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My nerves are going haywire and I wish I could talk to you again. It'll be okay, especially after today if all goes well. Just ready to get this over with. I'd ask you to come by this weekend if you had a chance, but since it'll just be me and the boy here, and you don't seem to want to be alone with me...
Intrusive thoughts again? Always.
Maybe I'll shoot you a text later.

I(27m) matched with a girl (27f) on Hinge about a week ago. Talking was slow initially, but she gave me her number, and we’ve been talking everyday since then, as well as dispersed phone calls(most recent was yesterday). As someone who has been in and out of the dating game for a while since I was 21ish, I’m not new, but this current situation is making me feel exhausted mentally. I genuinely like this girl. Although we haven’t met yet, the feelings are there. I’ve had several relationships, and none ever started with these kinds of strong feelings. Everytime I get a text I smile, or when I get a call I fumble my phone exicted. Now I did ask her out, but she was busy last weekend and will be busy this weekend, so I asked her if she’d like to go out next weekend which also happens to during my spring break, she said she’d love to, so going to try and verify Sunday maybe. But here’s the thing about this: because of the fact online dating is horrid, I’ve unfortunately developed the defense mechanism, for lack of a better term, where I overanalyze everything and assume that a person is slowly losing interest in me and kinda lose feelings. The shit of it is, it actually has proved right many, many times over the years. For example, I notice someone takes longer to respond than usual, or small subtle things through text I instantly notice. I don’t want that to happen with this girl, but I can’t help the sneaking suspicion that she’s kinda losing interest in me, regardless of how I try to be logical and rationale about it. Now I do understand that this girl is busy, has a job, and has a lot of mental issues she deals with on the daily. I do my best to let her know I’m willing to listen and help as much as I can. I just cannot physically and mentally deal with this pattern of thought regarding “oh she’s losing interest.” I mean even this morning, I got hyperfocused on the fact that she texted me at about 7, and hasn’t texted me back yet. I know it’s not rationale, I know it’s clingy, and I want to fix it, hence the post, but I simply cannot figure out how. I would really appreciate any advice, but please no “oh get over it.” I’m genuinely trying to improve myself in that area and that doesn’t help me.

I know ERL finals are this weekend, but 90% of LEC viewers don't give a shit about it unless KC are playing. Also, the lfl final is on friday and the superliga scheduled theirs on saturday for no reason.
This started happening last year, when LEC went on a two week break before playoffs, for no reason. Then it happened again in summer, when Riot went on a one week summer break. What a brilliant idea to have a break in week 3 of a fucking Bo1 regular season instead of starting one week later, or you know, not treating the LEC like a fucking football stadium and instead let the teams play online for a week. Unsurprisingly teams like XL and Fnatic lost all their momentum and garbage teams like Astralis and SK got a mental reset.
And now they're having a break a week before easter, again, for no fucking reason. So not only do they start the winter split in 21st of January, several weeks after most teams start scrimming. They also finish the spring finals one week before MSI starts, putting our region several weeks behind the others.
Honestly, I don't think we stood much of a chance anyway, and who even cares anymore. Might as well call it the T1 invitational because this tournament is quickly turning into Asian rift rivals with how Riot handles it. LEC really put the bar low this year with one stadium event and garbage planning.

How on earth is joe paying for such a beautiful flat in the middle of London on a lecturer’s salary?! AND paying for the basemen where he’s keeping the cage (coz you know no London landlord is missing out on their rent money potential)
Add into that eating out constantly, how well furnished his home is and all the fancy events where the drinks alone will set you back a mortgage payment…I mean I can suspend my believe for so much but this is just way too far…

I’ve been in our system for as long as I can remember. I’m a protector and Our body is 23 years old..we discovered we’re a system about 2ish years ago. I really don’t know how to explain this, but I feel like up until our diagnosis I never truly lived life. I never felt emotions in real time other than maybe paranoia and anger.
It feels like I have always been distant, never living the NOW. Every little thing and every emotion just felt like an information to know and to logically work through it, you know? Sort things out and handle it with calmness.
I do have my own memories from my life as who I am..yet even with that it’s just like “yeah. I was happy in that event.” Nothing was ever in REAL time.
Lately I feel like I’m getting slapped with so many different and deep hurtful emotions. It’s overwhelming, suffocating. i feel like I’m not well adjusted for this.
Same goes for positive feelings..I immediately feel intense paranoia about it. It just doesn’t feel right. I don’t know what to do and how can I be more in tune with my reality all by myself with zero support system.
I am overwhelmed by existence and experiencing stuff. But I’m also overbearingly empty when I give up on who I am to mask and live like I have before. It’s like there’s no in between. I am afraid that I don’t have anymore strength for this. I’m battling and battling hard and trying, but ..I don’t know.

How on earth is joe paying for such a beautiful flat in the middle of London on a lecturer’s salary?! AND paying for the basemen where he’s keeping the cage (coz you know no London landlord is missing out on their rent money potential)
Add into that eating out constantly, how well furnished his home is and all the fancy events where the drinks alone will set you back a mortgage payment…I mean I can suspend my believe for so much but this is just way too far…

How on earth is joe paying for such a beautiful flat in the middle of London on a lecturer’s salary?! AND paying for the basemen where he’s keeping the cage (coz you know no London landlord is missing out on their rent money potential)
Add into that eating out constantly, how well furnished his home is and all the fancy events where the drinks alone will set you back a mortgage payment…I mean I can suspend my believe for so much but this is just way too far…

Remember what happened with FTX? Prices crashed for months and there was big aversion in crypto. And then a few months later we suddenly got a pump. For sure it was a rough couple of months, but we actually recovered fully and then some with a bit of patience.
Then what happened with Genesis and Gemini and the Earn Program and the subsequent Genesis bankruptcy.. At least for me, it was a fairly big stain because of the pristine reputation of Gemini as well as Grayscale’s good name, as Genesis acted as the sole authorized participant for all of Grayscale’s assets which is basically just a asset manager for them. Markets didn’t like this news but the fall and rebound were decently quick.
Then there was Silvergate and Signature collapse. Admittedly, we still don’t know the impact of these as their collapse actually had more to do with banking and Fed regulations than crypto, as well as the fact that the collapses are fairly recent and co-mingled with a general banking crash although FTX certainly impacted Silvergate. But of course, we saw a big surge from the bank crashes.
From last weekend it was a tough one. First, Binance had a ‘bug’ with their trailing stop order features and halted trading for hours. This seemed to depress markets and we had a leg down. Then, days later Microstrategy disclosed buying several thousand Bitcoin(which typically causes a sell-off), as well as Binance being sued and facing strong allegations of misconduct. Markets took this very heavily, but recovered extremely quickly even with Bitcoin surpassing where it was before prices fell.
For whatever reason, markets are very resilient. And with the banking crash looking not quite over, we may yet see some more. Just yesterday five French banks were raided in a 100 Billion fraud. More bank runs, and possibly outright crashes, are sure to come.

I’ve been in our system for as long as I can remember. I’m a protector and Our body is 23 years old..we discovered we’re a system about 2ish years ago. I really don’t know how to explain this, but I feel like up until our diagnosis I never truly lived life. I never felt emotions in real time other than maybe paranoia and anger.
It feels like I have always been distant, never living the NOW. Every little thing and every emotion just felt like an information to know and to logically work through it, you know? Sort things out and handle it with calmness.
I do have my own memories from my life as who I am..yet even with that it’s just like “yeah. I was happy in that event.” Nothing was ever in REAL time.
Lately I feel like I’m getting slapped with so many different and deep hurtful emotions. It’s overwhelming, suffocating. i feel like I’m not well adjusted for this.
Same goes for positive feelings..I immediately feel intense paranoia about it. It just doesn’t feel right. I don’t know what to do and how can I be more in tune with my reality all by myself with zero support system.
I am overwhelmed by existence and experiencing stuff. But I’m also overbearingly empty when I give up on who I am to mask and live like I have before. It’s like there’s no in between. I am afraid that I don’t have anymore strength for this. I’m battling and battling hard and trying, but ..I don’t know.

For the past 10 years or so I intentionally ignored the gory spectacle of the mass killing/ school shooting phenomenon. Forgive me, it’s not that I was callus but I was hard at work getting two kids through the school system without them being killed and just didn’t have the bandwidth.
Now I feel I can ask some questions and need more knowledgeable people to assist me in answering them.
1) What’s the significance of a shooters “typical” outfit? It seems to be a theme of backwards baseball cap, “camo” or tactical pants, then some kind of vest that gives a look of a bulletproof vest and tactical gloves. 2) Why leave a manifesto? The advent of a manifesto denotes prior and logistical planning. This tells me, the intended and disgusted audience member, that the shooter made this choice which was one of hundreds of choices they could have made. Thus, this eliminates any sympathy or understanding they may request within the manifesto. 3)This is a dark one but do we know the suicide rate of family members of the shooters after the attacks? I can only imagine the destruction that such an event has on an entire family. I would assume divorce and chemical dependency as well as suicide would be higher in these families. Sadly, we may have enough samples that there may be empirical data already out there.
Thank you

US Officials Could Be Sabotaging Crypto Industry, According to Cardano Creator Charles Hoskinson - The Daily Hodl https://dailyhodl.com/2023/02/22/us-officials-could-be-sabotaging-crypto-industry-according-to-cardano-creator-charles-hoskinson/
Cardano (ADA) creator Charles Hoskinson is expressing concerns about the treatment of the crypto industry by US authorities.
In reaction to a tweet by Kraken founder Jesse Powell theorizing that regulators deliberately allowed “bad guys” to thrive to further their goals, Hoskinson says that it’s “starting to feel” as if the hypothesis is “accurate.”
“Honestly, it’s starting to feel like this is accurate. Fair notice was given for many of the firms that exploded months or sometimes years prior to the events.”
According to Powell, regulators allowed the bad actors to grow big since it aligns with their agenda.
“I have a theory:
Regulators let the bad guys get big and blow up because it serves their agenda.

1. destroy capital/resources in crypto ecosystem
2. burn people, deter adoption
3. give air cover to attack good actors

The bad guys are actually on-side. Good guys are the enemy.”
Powell further says that the bad actors in the crypto space enjoy a competitive edge that the good actors do not.
“If the bad guys can run long enough without blowing up, they might just kill the good guys for you.
Bad guys operate with huge competitive advantages. They suck up users, revenue and venture capital that would otherwise have gone to good guys.
Bad guys can always be jailed later.”
#EarnCrypto #BitcoinRising

Will try to not make this as long as the Nile, but here goes;
I’m a M,23 and went to uni straight after college, for 6 months. I went a uni close to me, lived at home and I hated my course and the uni in general - idk why I thought Law was a good idea. Therefore I either never went or would go an AM lecture and then come home and demolish a Dominos or Maccies. I had friends but none that went my uni and I was very introverted so I had no drive to stay during breaks and to make uni-friends. I hated the weekend job I had. I became really overweight (was already slightly overweight after college). Basically; it was shit and my physical and mental health hit a low (just in time for lockdown, hooray!)
Fastforward to now, I since have completed a teaching and learning qualification and work in a specialist school and I love it! I’ve lost a lot of weight and I am continuing to do so. I’m a way more confident and outgoing person. Life’s pretty good. My problem is that my job doesn’t pay all that much. There is guaranteed progression, but without a degree it’s limited and the pay still wouldn’t be anything to necessarily shout about. I just don’t see a way in which I can afford to live on my own in my near future without going back to uni - but I’m nervous seeing as what happened the first time around. I am a different person, I’d want to move away this time and I’d want to enjoy the “fun” part of uni that I never did in 2018/19. I’d need something to really push me for it though.
Therefore, I was wondering if anybody has had similar experiences and if they’d be willing to share. What happened going to uni slightly older, leaving a job you liked or having moved away this time? Would it be any different for me based off your experience? Did it feel weird being around mostly 18-21s while you were in your 20s? Was the “fun” part still a factor?
Thanks all!

I have a 6ft tall weeping willow I planted about 2 weeks ago that’s a heavy leaner. We’ve had a lot of rain which is great for the willow but I’ve noticed it leans more when the soil is wet, and we have a bad windy storm coming this weekend. Can I just drive one of those plastic tall stakes into the ground next to the trunk, and tie it to it, to secure it for the weekend?

(Please see Spanish below if that is preferable.)
I am considering purchasing land near Lake Guayo / Castañer to start an eco-farm. I have traveled around Puerto Rico, but the closest I have been to Lake Guayo is Maricao, so I am hoping to ask some questions to someone familiar with the area.
Here are a few of my main questions:
- I realize this mountainous region is prone to landslides. How often do roads get blocked due to landslides in the hurricane off-season (from about January to June)?
- Are there any local dangers to be aware of near Lake Guayo? The region seems peaceful, but the property I am looking at has been for sale for a suspiciously long period of time, and it makes me wonder if there are any local issues with crime or environmental hazards (aside from landslides) in the area.
- I am a "gringo," and I understand the pros and cons of having expats from the continental United States move to the island. I am not even sure I would be eligible to take advantage of Act 60--my main goal is to start an eco-farm that contributes to, rather than detracts from, the local biodiversity and food security of the island. However, I understand why many Puerto Ricans are resistant to potential gentrification. Would a non-Puerto Rican expat likely be safe in this area, or would I have to worry about being targeted, especially with the rising "Gringo Go Home" movement?
There are plenty of other questions I would like to ask about the region, so if someone familiar with the area would be willing to directly message me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!
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Estoy considerando comprar tierra cerca del Lago Guayo / Castañer para comenzar una eco-granja. He viajado por toda Puerto Rico, pero lo más cercano que he estado al Lago Guayo es Maricao, por lo que espero hacer algunas preguntas a alguien familiarizado con la zona.
Aquí están algunas de mis preguntas principales:

• Me doy cuenta de que esta región montañosa es propensa a deslizamientos de tierra. ¿Con qué frecuencia se bloquean las carreteras debido a deslizamientos de tierra fuera de la temporada de huracanes (aproximadamente de enero a junio)?
• ¿Hay algún peligro local del que deba estar consciente cerca del Lago Guayo? La región parece pacífica, pero la propiedad que estoy mirando ha estado en venta durante un período sospechosamente largo, lo que me hace preguntar si hay algún crimen o peligro ambiental (además de los deslizamientos de tierra) en la zona.
• Soy un "gringo", y entiendo los pros y los contras de tener expatriados de los Estados Unidos continentales que se muden a la isla. Ni siquiera estoy seguro de ser elegible para aprovechar la Ley 60: mi objetivo principal es comenzar una eco-granja que contribuya, en lugar de restar, a la biodiversidad y la seguridad alimentaria local de la isla. Sin embargo, entiendo por qué muchos puertorriqueños son reacios a la posible gentrificación. ¿Sería probable que un expatriado no puertorriqueño esté seguro en esta área, o tendría que preocuparme por ser blanco de ataques, especialmente con el creciente movimiento "Gringo Go Home"?

Hay muchas otras preguntas que me gustaría hacer sobre la región, así que si alguien familiarizado con la zona estaría dispuesto a enviarme un mensaje directo, lo apreciaría mucho.
Gracias!

Almost two weeks ago now I went through a tough break up. The relationship didn't last that long - we were only exclusive for about a month, but it was decidedly different than any relationship I've been in. The boundaries were solid, I felt that we were meeting each other's needs/being supportive, we communicated very well, it was exactly the right amount of vulnerability for a new relationship, and I felt myself less bothered by the normal anxieties I have when dating.
She had gotten out of a year and a half long relationship 7 months before we became exclusive, and when we went into this she noted that she wanted to take it slow. There was some real baggage attached to that relationship. She actually was the one who brought up the thought of us making the relationship official - I was in no rush to do so and didn't pressure her to in any way.
I felt like a strong connection was building. We share many common interests, viewpoints, and spiritual dispositions. We enjoyed spending time together. We didn't push the physical boundaries but there was a physical connection there as well as a mental/emotional one. The connection was real, I felt it, and her actions conveyed to me that she felt it too. I was not always the one initiating conversations, dates, physical affection, etc.
The breakup was very abrupt. I did not see it coming at all. It was as if a switch flipped, and she told me she felt like she rushed into this and was "waiting for the connection to be there, but just didn't feel it." She said she "wanted to want it" but realized she didn't feel it. She said a lot of this stuff had to do with unhealed wounds from her last relationship that she still needed to deal with, and I get that.
In spiritual direction, prayer, and talks with friends, I feel like right now I just need to pull back, give her space, and earnestly try to move on with my life. A big part of me doesn't want it to be over, though, and feels like it shouldn't be. On paper and in (what I thought was) reality, the connection was there. I met up with her this weekend to get some more clarity and gently told her that I'd be willing to fight for this and continue to pursue her if the time was ever right, and she just said "thank you."
I'd appreciate any insight into what y'all think is going on & advice on what I should do. Should I try to pursue her again someday in the future? What might that look like? Prayers appreciated too. I'm starting the Camino in Spain next week and would prefer if this was not on my mind the whole time.

I wanted to initially post this in a relationships subreddit, however realized a lot of the advice I would be given would be from an outside perspective to the Asexual Community, so might not actually be appropriate for me.. So decided I would post here instead.
I'm 23(FtM) and consider myself to be Demi-Pansexual. I've had one 5 year relationship that ended last year, however I have never really.. Properly dated someone before. I went on two dates when I was a teenager, both of which went terribly, and haven't really found anyone that I wanted to date since. I would like to add that, I am Autistic, and can be quite socially awkward, so that likely doesn't help much!
Over the past year, I've been doing a lot of soul searching, trying to figure out what exactly it is I want from a relationship. I realized I would likely be more comfortable dating another Asexual. Figured I would try out an LGBTQIA dating app (My first time trying out a dating app), and I met someone I like! :)
We're both Trans, we have a bunch in common, get along really well and we are both Demisexual! She's really sweet, which I admire her for, and has expressed her desire to go on a date with me. I'd like that, however my experience of dating is very limited.. While she's had a lot of past relationships and a lot more dating experience than me.
So, Reddit! What have your dating experiences been like, as an Asexual? I'd love to hear some of your stories of how you discovered what works for you, since I'm still trying to figure out what works for me too. :) If y'all have any awkward date stories too, I'd love to hear those to calm my nerves a bit, haha!
We're planning on going on a date this weekend. Wish me luck?

It seems Rockstar games isn’t the cybersecurity rockstar it may have thought, as Grand Theft Auto 6 videos, source code, and Rockstar in-house documents are leaking online. In an interesting twist of fate, this might be coming from the recent Uber threat actor, who will likely have a laundry list of criminal charges should the United States catch up with them.
Less than 24 hours from writing, a forum post on a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) site, which will remain unlinked, went up from user “teapotuberhacker,” who claimed to have some stolen data. In the post, they wrote that they obtained and published “90 footage/clips from GTA 6” and had more data like “GTA 5 and 6 source code and assets” or a “GTA 6 testing build.” Of course, users on the forum were immediately skeptical of the breach, given how early it is for this sort of thing, but the info we are beginning to get back indicates that this is the real deal.
gta6 leak online forum post
Furthermore, within the forum post, teapotuberhacker links himself to the recent Uber breach and explains that he got his GTA VI data from employee Slack channels and Rockstar’s internal Confluence, a corporate wiki tool. But, of course, Slack channels and Confluence pages are juicy targets for hackers and threat actors alike, so it could just be pure coincidence and someone trying to claim the infamy.
schreier gta6 leak tweet confirmation
In any event, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has since confirmed that this leak is real, so whether this is the Uber hacker or not is irrelevant. Thus, as mentioned, this leak could be one of the biggest in video game history and a massive problem for Rockstar games. Until we have an official statement from the company, it is unclear what kind of effect this might have, such as game setbacks and delays. Hopefully, we will find out more soon. Stay tuned to HotHardware for updates on this still developing situation and take your fill of leaks while you can, as Rockstar likely won't leave them for long.

My sister is seriously making me mad. I saw on Facebook there is a queer and trans event going on in Canada and I shared it to the group chat I have with her and my mother. I was joking about moving to Canada. She got mad because it supports trans kids as well as queer. For context she knows I'm an AroAce and I prefer queer over heterosexual, I've gotten into many arguments over it with her. When I shared the post it was obvious I was making a joke. She went on to say that being trans isn't okay and that we need to stop forcing kids to be trans because it how we view things. She also said she didn't want to argue with me because it's how she views things and knows I support trans rights. I of course told her that kids should be allowed to be trans and that they can't change who they are. We got into a heated argument over this. I even told her that she doesn't understand because she's a straight, white, female she's allowed basically anywhere where if I were to go to some places and said that I was queer I'd get shot and it's a lot worse for trans that's why we need to protect them. I eventually just gave up and apologized for even sharing the post and making a joke about moving to Canada.