For starters, I have obviously rage quit before. I don’t scum, I just close the game out and walk away because of how mad I am in the moment and then come back later and just instant result until I lose.
This one though, this was different.
I’m on season 9 with Celtic, and obviously the goal here is European glory. We’ve won the title 8 times in a row and will win a ninth, one away from the record which I’m almost sure we’ll get.
Europe has been a different story though, and in past FM’s I’ve been able to regularly make deep European runs.
FM15 - Won Europa and made UCL final with Swansea
FM19 - Made two UCL finals with Spartak and another with Schalke
Now we’re on FM21, and I’ve gotten to the quarters in Europa once and have only made the knockouts of UCL 3 times - more details on the third one shortly - and have lost in the first knockout both times.
Last season, we drew Juve, and won the first leg 2-0. We then went to Turin and lost 4-0. My team played one of the worst FM matches I’ve ever seen.
This season, we drew Inter who we lost to in the last 16 like 4 seasons ago.
Drew first leg 1-1 at home so not expecting to go through really but still, set up my tactic, adjust based on scout reports and who I know their key players are, the usual.
Side note: Dyche managed Celtic before me and left for Wolves, now manages Hibernian. He injured two of my starters a week before this match. Football terrorist.
30 seconds into the match, we give away a pen. 23mins later, give away another pen. Down 2-0 at HT.
3mins into the second half, Inter’s ST casually has the ball at the halfway line, nothing really happening, and my CB TWO FOOTS HIM OUT OF NOWHERE FOR A STRAIGHT RED.
Man, I couldn’t. Two seasons in a row we just turn in 0/10 performance? I know big away European matches are tough for young teams, I can accept the loss, but just two terrible games man I raged and shut it down.
Not really looking for advice or anything - but of course open to it - I mainly just wanted to get this off my chest.
I love this game but god this has been painful.

Retinal vein occlusion happens when the vessels in the retina in the back of the eye become blocked, leading to retina tissue death that leads to permanent vision loss.
How much does the use of anabolic steroids / testosterone use increase the risk of CRVO/ vein occlusion? Would it be generally safe for replacement therapy in older men and necessitate the need to inform them of those particular complications? What about for muscle gain in young men?
Found this paper, One study compared 2 groups and found that the incidence in the testosterone group was 0.3% compared to 0.2% in the non-controlled. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5899058/
This other study comparing testosterone users to a matched control group showed that there were more risk of retinal artery occlusion, but actually not for retinal vein occlusion… https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29040227/
Also found that Testosterone replacement therapy has been associated with elevating the hemotocrit. An elevated hematocrit has been associated with retinal vein occlusions.

Hello!
I've been a long time console player and have just recently bought the game for steam, I'm just wondering a couple of things.
Is the cheat engine money hack where you take a car and change the value still a viable way of getting money? If so is it safe providing I don't give myself ridiculous amounts.
Also are there any safe hacks to level up your character quickly, just want to hit player level 200 to get all the unlockables associated with player level.
Any other tips or tricks are greatly appreciated.
May be worth mentioning I'm not planning on joining any online games, this is just for me and my gf in private sessions so we can just fuck about without the money grind.

Via Firefox's Pocket app, this old Esquire piece on the Captain and his spot at the heart of the Bronx Zoo was part of several it had rounded up for opening day.

I remember the couple found a nice quaint house in Italy to have the wedding. May have been a different European country., but thought Italy. Could have been France.
The groom turns out to be gay and they don’t get married. He gets caught hooking up with one of the help for the wedding.
A bigger storyline was I believe the mother of the daughter was trying to get her groove back and had was getting with an older good looking man herself. I thought the older man was Pierce Brosnan but I checked his filmography and couldn’t find it so I don’t think it was him.
I believe it was a foreign film, not in English.
It was not My Big Gay Italian wedding or my big fat Greek wedding.

Hi, I can't find anything concrete on what is considering a criminal enterprise in relation to racketeering. It seems RICO was passed to take down larger organizations, but can it apply to a single criminal?
 

"An "enterprise" is defined as including any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1961(4) (West 1984)" (justice.gov).

 
Would an individual acting alone committing multiple acts of mail or wire fraud for a couple of years be considered an enterprise? Or would that individual need at least one partner?

Aquariums have long been a popular addition to many homes. An aquarium provides entertainment, delight, and a calming atmosphere in the home. Currently, a lot of people keep aquariums in their homes, whether they are large or tiny. Although owning a lovely aquarium is always alluring, the backend labor may be somewhat tiresome.
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Hey I am currently an intern for crothall healthcare doing biomedical engineering technician work on a various amount of equipment with an inventory sitting at 3000+ device for me and my boss (unit director) to solely maintain as we are the only 2 employees in the bio med department. By the time I graduate I will have acquired and associates in engineering technology, a certification as an advanced manufacturing technician, and 2 year of apprentice experience whilst shadowing a director. Where would I fall in terms of BMET 1- BMET 3? Would I be able to be a traveling biomed straight out of school if not how long until it would be feasible? And lastly what kind of salary would you be demanding if receiving everything I am getting out of school/work program

We were in a long-distance relationship, and yesterday he suddenly messaged me saying we should break up. I thought he was joking when he said he had someone else, but as we continued chatting, I found out it was true and that the girl was already seven months pregnant. Hearing this news really devastated me. At first, I didn't believe it until I saw the pregnancy checkup report myself.
We met in July last year and I left around the 20-somethingth of the month. If the girl is really seven months pregnant, it means they must have started their relationship less than a month after I left. He said he only met the girl yesterday afternoon when he noticed her belly was big, and that's when they found out about the pregnancy. I asked him if the girl didn't notice anything unusual about her body after being pregnant for seven months, and he said she claimed not to have felt anything. I don't believe her at all. How could someone not feel any changes in their body after being pregnant for seven months?
I asked him if he was sure the child was his, and he said the girl told him it was his, but they hadn't done any paternity tests because they hadn't checked before. He kept this from me for seven months. We met again during last year's National Day, about two months after I left. After we slept together, he slept with another girl and then came back to me again. We even spent over ten days together in February this year.
I feel really disgusted and angry. I asked him why he didn't tell me earlier, and he said he was afraid of losing me. Now, I'm really averse to anything related to relationships or love, and even words or things associated with boyfriends or love make me feel sick. Even the sound of airplanes passing overhead makes me nauseous because it reminds me of the times I excitedly took flights to see him. I can't sleep well and have nightmares all the time. I can't eat anything, even a single bite is hard to swallow.

So I (26F) was in a long distance relationship with a very narcissistic guy (26M) for around 2 years which I left 8 months ago.
Even though it was long distance I think it was one of the most intense relationships I ever had and in which I invested my whole heart and emotions.
From the beginning I started wondering whether the person I associated with was mentally healthy. He raged at me if he ever felt even slightly criticized or if I had a different opinion than him. We had a lot of breakups in which I always chased him and tried to get his validation and love back. Over time, he developed a very controlling, paranoid and judgmental personality towards me. He had deep-seated insecurities and fear and he started micromanaging my whole life from my clothes to the activities I could do the friends I could visit or the places I could go. He banned the gym or certain clothes, and even the idea of me studying triggered him. He would tell me I want to do my master's degree to fill my ego and it goes against God. He made terrible accusations towards me that were never true about me cheating on him or hiding things when, let's say, he saw a new follower on my social media, or my phone got muted for less than two seconds. The worst thing is that no matter what I did for him he never felt content enough and he always pushed for more sacrifices from me.
By the end I felt drained, I had migraines and weight gain,I felt controlled, I felt he had set double standards for me and himself, I felt voiceless, I felt my integrity was constantly questioned. He made me think I was selfish, stubborn or unloving if I ever tried to set a boundary and said "I'm not going to cave this time". He would take an innocent comment from me and twist it in his mind and say I had double intentions when saying that and creating drama and chaos. There was no way to compromise with him, it was always his way or the highway. By the end of the relationship every time I tried to leave he would start self harming (by punching his own face and bruising it) and crying hopelessly.
When I finally left him after 2 years I was devastated. I poured so many emotions and feelings and sacrifices to make this relationship work and I realized that he would never value it. When I say that I was devastated I mean that I literally spent months in bed unable to get up and crippled by pain. I was going through a terrible depression that made me even think of suicide sometimes. I couldn't function. It all worsened because he started dating a new girl in two days. He rubbed her in my face in all possible ways: he said that God rewarded him with a good relationship and that meant that I was probably bad and that he was innocent, he said that this new girl was much more loving and patient than I was and that I was a resentful b**** who would be miserable her whole life. He started saying he had feelings for her and that he loved her and that we probably were incompatible. Then he tried to come back to me and restore the relationship with me without leaving the girl he was dating. Then he even said that we could try to make it work once he was back in his country and that we were a better match. It was such a mindfuck it further made me sink into a deeper depression. I was also dumb and didn't block him in time. I finally cut him off. He literally killed me spiritually and emotionally.
Now, after 8 months, I still feel a deep feeling of worthlessness in me. I feel completely insignificant. I feel so so small. Now he goes around, posting happy pictures with his new girl, his mother posts things such as "if you love someone you don't abandon them" probably alluding me, and I'm still numb, some days still ruminating, I have been unable to connect to another man, let alone fall in love again, and I still sometimes think I was the problem. The fact I was so forgettable and easily replaceable killed me. Yes, I was the one leaving, but I didn't want to leave, he made the relationship a living hell for me. Some nights I still have nightmares about him. Some days I feel God is just punishing me. Some days I feel he's happy with the new girl and she is fulfilling him in some magic way I couldn't.
Is this normal? Or am I sinking into a deep unresolved depression?

For some context Im 38 and now an Army Veteran trying to work as a local carpenter In Maine, the state where I have almost always lived. Ive had two encounters with the creature i will soon tell you about, one that occured when i was a teenager and actually one a couple years ago. The house I am currently living in is my fathers since he now has multiple heart conditions and would have lived alone. Me and my sister grew up in this house which is in eastern Maine, living here as a child always felt a little off as if something was not right in a way... its hard to describe. The house is surrounded by woods on almost all sides and sits on a dead end road with 6 or 7 houses down the way, we own at the momment 70 acres of dense forest that is littered with ATV trails and walking trails. Ive been out on these trails over a hundred times probably just clearing them for neighbors who we let use them and just trying to mantain it and every time im out there i feel like im being stalked. In this area me nor my father have never seen a bear, wolf or mountain lion nothing really above the size of a bob cat . As a teen I liked dressing up in millitay gear and going out to play "war" and games similar, normally id go out with my friends Sid and Marvin two guys who lived down the road. Sid was an older dude around 18 who smoked and did average "tough guy" shit. Marv, (Who I still am friends with today, we even served together until he was discharged) was more on my level we were both pretty timid young guys who didnt really associate with most people and just enjoyed being out in the woods and chilling. Anyway one day we had gone out around 3pm on a chilliy winter evening to go play as we did most days, we all grabbed our gear which was stuff that Sids dad who was a veitnam vet had givin him and then Sid had shared with us. This included medical kits, an ammo box, grenade pouches and he even gave Sid an old handgun (without the magazine or ammuntion) but Sids dad still didnt allow him to take it out of the house. So after a while of walking down one of the paths we come to one of our favourite spots which is sort of like a clearing full of boulders and moss, at the time though it was covered in knee deep snow. Normally my mother would not have let us go out this far but she wasent there to say "no" since she was in New Hampshire for the holdiays. We had been out there for quite a while throwing snowballs and pretending they were grenades and blasting at each other with our sticks, none of us ever excepted defeat of course in average boy fashion we would just say shit making up excuses and yelling. It was about 5ish when we were starting to gather our stuff cause it was begining to get dark, as im scooping up my stuff Marv goes in a confused and worsome tone "hey boys, what the hell is that thing" he draws our attention to a tall completly black creature standing on two legs, its arms dangling by its sides and dragging through the snow. From our angle 50 or 60 meters away we couldnt see its face but is was just walking away from us. I remember a wierd tightness in my chest after realizing that i had no idea what we were looking at Marv said something along the lines of "You guys are seein what im seein right?" but neither of us responded until a second later Sid yelled out something smart like "hey hairball" when the creature stopped. My chest grew even tighter and it felt like my body was frozen after I saw its abrupt stop. "Sid you dumbass" I whispered as it slowy turned towards us, its face had no facial features but it looked to be plain flesh... no nose, eyes or mouth. "Holy shit..." someone said. It stared at us for a couple minutes before one of us suggested the bright idea of leaving. We crept away as the sun was now really low, one of us almost constantly looking back until we got out of sight then we bolted back to my house where we imiditaly hid inside collapsing onto the living room floor. We were silent for a momment before I brokee out laughing, the other joined in and after a second Sid went "Ok, ok guys but what the fuck did we just see..." We tried rationalizing but I think we all knew that we had seen something that didnt belong. The guys ended up staying the night at my place that night, we stayed up late drinking hot choclate and everynow and then stepping onto the front poarch to see if it may have followed us. After a couple days the creature mostly disapeared from my mind and the minds of Sid and Marv. We still got together and hung out having adventures in the woods, i never told my parents about this thing that we saw cause they probably would have belived me and I didnt want to go through alll the trouble of explaining it to them over and over. Neither did i tell my sister becuase frankley she wouldnt care and I wouldnt recive any feedback so it was pointless. Us three also never really brought the creature up again it was like an unspoken agreement that was instilled in all our minds that didnt want us mentioning it. So yeah this 2nd encounter traspired in roughly the same area about a mile or 2 from it 3 years ago, remeber im now 38. I had just been honorably dischared and been home with my father for no more than a month picking up odd jobs mostly in auto and house repairs both being skills i learned from my time over seas. I belive it was a summer evening when i decided to head out on the trails and take a look around, after all i havent been out there for ages and expected the trails to be overgrown so i took with me some basic "brush clearing" equipment such as a hatchet, an old matchete and some other stuff and then set out. Sid had recently moved to Vermont and Marv had been medically discharged a while ago and left with a leg disability making it hard to walk (Although he refuses to use his wheelchair) or i would have asked him to join me. I had made it a half a mile into the main path moving and cutting up the suspected limbs branches and over grown grass as best as possible hoping to come back tomorrow with a weed wacker to do some more work. As i got deeper the feeling of being watched had returned, the same feeling i got as a teenager when i was out there. And i began noticing that the dense growth was getting thinner and more and more of limbs began looking smashed or pushed out of the way and the tall grass and overgrowth was no longer in the way, infact the trail became almost cleared and looked like it used to. I was shocked that somebody cared enough to come out here and clear all this but as i thought on it more i rememberd that the enterance hadent been groomed so how did they get in, I did notice any other paths on my in. MMM. Then I began looking close at the cround noticing foot or paw prints i had never seen before I corunched down to gain a better look. The print had three pointy toes each about 6 inches long, they were spaced about 3 feet apart as well in sets of two. I didnt recognize these and decided to just follow them a little further to check it out. And only a qaurter of a mile later I see this creature my 2nd and so far last time, it was walking from the side of the path at a slow pace not acknowledging my presance not yet at least. It slowly crossed the path and continued into the woods and after a minute I walked up to the area where he had entered at and there it was strolling or creeping into the woods still not noticing me. I could hear his arms dragging across the forest floor and his fur coat still looked silky black, yet i wanted to see its face again but not to the point where i would risk being spotted. So i slowly reached for my phone only to realize that it was in the front pocket of my backpack as i didnt want to loose it while working. I pulled the bag from my shoulders and placed it infront of me and began unzipping the pocket but as i did the creature stopped as he had done last time. "Oh Lord Jesus" I thought as I froze and my chest tightened... And it began to turn, enventually Its fleshy face began staring back at me. I tightened the grip on the hatchet i had in hand and now that i think about it that probably wouldnt have done much to the 8 foot bohemoth now that i think about it. We both starred mostionless for what felt like hours, in reality i had no idea how long we had been there but after a while of praying I stood up with my legs feeling numb. And trying to repeat last time I backed away until it was out of sight and then took off as fast as I could go, as i was running I was sure I heard a violent scream from behind but I wasent gonna turn to look and to be honest I could have been my imagination or maybe a fox. So yeah im posting this here becuase Marv and my girlfriend want to hear some more feedback or maybe answers on what the hell is living on my property. Long story short I havent been back in those woods for 3 years and dont plan on it either. I know this may sound over exagerated or fake like something from a childrens book but I know what I saw and Marvin knows what he saw. And I may never forget this.

The US supplied the Allies in WWII and got paid in gold. After the war, countries linked their currencies to the US dollar, which was linked to gold. The Gold Standard ended completely in 1971, but the US dollar’s reserve status remained. Today more than 61% of all foreign bank reserves are denominated in US dollars. Nearly 40% of the world’s debt is in US dollars. Reserve currency status has both benefits and drawbacks. The benefits are lower exchange rate risk and greater buying power, and the drawbacks are artificially low-interest rates that can spur asset bubbles. Since 1450 there have been six major world reserve currency periods. Portugal (1450–1530), Spain (1530–1640), Netherlands (1640–1720), France (1720–1815), Great Britain (1815–1920), and the United States from 1921 to today. If you notice the average currency span is 94 years. The US dollar presently has been the world’s reserve currency for roughly 99 years. France held the world reserve currency from 1720–1815
The Dutch East India company went bankrupt in the late 18th century. This was mainly due to the War against the British Empire in Asia. After the tulip mania bubble, France became a republic and invaded the Netherlands. France conquered the Netherlands and issued the dominant trade currency of the time. The paper money of the French Revolution was the Assignat. The Assignat originated in 1789 shortly after the start of the Revolution when France was threatened with insurmountable debt, starvation, and revolt in the countryside. According to the American Numismatic Association,
“the Assignats successfully stimulated the economy, but the shortage of circulating money for small transactions and the government need for still more money encouraged the Assembly to first lower, then eliminate the interest rate on the notes while simultaneously re-issuing instead of destroying them once they returned to the treasury. Coinage of all denominations had disappeared from circulation creating a crisis in small transactions that the National Assembly attempted to resolve through issuing more Assignats, first in 5 livre denominations in May 1791. By this time, Assignats had begun to depreciate (in July 1791, they were worth 87% of their face value) as the government began to issue more and more of the notes (with over 1.3 billion livres issued from May to December 1791 alone!), but necessity forced the continued issue and use of the notes. In January of 1792 low-value Assignats were issued in denominations of 10, 15, 25, and 50 sous to relieve the coin shortage and to replace the local paper issues that had become prevalent over the previous year.”
Hmmm very interesting. One of the main reasons for failed France’s world currency status was the devaluation of paper currency.
reserve currency from 1815–1920
The rise of the British East India Company issued in the dominant British currency of the time. British companies were the leaders in the industry and British insurers became the main insurers of trade globally. The 1920s for the UK was a period of depression, deflation, and a steady decline in the UK’s former economic pre-eminence. After the post-war boom of 1919–20 ended, UK unemployment rose sharply to over 10% and stayed high until the Second World War. According to
“A big feature of the UK economy in the 1920s was a desire to maintain the value of Sterling at its pre-war level of $4.86. This was partly a political move – the feeling a strong Pound was a key feature of Britain’s past economic success. During the war, Sterling had held its value relatively well – thanks to American loans. But, with the ending of the war and drying up of US loans, the Sterling started to slide. Because US inflation was very low, this meant that the UK was effectively aiming for deflation. The attempt to keep the Pound in an overvalued fixed exchange rate was a key factor in contributing to deflation and lower economic growth. UK failed to make a significant impact on the national debt as a % of GDP. This has interesting parallels today (i.e. EU austerity) because the UK experience shows that cutting spending during a deflationary recession (combined with tight monetary policy and fixed exchange rate) can be counterproductive to reducing debt burdens. Very high debt levels, which were not solved by deflationary fiscal policy.”
Hmm very interesting. History says, simply put, manipulation of monetary policy and the increase in the cost of debt does not work. The US has held the world reserve currency from 1921 to today
The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913. The US has enjoyed world reserve currency status a little after World War I. The US dollar Gold Standard was partially torn down by Executive Order 6102 requiring all persons to deliver on or before May 1, 1933, all but a small amount of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates owned by them to the Federal Reserve in exchange for $20.67 per troy ounce. The government was giving themselves control to increase the money supply. The debasement of the paper dollar had gained steam. WW I and World War II kept the US as a manufacturing power relevant. After the Vietnam War, the US economy needed a boost. President Richard Nixon took the US off the Gold Standard completely in 1971. The US was now taking the steps to become a financially backed system based on money creation and debt. US debt in 1980 was about $800 billion. When Obama took over it was about $10 trillion. Now we are at $28 trillion and counting. Joe Biden and Janet Yellen will have the printing presses working overtime for years to come if the political situation plays out that way. The government is taking more control over our lives. Our financial freedoms are disappearing. The US dollar’s value is eroding and the printing will continue at exponential levels. History tells us that debt, currency devaluation, rampant speculation, and government control ends very badly. The US dollar dominance is running on fumes. Many are not willing to bet their entire nest egg on the paper market and the banking system casino.
Gold is set for the biggest annual advance in a decade, with gains this month aided by the dollar’s decline to the lowest point since April 2018. The yellow metal gained roughly 25% this year against the greenback. Gold reflects the lost purchasing power in the US dollar. Physical gold preserves wealth. The risk today is more than ever. We are in the mother of all asset bubbles. This bubble over the last few decades is due to debt. This credit expansion is historical and exponential. Corporate debt, government debt, and consumer debt is at all-time highs. Money supply expansion works for a little while until it doesn’t. No one is talking about the wrecked monetary system we have and what has caused it. Central bank stimulus and money creation is the only event we now are looking forward to. Vaccine rollout is an embarrassment and not realistic.

The two friends have dropped this show into conversation a few times recently and I’m very curious what their thoughts are in more detail, but maybe I can carve out a space to say what I think and see what others think.
I’ve listened to all but the most recent episodes of Video Archives. I had to call a conscious uncoupling from this one. As far as Quentin Tarantino goes I followed a similar trajectory to a lot of film folks I know, where Tarantino started as my hands down GOAT and has receded and become more complicated to me as I’ve aged. But undoubtedly he’s a kind of genius and has made some of the most rousing and influential cinema in the history of the form.He also has a passion for, and proximity to, film history that means when he talks, even if his way of expressing himself can be dizzying, he’s worth listening to. A podcast is a natural progression for his whole deal.
What I’m going lazily lump together as “hang out” style podcasts that include, among many others Blank Check and Video Archives, are sort of like the porn of actually hanging out and interacting with friends, IE: they get you there but it’s obviously not quite the same. Listening to Griffin and David and Ben is top of my list because their friendship and camaraderie feel the most aligned with my tastes/humouexperiences. Conversely I let go of Last Podcast on the Left after a while because I didn’t personally love hanging out with those guys much, (no shade to them, they’re doing fine) and something like How Did this Get Made I can’t hang all the time but love in small doses. I’m a normal human being with real friends, and I feel like many of you know what I’m getting at. I am in no way a parasocial menace with a whole One Hour Photo-ass wall at home with string connecting your Richards Lawson to your Ehrlichs David as well as to other known Blank Check associates.
Anyway Video Archives. The experience of listening to Video Archives is, appropriately, akin to the experience of listening to two old dudes who used to work together at a video store pontificating and waxing rhapsodic about the glory days and obscure genre offerings like “Ernest Borgnine and Telly Sevalas are Hammer Cops” or what-have-you. This is with the mighty big caveat that one of these dudes is a once-in-a-generation transformative figure in independent and American film. And the other is, well, Roger Avary.
Im not trying to be mean, which mean people say all the time, but really I bear Avary no ill will. His imprint on American film is undeniable, it’s inscribed on an Oscar for Petes sake. And as anyone who has experienced the man speaking will understand, Tarantino needs a foil, someone or something off which he can bounce the rapid fire pinballs of his brain.
But when Avary goes hard and goes deep into one of his theories or dissections of “Telly Sevalas and Yaphet Kotto in Hammer Priest” I find myself fighting the urge to drift or fast forward. The experience of listening to Tarantino talk about movies is intriguing specifically because he’s Quentin Tarantino. Whatever I or anyone thinks about Tarantino, he has a singular vision, and all those stray pinballs of Hollywood lore and ephemera and work with great actors old and new add up to some vibrant and thought provoking listening.
..I watched Rules of Attraction many times as a teenager. There were parts that really made an imprint. And lots of other parts. I watched it over and over thinking “I like this. I definitely should be liking this. It has all the cool provocative things I usually like- but i don’t like it, why don’t I like it” AKA the “Boondocks Saints Paradox”.. So even though a very similar energy to Tarantino’s is coming from Avary it isn’t holding the same water for me.
I also hesitate to go hard on Gala Avary because she’s quite young and is just a baby left in the woods, taken in and raised on blaxploitation VHS and Robert Blake by two middle aged gen x lunatics, but let’s just say she is NO Ben Hosley. She bursts into episodes like the Kool Aid man saying things like “this is my third favourite Pam Grier movie” or “I made ALL my friends watch reruns of Barretta” or other normal things twenty-somethings say in the year 2023.
There’s also one episode where I swear to God four straight days of audio is devoted to Gala Avary interviewing her dad about all the colourful characters who came into the video store and I started to feel like I was stuck beside them on a very long bus trip.
Any Blankies listen to Video Archives and agree or disagree with these sizzling takes?

A recent surge in the european wasp population and visible robbing from one of my weaker hives spurred me to make a robbing screen yesterday. Based on a few examples online I came up with this.
Here's a drawing of the screen which I sent to my laser cutter and cut from 6mm clear acrylic.
The top panel has 3 entrances, two of which I've taped closed for the moment. 24h later there still appears to be a decent number of bees trying to access the front entrance (bottom left), not sure if these are trying to rob the hive or are just a bit lost. I noticed a wasp stuck in the clear chamber, so the wasps are still figuring out how to enter. Also there appear to be about 15 dead bees stacked up on the inside right side of the screen, I guess it's a bit hard for the bees to move dead bees out the top, maybe I should add a small exit on the bottom right of the screen?

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