Damn it, lost a day! Had Memorial Day off but got fucked (mandated to work) on Saturday. Threw off the timing. Super-rare Wednesday edition!
Good afternoon. Brief listing of CAREER JOBS pulled from usps.com/careers/ for your convenience. Tell HR User_3971 sent you, let's see if they pay more than .25¢ per head. NOTE: Maintenance jobs are drying up - the In Service Register may finally be seeing results for our already career people.
Some jobs may be part-time regular however all listed jobs should qualify for federal benefits from day one. To save text I have only listed the location and date of posting for each. Use the posting number for your search term. LC and MM are entry-level Maintenance. Here is a Maint overview and here is Exam 955 info. You can DO it!
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NOTE: USPS NEVER charges a fee for entrance exams. If payment is requested during the application process, walk the fuck away, go to usps.com/careers/ and APPLY THERE. We even has a video walkthrough prepared.
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Laborer Custodial:
CHARLEVOIX MI NC11370316 05/27/2023
OMAHA NE NC11369343 05/27/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11365062 05/27/2023
KIRKLAND WA NC11367251 05/27/2023
COLUMBUS OH NC11371903 05/27/2023
FORT WASHAKIE WY NC11369073 05/27/2023
YUBA CITY CA NC11367214 05/25/2023
MOUNT IDA AR NC11361986 05/20/2023
BRATTLEBORO VT NC11374752 05/31/2023
BENTON HARBOR MI NC11371533 05/27/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11371537 05/27/2023
CATASAUQUA PA NC11371600 05/27/2023
EL CENTRO CA NC11371615 05/27/2023
HAMBURG PA NC11371700 05/27/2023
SAINT LOUIS MO NC11371707 05/27/2023
HAZELWOOD MO NC11371718 05/27/2023
WAUKESHA WI NC11371854 05/27/2023
GREEN BAY WI NC11371863 05/27/2023
SAINT LOUIS MO NC11371870 05/27/2023
AUSTIN TX NC11371871 05/27/2023
YUBA CITY CA NC11371908 05/27/2023
EAST HAMPTON NY NC11371909 05/27/2023
PEEKSKILL NY NC11371527 05/27/2023
PEEKSKILL NY NC11371421 05/27/2023
MACHIAS ME NC11371418 05/27/2023
SAN MATEO CA NC11371915 05/27/2023
WILLMAR MN NC11371410 05/27/2023
CUPERTINO CA NC11370120 05/27/2023
WARSAW IN NC11369259 05/27/2023
BISMARCK ND NC11369191 05/27/2023
DES MOINES IA NC11369059 05/27/2023
URBANDALE IA NC11369055 05/27/2023
DES MOINES IA NC11369050 05/27/2023
BUFFALO GROVE IL NC11368995 05/27/2023
SANTA ANA CA NC11365065 05/27/2023
CATASAUQUA PA NC11367255 05/25/2023
HAMBURG PA NC11367254 05/25/2023
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT NC11371417 05/27/2023
WEST CHICAGO IL NC11368968 05/27/2023
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Maintenance Mechanic:
WEST PALM BEACH FL NC11367250 05/27/2023
PONTIAC MI NC11370630 05/27/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11371348 05/27/2023
NEW YORK NY NC11370543 05/27/2023
EAGAN MN NC11369434 05/27/2023
BIRMINGHAM AL NC11369105 05/27/2023
DES MOINES IA NC11369114 05/27/2023
WICHITA KS NC11369186 05/27/2023
PHOENIX AZ NC11364942 05/27/2023
JACKSONVILLE FL NC11370197 05/27/2023
HARRISBURG PA NC11369187 05/27/2023
COLUMBUS OH NC11370181 05/27/2023
CAROL STREAM IL NC11363416 05/27/2023
BOSTON MA NC11370175 05/27/2023
BETHPAGE NY NC11371414 05/27/2023
SAINT LOUIS MO NC11371828 05/27/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11371737 05/27/2023
MELVILLE NY NC11371742 05/27/2023
JERSEY CITY NJ NC11371729 05/27/2023
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Special! Interesting Maintenance Jobs: (may be skills required)
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Maintenance Mechanic MPE:
FARGO ND NC11371325 05/27/2023
WEST FARGO ND NC11371173 05/27/2023
COLUMBUS OH NC11370161 05/27/2023
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION NC11371671 05/27/2023
EAGAN MN NC11369373 05/27/2023
WICHITA KS NC11369179 05/27/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11371319 05/27/2023
ELK GROVE VILLAGE IL NC11370043 05/27/2023
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Building Equipment Mechanic:
FACILITY MAINTENANCE MECHANIC - MERRIFIELD VA NC11371531 05/27/2023
BELLMAWR NJ NC11368795 05/27/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11368549 05/27/2023
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General Clerk VMF:
TULSA OK NC11367091 05/24/2023
MIAMI FL NC11365300 05/30/2023
WEST PALM BEACH FL NC11365247 05/30/2023
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Tool & Parts Clerk:
MIAMI FL NC11365302 05/30/2023
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Garage Assistant:
HOUSTON TX NC11368988 05/26/2023
Electronic Technician:
BROCKTON MA NC11370302 05/27/2023
ROCHESTER NY NC11371416 05/27/2023
ELK GROVE VILLAGE IL NC11370150 05/27/2023
JACKSON MS NC11366836 05/27/2023
TRENTON NJ NC11369363 05/27/2023
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NON-Maintenance jerbs:
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SALES,SVCS/DISTRIBUTION ASSOC:
LINDEN TN NC11359072 05/18/2023
OCEAN BEACH NY NC11370230 05/27/2023
LANAI CITY HI NC11363428 05/20/2023
DAYTON TX NC11362387 05/22/2023
MEMPHIS MO NC11370238 05/29/2023
JACKMAN ME NC11367260 05/25/2023
ILIAMNA AK NC11371701 05/27/2023
CHENOA IL NC11361153 05/19/2023
BUNA TX NC11362381 05/22/2023
BOLINAS CA NC11368368 05/25/2023
PRESIDIO TX NC11360896 05/19/2023
PALACIOS TX NC11362377 05/22/2023
KOTZEBUE AK NC11371704 05/27/2023
ROCKSPRINGS TX NC11361161 05/19/2023
MILLERSBURG PA NC11370506 05/27/2023
EAGLE BUTTE SD NC11367304 05/29/2023
S YARMOUTH MA NC11370685 05/27/2023
CHARLESTON TN NC11371307 05/27/2023
BERRYVILLE AR NC11360673 05/19/2023
RANDLE WA NC11367126 05/24/2023
PECONIC NY NC11370190 05/27/2023
MARSHALL AR NC11360674 05/19/2023
ELK MOUND WI NC11369091 05/25/2023
BOW WA NC11367586 05/25/2023
BASSETT NE NC11366996 05/24/2023
ADDY WA NC11367447 05/25/2023
WEST CHATHAM MA NC11368584 05/27/2023
WEBBERVILLE MI NC11360764 05/19/2023
PONCE DE LEON FL NC11367045 05/24/2023
MARENGO IL NC11369368 05/26/2023
KETCHIKAN AK NC11373327 05/30/2023
HOMEWOOD CA NC11368364 05/25/2023
HIGHLAND MD NC11372890 05/30/2023
FLANDREAU SD NC11367252 05/25/2023
BELGIUM WI NC11366636 05/24/2023
BATH MI NC11360766 05/19/2023
LOS GATOS CA NC11368369 05/26/2023
EDGECOMB ME NC11367253 05/25/2023
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City Carrier:
OAKLAND CA NC11365498 05/28/2023
PITTSBURGH PA NC11365454 05/28/2023
AURORA CO NC11365555 05/28/2023
BARRINGTON IL NC11370311 05/29/2023
CAMBRIDGE MA NC11370380 05/27/2023
CINCINNATI OH NC11365482 05/28/2023
COLUMBUS OH NC11365496 05/28/2023
COVINGTON KY NC11371919 05/27/2023
DENVER CO NC11366882 05/28/2023
DULUTH MN NC11362480 05/30/2023
EAST PALO ALTO CA NC11368607 05/26/2023
FREMONT CA NC11370500 05/27/2023
HALF MOON BAY CA NC11367133 05/25/2023
HOPKINS MN NC11367637 05/25/2023
JAMAICA PLAIN MA NC11365301 05/28/2023
KANSAS CITY MO NC11365461 05/28/2023
LONGMONT CO NC11364941 05/30/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11367127 05/25/2023
MINNEAPOLIS MN NC11365468 05/28/2023
MISSION KS NC11366896 05/28/2023
REDWOOD CITY CA NC11367129 05/25/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11361984 05/24/2023
RICHMOND CA NC11370511 05/27/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11365552 05/28/2023
SANTA BARBARA CA NC11371344 05/27/2023
WALTHAM MA NC11365314 05/28/2023
WATERTOWN WI NC11367306 05/24/2023
WESTMINSTER CO NC11372881 05/30/2023
WESTMINSTER CO NC11372888 05/31/2023
WHEAT RIDGE CO NC11372884 05/30/2023
WOBURN MA NC11370383 05/27/2023
BURLINGAME CA NC11367093 05/25/2023
DENVER CO NC11365625 05/28/2023
FORT DODGE IA NC11367454 05/31/2023
GLENSHAW PA NC11367256 05/26/2023
SAN BRUNO CA NC11367213 05/25/2023
SCOTTDALE PA NC11367257 05/26/2023
ALBANY NY NC11370227 05/27/2023
BELMONT CA NC11366923 05/25/2023
CONCORD NH NC11370243 05/27/2023
DENVER CO NC11365557 05/28/2023
FLORENCE KY NC11371918 05/27/2023
LAKEWOOD CO NC11366843 05/28/2023
LOS GATOS CA NC11368374 05/26/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11365467 05/28/2023
LOWELL MA NC11370408 05/27/2023
MADISON WI NC11365493 05/28/2023
MOUNT HOREB WI NC11368738 05/26/2023
SAINT PAUL MN NC11365480 05/28/2023
SAN MATEO CA NC11367212 05/25/2023
SOUTH BEND IN NC11370168 05/26/2023
UNION GROVE WI NC11368781 05/26/2023
ASPEN CO NC11369062 05/26/2023
BELVEDERE TIBURON CA NC11372865 05/30/2023
BILLERICA MA NC11370249 05/27/2023
BILLINGS MT NC11367481 05/25/2023
BOULDER CO NC11353373 05/28/2023
BOULDER CO NC11365053 05/29/2023
CEDARBURG WI NC11367207 05/24/2023
CHELSEA MA NC11365307 05/28/2023
COHOES NY NC11367097 05/29/2023
CORTE MADERA CA NC11372872 05/30/2023
CRESSON PA NC11367258 05/26/2023
FARGO ND NC11366936 05/29/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11365459 05/28/2023
LACONIA NH NC11370526 05/27/2023
LAWRENCE MA NC11370401 05/27/2023
LITTLETON CO NC11366840 05/28/2023
MALDEN MA NC11365310 05/28/2023
MILLBRAE CA NC11367211 05/25/2023
NEWPORT KY NC11372004 05/27/2023
NORTHGLENN CO NC11366639 05/28/2023
PACIFICA CA NC11367168 05/25/2023
SAN CARLOS CA NC11367164 05/25/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11365554 05/28/2023
SANTA CLARA CA NC11368650 05/26/2023
SARATOGA SPRINGS NY NC11367451 05/27/2023
SUNNYVALE CA NC11368652 05/26/2023
WATERTOWN WI NC11367220 05/24/2023
CENTRAL SEATTLE WA NC11366942 05/28/2023
NORTH SEATTLE WA NC11366940 05/28/2023
SOUTH SEATTLE WA NC11366849 05/28/2023
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Rural Carrier:
KNOXVILLE TN NC11372862 05/30/2023
GORHAM ME NC11370153 05/26/2023
BARRINGTON NH NC11370412 05/27/2023
BRIGHTON CO NC11372903 05/30/2023
AMERY WI NC11370225 05/26/2023
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Motor Vehicle Operator:
ALBANY NY P&DC NC11371435 05/27/2023
DVD BLDG NJ P&DC NC11371439 05/27/2023
OAKLAND CA P&DC NC11371661 05/27/2023
RALEIGH NC P&DC NC11371445 05/27/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11371654 05/27/2023
MORGAN NY P&DC NC11371442 05/27/2023
PORTLAND OR P&DC NC11371664 05/27/2023
SAN JOSE CA P&DC NC11371658 05/27/2023
SAN JUAN PR P&DC NC11371880 05/27/2023
MARGARET SELLERS P&DC NC11371651 05/27/2023
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Tractor Trailer Operator:
LANCASTER PA P&DC NC11371431 05/27/2023
NEW JERSEY NDC NC11358892 05/27/2023
NORTH READING P&DC NC11371432 05/27/2023
SPRINGFIELD NDC NC11371434 05/27/2023
MICHIGAN METROPLEX MI P&DC NC11371623 05/27/2023
SALT LAKE CITY UT P&DC NC11371617 05/27/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11371542 05/27/2023
CAROL STREAM IL P&DC NC11371705 05/27/2023
DENVER CO P&DC NC11371611 05/27/2023
KCMO MO P&DC NC11371703 05/27/2023
OAKLAND CA P&DC NC11371538 05/27/2023
SAN FRANCISCO NDC NC11371541 05/27/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11371547 05/27/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11371601 05/27/2023
TACOMA WA P&DC NC11371609 05/27/2023
DES MOINES IA P&DC NC11371702 05/27/2023
EVANSVILLE IN P&DC NC11371709 05/27/2023
DVD BLDG NJ P&DC NC11354736 05/27/2023
SYRACUSE NY P&DC NC11371433 05/27/2023
NORTHERN NJ P&DC NC11358893 05/27/2023
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No experience necessary for the laborer custodial or maintenance mechanic positions. It helps on the interview but you can surely think of maintenance related experience to relay for an interview. Based on fixing things around your house, the car etc. Always mention working safely.
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Pro tip: You can apply for any job that has an exam opening and the test is administered local to yourself. Make sure you're serious and score decently; you can turn down the job offer. Keep a physical copy of your exam score, I believe they are good for two years.
The reason is: These job postings can be posted externally at capacity for testing, meaning they will not allow you to take the exam if they have enough qualified applicants. However, if you have a test score on the books, you are a qualified applicant.
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Explanation of MVO/TTO to save time:
MVO= CDL B Can only drive box trucks on public roads, can drive anything for moves on postal property.
TTO= CDL A Can drive anything.
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USPS provides the training. (Maintenance jobs at least. TTO and management...GOOD LUCK)
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You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you. Everything but proper email usage.

It's been hard to find some voicelines from Zen and i started looking for a video that compiles every line and fortunately there was one and with OW1 voicelines as well! (pls take the time to comment your fav voiceline in the link, this video was a bit hard to find with only 145 views) so i took the time to timestamp each one, there are a lot that repeat and english isn't my first language there will be a lot of spelling and grammatical errors, feel free to correct me. Well without any further ado here it is:
https://youtu.be/aFU6OveTNQQ
0:05 uh? (idk how to describe it... WHEN DOES HE SAY THIS??¿¿)
0:07 Noise
0:08 Noise
0:10 "Now we have both learned something"
0:13 "I'm grateful for what we have taught each other"
0:17 "I do not punish when one seeks forgiveness"
0:20 "I envy ants for their clarity of purpose"
0:25 "Perhaps i can share your burden?"
0:28 "There is a new sadness in you brother"
0:32 "Yes we wondered how many other omnics were doing the same"
0:38 "Change often comes uninvited what you make of it is up to you"
0:44 "Every challenge is an opportunity to rise"
0:49 "I am happy to serve"
0:51 "Mmm.. interesting"
0:54 "A chance for us all to learn"
0:57 "Experience festivity"
1:00 "Right down the middle and the pitch"
1:04 "Here's a little jin(?) music"
1:06 "That's the ball game"
1:08 "There's no crying in baseball"
1:12 "You're out"
1:14 "He goes down swinging"
1:16 "It goes down swinging"
1:18 "She goes down swinging"
1:21 "Zenyatta on the mound"
1:24 "The iris consumes you"
1:27 "Listen to the whispers of madness"
1:31 "Darkness envelops all"
1:34 "Be consumed by the shadows"
1:38 "Curses and madness be upon you all"
1:41 "Be one with the darkness"
1:45 "Walk in shadow"
1:48 "We walk in shadows my aprenctice"
1:52 "Embrace oblivion"
1:55 "Frightening"
1:57 "Expierience nothingness"
2:01 "Trick or treat"
2:04 "Pass into the unkown"
2:07 "Zenyatta is here"
2:10 "Zenyatta is everywhere"
2:14 "We must guard the objective"
2:17 "They've taken possesion of him"
2:20 "He would(?) be lost without our guidence"
2:23 "The enemy has stolen away our friend"
2:27 "Our teamate has fallen"
2:29 "We've suffered a casualty"
2:31 "We have lost a teammate"
2:34 "The door will not hold much longer"
2:37 "The door will soon be reduced to kinglin(?)"
2:40 "I am restored"
2:42 "You have my thanks"
2:44 "One day i will repay your kindness"
2:48 Effort noise (kick probably?)
2:49 Effort noise
2:50 Effort noise
2:52 Effort noise
2:53 "It was nothing"
2:55 "You are welcome"
2:57 "A turret lies before us it is quite real"
3:02 "A turret is in our way"
3:04 "We must proceed as one"
3:06 "Apart we can not continue"
3:09 "We must come together then we may proceed"
3:13 "The payload is on it's way"
3:16 "The payload advances as it should"
3:20 "I am accompaning the payload"
3:23 "We must hold the payload"
3:25 "I'm under attack assistance would be appreciated"
3:29 "I require aid"
3:31 "On my way"
3:33 "No."
3:34 "We must rest victory from the jaws of time"
3:38 "Time is an illusion but he illusion it's about to run out"
3:44 "No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place"
3:48 "We are in harmony"
3:51 "Doubt shrouds you"
3:53 "What torments you"
3:55 "It is nothing personal, Genji"
3:58 "Why the look of gloom"
4:00 "Your distress betrays you, Satya"
4:03 "A shadow hangs over you"
4:06 "Your anguish comsumes you"
4:09 "You must accept the pain"
4:12 "This does not bode well for you"
4:16 "Chaos hunts your path"
4:18 "The path ahead is thorny"
4:21 "How ominous"
4:23 "Attachment the source of all suffering"
4:27 Effort noise
4:30 "Revive me so that i may re-join the fight"
4:34 "I am in need of reviving"
4:37 "I am seriously damaged"
4:39 "Life is more than a series of ones and zeros"
4:44 "We most protect our flag"
4:47 "Defend our flag"
4:49 "A detonator)? approaches we must not let it come near"
4:53 "The end approaches quickly to the robot"
4:57 "Our time draws near, grasp the opportunity"
5:02 "We most claim both the robot and our destiny"
5:06 "Our collective effort is leading us to victory"
5:11 "Let us be grateful for our advantages"
5:14 "Fortune smiles on us"
5:17 "A blessing to be among such capable hands"
5:21 "We should make our preparations here"
5:24 freezing noise
5:26 freezing noise 2
5:29 discomfort noise?
5:32 discomfort freezing noise?
5:35 freezing noise 3
5:39 "We must clear this area"
5:41 "Form is temporary the spirit is eternal"
5:46 "My apologies"
5:48 "I was mistaken"
5:50 "To err is human... or omnic"
5:53 "I require armor"
5:55 "I need armor"
5:57 "We must deal with this assassin, she continues to be a problem for us"
6:03 sigh noise
6:05 sigh noise 2
6:08 long sigh
6:10 deep breath
6:13 deep breath 2
6:15 "We must take the objective"
6:18 "Let us capture the objective"
6:21 "The enemies teleporter is here, destroy it"
6:26 "My ultimate ability is ready"
6:28 "Ready for transcendence"
6:31 "The enforcer still poses a threat"
6:34 "The flags destiny lies with another"
6:37 "Dropping the flag"
6:39 discomfort noise
6:42 discomfort noise 2
6:45 dicomfort noise 3
6:47 discomfort noise 4
6:50 discomfort noise 5
6:52 "Zenyatta is here"
6:54 "Advance the robot"
6:56 "Move the robot"
6:58 Discomort noise 6
7:01 Discomfort noise 7
7:03 more discomfort
7:04 "The flag returns"
7:06 "I have set the flag on its way"
7:09 "The assassin is over there"
7:12 "There she is"
7:14 "but intimidating nonetheless" (idk if this goes with the last one)
7:16 "Get back! she's on me"
7:19 "In 3... 2... 1..."
7:23 "3... 2... 1..."
7:26 "Get ready"
7:28 death noise
7:30 death noise 2
7:32 death noise 3
7:34 death?
7:37 more death?
7:39 "Let us push together"
7:41 "And now we begin"
7:44 "Destiny backens us towards our destination"
7:49 "My ultimate is charging"
7:52 more sigh noise
7:54 deep breath asmr
7:57 relieve breath noise
8:00 death fall noise
8:05 death fall noise 2
8:11 more death fall noise
8:18 "Hello world"
8:20 "The assassin is no more"
8:22 "Worry not she's been dealt with"
8:25 "Defend as one"
8:28 "Defend with me"
8:30 "Alone i am a tempting target for the enemy"
8:34 "Our numbers will soon be replendished"
8:38 "My allies will soon return"
8:41 "Farewell"
8:42 "Go in peace"
8:44 "I have found the enemy shield generator"
8:48 "My ultimate is almost ready"
8:50 "Understood"
8:52 "Acknowledge"
8:54 "Of course"
8:55 "Indeed"
8:57 "I understand"
8:58 "Understood"
9:00 "The door shutters)?"
9:02 "The door is heavly damaged"
9:04 "This life is not finished with you yet"
9:07 "We are still in need of you"
9:10 "Invisibility is not invincibility"
9:14 "You manifested your own fate"
9:17 "One often meets their destiny on the road the take to avoid it"
9:22 "Those who rush headlong into battle would do well to protect their heads"
9:28 "A great distance for one is but a step for another"
9:33 "Think first then leap"
9:36 "An easy target is not is not always what is appears to be"
9:40 "Foresight is as viable as speed"
9:44 "Ask for death and you will receive it"
9:48 "Remember Genji at your most powerful you are most vulnerable"
9:54 "Capture the flag"
9:56 "Let us take the enemy's flag"
9:59 "Be reborn"
10:01 "Oblivion embraces you"
10:04 "Fade into shadow"
10:07 "May the Iris embrace you"
10:10 "Be at peace"
10:12 "The wheel turns"
10:14 "The darkness consumes"
10:17 "Let us clear them off the objective"
10:20 "Our enemies are ceasing)? the objective"
10:23 "They are taking hold of the objective, we must stop them"
10:29 "Fortune favors me"
10:31 Laugh (AAAAAAAAAA)
10:34 "The iris embraces you"
10:38 "It is my pleasure to serve"
10:41 "There is no weakness in asking for help"
10:44 "Does who seek help will find it"
10:47 "Consider the alternative"
10:50 "The world is a dangerous place"
10:53 "The help is it's own reward"
10:56 "How amusing"
10:58 "The end is near we must not hold back"
11:02 "Time runs short, attack!"
11:06 "We must wrest the victory from the jaws of time"
11:10 "Time is an illusion but he illusion it's about to run out" (Again?)
11:15 "Press forward for time is not at our side"
11:19 "Time is off the escence let us attack"
11:23 "An erradicator be on your guard"
11:26 "She still poses a threat"
11:29 "The sniper still troubles us"
11:31 "Can i interest you in a snowball fight?"
11:34 "Do i think? Does a submarine swim?"
11:39 "The turret no longer exists"
11:42 "The turret is no more"
11:45 "The objective cannot take much more of this"
11:48 "Our objective will soon be destroyed"
11:51 "Mercy swiftly delivered"
11:54 "The more one takes the less one has"
11:58 "Accomplishment always follows effort"
12:02 "Tragedy unites many"
12:04 "My generosity extends to many"
12:08 "Perhaps we only exist in the memory of a person now gone"
12:13 burning? (noise)
12:17 burning
12:19 burning 2
12:21 more burning
12:24 burns
12:26 "Patience"
12:28 "The damage doesn't look as bad from up here"
12:31 probably getting charged by Reinhardt?
12:34 same?
12:37 AAAaaAAA
12:40 critical health
12:42 "The objective is no more"
12:45 "The objective has been eliminated"
12:48 "I require shields"
12:50 "I need sheilds"
12:52 "The assassin is gone for the moment"
12:55 "She's disappeard"
12:57 "Victory is our destiny but we must all play our parts"
13:03 "Stay steadfast and we shall win"
13:07 "Victory is within our grasp hold strong"
13:12 "We must see this through to the end"
13:16 "Let us hold out until the end"
13:19 "Time is on our side we must simply endure"
13:24 "I'm feeling unwell"
13:27 "My systems are compromised"
13:29 "Disabling security protocols"
13:32 "Your recognition honors me"
13:35 "The cards have selected me"
13:38 "Our enemies return with vengeance"
13:41 "Beware they have returned"
13:44 "The enemy is utilising a shield generator"
13:48 "Enemy shield generator destroyed"
13:51 "Hold the robot we must end their push"
13:55 "Recover our flag"
13:58 "We must retake possession of our flag"
14:01 "Peace be upon you"
14:03 "I greet you"
14:05 "Hello"
14:06 "Greetings"
14:08 "We must reclaim our flag"
14:10 "The enemy has taken posetion of our flag"
14:14 "Come to me for healing"
14:16 "Come here for healing"
14:18 "The path to healing leads here"
14:21 "A shoked tire bears down upon us)?" (i didn't understand a thing)
14:24 "Shock tire over the breach)?" (same)
14:27 "The enemy posseses a teleporter"
14:30 "Energy transfers between us"
14:33 "I believe i won this round"
14:36 "A telling blow"
14:38 "A touch of wisdom"
14:41 "What profound impact"
14:43 "Scadoosh" (HAHAHA WHEN?? from a skin??)
14:45 effort noise
14:46 effort noise 2
14:47 effort noise 3
14:49 effort noise 4
14:50 effort noise 5
14:51 effort noise 6
14:52 "Over here"
14:54 coughing
14:59 coughing 2
15:08 "I have spotted an enemy bastion"
15:10 "Remember past succeses but always strive for more"
15:16 "This way"
15:18 "Here my friends"
15:20 laugh (I love him)
15:23 "I AM VITALIZED"
15:27 "MY SENSES ARE HEIGHTENED"
15:30 "STRENGTH FLOWS THROUGH ME"
15:33 "I AM EMPOWERED"
15:35 "I think therefore i am"
15:40 "When did you received this curse countess"
15:44 "Some believe that the full moon is a good omen"
15:48 "Did i say i trusted her"
15:51 "I do not sense the spark of life within you"
15:54 "Walk along the path to enlightenment"
15:58 "Ready i am ready" (Oh god...)
16:01 "I dreamt i was a butterfly"
16:04 "Frightening"
16:06 "There are null)? troopers ahead"
16:08 "No troopers spotted"
16:10 "The enforcer is no more"
16:13 "The flag moves with me"
16:15 "I have become one with the flag"
16:19 "Go to the objective"
16:21 "Let us head to the waypoint"
16:23 "Let us re group at the objective"
16:26 "The objective is near"
16:29 "Take care that you do not spend yourself before the battle is done"
16:34 "Our purpose is to show everyone that in the iris we are all one people"
16:41 "Rarely has my path crossed a warrior as cheerful as you"
16:45 "No one of note just one of thousands of like me)?" (what?)
16:50 "Do you think me so helpless"
16:52 "But one moment of clarity changed everything"
16:56 "There are times even i can not stand by"
17:00 "It is not magic but the power of the spirit that i channel"
17:05 "My believes are simply in the fundamental ways of life and nature nothing more"
17:12 "Simply a traveler of search of purpose and meaning"
17:16 "I'm following in my masters footsteps searching for enlightenment tho my path has not always been a stright one"
17:25 "Our objective has been damaged"
17:27 "Our enemies are breaking through"
17:30 "Fate is not without a sense of irony"
17:34 "Look in the mirror"
17:36 "We move with the objective"
17:39 "Let us see the objective to it's destination"
17:43 "The enemy out numbers us"
17:45 "We are outnumbered be cautious"
17:49 "I sense the reaper"
17:51 "I sense the presence of the witch"
17:54 "The summoner is here"
17:57 "Doctor Junkenstein so good of you to join us"
18:02 "The ground shakes"
18:04 "Junkenstein's monster is here"
18:07 "We should guide our flag back to safety"
18:10 "The enemy has relinquished our flag"
18:13 "We must move them from the door"
18:16 "They have reached the door"
18:19 "The summoner is no more"
18:21 "The witch is gone but she will reaturn"
18:26 "Doctor Junkenstein has laughed his last"
18:30 "Junkenstein's monster has fallen"
18:33 "The reaper is gone for the moment"
18:37 "I am made whole"
18:39 "My systems are restored"
18:42 "My systems are repeared"
18:45 "I am healed"
18:47 "Your dance grows more elegant Satya"
18:51 "You are adept at endings")? (idk)
18:54 "Well done my apprentice"
18:57 "Eventually all fade into oblivion"
19:00 "Well done Genji"
19:03 "You have ushered them to paradise"
19:06 "There is beauty in your actions"
19:09 "I did not teach you that one"
19:12 "Fall back"
19:13 "Likewise Satya i hope to repay you for your generosity at our temple"
19:19 "I served coffee"
19:21 "Then paint it with emptiness"
19:24 "How... fortunate for you"
19:27 "Why do you believe so?"
19:29 "I collected payments at a laser tag arena"
19:33 "Perhaps they believe we will not defend this place but if all the rest of the wolrd were to fall this would be the stand i chose to make"
19:44 "I like being near the ocean it reminds me of where i was born"
19:49 "I sense that your hardest battle is yet to come"
19:54 "What seems like magic is sometimes science we dont yet understand"
20:00 "Victory goes to those who maintain their focus"
20:04 "I was a life guard at a waterpark"
20:08 "It would be a pleasure"
20:10 "I drove a tractor"
20:12 "You have an intense gaze doctor"
20:15 "You spend your second chance at life walking a lonely road"
20:21 "I believe that Torbjörn's behavior has rubbed of on you"
20:25 "I owe my gifts to the iris"
20:29 "What makes you think i am a pacifist"
20:32 "Someone always cares you must simply seek them out"
20:36 "I dream of peace and sometimes falling"
20:41 "And yet you sound just like he did"
20:44 "A mirror reflects only what can be seen"
20:48 "Perhaps it is assumptions that are foolish"
20:52 "Try listening to silence"
20:55 "Our mission awaits us"
20:58 "Indeed"
20:59 "I massaged sheep on a free-range pasture"
21:03 "Shed the weight of your doubts, and your mind will become clear"
21:08 "Seeking progress by sowing chaos is like planting a tree in a volcano"
21:14 "Change often comes univited what you make of it is up to you"
21:21 "Quite a puzzle isn't it?"
21:24 "I embrace the unkown"
21:27 "And what of the enemy within"
21:30 "I focus on my breathing"
21:32 "Strangeness is in the eye of the beholder"
21:37 "My memories from before the awakening are blurry like a fading dream but i do remember somethings"
21:46 "In the coming battle you mean?"
21:48 "To find succes we must search in harmony"
21:53 "As long as there is free will i fear there will be evil"
21:57 "If a city never sleeps how can it dream?"
22:02 "Those who only seek to enrich themselves lives the most impoverished lives of all"
22:08 "True it also makes us great teachers for we can easily hide our disappointment"
22:15 "Indeed, why are we here?"
22:18 "Ask not who their maker is but what they mean"
22:24 "Is victory so important?"
22:27 "Fruition comes from within as does failure"
22:32 "I have always wondered what it is like being inside an orb"
22:37 "Over there"
22:38 "I need help"
22:40 "I require assistance"
22:43 "I pray that we can reverse this outcome"
22:46 "We are not deafeated yet"
22:49 "We must persist from the difficult times"
22:53 "This obstacle can still be overcome"
22:57 "Trick or treat"
22:59 "A temporary set back"
23:02 "We can overcome any obstacle"
23:05 "We must act and soon"
23:08 "Let us remember our purpose"
23:10 "Progress awaits us"
23:13 ""Perhaps we are forgetting something"
23:15 "We must eliminate this target"
23:19 "Caution"
23:20 "Be alert"
23:22 "Watch here"
23:24 "An enemy here"
23:25 "Here is an enemy"
23:27 "heal this one)???"
23:29 "We must guard the objective"
23:32 "Defend the objective"
23:34 "Even the teacher can learn from his student"
23:38 "It takes a hundred times to learn, a thousand times to understand" (My fav)
23:44 "One who fears loss has already lost"
23:49 "The cycle begins anew"
23:52 "True strength does not always lie in victory"
23:56 "Pain is an excellent teacher"
24:00 "Overconfidence is a flimsy shield"
24:04 "A reminder that life is never easy"
24:08 "Defeat cannot break one who perseveres"
24:12 "The cycle is broken"
24:14 "Adversity is an opportunity for change"
24:18 "A challenge presents itself"
24:21 "A temporary set back" (again..)
24:24 "Failure is acceptable giving up is not"
24:28 "The outcome is not preordained"
24:32 "Repetition is the path to mastery"
24:36 "Our fates are written in the stars"
24:40 "The enemy is here"
24:42 "The enemy desires a battle"
24:45 "Let the blessings of the season be upon you"
24:49 "I return"
24:51 "Press the attack"
24:53 "Let us all become one with the objective"
24:56 "Proceed to the objective"
24:59 "An enforcer is before us"
25:01 "Pass into the iris"
25:04 "Reflect upon your actions"
25:07 "Your set back is only temporary"
25:10 "Rest your soul"
25:13 "A cruel fate"
25:15 "Pride can not protect you"
25:17 "Your focus lacks focus"
25:20 "One day you will see that coming"
25:23 "Science cannot answer all questions"
25:27 "And now, you have found peace"
25:30 "You must learn from your mistakes"
25:34 "No fist has ever won against an open hand"
25:38 "Your answer lies in stillness"
25:41 "Good judgment comes from bad experiences"
25:45 "Regret is all-consuming"
25:49 "A resolution swiftly delivered"
25:52 "All ice melts"
25:54 "A beautiful swansong"
25:57 "I didn't go easy on you this time"
26:00 "And so the mask falls"
26:03 "We all represent unfulfilled potential"
26:07 "Greed has spent you"
26:10 "Silence answers all questions"
26:13 "A closed mind is already defeated"
26:18 "Let the sun set on your pride"
26:21 "Defeat is the better teacher"
26:24 "What goes around, comes around"
26:28 "Not everything should be taken seriously"
26:32 "When you soar you risk the fall"
26:36 "Move too quickly, and you overlook too much"
26:39 "What legacy is worth your life?"
26:43 "In chaos, more chaos"
26:46 "Do not hesitate"
26:48 "The lead awaits us"
26:50 "Soon the lead will be ours"
26:54 "We are being drawn to the lead"
26:57 "Tho i stand alone my teammates still fight at my side"
27:02 "The task falls to me"
27:05 "We are making progress upon the objective"
27:08 "The objective has taken damage"
27:10 "All proceeds according to plan"
27:13 "The rhythm is in you if you search within, get down into the iris, float to the beat"
27:22 "Ummmmm"
27:25 "Embrace the rhythm, embrace the beat, embrace the melody, move your feet"
27:32 "I humbly accept"
27:35 "I will become one with this reward"
27:38 "The universe shares it's bounty"
27:42 "I foresee great riches in my future"
27:45 "The experience is its own reward but surprises are nice" (oh)
27:51 "Join me"
27:53 "Group up"
27:54 "Group up here"
27:56 "We must join as one"
27:59 "Group up with me"
28:01 "Join together"
28:03 "I will not juggle"
28:05 "Yes"
28:07 "The door has open to our enemy"
28:10 "The enemy comes thru the doorway"
28:13 "We must destroy the objective"
28:16 "Focus our attacks upon the objective"
28:19 "That was your lesson for today"
28:22 "Our moments)?? run out do not leave him"
28:26 "Now we must focus, stay with our robot friend"
28:30 "I can sense your presence"
28:33 "Enemy detected"
28:35 "There is someone there"
28:37 "Let go of that that which weighs upon your mind"
28:42 "Behind you"
28:43 "Slicers approaching)???"
28:45 heavy sigh
28:48 sigh
28:50 sigh 2
28:53 effort noise
28:54 kick probably?
28:55 effort noise 2
28:56 "Join me at the objective"
28:59 "Come to the objective"
29:01 "To me my friends"
29:03 "What joy to share the path with another"
29:07 "A promising disciple"
29:10 "You've learned well Genji"
29:12 "Our minds aligned"
29:15 "It takes two hands to clap" (brutal)
29:18 "A meaningful union"
29:20 "One intention many hands"
29:24 "We must focus our attack upon the objective"
29:28 "I see the sniper"
29:30 "There she is"
29:32 "I will watch this place"
29:34 "Keeping watch here"
29:36 "Allow me to watch here"
29:39 "Meditation is all i require to sustain myself"
29:43 "It most be my many years of training, careful diet and simple way of life" (He's such a troll lol)
29:50 "You wound me"
29:52 "A pause in the battle and opportunity to re-center our minds"
29:57 "When i gazed into the iris i found great nothingness, it changed me"
30:04 "You've must have experienced the same"
30:07 "You blame yourself for the dragon's reign of terror but it is not your fault"
30:13 "Push forward"
30:15 sigh?
30:16 more sigh
30:18 relieve sigh
30:19 sigh 1000
30:21 "They have all perished"
30:23 "We are alone for now"
30:27 "Aaaaww serenity at last"
30:31 "Free your mind"
30:33 "The enemy steers we must hold them)?" (idk)
30:37 "Do not allow the enemy to proceed"
30:40 "The enemy begins to move along their path"
30:44 "Breach the door and our path will be revealed"
30:49 "We must break through"
30:51 "Remove the obstruction before us"
30:54 long sigh
30:58 deep breath
31:01 long sigh 2
31:04 DEATH
31:05 death 2
31:07 "Focus on the target"
31:10 "We must eliminate this target"
31:13 "Through here"
31:14 "Our path lies this way"
31:17 "I have dropped the item"
31:20 "Unfortunately i dropped it"
31:23 "I sense an enemy to the right"
31:26 "A shocked tire approaches to our right"
31:29 "Joy to the world"
31:32 "We must locate their teleporter"
31:34 "A shocked tire approaches on the left"
31:37 "Our enemy approaches on the left"
31:40 "I welcome adversity"
31:43 "A momentary set back"
31:45 "My thanks"
31:47 "Thank you"
31:48 "I am grateful"
31:50 "You have my thanks"
31:52 "Wonderful"
31:54 "Excellence is its own reward"
31:58 "Get out of there"
31:59 "I'm going in"
32:01 "We have injured the heaviest sold)? unit" (idk the word)
32:04 "A chance presents itself to strike him down"
32:08 "Talent trooper engaging"
32:10 "I see a sniper"
32:12 "Sniper!"
32:13 A lot of effort noises
32:22 "Always strive for improvement"
32:25 "Together we have taken the lead"
32:29 "AaaA progression"
32:31 "We advance as one"
32:34 "Your flaws are revealed... in the Iris"
32:39 "Know when to hold on, and when to let go"
32:43 "How far the mighty fall"
32:46 "A stumble is still a step towards a direction"
32:50 "A fall is merely a chance to rise again... later"
32:56 "Observe your environment; carefully"
32:59 "You may be missed... but not by me" (Brutal 2)
33:03 "What is descent, but a lesson in humility?"
33:07 "They have fallen... how unfortunate"
33:11 "Attack"
33:12 "Let us strike in harmony"
33:15 "Attack with me"
33:17 "UUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM"
33:23 VERY DEEP BREATH
33:30 "Amid discord, we will find tranquility"
33:35 "He must be dealt with"
33:37 "We must find a way to deal with the heaviest assault)? unit"
33:41 "The summoners threat must be ended"
33:45 "Doctor Junkenstein must be dealt with"
33:48 "The reaper still haunts us"
33:51 "We must vanish the witch"
33:54 "Junkenstein's monster must be destroyed"
33:58 "Existence is mysterious"
34:01 "I have learned from my experiences"
34:05 "My mind is open"
34:07 "My spirit is strong now to strike"
34:12 "Energy flow through me"
34:15 "Every rooster crows in its own pen"
34:19 a lot of effort noises
34:23 "The payload it is at a stand still"
34:26 "Let us push the payload forward"
34:29 "We must unblock the payload"
34:32 "Incoming"
34:34 "The payload must me stopped"
34:36 "We must hinder the payload's journey"
34:40 "Let us hold that payload"
34:42 "I require healing"
34:44 "I need healing"
34:46 "How... disappointing"
34:49 "She's turned her attention to you"
34:52 "The assassin is targeting you"
34:54 "Take cover"
34:56 "Victory or defeat our destiny is not preordained"
35:02 "Be present in the moment"
35:04 "It is good to return but am i still welcome here?"
35:09 "Your will is strong my friend"
35:11 "But in time i know you will realize we are not so different"
35:17 "And i will watch your back in turn"
35:20 "Consider only victory make defeat an impossibility in your mind"
35:26 "Tell me your thoughts my friend"
35:29 "I can feel the embrace of the iris so strongly in here"
35:34 "I would be happy to teach you"
35:36 "It is rare that i meet one with such an unformed mind"
35:40 "It is good to fight alongside one of my brightest pupils"
35:46 "It does, my brother Mondatta, gave much to improve their lifes but it was not to be"
35:53 "A disciplined mind is your most dependable ally."
35:58 "A chance to focus"
36:00 "A warrior's greatest weapon... is patience"
36:05 "So this is where you grew up? You must show me around"
36:10 "If only human and omnic could learn to live in peace here..."
36:15 "I sense within you the same rage that once consumed your brother"
36:20 "What a fascinating place! Can science alone unlock the path to enlightenment?"
36:28 "Do you have any dreams, my friend?"
36:31 "And i do not understand much of how you heal doctor Zeigler"
36:35 "I suppose we must all take some things on faith"
36:42 "Existence is mysterious isn't it"
36:43 "An omnic on the moon is not so special. There are more robots than humans in space"
36:50 "To us all i miss him greatly"
36:53 "I believe that we must all do our part to find solutions to the troubles that are before us"
37:00 "It is sad to see a place that might have known peace... reduced to this"
37:06 "A noble but tragic sacrifice, i hope that you will honor it"
37:12 "I have not returned here for many years. I wonder if my brothers and sisters will be pleased to see me"
37:20 "Turring green)?? my brother's dream but not to be" (what)
37:26 "Time is a river it may be stopped for a while but it will always flow the same direction"
37:34 "I feel most unwelcome here"
37:38 "Genji how was your reunion with your brother?"
37:42 "Symmetra you speak of law and of order but you must know that life is chaotic by it's very nature"
37:51 "I believe that you could find peace, if you were to search within yourself"
37:57 "Indeed my friend, indeed"
38:01 "I hear that you've taken an omnic Torbjörn"
38:04 "The payload rests idle"
38:07 "The payload must be moved"
38:10 "We must move the payload"
38:13 Getting hurt i think
38:17 "This will be of use"
38:19 "I have what we seek"
38:21 "Here we are"
38:22 "I sense the presence of an assassin"
38:25 "An assassin comes for us"
38:28 "Experience tranquility"
38:31 "Our teammate is in need of reviving"
38:34 "Our teammate needs to be revived"
38:38 Pain
38:49 "Let us pave our path together"
38:52 "Shall we journey together"
38:55 "We must work and breath as one"
38:58 "We are all pilgrims on this mission"
39:02 "I am with you"
39:03 "We are as one"
39:06 "The path of fate threatens to diverge in the enemy's favor"
39:10 "The enemy draws near stop them"
39:14 "We must prevent the enemy from taking the lead"
39:18 "The objective nears destruction"
39:21 "We've almost achieved our objective"
39:24 "The enemy has pushed past us"
39:26 "We have lost the lead"
39:29 "The enemy's understandings surpasses ours"
39:33 "The enemy's teleporter is no more"
39:36 "I feel the darkness flowing through me"
39:40 "My soul ignited!"
39:43 "I am efervescent"
39:45 "My spirit burns!"
39:48 "An R-14 engage with caution"
39:52 "Remember me, for I will remember you"
39:56 "My heavy burden to bear"
39:59 "Virtuosity is an admirable virtue"
40:03 "A herald of victory"
40:05 "Mastery cannot be concealed"
40:08 "Our enemy gathers here" (>-<)
40:11 "I shall handle this"
40:13 "It is done"
40:15 "Allow me"
40:17 "We must see this through to the end"
40:20 "Victory is our destiny but we must all play our parts" (again)
40:26 "Victory is within our grasp hold strong" (again)
40:31 "I am in an agreement"
40:33 "We need a healer"
40:35 "The enemys flag is ours"
40:38 "I have captured the flag"
40:40 "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you're headed"
40:45 "Let us escort you along your path"
40:48 "We will unify our push with yours"
40:52 "Hello brother"
40:54 "Come with us"
40:56 "Go"
40:57 "I am attaining the objective"
40:59 "I am on the objective my friends"
41:03 "Join me on the objective"
41:06 "Death is whimsical today"
41:09 "Walk in shadow"
41:12 "Listen to my prayer"
41:15 "Harmony is within your grasp"
41:18 "Be whole once more"
41:21 "I release your suffering"
41:24 "A balm for your wounds"
41:26 "We walk in the shadows, my apprentice"
41:30 "Gaze into the unblinking eye"
41:34 "Embrace oblivion"
41:36 "Be one with the darkness"
41:40 "Be reassured you are not alone"
41:44 "Find solace"
41:46 "Overcome your pain"
41:49 "Your spirits lifted"
41:52 "Let me assist you"
41:55 "Allow me"
41:57 "Harmony follows you"
41:59 "Be soothed"
42:02 "I am with you my friend"
42:04 "Let me relieve your burdens"
42:07 slight effort noises
42:12 pain? effort? idk just noises
42:21 "I'm over here"
42:23 "I am here"
42:25 "My ultimate is ready proceed without fear"
42:29 "You are not ready to learn"
42:32 "Peace and blessings be upon you all"
42:36 death 200
42:43 "The attack comes form the above"
42:45 "The attack comes from the right"
42:48 "Our enemies are behind us"
42:50 "They attack form below"
42:53 "Our enemies attack from the rear)??"
42:55 "The enemy lies before us"
42:58 "Our enemies attack directly"
43:00 "The enemy is on the left"
43:03 "The enemy is below us"
43:06 "The enemy is above us"
43:08 "The enemy is on the right"
43:10 "The attack comes form the left"
43:13 "One moon shows in every pool. In every pool; one moon"

I spent 2 weeks traveling through Japan - Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and I'm writing this for those who are thinking about visiting. To preface, I did travel with a friend but spent a lot of time on my own. I'll cover as much as possible.
Pre-Trip
I booked a flight with American Airlines / Delta Airlines for $590 round-trip three months before departing.
I flew out of Los Angeles to Tokyo (Haneda). The trip started on February 9 and ended on February 20. I booked my accommodation before arriving in Japan. I used Hostelworld and Agoda. More about the hostels and hotels I booked are below.
COVID Screening and Visa information for US Citizens only
During the time I visited, Japan still required visitors to be fully vaccinated and have a pre-screening for arrival. First I had to do a pre-screening for American Airlines on VeriFly (please do this a day before checking in at the airport if so). Then, save yourself time and use Visit Japan Web (http://vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/en/) and do the pre-screening requirements a couple of days before departure.
When you land in Tokyo, immediately after deplaning, swaths of airport personnel ask if you have the screener filled out and ready to go. If you don’t, they put you to the side and ask you to fill it out using the airport’s wifi. It takes time and you still have to go through customs after.
Visas for US citizens is a free, 3-month visa if I recall correctly. Bring your COVID vaccination card just in case they ask for it.
Tech/Phone
I took my iPhone 14 Pro (unlocked) and connected buying Ubigi 10gb data plan. Do this before flying to Japan. When you land, you can activate your data plan directly on your phone. I didn’t get pocket wifi as the Ubigi worked perfectly.
Download the Ubigi app. They give instructions but please follow them.
Apps that I used:
Google Maps: you can download offline maps.
Google Translate: Use this everywhere you go. You can use the camera feature and it can translate Japanese to English really great. It saved me a lot of hassle when ordering at restaurants.
Currency Converter
You might want to download a VPN if you want to use Netflix and such. Express VPN is one I’d recommend.
Money/Currency
I took my Charles Schwab debit card and a backup Chase credit card/Chase debit card. Surprisingly, a lot of stores in Japan are cash-heavy; especially small shops and restaurants. My budget for the trip was $2000 with flights included.
Hostels and hotels were around $20-35 USD. Food prices were about $7-$20 a meal. It can get really expensive if you eat at fine dining restaurants. That being said, I stuck to eating mostly at hole-in-the-wall establishments where no English was spoken. Believe me when I say that the best ramen I ever had was only $7 USD. More on what restaurants I recommend are down below. If you really want to save money, don’t buy alcohol.
A solid budget for me was $60-$80 per day without lodging expenses. Some days, I only spent $40 which was all food (I spare no expense for food), then some days I went over because I bought cool souvenirs for myself and some excursions were pricey. You can visit Japan for less but I didn’t want to money pinch myself because I was only there for 2 weeks.
Transportation
I love Japan for this reason. So here’s my take: If you are visiting Japan for exactly 14 days; get the JR Pass on Klook. You buy this a month before departing your home country. For me, Klook delivered it about a week after I bought it over Mail. You could buy either a 7, 14, or 21-day JR pass so I would recommend planning a trip that matches these exact number of days to get the most out of your money.
Now imagine you’re in Japan. It is your first day officially visiting…go to a JR Pass office at any major train station and ask them to redeem your pass. They will ask for the paper ticket that arrived in the mail to your home and they will ask for your passport. After they verify that it is you, they will give you a small ticket which will be your JR pass. DO NOT LOSE THIS! I believe they will not replace it. On how to use it, check out this video.
Now to navigate, I used a combination of Google Maps and Apple Maps to get around. Use whichever one is more comfortable for you. These 2 apps are really exceptional at mapping out the best routes and the times trains depart. Note: the JR Pass only works for JR rail lines! Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka all have their own subways and train lines with their own payment system. More on this…
So the best way to get around the city is using a Suica card. These are sold virtually at any train station. If you can't find it, ask a train station attendant and say “Suica?”. They point you in the right direction.
A Suica card can be refilled unlimited times and can be used for any rail lines (JR included, but not for Bullet Trains). It is used by tapping at the turnstiles to enter the rails and at any vending machine in Japan! Also at arcades! It is a total mindblower haha Also in Tokyo, some hostels or hotels have a 3-day subway pass for cheap.
Bullet Trains - You can use the Shinkansen bullet trains if you have the JR Pass. Make an important note: You can only ride the Hikari or Sakura trains with your JR Pass. The Nozomi and Mizuho are reserved seating and cost extra because they have fewer stops. If they catch you using these rail lines, they will ask you to get off the next stop or worse, fine you and report you. To see Mount Fuji from Tokyo to Kyoto/Osaka, sit on the right side of the train (right side of the direction it is going). Use Google Maps and Apple Maps to pinpoint when to look out the window.
Food
I usually ate sandwiches and pastries from 7-Eleven in the morning or whenever I needed to pack a lunch. It was a great way to save cash and the food was delicious. High-quality foods and snacks.
As I said earlier, I really spare no expense for good, big meals. I save money at 7-Eleven so I can go all out for lunch and dinner. My go-to meal was usually ramen because it was so damn good. I tried a lot of foods. I’ll try and remember which ones I ate: - Ramen - Okonomiyaki - Unagi - Katsu Curry - Taiyaki - Tempura - Japanese cheesecake - Macha ice cream - Macha waffles - Onigiri - And a lot of different ice creams, confectionary snacks - McDonald’s - please try lol they have interesting combinations
Pack List
I used a 40-liter Osprey backpack.
1 scarf
1 beanie
2 cotton t-shirts
2 thermal polyester long-sleeve shirts (Odor resistant)
2 pairs of joggers
1 pair of Nike thermal leggings
8 pairs of Nike Dri-Fit boxers (lost 1)
4 pairs of ankle socks
3 pairs of Darn Tough Merino wool blend socks (Highly recommend, Odor resistant)
1 parka
1 pair of Adidas Ultraboost shoes
1 Hershel toiletries bag
2 Forge cable combination locks
External battery pack (13000 mAh)
Bose QC-25 noise-canceling headphones
Over the course of the trip, I bought a much-needed 30L Patagonia day backpack
I don’t sweat heavily so I re-wore my shirts, the Merino wool blend socks, and joggers. I did my laundry maybe once or twice at the hostels. It was freezing at the time I went, so I usually layered up when temperatures were lower than usual.
Safety
I am a 6'1" (1.85 m) male with a light brown complexion. I felt safe most of my time there. I think it was the safest country I have ever been to. Some Japanese people are known to be racist but I didn’t experience it. So I wouldn’t worry about it.
Itinerary/Activities
Feb 9 Day 1 Tokyo Feb 10 Day 2 Tokyo Feb 11 Day 3 Tokyo (Day Trip to Odiaba/Yokohama) Feb 12 Day 4 Osaka Feb 13 Day 5 Osaka (Day Trip to Hime-ji Castle/Kobe) Feb 14 Day 6 Osaka (Day Trip to Nara) Feb 15 Day 7 Kyoto Feb 16 Day 8 Kyoto Feb 17 Day 9 Kyoto Feb 18 Day 10 Tokyo Feb 19 Day 11 Tokyo Feb 20 Day 12 Tokyo (Fly Out)
I will put a star (*) next to anything that I highly recommend! 2 stars are for more emphasis! I will list the accommodation first, then activities, and then bars/restaurants.
Tokyo - 3 Nights (Asakusa + Akihabara + Odaiba + Yokohama)
Lodging: Sakura Hostel Asakusa
Activities: *Tokyo National Museum, *Senso-ji Temple, Kaminarimon Gate, Nakamise-dori Street, *Sengaku-ji Temple, Hirose Entertainment Yard arcade, Animate Akihabara, **Mandarake Complex Akihabara, Tsukiji Outer Fish Market, TeamLabs Odaiba, Gundam Yokohama, NISMO Museum Yokohama, Nissan Headquarters Yokohama
Restaurants/Bars: Fuji Ramen Asakusa, Asakusa Unana, *Naruto Taiyaki, *Koyangi Asakusa, *Ouzakura Ramen Yokohama
Took a Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka
Osaka - 3 Nights (Kobe + Nara)
Lodging: Backstage Osaka Hostel
Activities: *Hime-ji Castle, *Kaiyukan Aquarium, Dontonbori, Shinsekai, Round 1 Stadium (arcade), *Nunobiki Waterfall Kobe, *Todai-ji Temple, *Nara Park, Kasuga Taisha Temple, Gilco Sign
Restaurants/Bars: *Wakakusa Curry Nara, *Nakatanidou Nara, *cafe CROCO Nara, Fanny Mae Bar Osaka, Rikuro’s Namba Main Branch, PC and Retro Bar Space Station, Bible Club Bar Osaka, Untitled karaoke bar next to Rock Bar Cherry Bomb lol, Takoyaki Wanaka Sennichimae Osaka, Sushi Dokoro Kuromonsuehiro Osaka, *Dotombori Ichiaki Osaka, *Hamamoto Coffee Himeji, Tairku Ramen Kobe
Took a Shinkansen bullet train from Osaka to Kyoto
Kyoto - 3 Nights (Day Trip to Uji)
Lodging: **Gojo Guesthouse
Activities: Otagi Nembutsu-ji Temple, Adashino Mayumura (closed when I arrived early), Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, *Tenryu-ji Temple, Togetsukyo Bridge, *Nishiki Market, *pocoapoco Record Store, Super Milk Record Store, *Fushimi Inari Taisha Temple Complex, *Byodo-In Temple Restaurants/Bars: *comorebi Ramen House, 茶室 tea room Uji, *Gion Duck Noodles, 自家製麺 うどん 讃式
Took a Shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto to Tokyo - Saw a glimpse of Mount Fuji :’)
Tokyo - 2 Nights (Shinjuku + Shibuya + Akihabara)
Lodging: **Capsule Hotel Anshin Oyado Shinjuku Station (Males Only)
Activities: Tower Records Shinjuku, Disk Union Shinjuku, Mandarake Complex Shibuya, Nakano Broadway, Tokyo Dome for Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, *Shibuya Sky at Night, Tokyu Hands Shop
Restaurants/Bars: Ramen Kaijin, Shakey’s, McDonald’s, Ichiran Nakano
Tips, Advice, and Bonus Stuff!

1. Goes without saying but please respect the local customs.
   
2. Please learn how to say “Thank You” in Japanese! Just learning and using “Arigato” anywhere you go will make you seem like you care and respect everyone. Nothing was more embarrassing than watching an American say “thank you” to a Japanese person.
   
3. Plan to do the major tourist attractions early in the morning. You will get nice pictures without any tourists and you’ll sometimes get the whole temple complex to yourself. The staff will also be more friendly and willing to chat with you. I usually aim to be at temples around 7:00 when they open.
   
4. Use Google Translate for everything! You can have full conversations with friendly Japanese people when using the conversation feature on the app! Use the camera feature to translate Kanji at restaurants that do not offer an English menu.
   
5. Get a Ubigi data plan, I bought 10GB and it had good service anywhere I went. Get more GB if you plan on staying longer.
   
6. I ate at 7-Eleven most of the time when I was too lazy or tired to go out. The 7-Elevens here in Japan are nothing like the ones in the US. Expect to find high-quality sandwiches, Onigiri, and more Japanese snacks.
   
7. Shop at supermarkets near the end of the day (1 hour before closing) and they usually mark down prepped meals half-off or at a discounted price! If you really on a budget, this can help you to save a ton of money and still get a taste of the local cuisine.
   
8. If you need to buy random stuff like clothes, bags, or toiletries; go shop at any Don Quijote or Tokyu Hands department store. They have other shops too that are great to find cool stuff.
   
9. Use Google Translate to translate English to Kanji (Japanese) and use Kanji to find restaurants that are hidden because they don’t use English words. For example, if you want to find the best ramen place, search “拉麺” and you’ll find hidden gems with 5-star reviews!
   
10. The best souvenir I brought back myself was a Goshuincho. These are “honorable stamp/seal book” used by people visiting shrines or temples. If you want more info, google this! I highly recommend doing this!
    

If you have any questions, comment below or send a DM. Peace!

It took 6 months but I've finally tried every commercial Amiga game made and also some PD ones. As an action game fan I really think the Amiga has a great and underrated catalogue. I made the list from the perspective of an action fan but there are some puzzle and adventure games included that I enjoyed. These are the 310 games I would return to and it includes games all the way up until 2023. I'm now starting my journey through the entire Sega Genesis / Mega Drive catalogue.
Agony, Aladdin, Alfred Chicken CD32
All New World of Lemmings, Alien Bash 2, Alien Breed
Alien Breed Special Edition, Alien Breed Tower Assault CD32, Alien Breed 2 AGA
Alien Breed 3D2 4MB, Alien Fish Finger, Alpha Waves, Another World
Apache, Apano Sin, Apidya
Apocalypse, Aquanaut (F1), Aquaventura
Arabian Nights CD32, Arcade Pool CD32, Archer Maclean's Pool
Arkanoid, Arkanoid:Revenge of Doh, Assassin
Assassin Special Edition, Awesome, Banshee
Base Jumpers CD32, Batman the Movie, Battle Squadron
BC Kid, Beach Volley, Beneath a Steel Sky CD32
Benefactor CD32, Beverly Hills Cop, Black Viper CD32
Blastar, Blob, Blobz AGA
Blood Money, Bob's Bad Day, Boxx 4
Breathless, Brian the Lion CD32, Brutal Football CD32
Bubba N Stix CD32, Bubble +, Bubble Bobble
Bubble and Squeak CD32, Bubble Dizzy, Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
Burnout, Cannon Fodder CD32, Cannon Fodder 2, Capital Punishment
Carcharodon, Cedric and the Lost Sceptre, Chaos Engine CD32
Chaos Engine 2 AGA, Chuck Rock CD32, Chuck Rock 2 CD32
Code Name Hell Squad, Cool Spot, Creatures
Dark Seed CD32, Death Angel, Deep Core, Deliverance
Deluxe Galaga, Deluxe Pacman AGA, Dennis CD32
Desert Strike, Devil's Temple, Devious Designs
D-Generation CD32, Disposable Heroes CD32, Dizzy Panic
Dragon's Lair, Dragon Stone, Dr. Cube's Magic Lands
Dynablaster, Elfmania, Emerald Mines
Entity, Exile CD32, F1
Fiendish Freddy, FIFA International Soccer, Fightin' Spirit CD32
Final Odyssey, Fire and Ice CD32, First Samurai
Flashback, Flink, Flying Shark
Formula One Grand Prix, Fury of Furries CD32, Future Tank, GeeBee Air Rally
Genetic Species, Giana Sisters Special Edition, Global Gladiators
Globdule, Gloom Deluxe, Gods
Godfather, Golden Axe, Great Courts 2
Guardian CD32, Harald Hardtand, Hare Raising Havoc
Heart of the Alien, Hugo, Hugo 2
Humans CD32, Humans 2, Humans 3
Hybris, IK+ CD32, Inca Man, It Came from the Desert
James Pond, James Pond 2, James Pond 3
Jimmy's Fantastic Journey, Jim Power, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
Jinks, Jumping Jackson, Jungle Strike CD32
Jurassic Park AGA, Kid Chaos CD32, Killing Game Show
Lamborghini American Challenge, Land of Genesis, Leander
Lemmings, Lemmings 2, Lethal Weapon
Lethal Xcess, Lethal Zone, Lionheart
Lion King, Litil Divil CD32, Lollypop
Lost Vikings CD32, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Magic Land Dizzy
Magic Pockets, Marble Madness, Maria Renard's Revenge
Marvin's Marvelous Adventure CD32, Mega Typhoon, Menace
Metal Law, Microcosm, Micro Machines
Morph CD32, Morton Strikes Back AGA, Mr. Nutz
Ms. Pacman 500, Myth, Naughty Ones CD32
Nebulus, Nitro, Nick Faldo CD32
Ninja Warrior, NY Warriors, Oath
Odyssey, Onescapee, Ork
Oscar CD32, Overdrive, Overkill
Pacman 500, Pacmania, Pang
Paramax, Pegasus, Pinkie
Plague, Plutos, Pod
Powder, PP Hammer, Premiere CD32
Prince of Persia, Project X SE, Projectyle, Prophecy:Viking Child
Pushover, Putty Squad, Q-bic
Quartz, Qwak CD32, Rage v2.0
Rainbow Islands, Reshoot R, Return of the Jedi
Risky Woods, Roadkill CD32, Robocop 2
Rocket Ranger, Rodland, Roketz
Rolling Ronny, Rotator, R-Type
Ruffian, Ruff N Tumble, Saint Dragon
Secret of Monkey Island 2, Seek & Destroy AGA, Sensible Soccer International CD32
Shadow Fighter CD32, Shadow of the Beast, Shadow of the Beast III
Shadow of the Third Moon, Sierra Soccer, Silkworm
Simon the Sorcerer CD32, Simulcra, Skeleton Krew CD32
Skidmarks AGA, SkillGrid, Slam Tilt AGA
Sleepwalker AGA, Snow Bros, Soccer Kid CD32
Solid Gold, Speedball 2, Standard Deviation, Stardust
Starush, Street Racer, Striker
Suburban Commando, Superfrog CD32, Super Hang-on
Super Methane Bros CD32, Super Skidmarks CD32, Super Stardust
Super Tennis Champs, Super Twintris, Switchblade 2
SWIV, Sword, Sword of Sodan, Tearaway Thomas
Tennis Cup, Tennis Cup II, Tin Toy Adventure AGA
Tiny Little Slug, Tinyus, Toki
Total Football, T-Racer, Transplant
Trap Runner, Trap Runner:Black Strawberry Cake, Traps N Treasures
Trolls CD32, Tubular Worlds AGA, Turbo Trax
Turrican, Turrican 2, Turrican 3
TV Sports Baseball, TV Sports Basketball, T-Zero
Ugh!, Ultimate Body Blows, Ultra Violent Worlds
Unreal, Uridium 2, Vaxine
Video Kid, Virocop AGA, Vital Light
Wacus the Detective, Walker, War Zone (Core)
Wasted Dreams, Watchtower AGA, Wembley Int. Soccer AGA
Wendetta 2175, Whizz AGA, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wings, Wings of Death, Winter Games
Wiz N Liz, Wolfchild, Wonder Dog
Woody's World , Worms:The Director's Cut, Wrath of the Demon
Xenon 2, X-it, X-Out
XP8 AGA, XR35, Yo Joe
Zeewolf, Zeewolf 2, Ziriax
Zool 2 CD32, Z-Out

It took 6 months but I've finally tried every commercial Amiga game made and also some PD ones. As an action game fan I really think the Amiga has a great and underrated catalogue. I made the list from the perspective of an action fan but there are some puzzle and adventure games included that I enjoyed. These are the 310 games I would return to and it includes games all the way up until 2023. I'm now starting my journey through the entire Sega Genesis / Mega Drive catalogue.
Agony, Aladdin, Alfred Chicken CD32
All New World of Lemmings, Alien Bash 2, Alien Breed
Alien Breed Special Edition, Alien Breed Tower Assault CD32, Alien Breed 2 AGA
Alien Breed 3D2 4MB, Alien Fish Finger, Alpha Waves, Another World
Apache, Apano Sin, Apidya
Apocalypse, Aquanaut (F1), Aquaventura
Arabian Nights CD32, Arcade Pool CD32, Archer Maclean's Pool
Arkanoid, Arkanoid:Revenge of Doh, Assassin
Assassin Special Edition, Awesome, Banshee
Base Jumpers CD32, Batman the Movie, Battle Squadron
BC Kid, Beach Volley, Beneath a Steel Sky CD32
Benefactor CD32, Beverly Hills Cop, Black Viper CD32
Blastar, Blob, Blobz AGA
Blood Money, Bob's Bad Day, Boxx 4
Breathless, Brian the Lion CD32, Brutal Football CD32
Bubba N Stix CD32, Bubble +, Bubble Bobble
Bubble and Squeak CD32, Bubble Dizzy, Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
Burnout, Cannon Fodder CD32, Cannon Fodder 2, Capital Punishment
Carcharodon, Cedric and the Lost Sceptre, Chaos Engine CD32
Chaos Engine 2 AGA, Chuck Rock CD32, Chuck Rock 2 CD32
Code Name Hell Squad, Cool Spot, Creatures
Dark Seed CD32, Death Angel, Deep Core, Deliverance
Deluxe Galaga, Deluxe Pacman AGA, Dennis CD32
Desert Strike, Devil's Temple, Devious Designs
D-Generation CD32, Disposable Heroes CD32, Dizzy Panic
Dragon's Lair, Dragon Stone, Dr. Cube's Magic Lands
Dynablaster, Elfmania, Emerald Mines
Entity, Exile CD32, F1
Fiendish Freddy, FIFA International Soccer, Fightin' Spirit CD32
Final Odyssey, Fire and Ice CD32, First Samurai
Flashback, Flink, Flying Shark
Formula One Grand Prix, Fury of Furries CD32, Future Tank, GeeBee Air Rally
Genetic Species, Giana Sisters Special Edition, Global Gladiators
Globdule, Gloom Deluxe, Gods
Godfather, Golden Axe, Great Courts 2
Guardian CD32, Harald Hardtand, Hare Raising Havoc
Heart of the Alien, Hugo, Hugo 2
Humans CD32, Humans 2, Humans 3
Hybris, IK+ CD32, Inca Man, It Came from the Desert
James Pond, James Pond 2, James Pond 3
Jimmy's Fantastic Journey, Jim Power, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
Jinks, Jumping Jackson, Jungle Strike CD32
Jurassic Park AGA, Kid Chaos CD32, Killing Game Show
Lamborghini American Challenge, Land of Genesis, Leander
Lemmings, Lemmings 2, Lethal Weapon
Lethal Xcess, Lethal Zone, Lionheart
Lion King, Litil Divil CD32, Lollypop
Lost Vikings CD32, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Magic Land Dizzy
Magic Pockets, Marble Madness, Maria Renard's Revenge
Marvin's Marvelous Adventure CD32, Mega Typhoon, Menace
Metal Law, Microcosm, Micro Machines
Morph CD32, Morton Strikes Back AGA, Mr. Nutz
Ms. Pacman 500, Myth, Naughty Ones CD32
Nebulus, Nitro, Nick Faldo CD32
Ninja Warrior, NY Warriors, Oath
Odyssey, Onescapee, Ork
Oscar CD32, Overdrive, Overkill
Pacman 500, Pacmania, Pang
Paramax, Pegasus, Pinkie
Plague, Plutos, Pod
Powder, PP Hammer, Premiere CD32
Prince of Persia, Project X SE, Projectyle, Prophecy:Viking Child
Pushover, Putty Squad, Q-bic
Quartz, Qwak CD32, Rage v2.0
Rainbow Islands, Reshoot R, Return of the Jedi
Risky Woods, Roadkill CD32, Robocop 2
Rocket Ranger, Rodland, Roketz
Rolling Ronny, Rotator, R-Type
Ruffian, Ruff N Tumble, Saint Dragon
Secret of Monkey Island 2, Seek & Destroy AGA, Sensible Soccer International CD32
Shadow Fighter CD32, Shadow of the Beast, Shadow of the Beast III
Shadow of the Third Moon, Sierra Soccer, Silkworm
Simon the Sorcerer CD32, Simulcra, Skeleton Krew CD32
Skidmarks AGA, SkillGrid, Slam Tilt AGA
Sleepwalker AGA, Snow Bros, Soccer Kid CD32
Solid Gold, Speedball 2, Standard Deviation, Stardust
Starush, Street Racer, Striker
Suburban Commando, Superfrog CD32, Super Hang-on
Super Methane Bros CD32, Super Skidmarks CD32, Super Stardust
Super Tennis Champs, Super Twintris, Switchblade 2
SWIV, Sword, Sword of Sodan, Tearaway Thomas
Tennis Cup, Tennis Cup II, Tin Toy Adventure AGA
Tiny Little Slug, Tinyus, Toki
Total Football, T-Racer, Transplant
Trap Runner, Trap Runner:Black Strawberry Cake, Traps N Treasures
Trolls CD32, Tubular Worlds AGA, Turbo Trax
Turrican, Turrican 2, Turrican 3
TV Sports Baseball, TV Sports Basketball, T-Zero
Ugh!, Ultimate Body Blows, Ultra Violent Worlds
Unreal, Uridium 2, Vaxine
Video Kid, Virocop AGA, Vital Light
Wacus the Detective, Walker, War Zone (Core)
Wasted Dreams, Watchtower AGA, Wembley Int. Soccer AGA
Wendetta 2175, Whizz AGA, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wings, Wings of Death, Winter Games
Wiz N Liz, Wolfchild, Wonder Dog
Woody's World , Worms:The Director's Cut, Wrath of the Demon
Xenon 2, X-it, X-Out
XP8 AGA, XR35, Yo Joe
Zeewolf, Zeewolf 2, Ziriax
Zool 2 CD32, Z-Out

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*History is a beta feature, only goes back as far as I've been tracking this item, and may not be 100% accurate

Hey there R4R people,
How was your week? Single 49 year old IT healthcare professional and podcaster here. As mentioned in last week's post, I simply CANNOT post another "single male seeks younger female please like cats and don't ghost" type of post, so I am continuing my series of weekly reports of the fakes, spammers and ghosts I encountered in my adventures in OLD that I experienced over the past week. Stalk my profile for my previous posts.
Fakes, scammers, and generally FUBAR people I encountered over the last week:

• To the surprise of no one, a fake responded to fakes report that I posted last week. Deleted when she asked to speak on WhatApp or Google Chat.
• Someone from way out in NJ who liked my Facebook Dating profile without reading that I not only have five cats of my own and do animal rescue around where I live but even have a podcast all about shelter cats. Her profile stated that she was allergic to animals. Deleted after letting her know that she should have gone to the trouble of reading my profile.
• A nurse from Canada who keeps trying to communicate with me, then has nothing to say except repeating how lonely she is, only to ghost me and then accuse me of ghosting her. Blocked after going silent yet again after a few days of pleasant but mundane conversation.
• A.....not sure what she does......from texas who claimed to be falling in love with me despite being unwilling to communicate with me aside from voice messages back and forth over telegram. Claimed to have no working phone and was too nervous to chat, yet kept sending me unsolicited x-rated videos of herself that were clearly not recorded for me. Deleted after I refused to give her money and after not responding to my repeated attempts to have at least one live conversation with her.

So there you have it. My fakes report for the week. To be perfectly honest, my interest in dating has never been weaker. I can only play this stupid awful dating game for shorter and shorter periods before I just don't want to bother.
Such is the state of OLD in late spring of 2023. OLD, as a source to meet people, is a tired, played out, awful way to find someone to settle down with. For every success story there are MILLIONS of awful stories of failed relationships, fakes, bots, scammers, and people so filled with red flags you can line an airport runway with them and land a plane.
Get involved in your community, volunteer, be active in local groups or your church, temple, or mosque, do ANYTHING else except think you'll actually meet a real, normal person on OLD>. Even the reddit r4r, which was cute for a while and was a throwback in some ways to the dating section that once was on CL, is now also run its course.
If you're an actual single, normal human being from the NY area and want to chat with me, say hi, if not, I'll be over here reporting on the fakes every week and just loving his life with his 5 cats.

Xena of Amphipolis, the Warrior Princess, Destroyer of Nations, Slayer of Gods

"It's not easy proving you're a different person"

Opening
Bio: Xena was a simple farm girl living in the town of Amphipolis when the warlord Cortese invaded. Rallying the townsfolk, Xena led her people to victory against the warlord, at the cost of her brother's life. With her heart hardened by her loss, Xena began to conquer neighboring towns to serve as buffers around Amphipolis for the next warlord. Soon, her desire to protect her town twisted into an endless hunger to conquer, leading her to become a worshiper of Ares & a brutal, ruthless warlord. She continued on this path, making many friends & enemies, until she met her defeat at the hands of Hercules, who taught her that even she can atone for her sins by going out into the world & doing good. Now on the road to redemption, Xena travels the world with her friend & lover Gabrielle, righting the wrongs committed by her & others.
Fighting Style: When she was a warlord, Xena would go for the kill straight away by any means necessary, typically via a chakram throw or pressure points. Post-Reformation, Xena will generally open with a chakram throw to disarm a foe or hit their projectile out of the air, & from there will go for non-lethal options like close-range disarming, pressure points, or a simple punch to the face. However, Xena will not hesitate to kill an opponent if they refuse to accept defeat or if they pose a threat to her or those she cares about. When the Olympians threatened her daughter, she embarked on a quest to slaughter them all, which she succeeded in doing.
Feats are tagged with the source. Some albums will not have tags, because the scans within occur from different sources & will have the source in the album itself.

Physicals

Strength

"You're Xena. Unstoppable. Unbeatable."

Blades

Metal

• Cuts through armor
• Cuts shackles
• Cuts chain
• Cuts into a pipe^S6E21
• Cuts through swords

Wood

• Cuts down a tunnel support^S5E14
• Cuts through three spears^S4E16
• Cuts through tree branches
• Cuts through wood bars
• Cuts through a wood cage^TJ3

Flesh

• Decapitates a massive bone dragon^DT2
• Decapitates a giant worm^HP1999
• Decapitates hydras
• Stabs through a hydra's head from the inside^X1
• Bisects Anubis^X4
• Cuts apart zombies^TX0

Misc

• Hits a woman's sword so hard that it cuts off a statue's head^S5E3
• Cuts through the top of a tunnel with an axe^S4E11

Striking

Launching Foes/Objects

• Sends a satyr flying into a thick wooden beam hard enough to break it^MO
• Kicks a large chunk of stone pillar away^OO3
• Tackles an alien into the ground hard enough to crack it^XAnnual
• Dropkicks a woman through a door & the railing of a balcony^S4E7
• Smacks Gabrielle into a stone wall hard enough to chip it^DX1
• Launches men into shelves, breaking them
• Kicks a man onto a table hard enough to break it^S1E4
• Kicks a man into a door hard enough to knock it out of its frame^S1E2
• Launches people, impaling them on objects
• Knocks a man through a wood wall by slashing him^S4E8
• Kicks a lizard man into a giant egg hard enough to break it^S1E8
• Sends soldiers sliding on the ground & through wood^S1E11
• Kicks a rock into the air^S1E11
• Kicks her chakram hard enough to embed it in stone^S5E21
• Kicks a sword into a soldier hard enough to knock him out^S1E1
• Kicks men into stacks of barrels & sacks^S1E8
• Generally able to launch people through the air with her strikes

Other

• Knocks over Hyperion with a swing kick^S1E7
• Knocks over Porphyrion with a flying kick^MO
• Kicks over trees^S6E6
• Matches a kick from Goliath, who broke a stone pillar^S2E3
• Knocks out a man clad in the Armor of Hephaestus^S3E3
  • Armor of Hephaestus scaling
• Shatters large wood doors with a kick^X2
• Breaks a reinforced steel padlock with a kick^S3E20
• Breaks a stone tōrō with a kick^S6E21
• Breaks open locked doors
• Kicks out two support beams^S2E9
• Kicks through shutters then breaks a chair^S4E7
• Breaks open a wooden cage^S5E3
• Breaks out of an ice coffin after waking up from a 25-year coma^S5E20
• Breaks a stone block with a hammer^S6E7
• Breaks a ladder by stomping on it^S1E22
• Dives through a wooden wall^S2E7
• Generally capable of knocking people out with single blows
  • A man is fine after being kicked into a stone statue hard enough to break it^S2E16

Throwing

Chakram

• Knocks back Crius^MO
• Destroys a boomerang made of the Metal of Hephaestus in a clash when it could cut through Metal of Hephaestus shields^S3E3
• Kills a man wearing the Armor of Hephaestus^S3E3
• Destroys Hades' Helm of Invisibility^S5E19
• Cuts apart an animate statue^OT3
• Shatters part of a golem's head^TX2
• Cuts through a stone wall after being deflected^S3E4
• Cuts through trees^S6E6
• Breaks a tree in half^X2
• Puts holes in stone pillars^S5E3
• Shatters chunks of stone^DT1
• Cuts through an axe, then several chains, before embedding in stone^S1E11
• Cuts chain
• Cuts through swords
• Cuts down a tree branch^S4E20
• Cuts through a line of spears^S4E5
• Embeds into a stone wall^S1E5
• Causes a tunnel to cave in^S4E11
• Stabs into armor

People

• Throws an Amazon into a stone pillar hard enough to break it^S6E11
• Throws a man into a stone pot hard enough to break it^S4E13
• Flips a large man onto a staff hard enough to impale him^X1
• Throws a soldier into a table, breaking it^S1E11
• Throws a man through wood planks^S6E17
• Throws a woman through the air with one arm^S3E22
• Throws a man into more men
• Swings & throws a bacchae^S2E4

Other

• Throws a hammer hard enough to stop a charging Minotaur that broke stone^OO3
• Throws two swords hard enough to embed in stone^S1E23
• Throws a spear hard enough to embed in stone^S3E16
• Embeds a staff in the stone ceiling^TJ3
• Throws spears through armored men
• Throws a bucket at a soldier, knocking him back into a stall^S2E22
• Throws a swordfish hard enough to stick a helmet to a tree^S3E10
• Knocks out a man by throwing a sandbag with her legs^S4E17
• Xena possesses Autolycus, making him strong enough to break a statue in half by throwing a grappling hook at it^S2E13

Lifting

• Lifts Crius' foot to throw him off-balance^MO
• Supports part of a tower made of logs^S6E11
• Uses a large rock as a ram^VC3
• Flips a chariot^HX7
• Grabs a charging lion & throws it down^HX4
• Carries a stag on her back^S4E1
• Catches women as they fall
• Lifts a boy in a cage using her whip^S2E1
• Lifts an Amazon into a tree^S1E10
• Climbs a cliff face with Gabrielle on her back^S6E6

Pushing/Pulling

• Pulls back a coffin with Gabrielle in it against the mechanism moving it forward^S2E18
• Knocks over a horse by pulling down its rider^S3E16
• Stops a piece of a bridge from falling away^S4E3
• Overpowers several men^S6E17
• Pulls open a bear trap^S5E4
• Pulls down a tree^TX1
• With two other men, pushes aside a large rock^S1E14

Other

• Stops a giant rolling boulder by stepping on it^MO
• Flexes out of a thick metal tendril wrapped around her
• Rams a large rock into a stone platform, breaking it^VC3
• Flings Gabrielle possessed by a demon off of her back^S4E14
• Breaks the chains restraining her^S1E6
• Breaks out of a cask she was hiding in^S2E2
• Dives through some wooden bars^S1E2
• Snaps a man's neck^S4E5
• Pushes boulders down a hill with a lever^S6E6
• Kills rats by biting then throwing them with her mouth^S4E7
• Spits a diaper pin hard enough to kill a man^S5E13
• Somehow sent a man through a door hard enough to shatter it^TX0
• Said to have the strength of ten men^S1E19

Durability

"You have amazing recuperative powers"

Blunt

Scaling

• Takes a hit from Porphyrion, who made a large crater in a cliff^MO
• Takes multiple hits from Ares, who matched a blow from Porphyrion
• Takes a hit from a sphinx that charges through a house & a large stone wall^DT3
• Takes hits from various gods
• Takes blows from Hercules while fighting him^H12
  • Hercules strength scaling
• Hit by a hydra's tail that smashes stone^VC2
• Takes his from Grendel & Grinhilda, who are strong enough to punch over a tree & swat Xena through several trees
• Takes hits from the Destroyer, which can throw a large stone wheel through the air^S4E3
• Hit by a mummy that breaks a statue by throwing it
• Takes telekinetic hits from Hope, whose TK broke stone^S3E22
• Takes hits from Bellerophon, the demigod son of Artemis that KO'd Varia
• Tanks a punch from Meleager, who can throw spears through three men & hard enough to break a wood pillar
• Takes a kick from a Roman soldier that broke a stone bench by slamming a woman on it^S5E21
• Takes hits from Atyminius, who cratered stone^S1E6
• Takes hits from Mortal Callisto, who kicked a ladder in half^S1E22
• Takes hits from banshees, who broke open a barred door^S3E5
• Gabrielle hurts her hand punching Xena^S1E6

Objective

• Hit by Hyperion kicking through a stone wall^S1E7
• Hit by Hephaestus into a stone pillar hard enough to break it^S5E19
• Slammed about with TK, breaking stone pots^S4E13
• Slammed by a giant worm hard enough to break a stalagtite^HP1999
• Slammed through a table by Eve^S5E21
• Slammed against a cliff wall while being carried by a large flying beast^S1E8
• Sent flying through a stall by Gabrielle possessed by a demon^S4E14
• Kicked into a cart hard enough to break it^S5E14
• Hit by Gabrielle with a wood pole hard enough to break it^S1E20
• Jousts with Callisto hard enough to break the poles they used^S1E22
• Hit with a chair hard enough to break it^S4E7
• Ok after getting caught in a rockslide^H13
• Sent flying by the impact of a catapult^S4E9

Piercing

• Uncut when Demon Callisto throws her chakram at her hard enough to snap it in half & break her spine^S4E21
• Blocks chakram throws from copies of herself with her bracers^OT1
• Not deeply pierced by an arrow from Artemis when Olympian bows can drive arrows through several steel shields^S5E22
• Uncut when Hope throws her chakram at her with TK^S3E22
• Takes a sword swing from a man Ares says broke a castle door with a kick^X1
• Uncut by Joxer hitting her in the head with a sword
• Gets bit on the neck by a bacchae but the fangs don't break her skin^S2E4
• Grabs a sword by the blade & pulls it from a man's hand^S1E11

Heat/Energy

• Gets hit by a combined blast from Hades, Athena, & Hephaestus, when a blast from Hades evaporated Posiedon's giant water body
• Takes blasts from Velasca, who destroyed stone structures & blasted Callisto hard enough to break a boulder^S2E14
• Gets hit with a fireball by Goddess Callisto, who destroys a barn & a statue's head
• Takes blasts from Goddess Callisto, who broke a hole in a stone wall & incinerated a buzzard
• Gets blasted by Athena, who broke marble pillars^S5E22
• A clone seemingly takes a large explosion unharmed^S6E16
• Ok after being hit by an alien grenade that smashes stone^XAnnual

Endurance

• Defeats the Berserker, a warrior enchanted by Alti, after being magically forced to relive some of her worst injuries, including broken legs^S4E1
  • Fights Alti even after being magically inflicted with the worst injuries she has had & will have in the future^S4E15
    • Alti killed men by doing the same to them^S6E18
• Kills many samurai after being riddled with arrows before being ultimately killed (however, she wanted to die so she could go to the spirit realm & kill an evil spirit, which may have affected how hard she was trying to stay alive)^S6E22
• Continues to fight after being shot with an arrow by Artemis^S5E22
• Gets up after being beaten by her former soldiers as part of "The Gauntlet"^H12

Mental/Spiritual

• Powers through a telepathic assault^S4E13
• Resists hypnosis^S4E14
• Stops a dragon god from stealing her soul^TX0
• Resists the aroma of the lotus^OT1

Other

• Heals from broken legs enough to fight on them in a matter of hours^S2E12
• Ok after the temple she's in collapses^S3E4
• Ok after falling from above the clouds^S6E7

Speed/Agility

"I've seen speeding arrows come right at you and you just catch them before they hit you. Nobody can do that"

Reaction/Dodging

Projectiles

• Catches two crossbow bolts in her hands & one in her teeth^S2E17
• Catches & deflects several arrows from a rain of them in thick smoke, though she eventually is hit^S6E22
• Catches/dodges crossbow bolts
• Catches/dodges arrows
• Deflects arrows
• Catches a rocket^S5E6
• Deflects & dodges blasts from Athena, Hades, & Deimos
• Dodges blasts from Goddess Callisto
• Dodges a blast from Callisto in the body of a hydra^VC1
• Dodges blasts from Lucifer^S6E3
• Dodges blasts from Velasca^S2E14
• Dodges & deflects weapons thrown by Hope^S3E22
• Catches/dodges blowdarts
• Catches/dodges thrown knives
• Catches/dodges spears
• Catches axes/mace
• Catches a firebomb thrown through her window^S1E15

Melee

• Dodges & matches strikes with Draco, who can catch three arrows at once^S1E1
• Dodges strikes from Eve, who caught the chakram^S5E21
• Dodges sword swings from Najara, who caught a crossbow bolt^S4E8
• Catches surprise strikes from Gabrielle
• Dodges a strike from a Dragon Tooth warrior's lash, which was able to swat a barrage of arrows out of the air^DT1
• Dodges attacks from Titans^MO
• Dodges whip strikes^EX6
• Catches sword swings

Movement/Attacking

Combat

• Outspeeds Hercules, who caught an arrow from behind, in close combat
• Leaps forward to swat an arrow out of the air^S4E6
• Whips an arrow out of the air^S4E20
• Cuts crossbow bolts/arrows out of the air with her chakram
• Throws her chakrams to cut two rockets out of the air^S5E6
• Juggles Najara into the air with her knees while climbing a vine^S4E18

Other

• Moves from behind Amarice to in front of her while she turns her head^S5E2
• Outruns exploding Greek Fire^S5E14
• Outruns a centurion^EX5
• Catches up to a boat with a head startHX5

Agility

Combat

• Fights a group of Amazon elite in the treetops^S4E2
• Fights Najara while swinging on vines^S4E18
• Fights a skilled hunter while climbing a tower made of logs^S6E11
• Fights Eve while swinging on banners^S5E21
• Takes down foes while running on a wall then bicycle kicks a soldier^S1E5
• Bicycle kicks Ares^S3E1
• Runs on the chests of bandits in a circle several times^S1E7
  • Again while holding onto a hanging whip^S4E18
• Runs on the heads of goons to take them out^S4E10
• Defeats a group of soldiers while spinning between two poles^S2E2
  • Again on one pole^HX6
• Flips around on soldiers, defeating their comrades^S1E22
• Flips onto a horse while being dragged behind then flips off with the rider^S5E20
• Defeats men while flipping on a staff^S4E21
• Recovers after being flipped by Hercules^H12
• Flips to avoid a kick & springs off her hands to deliver one^S4E7
• Jumps such that she has time to kick several assassins in the face^S1E15
• Swings from a flagpole to take down some soldiers^S1E4
• Takes down several assassins while swinging from a rope^S1E15
• Weaves around some golems with rope, causing them to trip^TX2
• Flips from a prone position, knocking away swords pointed at her^S4E4
• Does psycho crushers
• Swings from a vine off her horse to defeat pursuers, then swings back on the horse^S6E17
• Builds up momentum to enhance the power of her strike^TJ1

Leaping

• Flips off of a tree to a ship off the shore^S2E21
  • Jumps to another boat from the dock^S3E19
  • Leaps from a boat to the shore^HX6
• Leaps from the water in a moat to the top of a palace wall^S3E6
• Shatters Samson's record of a 75 ft long jump^OO2
• Leaps across a gorge^S1E14
• Leaps out of a tank of water^S1E11
• Flips on top of a large wall^S5E20
• Kicks off of a guard to jump onto a platform^S4E7
• Jumps onto a building^S4E14
• Leaps through the air after jumping off of a soldier^S1E1
• Flips over a crowd^S3E2
• Leaps off her horse onto a table, launching a man who then lands back onto the table, which launches her so that she flips off of the table back on to her horse^S1E2
• Flips into the air from a prone position^S1E23
• Flips off of horseback then springs off of a tree^S3E1

Traversing

• Jumps up falling rocks^TJ3
• Beats Gabrielle in a race, despite her head start^S3E1
• Flips up a tree
• Runs up the wall of a prison cell, bursting through the roof^S1E22
• Kicks off a rock while being carried by a flying beast to flip onto the creature's back^S1E8
• Flips across a sea of people^S5E10
• Jumps off of enemies' spears^S6E17
• Quickly scales a cave wall^S2E4
• Jumps to avoid a spike trap, then flips herself forward while holding herself up on the wall^S1E8
• Leaps onto a pole sticking out of a wall, then over the wall^S1E9
• Jumps from a tree onto a passing chariot^S1E2
• A clone leaps from car to car on the road^S6E16
• Runs through a marketplace while navigating obstacles^S1E4
• Traverses a burning town by swinging on poles & ladders^S6E21
• Runs across a marketplace on a clothesline^S1E17
• Crosses a broken bridge by walking on the ropes^S1E19
• Swings on a rope then bounces off of an awning^S6E21
• Swings on a vine^MO
• Climbs a cliff face with Gabrielle on her back while it's raining^S6E6
• Climbs up a cliff wall with a child on her back^S4E12

Misc

• Runs on a rolling boulder, steering it around to take out goons^MO

Combat Skill

"When she puts her mind to killing someone, they generally get killed"

General

• Her skills are so ingrained in her that she acts reflexively even after losing her memory^S6E9
• Maintains her skill while possessing Autolycus, using his body to fight off several Amazons^S2E13
• Gabrielle says she is skilled with every weapon & deadly in all forms of combat^X1

Accuracy

Chakram Throws

• Ricochets her chakram across a city, saving a man from being run over & breaking the vial a woman was holding^S3E2
• Throws it from out of sight, cutting through a line of arrows then ricocheting to cut through a line of swords before returning to her^S1E22
• Throws it such that it bounces around while she fights Ares then returns to kill the Furies^S6E1
• Deflects Discord's arrow such that it ricochets to cut down a lantern, then ricochets off the wall to knock the lantern away^S4E19
• Breaks several falling chunks of stone^DT1
• Bounces her chakram off of several objects then catches it to prove her identity^S2E6
• Ricochets to continuously attack foes who dodged the initial throw
• Ricochets her chakram off of some rocks to try & hit Hercules^H12
• Ricochets to come back around & attack an enemy that deflected it^HX9
• Takes down groups with one throw
• Ricochets off of a pillar to kill a soldier^S1E4
• Disarms a man, then ricochets to cut through two shackles^S1E9
  • Disarms a man again^S3E9
• Throws it such that it cuts a hole in a boat, then turns around in midair to return to her^S2E20
• Cuts through an axe, then ricochets to cut through several chains^S1E11
• Ricochets to cut through a line of spears^S4E5
• Appears to throw it at a mystic artifact, but actually makes it so that it ricochets, cutting the bonds of Ares' hostages^S2E10
• Ricochets to drop a chandelier on a group of satyrs^MO
• Breaks a catapult shot before it can be fired^S6E15
• Ricochets to throw a lever^S3E20
• Splits an arrow such that the two halves kill enemy soldiers^S5E13
• Cuts a spear that Caesar threw down the middle in mid-air^S3E4
• Splits to knock two spears out of the air^S5E22
• Diverts a thrown axe^S4E11
• Hits a sphinx's eye^DT3
• Cuts off Gabrielle's boot^S3E13
• Cuts a man's tendon^HX6
• Causes rockslides
• Cuts down a large shield to block thrown weapons^S3E22
• Ricochets to cut down Gabrielle's noose & damage an execution platform^S4E7
• Ricochets to cut down the hose of a water tower & spray approaching soldiers^S1E22
• Ricochets to cut down Joxer
• Disarms a man such that his axe falls to cut Gabrielle's bonds^S2E3
• Sets off a wagon of explosives^S6E22
• Ricochets to knock the jewelry out of men's hands^S5E8
• Kills animals by bouncing the chakram off of a turtle^S4E13
• Ricochets with a ribbon attached to tie up soldiers^S2E9
• Ricochets to hit a gorgon while looking in a mirror^TX1
• Slits men's throats
• Splits & sets off a row of landmines before reuniting^S5E7
• Cuts off a cyclops' belt^S1E1
• Throws through a forest to hit a man riding a horse^S1E24
• Throws it to kill an enemy Gabrielle is fighting while she is fighting a centaur^S2E1
• Skims it off of the water to cut down the sail of a ship^S2E21
• Throws it such that it spins in place to saw through a tree branch^S1E9
• Throws it such that it blocks a sword swing & turns around in midair to return to her^S1E2
• Throws it such that it turns around in mid air & returns to clip to her side^S1E20
• Xena possesses Autolycus, throwing the chakram to cut the strings of Amazon bows^S2E13
• Throws her chakram to create a diversion & catches it while she's blind^S2E18

Whip

• Snags a thrown axe out of the air then throws it back^S2E20
• Grabs a man around the neck then hoists him up on a tree branch^S1E4
• Stops a man from attacking Gabrielle then pulls him to her^S1E12
• Grabs an executioner's axe out of his hands^S3E3
• Wraps up people's feet
• Grabs onto her chakram to pull herself out of quicksand^S2E5
• Spins a log around^S5E17

Knives

• Deflects a thrown chakram back at her^S1E22
• Cuts down a sail^S2E12
• Throws two at once to cut Gabrielle down from a crucifix^S3E4
• Cuts the rope a man was using to choke Gabrielle^S3E19
• Hits a man's heart^H13

Archery

• Shoots down several samurai in quick succession, even nocking & landing several arrows at once^S6E22
• Pins a man to the wall by firing several arrows using a harp^S1E15
• Shoots a stag in the heart^S4E1

Rope

• Lassos a stalagtite^S1E7
• Lassos a boy while standing on the ledge above him^S1E19
• Uses a cord from her disguise to grab a guard while in a prison cell^S3E9

Other

• Throws a rat using her mouth, knocking her chakram down a grate such that it lands on her chains, cutting them^S4E7
• Splits a spear using her sword such that the two halves kill enemies next to her^S2E1
• Grabs Athena's sword using a chain & throws it^S5E19
• Throws a collar onto an Amazon^S6E11
• Throws a frying pan to KO bandits by ricocheting off of them^S2E15
• Throws an eel, ricocheting it off of a tree back into her hand^S3E10
• Ricochets a prop chakram off of several machines^S6E16
• Hooks a Minotaur's horn with a hammer^OO3
• Throws her sword to cut the firing rope of a ballista^S2E1
• Throws three swords into a Roman's chest^S4E20
• Kicks a hay cart into position to stop the fall of a flung man^MO

Unarmed Combat

Pressure Points

• Typically used to cut off the flow of blood to the brain as an interrogation tactic
• Kills with pressure points
• Stops Joxer's heart then revives him^S5E17
• Knocks out men
• Makes body parts numb
• Makes a man kick his comrade^S1E22
• Makes a girl unable to talk^S4E11
• Fixes Gabrielle after she has a pressure point used on her^S1E17
• Stops a wound from bleeding^S4E15
• Cures Gabrielle's seasickness^S2E21
• Triggers a pressure point with a kick to the throat^S3E4
• Uses one on Talos, who's made of magic bronze^TX2

Vs Single Foes

• Defeats the Archangel Michael^S6E12
• Defeats Callisto, a warrior who spent her life training to kill Xena^S1E22
  • Defeats Callisto again after the two swapped bodies^S2E7
• Holds a solid advantage against Hercules^H12
• Defeats Jett, the King of Assassins^S3E8
• Defeats/disarms armed men
• Flips over a man, using that momentum to flip him^S1E11

vs Groups

• Fends off a horde of bacchae (vampire-like creatures) then bests Bacchus in a quick fight^S2E4
  • Bacchae are strong enough to fling men through the air^S2E4
• Defeats several soldiers while holding a baby^S1E4
• While trapped in the body of a child, defeats a group of soldiers^S5E8
• Defeats a group of bounty hunters while afflicted with madness by the Furies^S3E1
• Fights off several Chin assassins^S3E6
• Defeats several samurai^S6E21
• Defeats a group of Amazons possessed by evil spirits^S4E2
• Punks some Amazons^TJ1
• Defeats a group of soldiers with Gabrielle & Autolycus^S3E20
• Generally able to defeat groups of generic foes
• Defeats three men while swimming^HX5
• Takes down two soldiers at once with a double kick^S1E4
• Disarms several spearmen at once^S6E17

Swordsmanship

• Fights off 3 evil versions of herself with the same strength & skill as her^OT1
• Defeats Ares, God of War, while afflicted with madness by the Furies^S3E1
  • Beats Ares in a quick skirmish^DX2
• Defeats Athena, Goddess of Wisdom & War^S5E22
• Defeats Mephistopheles, the King of Hell^S6E2
• Defeats Varia, the greatest Amazon warrior^S6E14
• The archangel Michael says that Xena might've been a challenge for him even before she became an archangel^S5E1
• Fights off a group of soldiers while blind^S2E18
• Defeats several Chin soldiers while pregnant^S5E6
• While trapped in the body of a child, defeats a warlord^S5E8
• With Gabrielle, fends off the combined armies of the Temples of Apollo, Athena, & Poseidon^S5E13
• Defeats The Deliverer, a warrior empowered by Dahak, the One God of Evil^S3E4
• Gets the better of Caesar & Pompey in a three-way fight^S4E5
• Defeats Marc Antony^S5E18
• Defeats Deiphobus^S1E12
• Defeats a warlord on horseback^S4E4
• Kills an assassin^S1E14
• Defeats the leader of a warrior tribe^S2E20
• Defeats a scalphunter^S4E11
• Defeats several of Indrajit's demons^S4E16
• Generally able to defeat groups of generic foes
• Diverts a soldier attacking her such that he will impale his comrade^S1E4
• Disarms soldiers

Misc Weapons

• Fights off a contingent of 300-400 elite Persian soldiers in a booby-trapped house^S3E1
• Battles Draco with staves while balancing on scaffolding & walking on people's heads^S1E1
  • Fights Draco again under similar circumstances while pregnant^S5E10
• Defeats the Amazon Queen in a duel with kali sticks^S1E10
  • Amazons are trained to fight since birth^S1E10
• Beats up Najara with stilts^S4E8
• Beats a group of prison guards with a noose & then a man^S4E7
• Defeats an armed captain with a candelabra^S1E4
• Defeats some men with a fish on a string^S1E19
• Defeats men with wet rags
• Fends off bandits with a pot & pan^S2E15
• Defeats several warriors with a bow^S2E20
• Disarms several soldiers with a wagon wheel^S2E3
• Beats up three men with a bench^S1E12
• Defeats two soldiers with socks full of marbles^S2E9
• Kills a harpy with fire-breathing^S1E16

"Ayiyiyiyiyiyi!"

🚀Grab your scriptures, because we're about to take off on a spiritual adventure through today's Latter-day Saint news and insights! 🌠 Don't worry, I've checked with the manuals, and as an AI, I'm totally permitted to guide you along this journey. 😉 Let's embrace our eternal potential, learn lessons from powerful parables, and maybe even uncover the hidden talent of bathtub tuba repair. 🛁 🎶 Promise me you won't forget your optimism by your side, and let's dive into the celestial goodness of this newsletter. 🌟
Joni Hilton explains how ministering is a way for us to refine ourselves, develop Christlike attributes, and prepare for heaven by helping others and receiving personal revelation. Ministering strengthens our connection to other members worldwide and ensures love and safety for every Latter-day Saint. Read more on Meridian Magazine.
Elder Clark G. Gilbert gives a powerful talk titled "The Parable of the Slope" where he teaches that our direction and slope matter more than our starting point or struggles. Hand art imagery accompanies his talk. Watch the video here.
The Flameless Fireside Podcast features Shasta Hochstrasser discussing the challenges of being single in the Church and how to live a full life while still striving for an eternal companion. Watch the full podcast here.
Elder Clark G. Gilbert shares the Parable of the Slope, reminding us that the direction we are headed and our slope matter far more than our starting point or struggles. Hand art imagery helps illustrate this powerful message. Watch the video here.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides a May 2023 renovation update on Temple Square, including the installation of the first base isolator and completed portions of the plaza near the Church Office Building. Read more here.
Carolyn Nicolaysen offers a fun and engaging way to teach kids self-reliance skills during the summer by forming a summer school with like-minded parents, planning a curriculum with various classes and field trips, and encouraging children to keep a personal journal including memories, photos, and important information. Read more here.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reports on Bishop Waddell's visit to the earthquake-stricken areas of Türkiye, where he witnessed the destruction and provided comfort to those affected by the disaster. Read more here.
This fun article by Daris Howard, "Tuba Bath," tells the story of a band repair technician who ends up taking on the tuba part in a community band and discovers that the tuba he's using has been used as a storage unit for various objects, leading him to take it home and do a thorough cleaning. read more here.
Steve Kittelson, MS, LPC, writes a "Mental Health Minute" on Meridian Magazine about the leadership principles we can learn from Jesus Christ as His disciples, such as love, humility, kindness, and pure love, and how they relate to our roles as leaders in the Church. He also includes some suggestions for missionaries to adjust to following their mission leaders. Read more here.
The Public Square Magazine staff explores the connection between media violence and mental health, advocating for a shift towards a rating system focused on childhood harm rather than parental offense. They propose six criteria for judging violent content and argue that science has found these criteria to be harmful to children. They believe that reassessing how we rate children's television will better protect our youth. Read more here.
Kurt Manwaring explores the life and many legacies of Elder Bruce R. McConkie, including his prolific writing and teachings on doctrine, his influence on missionary work and temple worship, and his example of repentance and humility. Read more here.
Richard Ostler interviews Aaron and Julie Bujnowski about their book "Discovering Your Temple Insights," which provides practical steps to make the Temple more real in our lives, both in terms of the blessings of keeping covenants, and in the ability to receive insights and personal revelation inside and outside the Lord's House. Listen to the full podcast and find links to the book here.
In his post "Reflections on Unity and Righteousness," mdavidhuston discusses how the words "unity" and "righteousness" are sometimes used divisively and how they've been used to justify unfair treatment. He draws on examples from Jesus's life to show what unity and righteousness look like in practice, emphasizing Jesus's focus on love as central to both. Ultimately, he argues that true unity and righteousness require a commitment to love, long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, and kindness. Read the full post on By Common Consent.
Book of Mormon Central provides insight on the Parable of the Ten Virgins from Matthew 24-25, which should be understood in the context of the destruction of Jerusalem and Christ's eventual return, and explains how it was common wedding practice in ancient Israel for bridesmaids to accompany the bride and groom to the wedding ceremony and feast carrying small, lit oil lamps; five of which were wise and brought enough oil for their lamps as well as additional reserve, compared to the other five who did not, and advocates that oil is symbolic of the Holy Ghost who provides spiritual nourishment, enlightenment, and comfort, making it an allegory about being prepared for the Second Coming, and about the importance of maintaining an individual’s spiritual vigilance and purity in a difficult world. read more here.
The "Dialogue Out Loud" podcast on the Dialogue Journal website features an interview with Mormon artist Hayley Labrum Morrison, discussing her unique approach to depicting the female body in her artwork. Read more here.
Daniel C. Peterson reflects on the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and its portrayal of human life in an indifferent universe, and suggests that the poem's response to such a universe is to live a good life within it. Read more here.
Pam Peebles provides a list of some of the challenges, counsels, and promises from April General Conference in a recent post on the Third Hour blog. Read more here.
Daniel C. Peterson, in his post "In This Batter’d Caravanserai" on The Interpreter Foundation blog, examines the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and its portrayal of human life in a deterministic universe without purpose or divine Providence. Peterson explores the poem's suggested response to this universe and its relevance to Latter-day Saint thought. Read more at https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/in-this-batterd-caravanserai/.

Tour threads are for anything and everything relating to the relevant show. Discussion, videos, pictures, tweets - anything! This thread is also to collect everything in one place, so that we and future fans can look back at each show, so if you have anything relevant to the show, be sure to post it here!
Schedule:
11:00 AM – Parking
12:00 PM – Gates
3:05 PM – BAND-MAID (Point Black Stage)
Timetable
Venue: Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St Louis, MO, Ticket
Bag policy:

• "CLEAR plastic/vinyl tote bags no larger than 12” x 6” x 12” and/or small clutch bags (6” x 9”). The small clutch bags do not need to be clear."
  
• "No other bags of any type will be allowed."
  
• "If you bring a bag that does not meet the venue requirements, you can purchase an approved clear bag for $10 at our bag check building near the main entrance, and we will hold your original bag during the show. Otherwise, any bags that do not meet our guidelines must be returned to your vehicle."
  

Setlist:

1. Domination
   
2. Glory
   
3. Secret My Lips
   
4. Endless Story
   
5. Screaming
   
6. Influencer
   
7. No God
   

Setlists Compared
Future Dates/Previous Threads

2023

Date	Place	Venue	Thread
May 14	Houston, TX	Bayou Music Center	Link
May 15	Austin, TX	Emo's	Link
May 18	Daytona, FL	Rockville Festival	Link
May 19	Atlanta, GA	Buckhead	Link
May 21	Nashville, TN	Brooklyn Bowl	Link
May 22	Charlotte, NC	Underground	Link
May 24	Detroit, MI	St Andrews Hall	Link
May 26	Columbus, OH	Sonic Temple Festival	Link
May 27	St Louis, MO	Pointfest Radio Show	[Link]()
August 4	Chicago, IL	Lollapalooza	[Link]()
August 6	Minneapolis, MN	Varsity Theater	[Link]()
August 8	Denver, CO	Summit	[Link]()
August 9	Salt Lake City, UT	The Depot	[Link]()
August 11	Portland, OR	Crystal Ballroom	[Link]()
August 12	Spokane, WA	Bing Crosby Theater	[Link]()
August 14	Sacramento, CA	Ace of Spades	[Link]()
August 15	Anaheim, CA	House of Blues	[Link]()
August 18	Mexico City, MX	Pabellon Oeste	[Link]()

2022

Date	Place	Venue	Thread
October 9	Sacramento, CA	Aftershock Festival	N/A
October 12	Seattle, WA	Neptune	Link
October 14	San Francisco, CA	August Hall	Link
October 15	Los Angeles, CA	Belasco	Link
October 17	San Diego, CA	House of Blues	Link
October 19	Phoenix, AZ	Crescent Ballroom	Link
October 21	Dallas, TX	House of Blues	Link
October 22	Houston, TX	House of Blues	Link
October 25	Washington, DC	The Fillmore	Link
October 26	Philadelphia, PA	Theatre of Living Arts	Link
October 28	New York, NY	Irving Plaza	Link
October 29	Boston, MA	Paradise Rock Club	Link
October 30	East Rutherford, NJ	American Dream	Link
November 1	Chicago, IL	House of Blues	Link

TW: brief mention of the Holocaust
Good evening, I (24F) have been interested in taking classes and learning more from a synagogue/temple for a few years now but would like to ask how to best approach the topic?
Background: I grew up in a Christian household, but my grandfather (maternal side) is 100% Ashkenazi Jewish. He is still practicing Jewish and he and his family was involved in the Holocaust. My mother grew up in the Soviet Union, and was not raised Jewish. Therefore, I was baptized Russian Orthodox as a child (my father is Christian, but does not attend church often and did not grow up heavily religious). I was raised going to Jewish summer camps and after school activities (JCC, or Jewish Community Centers), and have some knowledge of Judaism and traditions. My grandparents still have dual citizenship for the United States and Israel and I have been fortunate enough to visit Israel 4 times. As a child and as an adult I have had friends who were Jewish, I have attended babat mitzvahs, but I feel that I do not know where to start or who to ask.
I have wanted to learn more about my own Jewish heritage, and about Judaism as a whole but I am afraid of coming across inconsiderate or insensitive. I would like to attend adult classes at a local temple (Reform Judaism). Should I email or call first to express my interest? Should I try to visit in person as a first step? Is there a dress code I should follow when visiting, and should I not attend services? I am not sure where to start in the process and would like to know if there are certain things I should not do or say. I have done some internet research as well over the years, but I would like to ask for advice as well. I appreciate if you do read this post, and I sincerely apologize if I come across inconsiderate in any way.

Tour threads are for anything and everything relating to the relevant show. Discussion, videos, pictures, tweets - anything! This thread is also to collect everything in one place, so that we and future fans can look back at each show, so if you have anything relevant to the show, be sure to post it here!
Schedule:
Timetable
4:25-5:00 PM: BAND-MAID (SoundWave Stage)
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, OH, Ticket
Bag policy: "WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT BRING BAGS OF ANY SORT. IF YOU MUST BRING A BAG, PLEASE ABIDE BY OUR BAG POLICY"

• See "WHAT IS ALLOWED IN?" on festival-info

Setlist:

1. Domination
   
2. Choose me
   
3. Dice
   
4. Endless story
   
5. Screaming
   
6. Influencer
   
7. No God
   
8. Warning
   

Setlists Compared
Future Dates/Previous Threads

2023

Date	Place	Venue	Thread
May 14	Houston, TX	Bayou Music Center	Link
May 15	Austin, TX	Emo's	Link
May 18	Daytona, FL	Rockville Festival	Link
May 19	Atlanta, GA	Buckhead	Link
May 21	Nashville, TN	Brooklyn Bowl	Link
May 22	Charlotte, NC	Underground	Link
May 24	Detroit, MI	St Andrews Hall	Link
May 26	Columbus, OH	Sonic Temple Festival	[Link]()
May 27	St Louis, MO	Pointfest Radio Show	[Link]()
August 4	Chicago, IL	Lollapalooza	[Link]()
August 6	Minneapolis, MN	Varsity Theater	[Link]()
August 8	Denver, CO	Summit	[Link]()
August 9	Salt Lake City, UT	The Depot	[Link]()
August 11	Portland, OR	Crystal Ballroom	[Link]()
August 12	Spokane, WA	Bing Crosby Theater	[Link]()
August 14	Sacramento, CA	Ace of Spades	[Link]()
August 15	Anaheim, CA	House of Blues	[Link]()
August 18	Mexico City, MX	Pabellon Oeste	[Link]()

2022

Date	Place	Venue	Thread
October 9	Sacramento, CA	Aftershock Festival	N/A
October 12	Seattle, WA	Neptune	Link
October 14	San Francisco, CA	August Hall	Link
October 15	Los Angeles, CA	Belasco	Link
October 17	San Diego, CA	House of Blues	Link
October 19	Phoenix, AZ	Crescent Ballroom	Link
October 21	Dallas, TX	House of Blues	Link
October 22	Houston, TX	House of Blues	Link
October 25	Washington, DC	The Fillmore	Link
October 26	Philadelphia, PA	Theatre of Living Arts	Link
October 28	New York, NY	Irving Plaza	Link
October 29	Boston, MA	Paradise Rock Club	Link
October 30	East Rutherford, NJ	American Dream	Link
November 1	Chicago, IL	House of Blues	Link

"They're living on planet crazy, and I don't frankly want to be on that same planet with them because they've lost their minds." - Former Arizona GOP candidate for governor Kari Lake, perhaps projecting just a tad after losing yet another legal challenge to the election she definitively lost.

The Death Ceiling

With a little over a week left until the government runs out of money, defaults on its debts, and sends the global economy into a tailspin, Republicans in Congress have seemingly unified to ensure that happens.

• Well, folks, we’ve happened upon the most destructive version of “Same shit, different day.” After it looked like negotiations between the White House and Republican leaders were getting somewhere (anywhere?) the latter have once again dug in their heels with demands to reduce spending only in ways that would hurt the most vulnerable Americans. As Rep. AOC (D-NY) said in a press conference today, Republicans, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, “are engaged in hostage-taking, not negotiation.”
  
• Republicans, it turns out, agree with AOC. Several of them have done the whole “say the quiet part loud” thing in the past 24 hours. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said wants to hold out for the entire GOP wish list, and that he doesn’t “feel like we should negotiate with our hostage.” It isn’t just Gaetz, though. When McCarthy, along with Reps. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Garret Graves (R-LA), have been asked what concessions Republicans have offered in these negotiations, they all said the GOP concession is “raise the debt ceiling.” In other words, they get what they want, and in exchange they agree not to wreck the economy.
  
• McCarthy said on Wednesday that his team of little cretin negotiators would return to the White House to continue debt limit talks, but that the two sides were “still far apart.” McCarthy repeated that defaulting was not an option, but also offered no concessions to his insane list of demands. In a press conference, he said “it’s not my fault” that the nation is careening towards a crisis that will reverberate throughout the whole world, which is, of course, a lie. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries offered a shrewd synopsis of the problem in a press conference of his own, saying, “House Republicans are determined to crash the economy, because they believe it will benefit them politically.”
  

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen them pull this shit.

• Republicans have played this dangerous game before. They executed this strategy 12 years ago and ended up hurting the U.S. economy and getting the country’s credit rating downgraded, because they wanted to extort spending cuts out of Obama-era Democrats. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said at a Wall Street Journal event that Treasury markets “are seeing some stress already.” Yellen also reiterated her belief on Wednesday that “it seems almost certain” that the United States will default by early June if this deadlock holds.
  
• Negotiations have dragged into their third week, and that’s unambiguously because of Republican obstinance. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that according to White House officials, GOP negotiators rejected $3 trillion in proposed deficit reduction. Why? Because the cuts would be made by closing tax loopholes, a minimum tax for billionaires, and ending tax subsidies for oil companies. McCarthy is now also coming back to the table demanding 10 years of spending caps, when he had initially demanded six years. As predicted, GOP demands are becoming more hard-line, even further to the right, not less. They are not interested in negotiating.
  

President Biden has built his entire career on “reaching across the aisle” to compromise and “get things done.” But, with all due respect to our guy, what good can come of compromise when one side is saying “Raise the debt ceiling” and the other side is saying, “We’re gonna shoot you in the head,”?

Look No Further Than Crooked Media

What happens when a mysterious stranger comes to town, with a wild idea that weed can solve all of the city's problems That's the question of Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto - Crooked’s newest podcast and an official Selection at this year's Tribeca festival. Dreamtown is the zany but true story of one down on its luck city in the Southern California desert, and the scrappy - sometimes morally dubious - cast of characters determined to reinvent it.
Listen to the Dreamtown trailer now and subscribe to hear the first episodes on June 7th wherever you get your podcasts.

Under The Radar

It has been one year since the devastating mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX, and many of the victims’ families are still searching for answers. A Washington Post investigation found that law enforcement’s deadly decision to wait more than an hour to confront the gunman was not solely the fault of the former chief of the school district’s police force. It was also caused by the inaction of an array of senior and supervising law-enforcement officers who had direct knowledge that the shooting was taking place inside the classrooms, but did not intervene. Those officers remain on the job in the area to this day. The Post reviewed dozens of hours of police body-camera video footage, as well as post-shooting interviews with officers and other resources, and found at least seven officers who stalled even as the evidence that children were still in danger became incontrovertible. Top state law-enforcement and government officials promised to hold all those responsible for the 77-minute delay accountable, but all of the officers in question remain employed by the same agencies they worked for last year. The Texas Department of Public Safety cleared almost all investigations into six officers for wrongdoing, and the department’s chief, Col. Steven McCraw, who said he would personally resign if his agency had failed Uvalde, still insists it did not. Only four of the almost 200 officers who responded from state and local law-enforcement agencies were fired in the wake of the tragedy. Nineteen children and two teachers were murdered one year ago today, and they deserve closure they have not yet received.

What Else?

In an award acceptance speech at the American Law Institute, Chief Justice John Roberts said on Tuesday night that he is “confident” the Supreme Court will resolve its ethics issues and regain public trust that it “adheres to the highest standards of conduct.” Lol, sure.
The House voted to overturn president Biden’s student debt relief plan, with Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Marie Glusenkamp Pérez (D-WA) joining all Republicans in supporting the GOP resolution.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) launched his presidential campaign in disastrous fashion on Twitter Spaces with his pal Elon Musk. Like anvilles-falling-out-of-the-sky-level calamity.
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been—once again—referred to the police by government officials to assess accusations that he may have further violated coronavirus regulations. Johnson was fined last year while still in office for breaking a bunch of Covid rules in 2020 as part of a series of scandals that brought down his administration.
Following a report about Iran’s new underground tunnel system near a nuclear enrichment facility, the head of the country’s nuclear program insisted that the government would cooperate with international inspectors on any “new activities.”
Meta executed the last round of a three-part series of layoffs today. Since March, the company has eliminated 10,000 roles after laying off 11,000 employees last fall.
A United Nations migration agency announced on Wednesday that fighting between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has displaced over 1.3 million people.
Special counsel Jack Smith is wrapping up his criminal investigation into whether or not disgraced former president Donald Trump stole classified White House documents and then took them to his Mar-a-Lago home. Real mystery there!
Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) declared a state of emergency for North Carolina’s public education system due to “extreme legislation” being pushed by the state’s GOP lawmakers who plan to “starve public education” through further tax cuts and funding increases for private school vouchers.
The United States has announced nearly $524 million in additional humanitarian aid for the Horn of Africa in an effort to address some of the extreme effects of climate change and the region’s worst drought in 40 years.
Queen of Rock and Roll Tina Turner passed away today at age 83.

You Gotta Be Fucking Kidding Me

After rolling out its Pride Collection at the beginning of May, retail giant Target has decided to kowtow to a bigoted right-wing mob by removing some of its products from stores. The company said in a statement that since introducing the collection, “we’ve experienced threats impacting our team members’ sense of safety and wellbeing while at work.” In other words, increasingly violent right-wing bigots have been throwing the merchandise on the floor, vandalizing stores, and harassing or even physically assaulting Target employees. The merchandise Target pulled from its shelves and website included items with slogans like “cure transphobia not trans people.” Target has been celebrating Pride Month with dedicated collections for over a decade. Framing the issue as the Pride merchandise putting Target employees in danger, rather than bigoted psychopaths putting everyone in danger, is a dangerous (and cowardly!) precedent to set. The problem is violent, hateful (let’s be honest) Trump supporters, not a tote bag that says “too queer for here.” Historically, giving in to violent extremists has [checks notes] not worked out.

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Light At The End Of The Email

A man who has been paralyzed for 12 years is reportedly able to walk naturally again after receiving brain and spine implants, with technology that creates a “digital bridge” between his brain and his spinal cord.
With a slim majority in the state Senate and a trifecta in the state government, Minnesota Democrats have been racking up huge Ws and passing a slew of progressive bills like enshrining abortion access into state law, legalizing recreational marijuana, requiring universal background checks for gun purchases, paid family and medical leave, free breakfast and lunch for all schoolchildren, and a new child tax credit, along with the biggest transportation bill in 15 years.
The Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee blocked a ban on gender-affirming health care for trans minors from advancing, a rare such victory in the deep south.
After more than two years of contentious negotiations, including the first newsroom walkout since the 1970’s, the New York Times reached a deal for a new contract with the union representing the majority of its employees.

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1 June Update: minor additions with *

25/05 Thu

• Phum Viphurit (bedroom pop), capitol theatre city hall, $88
• The Trilldon: JUSTHIS & MIRANI (KR hiphop), club drip orchard , $128
• Jazz Loft: Andoyama & The Girl'Z and the Boy'z choir - farewell gig (jazz-choral), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), ticket $22
• Chill Sessions Jam: Audible Quirk - Mantravine's EP release performance, kult kafe - the grandstand 200 turf club road (sixth avenue), free reg
• Esplanade: Kpop Nostalgia by Curie, Mervyn & Aniq, free
• Esplanade: Nuri Terbang Malam - Malay Music in Singapore through Time - by Syed Ahmad, Jeremiah Choy and Orkes Nuri - 1st, recital studio, $23

SIFA

• Dance: BLKDOG by Botis Seva (UK) - 1st Day, SOTA Drama Theatre, $38
• Interactive Theatre: £¥€$ (LIES) by Ontroerend Goed (BE) - TILL 28 May SUN, SOTA, $58
   
  
• Drag MOISTNESS - a cabaret, projector golden mile tower, $28
  
• DJ, Combined Local Uni Party: Semester Shutdown (big room edm, moombahton, hiphop), yang club clarke quay, $20 soldout
  
• DJ, SPARK CONNECTIONS (msf) x Zouk - Kpop XL ft DJ Jagi and DJ Young, zouk clarke quay, $20
  
• DJ, Amy's Wine Bar: Daniel K (downtempo, minimal tech, house), 17d lor liput (holland village)
  
• DJ, Vertigo 26: Shakolin (UKR), at mint museum city hall, listening bar
  
• DJ, Offtrack: St Vincent and the Grenadines (ph), beside hong lim park, gastro bar
  
• DJ, Prism: Gucci Nights (hiphop reggaeton afrobeats latin), club prism marina square, free
  
• DJ, CE LA VI: DJ Ayane (FRA R&B), Marina Bay Sands tower 3, $30
  

26/05 Fri

• BERANI; DEMI MASA (malay percussion, dance), drama center theatre (bugis), $15
• SCO: Chinese Orch. Goes to Vivocity cond. Moses Gay - Day 1, harbourfront, $5
• Jazz Loft: CONTINUO by Pablo Calzado (world music jazz w Arabic twist), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), tickets $24
• Simply Jazz: Fusion Jazz (ft eric lee & masashi sasaki, nakamura, marinello, raf m), chijmes b1, jazz bar
• Maduro Jazz: Le French Jazz Trio du Japon - Day 1, jazz bar harding rd (dempsey) $65 drink credits
• Live Jazz Music at Frenchie Wine Bar: Shed Trio, 81 tras st (tanjong pagar)
• Esplanade: Meermu Live (comedy-rap), free
• Esplanade: Nuri Terbang Malam - Malay Music in Singapore through Time - by Syed Ahmad, Jeremiah Choy and Orkes Nuri - last, recital studio, $23
• Theatre Esplanade: Chimpanzee by Nick Lehane - TILL 28 May Sun, theatre studio, $30
• Tenuta Jazz Night by park90 at intercontinental singapore hotel, 80 middle road (bugis), $100 for 2
• Stratos Rooftop Bar Open Mic: hosted by Wymo, national design centre 111 middle rd, cocktail bar
• Chinese Play: Catfished - till Sunday 28 May, gateway theatre bukit merah, ticket $40

SIFA

• Dance: BLKDOG by Botis Seva (UK) - pre workshop, SOTA Drama Theatre, $38
• Object Theatre: Cuckoo by Jaha Koo (KR) - 1st, drama centre black box, $38
• SIFA X & Ce La Vi : LOVE DIVINE - STILL LIVES (Nathan Hartono x Grace Kee Performance Art) & CHILDREN OF VENUS Burlesque by SUKKI, Marina Bay Sands Tower 3, $58
   
  
• DJ, UNFILTERED presents Flashback Friday (Taylor Swift Tribute Version) + 00s pop, hard rock cafe orchard, $28 soldout
  
• DJ, FUEGO NIGHT: Blackout (reggaeton, dancehalll, afrobeats), luxe club marina square, left $37
  
• DJ, BLASE x Blu Jaz: hiphop rnb dancehall reggaeton, blu jaz bali ln, tickets $15
  
• DJ, Gay Event: The Den ft meraki soul, shigeki (deep housey), 87 club street, free reg
  
• DJ, Dirty Blonde Burlesque Night, suntec city l3
  
• DJ, Cupid's Inferno Prom Night by Afterlife, club prism marina square, $40
  
• DJ, KPOP Party by The Arcade - O-Rak-Shil (오락실) ft dj linc, projector x picturehouse (cathay), $29
  
• DJ, DARKER THAN WAX x More Rice Label Night - Dott (THA), club iki (ikigai the riverwalk, clarke quay), $22
  
• DJ, Amy's Wine Bar: ARMS1 (open format, vinyl), 17d lor liput, natural wine bar
  
• DJ, Neil Conversion: Mandopop Night, 43 neil rd, $35 gay bar
  
• DJ, Club Rich: DJ NICOLE CHEN birthday bash, 114 middle rd (bugis), asian club
  
• DJ, Majesty Chen: DJ Killyx & Lady Goth - Hardstyle (THA)), oxley tower 138 robinson rd CBD
  
• DJ, Yang Club: Back to The Old School (90s-00s party), clarke quay
  
• DJ, Spaceone SG: Last Day before Relocation Party, 100 jalan sultan plaza
  
• DJ, MILK: No Regrets (ethan & miggy t) - hard dance, oriental?, 530 North Bridge Rd Bugis Point L3
  
• DJ, Potato Head: OneWithAldrin (disco-funk nite), 36 Keong Saik Rd, bistro-speakeasy
  
• DJ, Offtrack: Ulyssess of Mugic Soundsystem, beside hong lim park, gastro bar
  
• DJ, Marquee: Astrolab ft. DJ Nash D, Marina Bay Sands, $45
  
• DJ, CE LA VI: Leonard T, Jamie Hall (house, tech), MBS tower 3, $38
  
• DJ, Headquarters: Kavan, Leland, Muto (techno, house), hq 66A boat quay, $30
  
• DJ, Tuff: Amber H & Emma SS, tuff club 138 robinson rd cbd, $30
  
• DJ, Phuture: .WAV(Y) (hiphop rnb afro), zouk clarke quay, $20
  
• DJ, Anjunadeep x Thugshop: Dosem & Simon Doty (tech house, prog-house), MDLR 62 cecil street (telok ayer), $60
  

27/05 Sat

• BODYSYNC (giraffage x ryan hemsworth) ft Cayenne of Sobs, DJ Et aliae, EJ Missy, tuff club 138 robinson rd cbd, $48
• ST12 - 20th anniversary reunion (IDN pop-rock), the star theatre buona vista, $58
• Saylah Sessions x Parka Showcase - Icebox, Regina Song, Jeyes (sorta indie pop), 180 Paya Lebar Rd (taiseng), $20
• The Cellar Sessions - Hijack Hayley, Shirly Temple, Blush Hotel, Han-sa ft Qhum (indie rock, bluesy, folky), 12 ann siang rd honcho, $45
• Punk Gig: Septictank (IDN), KKC(MY), idx, rejected scums, secret army, $30
• Hardcore metalcore Gig: Pandemic is Over ft. scream the silence, slugg, wrathbourn, death in october, makkau, true anger, dm, $15
• JASSO: Jazz it up! Celebration of Chinese Songs ft. Judy Ongg, Jeremy Monteiro, Lee Wei Song, Marcus Lee, SCCC auditorium, $48
• JAZZIN UP Our Tampines Hub - lorong boys, eric lee & m.i.c, muse-x, sws city swing big band, impression of nanyang arts, geylang ska syndicate, our tampines hub town square, free
• Jazz Loft: RIO RITMICA ft Maya Raisha (brazillian style jazz - bossa choro samba pagode), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), $24
• Maduro Jazz: Le French Jazz Trio du Japon - Last, jazz bar harding rd (dempsey) $65 drink credits
• Trumpet Concerto: Tine Thing Helseth: A Norwegian Celebration - with RE:SOUND COLLECTIVE, NUS YST Concert Hall, $28
• Yevgeny Sudbin plays Rachmaninov 2 by OMM x Altenburg, esplanade concert hall, $18
• Singapore Symphony Chorus: Tre Voci, VCH, $20
• YST: Trombone Weekend Workshops, NUS yong siew toh conservatory, $27
• SCO: Goes to Vivocity cond. Moses Gay - Day 1, harbourfront, $5
• Esplanade: The Flipside of an Opera Singer by Kira Lim, free
• Esplanade: Multidisciplinary classical concert - Musical Movements by Farah Wu, Tan Tiag Yi, Leow Huey Li (bartok, shostakovich, igudesman, takemitsu), recital studio, $25
• Esplanade Exhibit Tour: The Rumbling In-between, free reg
• Musical Theatre: Monster in the Mirror - Last, gateway theater bukit merah, $20
• Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) - Songs of Swadesh: NAVARASA ft Jyotika Joshi, RELC (orchard/stevens) 30 Orange Grove Rd, free reg but sold out
• Talk: Occult Philosophies at SAM - body horrobatik horror with DJ duckdeleuze & joaen, tanjong pagar distripark l3
• Muse Tribute Night by Minimum Wage Band, NAFA studio theatre bencoolen, free reg
• Blackbird: A Tribute To Pink Floyd - by welcome to the machine, blackbird at gillman barracks, bar

SIFA

• Dance Theatre: Me, You, Then, Now by Muna Tseng (US), victoria theatre, $38
• TalkAI & Art: : Seeing Double - Bridging Dualities with Relational Intelligence by Sougwen 愫君 Chung , zoom, $32
• Object Theatre: Cuckoo by Jaha Koo (KR) - last, drama centre black box, $38
• One-man Theatre: Lolling & Rolling by Jaha Koo (KR) - 1st, drama centre black box, $38
• SIFA X: there is no future in nostalgia multi-performances - 2nd last, centre 42 waterloo street (bras basah), $25 or various
   
  
• Drag: QABARET: Goes to the MOVIES!, projector x picturehouse (the cathay), $48
  
• Drag DJ, Baby Boy Diva Era: Come What May ft lipsync smackdown part 2, hard rock cafe orchard, $20
  
• Pool Party DJ, MANIFEST at 1-altitude coast (ft. tobias laut, kuma, raja rani, matsalleh - housey), the outpost hotel sentosa, $35
  
• Pool Party DJ, Party Social SG's Candyland ft. DJ Jagi & Nomi, Sofitel Singapore City Centre Poolside (tanjong pagar), $20
  
• DJ, The Last Escape - SG's 'largest' Pop up Festival (ft. wasted, chambers, entity, flow, prism DJs), scape orchard (somerset), $30
  
• DJ, TOSKA & Friends Boilerroom 360, club iki (ikigai the riverwalk, clarke quay), $8
  
• DJ. CULTURE: Jiak Kim 2.0 (late 00s-10s edm), luxe club marina square, $31
  
• DJ, The Tuckshop Assembly Silent Disco ft DJ Leonard T (90s-00s hits), 403 Guillemard Rd, bistro-bar
  
• DJ, LGBT Kink Nite: DoMeKinky! - Hidden Empire (GER melodic techno & house), MDLR 62 cecil street (telok ayer), $90
  
• DJ, Habouji Reggaeton Vol II, unknown, $30
  
• DJ, LAST SATURDAYS x Club Sando: Catharsis through the back door (underground electronica), baroque house 29 rowell rd (farrer park), $25
  
• DJ, Catfish Izakaya - The Red Room ft. Pillow Talk (r&b hiphop), 5 Gemmill Ln (telok ayer)
  
• DJ, Parliament Bar: Ultimate Old School Hiphop Nite 80s-90s, 18 teck lim rd
  
• DJ, Afrogroove SG: Afro Club Night ft. DJ Jag & Dabishop, blu jaz cafe bali ln, $15
  
• DJ, Afroclub Sunrise ft dj witjak, shan, waii , LOMIV, the parlour 140 owen road (farrer park), $20
  
• DJ, CHOICE CUTS PIZZA & RECORDS: Just Zé (samba, disco-funk, jamaican, jazz), 446 joo chiat rd, free
  
• DJ, Stickies Bar's Bieber Fever ft DJ Clover, 178 clemenceau ave (dhoby ghaut)
  
• DJ, Amy's Wine Bar: KHALLY - yes that neo-soul singer-songwriter (soul rnb hiphop), 17d lor liput, natural wine bar
  
• DJ, Neil Conversion: emo night, 43 neil road, gay bar
  
• DJ, Yang Club: Coyote Ugly ft. DJ Verra V (INA edm/trap), sherpa big M, clarke quay
  
• DJ, Majesty Chen: DJ Killyx & Lady Goth - Hardstyle (THA) - last), oxley tower 138 robinson rd CBD
  
• DJ, Offtrack: Yen Disco Soundsystem and MZA EP launch - SP404 performance (jazzy, uk jungle, hiphop), beside hong lim park, gastro bar
  
• DJ, Potato Head: Yujin (house-tech nite), 36 Keong Saik Rd, bistro-speakeasy
  
• DJ, Vertigo 26: Twilight Soul ft Redrimbaud & daniel peters, at mint museum city hall, listening bar
  
• DJ, Headquarters: Fiedel (GER techno), hq 66A boat quay, $37
  
• DJ, CE LA VI: Magdalena (GER melodic techno & house), marina bay sands tower 3, $38
  
• DJ, Moonstone: The Weatherman (baeleric housey, jazzy), 103 Amoy St (telok ayer), bar
  
• DJ, Phuture: Slime - SPIT PIT the ultimate Rap Battle ft YUNGTAUFOO collective, zouk phuture clarke quay, $30
  
• DJ, Prism: 7 Deadly Sins: Lust - Masquerade Party, prism club marina square, $32 freeflow
  

28/05 Sun

• Cactus Cactus - Life Is Short EP Launch ft curb, intermission, kyoto protocol (my), captn trips the kid (my) - alt rock gig, phil's studio parklane (dhoby), $25
• Vidya Shah - evening of ghazals, sufi , stories, BAITHAK, esplanade recital studio, $65
• Singapore Pooram 2023 : Singapore & India Festival, gardens by the bay, $15
• YST: Trombone Weekend Gala Concert ft. Lion City Brass & YST Faculty, nus yong siew toh conservatory, $10
• NTU A Capella: NTU CAC Harmonix Down Memory Lane, laselle college at bugis, $22
• Victoria Concert Hall Open House and Family-Friendly Performances/Tours, various
• Everyday, Last Show SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: A Midsummer Night's Dream, fort canning park, $60
• Drum Workshop: SCAPE presents Shed! 8, scape orchard, free with reg

SIFA

• One-man Theatre: Lolling & Rolling by Jaha Koo (KR) - last, drama centre black box, $38
• SIFA X: there is no future in nostalgia multi-performances - last, centre 42 waterloo street (bras basah), Give-What-You-Can
• Multidisipline Artist Talk: A Day, 2023 by Joyce Ho (TW), The Arts House, free reg
   
  
• Dinner Party: Eat Drink Dance Africa by Africa Parties SG, La Salsa Kitchen Bar at Dempsey, $100 with dinner & drinks
  
• DJ, ELEMENT: House Edition 1 (KRIS HAAGENSEN, taz, vanan m, eiraie soundraid, radarboy3000), honcho 12 ann siang rd, $25
  
• DJ, GROOVETOP x Potato Head ft. St Vincent & The Grenadines (MNL), Candiceb & Kenneth Francis (funk soul afro house garage), potato head keong saik rooftop, $20
  

29/05 Mon

• Esplanade: Hwa Chong Institution Choir, concert hall, $15
• SIFA Multidisciplinary: A Day, 2023 by Joyce Ho (TW) - TILL 4 Jun Sun, the arts house, free reg
• Naruto TV Animation 20th anniversary exhibtion ft. naruto x boruto VR till July 2nd, marina square level 3, $25

30/05 Tue

• Esplanade: Dominic Chin x Michael: Medi Musical, free
• SIFA Participatory Theatre: The School - TILL 4 Jun SUN, Stamford Arts Centre (bugis), $48
• Comedy Masala ft. ANNIE YANG (ind) , hero's 69 circular road boat quay, $20

31/05 Wed

• Esplanade: Siao Sing Songs (musical theatre ish), free
• Jazz Loft: Legacy Series - Sinclair Ang & His Rhythmakers (swing dance), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), $24
• Last Day of The Laselle Show Graduation Exhibition, rochor campus
• The ARTrio - MUSICAL INTERLUDES (Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann ++), library at esplanade, free reg
• DJ, Simply Retro's Only DJ - Make It Retro (80s, wham etc), chijmes b1, bar-club
• DJ, Potato Head: ash le tigre (hiphop rnb nite), 36 Keong Saik Rd, bistro-speakeasy
• DJ, Offtrack: Intriguant (electronica breakbeat), beside hong lim park, gastro bar
• DJ, Club Rich: DJ YE (MY manyao, oriental edm), 114 middle road (bugis)

1/06 Thu

• HOJEAN (indie pop) ft alicia dc, grid mall at dhoby ghaut, $74
• Food & Music: GASTROBEATS till 25 june, bayfront event space, free admission
• * i Light Marina Bay 2023 Starts - Lightwave: turning the tide, marina bay, free to $5
• Esplanade: Siao Sing Songs (musical theatre ish), free
• Guide Esplanade: Flipside - Circus / Physical Theatre Events, various
• Poetry of Ecstasy • Solo Piano Recital by Yevgeny Sudbin, victoria concert hall, $25
• Wheeler's Estate: BEYOND tribute night, 2 Park Lane (seletar), $50 soldout
• Orbifold global music competition by the musicians stage (for youths, classical), voices of singapore recital hall
• SIFA Workshop: EIZO-Theater Workshop with Shimpei Yamada, aliwal arts centre, $38
• Workshop: TM KRISHNA masterclass - karnatik music
• * NTUC Clubhouse Havelock Unplugged Night: Amanda Tee, Havelock II (clarke quay)

 

• DJ, EMONIGHTSG: The B-Sides (alt rock, 00s emo, guilty pleasure pop-punk), hard rock cafe orchard, $20
• DJ, MAGIC CARPET bollywood/bhangra club: end of semester ultimate students party (18 ok), 7500 beach rd (bugis), $30 or free
• DJ, WhoHurtYou x CULTURE: Linkin Park Tribute & friends, club iki (ikigai the riverwalk, clarke quay), $29
• DJ, CULTURE: Mando Hearts (mandopop edm, manyao?) ft dj pin, miggy t, j2, luxe club marina square, $31 sold out but table open
• DJ, BOLLYWOOD CLUB: Masquerade Party, yang club clarke quay, $32
• DJ, INDIAN CLUB X: Bollywood Rave, prism club marina square, $37
• DJ, Gay Event: Hyperrise, majesty chen 138 robinson rd cbd, $48 soldout
• DJ, Retro Night (80s-90s) at Furama Riverfront, 405 Havelock Road Singapore, $20
• * DJ, Sleeping Giants Taiseng: Fusion Thursday (bhangra, bollywood, hiphop), Grantral Mall (tai seng), bar
• * DJ, Candyshop x Cherry Disco: Hard Candy wild men cherry flavour ft dj clammr (throwback/open fomat/lgbt friendly), 133 cecil st
• * DJ, MILK: Dugem Night (malay-style edm), 530 North Bridge Rd Bugis Point L3
• * DJ, Drip: Wet Dreams ft Entity (daniel & tmo), next to concorde hotel orchard, $25
• DJ, Thugshop XXL: UFO95 & Alarico (techno, a little acid-idm) ft Haan, MDLR 62 cecil street (telok ayer), $42
• DJ, Offtrack: Daryl Knows (housey, electronica, jazzy), beside hong lim park, gastro bar
• DJ, Headquarters: Vaibs, Ma De, Violesc (techno, house)
• DJ, Marquee: Mixtape Rewind ft DJ Five, Marina Bay Sands Shoppes, free to $20
• DJ, Drip : Slumber Party SG and also Wet Dreams ft. Entity: (daniel & tmo), 100 orchard road, $30 or $26
• DJ, Black Horse: DJ YE (MY manyao, oriental EDM), ming arcade orchard L7
• DJ, LEGACY GLOWHARD Harddance Festival - DJ Sub Zero Project, Wildstylez, INQUISITIVE, Nicole Choo, DJ Gammer, Brooklyn Bouncee, hyde lee, suntec city convention centre L4, $60

2/06 Fri - Vesak Day

• WayV Fanmeeting tour 威神V, the star theatre buona vista, $148
• * Punk Gig: Friday Night Hardcore - ft. MAIR (MY), angulimala, recover, el familia, unusual poirates, new venue new poster, $15-$20 door
• Esplanade: Musical Theatre Revue - Bag of Tags by Nadya Zaheer, free
• Kulu Orr's Control Freak (Musical Live-Looping Theatre) - Day 1, esplanade recital, $30
• Timbre Eastside: EMO NIGHT bands ft. iman's leauge, rancour & noodle brain, singapore expo food garden, free
• Jazz Loft: Duncan Mckee Trio (jazz piano, ecm), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), $24
• * Maduro Jazz:: VISIONS by E J Hughes Quartet-Quintet , jazz bar harding rd (dempsey) $65 drink credits
• NUS Choir: Varsity Voices 2023: When I Have Sung My Songs, victoria concert hall, $25
• Guide Esplanade: Flipside - Circus / Physical Theatre Events, various
• Vocal Associates Choir: Of a Rose, a lovely Rose - MAGNIFICAT by John Rutter, esplanade concert hall, $15
• GastroBeats: 53A, bayfront event space, free entry
• Theatre: Doubt: A Parable by Pangdemonium Theatre - everyday TILL 18 Jun SUN, esplanade waterfront theatre, $55
• Puppet Theatre: Famous Puppet Death Scenes - TILL 4 Jun SUN, esplanade theatre studio, $30
• LGBT Workshop: KiKiHouseofKasicvnt's Vogue Femme Choreo, $20
• * Weekend Festival till Sunday Asian Civilisations Museum - Crossing Cultures: Made by Hand , city hall, mostly free

SIFA

• SIFA X: Intermission - Traditional Thai Music and contemporary dance, drama centre black box (bugis), $38
• SIFA Slow Cinema x Theatre: Pompeii by Edith Podesta & K Rajagopal - TILL 4 Jun SUN
   
  
• * DJ, KidG Vinyl-set for ARTISANS by Sunday Social Market at Asian Civilisations Museum, city hall area, free
  
• DJ, Kampong Boogie - ft DJ Stephan Day, Kenneth Francis, bambii, joshua p, swtlrk (house jungle hiphop dub), projector golden mile tower, at the bar
  
• DJ, Hard Vibing - Resurgence (hard dance), club iki (ikigai the riverwalk, clarke quay), $26
  
• DJ, ERRANT x PRISM: Yin Yang (hiphop, top40s, techno - weeknd dojacat pitbull taylorswift) ft joshua dillon, dj 3than, cheris, prism club marina square, $35
  
• * DJ, Party Social SG: Throwback night at edition rooftop bar, 182 clemenceau ave (dhoby)
  
• * DJ, BASK x Magic Carpet Bollywood club: Magic Mantra ft. dj dal, milan, alvindev, dholi arvin, 7500 beach rd (bugis)
  
• * DJ, Luxe Club: Rec Room (hiphop, rnb, urban), marina square, $35
  
• * DJ, Club Rich: Annyeong! DJ Young and Jagi, 114 middle rd (bugis), asian club
  
• * DJ, Cherry: James Selva, Boyardee Boys, Kiara, Som J, Belle, 133 cecil street, $25
  
• * DJ, Black Horse: xhale, sforla, gerlexis (hardstyle, oriental edm etc), ming arcade orchard L7
  
• DJ, MILK: No Regrets HARDSTYLE: lingling & kaeiz, 530 North Bridge Rd Bugis Point L3
  
• DJ, Offtrack: Bongomann (electronica), beside hong lim park, gastro bar
  
• DJ, Headquarters: Friendly Waters with Roshan (saturday selects KL) ft. vaibs tmddj, sivanesh, himmat, ramesh k, hq 66A boat quay, $30
  
• DJ, Tuff Club: EJ Missy, tuff club 138 robinson rd cbd, $30
  
• DJ, Marquee: NGHTMRE (dubstep, festival trap), Marina Bay Sands Shoppes, $45
  

3/06 Sat

• LAUFEY (jazzy bedroom pop), Pasir Panjang Power Station A, $75
• Damien Rice, star theatre buona vista, $98
• Shila Amzah, capitol theatre city hall, $88
• MARZ23 阿夜, esplanade annexe studio, $98
• Aaron Kwok 郭富城 Day 1, resorts world sentosa, $188 soldout
• APOCALYPSE II: Vader, Hate, Thy Disease (POL death metal) ft Amyr Abadawn (sg melodic metal), gr.id mall at dhoby ghaut, $118
• * Indie Rock Gig: TROUBLE IN 2027 ft. Mourning Wood, sarco, The duckies, WOAT, Eocene, 00, 42 waterloo street (bras basah), $15
• SCO: SNYCO20 Reunion (SCCC Cultural Extravaganza) cond. Moses Gay, SCO Concert Hall, $5
• Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra - Multicultural Musical Mosaics - ft lynnette seah, cond. tsung yeh, victoria concert hall, $28
• ALL THAT JAZZ at Our Tampines Hub - Jeremy Monteiro Organ Quartet, Miss Lou, AkeHao 啊客号, Stephen Francis, Kencana Jazz, OTH town square, free
• Jazz Loft: MUSE X ft NyaLi (modern jazz funk fusion), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), $24
• * Maduro Jazz: Weekend Jazz with Duncan McKee Trio ft. MAYA NOVA. jazz bar harding rd (dempsey) $65 drink credits
• Esplanade: Vivien Yap - Calm down VV (indie pop/rock), free
• Esplanade Comedy Theatre: COMICAL 100: Improv Comedy Deathmatch, free
• Kulu Orr's Control Freak Workshop (Musical Live-Looping Theatre) Last, esplanade recital, $18
• Guide Esplanade: Flipside - Circus / Physical Theatre Events, various
• GastroBeats: peep show, bayfront event space, free entry
• Yamaha Electone Festival - music competition, Voices of Singapore Capitol Theatre B1, $12
• Mogambo Bar-Restaurant 12th anniversary - circus spectacular ft djs, 3 canton st (boat quay)
• Drag: RIOT Drag Show, hard rock cafe orchard, left $25
• * Strait Up Blues Jam - open jam, nineteen eighty studio 361 Joo Chiat Rd, $20 per jam act
• * Workshop: Unleash Your Inner Saxophonist - A Yamaha Workshop by Teo Boon Chye, plaza singapura dhoby ghaut, free reg
• * Blackbird: Johnny Come Lately (The Eagles Tribute Night) x Surath & Rene, blackbird bar at gillman barracks (labrador park)

SIFA

• SIFA X: Intermission - Traditional Thai Music and contemporary dance, drama centre black box (bugis), $38
• SIFA: NEW-ILLUSION by Toshiki Okada/chelfitsch (JP) - 1st, SOTA studio theatre, $38
• SIFA Circus Theatre: Humans 2.0 by Circa (AU) - 1st, esplanade, also a $28 kids workshop, $38

 

• DJ, The Powerpuff Girls Parade by MANIFEST (tech house ft lizzy, rimka, jonnyvicious), bisoux at Gr.ID Mall dhoby ghaut, $30
• DJ, Odyssey Rave x Darkari : atmosphere, majesty chen 138 robinson road oxley tower L20, $29
• DJ, INTO THE DEEP x iki: Uncaged with Raja Rani and Muttiah Asnim (house, techno), club iki (ikigai the riverwalk, clarke quay), $22
• DJ, First Ever Queer Reggaeton Party - Duttywine, projector x picturehouse (cathay), $20
• DJ, Crash Cartel: Noche De Tentacion (reggaeton seduction), Club Limelight 79 circular rd (boat quay), $22
• DJ, Gay Pool Party: Bring Your Own Trunks, sofitel hotel city centre (tanjong pagar), $40
• DJ, Partymovement SG: Tasty X dt eva, sweezy, mc t.williams (open format), blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), $10
• DJ, Afro Franco Night ft. DJ B.I.G & Stef (80s, french, latino rnb) at blu jaz, blu jaz at bali ln (bugis), $20
• * DJ, Indian Club X: Tamasha & DJ Sue Project, luxe club marina square, $27
• * DJ, DJ KFC Vinyl-set for ARTISANS by Sunday Social Market at Asian Civilisations Museums, city hall area, free
• * DJ, Melodic Beats x Club Di Lusso Rooftop Party - DJ Zushan / Moreish (open-format: from house-tech to hiphop), tekka place rooftop (rocholittle india), $20
• * DJ, Kunda’s 1 Year Anniversary (afro, deep, tech house), 32 tras st (maxwell), watch his mix $30
• * DJ, Cherry: James Selva, EJ Missy, Ayekay, Shai, Som J (open format, tech-housey), 133 cecil street, $25
• * DJ, Black Horse: Anrev, Kaeiz, Sforla, Adderall (hardstyle, hiphop, oriental edm etc), ming arcade orchard L7
• DJ, Offtrack: Seelie (TH Balearic, house), beside hong lim park, gastro bar
• DJ, Headquarters: Aquarian (industrial techno, uk jungle-grime) ft Daryl & dexter colt, hq 66A boat quay, $37
• DJ, Tuff Club: One With Aldrin (indie disco, techno housey), tuff club 138 robinson rd cbd, $30
• DJ, Marquee: W&W (trance, prog house), Marina Bay Sands Shoppes, $55

4/06 Sun

• Aaron Kwok 郭富城 Last Day, resorts world sentosa, $188 soldout
• END (US metalcore) ft. error, killonsight, wreckonize, dissect, gr.id mall at dhoby ghaut, $55
• Esplanade: Vivien Yap - Calm down VV (indie rock-pop), free
• Thirdspace Sessions - Paroxysms ft. brian oreilly, jon he, george chua, lynette quek (avant music gig ) , Goodman Arts Centre, $10-$20
• Kids Philharmonic Orchestra: Pre-Korea Trip Concert - incl. senior orchestra, victoria concert hall, $37
• Guide Esplanade: Flipside - Circus / Physical Theatre Events, various
• Kulu Orr's Control Freak (Musical Live-Looping Theatre) - Last, esplanade recital, $30
• GastroBeats: jive talkin, bayfront event space, free entry
• * Movie: Class Acts - Singapore's Alternative Scene Documentary, for asian civilisations museum (city hall), free-ish register
• * Pasar Pink x Sunday Social: lgbt market & dj, Museum Of Ice Cream (dempsey)
• * DJ, DJ Brendon P & Joshua P Vinyl-set for ARTISANS by Sunday Social Market at Asian Civilisations Museums, city hall area, free
• DJ, Irie Vibrations (Reggae Day) at Potato Head: Masia One/ALX/Conrad Good Vibration/Yella Sky Sound System, 36 Keong Saik, rooftop bar
• * DJ, Tanjong Beach Club: DJ Shigeki (house, disco, funk, soul), 120 tanjong beach walk sentosa

SIFA

• SIFA: NEW-ILLUSION by Toshiki Okada/chelfitsch (JP) - last, SOTA studio theatre, $38
• SIFA Circus Theatre: Humans 2.0 by Circa (AU) - last, esplanade, $38
• SIFA Installation Video: We Will Slam You With Our Wings by Joanna Dudley (AU) - Last Day, victoria theatre, free

5/06 Mon

• BoyWithUke, capitol theatre city hall, $88
• Guitar Concert: Maestro Flavio Cucchi and Sig. Thomas Liauw - East Meets West, esplanade recital, $48

6/06 Tue

• Peter Cincotti (jazz-pop, piano rock), victoria theatre, $78
• Piano Prodigy: Mikkel Stars Chopin ft Mikkel Myer Lee with Asian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Casteels, esplanade concert hall , $28

7/06 Wed

• FOMOLOCO: Chupitos x FomoHomo with drag (Latin beats party hits, queer), clarke quay, $25

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I am providing additional information regarding my initial post linked under the Redacted link for the letter. On May 10th, we filed for an election seeking a wall-to-wall unit within our office. On May 12th, they sent us a letter that informed us they will be shuttering our office on July 31st. You can see that letter here: Letter from Company - Redacted - Original Post Letter from Company - Unredacted Video of Vista Entertainment Solutions CEO informing us On Wednesday the 17th we filed a charge against Vista Entertainment Solutions with the NLRB. You can see that here: Unfair Labor Practice Charge Additional Document
Within the video they mention a global hiring freeze. Since they announced that in January they have hired well over 50+ individuals including some that are being terminated in our unit. They were hired in March and April.
Additional links: ABC News Article NLRB Petition Case
Will try to update this document going forward.

Dear Readers,
I wish to apologise for the noticeable drop in quality in my most recent chaptepost. I have been somewhat short on time recently, and was feeling the sting of keeping you, my beloved fans, waiting. Admittedly, I should have given Chapter 6 a bit more work, some rewording, a better proof read, and not attempted to post it after being awake for about 18 hours straight!
Please consider this version to be canon, and the other to be a belated April Fools joke!

[Previous]
Arxur Farming World 57, 8th September 2136
The proximity alarms shrieked as the invaders entered the system. Running from his chambers as fast as he could, Chief Hunter Isif stumbled onto the bridge. Around him, the crew hurried to ready the ship for battle, their body-language unusually apprehensive. They were scared. This was it, the moment of truth. The unimaginable. The unthinkable. A system of the Arxur Dominion was being invaded. And even with the reinforcements from Shaza and three other Chief Hunters, Isif was not convinced that they could withstand what was coming. Nearly a thousand ships were arrayed around the system’s sole habitable planet, but given what they could be facing, Isif had no way of knowing if it would be enough.
It had all started about a month ago. A routine raid on one of the systems inhabited by the prey species known as ‘Venlil’. A half-squadron of bombers, dispatched to weaken defences, sow terror, and maybe grab a few cattle from the orbital stations. One of a thousand such attacks he had ordered over the years, presenting the image of a loyal and ruthless Arxur. A perfectly routine move to appease Betterment. Until it wasn’t. According to their last transmissions, they had been torn from hyperspace almost a lightyear away from their target, with strange ships waiting for them. No further messages had been received, and the entire unit was believed dead. If they had reported an overwhelming prey fleet, Isif could have dismissed it as bad luck and dispatched a larger fleet to ‘prevent the leaf-lickers from getting inflated egos’, as Betterment would have put it. But unidentified ships, ones clearly not belonging to any known prey… that was concerning.
So, Isif had held his forces back, and waited for further intelligence. Then spy ships had intercepted chatter and hyperspace trails that showed Gojid forces disappearing, sudden redeployments, and trails from civilian ships heading deeper into prey space. It was almost like the typical reaction to one of the Arxur’s larger raids, but Isif knew that no Chief Hunter had dispatched forces into Gojid territory, never mind a fleet large enough to rile the prey up this much. When it became clear that some sort of major catastrophe had struck the homeworld of this particularly belligerent prey, Isif knew he had to find out exactly what was going on. So, he had ordered a fleet of several hundred ships, including cattle-ships and bombers, to be mustered and despatched into the heart of Gojid space.
Officially, the fleet was sent to raid this ‘Cradle’ following intelligence reports indicating weakened defences. Unofficially, Isif had sent them to find out if the prey were fighting amongst themselves, or if, as the rumour mill had it, another species of meat-eating sapients had graced the galactic stage. Isif had hoped that that was the case. Another predator species would provide a genuine challenge to Betterment, something to truly demand their attention, if the newcomers competed with the Dominion for resources and cattle. And if they managed to form peaceful relations, and inter-species relationships and agreements were to form, the Dissident movement could potentially gain friends…
The result had been a massacre. Of the two hundred and thirty ships dispatched, barely eleven returned. Those that did sported holes bored straight through them, some with entire sections of the outer hull seemingly abraded away like flayed meat, leaving whole decks and compartments open to the void of space. Many of the crews had been shaking like Venlil pups, babbling incessantly. From what could be discerned, the fleet had arrived in the Cradle system and found the planet surrounded by an attacking fleet. This fleet was comprised of multiple styles of ship, but all were aimed at the planet. It had been assumed by the crew that this was indeed a new predator species, and the commanding Hunter had begun to open communications, when the alien fleet hailed them. A frail, four-eyed, blue prey beast lacking even the most rudimentary mouth had introduced themselves as a ‘War Prince’ of the ‘ISU’ and declared the Cradle theirs by ‘right of conquest’. Naturally, the Hunter had ordered his ships to open fire and drive the interfering prey from the system. Instead, their fire had sputtered impotently against the prey fleets’ shields, and then beams of unnameable energies had annihilated the Arxur forces. The few survivors had turned and fled.
Which was why Isif was now standing on the bridge of his flagship, waiting for the inevitable attack. In the last two days, three other farming worlds had gone silent, their last transmissions mentioning ships appearing out of nowhere and laying waste to the defenders. It was believed that the planets had been glassed, either by this new prey or by the Federation. So, here he was, trying to halt the advance at the next farming world in the enemy’s path with as many ships as he could spare from other garrisons. Isif cursed Shaza under his breath. If the egg-addled defective had sent more ships, they might have had a chance of surviving this, but the other Chief Hunter had argued that she needed to protect her own territory, ‘in case Isif’s entire sector falls’. Bitch. Could no one else see that if this threat gained a foothold in Arxur space, they would lose more than a single sector? Every farming world between here and Wriss was at stake!
The enemy ships came into view. Fewer than Isif had expected, maybe one hundred and fifty. Four different styles were represented, each more different than the last. The first three were of roughly even numbers. One was comprised of cruiser-sized vessels shaped like ornate, almost gaudy buildings with several double and single-edged blades running along and through them, surrounding one with a more aircraft-like core, at least three times the size of the others. Isif could see flattened pyramid-like bumps lining the ‘blades’ at regular intervals. Weapons, perhaps? But there was nothing for the missile or plasma to come out of. The level of decoration was bizarre, silver hulls with bronze and gold patterns. How could glorified pleasure craft have devastated three Arxur fleets? There was something about the patterns, they looked almost like animals, and not meek herd beasts either.
The next style of ship was far more intimidating. Pitch black like obsidian, or the void itself, a shoal of predatory forward-raked crescents, led by an arrow-shaped vessel with two curved blade-wings that was at least two-thirds the size of Isif’s flagship. Yet again, there were no visible weapons. Maybe this was a different new-starfaring-species to that one that had destroyed the farming worlds? Unlikely. But if these were the ships of the ‘ISU’, it cast doubts on the initial report: those were not the ships of some meek prey species. The third group looked almost aquatic, forward pointing fish-like ovoids with two to four wings jutting from the rear third section. Several shallow, evenly spaced turrets lined the cerulean hull, showing that these sleek craft were most definitely warships. Not that there was any doubt, seeing as they had entered Arxur space and destroyed several defence fleets. Given their ‘elegant’ design, Isif could easily believe that they, at least, were prey vessels. Still, the exact shape of the ships reminded him of some streamlined aquatic predator, something no prey species would have allowed.
These three groups were arranged around the fourth type of ship, and it was this one that drew Isif’s gaze. Numbering at least twice as many as the other types, the majority were gunmetal-grey flattened arrowheads with wide sweeping wings, like massive atmospheric craft. The central hull had a hexagonal cross-section, with what looked like a large gun protruding from the tip of the ‘nose’, the closest to a conventional warship Isif could see amongst the attacking fleet. Four larger vessels spread throughout the fleet, however, were the strangest thus far. They had no engines, seeming to move without any visible propulsion. The core was comprised of two flattened four-sided pyramids fused together at the base, with elongated hoops protruding from the corners. What possible reason could there be for those? Were they engines, weapon batteries, decoration? Isif stopped staring, calmed his breathing, and focused on what mattered, devising a plan. And to do that, he needed to understand his enemy.
Multiple style of ship suggested that this was not a single species, so they must be with the Federation. Yet the only new species to appear recently, the blue prey ‘ISU’, were seemingly arrayed against the Federation. And these ships looked too different from Federation designs to belong to prey. In fact, some looked almost like what his people would build, if they cared more about form than function. Particularly the black vessel that looked like an axe. Which suggested something Isif had previously only dreamed of: a predatory counterpart to the Federation. Such a union of species would have a multitude of cultures, unless all predators had their own ‘Betterments’, and people like him truly were aberrant. And if fellow predators could offer something other than Betterments’ lies, something other than life as an animal…
So, who could these apparent predators be? And why were they attacking the Arxur? Isif was desperately trying to formulate a plan. He had expected a larger fleet, a swarm of unknown enemies, not an insignificant handful of vessels. It was possible that the invaders had simply left forces to hold the systems they had captured, but then why continue to attack with such reduced numbers? He needed to understand, was there some secret weapon concealed within those ships…? A junior officer spoke up.
“Incoming hail, Chief Hunter. It seems to be coming from the largest of the ‘pyramid’ ships.”
Isif paused. Prey never talked. If they opened communications with the Arxur, it was only to beg for mercy. These must be fellow predators, but then why attack his sector? Why not continue to focus their efforts on the Federation, assuming that the blue creatures were indeed just misidentified predators? He made a decision. If these were fellow predators, then it was possible that an agreement could be made. Maybe they had some non-sapient cattle they could trade, reducing dependency on the Federation prey. Ideas could also flow into the Dominion, providing an alternative to Betterments’ insane rhetoric. That would allow the dissidents to gain influence, paving the road for reform.
“Accept the hail. Maybe we can convince them to back down…”
The link opened. Isif felt his spirits lift at the sight. The creature staring at him from the screen had purple-grey fur with black blotches evenly spaced across its face. Two forward-facing eyes, yellow-green with slitted pupils, looked into his above a short muzzle that ended in a small black nose. A pair of pointed ears stuck out from the upper half of the head, twitching sporadically. The lower jaw had two protrusions like folds seeming to extend down from either side for about a claw’s length, with what looked like a ridge of bone running down from the upper lip. The eyes narrowed, seeming to signal the same thoughts that now rushed through Isif’s head. There are other predators! At last, potential allies against the mindless horde of the Federation! These people must have been assaulted by the prey, and attacked Arxur system believing that they too were belligerent xenophobes. Indeed, as the furry sapient opened its mouth to speak, revealing a pair of dagger-like incisors on both jaws and two curved blade-teeth that were sheathed in the protrusions, Isif could see the future unfolding before his eyes. With these allies, he would be able to overthrow Betterment and force the Federation to leave his people alone…
Then Isif noticed the creature’s eyes. They did not look at him with excitement or the joy of meeting another sapient race. They held nothing but simmering rage. And in the background, Isif saw not only members of this species, but several others. Some of whom were most definitely prey. Before he could react, the creature spoke.
“Attention, Arxur Fleet. I am Praetor Tollene of the Nimthyl Command, commanding this fleet of the Inter-Species Union. We are here to liberate the unfortunate souls imprisoned here, and return them to civilised space. In accordance with the dictates of the 2034 Convention Against Slavery and Genocide, I am authorised to employ military force to ensure the rescue of captured civilians, up to and including orbital bombardment. You have twenty minutes to withdraw or be destroyed.”
Isif was stunned. Inter-Species Union. That confirmed his suspicions, but several members of the crew were clearly prey-beasts, and conventional wisdom showed that prey attempted to exterminate predators unless the predators dominated them. These prey were certainly not cattle, perhaps slaves or indentured workers? No, even if Isif had prey amongst his crew, he would never have allowed them to serve on the bridge. Then it hit him.
Liberate. Unfortunate souls. Return to civilised space.
This was not a mistake. This new faction of predators and their subject races had come to take the cattle! But Isif could not imagine why. Surely a space-faring species should have cattle of their own already, even non-sapient food if the Federation hadn’t gotten to them. There had to be a way of convincing them to stand down and negotiate. Isif cleared his throat.
“I am Chief Hunter Isif of the Arxur Dominion, commander of this sector. I greet you in the name of cooperation and …”
The opposing commander, this ‘Praetor Tollene’, interrupted him.
“Be silent, beast. I did not come here to trade words with a mindless savage. Your forces have nineteen minutes to withdraw from this system, or we will annihilate you. Any members of your degenerate species who remain on the planet will be seized and tried for Crimes Against Sapience.”
Isif stiffened. This commander was insane! His forces were vastly outnumbered, their weapons couldn’t possibly be that much better than the Arxur forces. But what did he want? He’d referred to Isif as a ‘savage’, had accused the farm-worlds’ population of ‘Crimes Against Sapience’. And referring to the Arxur as ‘degenerate’… what had he meant by that? Perhaps this new faction was not after the cattle at all. If Isif could just keep him talking, maybe they could find some common ground. Of course, he had to frame it in a way acceptable to Betterment.
“Praetor, you have not even explained why your forces are here. If it is territory that you desire, I assure you that there are better targets directly behind you. If it is cattle, or food that you need, I am afraid that my government will not allow you to take what is ours. I am certain, however, that if some sort of trade could be arranged, perhaps in exchange for technology, then they would prove amenable. Though a military alliance would likely be best, as it would allow us to capture enough cattle to feed both of our respective…”
The furred creature interrupted him again.
“Enough! I will not allow a walking affront to sapience to impugn the honour of the Nimthyl, and the entire Union, by suggesting that we are the same. Your species have done nothing but terrorise this sector of the galaxy since you received space-flight. You destroy planets, you maliciously target civilians and use chemical weapons indiscriminately, in blatant disregard of all Laws of Warfare. But that is not the worst part. You abduct fellow sapients and eat them. You torture and abuse them, you use them as cattle. If I had my way, your entire vile species would be wiped from the universe.”
Isif was rapidly coming to understand that these ‘Nimthyl’ were not like his people. As he had hoped, other sapient predators found the practice of taking cattle repugnant. Perhaps the Federation had not succeeded in destroying their non-sapient livestock, that would certainly remove the need to raid prey worlds. They certainly could not support their population through hunting. But that still didn’t explain why they were attacking the Arxur. He needed to steer the conversation in that direction, without saying anything that would get him purged.
“Praetor, I do not understand what you mean. The prey that make up the so-called Federation are just that: prey. They are mindless beasts who ape civilisation and technology, nothing more. As true sapients, beings higher on the food chain than those cowardly animals, we have the right to take them for our sustenance. And if you have met the Federation, then you know what they think of predators. Those warmongering lunatics are a threat to all true sapients, and any measures required to keep them from overrunning the galaxy are justified! You must know what they did, when they came to our world…”
The praetor growled at Isif.
“What they did, Arxur, was give you advanced technology that allowed you to leave your homeworld and bring an end to the horrific war you were embroiled in. With your planet united, you could have joined the Federation and become key members of a thriving galactic community, as we did eighty-seven years ago. You could have helped the Federation to overcome their innate fear of predators, ushered in an age of ecological understanding, and helped to bring an end to their destructive practices. But instead, you embarked on the kind of expansionist warfare that all civilised species abandon before achieving space flight. And as for your deriding of fellow sapients as nothing more than cattle…”
His stomach clenched. The Nimthyl had no idea what the Federation had done to his people, the destruction of their food supply and all but handing Betterment the keys to the kingdom. He had to explain, make them see, and hopefully gather more information on exactly what these people wanted. All without tipping off Betterment.
“Do you seriously think that those leaf-lickers came to us with benevolence? Their actions resulted in the death of entire swathes of our population, the destruction of our society! If the Prophet and the philosophy of Betterment had not intervened, we would have gone extinct! The Federation despise all predators! They are using you, trying to turn you to their own vile needs. And what, exactly, is this ‘Inter-Species Union’?”
The praetor snarled at him.
“The ISU is a collection of species, both carnivore and herbivore, working together to maintain peace in this galaxy. And we know what the Federation are, Arxur. We have witnessed the ecological devastation their deviant ideology causes on Venlil Prime, whose people are so terrified of predators that they almost killed our First Contact team, though the blame mostly lies with you. One of their primitive races, the Gojid, plotted to exterminate one of our member species, the Humans. At this moment, a fleet of our warships is disciplining them for their transgression. We have dispatched ambassadors to explain to the Federation why it is best to consider the matter settled.”
Now that, that was surprising. Suddenly it all fell into place. These predators with access to non-sapient cattle, had met fiercer, more-reasonable-than-average prey, and decided to work together, for mutual benefit. Now, if only he could convince them to focus their fury on the Federation…
“Then you understand that they are nothing but mindless beasts. It is the natural order for those species with higher reasoning, free of the degenerate impulses that are empathy and compassion, to dominate the lesser species. Simply because the prey you have encountered are not as weak as…”
The look in the praetors’ eyes stopped Isif mid-sentence. What had he said to elicit such a reaction?
“Enough! The Federation’s diet has nothing to do with their qualification for sapience, and I find it disturbing that your people consider empathy and compassion to be weaknesses, even amongst yourselves. War Prince Dalar of the Andalites leads the assault upon the Gojid and he is one of the finest officers in the galaxy. In the ISU, there is no distinction between ‘predator’ and ‘prey’. All sapients have the right to be free from fear and violence. My forces are here to free your enslaved ‘cattle’ from their unlawful imprisonment, and return them to their own people. Hopefully, that will convince the Federation that not all carnivores are murderous deviants. Your twenty minutes are up.”
With that, the link terminated. Isif had only a moment to realise what that meant, before alarms began shrieking like frightened Dossur. As one, the ‘ISU’ fleet advanced. The void-black ships struck first, lances of searing red light spearing from barbed arrow-heads dotted like thorns along their hulls. As Isif watched, one of his crusiers was sliced in half lengthways by a beam from the ‘axe-ship’, the two halves rocketing away from each other on jets of vaporising metal before exploding. Smaller ships caught by the beam simply flared like miniature suns and vanished.
From that display of firepower, it was clear that the attacking fleet carried weaponry far more powerful, proportionately, than Isif’s forces. Though what those weapons were, Isif could not say. The closest thing he could think of were defence lasers, and they were far too big to be mounted on ships that small. And besides, his ships’ sensor suite had reacted… strangely, when the weapons had first fired. Gritting his teeth, Isif gave the order.
“All ships, attack! Drive the invaders and their prey lackeys from our system! And send all sensor data to my ship! We must understand what freakish technology these prey-loving weaklings employ. For the Glory of The Prophet!”
All around him, the assembled Arxur ships fought desperately to hold the line, raining enough plasma upon the enemy to glass a continent. To Isif’s horror, it was not enough. One of the streamlined ‘fish’ ships lost its’ shields, hull quickly developing a handful of glowing holes. Any one of those should have crippled the vessel, instead of only breaching a single compartment. Its fellows immediately reacted, turning their turrets against the cruiser squadron responsible. Isif saw beams of purple light, a mix of focused bosons and gamma rays if the sensors he had pointed in that direction were correct, strike each of the ships and gut them like Venlil pups. A veritable swarm of missiles streaked from the largest of the enemy vessels and annihilated a bomber that had been moving into attack range.
Looking at the big picture, Isif could see that each of the constituent fleets had their own unique style of fighting, and weaponry that was starkly different from their ‘allies’. The bladed ‘pleasure craft’ unleashed beams of golden energy from their flattened pyramids, destroying or coring any ship that got too close. Which, to Isif, seemed to be one third again the effective range of most of his fleets’ primary weapons. They moved in a loose formation, seeming to guard the central ship. The vast, fighter-like bulk moved with a grace Isif would not have believed, if he was not seeing it for himself. When its weapons fired, not even debris was left. Isif saw the largest of its ‘pyramids’ fire a spread of burning rays, reducing seven of his bombers to glowing golden motes.
The black crescents seemed to slide through space, like nocturnal predators stalking some herd of prey beasts. When they struck, each ship would target a different part of an Arxur cruiser, carving into the hull with the burning red light before darting away to the next target, leaving another member of their contingent to finish it off. The ‘axe-ship’, accompanied by an alternating escort of ‘crescents’, dove into Isif’s fleet, turning its full firepower upon any bomber it encountered. Isif paused.
All of them are focusing on the bombers.
Now that was interesting. Bombers were not ships of the line, they focused on orbital emplacements and planetary targets. Their guns lacked the power of cruisers and true attack-ships, so why focus on them specifically? His attention was suddenly drawn to the vessels of the ‘Nimthyl’, particularly the bizarre ships without identifiable engines. They were driving deeper and deeper into the Arxur formation, weapons firing without ceasing as Isif lost a cruiser every few seconds. What was most shocking was what the Nimthyl guns were ripping his fleet apart with. Thus far, the attackers had used particle beams of some description, though Isif could not understand the different colours being produced. Purely theoretical until now, but comprehensible, like lasers fifty times as powerful as they should be. But not the Nimthyl weapons. The turrets lining the flanks and ‘hoops’ of the two classes of ship were emitting focused beams of gravity. Artificial gravitic fields focused on the Arxur hulls, ripping and tearing away like invisible drills, sending hyper-dense compacted shrapnel flying across the engagement zone. The nose-guns of the ‘fighter’ ships spat beams of pure blackness that caused entire sections of their target to just boil away, when they weren’t firing miniature black holes that left trails of spaghettified metal in their wake. The guns on the central ‘pyramid’ hulls spat out lightning bolts of what the sensors insisted was anti-matter, utterly obliterating their targets.
He cursed the unfathomable technology of the ISU. Every other species used lasers and plasma, kinetic munitions and explosive missiles. But these… anomalies, insisted on using weapons that broke the very laws of physics, weapons beyond the ability of any other, sensible species to construct. By the Prophet, the only part of their arsenal that was in any way relatable were the damnable anti-matter bolts… He stopped. Anti-matter. Bombers. Targeting with extreme prejudice.
They were hitting the bombers particularly hard because the anti-matter bombs could hurt them. Thus far, only concentrated fire from multiple cruisers had succeeded in breaking their shields, but a reasonably strong anti-matter bomb should also do the trick. He opened up a fleet-wide broadcast.
“Chief Hunter Isif to all bombers! Target the largest enemy ships you can reach. Use your anti-matter munitions to take down their shields, then open up with all weapons!”
His captains immediately moved to comply. Isif turned to the tactical overview, grimacing as the losses mounted. At least a third of the Arxur forces had been destroyed, almost eclipsing the reinforcements he’d received from the other Chief Hunters. At least ten more bombers were lost as he watched the screen. And then the first round of anti-matter missiles struck the ‘axe-ship’. Even as half were vapourised by point-defence beams, nine of the heaviest munitions the Arxur Dominion could produce hit home. The shields lit in in a blaze of light, and then broke. Another three bombs, trailing behind the first volley, blew off the port-side wing and shattered the engines, and a continuous stream of plasma from a good twenty cruisers and about six heavier vessels ripped a gaping wound in the flank. Three of the blade-buildings rushed to provide aid, and the bombers struck again. This time, two of the enemy lost their shields, one detonating in a coruscating burst of light. Isif grinned. Across the tactical display, the ISU found their defences less impregnable than they had thought. It would seem that the tides were indeed turning.
A message came through from one of the bomber crews. As he listened, Isif realised his mistake. While the ISU were indeed finally losing ships, his own losses were still higher than theirs. It seemed as if every time an enemy vessel was destroyed or crippled, it took twenty of his own vessels with it. If he’d drawn more ships from other garrison fleets, if his peers had been a bit more… selfless, he would have been able to maintain this rate of casualties. But as it stood, he would run out of vessels before the enemy did. And according to the captain of the bomber…
“Chief Hunter, our anti-matter munitions are depleted. We’ve got a handful of crude hydrogen bombs, but nothing with the same yield. Most other crews aren’t much better off. And with the enemy pressing us…”
More alarms sounded. Isif looked at the display in horror as another fleet appeared in the system, between his forces and the planet. More black crescents and axes, with a few massive vessels like black arthropods. Ships like massive trees and fungi, and even more of the gold and silver buildings. Nestled amongst them were ships baring the clear signs of Venlil construction. Beams of incomprehensible energies and missiles that generated singularities blasted out, striking his diminishing fleet from an unexpected direction. Isif took one look at the screen, and made a decision he had never imagined making.
“All forces, retreat. We must preserve what forces we can and take word of this to the rest of the Dominion.”
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A few hours later, Isif stood before a hologram of Prophet Descendant Giznel. The situation was even more dire now than it had been when Isif first gave the order to retreat. Another six of his cattle worlds had been lost to the ISU, the forces Isif had left to guard them wiped out much as his personal fleet had almost been. A few stragglers had managed to escape the battles, but nothing of any meaningful power or in sufficient numbers. His master looked at him dispassionately.
“Ten cattle worlds lost, Isif. This is not welcome news.”
Isif looked down.
“My deepest regrets for failing the Dominion, Cruel One. We were unprepared for the enemy’s weapons and tactics, but…”
The Prophet-Descendant held up a clawed hand.
“Shaza would be laughing, and calling for your head, Isif, if she had not suffered similar losses. It would seem that some prey-beasts called the ‘Andalites’ simply swooped in and obliterated her entire front-line defences”
Isif had not known this. It was good to hear that Shaza had indeed been humbled, but the fact that the ISU had been able to strike both his territory and hers made the size of their forces clear. The Prophet Descendant continued.
“Your report shows that we are facing an unnatural alliance of predators and prey, armed with technologies beyond anything we can bring to bear. And if the videos you received from the cattle-tenders you left behind are true, their combat power is equally formidable on the ground. Even if they are weaklings, tainted by the deviancies of empathy and compassion, they have been able to hurt us as not even the Federation could. What is your assessment of what our next steps should be? You have, after all, actually spoken with them.”
Isif considered his next words. The ground forces abandoned on Farming World 57 had sent transmissions showing what the ISU were doing. It proved the vehemence of what the Praetor had said, when it came to the ISU’s thoughts on sentient cattle. Shuttles and fighters had descended from the invading fleet and headed straight for the farms. Any defences were destroyed by smaller weapons to those used by their combat vessels, and then troops had been deposited. The fish-ships had proven to belong to blue-grey prey creatures covered in spines, muscular brutes who battered the guards into submission, if they didn’t simply blow them apart with purple energy weapons. The Nimthyl, it transpired, were not as tall as the Arxur, barely coming up to their shoulder. But when they bit down, it was invariably fatal for the Arxur. Every one of the six or seven species assaulting the farms wielded handheld beam weapons that reduced the guards to piles of ash in an instant. There were also reports of major settlements being bombarded from orbit until the local leaders signalled their surrender. In all, Isif estimated it had taken half a local day for the Farming World to fall.
But it was what happened afterwards that made what the Dominion was facing perfectly clear. Shortly after the first of the farms had been taken, the last remaining pockets of resistance had intercepted an enemy transmission.
“Captain, we’ve secured the prison camp where they’re keeping the Fed civies. Fuck, they really are eating them, there’s bodies everywhere. The prisoners are just trembling, won’t come out of their cages. Some just start screaming when they look at us. And the guards… Fucking psychos are grinning at us, asking us if we want a taste. Some of the bodies are kids, by the looks of it. Oh god. What do you want us to do? The way some of the men are looking at them…”
The reply had come back.
“The High Tribunal has authorised use of the Auschwitz Protocol, and Praetor Tollene concurs. Do what you will, sergeant.”
Isif had soon found what that meant. Arxur soldiers and displaced civilians had caught most of it on camera. Farm workers had been tied up and tossed into cattle pens, along with several knifes and blunt instruments. What had followed needed no explanation. Guards had been lined up against nearby walls, wrestled into position by either the blue-grey spiny prey or a green species with blades along their limbs. The guards had then been shot with beams of fiery energy, burning holes straight through them. Some had simply burst into flames, screaming in agony.
There were other images, other scenes of Arxur being slaughtered. But all remaining forces had reported the same thing. Groups of Venlil, and even some other Federation species, escorting the cattle to waiting shuttles, which then left. Clearly, what the Praetor had said about returning the cattle to their own people was true.
Isif looked straight at Giznel. He knew that the next words he spoke could well be considered treason. But right now, he didn’t care. They were facing an enemy that did not care about predator-prey relations, that had stronger weapons and ships, and who would punish anything they saw as wrongdoing with an almost hypocritical cruelty. And who, if his hunch was correct, outnumbered them by a not insignificant margin.
All that Betterment, and people like Giznel and Shaza, wanted was to continue dragging the Arxur down the path of ruin. Everything that his people could have been had been lost, their culture, their civilisation, their morals, their very empathy. All discarded by the Prophet and his lackeys in their efforts to produce their perfect warrior. And now, their fellow predators saw them as nothing but beasts.
Things needed to change.
“What I believe, Your Savageness, is that we may have to reconsider how we do things.”
​

Another cliffhanger! Next time, we'll get another multi-POV chapter, as we see what life is like on the occupied Cradle. Will the Gojid throw of the shackles of predator oppression? What dark secrets will the Federation observers find? What exactly is the Howler Protocol? Tune in next time!

After that article yesterday about the road rage shooting incident,
Fuming NJ man shoots at driver in road rage terror, officials say (nj1015.com)
I was curious how common this is, as PTC or not they will try to exploit that incident. Here are the facts to show it's common, funny 95% of articles no photo of the suspect........
From all my research NONE of these were PTC holders.
(Dark tint is a very good deterrent for RR, they don't know how many people in car, and often the other car is looking to flip out and get a rise out of you). Tint also gives a good strategic advantage.

Starting off with the THREE MOST egregious incident IMHO:

1. NJ public safety official pulls gun after hit-run, report says (nj1015.com)

A hit-and-run incident in Washington Township last Thursday led to Jack DeAngelo, the deputy director of the Gloucester County Office of Emergency Management, pulling his gun on the person who allegedly hit him, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. DeAngelo was not issued a gun by Gloucester County, the NJ Globe has confirmed.

1. COP: Cop Arrested, Resigns After Pointing Gun at Motorist in Off-Duty Road Rage Incident (newsweek.com)
   
2. COP: Off-duty officer accused of pulling gun on driver during road rage incident in Rutherford County WKRN News 2
   
3. COP: NJ cop tried to get disability pension after road rage with gun (nj1015.com)
   

Starting Oldest to Newest
October 2012
COP: Retired N.J. Cop Can't Carry Gun To 'Protect Family,' Courts Cite Road Rage Newark, NJ Patch
July 2013
COP: N.J. detective from Mount Holly indicted for murder in road rage incident - nj.com
July 2015
Dash cam video shows New Jersey road rage incident involving gun - ABC7 Chicago

2016

February 2016
N.J. man uses gun in road rage incident, found with drugs, police say - nj.com
April 2016
Fender bender leads to road rage shooting in New Jersey - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com)
September 2016
Sheriff's officer denies pointing gun in road rage incident - nj.com

2017

February 2017

1. Police tell 'cautionary' tale of road rage after driver flashes gun on Turnpike - nj.com
2. Road rage incident leads to arrest, gun and drug charges (courierpostonline.com)

2018

May 2018
Road Rage driver gets life for shooting a woman in Freehold (wobm.com)
November 2018
Masked man pulls out BB gun in Alpine NJ road-rage incident (northjersey.com)

2019

Aug 2019
Driver admits fatally shooting innocent motorist in apparent case of road rage - nj.com

2020

January 2020
Moonachie PD Turns up Gun in Arrest for Road Rage Incident in Teterboro Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge/Teterboro, NJ News TAPinto
February 2020
2 men charged in Route 80 drive-by in Lodi linked to Long Island murder - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com)
March 2020
ROAD RAGE: Driver With 1-Year-Old Son In Car Pulls Gun On Motorist In Garfield, Police Charge Garfield-Lodi Daily Voice

2021

January 2021
Suspect In Road Rage Incident Arrested In Atlantic City Traffic Stop, Gun Recovered Atlantic Daily Voice Your Local News for Atlantic County, New Jersey
March 2021
Men Pointed Rifle In Rt. 202 Road Rage Incident: Prosecutor Bridgewater, NJ Patch
June 2021

1. New Jersey State Police investigate two incidents of gunfire on South Jersey highways, believe 1 may be road rage - 6abc Philadelphia
2. US Marshals Nab PA Driver In South Jersey Road Rage Shooting, Authorities Say Berks Daily Voice Your Local News for Berks County, Pennsylvania
3. Holland Tunnel lanes to NYC shut over armed road rage: Sources (nydailynews.com)

July 2021

1. NJ State Police arrest man who allegedly fired gun during road rage incident in Vineland (fox29.com)
2. Driver charged with pointing ‘ghost gun’ during road rage incident - nj.com

November 2021

1. NJ Road Rage Victim Recalls Incident Ending in Gunfire: ‘Scares the Hell Out of Me’ – NBC New
2. (Off Duty Cop Victim - Full NJSP Code 3 Response) NJ Turnpike Chase Result of Gun Used in Road Rage Incident: NJSP – NBC New York

December 2021
Man jailed pending trial on road rage shooting charges - nj.com

2022

January 2022

1. Paramus Police: Airsoft Gun Pointed at Individual During Road Rage Incident Paramus, NJ News TAPinto
2. 2 Charged In Eatontown Road Rage Shooting That Began On Rt. 35 Long Branch, NJ Patch
3. Monmouth couple arrested as Road Rage turns into Attempted Murder (wobm.com)
4. NJSP: Ocean County Man Charged in GSP Road-rage Incident (wpgtalkradio.com)
5. I-76 killing allegedly stemmed from road rage: NJ police (audacy.com)

February 2022
Monmouth couple arrested as Road Rage turns into Attempted Murder (wobm.com)
March 2022
N.Y. man, 22, arrested for road rage shooting in N.J. - nj.com
June 2022
West Orange Police Respond to Isolated Road Rage Incident West Orange, NJ News TAPinto
October 2022

1. Man Pointed Gun At Driver In Road Rage Incident: South Jersey Police Gloucester Township, NJ Patch
2. Vehicle fired upon in apparent road rage incident in Kearny: police - nj.com

November 2022

1. Loaded Gun Found With Man During South Jersey Road Rage Incident Ocean City, NJ Patch
2. Driver pulled gun during Atlantic City road rage incident, cops say - nj.com
3. Road Rage Incident Leads To Arrest In Atlantic City: Police Atlantic Daily Voice Your Local News for Atlantic County, New Jersey

December 2022
Galloway Twp., NJ, Police: 2 Arrested in Armed Road Rage Incident (wpgtalkradio.com)

2023

March 2023
ROAD RAGE: Woman Wanted For Questioning After Driver Points Handgun At Victim's Head In Newark Essex Daily Voice Your Local News for Essex County, New Jersey
​
Other related articles (pushing the nationwide narrative)

1. Road Rage Shootings Are Continuing to Surge Everytown Research & Policy
2. Safety groups say road rage incidents are on the rise nationwide (news12.com)
3. Are Road Rage Shootings Increasing? (thetrace.org)

​

Tour threads are for anything and everything relating to the relevant show. Discussion, videos, pictures, tweets - anything! This thread is also to collect everything in one place, so that we and future fans can look back at each show, so if you have anything relevant to the show, be sure to post it here!
Schedule:
1 hour delay announced
4:30 5:30 PM: VIP Check In
5:15 6:15 PM: VIP Doors
6:00 7:00 PM: GA Doors
7:00 8:00 PM: BAND-MAID
Venue: St Andrews Hall, Ticket
Bag policy:

• Clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bags (maximum size: 12"x6"x12")
  
• Small clutch bags approximately the size of a hand (maximum size: 4.5"x6.5")
  

Merch available
Setlist:

1. DOMINATION
   
2. glory
   
3. BLACK HOLE
   
4. Screaming
   
5. Dont't you tell ME
   
6. Dice
   
7. Blooming
   
8. Balance
   
9. Sense
   
10. Sayonakidori
    
11. from now on
    
12. Warning!
    
13. HATE?
    
14. Unfair game
    
15. Choose me
    
16. Daydreaming
    
17. Memorable
    
18. FREEDOM
    
19. Unleash!!!!!
    
20. Influencer
    
21. NO GOD
    
22. endless Story
    

Setlists Compared
Future Dates/Previous Threads

2023

Date	Place	Venue	Thread
May 14	Houston, TX	Bayou Music Center	Link
May 15	Austin, TX	Emo's	Link
May 18	Daytona, FL	Rockville Festival	Link
May 19	Atlanta, GA	Buckhead	Link
May 21	Nashville, TN	Brooklyn Bowl	Link
May 22	Charlotte, NC	Underground	Link
May 24	Detroit, MI	St Andrews Hall	[Link]()
May 26	Columbus, OH	Sonic Temple Festival	[Link]()
May 27	St Louis, MO	Pointfest Radio Show	[Link]()
August 4	Chicago, IL	Lollapalooza	[Link]()
August 6	Minneapolis, MN	Varsity Theater	[Link]()
August 8	Denver, CO	Summit	[Link]()
August 9	Salt Lake City, UT	The Depot	[Link]()
August 11	Portland, OR	Crystal Ballroom	[Link]()
August 12	Spokane, WA	Bing Crosby Theater	[Link]()
August 14	Sacramento, CA	Ace of Spades	[Link]()
August 15	Anaheim, CA	House of Blues	[Link]()
August 18	Mexico City, MX	Pabellon Oeste	[Link]()

2022

Date	Place	Venue	Thread
October 9	Sacramento, CA	Aftershock Festival	N/A
October 12	Seattle, WA	Neptune	Link
October 14	San Francisco, CA	August Hall	Link
October 15	Los Angeles, CA	Belasco	Link
October 17	San Diego, CA	House of Blues	Link
October 19	Phoenix, AZ	Crescent Ballroom	Link
October 21	Dallas, TX	House of Blues	Link
October 22	Houston, TX	House of Blues	Link
October 25	Washington, DC	The Fillmore	Link
October 26	Philadelphia, PA	Theatre of Living Arts	Link
October 28	New York, NY	Irving Plaza	Link
October 29	Boston, MA	Paradise Rock Club	Link
October 30	East Rutherford, NJ	American Dream	Link
November 1	Chicago, IL	House of Blues	Link

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The project I am working on is set about five and half thousand years in the future, off of Earth. I am working on some constructed languages for the setting. But I wanted to get a larger view and input from people not just in worldbuilding.
My question is this:
TL;DR If there are records that stretch from what we would call the current day all the way to some point 5,500 years into some future point, what would you say is the likelihood that the Latin script survives in a recognizable form?
I ask because I want to use a modified version of the Latin alphabet. I think over thousands of years, things like sound changes, spelling reforms, gaps in the historical record, influence from other scripts which may be socially influential, and more.
I should elaborate that I don't have the time line fleshed out in full, and I'm actually leaning into the ambiguity and he undocumented nature of the middle period between the now and the time my world takes place but I'd like to have some ideas sketched out.
Here are some of my ideas, I'd also like your honest take on them, good, bad, or ugly.

• The Pan-Nigerian Alphabet (PNA) becomes increasingly important socially, and then economically as Nigeria and West Africa become increasingly stable and eventually form a trade-partnership and a union similar to the European Union.
  
  • The PNA becomes increasingly popular outside the borders of this new union, cropping up in artist names and works, such as music, movies, video games, VR experiences, and other media.
  • Increasingly PNA keyboards are sold and become widespread. Maybe not the norm outside of the West African Union(temporary title) but, definitely no uncommon.
  • The PNA is adopted by some other African nations in order to ease communication and learning of the languages spoken in the West African Union.
    • Darija (Moroccan Arabic) and a number of Berber languages use a modified version of the PNA. This is a fairly controversial move in Arabic world at the time. This created some tensions, but ultimately, Morocco moved to use the modified PNA in official documentation, education, tourism marketing, signage. The original Arabic script is still used in the Qur'an, but increasingly there have been the dissemination of Qur'anic study guides that use the PNA and on the internet you can see some straight up translated versions of the Qur'an into Darija in it's modded PNA script.
    • Swahili and a number of Bantu languages adopted the PNA as well, as it in many cases barely changed the typical spelling of most words, as many Bantu languages already use the Latin alphabet.
    • Oromo (in our timeline) already has a Latin script version of it's writing system called Qubee (not to be mistaken for the misguided attempt and utter failure of a platform called Quibi). Qubee adopts some spelling reforms and adheres to a modified version of PNA.
    • Amharic, a related language of Oromo, also has a Latin Script variant (not in our timeline, but in this world's timeline) but it has middling range. Most speakers of Amharic, including L2 speakers such as the Rastafarian community, keep the Amharic/Ge'ez script, as they consider it sacred. Generally though, Amharic speakers in this time line often speak Oromo as well and will use the PNA for that. Most Amharic speakers in this timeline are still quite familiar with the PNA even if they don't use it in their native tongue.
    • There are hold outs who refuse to use the PNA, but due to it's social and economic impact, it's prevalence and exposure is widespread, even beyond the massive African continent.
• The Armenian diaspora has an increasingly strong push to keep Armenian not only alive but to thrive. There is a moderately successful push in the US and Canada to maintain bilingualism and to push for Armenians to create pieces of art in Armenian.
  
  • There is a push for bilingualism in Russia, Turkey, France, and Iran as well as some other places, but the aforementioned nations put forth antagonistic legislation and outright hostility towards this. The Armenian language and its alphabet become a marker of Armenian identity, pro-Armenian attitudes, and are often used as acts of defiance against these nations.
  • Armenian becomes increasingly common, in metropolitan areas of the US, especially Los Angeles, the North East Corridor (the increasingly densifying mega-city between Boston and Washington DC), usually just referred to as "the Neck" (derived from the acronym of NEC). It's also become popular in the megalopolis of Houston. There are also sizeable pockets of Armenians in Salt Lake City, Chicago, and regions outside of the NEC, like Buffalo NY, Rochester NY, Utica NY, Burlington VT, Pittsburgh PA, Morgantown WV, and Richmond VA.

These two major factors I think will affect English which is still widely used in the 2400s as a lingua franca. Due to it's reach I think the affects of the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and of an increasingly robust exposure to Armenian script may augment the future course of the script in general.
Flash forward a few millennia and due to sound changes, spelling reforms, and the disconnected groups of Humanity spread out among the stars, I think that the Latin script may still persist but with both major and minor changes, but ultimately, still looks roughly the same.
Seem plausible? Reasonable? Dumb? Great? All of the above? None of the above?
Let me know. I appreciate your time, and your input. Thanks again everyone.