It’s day two of Introspective Indie Pop, and Car Seat Headrest is holding on by a thread. Meanwhile, Jbrekkie has lost her interludes + one actual song, Mitski almost escaped day one unscathed, and Alvvays are doing fine, all things considered!
Will Car Seat Headrest make it to day three? Do we have an incoming Mitski takeover? Or will she be hit by a massive amount of day two eliminations, setting the stage for either Japanese Breakfast or Alvvays to take the highest album average? You’ll find out if you stick around to watch the reveal! As a reminder, we had 83 participants. Our average score was 7.509, and our average controversy was 1.855 – so anything with a score over that should be considered controversial! We will start at 9am NZST, or approximately 45 minutes after this post goes up. The Songs Still In:
Alvvays – Alvvays (7/9)
Adult Diversion
Archie, Marry Me
Ones Who Love You
Next of Kin
Party Police
The Agency Group
Atop a Cake
Car Seat Headrest – How to Leave Town (2/9)
Beast Monster Thing (Love Isn’t Love Enough)
Kimochi Warui (When? When? When? When? When? When? When?)
Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet (9/12)
Diving Woman
Road Head
Machinist
Soft Sounds from Another Planet
Boyish
12 Steps
The Body is a Blade
Till Death
This House
Mitski – Bury Me at Makeout Creek (9/10)
Texas Reznikoff
Townie
First Love/Late Spring
Francis Forever
Jobless Monday
Drunk Walk Home
I Will
Carry Me Out
Last Words of a Shooting Star
Bonus Rate:
Caroline Rose – Jeannie Becomes a Mom
Hatchie – Sure
Hop Along – How Simple
Indigo De Souza – Take Off Ur Pants
Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle
Lucy Dacus – I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore
Phoebe Bridgers – Waiting Room
Sharon van Etten – Seventeen
Sidney Gish – I Eat Salads Now
Wolf Alice – Don’t Delete the Kisses

Results So Far!

Main Rate * #28: Hey, Space Cadet (Beast Monster Thing In Space) 7.159 594.2
* #29: I Don't Smoke 7.127 591.5
* #30: Red Planet 7.099 589.2
* #31: America (Never Been) 6.719 557.7
* #32: You're In Love With Me 6.701 556.2
* #33: I Want You To Know That I'm Awake/I Hope That You're Asleep 6.673 553.9
* #34: Dives 6.620 549.5
* #35: Jimmy Fallon Big! 6.617 549.2
* #36: Planetary Ambience 6.608 548.5
* #37: Here Comes the Tubular Bells 6.093 505.7
* #38: The Ending of Dramamine 6.086 505.1
* #39: is this dust really from the Titanic? 5.842 484.9
* #40: I-94W (832 mi) 5.223 433.5
Bonus Rate
* Bonus #11: Harvey 7.013 476.9
* Bonus #12: Unfucktheworld 6.997 475.8
* Bonus #13: Passing Out Pieces 6.284 421.0
* Bonus #14: Pull It Together 6.170 413.4
* Bonus #15: Why Do You Feel So Down 6.126 428.8

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4Pockets Copperhead - Demo: The SoundForMore Pack
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/copperhead/id6444207037
The free Presets Pack from SoundForMore for CopperHead.
Copperhead is an AUv3 digital subtractive synthesizer plugin which draws its influence from the vintage synthesizers of the early 80's. Only now we have full polyphony, a build in arpeggiator, an a host of integrated effects. It features such as the ability to design custom waveforms, oscillator sync and various cross modulation modes. Cross modulation is a type of FM synthesis which can be used to morph simplistic waveforms into something far more aggressive and interesting.
At the heart of Copperhead are its two oscillators, which support all your traditional waveforms (SINE, SQ, SAW,TRI), as well as SuperSaw, Trapezium, and a user definable type. The app features pulse wave modulation for multiple sources, and the ability to sync oscillators.
The Voltage Controller Filter supports the usual LP, HP, BP and Notch filters, as well as a couple of unusual ones like Formant which allows you to sweep your cutoff to create interesting vowel sounds
Copperhead also features twin LFO's with random and one shot functionality. It also supports Cross, Ring and FM modulators, in addition to low and high shelf filters.
One of the great features is the integrated audio gate, which allows you to generate stuttering audio right out of the box. Combined with effects such as Chorus, Overdrive, Delay, Reverb and Auto Pan / Tremelo, and the ability to specify effect order, you have a lot of control over vour sound. If that wasn't enough, we also include a 32 step sequencer, with various mono and poly modes with direct control control of various synth elements. We have a built in Preset Manager which groups presets into banks and groups, which supports drag and drop for easy import/ export of presets. You can also access your favourites from a special popup menu, or via the built in quick search facility.
O AUv3 compatible. O Up to 16 note polyphony. O 7 Oscillator wave types. O Sub Oscillator. O PW/PWM on SOR and TRP waveforms. O Supports SuperSaw with MIX and DETUNE O XMod / Ring and FM modulations. O Osc Sync. O 6 types of VCF filter. O Low and High shelf on output. O Built in compressor. O Chorus, Delay, Overdrive, Reverb and Auto Pan effects O Built in Audio Gate. O Preset Manager with Bank/Group/Preset section. O Supports drag and drop to import/export presets, groups and banks O Supports web transfer of presets. O 32 step arpeggiator.
NOTE: This is an AUv3 plugin which was designed to be hosted in DAW's such as AUM, Cubasis, GarageBand, Loopy Pro etc.
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There's always jokes about boomers falling for scams online or over the phone. I'm under 30 and got scammed, loosing 90% of everything I had.
I got a phone call from a supposed Customs & Border Patrol agent saying USPS intercepted some packages and they asked me about some bank accounts and properties in Texas. I told them none of that had to do with me. They also asked some questions like do I use public wifi (I do), if I gave my info to anyone lately (I gave my parents info to update their life insurance like a month ago), and if I had anything leak recently (google alerted me to change my password about two months ago due to a potential leak). They're like you have a warrant for your arrest in Texas, but we think it's identify theft, so you need to take some steps to avoid arrest.
They transferred me to a local sheriff who explained they would freeze the arrest warrant if I took x,y,z steps. Specifically, an Administrative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Then they transferred me to a US Marshal who kept me on the phone for a while. When they called me, they had my name, address, date of birth, knew I was a veteran with a clearance, and knew where I grew up. Next thing you know, my bank account got drained.
The entire event was scary. I've been dealing with stress from trying to graduate college this semester, moving and finding an apartment, personal relationships, and anxiety and panic attacks, and not sleeping well, so mentally I was vulnerable and should have realized it was a scam sooner. They were using real legal terms, with real but spoofed phone numbers, and real names of agents. After everything happened, I talked to the actual local sheriffs and they confirmed there was no warrant for my arrest and that the officer I talked to was fake. I took that police report to Navy Fed to report fraud and was told there wasn't much they could do, but we did submit a report and I am waiting to hear back from that. We also moved the rest of my money into new accounts, changed my pins and passwords, and set up a security phrase for over the phone transactions. I also submitted a report to the FBI.
So now I'm just waiting and hoping I can make it through the next couple of months until I graduate, move, start my new job. I feel like the biggest idiot in the world. The sheriff told me that nobody would ever let you know that there is a warrant out for your arrest, and that should have been my first clue. At the end of the day, I was an idiot and should have known better. I have no idea if it was random, but they seemed to know a lot about me, so I could have been targeted for one reason or another. I'm trying to purge all my pictures, google docs, anything anywhere that could have PII. Luckily, as far as I know, the did not access my SSN. I'm not looking for sympathy, I know I'm an idiot, I just don't want this to happen to any other vets out there.

I just came across a post on social media from several months back, about Bank of America offering 0-down, no credit score, etc. mortgages. Lots of people replied that it was a trap, and part of what lead to the 2008 crash that caused people to foreclose. But I don’t have the financial literacy to understand how a market crash caused people to lose their homes. In my mind (and I guess I’m wrong) when you get your home and mortgage, don’t you have a set monthly payment for the term of the loan? If you were able to make the payment prior to the crash, how does a market crash change that? The only thing I can compare it to in my mind is buying a car. If I purchase a car, and have a set monthly payment, the ups/downs in market prices doesn’t change my ability to make a car payment that I was already paying. Can someone help with my lack of understanding?

A man demands chastity in himself and others, most of all from the being he loves; a woman wants the man with most experience and sensuality, not virtue. Woman has no comprehension of paragons. On the contrary, it is well known that a woman is most ready to fly to the arms of the man with the widest reputation for being a Don Juan. Woman requires man to be sexual, because she only gains existence through his sexuality. Women have no sense of a man's love, as a superior phenomenon, they only perceive that side of him which unceasingly desires and appropriates the object of his affections, and men who have none or very little of the instinct of brutality developed in them have no influence on them. As for the higher, platonic love of man, they do not want it; it flatters and pleases them, but it has no significance for them, and if the homage on bended knees lasts too long, Beatrice becomes just as impatient as Messalina. In coitus lies woman's greatest humiliation, in love her supremest exaltation. Since woman desires coitus and not love, she proves that she wishes to be humiliated and not worshipped. The ultimate opponent of the emancipation of women is woman. It is not because sexual union is voluptuous, not because it is the typical example of all the pleasures of the lower life, that it is immoral. Asceticism, which would regard pleasure in itself as immoral, is itself immoral, inasmuch as it attributes immorality to an action because of the external consequences of it, not because of immorality in the thing itself; it is the imposition of an alien, not an inherent law. A man may seek pleasure, he may strive to make his life easier and more pleasant; but he must not sacrifice a moral law. Asceticism attempts to make man moral by self-repression and will give him credit and praise for morality simply because he has denied himself certain things. Asceticism must be rejected from the point of view of ethics and of psychology inasmuch as it makes virtue the effect of a cause, and not the thing itself. Asceticism is a dangerous although attractive guide ; since pleasure is one of the chief things that beguile men from the higher path, it is easy to suppose that its mere abandonment is meritorious. In itself, however, pleasure is neither moral nor immoral. It is only when the desire for pleasure conquers the desire for worthiness that a human being has fallen. Coitus is immoral because there is no man who does not use woman at such times as a means to an end; for whom pleasure does not, in his own as well as her being, during that time represent the value of mankind. During coitus a man forgets all about everything, he forgets the woman; she has no longer a psychic but only a physical existence for him. He either desires a child by her or the satisfaction of his own passion; in neither case does he use her as an end in herself, but for an outside cause. This and this alone makes coitus immoral. There is no doubt that woman is the missionary of sexual union, and that she looks upon herself, as on everything else, merely as a means to its ends. She wants a man to satisfy her passion or to obtain children; she is willing to be used by man as a tool, as a thing, as an object, to be treated as his property, to be changed and modelled according to his good pleasure. But we should not allow ourselves to be used by others as means to an end.
Kundry appealed often to Parsifal's compassion for her yearnings: but here we see the weakness of sympathetic morality, which attempts to grant every desire of those around, however wrong such wishes may be. Ethics and morality based on sympathy are equally absurd, since they make the "ought" dependent on the "will" (whether it be the will of oneself, or of others, or of society, it is all the same,) instead of making the "will" dependent on the "ought"; they take as a standard of morality concrete cases of human history, concrete cases of human happiness, concrete moments in life instead of the idea.
But the question is: how ought man to treat woman? As she herself desires to be treated or as the moral idea would dictate ? If he is going to treat her as she wishes, he must have intercourse with her, for she desires it; he must beat her, for she likes to be hurt; he must hypnotise her, since she wishes to be hypnotised; he must prove to her by his attentions how little he thinks of himself, for she likes compliments, and has no desire to be respected for herself. If he is going to treat her as the moral idea demands, he must try to see in her the concept of mankind and endeavour to respect her. Even although woman is only a function of man, a function he can degrade or raise at will, and women do not wish to be more or anything else than what man makes them, it is no more a moral arrangement than the suttee of Indian widows, which, even though it be voluntary and insisted upon by them, is none the less terrible barbarity. The emancipation of woman is analogous to the emancipation of Jews and negroes. Undoubtedly the principal reason why these people have been treated as slaves and inferiors is to be found in their servile dispositions; their desire for freedom is not nearly so strong as that of the Indo-Germans. And even although the whites in America at the present day find it necessary to keep themselves quite aloof from the negro population because they make such a bad use of their freedom, yet in the war of the Northern States against the Federals, which resulted in the freedom of the slaves, right was entirely on the side of the emancipators. Although the humanity of Jews, negroes, and still more of women, is weighed down by many immoral impulses; although in these cases there is so much more to fight against than in the case of Aryan men, still we must try to respect mankind, and to venerate the idea of humanity (by which I do not mean the human community, but the being, man, the soul as part of the spiritual world). No matter how degraded a criminal may be, no one ought to arrogate to himself the functions of the law; no man has the right to lynch such an offender. The problem of woman and the problem of the Jews are absolutely identical with the problem of slavery, and they must be solved in the same way. No one should be oppressed, even if the oppression is of such a kind as to be unfelt as such. The animals about a house are not "slaves," because they have no freedom in the proper sense of the word which could be taken away. But woman has a faint idea of her incapacity, a last remnant, however weak, of the free intelligible ego, simply because there is no such thing as an absolute woman. Women are human beings, and must be treated as such, even if they themselves do not wish it. Woman and man have the same rights. That is not to say that women ought to have an equal share in political affairs. From the utilitarian standpoint such a concession, certainly at present and probably always, would be most undesirable; in New Zealand, where, on ethical principles, women have been enfranchised, the worst results have followed. As children, imbeciles and criminals would be justly prevented from taking any part in public affairs even if they were numerically equal or in the majority; woman must in the same way be kept from having a share in anything which concerns the public welfare, as it is much to be feared that the mere effect of female influence would be harmful. Just as the results of science do not depend on whether all men accept them or not, so justice and injustice can be dealt out to the woman, although she is unable to distinguish between them, and she need not be afraid that injury will be done her, as justice and not might will be the deciding factor in her treatment. But justice is always the same whether for man or woman. No one has a right to forbid things to a woman because they are "unwomanly". Woman must be looked upon as an individual and as if she were a free individual, not as one of a species, not as a sort of creation from the various wants of man's nature; even though woman herself may never prove worthy of such a lofty view.
Thus this book may be considered as the greatest honour ever paid to women. Nothing but the most moral relation towards women should be possible for men; there should be neither sexuality nor love, for both make woman the means to an end, but only the attempt to understand her.
Most men theoretically respect women, but practically they thoroughly despise them; according to my ideas this method should be reversed. It is impossible to think highly of women, but it does not follow that we are to despise them for ever. • It seems to me that if we look the facts of the case in the face there are only two possible courses open for women: either to pretend to accept man's ideas, and to think that they believe what is really opposed to their whole, unchanged nature, to assume a horror of immorality (as if they were moral themselves), of sexuality (as if they desired platonic love); or to openly admit that they are wrapped up in husband and children, without being conscious of all that such an admission implies, of the shamelessness and self-immolation of it. Unconscious hypocrisy, or cynical identification with their natural instincts; nothing else seems possible for woman. But it is neither agreement nor disagreement with, but rather the denial and overcoming of her womanishness that a woman should aim at. If a woman really were to wish, for instance, for man's chastity, it would mean that she had conquered the woman in her, it would mean that pairing was no longer of supreme importance to her and that her aim was no longer to further it. But here is the trouble: such pretensions must not be accepted as genuine, even although here and there they are actually put forward. For a woman who longed for man's purity is, apart from her hysteria, so stupid and so incapable of truthfulness that she is unable to perceive that she is in this way negating herself, making herself absolutely worthless, without existence! It is difficult to decide which is preferable: the unlimited hypocrisy which can appropriate the thing that is most foreign to it, i.e., the ascetic ideal, or the ingenuous admiration for the reformed rake, the complacent devotion to him. The principal problem of the woman question lies in the fact that in each case woman's one desire is to put all responsibility on man, and in this it is identical with the problem of mankind. Friedrich Nietzsche says in one of his books : "To underestimate the real difficulties of the man and woman problem, to fail to admit the abysmal antagonism and the inevitable nature of the constant strain between the two, to dream of equal rights, education, responsibilities and duties, is the mark of the superficial observer, and any thinker who has been found shallow in these difficult places—shallow by nature—should be looked upon as untrustworthy, as a useless and treacherous guide; he will, no doubt, be one of those who 'briefly deal with' all the real problems of life, death and eternity—who never gets to the bottom of things. But the man who is not superficial, who has depth of thought as well as of purpose, the depth which not only makes him desire right but endows him with determination and strength to do right, must always look on woman from the oriental standpoint:—as a possession, as private property, as something born to serve and be dependent on him—he must see the marvellous reasonableness of the Asiatic instinct of superiority over women, as the Greeks of old saw it, those worthy successors and disciples of the Eastern school. It was an attitude towards woman which, as is well known, from Homer's time till that of Pericles, grew with the growth of culture, and increased in strength step by step, and gradually became quite oriental. What a necessary, logical, desirable growth for mankind! if we could only attain to it ourselves!" The great individualist is here thinking in the terms of social ethics, and the autonomy of his moral doctrine is overshadowed by the ideas of caste, groups, and divisions. And so, for the benefit of society, to preserve the place of men, he would place woman in subjection, so that the voice of the wish for emancipation could no longer be heard, and so that we might be freed from the false and foolish cry of the existing advocates of women's rights, advocates who have no suspicion of the real source of woman bondage. But I quoted Nietzsche, not to convict him of want of logic, but to lead to the point that the solution of the problem of humanity is bound up with the solution of the woman problem. If any one should think it a high-flown idea that man should respect woman as an entity, a real existence, and not use her merely as a means to an end, that he should recognise in her the same rights and the same duties (those of building up one's own moral personality) as his own, then he must reflect that man cannot solve the ethical problem in his own case, if he continues to lower the idea of humanity in the women by using her simply for his own purposes. Coitus is the price man has to pay to women, under the Asiatic system, for their oppression. And although it is true that women may be more than content with such recompence for the worst form of slavery, man has no right to take part in such conduct, simply because he also is morally damaged by it. Even technically the problem of humanity is not soluble for man alone; he has to consider woman even if he only wishes to redeem himself; he must endeavour to get her to abandon her immoral designs on him. Women must really and truly and spontaneously relinquish coitus. That undoubtedly means that woman, as woman, must disappear, and until that has come to pass there is no possibility of establishing the kingdom of God on earth. Pythagoras, Plato, Christianity (as opposed to Judaism), Tertullian, Swift, Wagner, Ibsen, all these have urged the freedom of woman, not the emancipation of woman from man, but rather the emancipation of woman from pherself. ... Now for the first time, looking at the woman question as the most important problem of mankind, the demand for the sexual abstinence on the part of both sexes is put forward with good reason. To seek to ground this claim on the prejudicial effects on the health following sexual intercourse would be absurd, for any one with knowledge of the physical frame could upset such a theory at all points; to found it on the immorality of passion would also be wrong, because that would introduce a heteronomous motive into ethics. St. Augustine, however, must certainly have been aware, when he advocated chastity for all mankind, that the objection raised to it would be that in such a case the whole human race would quickly disappear from the face of the earth. This extraordinary apprehension, the worst part of which appears to be the thought that the race would be exterminated, shows not only the greatest unbelief in individual immortality and eternal life for moral well-doers; it is not only most irreligious, but it proves at the same time the cowardice of man and his incapacity to live an individual life. To any one who thinks thus, the earth can only mean the turmoil and press of those on it; death must seem less terrible to such a man than isolation. If the immortal, moral part of his personality were really vigorous, he would have courage to look this result in the face; he would not fear the death of the body, nor attempt to substitute the miserable certainty of the continuation of the race for his lack of faith in the eternal life of the soul. The rejection of sexuality is merely the death of the physical life, to put in its place the full development of the spiritual life. Hence it follows that it cannot be a moral duty to provide for the continuance of the race. This common argument appears to me to be so extraordinarily false that I am almost ashamed to meet it. Yet at the risk of making myself ridiculous I must ask if any one ever consummated coitus to avoid the great danger of letting the human race die out, if he failed in his duty ? And would it not follow that any man who prefers chastity would be open to the charge of immoral conduct ? Every form of fecundity is loathsome, and no one who is honest with himself feels bound to provide for the continuity of the human race. And what we do not realise to be a duty, is not a duty. On the contrary, it is immoral to procreate a human being for any secondary reason, to bring a being into the limitations of humanity, the conditions made for him by his parentage; the fundamental reason why the possible freedom and spontaneity of a human being is limited is that he was begotten in such an immoral fashion. That the human race should persist is of no interest whatever to reason; he who would perpetuate humanity would perpetuate the problem and the guilt, the only problem and the only guilt. The only true goal is divinity and the union of humanity with the Godhead; that is the real choice between good and evil, between existence and negation

The moral sanction that has been invented for coitus, in supposing that there is an ideal attitude to the act in which only the propagation of the race is thought of, is no sufficient defence. There is no such imperative in the mind of man; it is merely an ingenious defence of a desire. As for the sexual union in which the production of children is prevented, there is no possible justification.

As for the sexual union in which the production of children is prevented, there is no possible justification. Sexual union has no place in the idea of mankind, not because ascetism is a duty, but because in it woman becomes the object, the cause, and man does what he will with her, looks upon her merely as a "thing," not as a living human being with an inner, psychic, existence. And so man despises woman the moment coitus is over, and the woman knows that she is despised, even although a few minutes before she thought herself adored. The only thing to be respected in man is the idea of mankind; this disparagement of woman (and himself), induced by coitus, is the surest proof that it is opposed to that idea of mankind. Any one who is ignorant of what this Kantian "idea of mankind" means, may perhaps understand it when he thinks of his sisters, his mother, his female relatives; it concerns them all: for our own sakes, then, woman ought to be treated as human, respected and not degraded, all sexuality implying degradation. But man can only respect woman when she herself ceases to wish to be object and material for man; if there is any question of emancipation it should be the emancipation from the prostitute element. It has never until now been made clear where the bondage of woman lies; it is in the sovereign, all too welcome power wielded on them by the Phallus. There can be no doubt that the men who have really desired the emancipation of women are the men who are not very sexual, who have no great craving for love, who are not very profound, but who are men of noble and spiritual minds. I am not going to try to palliate the erotic motives of man, nor to represent his antipathy to the "emancipated woman" as being in any sense less than it is; it is much easier to go with the majority, than, as Kant did, to climb, painfully and slowly, to the heights of isolation.
A woman who had really given up her sexual self, who wished to be at peace would be no longer "woman." She would have ceased to be "woman," she would have received the inward and spiritual sign as well as the outward form of regeneration. Can such a thing be? There is no absolute woman, but even so to say "Yes" to the above question is like giving one's assent to a miracle. Emancipation will not make woman happier; it will not ensure her salvation, and it is a long road which leads to God. No being in the transition stage between freedom and slavery can be happy. But will woman choose to abandon slavery in order to become unhappy ? The question is not merely if it be possible for woman to become moral. It is this: is it possible for woman really to wish to realise the problem of existence, the conception of guilt? Can she really desire freedom? This can happen only by her being penetrated by an ideal, brought to the guiding star. It can happen only if the categorical imperative were to become active in woman; only if woman can place herself in relation to the moral idea, the idea of humanity. In that way only can there be an emancipation of woman.

Hello all! I am in college in America for costume design for theatre, and I have been tasked to design the costumes for the Hunchback of Notre Dame. I want my designs to be true to traditional Roma clothing for the Roma characters in the show, but I am struggling to find resources for my research. I thought I would ask the Roma community directly, as you all would know best. If you have any resources or information that might be useful to respect the culture in my designs, I would be very grateful! Thank you all in advance for any help and just for taking the time to read this post.

Jaemeel Robinson, Jason R Phillips, and André Myette debate with host & judge Chris Murphy over the wrestling-themed trivial topics for the month of April 2023.
0:04:54 MOVIES: Aside from The Rock & Hulk Hogan, which wrestler had the best character from a movie? 0:19:14 TV: Whether cartoon or live-action, what is the best show about wrestling? 0:39:31 MUSIC: Which entrance music is getting the loudest pop? 0:53:20 SPORTS: Who is the wrestler that excelled the most at other sports? 1:03:52 HISTORY: What was the most successful wrestling event outside of North America? 1:16:14 WILDCARD: Which wrestler has the best comedic performance in the ring? 1:30:50 SPEED ROUND
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There is nothing racist whatsoever about the statement "America first."
Would you find it racist for a Chinese person to advocate for "China First" policies? What about an Indian person saying the same? What about a Saudi person? No? So why do you assume it is racist for an American to believe in foreign and economic policy that places American people's needs first?
When I say America first, I mean that we should be energy independent, or as close to it as possible, rather than relying on fossil fuels from abroad.
When I say America first, I mean that we should stop intervening in other nations' affairs and exporting American political ideology abroad, because I consider this to be imperialism.
When I say America first, I mean that if there is even one starving American child, even one American who cannot afford healthcare, even one American without running water, then we should not be giving billions of dollars to Ukraine.
When I say America first, I mean that it is absolutely disgraceful that there are cities and towns in this country where people do not have clean running water, go to the bathroom in outhouses, and do not know where their next meal is going to come from.
When I say America first, I mean that our manufacturing and trade related jobs should be brought back to the US so that we do not have generations of impoverished Americans whose only hope of being able to keep the lights on is by working at Walmart or McDonald's.
When I say America first, I mean that it is absolutely disgusting that some Americans do not know where their next meal will come from unless they receive payment for donating blood multiple times per week.
When I say America first, I mean that it makes me sick to my stomach that there are some people so impoverished in this country that they cannot afford fresh fruits and vegetables and have scurvy, a disease which is highly preventable and should have been unheard of since the 1800s.
If you find this racist, it is a reflection of your own racism. Do you believe that when I say "American" I mean white? I mean every American of every race, ethnicity, skin color. If you find this statement to be racist, let me ask you: what do you believe an American looks like? Why did you make the assumption that I had a specific type of person in mind?

Hi y’all! A few days ago I saw a lovely post asking this community what causes we’ll be donating to in Pedro’s name for his birthday - and there were so many great orgs and causes listed there!
Just wanted to take the time to plug our local abortion fund here, two things that mean the world to me: repro justice + this amazing community of Pedro fans!
Our fund is called the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project. We all know Pedro supports reproductive justice! Virginia is seeing a crazy volume of folks seeking reproductive care since Roe’s repeal, and we’re in need of support. We provide financial assistance for care; practical support for lodging, travel, and food expenses; childcare, doula (emotional) support, interpretation services, and care packages for travelers!
We’re in the middle of our annual fundraising campaign, fund-a-thon. It would mean THE WORLD if y’all considered a donation to our campaign in Pedro’s name or just come n’ check us out! Also - all the beautiful, amazingly talented artists here - if you feel so compelled, we love a good raffle / benefit ☺️
Our Instagram is @rrfpva. You can find info on our campaign on the page - first pinned post! Love y’all! (Also sorry if you saw this reposted multiple times, new to posting in here 😂)

Hi guys,
I just received the refusal letter and I’m very disappointed.
Anyways here is what the refusal letter says
 You state you wish to travel to the UK 12 days for tourism. You state you are employed, have monthly outgoings 2000 CAD (£1,195.33).  In support of your application you have provided a letter from your personal bank statement.  You state that you are employed as a Marketinh Director by earning 5800.00 CAD (£3,466.47) per month after tax and have no other income of your own. However from the information you have provided it has not been demonstrated that you are in receipt of your stated monthly salary of 5800.00 CAD (£3,466.47). As a result I have not been able to reach a position where, on a balance of probabilities, I can be satisfied the information and evidence you have supplied provides a satisfactory representation of your personal and financial circumstances.  Furthermore in support of your application, the information you submitted does not reflect your declared savings of £4000. I am therefore not satisfied you have provided an accurate reflection of your financial circumstances. I am not satisfied that you are genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is permitted under the visitor route and that you will leave the UK at the end of your visit.  I am therefore not satisfied you provided an accurate portrayal of your circumstances. This not only undermines the credibility of your application as a whole but causes me to doubt your intention in proposing to travel to the UK.  In light of the above, I am not satisfied that you intend leave the UK at the end of your visit or that you are genuinely seeking entry as a visitor. Therefore your application is refused under paragraphs V4.2 (a) & (c) of Appendix V. Rate of exchange 1 GBP = CAD 1.673 refer
I’m a PR of Canada and hold an Indian passport. I had planned to travel to the UK with my Canadian girlfriend for June. I hadn’t booked a flight ticket as home office recommends not to book one without approval of visa.
What can I do differently when I reapply?
I submitted accommodation confirmation and a savings account of 3000 Cad. I have another 4000 savings in an investment rest account. Perhaps that’s what raised red flags because I didn’t show I had £4000 pounds in savings? Should I mention my investment can be easily liquidated in and I have the necessary funds
I’m a freelancer and work on contract basis so I jump between employers. Should I provide my tax return as proof of income? I made 71000 cad for 2022
Will a lease agreement help? I also have a credit card with 13000 cad limit. Will both these 2 help to make my new application stronger?
Both my girlfriend and I want to visit Scotland. I have no family ties to the UK.

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• Lechonk code: 5€+ fees. 10 in stock

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• PoGO Pokémon. All were obtained by a close friend. All will have SPA/ENG Tag, OT Menri (if not custom), ID 538184/750488 and proof (1 PoGO pic, 1-2 transfer pics, 1 HOME pic if possible):

Shiny Celebi 12€, Shiny Meltan 25€, Shiny Melmetal 20€, Shiny Genesect 6IVs (No PoGO Sticker) 40€. Shiny Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Lugia, Groudon, Giratina, Reshiram and Kyurem available for 7€ each. Darkrai and Deoxys (Normal, Attack, Defense or Speed) 10€ each, Shiny Deoxys (Normal, Attack or Defense) and Shiny Darkray 20€. Shiny PokéBall Latias Lv 11, Shiny PokéBall Latios Lv. 8 35€.
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• Self-Obtained Korean/Japanese Manaphy Eggs for BDSP. KOR: Naughty 31/31/17/3/31/15, JP: Timid 31/19/23/27/31/31. 20€

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• Self-obtained Star Shiny Love SP Palkia Timid 31/4/31/31/5/31. Self-obtained Star Shiny Heavy BD Dialga Modest 3/3/17/31/31/31. 5€

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• Event Dracovish with Proof 3€

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• SPA Celebrate Poké/Dream Ball Impish GMax Eevee OT VictyLusi ID 017759/220961 and Ultra Ball Impish GMax Pikachu OT VictyLusi ID 017759. 3€

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• Register 807 Pokémon (Gen1-7) on Home Dex using Moving Key with a random wild Gen7 Pokémon 3€

*Using Moving Key HOME copies PkBank data. As I have Dex completed you will register all of them even if I transfer only 1 Pokémon. That works to get Original Color Magearna (Just Gen 8 Pokémon left) Also Forms and Shiny will be registered too (I have some Shiny Locked Pokémon registered but that shouldn’t affect, you can just see Shiny form in Dex)
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• All SWSH/BDSP Items less Key ones. 0,5€ each (Johto/Dream/Beast/Sport/Safari Balls are 0,2€ each). Scarlet-Violet ones are 0,25€ each or 0,5€ each (Special Balls).

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• Training- Shiny Paradox/Breeding (SPA-ENG) services for Scarlet and Violet.

- I do Playthroughs for Miraidon/Koraidon for 15€ (Training service included)
- I also can get 5IVs SPA Dittos from 6 Star Raids. 0,5€
-Training: Level, Nature (Mint), IVs (Bottle Caps), EVs, TM/EM Moves and Tera Type change. 1€ each
- Shiny Breeding: Ball, IVs (4-5), EMs and Nature. You can request Pokémon as Shiny Eggs. 5€ each
- Shiny Paradox Pokémon: Ball (Training service included). 6€ each (3€ if you ask more than 3)
-Vivillon services. I can get any Pattern but the most plenty I have are: Marine, Sun, Jungle, High Plains and Continental. We can use Union Circle so you can catch them yourself (as many as you want). 3-5€ each Pattern. For Shiny ones the service is only available if they are caught by myself not in online UC mode (8€ each)
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• Legends Arceus Evolution/Training Service (Level, Nature, IVs using Grits, Tutor Moves) and custom OT Playthrough for Shaymin/Darkrai or Enamorus.

· RNG for BDSP: CaptureSight + RNG Apps. Legends and Arceus (Shiny, some IVs, Nature, Poké Ball), Unown (Shiny or 0Atk), SPA/ENG Eggs (Shiny, IVs, Gender, Moves, Nature, Ability, Poké Ball), Starters (Shiny, some IVs, Nature), Mew/Jirachi (some IVs, Nature) and Eeeve/Rotom (Shiny, some IVs, Nature, Poké Ball). Square Shiny service is available.
- BDSP playthrough for custom OT 10€
- Normal Legends: 4€ Each (Nature and 3-4IVs), 6€ (Nature + 5-6IVs)
- Shiny Legends: 8€ Each (Nature and 3-4IVs), 12€ (Nature + 5IVs)
- Shiny Arceus 10€ (Nature and 3-4IVs), 14€ (Nature + 5IVs)
*If you buy more than one Legend price will be cheaper (Less 5IVs ones)*
- Shiny Perfect Eggs 3€, Normal Perfect Eggs 1,5€
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• Breeding Services for SWSH (SPA Tag): Any Ball, IVs, Nature, EMs, HA or Shiny. You can ask for a Competitive Team with all less Legends (Those go apart). Normal: 1,5€ Breedject/2,5€ BR, Shiny Eggs cost 15€ each (I use CaptureSight to check Eggs data). I also train your Pokémon for 0,5€: Teach moves (+PP max), change ability or nature and train EVs.

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• Shiny Self-Caught Pokémon (I have Pic Proof) OT VictyLusi (Make them Competitive with Objects without extra payment) 0,5-2€

- ID 017759: Star Shiny Dream Ball Whimsitcot, Safari Ball Jolteon, Ultra Ball Drifblim, Premier Ball Diggersby. Star Shiny Premier Dubwool, Master Orbeetle, Repeat Ball Centiskorch, Dive Ball Ditto, Luxury GMax HA Charizard (Level 50 & 80), Safari GMax HA Venusaur(Level 50), Friend GMax HA Venusaur(Level 80), Dream GMax HA Blastoise (Level 50) and Master GMax HA Blastoise (Level 80)
Shiny Dive Ball Calm Tapu Fini 15€
- ID 220961 Star Shiny: Poke Ball Skuntank, Poke Ball Glalie, Ultra Ball Galvantula, Heal Ball Clefable, Premier Ball Ninjask. Star Shiny Dream GMax HA Blastoise (Level 80)
- Star Shiny Poké Ball Linoone OT Asce ID 875609
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• SWSH playthrough for custom OT 10€ (Wolves/Calyrex/Horses)/7€ (DLCs Legends)

-Zacian/Zamazenta customized (Ball, Nature(Mint), IVs(Bottle Cap), TAG and OT) 4€
-Kubfu/Urshifu customized (Nature (Mint), IVs (Bottle Cap), TAG and OT) 4€
-Crown Tundra Legends (Calyrex, Galar Birds, Spectrier, Glastrier, 6 Regis, Virizion, Cobalion, Terrakion, Keldeo, Cosmog, Dynamax Adventure ones) customized (Ball, Nature(Mint), IVs(Bottle Cap), TAG and OT) 5€ (Horses/New Regis/Dynamax Adventure) 3€ (Rest)
Ready 4€: Jolly Master Ball Zacian OT Lusi ID 551981, Docile Master Ball Spectrier OT Lusi ID 107630, Quirky Master Ball Calyrex OT Lusi ID 871386, Hardy Poké Ball Calyrex OT Lusi ID 098775, Bashful Heavy Ball Calyrex OT Lusi ID 972832
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• Meltan & Melmetal: Usser will be able to choose the Nature, Nickname and Ball of the Melmetal and will have SPA Tag. Prices are 0.50€ Meltan and 4€ Melmetal

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• Ribbons services available for Gen3-8 (There are some excluded). Price depends on how many and type (Check Spreadsheet)

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• WISHMKChannel Jirachi, Ageto Celebi: Dolphin Emulator + Lua Scripts + Pokefinder + VBA + Ruby/Sapphire Save Files (+ Rscheksum for WISHMKR Jirachi). I can RNG Nature for Celebi. Channel Jirachis are available to RNG Nature, IVs and Shiny (Star or Square). Colosseum Jirachis are fixed (Star Shiny or Good IVs). Check Spreasheet.

-WISHMKR Jirachi 5€ Normal/10€ Star Shiny
-CHANNEL Jirachi 10€ Normal/12€ Star Shiny/14€ Square Shiny
-Ageto Celebi 7€ Random/13€ with Nature
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• Pokémon Box Mons. Dolphin Emulator + Lua Scripts + Pokefinder + VBA-M + Ruby/Sapphire Save Files. I can SR Nature and RNG Shiny (Star or Square) but no IVs (Check Spreadsheet)

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• RNG/SR XD/Colosseum Mons Services (See Spreasheet). Square Shiny and TID/SID RNG is Available for both games (To get good Spreads). (Dolphin Emulator + Lua Scripts + RNG Reporter + PokeFinder + XD/Colosseum Saves) (Check Spreadsheet)

Colosseum: RNG is Available for ALL Noiseless Zones Pokémon for Pokémon Colosseum (Such as Entei and Suicune) and some few Noise Zones ones (Check Spreadsheet). Completed a Self RNGed Collection less 13 Noisy Zone Shadows and JP e-reader ones aren’t available due to I don’t have Card files to get them legit.
XD: ALL Available (Completed a Self RNGed Collection) such a Shiny Johto Starters/Eevee/HORDEL Elekid, Shadow Mons (Shiny Locked) and Shiny PokeSPot Pokémon.
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• Manaphy Egg RNG Service: OT, Nature, IVs and Shiny. Pokémon Ranger 1 Cartridge + TWLSaveTool + Gen4 Games + Desmume Emulator + Lua Scripts + Pokefinder. 5€ Normal+IVs, 10€ Shiny and 15€ Shiny+IVs

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• RNG Service from Gen1-7. Mons will be proofed and you can choose the OT of mons (Gen1-7), also you can ask for different types of RNG that aren’t listed. You can for ask Nature, Shiny, Hidden Power, IVs (Depending Game) and TutoEgg Moves. (Check Spreadsheet)

- Gen3 (RSE/FRLG): Visual Boy Advance Emulator + Lua Scripts + Pokefinder. Available RNG: Legends (Event not allowed)/Gifts/Safari/Wild/GameCorneStarters/Eggs and Square Shiny service available.
- Gen4 (HGSS/Platinum): Desmume Emulator + Lua Scripts + Pokefinder. Available RNG: Legends (Event not allowed)/Events(Regis/Sinjoh Ruins)/Gifts/Starters/Wild/Safari/Game CorneEggs/ID-SID RNG and Square Shiny service available.
- Gen5 (BW/BW2): Desmume Emulator + Lua Scripts + RNG ReportePokefinder. Available RNG: Dream Radar Legends(Less Palkia)/Wild/Gifts/Starters/Legends/ID-SID RNG and Square Shiny service available. *Entree Forest for DW Mons is available but you have to provide the save with Legit Mons
- Gen6 (XY/ORAS): NTR + PCalc + 3DS RNG Tool. Available RNG: Starters/Unowns/Event (Latios or Latias)/Eggs (TSV too)/Legends (Less Groudon and Kyogre) and save ID-TSV RNG. Square Shiny service is available.
- Gen7 (USUM): (NTR + PCalc)/(Citra Emu + Python) + 3DS RNG Tool. Available RNG: Starters (USUM), Wormhole Legends/UBs (Wild Included), Stacionary Legends, Gift Pokémon, Eggs (TSV too) and save ID-TSV RNG. SPA Tag Ash Greninja and Square Shiny service is available.
I can breed all Vivillon Patterns less 3 due to I created a new save file with the Region of my PAL DS changed. The only ones I can’t breed are Elegant because is only for Japanese DS Regions and Modern/Savanna because are for American DS Regions.
- Gen1/2 (Y/S/C). Mons Available: Legends (Including Celebi)/Gifts and Eggs (Only Gen2). Nature is determined by experience and Shiny Breeding is Available (With Glitched Shiny Ditto + Debug Menu for Speed Up). IVs RNG is available only I don't do Shiny Legends due to there isn't RNG for that.
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• RNGed Dittos Available (for 3DS or Switch):

-You can ask for any IVs Spread and any Nature.
-TAGs available: SPA-JPN
-Game used is Pokémon White for all.
Spreadsheet with all FT and Prices:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uR9jqdMsJmfI69z05oj1XFrKhuScdrqe2yh4bY7_8lQ/edit?usp=sharing
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I think moving forward, I would like to see a few changes and updates.

1. All companies and businesses that employ (1) or more persons should have to disclose all financial statements and have it updated daily or very often. This allows for more transparency that could promote a stronger, healthier, and better relationship between the employer and employee.
2. All wages, salaries, compensations, etc, should be easily accessible to the public. This information should be easily accessible, ready, and easily available for all to access. This allows for a stronger relationship, trust, and understanding between the employer and the employee.
3. All wages, salaries, and compensations, etc, must be advertised along with a job advertisement. This way we can allow for more effeciency for the employer and the employee.
4. All wages, salaries, and compensation, etc, must be shared information amongst fellow employees. This way companies can build a stronger understanding and promote transparency which helps the employer and employee relationship.

I know this isn't perfect and it comes with some flaws. I just think as a Hawaii resident it would make everyones lives easier if we just had open and honest transparency with each other. Because honesty is the best policy. It could also be sort of neat if we had some financially literate economists or some sort of experts readily available for employees. This way they could help an employee and employer find a good wage, salary, compensation, etc. That considers things such as the economy, retirement, future prospects, internal growth, wage stagnation, inflation, cost of living, and more. This way employers and employees can have some sort of helper to negotiate wages, salaries, compensation, pay, etc, without one bullying the other. It would be bad if an employee bullied an employer and vice versa.
I also think it would be pretty cool if we had more labor day holidays to celebrate worker appreciation. And we could also have employer appreciation days too which are the same holiday except we appreciate employers too, and we all get to take off as one big worker family. I think since we only have (1) life, it's a special thing that should be taken seriously and is something sacred. Which makes me also think we should offer some form of paid FMLA because life is truly important, this is something all people, employee and employers can agree with. And employees can help pay for when an employer needs to take FMLA, and the employer can help pay when an employee needs to take FMLA. In America we like things fair and we want everyone to be happy, this helps do that.

My (27F) husband (28M) spends then further tightens the budget on ME.
I’m so sick and tired of talking about money. I feel like it’s all he can talk about now.
What’s in the bank, when he gets paid, when he get his next raise(he’s an apprentice and they get them every 3-6months), when does he get more overtime at work, when do I get disability payment, I should take the full student loan amount offered so we can pad the savings, etc.
if we save X amount maybe THEN he’ll feel secure enough for us to do something as a family (vacation).
I completely understand wanting to be financially secure. We moved into my mom and dads to help them while their health is declined until they’re better and in the meantime we are saving and buying things we’ve been putting off due to a previously tight budget. We are not broke, we had nearly 8K saved but it is now a small (SMALL) savings and that’s because we spent $7000 on a car for me to drive our 4 kids around as the one I was driving meant our oldest (7) was sitting in the front seat.
We finally had enough and got a great discount on a used 3 row vehicle and the kids love it and I feel so much safer taking them places.
He wants to buy a motorcycle because his car is running on its last leg, I don’t mind but he doesn’t know how to ride one. I told him maybe let’s wait till you know how… it will be here at 4 PM. But again now he’s talking about how we can’t spend any money on anything and need to crack down on our budget.
But buying the car aside, I feel like money is ALL we talk about. I want to talk to my husband. I wanna spend time with him, I want his help with our kids but he’s always a million miles away. I am thankful for the hard work he does, but I don’t even want to text him during the day anymore because that’s all he asks about.

Hi friends – hope this would be the right place for this.
Finally free of student loans and for the first time making money that isn’t immediately given back to the bank. Currently run my own business on track for ~120k after expenses before taxes in the first year, with expectations of growth in further years.
Living with parents in Ontario as a secondary caregiver means I pay neither rent or a mortgage. My personal expenses are kept to an absolute minimum (I am accustom to the student peasant life). My intention is to save for a down payment on my own place within the GTA. Hopeful timeline is around 1.5-2 years. Wondering what the best method of "saving" is to make this happen.
My FA suggested I open as high-an-interest savings account as possible within my TFSA (not maxed – have ~60k contribution room), as well as anticipate the near FHSA. Wondering if this is the right move when interest rates are obviously higher in non-TFSA savings accounts (but being taxable). My RRSP also has 0 within it, as I have never had career-level income until this year.
Thoughts? My bank rep tried to talk to me about GICs within my TFSA but he’s not the most articulate guy (and I haven’t had the chance to either sit down and understand how they work myself, or had someone explain them to me in a way that makes me confident in them).
Thanks for the time & energy.