Okay, so I am a US citizen that plans on moving to Alberta (prob Calgary) when I graduate university and I am gonna put my POV on what just went down last month.
First of all, I like UCP's policies but don't like Danielle Smith. She isn't the Pierre Poilivere that the federal Conservatives are going to get a landslide victory with.
However, the AB NDP is a f*cking joke. The fact that Notley hasn't gotten kicked of the leadership position is concerning. All she did in the debate was position Smith as an "ultra-MAGA" candidate, while Danielle brought forth her plan and mandate for Alberta when re-elected.
Sure, the UCP lost seats bla bla bla... but the UCP won a majority government after all of the heat from the biased media.
Canada is on the right path. 🇨🇦

I'm having an issue with this game on the bluestacks app player. Every time I try to open the game I end up getting this black screen with an error message. This hasn't happened to any other games I downloaded just this one. Anyone have a similar issue or know how to resolve this? I'm on windows 10 and have the latest version of bluestacks.
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So many people I’ve met are convinced that they are better than you because they went to X school and you went to school Y. They genuinely think they’re smarter than you and will get a better paying job. It drives me up a f**king wall.
My family doesn’t have a lot of money and I have a lot of siblings, so there’s even less to go around. We worked our butts off in high-school so we could go to college, and when the time came we decided to save money and go to our local state school, but everyone else I knew went to expensive brand name schools and everyone thought they were better than everyone else for doing so. I’m no genius, but I got a decent head on my shoulders and I work hard, and kids who were dumb as bricks were now acting like they were smartebetter than me because their parents paid X amount of money for them to go to some obscure school halfway across the country you’ve never even heard of. And they’re convinced that even with equivalent majors and grades, their degree is still worth more than mine because of where they went to school. Don’t get me wrong, going to Harvard or Yale definitely speaks to your achievements, but other than the handful of ivy league schools out there, no one cares which one of the 4000+ universities in the US you went to.
Funny story, I recently crossed paths with one of those pretentious people from high school, and they’re attending a private school in the city 20mins from my local college. Turns out we’re taking the same exact course with the same Professor. Same assignments and everything, my syllabus even still has their university name printed at the top. I’m getting an A, and they’re barely passing. I’m now tutoring him. I figured out that this isn’t the only case, half of my professors teach the same exact course at a handful of universities in the state. This discovery blew this kids mind, and he can’t come to terms that we’re somehow equal.
Edit: grammar

I know F&H canon is kinda unknown to begin with and I doubt this question has no right or wrong answer, but who would make the most sense to have worn it?

My (F27) BFF (F 29) and her now ex (M 33) of 3 years finally ended their toxic relationship after months of issues. It ended with him assaulting her and being taken to jail. He is expected to be released in a couple days and will have a police escort to pick up his belongings at their house. I bought a plane ticket (DC to LA) to go and support/comfort her for a couple days.
Myself along with other loved ones have tried to get her away from this person because of the toxicity but she was unable to leave him until he was sent to jail. We all hope this is the final straw for her.
I had to cancel my flight because I was dealing with personal issues and did not feel capable for helping her. She is a heavy drinker and I find it difficult to be around her while she is drinking.
My question is: How can I be a good friend to her? Should I fly out and be by her side? Should i get her to come to me? To I tell her I will help her when she is sober? Any advice would be great as I want to be as good of a friend to her as she is to me but maintain my boundaries.

Hello all, I’m sure this has probably been discussed before, but I wanted to post about my specific situation (and it’s summer so unfortunately, tis the season). My bf (21M) and I (22 F) Have been dating for about a year and a half. Our relationship is one id consider healthy, and in almost every aspect he treats me very well and with upmost respect and care. He is what i’d consider to be a kind and good person through and through, every quality that id want in a life long partner.
We went grocery shopping together, and where we live it was 85 degrees and sunny, very warm. I wore a brown silk tank top with spaghetti straps, and a couple lines of lacy patterning on the top, that i thrifted (I thought it was very cottage core/cute). Now, I am a typically modest woman id say, there are a number of “modern” outfits i absolutely would never wear in public, it’s just not me. I am what youd consider a curvy woman. I am not small chested, and I have a bum for lack of better description, in a way that if i don’t wear clothes 3x my size you’re gonna see them. This is an aspect I’ve long struggled with, especially in the summer when I can’t get away with oversized sweaters all the time. Plus I ultimately don’t want to have to feel ashamed of my body just because I have these physical aspects to me…but he said this tank top was low cut for his liking and “showed a lot of skin” and that he didn’t like that for his partner. he said older couples were “looking” at the store, and “no one was dressed like you”
I tried to explain to him that I felt these feelings of his have misogynistic undertones, but his response is that he should be able to safely discuss his feelings without me getting upset because he can’t help that my outfit made him feel conflicted. please, help???
TLDR: my (21 M) bf said my (22 F)tank top was low cut and too revealing.

I (F 19) just moved here with my boyfriend ( M 20) and we really want to start making some friends! Any advice on where to go or feel free to DM me :)

Passed away yesterday morning around 11:40 Eastern. First was diagnosed 3 years ago on June 8th. I've had family pass away. I run a recovery home and I've had residents pass away. I've had close friends and mentors pass away, but this is completely different. Staying sober no not even thinking about drinking over it. He would kick my ass if I did. When I was in rehab he came and we had a great talk and part of it included the next 5 years goals and that he just wanted me to be okay. That was 4 years ago and the list we made has all been accomplished. I am trying to stay positive and think about all the good times and all the good memories and there are a lot. However hospice took 3 hours to come to the house to pronounce him dead and take the body and it's really f****** with my head.

This is an ongoing drama, one that won't stop until probably next year or even longer. But before I get into the details of the drama, let's talk about the background, and the important information to know...
TW: Sexual assault discussion mentioned about halfway.

Hockey? NHL? What the fuck are those?

Ice hockey is a sport where 6 very large, burly men put swords on their feet and glide around on ice against 6 other very large, burly men who also have sword-shoes. They carry a stick to whack around a hard little circle of rubber and each other (most often each other) with the goal of hitting that little rubber past another large burly man into a 6'x4' net. A game takes place over 3 periods of 20 minutes each, and whoever hits the rubber circle most often in the opponent's Warhammer gaming table sized net is the winner of the game. There are 82 games during the 'regular season', and then they compete in the 'playoffs' for the Stanley Cup, which is worth at least $5.
The National Hockey League, or the Ligue Nationale de Hockey if you hate everyone else in North America, is effectively the world's highest level of ice hockey. People all over the world spend their entire youth lives training to have a shot at being drafted by an NHL team, from Belarus to England, from Canada to Australia. There are other leagues in the world, but they are more or less for people who are shunned in the NHL for whatever reason, people who have retired from the NHL but still play hockey for whatever reason (Jaromir Jagr, I'm looking at you), or people who aren't good enough to play in the NHL but still good enough to be paid to play.
There are 32 teams in the NHL at the moment, but the most important teams for this story are:
1) Chicago Blackhawks: I'm going to go over the Blackhawks later in this post. It's...a lot.
2) Anaheim Ducks: A team that was originally owned by Disney based on the movie The Mighty Ducks. No, I'm not joking. They were founded in 1993 and have had some close calls with the Stanley Cup, but has never won it. They finished the 22-23 season with the worst record possible, and one of the worst records in NHL history.
3) Columbus Blue Jackets: They're young, having only existed since 2000. They've never been in the Stanley Cup finals, and have never really had a good season during their existence. They finished second to last.
4) Seattle Kraken: They're the newest team, being founded in 2021. They're actually not relevant at all to this post; they're my team and therefore am obligated to mention them.

Okay, so sword-feet and stick hitting rubber circle. What is this about 'draft'?

In order to make it to the NHL, you have to be drafted by an NHL team. Being drafted is similar to how people used to pick each other for teams during recess. You know, where you kept getting picked last. Except if you get drafted, you get a contract worth potentially millions of dollars.
The draft takes place over a series of rounds, where each team picks one person each (unless they traded their draft pick, but this isn't relevant). In the first round, the teams with the worst record draft first, all the way up to the team that won the Stanley Cup. Then in the second round, it counts down from Stanley Cup winner down to the worst, third round is from worst to best again, and so on until the draft is completed (Usually 7 rounds).
HOWEVER, there is a twist...

The Lottery

So in order to prevent teams from 'tanking', aka losing on purpose in order to get the best draft pick, the league came up with the Draft Lottery. After the season has ended, every team that didn't make the playoffs participates in the lottery. Whoever wins the lottery will jump up 10 spots in the draft. Teams who were worse during the season get higher odds. This year, the team with the best odds are the Anaheim Ducks, at 18.5% chance of winning, since they sucked hard and it wasn't even on purpose.

Okay, enough. Why is the 2023 draft important?

This year is one of the most important drafts in recent NHL history. The current highest-rated prospect is Connor Bedard. Bedard is...good. Like, really good. Like, really, REALLY good. Top NHL players are saying that Bedard already has the best shot release in hockey right now at least...and he's only like 17 years old. I won't go into it much further, but Connor Bedard is the type of player that can lead teams to the Stanley Cup by just being on the team. People are comparing him to Wayne Gretzky; if you need context for who that is, he's considered one of the best sports-people of all time out of all sports.

Side Show -- The Chicago Blackhawks, and Why Everyone Hates Them

The Blackhawks, which I'm going to call the Hawks, are an old team. They've been around since the 40s as one of the 'original six', teams that have been around since the modern NHL was a thing (well, not really, but it's not relevant). Yes, the NHL only had 6 teams until the 1960s, which is when they finally expanded into more markets, which then snowballed into what we have now (32 teams).
The Hawks have had...a rough recent history. They effectively had a dynasty for most of the 2010s, winning the Stanley Cup 3 times, and a lot of it had to do with their talent. Before the 2010s, the Hawks sucked. That is, until they drafted amazing players like Jonathan Toews (pronounced "taves", not "toes") and Patrick Kane, who helped boost them to the Stanley Cup in the 10's (They have since retired. This is important context.) These picks were already controversial; people like to claim that the NHL favors original six teams because they're massive markets, which means more butts-in-seats, which means more money. So the Blackhawks getting so many first round, top-3 picks was...suspicious to most.
But all of this is overshadowed by the sexual assault and subsequent cover up.
During the 2010 season, one of their cup-winning seasons, a player named Kyle Beach, was sexually assaulted by a member of the coaching staff. He brought it forward to the organization who did their best to make sure that the coaching staff was safe and sound. Kyle Beach never broke into the NHL aside from the 2010 season -- take that information for what it is. In 2021, Kyle Beach sued the Blackhawks for their mishandling. An independent investigation found that the Blackhawks knew about the sexual assault, and did nothing to the perpetrator. The perpetrator went on to commit more acts of sexual assault against young players.
The punishment that the Blackhawks faced? Nothing major. They were fined $2 million. Which...is basically nothing, considering they made $222 million that year. So, like...1%.
This punishment was a slap in the face to teams like the Arizona Coyotes, who lost draft picks (which means losing players that could turn their organization around) because of a much, MUCH less severe violation (In their case, the Coyotes were performing physicals on potential draftees before they were drafted, which is a violation of the NHL constitution). Other teams have lost players because of similar circumstances -- the first one that comes to mind is the Boston Bruins, who dropped a (potential) top player because it came to light he had hazed, abused, and hurled racial slurs at a black autistic player in the junior leagues.
Needless to say, this further fueled conspiracies that the Blackhawks were getting special treatment because of their status as an original six team, and how big the Chicago market is.
From the /hockey subreddit:

Didn't the NHL originally fine the Devils $3 million for the Kovalchuk stuff a decade ago? What a joke. [Context: Kovalchuk was a high-level player, and the Devils tried to do some sneaky-shady stuff in order to keep him.]
Coyotes lost high picks for getting extra physical data, Devils got fined $3m and two picks for cap circumvention, and we got fined $250k for calling out George Parros for being the joke he is. And all the Blackhawks get for covering up rape is a $2m fine?? What a fucking joke [Context: This is a Rangers fan, and the Rangers called out George Parros, leader of the Department of Player Safety, for doing nothing about player safety. They were fined $250k for making mean comments.]

It doesn't really help that Chicago fans have a poor reputation. In the NHL, Chicago fans have a reputation for being drunk fair-weather fans. Before 2010 Chicago had a rough time filling up their arena to half-way. During the 2010s? Sellout arena, every game. Going into the 2020s, when their team started sucking again, they're back to struggling filling seats.
So the hockey fandom in general doesn't really like Chicago, but how does this all tie into the 2023 Draft?

The Lottery (for real this time)

As mentioned before, the 2023 season was potentially a huge season for struggling teams like the Columbus Blue Jackets or the Anaheim Ducks. Getting Connor Bedard would turn around entire franchises, overnight.
Going into the draft, the heavy favorites to win the lottery were the Ducks at 18.5%, the Blue Jackets at 13.5%, and the Chicago Blackhawks at 11.5%. The other 13 teams had basically less than 10% odds.
The draft lottery was televised, and millions of people watched ESPN and TSN to see the results from all over the league. Top teams in the west were praying that the lottery winner would go to the Blue Jackets so they wouldn't have to face Bedard, and top teams in the east were praying the lottery pick would go to the west for the same reason. Everyone universally had the same sentiment though:

Anyone but Chicago.

The hosts go down the line to show the new draft lineup, starting from 16 and going down. Nothing seemed to change in the lineup; teams hoping for ajump up were sadly disappointed but knew they never really had a chance anyways.
The hosts get to the top 5. The reveal the 5th pick is...Montreal. Montreal fans speak French-Canadian sadly, or whatever it is Quebecois folk do.
The fourth pick is revealed. The San Jose Sharks. Sharks fans chomp sadly. Or drink their Starbucks sadly. Idk, I'm not rich enough to live in San Jose.
Then something curious happens. They cut to a commercial break, but the ESPN broadcasters say something very curious. "An upset for Columbus! It's down to Anaheim or Chicago!" Suspicion arises. The card for 3rd place wasn't revealed, how could they have known that Columbus was the 3rd pick? Conspiracy talk bumps up in the live Reddit thread. People were already saying that Chicago won the lottery. They just knew.

Nice of ESPN to state Columbus will pick 3rd before Daley ever even showed it and they went to commercials “It will be either Chicago or Anaheim”….
Elliotte Friedman tweeted out who got pick 1 and 2 during the commercial break. Said tweets have now been deleted.

The NHL lottery comes back on after commercials and reveal that CBJ wins the 3rd pick to no one's surprise. All that's left is two envelopes, one with a '2' the other with a '1'. They begin to open the '2' envelope. The hockey world goes silent, as whoever gets the 2 spot means that the other won the lottery...

The Worst Timeline

The worst-case-scenario happens. Chicago, universally hated in the hockey world, wins the draft lottery. Duck fans are outraged. Blue Jacket fans are outraged. Literally every fanbase is outraged.

hockey 9/11
why has god abandoned us
If you didn't think Chicago was getting Bedard here is your lesson of how fucked up the world is
Fuck this
Can't lose that media market now that Kane and Toews are gone!
Never forget that the Coyotes had to forfeit a first round pick for talking to a prospect before it was permitted, while Chicago protected a fucking rapist and got no reprecussions.
Coyotes: asks prospects what they ate and to wear shorts? Forfeit draft picks Blackhawks: cover up sexual assault and lie your asses off? Have a Bedard
Draft HoF talent 1st overall -> Go on a dynasty and win 3 cups -> Trade HoF 1st overall -> Draft another HoF talent 1st overall.
He went to the least deserving team.

Individual team subreddits were no better. Every fan from every team, aside from Chicago, were seething and chomping at the bit. There is an ongoing conspiracy about the NHL favoring Chicago now, and people are actively calling for the NHL commissioner's resignation.

Living in a Post-Apocalypse Wasteland

It's been barely a month since the bomb dropped. Food is hard to come by. Hope is lost. People fight each other for the barest scraps of undamaged cloth to keep warm at night since the sun was blacked out.
We don't know what will happen. Life is moving on, but is it really life if there's no will to live?
In seriousness, no one wanted this outcome. Even some Hawks fans hated this. It's hard to say what will happen to the NHL now. Some people are saying that Connor Bedard will get drafted and refuse to play for the Blackhawks, demanding to be traded. Some say he'll disappear to Europe and play in the Swedish league or the KHL to avoid the Blackhawks contract. Others say he'll be a fool to avoid the NHL and just take what he's got, and demand a trade later.
No one knows what Connor Bedard is thinking. He's not really said anything. But we do know that the world of hockey has been shaken to its core. If Bedard plays, Chicago will be a force to be reckoned with for years. If he avoids Chicago, it'll be a legendary act of defiance that will 100% cause the NHL to invent a rule to prevent that from happen again.
But for now, I must return to my fallout shelter. It's not healthy to stand in the radiation for too long.

"For many centuries we have being on darkness, our world is being consumed by...something, our gods abandoned us and our savior is now long gone...plague, hunger and strange creatures are wandering around thd land, destroying the little we have..."
Hello, I am elmano and I am 21 years old, I am looking for someone to rp with me on the theme of a dark fantasy, a world where the god because of the sins and greed of them creation are long gone, just observing but not act uppon anything but people still with hope that they will come to save them on such dire moments. Recently nany types of creatures start to pop up in different places across the kingdoms, killing villages, destroying crops and starting plagues all around, and now will be our role as simple travelers to fight said evils and find the source of this darkness invasion.
Well now that the lore is settled lets talk about some technical things... -I usually mirror my partners writting style but I variate between 5 to 15 lines -I am always open for suggestions and feedbacks on the story, after all it's something we are building together so don't be afraid to talk about it -Have any idea for spice up the roleplay? Feel free to share and apply it o the story! -The roleplay will be heavily inspired in some media pieces such as berserk, fear and hunger and darksouls, but isn't necessary to know them all for the roleplay itself. -If you are looking for romance, it is fine too, but be warned I only fo M/F with me rping as a Male. -I am ok with ooc talk, hell, even call me for play a game if you wish
Well that is everything, feel free to dm me!

I am having the hardest time ever getting into a new book. I’m an avid reader, but a very picky one, and this current slump is really starting to bug me.
I thought I would list the books I’ve read recently that I loved and that really resonated with me. I’m super emotional so being moved emotionally by a book is important to me, but it can’t be too dark and depressing. Can’t handle it.
I LOVED:
All the Light We Cannot See
Lonesome Dove
Hamnet
Tale of Two Cities
Pretty much all classic Brit Lit (Austen, the Brontes, Eliot, love all that)
I liked Rules of Civility a lot and am currently trudging through A Gentleman in Moscow. I love the style and the writing, it’s just a little boring. I love a good plot.
Simultaneously reading All Creatures Great and Small. It’s cute but again, not enough of a plot.
And these were my swing and a misses, the books you’d think I would like but I actually ended up hating:
10,000 Doors of January
Crime and Punishment (actually I liked this a lot, it was just too dark for me)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Cloud Cuckoo Land
The Book Thief
A Picture of Dorian Gray
I love war books and am currently trying to read Matterhorn but I’m about to give up. Way too many f bombs and drama between the soldiers. I really don’t like the vibe at all. I loved Unbroken, however. That’s the vibe I’m going for in a war book.
Please help! What should I try next?!

Yankees @ Dodgers - Sat, Jun 03

Game Status: Pre-Game - First Pitch is scheduled for 07:15 PM EDT

Links & Info

• Current conditions at Dodger Stadium: 73°F - Sunny - Wind 7 mph, Out To CF
• TV: National: FOX
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Dodgers: KTNQ 1020 (es), Dodgers Radio AM570
• MLB Gameday
• Statcast Game Preview

ALE Rank	Team	W	L	GB (E#)	WC Rank	WC GB (E#)
1	Tampa Bay Rays	40	19	- (-)	-	- (-)
2	Baltimore Orioles	36	21	3.0 (102)	1	+3.0 (-)
3	New York Yankees	34	25	6.0 (98)	3	- (-)
4	Toronto Blue Jays	31	27	8.5 (96)	4	2.5 (102)
5	Boston Red Sox	30	27	9.0 (96)	5	3.0 (102)

	Probable Pitcher (Season Stats)	Report
Yankees	Gerrit Cole (6-0, 2.93 ERA, 73.2 IP)	No report posted.
Dodgers	Michael Grove (0-1, 8.44 ERA, 16.0 IP)	No report posted.

Yankees Lineup vs. Grove	AVG	OPS	AB	HR	RBI	K
1 Torres - 2B	-	-	-	-	-	-
2 Judge - RF	-	-	-	-	-	-
3 Rizzo - 1B	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 Donaldson - DH	-	-	-	-	-	-
5 LeMahieu - 3B	-	-	-	-	-	-
6 Bauers - LF	-	-	-	-	-	-
7 Kiner-Falefa - CF	-	-	-	-	-	-
8 Trevino - C	-	-	-	-	-	-
9 Volpe - SS	-	-	-	-	-	-
10 Cole - P	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dodgers Lineup vs. Cole	AVG	OPS	AB	HR	RBI	K
1 Betts - 2B	.545	1.128	11	0	1	0
2 Freeman, F - 1B	.353	1.127	17	1	2	6
3 Smith, W.D. - C	-	-	-	-	-	-
4 Muncy - 3B	.000	.000	2	0	0	2
5 Martinez - DH	.216	.792	37	2	4	17
6 Heyward - RF	.120	.450	25	0	1	3
7 Peralta - LF	.417	1.295	12	0	1	1
8 Outman - CF	-	-	-	-	-	-
9 Rojas, M - SS	.500	1.167	2	0	0	1
10 Grove - P	-	-	-	-	-	-

Division Scoreboard

TB 5 @ BOS 8 - Final
TB @ BOS 06:10 PM EDT
TOR 0 @ NYM 1 - Middle 3
BAL @ SF 10:05 PM EDT
^{Last Updated: 06/03/2023 05:23:17 PM EDT}

Hi All,
I've been debating on how to best deal with an unique situation whereby I have several different camera settings when I captured M31 towards the end of summer last year. Specifically, I have (with a canon 90d) shot the following exposures of M31 (300mm f/4 at f/4):

• 18s frames at 3200 ISO (198 total for 59.4m)
• 18s frames at 800 ISO (250 total for 1hr 45m)

I previoulsy did a stack and stretch of all 18s frames at 800 ISO. But if I wanted to pre-process all files, what would be the bets method of stacking to ensure the highest potential S/N ratio?
My best educated guess would be to stack each ISO seperately first. Then, copy the ISO 800 stack and average it together with the 18s ISO 3200 stack. But is a 2:1 ratio sufficient or should I consider making it a 4:1 ratio -- Four copies of the 800 ISO stack averaged with the 3200 stack?
Any feedback is appreciated -- the reason for different ISO was simply forgetting to reset ISO after focusing - and I wasn't smart enough to just continue imaging at 3200.

Warning long post.
I am absolutely at my wits end with dental / mouth pain it has been fairly constant since the beginning of march which began with a crown and filling ( #15 • 3/10/23) Fast forward a week I had a failed root canal (#14•3/17/23) that was abscessed and was extracted with bone graft placed. Pain persisted and I found an oral surgeon willing to go in and clean out the bone graft which turned out to be abscessed as well done on 4/4/21. Fast forward almost 3 weeks, the pain is still persisting and we find another failed root canal (#13 4/24/23) with infection and a fracture in the tooth which resulted in extraction, bone graft, and implant which experienced delayed healing but overall solid. Pain continued and we discovered #15 pulp was inflamed and required root canal which was done on 5/9/23. Pain the transferred to right side and #3 became abscessed and required root canal on 5/18/23. Swelling and pain got significantly worse throughout the week and we found that tooth #31 died and was fractured requiring extraction on 5/22/23. Im still in IMENSE pain where the extraction site is radiating all the way down my jaw towards my chin. I’m just at the bottom of my rope. I’ve never experienced or heard of someone experiencing something like this. I’m 🤏🏼 to checking myself in somewhere. I’ve been on all the antibiotics and all the pain meds and I’m just tired.
Any suggestions helpful tips
30/F - non drinker - light vape usage Pregnancy loss in February. Good oral hygiene and no physical trauma.