of practice tests. For instance I used security+ app (globe), pocket prep app, and learnzap app. All good in their own ways for closing the gaps.
There were some random other tests I found scattered around the internet. Really…it was all over the place, it was hard for me not having any IT background. I felt I had to learn a lot of stuff from the ground up (or more like skipping a few steps then up) that most wouldn’t need. So for advice, I don’t think one would need to take as many practice exams as I did, or even use half as many resources. If you are new to IT, I recommend the variety.
What the actual test was like: Really..it was a mixed bag. Some questions were shockingly simple. Many more wordy, but straightforward with a clear answer. Some so ambiguous and confusing with the selection of choices they give you. And they might randomly hit you with something you’ve never seen before despite everything. Although those weren’t that common.
The pbqs…I just didn’t like half of them. Felt they were ambiguous in many areas kind of like the complaints I get from ExamCompass pbqs. Just reading Sec+ material and looking at mc questions will only prepare you for about half of them. You’ll probably do much better with more background in IT. Perhaps if you do sec+ practice labs it would help a lot more.
In the end I think what saved me was the huge amount of questions I took and the diversity of the wording each source had. It’s like looking at the same thing from a myriad of angles. You take enough, you will learn to recognize patterns or gain ‘impressions’ despite not knowing everything there is to learn on a particular topic.

I am absolutely aghast. Why did Barbs get shit on? For context, I like to get a feel for each class before I go all in. I’ve been leveling each class to 30. Barb is my third, first Sorcerer, then Rogue. Not to dip to far into spoiler territory, but it seems like those two classes appear to have little investment story-wise compared to Barbarians, Druid’s, and Necro. From my lay perspective having done Act 1 and dipping into Act 2 on the Barbarian. That’s not important though.
My issue though why the fuck does the Barbarian have to run to to an entirely different area capital just to get a lazy afterthought of a class passive??? I just looked up info and it appears Druids have to jump through similar hoops. I mean there’s a friggin Barbarian town In the fractured peaks why not put it there?
In short, I’d posit that in comparison to Sorcerer Skill enhancement or Rogue Specialization the Barbarian perk is an absolute joke.
I like pretty much everything else about the class of this far though. Thank you for your time. Is my annoyance matching your feelings on the subject or am I off base here?

idk how to use this app so lmk if i break rules, ty!!
this is sort of a throw away account, my only other post is literally about tampons lol, but idk how to use this app and i needed a place to put this so here we are.
my toxic relationship started happy, like you hear all the time. they were a narcissist and a liar. i saw through the mask, i think most people do, but i chose to ignore it. i knew she was not the person she pretended to be.
the first red flag was how close she got with my best friend, like as soon as we got together boom. J this J that, it was like J was her girlfriend and not me. and J’s straight and i am not and obviously neither was she. (important later) the first 5-ish months were perfect. i distinctly remember our first fight. my girlfriend, L, had run off after we said not too and was being followed by some random guy. i got so mad i asked her why she would do that after i told her it wasn’t safe. we were hours away from home and didn’t know the mall very well. she just looked at me and said “why are you being a bitch today?” i just started confused at her and gave up. later i walked in to cuddle with her or something idek and she just was distant and scooting away so i asked if she wanted to talk and she just walked out. she said i was being a bitch. i apologized and sobbed a lot. i cried and begged and said i was sorry and not to be mad i just wanted her to be safe but she didn’t listen to me and we argued at my best friends house right there (i am so sorry bsf i love you sm) i cried in the bathroom and just covered my head with my hands until she eventually cooled off and had another friend come in with her and talk about why what i did was wrong (no idea what i did when i asked she just changed the subject) and we moved on after that.
we started fighting more later in the year and it got so bad. she told me my best friend of 2 years was in love with her and had confessed to wanting her and trying to kiss her (i should’ve talked to her about it but she convinced me that she would’ve denied it and manipulated me into thinking i was alone) i hated myself for not being as good as this friend. suddenly my gf was hanging out with her every single day. suddenly i saw them together all the time. suddenly they only talked to each other. i had lost a girlfriend and a best friend in one swoop. i panicked. i left them both. i cut my best friend off and watched to see if my gf would react the way i thought she would. she did. she talked shit about me to my now ex bsf. i was stunned. my ex did the talking, my bsf just missed me and really had no shit to talk but the fact that i left and said pretty nasty things.
(yes i did i will admit that out of this whole story one of my biggest regrets is letting her make this girl i had known for years seem like a terrible person in my brain i will never ever forgive myself for leaving that day or for the things i thought about this girl that i let my girlfriend put in my head)
I left my gf L next. it was sudden. i can’t even go into detail because i don’t remember anything from that week. i was such a huge wreck i couldn’t breathe without thinking about her. all i knew is i needed her back. i got her back. then my bsf. slowly my relationship with them got better. then the fighting began again. i was a wreck and she left me constantly and asked for me back. the first couple times i just said no until she gave up and then i actually gained a bit of dignity and self respect and said okay. until she said she missed me again and i said i miss you too. yada yada. blah blah. it was on and off for days and then she left my bsf. it was a stupid fight over some money left at my gfs house that my gf insisted didn’t exist or wasnt there i have no clue idec it seems dumb now but it was 200 dollars and it was important to my bsf so it was important to me. then, 4 days later, after so much tension and her only seeming happy when she was getting fun time iykwim i brought it up. she apologized. she said it was the only thing keeping her head out of the dark space. i felt used. i haven’t really talked much about the things she did personally to me, which makes this story seem dumb to most people but i can’t talk about them. my brain has blocked it all out and my head spins whenever i think about it. i cry if i think about some of the things she did to me and would never put someone through that. just a couple hours after that conversation she left me. she came back and left several more times but that was the big one. she is on my team. i’m a catcher shes a pitcher, every time i look at her it’s like the pain comes back. i don’t love her anymore, i just feel so much pain and so much anger and i’m so ashamed i went through some of those things and never realized what she was doing to me. we talked after the break up. she told me she enjoyed manipulating and hurting people because she loved having the power of pain over someone’s head. who says that? she asked out another dude while we were together. (she’s asked him like twice since too) he said no. it’s hard to not feel anything towards her. what do i do? how do i fix the empty hole she left?
she constantly threatened me, she told me if i got her mad enough she would hurt me. she said it several times. i tried to take a .5 picture of her once and she threw the phone at my face and busted my lip open and i bled everywhere, i never even got a sorry. and the thing that makes me the most angry is the mask she puts up to other people. i’ve warned a ton of those people with proof such as both her crushes but i cant save all of them.
i hope you see this L and if you do i want my blanket and hoodie back asap

A lot of my hobbies are nerdy and overlap with fan culture a decent amount. I run a small twitch channel and my identity as a queer man is pretty visible. It's great, but sometimes I attract the wrong attention.
My issue is that a lot of my female friends talk about gay men and gay male culture a lot. I would love this if it were in a celebratory way, or if it were trying to relate or include me as a queer guy but.. oddly enough it feels like the complete opposite. They talk as if they are experts on gay men, and sometimes say really incorrect things about gay sex, gay culture, etc. They can get very opinionated, but often don't really know wtf they are talking about.
My boyfriend has told me that he often feels ignored and spoken over by some of these friends, because he doesn't meet the "type" of gay guy that they seem into.
Sometimes there are problems with boundaries with these friends as well.
One friend sat in our living room just gushing about Kpop idols. We were trying to roll with it, watch the MVs she kept slowing us (my boyfriend enjoys Kpop casually) but she thirsting over these guys in a possessive way. Then she started describing some media she liked and how good the "queer rep" was. When she put it on, it was literally just yaoi. This nearly 30yo woman just deadass put yaoi on our big screen TV lol. I don't talk to her anymore for a few other reasons, but Jesus.
I'm just getting a little exhausted, honestly. When I try to set boundaries I tend to trigger people's defenses. If I ignore it, it only escalates. "Get better friends" is easier said than done, because I have already burned several bridges over this stuff. But I don't want to be treated like a novelty or a hypersexual gay best friend stereotype either. Any advice on how to manage this? Just get better at spotting the red flags I guess?

Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a long one.
Table of Contents
1…… The Main Goal
2…… What I’m Seeking
3…… Personality
4…… Interests
5…… Physical Characteristics (with pics)
6…… Expectations of You
7…… Living Situation
8…… Deal Breakers
9…… Closing Remarks
(1)
The Main Goal:
Well if you’re browsing this subreddit then much like me, you were alone this weekend and I’m sure you’d like to change that as much as me. I won’t lie, I am going through a rough part of my life right now. It’s difficult for me to find the energy for anything at the moment and I’m just really seeking affection in general, anything that will give me a push. I don’t want to be that person who brings everyone down but I could really use someone to talk to right now. I’d really like to find someone who’s similar to me so much to the point that we do everything together and talk about everything while not having to pretend to be interested. I want someone with whom we can mutually spew our emotions onto and have those feelings reciprocated. Not an emotional punching bag, but an emotional teddy bear to hug and cuddle until everything feels better as many times as we need. There’s people who I’m sure have told you the same, they’ll be there no matter how many times you need the support, no matter how many times the insecurities and bad thoughts come back but they don’t mean it. I will be the exception, I’m not so ignorant to think some nice words and tales of relating to you will magically forever heal whatever ails you then get mad when you seek the same support again. Mental ailments are rarely temporary and I don’t care about someone because they’re perfect, caring about someone means being there no matter how many times they need you to be. It doesn’t feel like a chore, it doesn’t get old, and it never will.
(2)
(2.a)
What I'm Seeking:
I will upfront let you know if I’m clicking better with someone else or if you’re the one, I’m not here to tread the sea of fish or keep my options open, I’m here for one singular person.
(2.b)
Relationship:
A relationship is difficult for me right now, it’s been nearly half a year since I got out of my last relationship and the reasons for it ending are partially responsible for how I’ve been feeling and why it’s so hard for me to seek the comfort I so desperately crave. I will tell you about it but for the sake of not treating the entirety of the internet as my therapist, it’ll be in private. I really need the comfort of intimacy and the warmth of someone who cares. I'm not going to feel better if I just sulk and don’t move on. This is my attempt to get better, I’ll admit I’m not great right now and I don’t expect you to be either. If we can help each other heal, then I’d be more than happy :) A relationship isn’t just being there for when someone’s at their best. Even if a relationship is hard at the moment, I do want a life partner and I don’t want to be alone. Things aren’t going to get easier without you so I don’t want to hesitate. I view my other as an equal, I don’t like categorizing us into specific roles. We take care of each other and treat each other how we like to be treated, whatever that is, it's as simple as that. I don't care if you're "successful" or not, living simple lives with our days filled with love is the ultimate measure of success to me.
(3)
Personality:
(3.a)
On the Surface:
As you can tell I can be rather… stoic but that’s largely due to my current stressors, I truthfully am goofy and fun loving but I just can’t find it in me right now. I want to return to that but without someone to light up my world it’s been difficult to just have fun and enjoy stuff. I’m definitely more introverted, you won’t catch me at any parties or really outside at all. I definitely prefer being home though the occasional outing is not out of the question and one day I’d like to travel to other countries because I think that kind of perspective is important.
(3.b)
The Core of My Being:
I like being a spectator to it all and if we bear witness to humanity burning or its miraculous recovery, I want to watch it with you. I enjoy watching humanity advance, less so when it devolves but I want to watch it to the end nonetheless. I’m both a realist and someone who lives with my head in the clouds dreaming of scenarios or worlds that don’t exist. I’m saying that I enjoy a good narrative and can suspend my disbelief to enjoy something but you won’t catch me refusing vaccines or ignoring blatant facts for the sake of some pseudo science or witch doctor’s remedy. I’m an atheist but I do not rule out existence after death, not because I’m agnostic but because due to the nature of potentially infinite time at some point after how many googol years with a googol amount of 0s after that, something’s bound to replicate your consciousness perfectly at some point. It’s actually a really fascinating topic I like talking about. If infinite time and infinite possibilities exist, does non existence exist? Though that’s an awfully existentially dreadful thought process considering the ramifications of infinite existence and infinite possibilities during said infinite existence. I would say I’m confidently left leaning and I don’t think I could truly get along with anyone right leaning, at least America’s definition of right leaning. Left and right seems to have just become; do people deserve to suffer or do they deserve to live good lives? Being political is not something I expected to become but how can you not be when crimes against human rights are being passed on a daily basis and at the end of the day, everything’s political. Oftentimes I imagine the perfect moment as relaxing with my significant other playing games or cuddling in a cold room under blankets.
I value that special someone above all of the existential thoughts, the bad of the world, the good of the world, they practically become my world. So many worries wash away when I’m with them. I don’t know if that’s the defense mechanism my brain created to not feel bad 24/7 but if it is, I’m currently without it.
(3.c)
Insecurities:
I talk of philosophy and politics here but really I spend most of my time just playing games, watching stuff, and trying to not be sleep deprived. I’m also nowhere near as well spoken, heck sometimes I feel like my speech is broken. I won’t claim to be something I’m not, I sit at home while I complain about the world doing nothing about it wishing I had someone here with me. I’m not noble nor do I really want to be, I have morals I uphold but much like most other hypocrites I acknowledge that my comfortable life is built on the suffering of others without doing anything about it. Why? My sleep problems? Am I depressed? Is that why I have no energy to do anything? Do I just think nothing I could do could help? I can’t nail it down myself, maybe it’s a mix of everything, maybe I’m just a bad person. I have always told myself that if I had wealth I would help people but if I get that kind of wealth will I just become a wealth hoarder who tries to justify my riches as something I earned rather than something given to me through incredibly lucky circumstances? If I do help people is it because I’m a good person or out of guilt? Will I die alone? I feel like I drive everyone away with my clinginess, I get paranoid often and need reassurance often. It’s something I want to work on, something I’ve been trying to work on. Hearing that someone cares about me just never gets old. I value self awareness even if it’s painful.
(3.d)
Socializing:
I’m definitely a socially anxious/awkward mess, especially around strangers. I do feel a large amount of anxiety in public, people can’t tell by looking at my face since I kind of go stone faced in an attempt to block everything out but yeah you’ll notice that if we go out in public. Growing up my pediatrician said I was probably autistic, never got a formal diagnosis so that’s just great. But yeah that explains why I can’t make eye contact with people, I kinda just stare at the ground and avoid their gaze at all costs. A lot of these social struggles go away to a great degree once I know you for a bit but yeah I apologize for how terrible I am at socializing at first. Don’t let my social struggles fool you though, I love cuddling and being close with my person.
(3.e)
Sexuality:
I am a heterosexual male, though I’m not very masculine like at all. I may even be a bit feminine sometimes. Not that I believe any activity or manner of acting belongs to a gender but I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m definitely super affectionate and love it when my partner is too. I am open to dating demi people but I do have a libido so I don't think asexual would work out.
(4)
Interests:
(4.a)
Video Games:
As stated before, I do spend a lot of my time playing video games. It’s been hard lately with me having no energy but I really do want to play more games and have a good time playing them with you! I primarily play on PC though I do have a switch. I’m primarily into platform fighters, roguelikes, open world, survival, and sandbox games. As for single player story games, I enjoy watching them through twitch or youtube but for the most part I don’t play them myself. I’d watch you play them though!
Here’s a list of games we can play:
-Minecraft (Java)
-Risk of Rain 2
-Gunfire Reborn
-Roboquest
-7 Days to Die
-Phasmophobia
-Rust
-Unturned
-Bloons TD 6
-Platform fighters: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Slap City, Multiversus, Flash Party, Fraymakers
Whatever you want to play I’ll give it a shot! I will say that League bores me to death but I’ll play it for you :) I try to avoid MMOs, not because I don’t like them but because of how addicted I can get to them. I enjoy learning games in-depth so MMOs can be a fast track to addiction.
I recently got Kerbal Space Program 2 and ehhh not really worth it right now but hopefully later it will be? I’m super excited for Tears of the Kingdom! In the far off future I’m excited for Rivals of Aether 2 which is a platform fighter releasing in 2024, let me know of your most anticipated releases and I’ll see if I could play them with you!
Also I never got into FPS games but I could totally see myself playing like CoD with you or Escape From Tarkov. Any FPS really, I’m down.
I am a fan of Pokemon but with how things have been lately I don’t know how long that will last. Pixelmon is a common Pokemon mod I play for Minecraft if you want to play that! Also if I say I want to play something with you I mean it but there are often times when no matter how much I want to I'm just drained and can do little more than lay in bed so please don't think I'm making an excuse.
(4.b)
Science:
I really enjoy keeping up with the latest advances in pretty much everything, it could be biology, technology, astronomy, anything! I love seeing progression and I love talking about it! Really I could go on and on about what I’m obsessing about that day. I particularly love technology, ask me for my laptop specs I dare you. When I was little I always wanted to be a scientist of any kind but then insomnia and fear of college stuff hit me like a truck aaaand that’s the end of that dream.
(4.c)
Anime:
You got me, I like anime but I’d like to think my tastes are benign.
Here’s some of my favorites I can list from the top of my head:
- To Your Eternity
- Vinland Saga
- Spice and Wolf
- Re:Zero
- Mob Psycho
- Dr. Stone
- Attack on Titan
- Spy x Family
- My Hero Academia
- Ranking of Kings
- Demon Slayer
Okay I can go on and on but I will say I don’t like pointless fan service and the spamming of cliche anime moments. I mostly enjoy action and anything well animated if it doesn’t have a potato story. Heck Demon Slayer could be my top 3 out of season 2’s animation alone. I don’t watch slice of life often or romance but I would with you!
(4.d)
Misc:
I’m not going to go on and on about the tiniest little things when the main ones are covered but I’ll watch pretty much any show with you and anything really. I like random youtube videos that explain some kind of lore or mystery, sometimes mini documentaries too.
As for food I looove sushi and I’m a sucker for fast food. Okay and candy, definitely candy.
I used to play tennis but haven’t really had the opportunity nor friends to play it with and I’m way too socially anxious to seek it out. Also I will say that when we move to something like discord I type waaaay more casually. I’m not going to expect long paragraphs back and forth like we’re writing English papers for each other, I do enjoy long conversations but seriously don’t worry about having to put the utmost effort into every response, I just like making good first impressions I guess.
(5)
(5.a)
My Physical Characteristics:
I’m 5’8 (172cm), 128 pounds (58kg), with curly brown hair and blue eyes. I like keeping my hair long in the winter and cutting it in the summer. I’m pretty slim in general so if you’re looking for someone large, that’s not me. I don’t work out but my work is pretty physical so at least I’m not totally inactive. I don’t have the urge to work out or gain muscle but I do want to maintain my slim figure so if I start losing control of that I’ll work out. I like to keep my face shaved because I don’t think I look good with a beard/mustache so if you’re into those I apologize. I have an average amount of body hair? I’d prefer to be completely shaved but it’s easy to lose motivation with that battle, if you prefer shaved then I’d have no problem complying. Anyways here’s what I look like: https://imgur.com/a/MZZgf2t
(5.b)
My Physical Preferences:
Having physical preferences makes me feel shallow, if I could make myself not have them I would but unfortunately that’s now how that works. I don’t care if you’re shorter or taller than me and I don’t care if you weigh more or less than me. All I ask is that you’re slim-average weight. I would never ask for someone to be something I’m not. I don’t care about tattoos or piercings.
(6)
Expectations of You:
I am not looking for someone “exciting” or someone to “keep me on my toes” I’m not looking for someone to cater to my every whim or anything like that. I don’t care if you’re “boring” or if you aren’t “successful”. I know it’s a common thing for people to not want a “boring” relationship and to seek something argumentative or something with constant challenges but I just want to be with you. During the exciting times, the boring times, and everything in-between, all of it will be great with you! Maybe we do argue sometimes or maybe there will be challenges but that will never be something I purposefully seek out and I don’t want that to be something you seek out either. I will not play tricks on you and I will not play mind games, I expect the same from you. We all have personal measures of success we may or may not have lived up to but what I care about most is our commitment to each other. If we have each other we can get through tough times, near the ends of our lives I want us to look back and feel that this life together was worth more than anything. That’s not saying I want us to be haphazard, I don’t want us to make poor decisions for the sake of yolo and I want us to always be rational, especially with each other. I want you to be someone I can trust to make decisions and weigh the options with a level head, I’ll try my best to live up to the same for you. Most of all I want empathy, understanding, someone to feel the utmost comfort and trust in.
(7)
Living Situation:
Currently my life is pretty relaxed, I work 3 times a week as a night shift stocker. I currently live in a 2 bedroom apartment with my roommate but we’re looking to move into someplace larger by the end of the year if everything works out. The internet is weirdly great for Ohio too like I have fiber and later this year we’re supposed to be getting dedicated fiber so that’s neat. I’m not attached to Ohio so the ultimate goal living location wise is probably moving to a country that won’t send you into a lifetime of dealing with the repercussions from one medical emergency.
(8)
Deal Breakers:
Might as well make this simple and make it a list.
- Anti-vaxxers
- Unironically believing astrology
- Right wingers
- Hard drugs (occasional 420 and alcohol is fine, may even join you)
- Wanting children, there was a time when I was younger when I wanted children but with the state of the word that’s a definite no and I feel like I wouldn’t be able to handle the stress. I’d love a stress free life with as much time with you as possible.
- Homophobic
- Transphobic
- Racist
- Super Religious
- Don’t be a bigot and don’t deny facts.
(9)
Closing Remarks:
Well you made it, I was thinking that finding someone I’d be willing to put a lifetime of effort into at least required this much effort. If I think of anything more I’ll update the post. Also about timezones, it really doesn’t matter where in the world you are. I don’t have a sleep schedule and I have most of the week off from work so it really doesn’t matter.
I request that in your response you do put effort into it, it doesn’t have to be anywhere near as long as this but at least enough so I know that you read this and enough about you so I know why you saw potential compatibility. I will seriously read all of it and respond the best I can. I do also request a pic included in your response (sfw please) or one soon after we start talking to prove identity, I’ll send identity proving pics too. As long as this post is up, you can send a reply!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/albanese-questioned-on-involvement-with-brittany-higgins-claim/102453872

The Australian has reported Ms Higgins and her partner David Sharaz planned with journalist Lisa Wilkinson and her producer Angus Llewellyn to recruit friendly politicians to pursue their case, naming Mr Albanese, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek as potential allies.

Wilkinson? The one who couldn't stop talking about this case but didn't mention anything about any of the named Labor members.
Also apparently it requires 3 Labor members to 'pursue the case' and not say the prosecutor who was in fact pursuing the case.
Oh and its from the Australian so pretty clear its a lie we know that, but it then gets reported on by the ABC. Why? When there are 100's of other political topics to cover today they chose this one.

In text messages between the couple, published by The Australian, Mr Sharaz claims that Mr Albanese gave him his number and offered to fly to Canberra to meet Ms Higgins and that Senator Gallagher was "really invested", with Ms Higgins suggesting they "feed everything" to the senator so that she could grill the government at senate estimates.

Two word quotes. Why bother even quoting if you're going to cut away so much. Worse its then surrounded by the journalists framing...
These are text messages, surely they aren't that long you couldn't have put the whole text message in right? If not maybe a paragraph?

The ABC has not seen the text message conversations, which came from material produced during the investigation of Bruce Lehrmann over Ms Higgins' claim.

So who the fuck are you quoting then?
They could have taken the opportunity here to point out how dubious these claims are from the Australian given how little material its made from, but alas, all Australian journalists work for Murdoch in some fashion.
So did they ask Mr Sharaz or Ms Higgins about these claims? From reading the article it doesn't look like they or anyone has. In fact Sharaz isn't even mentioned after the texts paragraph, Higgins is only mentioned in regards to the case. There isn't even a 'we asked them but they haven't responded at time of writing'...
If we accept the dubious notion that Albanese did give them his number, for the purposes of pursuing the case then wouldn't any texts from Mr Sharaz to Albo likewise come up in the investigation? These texts supposedly did.

Mr Albanese flatly denied coordinating with Ms Higgins to The Australian, and told reporters he had full confidence Senator Gallagher had acted appropriately.
While it is commonplace for journalists to discuss issues of policy with politicians, the concern in this case is whether politicians weaponised a potentially criminal matter for political gain.

Uh, yeah the coalition & media partners have definately weaponised this criminal matter for political gain, seems like the ABC didn't want to be left out.

"I think there are a lot of questions that need to be answered," Mr Dutton said.
"The prime minister obviously has to front up and provide a true factual explanation of what's going on here because there are differing accounts."

Oh Dutton... please never change... because its destroying all popularity of your party!
I suppose we should analyse this, well its pretty clear there's a very flawed 'account' by the Australian that if the account were true it would be easily referable to the NACC, no signs that's happening. Even though:

The opposition has also challenged the government's decision to settle a compensation claim by Ms Higgins, without her former bosses Michaelia Cash and Linda Reynolds being able to participate.
Senator Reynolds said she would consider referring that issue to the National Anti-Corruption Commission when it begins operating next month.

They clearly know the NACC exists.
But the biggest WTF from this article is:

Independent MP Dai Le said she was not satisfied with the government's answers so far.
"This is politics, right, and the opposition, now the government, will be always looking for things to use as a weapon against the government of the day," Ms Le said.

What the fuck does she have to do with any of this?
As if to imply only Labor has been doing this... When from the outset the LNP & media have done their utmost to try and destroy Higgins.
The ABC is trash like the rest of them.

I'm doing a summer slasher-thon in a few weeks with some friends, and the theme is "the monstrous femme." I want to show slasher movies that either center women or are made by women.
So far I've chosen The Slumber Party Massacre, a pretty great first film if I do say so myself. I think I also want to do The Columnist, a fun little slasher from a few years ago. It's not the best movie ever made, but it's good some good kills and a fun script and I'm very fond of it.
Not sure what the third movie should be. I don't want to do Raw or Titane, because I think everyone has already seen those ones. I'm thinking about All about evil, I blame it on society, or death drop gorgeous, but I'm not sure. Would be interested to hear anyone else'se suggestions if you've got 'em. Deep cuts welcome!!

Edit: Sorry, should have put analyst in the title, rather than therapist.
My (F29) SO (M33) recently started working with an analyst, and- as someone who has been seeing therapists myself for almost a decade- I'm confused by some of her actions. My SO and I share expenses, and his analyst is quite expensive ($300/week), so I want to make sure it's okay to trust the process (and quiet my fears about any imaginary red flags I might be perceiving.) To be fair, he feels like their sessions are really constructive, and she does seem to be helping him work through some ingrained behavior patterns that had him feeling stuck. So credit where credit is due.
That said...
My first concern is that she is a psychoanalyst, but is not licensed or certified to be a therapist. This is new for me, though I understand the rules are fuzzier around analysis. She also works independently, so there is no supervision or team of peers doing reviews of her practice. I've tried a few different therapy modalities, but all of my therapists have had some sort of accountability to supervising clinicians and/or state regulating bodies. It makes me a bit uneasy that my SO's therapist has no associations with any professional bodies, and no ethical oversight, especially given how much we are spending.
Second, she is very active on social media, has her posts set on public under her real name, and posts mostly "thirst traps" of herself (nothing hardcore, but mostly posed, half-clothed selfies, with her hands strategically covering other areas). I'm usually pretty positive about this type of thing, but it seems (to me) strange for a mental health professional to have that public. She also seems to be interacting there with her male analysis clients, judging from the comments. All of that would be verboten with my therapist, but it could just be another difference.
Third, she has been encouraging my SO to make their meetings (four times a week) a priority over everything else. Which I understand, and have read is normal for analysis, but he's been cancelling all of our previously-planned time together for his sessions whenever there's a conflict, and after two months of it, I feel like there should be more compromise. He's also talking and sharing a lot less with me, and while that's not necessarily worrying on its own, it is creating distance between us, which compounds my other worries.
Fourth (and this is the big one for me), after a month of working with him, his analyst started encouraging my SO to train to be an analyst himself, and saying that she could train him. The one thing he does share from their sessions is that she brings this up pretty frequently and tells him he'd be great at it. I'm all for him getting encouragement if that's what he wants to do, but he only seems to have an interest in it because she brought it up and suggested he should do it. I realize analysis has different rules than other modalities, but this seems like a legitimate cause for concern to me.
There's other little things, but those are the big four.
I realize this may just be my unfamiliarity with the different standards in psychoanalysis versus other disciplines, but writing all these out did put a bit of a knot in my stomache. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Ahoy there! It's been pretty lonely lately, so I figured I'd put myself out there and try to make some new friends. I'm of SouthEast Asian descent born and raised in Southern California. Definitely more of an indoor person, but I'm making an effort to go outside more and explore new places. Also a bit cringe so don't say I didn't warn ya!
I'm a huge fan of anime, science fiction, fantasy, documentaries, procedural crime shows, and series like Futurama, The Simpsons, Love Death Robots, and The Twilight Zone. I also enjoy playing a bunch of PC games (open world survival, fps, rpgs, fighting games, ect), so hit me up if you want to game together! I'm open to trying anything that looks fun.
Currently trying to improve all areas of my life and trying out new hobbies, listening to new music, watching new things. Mostly trying to get outside my comfort zone and do things I normally wouldn't. Feel free to send a message if you're up for a friendly chat/voicechat but I'm going to ignore all "hey, sup" messages. Not asking for a lot of effort tbh, just tell me a little about yourself. What do you enjoy doing in your free time? What movies, foods, games, or songs are you really into? I look forward to getting to know ya!

when i started crushing my crush I've started to check out people who he hangs out with even though i feel like my crush thinks i am what he wants and probably enough for him i still have doubt that his friends and siblings wouldn't accept me i just think they are way off better than me and i am not .... i just feel like those people will judge me all of my flaws and would make my crush into thinking i am not good enough for him which might lead him to be ashamed of me and him not wanting me like before i know this is caused by low self esteem but i used to think i am pretty average and not that ugly but society treats me different their actions shows i am pretty much ugly every time i would meet new people they would always choose my friend over me they always prefer her.
In our country she meets the body standard that men think is attractive and well i am the opposite of it , she is slim thick with a big booty and curves while i am skinny nice shaped booty that is mostly only visible in tight clothes and i am short sometimes i would look in the mirror and think what ever god has given me thinks it's perfect he knew what he was doing sculpting me but every time i go to school i get a new perspective like why don't people like me ,why don't they not want to be my friend and they are not curious about knowing me but my friends put in little effort but they get new friends and boys like them and teachers like them and for me nope nobody likes me , my crush friends do hookah and i am sure they also go for parties but i am introverted and I like my own space and i am super shy sometimes i just think like what if i date my crush in the future and his friends invite him for a hookah session and they all come with their hot girlfriends and him well he is gonna wanna come with me and it's either i am gonna agree or disagree and if agree i am gonna be the ugliest girlfriend there all of his friends are gonna have pretty girls but if i disagree he is probably gonna complain and get bored of me and find a new girl who is better , prettier and hyperactive .

it was so difficult to write the card without smiling & tearing up bcos i rly, RLY love him v much fml i am such a simp 😵‍💫
i have been talking to him for one year six months, but we only grew closer when i downloaded sc for him in feb/mar and we kinda became mutually exclusive without a label on our rs. which is perfectly fine by me because we both discussed on wanting to see where this goes and whether it’s worth getting serious.
for context, i alr knew him since we were 13, became an item at 14, drifted apart bcos we were both stupid & immature and now we reconnected 6 years later 😋
since then, we talked EVERYDAY. about anyth & everyth. he alw replays my snaps, saves them in chat & compliments me. he asks me to send more pics of myself bcos ‘he wants to see pretty’.
he notices every little change in mood i have (due to sch) & cheers me up with lame dad jokes. he remembers small details & sends me memes/reels that reminds him of me. he watched romcom movies to understand me better. he asks about my family because he wants to know them.
he hopes i am happy everyday & sends me voice notes / calls me and istg nothing makes me happier :” he calls me darling & honey & sweetie A LOT and even picks up on my lingo (i alw say ‘goodnight loveya muah’) so it j became a thing between us. he tells me to stay safe whenever i go home late at night, starts convos a lot and sends gm/gn messages everyday.
he created a spotify playlist for me & alw updates it every two months bcos he knows how much i love music (and our music taste is v similar)
he wrote an entire paragraph on a random afternoon j telling me how much he adores me and stated that he has ONLY my notifs on :”
he knows i don’t like it when chats are deleted (bcos it can lead to miscomms) so everytime he deletes smtg, he tells me why (usually a typo) but that gesture means a lot to me.
and i am not on my phone 24/7 either and i love love love how understanding and respectful he is of my own personal time.
have i mentioned he’s the smartest, hardworking & hottest man i know?
i am so deeply in love with him for 10 months & i cant wait to meet him soon and give him a hug bcos i missed him sm 🥺

hello, there is a guitarist i am a good fan of that i've recently become intrigued with regarding his model of guitar. there's little information abt his gear, and he's been noted playing a teisco and kent at points, but there is a certain ibanez (or at least i am pretty sure it is an ibanez) guitar i've seen him using but am not exactly sure the model. here is two videos where he uses it, one for tv and another as a bootleg. > https://youtu.be/EI6HhXDyKkI & https://youtu.be/Y4cuJxOV-38 i'm very little experienced with ibanez's, i recognized the headstock and could sorta make out the logo but i'm stumped on the exact model. if anyone could aid in my search, thank you kindly!

I’m in the market for a good quality, stainless steel (surgical steel?) Cuban link chain that can be worn in the shower etc without ruining the chain.
Looking for a 4-6mm width and 24inches long. I’m pretty sure want surgical steel from what little research I’ve done. I’m just looking for advice on a reputable buyer, and what price range I’d be looking at. Got the idea from getting sponsored ads on IG, CraftedLDN looks decent but with these heavily-marketed-on-social-media companies, you never know.

My brother (in high school) is a little socially awkward and has some “friends” at school but mostly just people he occasionally talks to. I’m worried because he had been saying he doesn’t have friends and that he has had some episodes of depression. I hang out with him a little everyday but I have things I have to do as well. I am pretty sure he might be somewhere low on the spectrum and I think we scheduled a therapist appointment for the depression and social talk but I’m not sure so I will ask if he is still doing that. I would invite him to hang out with me and my friends but I barely have any close ones of my own and they are really only female friends and I didn’t want to hang out with a friend while he tags along alone. Because of this I felt guilty for the times I rejected him, though ik I shouldn’t have to be because it was a normal reaction of a little brother wanting to tag along to the mall. I feel guilty like something I did might have messed him up socially and I’m worried something I might say might make him more depressed. He recently told me how he hadn’t been to a party in so long and I feel like because of his lack of experience he thinks friendships and social gatherings are much more than they actually are, and it made me sad to hear him say these things. I love him a lot and all I want for him is for him to be happy, with friends who get him. I’m not sure how to help or if I even can outside of just spending more time with him. Also he is a bit quirky and I wonder if I should support him and let him potentially mess up now and maybe being embarrassed and cringe later on in life or discourage it and possibly save him embarrassment while maybe hurting his feelings for saying what he is doing might be embarrassing? Ik embarrassment and mistakes are inevitable in life and they are a great way to learn but I’m scared he’s not the type to learn but become more scared to try or become more sad. Please pray for us and his happiness if you can/want. Thank you for reading.

My sleepless dream ends with an alarm, the pounding klaxon of mission start. The whirring of servos and pump of hydraulics brings my body to full readiness, ready for one last ticket.
The Woman from Angeri gave us this mission. She gave it to us and us alone. For the glory of all Mankind she said, strike at the heart of the Imperium. Bloody their nose in a way they’ll never forget.
The pilot, a good one from Yord, helps me get into gear. Everything from the combat armor, thrusters, and the ever-important Agamemnon device.
Myself and the rest of my team step into the waiting airlock, turning on the armor seals and tapping into the armor air reserves. The chamber depressurizes before the airlock finally opens. We jump outside the deployment vessel and switch our radios on, waiting for the signal to begin our descent to the world below.
“Mayday, Mayday, this is the Independent Trader Timberwolf,”
“Acknowledged Timberwolf, how may we assist,” came the response from the Imperial highport authorities.
“I don’t know, there seems to be an issue with the jump fuel li-” the captain began to say before the ship suddenly went up in a ball of white. The captain played her part beautifully, and the wreckage would act as our cover to hot drop onto the world.
Thrusters activate and I deploy my heat shield as I gun for the palace. The Coalition will be sorry to lose that pilot, she got us right over target.Now initially the Imps didn’t seem too perturbed. Debris from a ship that small would just burn up in atmosphere, no skin off their back, but they did get worried seeing five little metallic things drop from high orbit right over the palace. We made it to about cloud level before they scrambled fighters. Pretty good all be told.
Jond did his part too, he flipped around and pushed his thrusters to meet the oncoming jets. As he did so I activated the Agamemnon device. Jond got off about four rockets, splashing four of the jets, before he got taken out.
The rest flew around like headless chickens, this hot and heavy device strapped to my back cast out hundreds of false sensor pings for them to follow, blinding them in all capacities except the MK. 1 eyeball.
Even then, we were small, we were fast, and we were refracting light thanks to these cloaks. Imps never knew what hit em as we finally made touch down in the gardens of the palace. Asha, Nargör, and Dekan went to make a nuisance of themselves, sliver guns out and on the bounce.
The shoulder mounted plasma gun took out the main door, and some poor Imp standing behind it. I stormed into a room of Imperial marines, guns in hand, and practically as reflex I washed em out with hypersonic slivers. This ballistic computer was worth every penny of Coalition dime as I ripped holes into Imp after Imp.
One poor bastard even tried to knife me, as if a little knife is going to stop the one-ton steel abomination that is me. I ripped his head off and continued further into the palace. Everywhere I go is decorated with frescoes, paintings, and statues depicting all the glories of Mankind they revere, and everything that drove them to conflict with us. I find it a bit arrogant, but mine is not to question why.
A few Imps try to interrupt my thoughts, but again they are ripped apart by slivers on reflex. They even bothered to set-up a heavy laser emplacement at the end of the hallway, not that it does them any good. They burn through a decent chunk of my left arm as I rolled out of the way and down a side passage. A quick particulate grenade obscures their next shot, and a plas grenade silences the gun. That was a very quick response, clearly not enough though.
Pushing through a few more isolated bands of Imps, I find the rather gaudy throne room with its big golden doors. Left arm is at reduced effectiveness, and I can only guess that most of his personal guard is in the room with him.
Instead of walking through the front door, I push up to the ceiling. Hanging there I bore through it with a breaching charge, and emerge up on the roof. I find a rather surprised team of snipers who are quickly dispatched by my saka after I leap at them.
Dropping down from the skylight I make ready to dispatch the Emperor’s personal guard, only to find none. Just an old man on a gaudy throne.
“My sons and daughters have already evacuated the palace Coalition Man,”
“They were not our target,”
“Truly? You have far more restraint than my generals it would seem,"
“Call it a difference in philosophy,” I said, and at that the Emperor of the Empire of the Mind laughed long and deep.
“I know you find me repugnant Coalition Man, but would you honor a final request?”“Depends,”
“I wish to fall on my sword,”
“Then do it,” I said, to which the Emperor gave a simple nod.
There the Emperor drew from his throne a long blade, and succeeded in his final will. I took his head, and split his spine to ensure there was no recovery.
“Target eliminated. Adiri 1-5, report,”
“War Cabinet eliminated. Adiri 2,”
“Engaging the enemy. Adiri 3,”
“I am near overrun. Adiri 4,”
“Mission success, say your final prayers,”
No Imps come to avenge their emperor. Maybe they’re distracted? Or cowards. Either way, it seems I have a moment. I sit on this throne, this paltry thing of stone and gold that enables little men to end millions. Don’t know what I expected. It's a little vindicating to deliver the death he so flippantly affected back to him and his councilors, each of which could have schemed to prevent this. When my soul goes to Orz, to the living Void, I think he’ll find this all very funny. It's been long enough, I confirm the self-destruct order.
It burns for only a moment.

For another perspective of this conflict:
A Chance Meeting

Author's Note: If anyone understands why Reddit ruined my formatting three different ways when posting this that would be wonderful.

This guy comes into my work regularly. For the year I’ve been here. We talk more and more each time. He used to sit alone until one day there was only one free seat and it was at the bar. Now we talk for hours when he comes in. I love talking to him. He’s kind, funny, smart and laughs at all of my jokes.
He has invited me to go meet him before at a bar but I have never went. So we just talk every week at my work. More recently we’ve sat down and talked with each other while I was off work a few times and talked for a few hours.
Last week, we talked for hours, I got a little tipsy and suggested we go to another bar. He said yes and I was a little shocked because he’d never stay out too late there.
We had fun, talked a lot, had a really fun walk to the bar. We had a drink or 2 and a shot and I got pretty drunk. I told him about the crush I have on him, then BLANK. I don’t remember what his response is. I remember him walking me home and us hugging. We were out until 4am.
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Should I even talk about this with him when I see him again? Should I apologize? I want to know what he said but scared if the answer might be a rejection.
Edit: I hope I didn’t try and make any passes or try to do something with him while I was drunk(the parts I don’t remember). what if I was sloppy?

Hi, my brother became a born-again Christian in 2010, and he took his own life last year, I've been thinking about this a lot lately (this is just my own thoughts so feel free to tell me if I'm wrong) he didn't tell anyone about it because he probably would've been judged by the people from his church, and most of the negative things that were happening in his life probably could've been solved with therapy and counseling, i just know from my own experience, because i deal with anger issues and depression and it definitely helped my mental health, is it common for Christians to be against secular therapy? if so, why? to me it only makes sense to at least try it out to see if it works for you, why be so against something that is meant to benefit us? please correct me if i have a wrong perspective.
i was thinking about visiting his old church soon, i know i will enjoy feeling the energy and the fact that someone i loved genuinely believed in this but slowly became disillusioned and depressed, he developed a pretty bad drinking problem, the last time i went to his church, the pastor kinda went off about certain things such as meditation being witchcraft, it just seemed like a random thing to be against., he never even said what specifically is wrong with meditating, seemed like he just wanted to use his charisma and jokes to get you to agree with him because he didn't do any actual research. those are just my personal thoughts though, and i don't think his church was terrible, but could've been better if they were just a little less conservative.
are all churches like this? I am agnostic, Christianity definitely helped my brother, so i'll never hate the religion for teaching him a lot but I think he definitely would've benefitted from being more open emotionally even though I can respect the dedication he had for it.

I (22F) moved out in 2020 and moved in with my now fiancée, I had a cat called mini at my mother's house who was mine. When I moved out, I did not bring her with me just because I didn't want too take her away from all of the other cats and put her into a new and stressful environment. I have a new cat now who we got a yearish ago. Whenever I visit home, I always make sure too give mini a cuddle.
In January of last year, my brothers (20M) girlfriend (19F) moved into my mother's house and I'm assuming fell in love with mini. She was always taking photos of her, posting her on Facebook calling her 'my baby' and other stuff like that. Whenever I went to go visit mini was always in my brother and hers room. I don't know if she's aware that mini is my cat, but I will admit it made me a little jealous.
I saw on Facebook she had bought a cat harness for mini and in the video mini looked so uncomfortable, so I messaged her explaining how I didn't appreciate my cat being treated with such a lack of care. I will admit I was a little harsh with it, and my brother messaged me asking me not too talk to his girlfriend that way again and that she meant no harm.
Anyway, In march of this year my brother and his girlfriend moved out of my mother's and Into a flat just down the road and took mini with them. I was furious, she is my cat and they have no right too just adopt MY cat into their lives. Not to mention taking her away from the environment she grew up in. I only found out through my mum after I went back to visit her and found mini was no longer in the house. I asked where she was and she told me about my brother and his girlfriend taking her.
I decided that mini was probably better off living with me and not my brother and a essentially stranger and since she was my cat I deserved too have her, so I went too the flat and demanded mini be returned too me. My Brothers girlfriend was the one who answered the door, and when I told her what I was there for she immediately apolagised for not knowing mini was mine but that she was not willing to hand her over because she had become part of their family unit. We got into a pretty heated argument until my brother asked me too leave.
I am absolutely furious, my brother messaged me telling me that I was being selfish and a dick but at the end of the day mini is MY CAT and they had no right too take her.
AITA?
TLDR: brother and his Gf moved out and took my cat with them.

So, little back story. I (25f) have worked at walmart for a total of about 5 years, while 4 of them were spent being a front end manager. I came back to Walmart in July 2022 and moved almost immediately to hourly management. I also became close friends with one of my associates. We spent a lot of time together, best friends. Well, in February of 2023 I was told by my store manager that I was being investigated for sleeping with this associate. After a 2 or 3 week waiting period they finally told me that the investigation was over and It was found I was not sleeping with any of my associates but I would be punished for the accusation because I am I member of the management team. I was coached to a red. Which is pretty much the final warning. Soooo after this i was talking to said associate about how unfair and steam rolled It all felt. We continued being friends for a few weeks before we stopped speaking for a completely unrelated reason. In the middle of this there was a day she was rude and disrespectful in front of customers and got sent home, with another managers push. Well fast forward to the last week of may, I get pulled into my store managers office again to be told I am now being investigated for retaliation against this associate because i stopped speaking to her on a personal level. And because i sent her home as a way to spite her. I tell management that, this is not what happened and that another manager above me suggested she went home and they tell me they will look into it and keep me updated. I continue on the same way for a couple of days until I get pulled into the office again. This time to be told they found the retaliation case substantial and that I am being terminated and non-rehirable for any Walmart owned business again. My termination meeting was at most two minutes. With not even an example or explanation as to what they found that was substantial. My question is, what do I do now? I got steamrolled and bullied out of my favorite job.