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I’m 23 and Im having these reoccurring memories of my sister (four years older than me) trying to drown me, suffocate me and lots of unspoken things at the age of about me being 4-12 years old. She has this need for my attention and approval but I’m struggling with feeling I have no empathy for anything she goes through. I think this may because of the horrific things I remember such as I remember her zip tying my fingers, making me drink soap or eat salt. She would take a pillow and put it over my face and sit on it until I was screaming bloody murder. We would fight like normal sisters ( I thought ) we would get into fist fights and she would pull my hair to it falling out. I remember almost drowning on several occasions. She would only let go because I clawed my way out of it everytime. One time me and my friend got tricked into getting locked out of my house for 30 min so her and her friends could enjoy there time without us kids but we were only wearing shorts tank tops and flip flops in the middle of winter with snow and ice on the ground. I remember her showing me porn all the time. There’s a lot of confusion I think it’s time to maybe see a therapist but I’m scared that will not go well. My parents were never around and would have my sister watch me (might be why she showed such force towards me). Till this day it haunts me and she’s very manipulative in a sense she records her self crying to send it to me so she can get every bit of sympathy out of me. I can’t take it anymore but I feel like the bad guy because I don’t feel bad for her. I feel bad in a sense she deals with depression and I understand that but I have this distance I keep from her. I understand she may have been a victim of other types of abuse as well and this may be why things were what they were.
She claims she doesn’t remember trying to drown me and moves on from the conversation fairly quick. These memories are becoming more vivid as I start to get older but I don’t know what to do with them I have a hard time with mental health and making any connections I haven’t made a friend in 7 years. Is this trauma ? Am I overreacting ?

Just finished my first ever playthrough of the game and can't wait to start my second run, my first run was a Demon run with following party comp.
MC Demon Barb/Mutation Warrior Regill Cavalier Tank Camelia Rapier DPS Woljif Dagger DPS Wenduag Axe Maniac Fallen Shae Bow DPS
Obviously this team has minimal support and healing options and allowed very little room for error, but when it worked it was awesome watching things get deleted.
For my second playthrough I want to do an about face on not just alignment but playstyle, I am definitely thinking azata with a tentative team composition of MC Mounted Archer or Mage maybe both Sosiel Trevor Lann Shae ( yes I know her and lann fill the same role traditionall) Daeran/Nenio
Any suggestions for MC Builds or team comp are greatly appreciated
Edit: would also love if the MC's animal companion would still be functional without being mounted once the dragon is rideable, hate the idea of a rider less horse running around

A Predator or Alien style Grievous movie with Kaleesh flashbacks could help save star wars. He's hunting jedi and clones at the beginning of the clone wars before anyone knows wtf he is. Maybe bounty hunters are called in to no avail. Idk how Dooku would work, but maybe he's only a hologram during the entire film and we don't see Grievous train under him directly. This could be a horror film almost, treated like the Vader scene in Rouge One, only we don't see as much of Grievous until the end. (Ofc we know what he looks like already, but we know what big sharks look like and jaws is sill scary).
There's plenty of other ideas that'd save the franchise, but I think it's time to experiment with Slightly darker themes like the Vader movie is supposed to. Treating grievous like a movie monster then giving him a reveal/ villain moment in the end is probably a safe and simple premise that's probably hard to really mess up lore wise but idk. Maybe we can get some of the rogue crime stuff everyone seems to want if the protagonists are bounty hunters called in by the republic to discover what Grievous is. And Grievous can be tested on the battlefield as well as outer rim cities that are similar to the depths of Courscant, Grievous can be kinda sneaky in city environments, and a tank on the battlefield.

Ever since I went to an all-night laser tag party in middle school, ive had this idea in my head. Hear me out on this okay? Wars are bad. They kill people and cost a ton of money. Ew. Laser tag is awesome! Its entertaining to watch and play. What do these two have in common? Well, my younger, more sleep-deprived brain said EVERYTHING. If laser tag replaced wars it would immediately become an international sport. Deaths would be heavily penalized and the entire fight could be watched by billions of people. No more scary boom boom people, just silly adults playing laser tag. The team members for this would be randomly selected and the players would be isolated and not able to find out who they are fighting for. Just think about the possibilities! Think about how cool the arenas would look! I want this and I refuse to see it in any negative way.

Hello plumbing professionals. First off, thanks for all you do. I’ve called 2 reputable companies to diagnose an issue with a noxious sewage odor in the upstairs bathroom.
In November, we moved into our home in Connecticut. Brand new septic tank installed by a company that services the entire neighborhood.
In December, we lit a fire in the fireplace on the first floor after having the chimney cleaned. That’s when we first smelled the sewage in the upstair bathroom. I check for any dead animals in the attic or fan, nothing.
Did some research and learned that the negative pressure of air flowing up the chimney was pulling air from the plumbing pipes potentially causing the smell. Solution at the time was to open a window in the house to bring in fresh air. The defeated the purpose of using a fireplace but it helped lol.
Now that it’s warm outside, we’ve been running window fans. When they are exhausting air, we smell the sewage in the same bathroom. We cleaned the drain pipes with baking soda and boiling water, but still persists.
I was able to trace the smell in the wall behind the medicine cabinet which is right next to the toilet (first and second floor toilets are above on another). Laundry is also in basement right below.
The first plumber came and checked the PVC stack pipe in the basement and the vent pipe on the roof. No signs of water damage/leak nor a blocked vent. I mentioned to him that I installed our new toilets with a rubber seal instead of a wax seal. So he installed a new wax seal under the toilets and asked to call back if the smell persists.
2nd time he came out he said he’d need to remove the vanity and demo the drywall behind the toilet to see if he can find a leak or crack in the stack pipe. It would be $900 for the demo, but no guarantee we’d find the issue and we’d have to pay for any remediation following the demo. I told him I’d think about it and let him know.
So, before we demo the wall does anyone have any ideas? Would hyrdojet help? Could I cut a small hole in the drywall before gutting everything?
Thanks for reading this long post and appreciate any help.

I loved E9 but it didn't feel like a finale, and maybe that's partly why there's been so much negativity about it.
So many shows I've watched have wrapped up the big outstanding storylines of the season and then the finale sets up the next one. That's what this felt like to me. We know who the AQ is, we know what happened at Lottie's compound, we saw what happened after Javi drowned, we saw how the Adam storyline was resolved. So now what?
Between this and all the rumors swirling around about a bonus episode I think there might still be one more out there. At least I hope there is.
With the way Van has been behaving in both the past and present, I could see something happening in a finale/bonus episode revealing her to be the big bad rather than Lottie, which would set up both timelines for S3. I would be all in on this because Lauren Ambrose would fucking kill it. So would Liv Hewson. Like maybe in the 90s timeline we see that Van is actually controlling Bad Tai and then see her pick right up where she left off in the present. Then the last scene reveals another adult survivor, maybe Mari or Ben.
What got me thinking about this is how Van had Tai call to cancel Lottie's wellness check (or whatever it was). She was the one who really wanted to do that, so why didn't she just do it herself? Why lean on Tai to do it? And when they drew the cards, and after Javi fell through the ice, she was completely caught up in the hunt. Plus there was her conversation with Travis after they brought Javi's body back. Absolutely unapologetic about anything she'd done or participated in.
Don't get me wrong, I thought E9 was really good and very well done, but it just felt incomplete as a season finale.

So I have a tank with a pair of pearl gouramis, some danios, loaches and shrimps. Only had the gouramis for a week but I've been noticing the female's belly looking a little bloated than when I got them, so I spent the weekend kind of observing her and found out she is quite the eater.
She will spend some time scrounging around the bottom eating the food that's supposed to be for the loaches and shrimps and during feeding time the smaller male gourami spends more time trying to chase her away from eating most of the food than actually eating himself. I've been feeding them a mix of slow sinking and floating pellets
So how do I stop her eating herself to death? I don't have another tank to move her into, and I was considering making a little shark cage contraption to separate her from the rest during feeding time.

Im gonna start this off by saying that Ranboo done such a good job with the first generation of genloss, the 3rd day was a complete 180 and caught me off guard comparing it to the other 2 days. If you're somehow reading this Ranboo, you should be proud :D now on to the theories.
It wasn't ranboo that was being tested, in the end it was us, the chat, the people canonicaly watching the 'show'.
Day 1 used a lot of camera angles a children's TV show would and censored blood with slime, possibly as a way of (canonicaly) allowing younger audiences to watch the show without realising how dangerous the tasks/challenges actually are or showing how much danger the characters are in, and instead replacing it with comedy. This shows that from the beginning of day 1 there was clear hints that it was all a TV show of some kind within the genloss universe.
There is no trailer for day 3, this could be because the trailers were made for the audience within the generation loss universe that isn't chat, and since Ranboo figured out the truth at the end of day 2, day 3 would be traumatising for any audience outside of chat to watch and know that real people died for the show, meaning that the day 3 episode probably doesn't exist, or at least not to the general public like the other 2 days were, (maybe there was an elite few who were able to see and vote for to kill or keep Ranboo alive).
It was said that the characters within the show were programmed, meaning that anyone within the company (or anyone kidnapped for the show) could become one of the on screen characters and have their memories rewritten to suit whatever style of show they want for different seasons/days.
At the very end the VHS tape is the only one that is labelled and placed in the fiveth spot. This could show that we got ending five or that this happened in the past and is chronologically the fiveth season.
Lastly my favourite thing I noticed/theory is that As the name suggests genloss could have just been a social experement to see how the genloss public would react if given different options with seemingly no negative consequences to the real people. Also to add to this point, Ranboo's mask directly links to how we saw the show, when it was flashing red it was on and we saw the show as if it was childish challenges with slime however when it was off, we saw the reality of what was happening, Ranboo's mask turned off after they realised that it was a show however it was lit was flashing red during the final choice showing that they might not have been in control of what they were saying and/or we weren't seeing what actually happened. This means there is a possibility that the end could have been way more gruesome or it could be a complete lie and Ranboo is still alive, allowing for a sequel.

It was enough emotional stuff and characterization there to make me care about the characters but even more hype
The things they did in this movie had me cheesin and rewatching just for the fun of it and the Big Bad is perfect. Dude was in his element. Totally makes up for aquaman and more, not that I didn't like him. If you're gonna go into it all negative then ignore this but if you just want something entertaining watch it

A message to the subreddit.
Hello. I am aware that this sub-reddit knows me as Negative_Oil_1601. The truth is that, for a very long amount of time, I have been Poignob. I am creating this post because of the uncomfortable amount of negativity on our Discord, as well as on this sub-reddit.
Look, I like this sub-reddit. I'd like to talk with you all candidly, and respectfuly - please hear me out, and let me talk with you all in a loving way.
As I stated earlier in this post, I am Poignob. I created my first trolling accounts to help combat what I saw as the lowering of intelligence on the sub-reddit. Regardless of what was the popular opinion at the time, I knew that I needed to speak up - if others didn't, I needed to be the person to.
I steadily made my arguments, I chose the flairs I thought were appropriate, and I steadily completed each mission. For me, I viewed each day as a mission, one that had to be completed with the utmost perfection. I was accused of various things, and labeled various things. But, I chose to keep going as I completed my mission. The truth is that, various users, like RandomUser1520 or Ed_Durr talked to me in such precisely minimalist ways. The moderators did not want to speak with me, or even acknowledge me as a good person like them - this, unfortunately, is what made me feel even sadder.
I chose to create a expedition, a great expedition of spreading ideologies. I felt happiness and satisfaction, pretty much every time I informed people of my ideological prowess. It felt so good, and so... I kept doing it!
This expedition, this great journey continued. Inevitably, and as I expected, the other well-known moderators chose to delete my comments. Soon enough, they chose to delete my posts. I felt weird, actually - it all felt so weird, I didn't even think I did anything "wrong" or "inappropriate". It felt like the moderators were at war with the users.
As I lurked for a few days, uncharacteristically not posting or commenting... I watched as the moderators took down other people's comments. They took down comments, they banned people, they threw so many tomatoes at everyone. This then inspired a user, who I don't actually know personally, to counter this all. The name Sachin became well-known as he epically critiqued the moderation tactics he saw.
As Sachin continued to speak up, and explain his positions on the moderation tactics, he was silenced immediately. It was as if one of those Japanese animated women had been humiliated with a tentacle.
TolkienJustice was a person I considered to be a great friend, and a great ally. I felt bad about the whole silencing of Sachin, and I felt the need to speak up about it, in a friendly way. I then messaged him and asked about the whole ordeal. Unfortunately, this is where things took a bizarre turn, actually. I was met with various replies in the PMs, each of which made.. little sense- these messages sounded almost authoritarian-like, and it made me feel uncomfortable. These messages espoused the beliefs and characteristics of various right-wing politicians, such as Maxime Bernier or, at strangest, Doug Mastriano.
I felt uncomfortable about this, and told a few people about it. Unfortunately, I couldn't convince anyone to believe me, and my old Sony Vio camera wasn't working quite as good. But nonetheless, I respect TolkienJustice and wish him well.
Later, this same sort of incident happened with Ed_Durr, who I also really respect, and I wish him well. He messaged me, and labeled me various things I found bizarre and fascinating. To this day, I believe the mod elections were rigged and that he took part in rigging the mod elections. It is fascinating to think about the ways in which it happened - also, I'd like to state that proof and evidence will be coming soon. I need to gather the evidence of it, and its taken me several months and I'm close to completing the evidence.
Alright... I think I've explained what I must. I'll fast forward this a bit, now.
Later on, many people came along, and tried to troll. Unfortunately, they all failed to realize that I was completing a serious mission. I wanted to explain ideologies to people, and to make them feel what I feel when I discuss ideologies. For the record, I consider myself a Epistemological Anarchist. I value high-quality, intellectual discussions. It makes me feel so, so good to discuss these things with people.
The truth is that, I'm actually a very nice person. I show respect to people all the time, and I've shown a lot of respect to you all. You know, I even came up the name of the sub-reddit, and made it just for you. I think this means that we're all okay, we're all fine and everybody is fine, and as we keep moving forward from this we can keep discussing politics and ideologies. We're all okay, we can keep having fun talking about these great things.
I am Poignob, I respect you all, and I apologize for any confusions or miscalculations by others and I. Please hear me out, and let's have a kind, respectful discussion. I suffer from a few mental health issues, but please don't believe that I'm evil or something like that - I like you all, take care!
/s (This post is a joke, and you got Negative'd!)

Hello. I am aware that this sub-reddit knows me as Negative_Oil_1601. The truth is that, for a very long amount of time, I have been Poignob. I am creating this post because of the uncomfortable amount of negativity on our Discord, as well as on this sub-reddit.
Look, I like this sub-reddit. I'd like to talk with you all candidly, and respectfuly - please hear me out, and let me talk with you all in a loving way.
As I stated earlier in this post, I am Poignob. I created my first trolling accounts to help combat what I saw as the lowering of intelligence on the sub-reddit. Regardless of what was the popular opinion at the time, I knew that I needed to speak up - if others didn't, I needed to be the person to.
I steadily made my arguments, I chose the flairs I thought were appropriate, and I steadily completed each mission. For me, I viewed each day as a mission, one that had to be completed with the utmost perfection. I was accused of various things, and labeled various things. But, I chose to keep going as I completed my mission. The truth is that, various users, like RandomUser1520 or Ed_Durr talked to me in such precisely minimalist ways. The moderators did not want to speak with me, or even acknowledge me as a good person like them - this, unfortunately, is what made me feel even sadder.
I chose to create a expedition, a great expedition of spreading ideologies. I felt happiness and satisfaction, pretty much every time I informed people of my ideological prowess. It felt so good, and so... I kept doing it!
This expedition, this great journey continued. Inevitably, and as I expected, the other well-known moderators chose to delete my comments. Soon enough, they chose to delete my posts. I felt weird, actually - it all felt so weird, I didn't even think I did anything "wrong" or "inappropriate". It felt like the moderators were at war with the users.
As I lurked for a few days, uncharacteristically not posting or commenting... I watched as the moderators took down other people's comments. They took down comments, they banned people, they threw so many tomatoes at everyone. This then inspired a user, who I don't actually know personally, to counter this all. The name Sachin became well-known as he epically critiqued the moderation tactics he saw.
As Sachin continued to speak up, and explain his positions on the moderation tactics, he was silenced immediately. It was as if one of those Japanese animated women had been humiliated with a tentacle.
TolkienJustice was a person I considered to be a great friend, and a great ally. I felt bad about the whole silencing of Sachin, and I felt the need to speak up about it, in a friendly way. I then messaged him and asked about the whole ordeal. Unfortunately, this is where things took a bizarre turn, actually. I was met with various replies in the PMs, each of which made.. little sense- these messages sounded almost authoritarian-like, and it made me feel uncomfortable. These messages espoused the beliefs and characteristics of various right-wing politicians, such as Maxime Bernier or, at strangest, Doug Mastriano.
I felt uncomfortable about this, and told a few people about it. Unfortunately, I couldn't convince anyone to believe me, and my old Sony Vio camera wasn't working quite as good. But nonetheless, I respect TolkienJustice and wish him well.
Later, this same sort of incident happened with Ed_Durr, who I also really respect, and I wish him well. He messaged me, and labeled me various things I found bizarre and fascinating. To this day, I believe the mod elections were rigged and that he took part in rigging the mod elections. It is fascinating to think about the ways in which it happened - also, I'd like to state that proof and evidence will be coming soon. I need to gather the evidence of it, and its taken me several months and I'm close to completing the evidence.
Alright... I think I've explained what I must. I'll fast forward this a bit, now.
Later on, many people came along, and tried to troll. Unfortunately, they all failed to realize that I was completing a serious mission. I wanted to explain ideologies to people, and to make them feel what I feel when I discuss ideologies. For the record, I consider myself a Epistemological Anarchist. I value high-quality, intellectual discussions. It makes me feel so, so good to discuss these things with people.
The truth is that, I'm actually a very nice person. I show respect to people all the time, and I've shown a lot of respect to you all. You know, I even came up the name of the sub-reddit, and made it just for you. I think this means that we're all okay, we're all fine and everybody is fine, and as we keep moving forward from this we can keep discussing politics and ideologies. We're all okay, we can keep having fun talking about these great things.
I am Poignob, I respect you all, and I apologize for any confusions or miscalculations by others and I. Please hear me out, and let's have a kind, respectful discussion. I suffer from a few mental health issues, but please don't believe that I'm evil or something like that - I like you all, take care!
/s (This post is a joke, and you got Negative'd!)

So, as a lot of us expected, a recent report says that the Spurs have interest in making a rather unusual move by their standards to pick up a second first-rounder in the draft next month, presumably to acquire a PG that they hope can start next to Victor Wembanyama for the next decade-plus. It’s an idea that had been gaining traction with fans even before the real whispers started because of how much sense it seemed to make - this is seen as a relatively deep draft, with a lot of intriguing options at a position of need that are currently being mocked in the mid-to-late lottery. I'm sure most people have seen plenty of discussion about it on this sub over the past few days, and in every thread, people are asking the smart first question: "Okay, but what would it take?"
There's a lot of things that factor into that answer, and I'm just some internet dork who watches and reads about and talks about and thinks about basketball too much so I obviously have no idea what kind of discussions GMs are actually having on that front. But I thought it would at least help to look at what the positions we'd presumably be targeting have brought back in trade in the past decade, and then try to approximate value with the Spurs' assets. Firstly, though...
Why would San Antonio do this?
There's two ways to answer that question, and the first is to look at it from the perspective of what the Spurs don't have: a long-term starting Point Guard. I like Tre Jones a lot - he's everything we could've hoped for as a second-round pick and then some - but he's not a player that's going to feasibly run the offense for a contending team. He'd make a fantastic backup, and the Spurs are obviously hoping that Sochan and Victor and to a lesser extent Branham evolve into above-average playmakers, especially as the organization makes strides to get closer to their positionless basketball philosophy. But I don't think any of that is going to supersede a desire to bring a more traditional lead guard into the fold, especially considering what the team does have.
And what San Antonio has right now is a lot of picks. Maybe not as many as OKC or Utah, but a lot nonetheless. Six first-rounders that aren't our own, to be exact, plus the swap rights to Atlanta's 2026 first-rounder and over twenty second-rounders. Simply put, I can guarantee you that the team won't be making all of those picks, because it's not smart roster building to be quite so overloaded with very young players when the idea is to start being competitive again. Having a lot of young talent with promise is a good problem to have until you hit the point of having so many mouths to feed that it starts stunting their development, and we're already looking at a potential slight roster crunch this year. As an example, the Pacers, who are arguably behind us in terms of the rebuilding process now since we won the Wemby sweepstakes, have 5 picks in this year's draft, 3 of them first-rounders, and Kevin Pritchard has already come out and said they're not making all of them. The Spurs, by comparison, could potentially have FIVE first-rounders in 2025 depending on league standings over the next couple years. Eventually, some of these picks will be used as a package to get one better pick or a star player. And there's a good argument that, if it's going to be the former, now is the time, because again, this is a strong draft.
So what specific assets do we have?
I'll go ahead and rank them in descending order by my perception of their value, excluding Wemby because he's obviously the most untouchable of untouchables.

• Sochan and Vassell: Very clearly big parts of this team moving forward and likely starters when our theoretical championship window opens
• Atlanta 2027 unprotected FRP: The Hawks are such a dumpster fire right now in some ways that this could easily end up being a Top 5 pick - notably, the last year of Trae's current contract is 2026-27
• Keldon Johnson: Anyone else tired of talking about him? I'll have a more in-depth look at why trading him might make sense later in this post, but he's still just 23 years old with room to grow and even with his deficiencies, he's got a lot of attractive qualities even if his long-term ceiling might be "good sixth man."
• Atlanta 2025 unprotected FRP
• Atlanta 2026 pick swap: There's an argument that this should be above the 2025 unprotected pick because the 2025 class is looking kinda rough and 2026 includes Cameron Boozer and Cooper Flagg, but ultimately having an extra pick in an individual future draft is, I think, more valuable than a swap because it allows for a move-up package
• Toronto 2024 FRP protected 1-6: Masai Ujiri and the Raptors are a little hard to read right now, even more than usual, but I think there's a good chance this could convey next year and still be in the top 10 somewhere.
• Zach Collins: A good starting center on a bad team or a very good backup center on a better team. He's got the Pop endorsement and trading him would leave our C rotation very light unless we've got something else cooking (not a good thing with Victor coming in), but I wouldn't want him to be the sticking point that holds up a potential good deal. *Malaki Branham: I might be overrating him a bit here because I'm personally very high on Branham, but I think it's close enough. He's shown very promising flashes at the NBA level already, and if he can get more consistent from 3 it'll be very hard to stop him from scoring. Becoming even a passable defender on top of it would give him 6MOTY-level upside.
• Chicago 2025 FRP protected 1-10: I think Chicago's gonna be forced to blow it up soon. Multiple teams below them in the standings last year should be markedly improved already this season and they might even lose Vooch. So this may not convey for a while, if at all.
• Boston 2028 pick swap, protected for 1st overall: This is probably about even with the Chicago pick, really. Things can change quick in the NBA but I don't expect Boston to be bad for a while, and again, it's just a swap.
• Charlotte 2024 pick, lottery protected: This will almost definitely not convey next year. Maaaaybe in 2025, but I'm really starting to doubt LaMelo's ability to stay on the floor. And a pick outside of the lottery in a bad draft class won't be worth all that much.
• Blake Wesley: I've never been a Wesley believer and he didn't show anything last year to convince me I might be wrong, but maybe some team likes his upside enough that he could work as a sweetener.
• Doug McDermott: A knockdown perimeter movement shooter who isn't worth much on his own, but could be attractive as a veteran piece for a team that can't otherwise hit 3s.
• All of our 20+ SRPs

We also, again, have all of our own FRPs, but there's too many unknowns across the next couple years for me to try and predict their value. Suffice it to say that I wouldn't trade next year's under any circumstances, would only let go of 2025's if it was protected for the lottery, and would probably be willing to have talks about any of them in or after 2026.
Potential Trade Analysis
Before anything else, I want to be clear that I'm not advocating for all or even most of these trades. I'm simply doing my best to demonstrate what we might have to give up based on history.
And again, there are a lot of mitigating factors to these other recent trades. Draft class strength, roster makeup, financial situation, etc. - it's impossible to ever get 1-to-1 comparisons for something like this. But I think they work pretty well as rough examples.
Oh, and here's an aggregation of the current "professional" mock drafts out there in case anyone wants an idea of what prospects we'd be talking about in each position.
One last thing: When I'm talking about trades that have been made for these picks historically, I'm only including ones that were made between the lottery and draft day or on draft night specifically, since obviously the slots for future picks in other trades wouldn't have been known at the time of the deal.
Pick #5 (Detroit)

• 2018: DAL trades w/lightly-protected 2019 1st for pick 3 (the now-famous Luka/Trae trade)

PROPOSAL: This.
We don't have a great comparison point to open with here, but this feels about right to me. No one, media or fans, can agree on Keldon's trade value, and there's some teams I think he very much would not fit on, but I think it makes a lot of sense on Detroit’s end for the reasons Edwards laid out - he opens up a ton of options for the Pistons to experiment with assuming that they actually get a full year of Cade this season and, in the best-case scenario, can become a very good sixth man for them long-term. They really need a young wing, and after the gut punch of falling to #5 where they’re in the unenviable position of having to decide between a bunch of low-floor, high-ceiling guys, they might be tempted to take out the guesswork and go with someone who’s already shown what he can do for a couple years. I'll return to this comparison later, but if Detroit takes Cam Whitmore in this spot, for example, and he becomes what Keldon is now, I think they'd call it a successful pick.
MY EVALUATION: Spurs say no. I think Keldon has more value to SAS than anyone they could be targeting in this spot unless Amen Thompson is still there and the FO is supremely confident in him becoming a decent off-ball player.
Pick #6 (Orlando)

• 2013: NOP trades to PHI with protected 2014 first for Jrue Holiday and pick 42

PROPOSAL: SAS trades Devin Vassell, CHI 1st and pick 33 for picks 6 and 36
I’ve seen rumors that ORL might want to package this and their #11 pick to move up, but I don’t know where that comes from. Can’t see Charlotte taking a deal like that, Portland and allegedly Houston want immediate help instead of two more rookies, and the #5 from Detroit wouldn’t really be worth it from the Magic’s standpoint. Maybe they can send #6 and #11 plus Suggs to the Rockets? Either way, the Magic are another of those teams I was talking about earlier that already has a lot of young players that they want to get touches, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they move one of their two picks for something else.
Holiday was coming off an all-star season, and though Vassell is obviously not an all-star (at least not yet), I do think he's a pretty decent approximation of 2013 Jrue Holiday. Same age, and the best players on their respective teams. Good defense, good outside shot and still some room to grow as a self-creator. I think he was probably looking at some MIP votes last year if he hadn’t gotten hurt.
MY EVALUATION: Spurs say no, obviously. They're not trading Devin. I think they could theoretically get this slot just by giving up a big package of picks, but at that point the evaluation becomes too difficult to really be worth it for this exercise IMO.
Pick #7 (Indiana)

• 2017: MIN trades pick 7 with Kris Dunn and LaVine to CHI for Jimmy Butler and pick 16

Obviously there’s no real similar deal to be found here - if we had a Jimmy Butler we’d be in a wildly different situation in the first place. I could try to put together a big picks package, but IND is guaranteed a very promising prospect at this spot and, in my opinion, they have too many holes in their team right now (or at least a very large defense-shaped hole) to move it for futures when they're already looking at more picks than they want to make.
MY EVAULATION: They'd ask for Vassell and they won't get him; this pick won't be ours. Moving on.
Pick #8 (Washington)

• 2016: SAC trades to PHX for picks 13 and 28, a future 2, and rights to Bogdan Bogdanovic

PROPOSAL: SAS trades Malaki Branham, Tre Jones, TOR 1st, CHA 1st for pick 8 and Delon Wright
Here’s where things start getting a little interesting, because this is the first slot where I can see one of the presumptive primary targets for the Spurs enter the mix in Anthony Black. Indiana might give him a look if they really value his defense and versatility, but I think Walker and Hendricks are more likely directions. So that brings us to Washington. That organization makes my head hurt but I have a hard time seeing a universe where they don’t make this pick. Either they keep smashing their head against the wall of irrelevance or they finally decide to tear it down, and either way it doesn’t make much sense for this pick to find its way to us.
But if the Wizards were to trade this pick, I imagine it'd be because they’re getting a young and high-upside prospect who’s already shown legit NBA flashes in Branham, which they’re sorely lacking and could reasonably be thought of as equivalent to or probably even a little bit better than Bogdanovic in 2016. This also gets them an uber-reliable young backup PG that can be had for a few cheap years (something you'd be pretty happy to get with a #28 pick) and the Spurs take back Wright for salary purposes and to have a veteran PG option of their own, though it’s entirely possible WAS values Wright more highly anyway for defensive purposes.
MY EVALUATION: Both teams say no, although if we put Wesley in there instead of Branham I think things get interesting from the Spurs' point of view. You can never predict the Wizards, but I think Michael Winger would have to be given an offer they can’t refuse to tempt them not to just stay here and pick Black or Hendricks or Whitmore or whoever else has fallen to them. Reportedly, he has the blessing to finally rebuild if he so chooses, and it’s hard to see them not starting the process off here. Not for nothing, but Winger used to work under Presti.
I do wonder what would happen if the Spurs offered Keldon for this pick straight-up, though. If Kuzma leaves, the Washington wing situation suddenly looks completely ghastly. Returning to the "Whitmore-Johnson test," if the Wizards picked Cam up here and he turned into Keldon, I think they'd be quite pleased. Not "all-time draft victory" pleased, but a huge win for a team that's mangled their draft a couple times recently.
Pick #9 (Utah)

• 2013: MIN trades to UTA for picks 14 and 21

PROPOSAL: SAS trades CHA 1st and CHI 1st for pick 9
Pretty simple here. If a team thinks that Chicago pick will convey, late lottery seems like a reasonable place to expect it to land. If the Charlotte pick conveys, it'll be in that 15-20 range.
MY EVALUATION: Utah says no because there's a good chance those picks don't convey, because picks in future drafts are always treated as less valuable than those in the same draft, and because Ainge doesn't make trades when he's not fleecing the other team for all their worth. Also, Utah doesn't really need more future picks either.
You know what? That was boring. How about another option?
PROPOSAL: SAS trades Keldon for pick 9
The Ainge factor remains, but in a vacuum I do think this is pretty fair value straight up. Let’s talk about the SAS rotation for a minute assuming they do indeed make SOME trade for a PG prospect. Wemby and Vassell are starting, no question. Collins got the Pop endorsement at the end of last season, so he’s in there too. That leaves four players fighting for two starting spots: Keldon, Sochan, Tre Jones, and the newly drafted PG. Sochan started 53 of the 56 games he played last year, and with the excellent upside he has, I have a hard time imagining he’s not getting the nod at the 3; even if he’s not, he’ll be getting tons of minutes. I and others have supported the Point Sochan experiment, but if we’re bringing in a real PG, I doubt we’ll see a whole lot more of that and they certainly won’t start a Sochan/Vassell/Keldon/Wemby/Collins lineup. So Keldon’s probably sliding to the sixth man role. And that’s fine - if he has a role on this team when they’re ready to contend again, it’ll be that one - but trading a sixth man for the right to select the guy you theoretically think can be Victor’s running mate for a decade, especially when there’s plenty of other guys off the bench that you want to keep giving minutes to, is more than reasonable all things considered.
As far as UTA goes, they need a PG prospect all on their own but I think they can get Kobe Bufkin with their #16 pick and I kinda love the fit there for him. If you’re the Jazz, would you rather have Keldon and Bufkin or, say, Wallace and Leonard Miller? I don’t know the answer to that, but I think there’s at least a chance they’d prefer the latter, as even with a pretty lean roster I don’t know how badly they want to find playing time for three first rounders this year. Keldon and Markkanen don’t even step on each other’s toes in the UTA system, and though they’ll definitely continue the tank this year to avoid losing their 2024 pick, Keldon could easily still be around on a very team-friendly deal by the time they’re ready to start pushing for the playoffs again.
MY EVALUATION: Utah says no strictly because Ainge gonna Ainge. I'm not sure I'd do it if I was the Spurs, either, because injuries will happen and Victor might get more DNPs for load management this year than any of us want to see. But it’s a conversation worth having and I can’t say I’d be falling to my knees in an HEB if it happened on draft night.
Pick #10 (Dallas)

• 2018: PHI trades to PHX for pick 16 and a Miami first in 2021
• 2017: SAC trades to POR for picks 15 and 20
• 2014: PHI trades to ORL for pick 12, 2015 second, and 2017 first*

Strap in, this is a fun one.
PROPOSAL: This.
This is the pick in the lottery that I think is most likely to move, outside of maaaybe #3. That’s kind of awkward, because Dallas wants (needs) talent to help them win now and we don’t have much of that. Specifically, they need defense and a real starting center - if they can get both of those in one guy, so much the better. Keldon doesn’t move the needle for them IMO and we’re obviously not gonna give up Vassell at this slot. The OTHER thing Dallas needs, though, is something we do have in spades: cap room. Our old friend Davis Bertans has one of the worst contracts in the league for next season - $17m for a guy whose defense deficiencies make him unplayable - and while he only has $5m guaranteed in 2024, I think Dallas needs help right now to keep from running a real risk of fracturing their relationship with their best player since Dirk.
I think it’s POSSIBLE Dallas just trades this pick with Bertans and, say, McGee for, the TOR 1st + CHA 1st + a bucket of SRPs or something, then tries their luck in free agency (to go for Jakob or Brook etc.) before using their new draft capital to seek another trade if need be, but I think it’s more likely that we’d be looking at a full-on three-teamer here. There’s a lot of options there depending on which teams are panicking or not, and most of them I don’t find overly likely. Does Boston overreact and give up Robert Williams in a psychotic episode? Does Atlanta move Capela? Eh. Maybe, I guess, but I doubt it. How about Cleveland, though?
This is a pretty skeletal framework of what a deal could look like so don’t take it as absolute gospel. Three-team trades are often complicated enough that there could easily be a few more moving pieces were such a trade to happen.
MY EVALUATION: This could be a winner. I don’t think CLE has to trade Allen yet, but if they’re not exploring the option and asking themselves some tough questions about whether the pairing with Mobley is the real long-term answer after what happened against the Knicks, they’re not doing their job. THJ shot almost the same percentage on 3s as Caris Levert did last year on over three more attempts per game, and his defense, while not amazing by any means, is better than it gets credit for. Getting rid of Rubio also gives them a little extra salary to play with in free agency - it’s not much, and it’s not a great class, but I think there’s enough there for Cleveland to find a way to make themselves a better playoff team than they were last year. This also lets them recoup some draft capital that is basically nonexistent for them right now after the Mitchell trade.
On the Spurs side, even if Rubio is basically washed, he’s an incredibly smart and experienced PG who could do a lot to mentor the young guy that we’d be bringing in at the position, and if he needs to come in for a few minutes here and there to hold down the fort, that’s fine too - we’re not trying to be good yet. I’d be surprised if we don’t bring in a vet guard in some fashion this offseason regardless. Plus, we have to get to the salary floor before the season starts anyway; why not kill three birds with one stone on this trade?
Cleveland probably still says no. I don't know if they're quite ready to pull the plug on Allen. But I don't think it's that far off.
Pick #11 (Orlando)

• 2022: NYK trades to OKC for 3 protected first-rounders (DET (protected), WAS (protected), DEN, all 2023)
• 2018: CHA trades to LAC for pick 12 and two 2s
• 2016: ORL trades with Oladipo and Ilyasova to OKC in return for Ibaka

PROPOSAL: SAS trades TOR 1st, CHI 1st, and Doug McDermott for pick 11
Last year's trade is the easiest comparison to make on this list. Not perfect, still, but with the added context of what other trades in this range have brought back, I think it still works. The DET and WAS picks were fairly heavily protected (top 18 and lottery, respectively) and I don’t think it surprised anyone that the Nuggets pick is as late as it is, so despite it being three first rounders the overall value OKC traded wasn’t huge. Even with the Knicks having financial incentive to move off the pick, the package was pretty well in line with historical trades in this range. That said, I think people are viewing the talent around this slot higher than 2022’s at the time, so the offer might need to still be a tiny bit stronger. But one could reasonably argue the TOR pick alone is more valuable than anything else that's been given for this slot in the last 10 years.
Let's talk about the Magic a little more. Let’s say Orlando is pretty happy with what they’ve got right now, which I think they should be. Banchero was a very deserving ROTY, Franz is a bucket, and they’ve got a lot of promising supplemental pieces. They looked pretty dangerous at times last year, especially in the second half of the season when they were healthy. What they DON’T have is a lot of excess draft capital. They own Denver’s pick in 2025 which isn’t likely to be very valuable, and other than that they have only their own firsts. A trade like this allows them the chance to keep adding lottery talent into the future even if they expectedly become a consistent playoff team, and since they also have #6 this year they don’t even have to completely go without a shiny new rookie to do it. Doug is included because the return still felt a tad light to me and because Orlando was 25th in the league in 3PT% last year - it’ll help if they get a full season of Gary Harris, but if they want to make a strong run at the play-in, they might need a little more. Lots of mocks like them to take Gradey Dick here, and while McDermott obviously wouldn’t figure into their long term plans, if they’re making to look a little noise this year, McDermott is almost definitely giving them more than what Dick would as a rookie.
MY EVALUATION: This is my favorite slot to target and I think it's a fair trade for both teams. Orlando doesn't necessarily need to add two more lottery guys to their roster this year when they can conceivably make a push for the play-in with what they already have, even while still getting touches for their foundational pieces. The Spurs like McDermott and I'm sure would love to keep him around all else being equal, but I don't think they'd let him stand in the way of getting their PG of the future. It might take the CHA pick as well or maybe a bunch of seconds or something, but I think we have something here all things considered.
Pick #12 (Oklahoma City)

• 2016: ATL acquires from UTA in three-team trade (sends Jeff Teague to IND who sends George Hill to UTA)

Now this spot on the other hand... There's nothing to be done here. There’s nothing to be done here. Teague averaged 15pts and 6ast per game as a starter for 5 years in ATL with an all-star season in ‘15. Hill had slightly worse stats in 4 years as a starter in Indiana. Tre Jones plus the TOR 1st might be comparable value, but OKC doesn’t need a PG even at the backup position and they already have more future picks than they know what to do with. The scuttlebutt seems to be saying OKC will trade up if anything, which makes sense, and they certainly don’t need to do anything drastic after the improvement they showed last year and Holmgren still waiting in the wings. I’ve done plenty of looking for an angle on this pick and I just don’t see one. They’ve even got plenty of cap room and no bad salary to begin with. We’ll just move on.
Pick #13 (Toronto)

• 2022: CHA trades to NYK for a Denver 1st and four 2nds, who then trade to DET after the draft with Kemba for a Milwaukee 1st in 2025
• 2017: DEN trades to UTA for pick 24 and Trey Lyles
• 2013: DAL trades to BOS for pick 16 and two future seconds

This one needs some intro first. I have no idea what the Raps are planning to do and allegedly the team doesn’t either. Reportedly, Masai still thinks they have the ability to win now - I don’t know if that means actually winning a championship or just getting to the playoffs, but I think he’s wrong either way. Regardless, he’s such a bizarre trader that it feels impossible to predict what may or may not get a deal done. He overvalues his own players to an absurd degree, but he seems to do the same with Spurs players too. How we ever got a first rounder (that became Branham) for Thad Young and Drew Eubanks I’ll never know. So yeah, there’s certainly a recent history of swaps between us and them, one of which famously worked out amazingly and a couple others that very much didn’t.
Whatever direction Toronto does decide to go in, I think they’d be best served just making this pick. Keldon doesn’t make sense for them and we’re way past the part of the lottery where we’d even consider trading him anyway. But how about another direction?
PROPOSAL: SAS trades CHA 1st and pick 44, plus more future SRPs, and extends protection on 2024 TOR 1st to top-12 in 2024, top 10 in 2025. In return, SAS receives pick 13.
I wonder if something this simple gets it done. Maybe what we can best offer Toronto is flexibility. Maybe they carry this whole “I dunno” mentality into the season and then they’re a completely mediocre team at the trade deadline again staring down the barrel of a lost season where they probably still have to give up a pick to us that could easily fall into the 7-10 range. Would they give up #13 this year to ensure they can’t lose, say, pick #8 next year if their season falls apart? I don’t know, but maybe. With this offer, they even still get to make a couple other picks this year, and they’ve had success with late firsts and early seconds recently on drafts that looked a good deal thinner. Hell, looking at recent swaps for this slot, this even feels almost like an overpay - I think PATFO would have to be very sure about the guy they’re picking to give up a top-6 protected selection from a team in TOR’s current position.
This is the pick right now that I think is the most up in the air as far as availability - it could change dramatically over the next month depending on what sorts of conversations are happening in Raptors HQ. They could move up, they could move down, they could stand pat. I have no idea. It’s also the deal that I think has the most potential to come together extremely quickly on draft night; I could see Toronto having a couple specific guys in mind here and then scrambling to make a deal if they’re suddenly off the board.
MY EVALUATION: Raptors say no, but they think long and hard about it first.
Pick #14 (New Orleans)
Has not been traded in the last decade.
Sorry to end with a whimper, but yeah, I don’t see a deal to be made here. If they’re healthy they’ll be a team no one wants to see in the playoffs, and if they’re not, there’s nothing much they can do about it at this juncture. They’ve got plenty of future picks, they won’t want anyone on the SAS squad that we’d give up for pick 14, and there will absolutely be talent here that can help them immediately; they’re keeping this. I GUESS they might look for someone to dump Valanciunas in favor of one of the free agent Centers, but that would be kinda risky on their part and they’d probably want a return that’s less abstract than just the cap room and a few second rounders or whatever.
JUST-FOR-FUN PROPOSAL: This hilariousness.
I expect PHX to have better offers on the table for Ayton, but after his disappearing act in the playoffs I wouldn’t say it’s a certainty. Maybe they’re so tired of him that this feels like an okay return, and maybe New Orleans thinks they can unlock whatever potential might be left. This also gets the Spurs the veteran C they reportedly want; JoVal isn’t exactly an elite rim protector but he’s a heck of a rebounder and can stretch the floor on the other end.
Like I said, though, this is just for kicks anyway for the people who want a wild idea; I don’t think the Pels want Ayton and I don’t think they should.
MY EVALUATION: New Orleans says no because they're not insane and Phoenix probably does too. But it was a fun time in the trade machine.
So, just to recap...

• Picks I can’t see us getting: 6-8, 12, 14
• Probably not, but I could believe it: 5, 9, 13
• Sweet spot: 10 and 11

Pick #11 is the one I’d spend most of my time going after on the phone if I was an executive. #10 has its merits, especially because I personally like the Rubio idea a lot, but we can get a Cory Joseph or George Hill in free agency just as easily to fill that role, and the larger problem is that we’re already going to be dealing with a roster crunch that Bertans and/or McGee would exacerbate. #11 could end up costing nothing but picks that we have an excess, plus maybe McDermott, who we were perfectly willing to move at the deadline anyway and who would actually open up one of those valuable roster spots as well. I also don’t think there’s much danger in Dallas taking the guy we want if he is still on the board at 10.
Again, don’t take my proposals as any kind of hard offers; several of them I wouldn’t even support myself, as you can see. This is just meant as a quick-and-dirty (well, at least dirty) reference for what kind of value we might be looking at in these discussions.

I'm really confused about the science that's out on probiotics right now. Most things I'm reading/watching/seeing say that there isn't enough evidence supporting the efficacy of probiotics. However, with just a quick google search, I can find dozens of studies, using human subjects, showing compelling evidence in probiotics being effective in alleviating various illnesses, such as depression, autism, Alzheimer's, immune function, etc.
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I know there's some debate about the dosages as well as strains, but despite that, some of these more popular strains seem to be thoroughly studied enough at safe supplementation dosages of ~2 billion CFU to definitively say there's a benefit to supplementing with probiotics.
Why does it seem like medical professionals are on the fence on making a definitive statement about them?
I know there are studies about the negative effects of over-supplementation like brain fog, SIBO, bloating, etc., but that seems to be more of an issue with excessive intake. (which wouldn't be difficult given that some supplements have >100 billion CFU of probiotics in them). However, when supplementing in appropriately low dosages, studies seem to show that probiotics are a very efficacious way to improve health in so many ways.
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Studies:
Meta-analysis with 23 out of 24 studies showing probiotics alleviating depression
Depression
Cognitive Function in Alzheimer's Patients
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I met and talked to an enfp online. He approaches me. He was looking to talk to an INFJ.
In the beginning of our chat, right off the bat, he told me basically everything about himself and the negative aspect of his life. We talked for 4-5hrs straight. I even told him I was so amazed at how much he told me about his personal life. To me, a stranger. Since then we talked almost every day.
He said he didn't think he would be online that much but after talking to me he just had this want to continue to talk to me. Going out of his way to find time to talk to me even tho he was busy irl too. We talked day and night for long hours. He said he felt like his day is not complete when he doesn’t talk to me.
Ask me tons and tons of questions. Light and deep questions. I always felt like he didn't want to end our convo. There were times I told him to watch the series or movies I recommended and he said ‘he would rather talk to me over watching or doing anything else. Haha. He also says something like ‘Do you prefer when your partner says I love u all the time or do you like it in just minimal?’ I was a bit uncomfortable that he asked me with the iloveu word in it. He asked me something like that 3x.
Given me soooo many compliments. ALWAYS telling me he felt comfortable and relaxed with me, he felt calm, at ease, and weird with me. Saying to me how he doesn't know why he was so expressive to me. That I just listen to him and embrace him without judgment, I challenged the way he think and I stimulated his mind.
He told me he felt comfortable with me to the point of it is scary because he think he might get attached again.
He was so enthusiastic about everything I say even if it is not funny. Will point out some similarities we have. Connect things that I say from his. Pointing out that we say the same things.
He also said in the future someone will be lucky to have me and experience my calm, compassionate, and giving nature. Hopes I find that man. And then he followed it by saying it would be great if we can meet face to-face in person.
He enjoys sharing me his daily life even tho I am not asking. Told me personal stuff and was vulnerable to me. Also told me a big secret about him to which I said he should not do that to ppl he barely knows cause it might scare and overwhelm them. I was honestly overwhelmed. He apologized and said he will tone down.
We always mentioned to each how crazy, weird, and unbelievable how we felt so open to each other. Gives me lengthy advice and explanation when needed.
Telling me something like this ‘You have all the qualities I am looking for (my name) and I am not idealizing you’. how he loves all my qualities. And he can't control it if he gets attached. If it does it does.
So I asked him if he liked me in ‘that way’ because I don’t want to assume but I am not blind!! I don’t want him to get too attached to me. He said no, it's not like that. He said no despite giving and sharing wayy too much to me.
We vaguely talk about sex sometimes but our convos are pure and without an ounce of hitting or flirtatious connotation.
But after 3 months of talking, he becomes busy with schools and college grad. His account got deleted but he immediately messaged me using a new account. Then informed me beforehand that he will be busy. He went mia for 3 weeks.
Then one day he just come back. He seems a little distant but still the same overall. Attentive and engaging. Still puts effort into reaching out to me. We still talk for hours and hours but not every day anymore.
Then again, he went Mia. For 2 weeks. It was his college grad. So much going on in his life. When he come back he messaged me again using a new account. Telling me that he got locked out maybe due to inactivity, not verifying email, and becoming busy that he forget to verify it. He apologizes and explains to me a lot. I said it's just ok. He doesn't need to explain a lot bec we’re just friends anyway. He also let me know he got accepted to a new job.
For context, this enfp is in his early 20s and I am in my early 30s. We lived in a diff country. I just want to better understand what was his actions all about. He went from all out to less than what he used to. A big factor could be the new journey he's about to embark on. Age gap. Noncommittal. I understand if he loses interest in our friendship but he still keeps coming back saying I am still someone who means a lot to him.
I cut my communication with him. Because I have soo many things wanted to do in real life. To stop spending time online and regain my focus on myself again and work. It's not a door slam because we talked about this when we parted ways.

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https://cnduk.org/depleted-uranium-the-last-thing-ukrainians-need/ - March 30, 2023
In a shocking development, the government has announced it will be sending depleted uranium (DU) rounds to Ukraine along with Challenger 2 tanks. As we know from several wars in the past few decades, the health consequences for Ukrainian civilians will be high. DU is a chemically toxic and radioactive heavy metal and it’s a by-product of the enrichment process used to make reactor-grade uranium. Its chemical and physical properties have made it popular for a range of military and commercial uses: its density and its ability to self-sharpen attracted the attention of the US Department of Defense (DoD) in the late 1950s. The military was looking to increase the armour piercing capacity of munitions and to strengthen the armour of tanks. DU seemed to fit the bill. But its use has had a devastating impact on the populations caught up in numerous conflicts, with the terrible type of health consequences that we associate with radiation impacts.
DU is used for armour piercing tank rounds and bullets as it is so heavy, meaning it can easily penetrate steel. Because of its heaviness, DU has also been used as ballast in aeroplanes, notably in hundreds of Boeing 747s – the early jumbo jets – that were built before 1981. The practice became particularly controversial after an El Al cargo jet crashed into an apartment block in Amsterdam in 1992. 43 people were killed and the cargo, which included 10 tons of chemicals, as well as flammable liquids, gases, and caustic substances burst into flames, along with hundreds of kilos of DU carried as weighting. Although local residents were assured that no health risk was posed, it was apparent that much of the DU had been released as dust particles into the atmosphere.
The risk is not that DU munitions will cause a nuclear explosion. It’s that the impact of their use causes toxic or radioactive dust to be released and if this is subsequently inhaled or ingested in other ways, it has very significant negative health consequences. After the first Gulf War the DoD Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI) identified a number of DU exposure scenarios including through wounds caused by DU fragments, inhalation of airborne DU particles, ingestion of DU residues, or wound contamination by DU residues.
DU munitions were used on a large scale by the US and UK in the Gulf War in 1991 and in Iraq in 2003. Their use has caused a sharp increase in the incidence rates of some cancers, such as breast cancer and lymphoma, in the areas where it has been used. It has also been implicated in a rise in birth defects from areas adjacent to the main Gulf War battlefields. Other health problems associated with DU include kidney failure, nervous system disorders, lung disease and reproductive problems. A report funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2013 showed that more than 400 tonnes of DU ammunition were estimated to have been used in 1991 and 2003, the vast majority by US forces. The report showed that the Iraqi government’s Radiation Protection Centre had identified between 300 and 365 contaminated sites by 2006, mostly in the Basra region in southern Iraq. As well as warning of contamination being spread by poorly regulated scrap metal dealers, including children, it also shared evidence that DU munitions were fired at light vehicles, buildings and other civilian infrastructure including the Iraqi Ministry of Planning in Baghdad – in spite of official assurances of military-only armoured targets.
Its use in the former Yugoslavia by NATO forces in 1995 and 1999 led to the same type of consequences. It was also used by the US in Syria in 2015. The impacts have not been confined to local populations – they have also affected the troops involved in or close to their use, and also military clean-up teams sent to deal with the impact of the DU. The severe health consequences have led to the terms ‘Gulf War syndrome’ and ‘Balkan syndrome’ entering our vocabulary. The Ministry of Defence disputes the risks of DU, yet it recommends ‘ongoing surveillance’ for veterans with embedded DU fragments.
No treaty explicitly banning the use of DU is yet in force, but it is clear that its use runs counter to the basic rules and principles of International Humanitarian Law. In 2006, the European Parliament strengthened its previous calls for a moratorium by calling for an introduction of a total ban, classifying the use of DU, along with white phosphorus, as inhumane. Since 2007, repeated UN General Assembly resolutions have highlighted serious concerns over the use of DU weapons. The UK, together with the US, France and Israel are the only states that have consistently voted against the resolutions.
The British government must put an immediate end to its use of DU – inflicting it on the people of Ukraine is the last thing they need.

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A ship never truly sleeps. Instead there are shifts - watches, if you want to get pedantic. But every ship has a period when only the skeleton crew is active, usually on the most boring legs of the journey when human input is only needed for emergencies. Humans hate boredom.
As the rest of the ship slept, Second Engineer Barry Hammond stood watch. He was the one who found Stabby, and though it was only Stabby's fault that Captain Rybalov's sleep was interrupted, Stabby couldn't be blamed, and so Barry was thrown under the bus.
He was given the conn, which meant he had the helm. Of course, the ship was moving fine by itself, so all Barry got to do was sit at the wheel and browse memes.
At the navigation post sat Li Zhoufei, the ship's navigator. Navigator Li was an excellent astronomer but a middling navigator, with her prodigious skill hindered only by her hatred of concrete calculations. This made the ship's computer Li's eternal nemesis.
Her eyes had a faint tint to them: blue as a midnight sky. Amanda had been trying to see what contact lenses Li used. Amanda had been unsuccessful so far.
Li also loved spices of all kinds: paprika, cumin, cinnamon, peppercorns. The only spice she did not like was melange, which was pungent and overpowering, not to mention expensive.
And the psychedelic visions were not a plus; the one time she cooked with melange she had the entire ship trip balls for a solid two days straight. They got to their destination weeks early due to the visions somehow guiding them home, but Captain Rybalov swore to ban the stuff from the ship; never again.
Since the incident, Li noted that she got much better at charting courses. It was almost as if she knew the positions of obstacles before they appeared on radar.
Currently Barry was regaling her of his recent escapades. "So then Stabby stabbed the Cap'n in the leg, and that's how he got its name."
Li looked up from her star charts. "An alien. Fascinating. I wonder how it's finding things on the ship. Is it happy, or sad, or anything?"
Barry shrugged. “He’s been eating, and Conrad says he’s happy. Conrad’s already bonded with him, so we might as well make him the ship’s pet. You know the old ships on Earth, the ocean ships, used to have cats on them? Apparently it was for good luck.”
Li stopped to think for a moment. “No, I’m not sure.”
Li felt something. Like a half-forgotten memory. A sense of danger, of lethal, brutal cunning. An ancient force stirring in the deep. Or maybe that was just the headache.
There were many headaches now, but sometimes there were also other things. Li felt a sense of… toolness. The danger, the cunning could be used. Reasoned with, the way a power-hungry dictator could be reasoned with.
There was a path laid out, a winding, unpredictable and precarious one. A footbridge of a single thread of spider silk, twisting in the wind over a fathomless depth. Appeasement would lead to exploitation; chastisement to provocation. But within that footbridge there was hope. Survival.
Li pondered for a minute while Barry scrolled through his memes. Most everyone liked Stabby; they had bonded to it without much hesitation. Conrad had even made a bed for it in his footlocker. Of the crew, only Captain Rybalov showed any sort of qualms involving their new alien friend.
Li would bring this up with the Captain, once he woke up. She had a bad feeling about this.
…
Captain Rybalov named his ship the Farewell of Slavianka, after a song he heard in Ukraine. He likened the ship to the tank bays there, which were cramped, rusty, and utterly devoid of safety measures. While the Local Authority enforced stringent safety and hygiene measures for all spacegoing vessels, Farewell of Slavianka was still a sardine can of a freighter.
The ship’s engineering deck was really a crawl space under the floor, a metal labyrinth of air ducts, emergency passages, and a central workshop Conrad had set up from which he would pop up from vents and scare his crewmates.
Conrad claimed it was an ancient family tradition dating back to his grandfather, who had played a video game resembling the prank. Conrad neglected to mention that the offender was often thrown from the airlocks if caught.
It was in this central workshop that Stabby rested now, in its new footlocker bed. The blood sample it had taken was far more information dense than the previous material it had found, and it took the better part of a day to process the new data. While there was no formula for chlorophyll, there were formulas for more interesting things.
Bone. Muscle. Circulatory fluids. The data was incomplete; Stabby would have to obtain more samples for a more complete blueprint. Theoretically, if Stabby obtained enough diverse samples from the same specimen, it could fabricate an exact copy. It certainly had the material; the large volume of fats it had eaten attested to that.
But what information that was there was interesting. Most fascinating was an incredibly delicate organ, an air passageway filled with thin protrusions that were meant to vibrate, according to the data.
Stabby, being a spaceborne organism, had no concept of sound. It didn’t need to; there was nothing to carry vibrations in space. It didn’t know why these particular organisms needed to vibrate part of their internal anatomy, but there must be a reason. Maybe it was a propulsion thing.
Within Stabby’s shell, proteins and structures came together like automatic arms in a car factory. RNA from the sampled blood was scanned, copied, and scanned again. Cells were built piecemeal within the shell, and slowly the strange organ began to take shape.
Stabby posited that gaseous fluid was forced through the organ, which was excited by the vibrating portions in order to speed it up. It would work somewhat like a rocket. The area around Stabby was filled with gas that would fit the propellant description.
A rudimentary bladder was constructed, and finally the shell itself opened up in many sections like a crustacean’s mouth. A high-pitched, infant’s wail sounded as Stabby attempted to use the organ to propel itself off the bed.
Nothing happened beyond that; if anything the organ had been damaged by the blast. Clearly the organ was not meant for propulsion.
Stabby shifted, trying to think of what the organ could be used for. Stabby could easily recycle it, but something told Stabby it was important, somehow. It remembered something.
Those strange organisms that roamed the ship let loose blasts of vibrations on occasion, which traveled through the gas that suffused the structure. Stabby didn’t know what they were for, but the creatures seemed to respond to these blasts. Perhaps these creatures were synapses of a greater being, and the vibrations were akin to neural signals.
It made sense. All of Stabby’s senses told it that it was inside some kind of moving structure. Perhaps that was the greater being, and the strange organisms were really just organs. It explained the gas; maybe it was a kind of amniotic fluid.
Perhaps if Stabby could mimic the synapse transfer vibrations of these organs, it could trick the organism into supplying it with food. Material that it would need to build more of itself.
Stabby tried the air bladder again, relying on its memories of the vibrations it had seen the organs use.
"Haaa… haaaaaaa. Ha?"
No. That was definitely not a transfer. There were muscles around the openings; maybe if Stabby compressed the opening.
"Haaaaeeeeee. Heeeay. Hey."
That was better. Stabby would need to refine this, but it was at a good start.
Stabby experimented, tested and experimented again with an uncanny parody of the scientific method. It compared and contrasted and modified until the sounds it made matched the sounds it remembered.
In the crawl space, a voice echoed, eerily similar to the voice of a certain Barry Hammond.
"Theee.. err. There. Eeeessss. Is. zumm-theeng.. in tha… keet-chen?"
A pause.
Then came Conrad's twangy timbre.
"Weee.. uh. Naem. Hyim."
A coughing sound, the clearing of the throat. A new voice, one Stabby improvised itself. A voice that was cobbled together from various audio samples, appearing at once to be all of the crew and none of them:
"Ph… ph.. f. Food. Fooood."
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